The daily Alaskan., 1914-09-24
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A NATURAL BORN LIAR

There Is probably more truth in the old saying that "An Men are LIars'' than the average indiYiduaI a aware of, but for lying that is asinIne commend us to the tender fOo- who payB a short vacation vis- It to the north during the summer season, and then goes home and tells the toIks' about his experi- suceS aud hairbreSdth escapes from the dangers of the untrodden Wilds. There Yas a female of this descrip- ton who passed few Eeeks in Juneau last summer and who, upon her return to the laud Of her na- tiYtty, published in the local paper R lot of ''gusR'' about Alaska, in- cIuded in which was a statement that tAers were neither COWS nor chickens h the territory because it had been foun6 impossible to keep them through the long and extreme ly severe Einterg.. As a matter Of fact, however, there are large herds Of dairy COWS in various sections Of the north that are kept in excel lent condition the year round with no greater dLseomfort to the ami malg than are experienced by those WiRtered by the farmers In almost any section of the Dominion of Can ada or the United States, east of the Rocky mountains, and as fer chick ems, almost every housewife in skagwsy has from few to many dOEenB, which all do well, and in season ara prolific layers and good mothers to their broods Of little ones, which 1t is their delight here, as much as it is that Of their sis tera elsewhere, to bring forth,
 The helghth Of absu.di,y is reached, however, in Lhe following story told to the Albany (Or) Democrat by one Clark Burgard, who clalms to be the son of an ex-coun- cIlmaa ot Portland. That he could find anyone to listen to his fantas- tlc and unbelievable tale is hard Iy credible but the wonder is great ly increased when it is taken up and given publicity to by a newsPa- per of presumably good standing: Llaten to this:
 '4Teling of haIrbreadth escapes, the perils faced by men who use tOOthbrusheB iu the wilds and the running of steamboats with drunken crews, Clark Burgard, a son of John Burgard, ex-councilman of Portland, visited in Albany a short time yesterday while on his way back to the university at Eugene, where he Ia g senior.
 ''Immediately after leaving college early h the Summer, Clark, accom- panied by his younger brother, Will liam Burgard, left for Alaska where their father is interested in several salmon steamshios that piled along the coast of Alaska The first morning lR the fo'castle Ot the ship Clark Burgard produced a tooth brush and commenced his morning ablations. From the en- tire crew there came a roar of der lRIOn, and thereafter Burgard wait ed untN coming ashore before he cleaned hIs teeth.
 William Burgard, we'll known in Albany, went as deck hand on a second boat. At a point a little above Juneau the captain and mates went ashore, enjoyed themselves and became hiIariously drunk. Five hours after the scheduled sailing of the boat young Burgard went ashore and dragged the exuberant officers aboard.
 Though a green hand, the young man had learned to box the con- pass and that night, with a drunken crew, he left the port above Juneau and by . o'clock the next morning had successfully Bteered the boat through the darkness into Juneau. Officers of the company came down, heard the tale and made him cap tain of the boat for tha remainder pa Nh. s,,unnnr