The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-03-02
ALASKA ENJOYS WINTER.
Only 80 Degrees Below Zero at Rich
ardSOn.

sounds like a thrilling line from a
far-fetched tale or a mild episode IN
the adventures of poor Pauline, but
not so. 1t is a simple fact. Probably
it is the same kind of weather Addl-
son had in mind when he wrote OF
frozen words.
While Columbians sat upon their
piazzas January 21, with the mer-
curry at pleasant 70, the folk OF
Richardson, Alaska, kept close with
in their doors. They piled on blan-
kets and huge logs, for outside the
north wind did blow, and poor robin
(if he was up in that section) was
forced to go to a barn and hide his
weary head under his wing. Down
here in South Carolina the thermom-
eter was trying to persuade the
sandlappers that it was not winter,
after all, but up in Alaska they had
the real stuff.
At Fairbanks, Alaska, it was go to
65 below; at Salcha it was 70 below;
Eghert had a mere so below, while
Beaver Dam was completely outclass-
ed with a. meager "a. The Rev. H.
III. Lumpkin, Columbian, who is
priest in charge of St. Matthew's
mission at Fairbanks, writes:
II am inclosing a copy of last
nights paper, showing the record of
weather here. You might like to
think upon it while you sit in balmy
Columbia. How long this spell will
last it is hard to say. We've had
this one nearly week now. Sixty
and IS below zero weather is not
pleasant. So don't banker after a
visitation of it to Columbia"
The Rev. Mr.. Lumpkin sent an in
teresting copy of the Fairbanks Daily
News-Miner of January 21. The big
story Of the day is weather article
on the back page. '*Never in the his
tory of interior Alaska, at least in
the memory of any white man, has
kthe Tanana and Yukon river valleys
tsuffered with the cold as they have
during the last 4S hours. Fairbanks
business is practically at standstill,
no one venturing from home unless
forced to do so. On the trails, both
above and below town, it is even
colder. At Richardson the telegraph
operator and official weather reporter
wired this morning that it was 80
below zero, which is probably the
coolest ever known in Tanana valley
says the News-Miner Mr.. Lumpkin
adds a note of explanation in which
he says that he thinks spell about
seven years ago was equally as cold
as this one:
Further on the weather story says:
- everybody knows that the corner
of Lacey and First avenue is one OF
the coldest spots in town. Col. W..
II. McPhee, of the Washington, has
i thermometer in front of his es-
tablishment, which has made many
q man shiver. 1t usually shows the
temperature from six to ten degrees
colder than anywhere else in town.
This morning, poor thermometer, 1t
was put out OF business. The spirits
dropped 80 low that 1t was impossl-
ble to tell what the temperature was.
The colonel fears that the thermome-
ter, in disgust, has quit working for
all time
In this same issue Of the News
Miner is an advertisement for piano
company that must have been slight
IL aggravating to the shivering Alas
kans. The "ad'' used two cuts, one
of which was a scene in Yukon, and
the other was a tropical scene with
rising heat and sheltering palms.
ssFrom Yukon to Cape Town" reads
the ad.
A picture show advertises Lew
Fields in "Old Dutch for sunday
and Monday nights, admission so
cents.
The News-Miner at the head of its
editorial columns says: Single
copies 25 cents,' referring to the
price of the four sheet paper.
Two basketball games were sched-
uled for the night of January FL. or
these the News-Miner says:
1'Two good basketball games were
to have been played at the rink to-
night, but owing to the extreme cold
weather they have been indefinitely
postponed. At present the players
refuse to appear in furs to play. The
boosters for the game also fear that
they cannot induce enough fans to
turn out to pay for the electric light
bill, to say nothing of rent
The chief of the fire department OF
Fairbanks issued a fire warning, say