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Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-03-11
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ing the steps in the ice through the
Trough. My fears were well founded.
More than half of the steps were not
only filled but entirely covered and
obliterated, so that it was impossible
to locate them. There were several
places from fifty to a hundred feet
wide or more between the powders
along the side of the Trough where
there was no sign of any footing, and
if one should start to slip it was hard
to see just where one might expect to
stop. The only certain place appeared
to be down near Glacier lake, some
1000 feet below.
"In these places I made steps by re-
peated kicks with my heel, at the
same time making hand holds higher
up with my hands in the crusty snow.
Fortunately, / was able to find the
steps IL that portion of the side of the
Trough that was covered with ice. In
one place attempted to go down over
a bowlder by lowering myself feet
first, but after getting so far that
swung freely below the chest l found
it impossible to find safe footing and
had to climb up again over the bowl
der. AS this bowlder was located in
position with a steep crusty snow
slope below it, the climbing up was at
tended with some danger, and espe-
cially so as the first part of the climb
ing consisted of a series of kicks and
wriggles in an attempt to lift my
clothing clear Of the rough bowlder
and to move forward at the same time
until l could bring my foot or knee
into action.
1.-THE trail was very dim after get
ting out of the Trough. Several times
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-03-11
NAMES LIVE IN HISTORY
Brilliant Array of Fearless Scattering
Adventures Belonging to
Norway.

1.-THE ice party this year consisted of
Storkensen, Andreasen and Thomson,
all Norwegians except myself" wrote
Vilhjalmur Stefansson in the opening
sentence of the account of his polar
expedition. Apparently he classes him
self as American or Canadian, as he
is, and gives no credit to Scandinavia
for the part he played in the narrative
of what happened. 1t was more than
coincidence that his companions were
"all Norwegians." The annals of arc.
tic and antarctic exploration are filled
with the exploits Of Norwegians and
few explorers have been more modest
than they regarding their achieve
ments.
The Norsemen have been fearless
seafaring acventurers since the days
when the vikings, in their little ships,
overran the west coast Of Europe and
time after time raided the British
Isles. They reached out into the I'M
known north seas to Iceland, then to
Greenland, and nearly a thousand
years ago Lief Ericsson and his crew
visited the land they knew as Vinland
and what we know as New England.
The old tower at Newport is there as
evidence of their coming centuries be-
fore Columbus had sailed on his mem
orable voyage.
Within tie memory of all of us Capt
Fridtjof Nansen brought new luster
fr
he navigateo the northwest passage in
his ship Fran. Capt. Road Amundsen
brought back to civilization the first
definite scientific data on the magnetic
pole, which he located in the far
North. A few years later he was first
tc reach the south pole. having ar
rived only a few weeks in advance OF
the Inflated Scott expedition.-Indian.
apolis Star.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-03-11
MATERNAL INSTINCT is ALIVE
Not Necessarily Abandoned by Women
Who Have Chosen to Pursue
a Career"

We often hear that women used to
be more maternal than they are now.
The difference was that they had
larger families and were compelled to
do more work about the house, be-
cause modern household conveniences
were then wanting, asserts DR.. Mary
Kent lsham, successful New York
physician. The fact of large family
Is not necessarily an indication that
there is much maternal feeling in the
mother. The maternal instinct Is
found in women who want children
whether they have them or not-and
who occupy themselves preferable in
ways which deal with the young.
The majority of single women and
of women with careers do not lack the
maternal spirit and do not lack the
sex instinct, but they are wanting in
a certain recklessness which would
enable them to accept the wrong hus-
band or go in for what has been called
'unbridled motherhood. They are
perhaps trained into too great self
control and caution. Others are too
Intense and passionately maternal to
marry. They must have whole crowds
of children with whom to deal, like
the old woman in the shoe. The hus-
band is secondary consideration. A
large number of women who are en-
gagged in social service and who, for
various reasons, have been deprived
of homes of their own, or find the
duties in their homes too limited are
spending their generous helping of
maternal energy in larger social
field.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-03-11

TT IS Philippine island, Culion-
with the accent on the on-and 1t
is the place of happiness for the
\ unclean. OF course in its great
work Of making happiness 1t has had
the cooperation of mantle American
man. While Americans have been find
ing and using much in the Philippines,
perhaps they have never levied upon
nature for a finer service than that
at little Culion. The people whom it
makes happy are the lepers.
Making lepers happy-the phrase
seems anomalous, because we have
never thought of happiness in connec-
tion with lepers. We know that a
leper colony means isolation, one of
the grimmest things we can imagine,
and it never would occur to us that
isolation under those particular cir
cumstances could by any possibility
be ether than terrible and dreadful.
When the Americans went into the
Philippines they discovered that the
Filipinos were not taking proper care
of their lepers, says a writer in the
New York Evening Post. The bureau
of health, under DR.. Victor G. Heiser,
set aside Culion, one of small group
of southern islands about a days sail
from Manila. 1t had three or four fish
ing villages on it, Of which the largest
was Culion village. It's inhabitants
were transferred to nearby islands
and the site of the old town Of Culion
was taken for the new leper colony.
One of the interisland boats of the
bureau Of navigation, fitted out for this
particular work, collected the lepers
under the supervision Of the director
of health. During the year several
trips are made about the islands. The
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-03-11
Island Of the
; OncIean

sides Stunned by their fellowmen, but
they will be living with people.
Town a Scene Of Activity.
Yes, 1t is town that receives
them, town with civic life, social
life, amusements, and, above all, oocu-
pations. For, contrary to the general
idea, while at the present time there
are about 5000 lepers in Culion COM
paratively small number of them are
kept in hospital at any one time-per.
haps about 400. OF these a number
are usually in for pneumonia, dysen-
terry, malarial fever and other illnesses
to which leprosy does not immunize
victims.
1t is a decided surprise to find the
colony a scene of such activity and
the effect is naturally Immediately
salutary for the incoming citizens. And
from the moment they leave the quar-
antine buildings their entire life as
sumes a new aspect. For many and
many leper it is the very beginning
of life, even though it comes toward
the end. That is Culion colony.
The island is fifteen miles long and
nine or ten miles wide. Both the
island and the town are divided into
two unequal parts called the clean and
the unclean. The clean is merely the
portion reserved for the headquarters,
and for the workmen employed, of
whom there are about 200.
In the unclean district the lepers
are. But in the transition from the
clean to the unclean, one has no i'm
preston that there is CHASTITY con-
trast between the two districts. Con-
trary to the general notion that lep-
rosy is a disease whose symptoms are
the dropping off of fingers and toes
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-03-11
Whistle Scared Thieves.

s. Magari's ability to give a correct
imitation of police whistle on his
fingers saved the days receipts of his
restaurant when lone robber entered
and drove him out of the back door.
Get out of here. Quick!" the robber
commanded as he entered the front
door of Magari's place, flourishing re-
volver. Magari dropped pairing
knife and ran for the rear exit. AS
he passed through the door the robber
fired shot at him. The bullet en-
bedded itself in the door casing.
On reaching the open Magari, with
his fingers to his lips, cut loose with
a shrill whistle so nearly like the
metal whistles used by policemen that
the robber ran out of the place at top
speed.-Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-03-11

~ W. ROPER of Chicago recent
ly made an unusually danger
l. GUS ascent Of I, Longs peak,
the giant of the new Rocky
Mountain national park, and has
given details of the exploit in a letter
to friend.
Longs peak, which is 1926 feet
high, was considered unclimbable for
many years. Its summit Is reached by
passing from Boulder field, which lies
$4,000 feet up, through an opening in
the rocky wall known as Keyhole out
upon the side of sharp-angled slope
covered with perpetual ice and snow,
which slants from near the summit far
down the mountain side to end in a
nearly precipitous drop of good deal
more than a thousand feet into Gla-
cier gorge.
This Is called the Trough and 1t is
assembled by steps cut in the ice and
snow. which are frequently obliterated
by fresh snowfalls and must be re-
newed continually. So far, none Of
the hardy scalers of the summit,
which include, by the way, an in
creasing number of women, has lost
control on this dangerous slope,
though stories are whispered of occa-
sional slips caught just in time.
Mr.. Roper, while ascending the low
er levels, met four young men, two of
them with frozen feet, who had been
held overnight on the summit by
snow squat obliterating the steps too
late in the day to enable them to cut
new ones on their descent.
In the Face Of a Gale.
"As there was heavy snow on the
summit Of Longs peak the night after
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-03-11

lepers are brought down, as suspects,
from the island districts to the coast
towns, and there kept awaiting trans
portation tC the colony. Several ply
sicians are with the boat, and also a
bacteriologist from the Manila bureau
of science. Before the suspects can be
taken aboard he must be found to be
,bacteriologically positive. When the
work was first undertaken the Ameri-
can doctors and their subordinates
were not overfamiliar with leprosy
except in it's advanced stages. At first
only the advanced cases were taken to
Culion, but as the colony has grown
creased it is now possible to collect
the incipient cases as we'll.
Cullen Coral Island.
The scene as one comes in toward
the island gives the impression of Sc
renity. The bay is deep and amazingly
blue, and it swarns with varieties of
the most brilliant fish. Reaching out
from Culion, crescent wise, is Pc
culiar and fantastic coral formation
called the Coral islands, Jagged and
impossible; within them rises Culion
itself, hilly and green and serenely
beautiful Except in typhoon seasons
these waters are quiet and as one
nears the shore one has the sensation
of being awaited by some spirit of
friendliness and peace-an effect new
90
and women-and often children-who
stand forward in the vessel looking
with wondering eyes upon this spot
where they are to spend the rest of
their lives. They have been expect
ing prison, and what they are behold
ing has the appearance Of a home.
There is the colony. The little white
houses or shacks with their garden
yards cover the hillside, and the larger
buildings showing here and there the
hospital, the quarantine buildings, the
theater, the church on the headland,
and other. But it is on the wharf that
the interest centers There all the
able-bodied men of the colony have
gathered-an eager throng. In the
very vanguard of them trim group of
erect men in white uniforms, the Gu
lion leper band, already playing well
coming strains which greet the new
corners.
These two crowds gaze toward each
other eagerly-the little crowd on the
boat, the big one on the landing-be-
cause in the colony all the tribes of
the Philippine islands are represented,
and great is the excitement of those
who espy members Of their own tribe.
On the boat the entire attitude has
changed. The dependency which the
lepers have felt since they were first
taken aboard rapidly gives place to an
astonished and cnildlike delight Not
only does the colony appear now to be
a home, but for many of the strangers
1t is the first home they have ever
known. They begin to realize that here
they will not be outcasts, living in
avoided huts and among rocks on hill
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-03-11

l arrived at the inn,' writes Mr.. Roper,
81 was advised not to attempt the as
cent for several days on account of
the danger. l therefore waited until
the fourth day after the snow. Start
ing about seven in the morning, l rode
alone and without guide to Boulder
field, where the horse was left. had
some description of the appearance of
the Keyhole, and it had been suggest
ed that perhaps l would find difficulty
in getting by the snow in the Trough
and might do better to climb the bowl
ders along the side. The geological
survey map constituted the rest OF my
information about the ascent.
walking across Boulder field was
somewhat sheltered from the wind,
which was blowing gale from the
southwest. On reaching the Keyhole
I found the wind blowing against me
80 strong that l could hardly stand. /
therefore retraced few steps, sat
down in the lee Of projecting rock
and ate portion of my lunch. 1t was
so cold that there appeared to be no
prospect of rain at higher attitudes,
and / therefore left at this point my
knapsack, containing my raincoat, the
remainder of my lunch and few 9TH
or incidentals.
Cutting Steps In the Ice.
after leaving the Keyhole the gen.
eral direction of the trail was indi-
Gated by a few cairns, but they were
very scarce. The footprints in the
snow of a party that had made the as
cent the previous day were of consid-
cradle assistance and particularly so
In the Trough, where l found their
steps cut In the ice and crusty snow.
I did not have to cut more than six or
eight steps. and as had nothing that
could be used for the purpose except
my hunting knife this was very fortu-
nate.
THE ascent from the Keyhole to
the summit required an hour and thir-
ty minutes. In the Trough | was on
all fours about half the time and did
considerable climbing over and
amongst the DOWlueIS' W~uiO She'i
acterize TIE ascent as dangerous rath-
er than difficult There was nc snow
of any consequence except in the
Trough, although the notes in the
register on the summit showed that
the party had found two inches on the
summit the previous day.
81 had taken opportunity to enjoy
the many magnificent views on the
way up the peak, and it was fortunate
that did so, as there found storm
gathering, the clouds being about on
the level with the summit of the peak
and snow starting to fall. l made a
slight tour of the summit and Their
located and examined the register OF
the Colorado Mountain club.
Fighting Snow Storm.
1.-THE snowfall rapidly increased, sc
that in twenty minutes after reaching
the summit started the descent, as
feared difficulty due to the snow cover
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-03-11
SAW THINGS IN NEW LIGHT
Society Woman Profited by Rectors
Sensible Remarks on the Subject
of Snobbishness.

But. my dear Doctor Brown, "ex-
claimed Mrs. de Puyster, however ex-
cellent these people may be. you don't
mean that | ought to treat them as
my social equals?"
"And why not?' asked the rector.
To the lady his voice did not seem SO
sympathetic as usual.
We'll, really" she returned, little
embarrassed, at seems obvious that
they are different"
1.-THE differences you speak OF are
mostly petty silly. and wicked distinc-
tions without real significance. What
clothes a man wears who his father
and mother were, what opportunity for
schooling he had or was denied-do
these things give any intimation OF
the mans essential worth or value?
Once, at a fashionable summer re-
sort, sat watching the crowd bathing.
Among them three men were conspi-
cuous. It was q pleasure to see their
broad shoulders, their deep chests,
their splendid limbs. Finally they
left the water and disappeared into
one of the lighthouses Presently they
reappeared in overalls! They were
workmen building house near by. To
most of those who saw them, their
physical superiority had vanished I'M
der their working clothes.
Some day." continued the doctor,
I'VE shall all lay aside our clothes
and our bodies as well. Some who
on earth seemed very impressive with
their fine clothes and their attractive
faces and bodies will then look pitt
fully shriveled and shrunken.
'If you could look into the serv-
ants hall of some great castle and see
the butler refusing to associate with
the stableman, and the cook holding
herself superior to the chambermaids,
1t would seem to you utterly silly and
ludicrous for people to make such
ridiculous distinctions But are they
really more absurd than we when we
make the same kind Of distinctions
among our fellows?"
Mrs. de Puyster smiled. IT suppose
we are absurd she said.
IF we were only absurd 1t wouldn't
matter so much" returned the doctor.
But it is not simply ludicrous. Snob-
berry isn't a minor fault or venial err
ror. It's one Of the great sins. If I'm
snob, it's because In my heart l de-
spise my fellow men, and have set
myself up as their superior. l have
repudiated the very heart of the mes
sage of Christ. l have cut myself off
from the common humanity with which
Christ proudly identified himself. In
asmuch as we have done it unto one of
the least of these my brethren, ye
have done it unto me- means that
Christ actually lives in humble human
kind. For me to be snob means that
l have cut myself off from humble
humankind-and consequently from
Christ himself! That is a serious
thing!"
Mrs. de Puyster no longer smiled.
ut is a serious thing. It's an awful
thing!" she cried God be merciful
to me snob!"-Youth's Companion.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-03-11
SHOOK PEARLS FROM GOWN
One Woman at Least Who Believes
That Tight Styles Are Strictly
All Right.

Persons in the rose room Of the As
tor, one night recently, were interest
ed when they heard a pretty woman
with diamonds glistening on dainty
hands say:
THE pearls have gone-the string
snapped in two"
She wore a coat with a moleskin
collar, the New York Herald states.
Her husband suggested that she take
off her coat. She then tugged on the
end of a string and brought forth a
sad looking affair-six pearls left at
the end of the necklace. After stand
ing up once or twice and engaging the
attention of a waiter she brought
forth handful of pearls by the time
her husband returned from a tele-
phone call.
Good thing this dress was tight"
she laughed.
They proceeded to count the pearls
consensus that three pearls had
strayed from the string.
Again the pretty woman stood up,
shrugged her shoulders. Result, one
more pearl. Two were missing They
ate their dinner, not forgetting the
ynishap, and started out of the dining
room In Indian order the woman first,
then the husband, then the waiter
who had aided in picking up pearls,
and finally head waiter. The walters
had orders to keep their eyes open
for pearls.
Would the woman tell her name?
No.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-03-11

and other portions of the body or that
lepers are always unsightly from spots
and blotches, the fact is that this con-
dition prevails only in the advanced
stages, and in the beginning, especial
ly, the disease is marked by changes
so slight that only the expert can iden'
tify them. There is no contrast, either,
in the general atmosphere of the clean
and the unclean parts except perhaps
that the unclean is the buster and the
happier.
The colony is organized as a town.
houses for about 1000 lepers. At one
time there was even mayor, with his
officials, elected by the citizens from
among themselves, but this system was
rot satisfactory, and now the physician
in charge is the head of the colony. To
he is virtually the mayor of the town.
The lepers furnish their own police,
and their band, and they enact their
own plays in their own theater, where
they have, too, of course, motion pic
lures. A special form of money has
been put in circulation for the island,
and twenty centavos per week is al
lowed each leper as spending money,
which he uses for tobacco and candy
and fish, and other commodities.
There Are Few Escapes.
There is one general store, with
branches in the two districts. The
one in the unclean part is managed
by Chinese leper 1t is new build
ing, made of concrete, and is one of
the interesting sights of the colony.
Another center of interest is the big
kitchen, where the people can bring
their bread and other food to be
cooked in the big ovens, if they are
not well enough to cook in their own
ovens at their shacks Once a fort
night supplies of rice and staples are
brought down IN a special boat, and
these supplies are distributed to the
lepers. Most Of the yards have -four
ishing gardens, and the people raise
much of their own fruit and vege-
tables. They also have the freedom of
a certain part of the bay for fishing,
using RATS for the purpose.
Almost never do they attempt to es-
cape, and when this has happened, the
fugitives have usually asked to be sent
back to the colony.
Perhaps their favorite amusement
is baseball, with the exception, Of
course, of cockfighting. Scarce shack
in the unclean part is without its
gamecock. This sport Is so instructive
with the Filipino that 1t has not been
forbidden the lepers, in whose favor
various laws have been a little
stretched, as, for instance, the mar.
riage law. Intermarriage is permitted,
on the basis that 1t gives a moral tone
to the colony. Few children are born
Of these marriages. Even If the chill
dren live after birth, their lives are
always brief, and in all the years in
which the colony has been operated,
very few Of these children have lived
to see the age Of five years.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-03-11

that fits around
the sound box, an
a r m extending
downward there
from Just behind
the needle, and a
brush made of
alternate | a y e r s
o T bristles and
felt. The bris-
ties engage the
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-03-11
Always Wronu.

Manager-Fm disguised with the
mistakes that new man makes! He
gets everything balled up.
Assistant Manager-Oh, well, some
of the best ones are that way at the
beginning. He may bring home the
bacon yet.
Manageable won't unless we send
him for ham.-Judge.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-03-11
Rice Culture in Porto Rico.

Experiments in lowland rice culture
recently started in Porto Rico are
arousing much interest there, because
rice is the chief food consumed in
the island. Porto Rico has spent ap-
proximately 100000 annually during
the last four years for this grain, and
Is the largest export consumer Of
American-grown rice.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-03-11

same safety for
glasses should, 1t
would seem, also
meet with popular
approval.
A device has
been placed on
the market which
will meet with
much favor. It is
very simple and
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-03-11
Vain Hope.

Everybody says I'm light on my
feet, father" said the gilded youth.
"Umph," replied the disappointed
parent, who didn't raise his boy to
be dancer. Il wouldn't go so far as
to wish you had been born clubfooted,
son. but ! do wish your head was
heavy enough to act as a sort OF drag
10 your feet"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-03-11

can be made at home if one Will but
secure some stout though pliable wire.
The wire is fastened to the wall with
screw or staple and then twisted to
the shape shown in the sketch.