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Iditarod pioneer., 1916-12-30
MADE HIS WILL IH SEA TERMS

Nantucket probably has a higher aVera~e to the inhabitsnt of funny yarns queer sayings, odd views of life and also of local pride snd assurance than any other town in America, says the Boston Transcript
 Nantucket speech Is museum of nautl cal expressions. When 8 Nantucketer has luck he IS running before the wind. To scud Is to hasten. and one who becomes Tn rolved in his statements is of lis sounGings Masthead" means any point high up Any che who i5 quite tlettened out in health Is Keel out" I've been keel out for a week with the grip" Whaling terms come in here, too, fer when man says lie IS pretty nigh fin cut" he means that be Is "all ln - in reference to the fact that the dying whale rolls over on his side, showing fin above water Tending the kettle halyarcs" means, with women, simply doing the house"ork When man gets excited in argument he IS told to lease off" When your guest de, parts, you say, Well 8 fair wind to you. Every figure is derived from the sea.
 When Obed Gardner, master mariner, wrote his will in 1S4l, he worded 1t as fol lows, snd it held fast:
 Item. I have cruised, with my wife Huldy Jane since 1911. We signed artl- cles in town before the preacher on In dependence day I want her and my son Jonathan to be captain and mate in bring ing to port whatever 1 leave and to see that every one of the crew gets the lay as writ down on this paper l put motEer Tn command. I know sheel be captain any way, fer six months after we started on our life cruise found out that l was mate and she was master. 1 don't mean that she ever mutinied but I know that whenever we didn't agree she always manoovred to windward
 Item. want mother to have the house on Union street till she goes aloft Then want it to go to the children in equal lays, etc.
 AS for whaling, Nantucket boy tied one end of his mothers alarming cotton to steel fork and tried to harpoon the family cat. As the animal sought to escape. mother entered the room and picked up the ball. "Pay out, mother, pay out" screamed the boy; there she sounds through the win dowl"
Iditarod pioneer., 1916-12-30
FIRST AMERICAN WOMAN
 TO CROSS INTO KLONDIkE

The first white woman to cross the Amer ican line into the Klondillc, pioneer of the pioneers, Miss Nellie Cashman, IS in Seattle says a special in the Juneau Empire. A slight, little woman, with gray hair brushed straight back from her forehead and blg hands roughcned and muscular from doing the work of men along the trail and in the camps of the North, now past 60 years oi age, she is as active and eager to go back Koyukuk region as she was in the days Q! "A, a slip of gill fresh from Ireland.
 Nearly twenty years before the klondikc rush, from which thousands returned en- titled to the name of sourdough, Miss Cash man first hit the trails of the North coun- try
 She was telling recently of a trip she made in IS75-only one Cf many, and any one of which would give the ordl- nary woman her fill of adventure fer life a seVenty-seven- day trip on snowShoes over 200 miles of snow and ice to carry meClca al aid to the l50 American men who were down with scurvy in the CasSiar country.
 Miss Cashman, with six men to help her, mushed out of Wrangell to their rescue, and nursed them so efficiently that not man died She had been few weeks on her tourney when Indians brought word to Wrangell that white woman was in dan ger out on the trail, and that help should be sent 4 detail of United States soldiers went to her rescue, and found her con- fortably settled in 8 camp, mlnlstering to the scurvy-stricken band of miners.
 T don't think 1 ever knew the meaning of fear" said Miss Cashman "&nd l was always restless and wanted to see new and away places,
 T came to this country a young girl from Ireland and went first to Arizona. l never saw another white woman in the months l stayed there. That was in '73, And then 1 went North.
 I'm going back now for visit to Ar- zona, to stay with a nephew of mine. He'll take me all around the country in an auto mobile, and 1 know he'll want me to stay there but he might as well try to keep the sun from rising as to try to keep me from going back North"
 After her first trip into the Interior, in "A, when Miss CGshman mushed in from Wrangell over the Stikine river route, she
 ned grocery business in Dawson, which she carried along with mining interests that she formed in that region. Later she en- tered the Fairbanks field. Then the ambi- tion to make a strike seized her, and she followed the tra'l into the KoyuIuk region, where she spent most of the last eleven years. She reports that there gre probably 2,5O0 or 3,OOO claims staked in that re gion and that at least 1000 of them are working or arc in the process of develop ment. It is her opinicn that next year will see many big strikes in that region.
 As she stood at the door of her room ln the Hotel Northern she looked down at the skirts she were ard sno,.e as fl she re garded them as a necessary inconvenience of her visit to tie Outside "lhcse things will go pretty quick when ] get back up therc,' she said "Iinc time I'd have with skirts on the trail"
Iditarod pioneer., 1916-12-30
BEST LIQUORS AID CIGARS Three Times Move Bar (Former'y the Stanley House)
 JOHN BkGOY, PROP. GOOD ROOMS CLEAN BEDS
 FLAT CITY
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

in the Probate Court for the Prectn"t of
 InnokO, Fourth Division, Territory et
 Alaska. In the Matter of the E>ta."
 of FridtOr Anderson, dcc"asCd.-Be-
 fore w A. Nlnal, Commissioner, eX-
 onlcio Probate Jndge.
 Notice Is hereby glvcn by the under. signed administrator of the estate or irldJct Anderson. deceased to the creditors of and aH persons having claims against the said deceased, to exhibit them, with the neccS- sary vouchers, within one year after thn, first publication of this notice, to the Said administrator, at IditarOG, Alaska, m the precinct of Otter, territory of Alaska, tht same being the place for the transaction or the business of said estate.
 Signed and dated this 23d day Of Decem~ Der, 1916. LEO tLlrf Ohu'
Iditarod pioneer., 1916-12-30
LADY EGLANTlNE

Commenting on the demise of Lady Eg Iantine, the famous hen with a record o1 3l5 eggs in one year, whose achievements aroused poultry fanciers to the greatest en thusiasm the New York Times pays her thu following tribute:
 Lady Eglantine Charon, turn your ferry round For biped outward bound. Let your finest pomp be spread Lady Eglantine is dead
 Few, perhaps, whom you have borne Left so many who will mourn. In the land her voice was heard, Dear was held her hghtest word. She was ever fortunes pet And her place was highly set. Fame and honor filled her day, Life she found one grand sweet lay.
Iditarod pioneer., 1916-12-30

Job Printing at The Pioneer office.
Iditarod pioneer., 1916-12-30

For steam baths, go to the Snyder House, Flat
Iditarod pioneer., 1916-12-30
MOVEMENT IS LAUNCHED
 FOR SATURDAY HOLIDAYS

A holiday that would be celebrated over the entire North American continent is one of the possibilities of the Saturday full hol day national movement that has been started recently by \. N. Chandler of Mont clair, N J. The movement Is to have the present fixed date holidays, except Christ mas end New Years, shifted to specified Saturdays nearest the dates of their present observance, and as an equivalent offset m annual holidays hours thus gained the adop- ton of eight Saturday full holidays in the summer time, including Independence and Labor days.
 Whether Washington was born on the 22d calender day of February or on the third Saturday of February; whether Lin coin was born or the 18th calendar day Of February or on the second Saturday of Feb ruary; whether the Declaration of lnde- pendcnce was adopted on the 4th calendar day of July or on the first Saturday of July; whether Columbus discovered the western hemisphere on the l2th calendar day of October or on the second Saturday of October-none of these precise dates of the calendar is of paramount importance when compared with the spirit of the event commemorated in the minds of those who are behind the Saturday full holiday na- tonal movement.
 "The business and professional man in these days begins the weeks work on Mon day morning keyed up in spirit fer five or five and hslf days of continued and un- interrupted effort" said Mir, Chandler in speaking of the movement, but on the av- craze in every sixth week there comes with 8 bang legal holiday in the middle of the week At such times 1t becomes difficult 10 throw of the pressure, to relax, to get the holiday spirit.
 
 For steam baths go to the Snyder House, Flat.
Iditarod pioneer., 1916-12-30
MAGAZINE IS PUBLISHED
 lJ INTEREST OF ESKIMOS

The Eskimo. a magazine devoted to the interests of the Esklmos of the northwest ern district of Alaska, has made its appear ance It is published at Nome by teachers and others of the United States bureau of education, who have been formally congrat- ulated by F. P Claxton, United States com missioner of education, for their enteipnse.
 In the leading article of its first issue, written by Superintendent Walter C. Shields Of the education bureau, it says
 The Eskimo is not dependent. On the contrary. he is, even in his present conai- tion. real and i.al factor in the wealth of the country He has never received B ration from the government; he can sup port himself. not always according to cur standards, # Is true but 1t is better for him 10 eat strictly native food than for him to learn to expect the government to support him.
 The wal so often heard from ignorant but presumably charitable people, Why don't you give the poor people some food?' if needed, would make paupers out of a self-supporting and noble race. We are proud of the fact that we have not fad the Eskimo We are proud of him as q man because he feeds himself
 One reason why primitive races have So often been pushed to the wall by the white race has been that the white race have coveted and needed the land As far as we can see, for years to come the white man will not make any attempt 10 push the Eskimo of lis par. of the map. While there will undoubtedly be developments in mining, yet for long time to come the Eskimos will have plenty of roorl in north ern Alaska. Therefore, even If this north ern part of Alaska, through some unex- pected development, should become desr- able for a large white population, we be iieve that with what development thc ES- kiIno has already received, and the addl- tional development that even five years more of undisturbed possession of his north ern businesses will give him. he will be vel fitted 10 meet advanced economic conci- tlons.
 We of the Alaska school service are help ing to bear the white mems burden; We do not claim to be ministering to dylng race; we want no praise as helpers of tue weak or 2s ministers to the down-trodden who are dying in filth and degradation We do not allow anyone to class us ln these cate gories That class of work Is entirely hu- manitarian and Is properly the duty of the missionary organizations. But s5 repre- sentatives of the government we claim the right of our service to exist because We are developing the resources of northern Alaska just as much and as surely as any
Iditarod pioneer., 1916-12-30

Job Printing a: The Pioneer otfce
Iditarod pioneer., 1916-12-30
SI ATWELL AT ANCHORAGE

Si Atwell, who arrived in Anchorage over the trail from Iditarod Saturday, left this afternoon for Seward on his way Out side Mir Atwen operates steamer Oh the Iditarod river during the summer, ant is incidentally interested in mining ln that vicinity In speaking of the Tolstoi co,ln try MT Atwell said that every indication pointed to good camp. and that &n i'm portant strike had recently been made CT Boob creek He also said he had q Iery successful season this year, and at least two new outfits would be installed next summer MT Atwell will spend part Of the winter in Seattle and later go to California, returning to Anchorage in March, en route to ldlta rod -Anchorage Times.
 THEN THE ICE FORMED
 Her-No doubt you think l am older than l really am.
 Him-Not at all. I'm sure you are moi as old as you look.-In,i;. naoCFs Star.
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 Job Printing at The Pioneer office
 Job Printing a: The Pioneer office
Iditarod pioneer., 1916-12-30
CAPTAIN KOENIG'S STORY
 OF DEUTCSHLAND'S VOYAGE

How the merchant submarine Deutschland diyed like a plummet and crashed bow on to the floor of the ocean, then stood on her head, whirling dizzily while furious storm lashed the surface, and British destroyer secured the sea in search of her prey, is narrated in graphic detail by the U-boat''s commander, Captan Koenig, in the follow ing article, received from Berlin via Say vile by tie International News Service on October p lest:
Iditarod pioneer., 1916-12-30

man with a pick and pan. We are adding to the wealth of the nation just as much and as surely as any prospector or trail maker We are meking country produc- tive just as much as any reclamation project that was ever managed by the government
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anxious to engage him. His parents
decided for him aud Billy then dis
Played lis happy and contagious smile
In Universal City, although he is now
with the Lasky company.
olive Johnson. another screen child
used to Ne Billv's leading lady and he
quite fell in love with her when they
were starring IN the lilms together.
lh,O billy formed IN undying friend
ship with Violet Radcliffe of the I'athc
company, with whom he had occasion
i' appear once in "A while. Nio'ct
might have developed into a rival of
Olives IN B!lly's estimation wer. Il
not for the fact that she is generally
cast for the part of a boy, so that he
10Y finds her more of a chum than a
sweetheart.
AT the mature age of 3 Violet toured
the United States with q picture called
Human Hearts" and each nigh, she
spoke eighteen Lines of a part, After
ward she appeared in almost fifty
ihotop.ays. She says she has the hope
OF some day becoming "A req and not
a reel actress. She attends a school
provided by the Majestic company. In
hours Of recreation she mothers hes
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DAVIS AND THE SLED

didn't know. Mr. Davis said nc would
raInr tho now Sled and taking a slp
of paper from his notebook wrote
'Th' Tanning al iirlcu.'
The little lad was asked what ne
would Tx" for q present SpcaRius
lIp Smirtly he answered ERNEST
Thompson Scton'S book The lives Of
the iiuutod' " His name" amt address
were taken WIKI tn" prum'-" that lo
should have the book.
A. the train pulled ont of TIA" s't-
ton the Iiltlo 'uI~trrs waved tIr"Wc.lS
"a rror newly ml'c i%r.yui~. iu d Si,u ,
time "A new S'rl wyS huught and
across is top painted in shining let
tcrs vas the uaInc given by Mr.. Davis,
The Tanning of Helen" q,
\ few weeks aftorward an express
package from a New York publishing
house was delivered at the home ~
the children, ON opening II the little
hoy found "A beautifully bound copy
Of "Tno Lives of the Hunted" ANA So
volumes of the llcnty books. Under
the. owe Of the Seton hook was THIS
inscription:
"i'oi kenneth-wiih many thanks
for the loan of his sled, from Richard
Harding Davis
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followed in their elders footsteps.
Others. however, have had different
experiences.
Such a case is that of Billy Jacobs.
Billy's parents were not theatrical
people at all. but they happened to live
near the Keystone studios In Los An
geles, and Billy of course used to stray
away from his wi back yard and play
about the studio doors. II happened
one day ;hSt a director wanted . child
for the picture he was making just
then, but non was available in the
studio. lie spicd Billy playing in the
road and after a little persuasion
coaXed him to give his services before
the camera in exchange for an ice
cream cone.
From that time on Billy cast in his
lot with the movies and he has been
with them ever since. although he was
not much over a year old when he
started in. Not long after his debut
the Keystone company moved and
Billy was out Of a job. As there We're
not at that time enough screen children
to so around ne was besieged with
offers from all. sorts Of companies
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B|l"uA'yu. Newark and Jersey city
az" Clp.tal places to ply the trade
when q mrudj,Jut becomes too wei
hpovu In the o.'N. crowded a. the
streets ale 'I" professional dig does
rot always escape notice. some one
90 other is slro 20 have an i~nconVen-
.,ut.y long memory and 20 spring up
when the same man approaches him
TWO or three times In succession with
the same tale. The SHIFT IN business
districts has caused "A restriction of
trade i'm the most desirable quarters.
Tho same faces are seen In the same
limited area. and there Is a time when
the dig must take TO the tall timber
IIrookiyn $ the first port Of call. 1t
- not regarded as "A lucrative hunting
ground AID j. spoken of with con-
,cmpt. After an hour of steady
hGsilug ;hc dig Will only receive
from 3 TO f. cents for MS pains. Jer-
>.N cay is somcw al better; Newark
1v.uu" Is zoe for from 20 To 40
cents Am hour. N"Wark is considered
.I I,cI. piacc owing 10 ti" concen-
trl,.uu .t population. Almost every
."ni, tu Newark passes Broad and
Starts. streets n; some time during
'ho etc., md from 5' to &. cents an
llour c,u To-. picked up az these cor
urr. and four OF i,t' hours can he
spent in the vicinity without mnlcsta-
-
m" FIRST "I.s' IN enter the Chinese
restaurant after his nights work waS
done ON = recent occasion Mas a al.
w"ll huilj man about - Years old,
with tic appearance of y Wcstoru"r.
\uuudv w"uld hav" taken him for !,
urot,,Sjuual ~loCGar, II" wore - f,l-
me-! shirt, a very Respectable SIlt ~
clothes and an enormous We" hrImm Il
somhTrru. TNis "di-" may ~" seen
40 ulrh' 9uNWhcr" from TwcUiy-ilug
tea thirty eighth street. hul m.uuly ~
the N5,iui', IF the PENNSYLVANIA l,t',-
. road station. His "Spiol' tells of Ia
recent arrival IN the city. with the in
tcntion Of prospecting for work" His
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Efforts were unsuccessful, owinG 20
dnfamiliarity with h town. lie is
stranded and without means. Sc.
when he entered the restaurant no
ordered the muS' expensive dish ON tn"
h,ll OF fare and asked the Chimes
water If any of the TRUST! had been
there. The waiter replied in the noga-
IKE. and after a glance ~ the cock
ihe supposed Westerner Informed him
they would not be ong coming.
The second 70 appear was a fellow
IN a khaki uniform. II" was younl.
clean shavcn and would l." roddl,
taken for a recently discharged sol
der. His uniform tiit"l Iik" u glove.
and h" had tn" appearance of - pr
waite who had put in tvera crod,tahIe
years in tn" army.
His spiel is IN. usual plaint az
the DISCHARGED soldier. He places IA
OBTAINING hand on the arm If his vic
Tim and assures him he j. not by
trade or instinct u h"gGar but is
forced t. ask assistance because of
inability To secure work. II" had re-
manned too long in the United states
service. ~ fa,' bad reoull~'ed and
been discharged after twclN" years "f
ouuu, 40" s,rN.tuoo without means
OF Prospects. If h" had been II or
injured in any way d" would r"c"iv"
Il pension. A. 1t il. no ON" wants 4
man without a trade, ana he Is uuahl"
20 get work, ~ ovcrNh body looks N.'h
suspicion ON a United States soldier,
Twelve wears is always his "Nt"'' -!
service. and TIA" ">piol' always takes.
Til" u"Nt mHn 20 ST d"Hn Ht H."
iailo might have b""u taken for a
prosperous businessmen ~ q hlss'liu:
uluu"tor ~ corporations. tie vHS
dressed IN GOOD "lutlra. his linen wa9
>uuIi"S~. and hIr s''r- were ut TIA"
latest combination of Co'"I"d l"tih's,
lie WAS introduced It's the president of
IN. l;,--drs Trust not halted - ,h"
k.ug nr prince of l"GGarH, hut Us TIN
head OF "A recognized profession.
tie informed his comrades that ais
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Helen and Dolores Costello of the Vitagraph.
Copyright, vI,asraph Co. Of America.

81 that name. Marion and Madeline
received their first dramatic education
under winthrop Ames in the palmy
days of the New Theatre and the Little
Theatre. Their working hours are 80
arranged as not to interfere with their
education, which is carried on under
the guidance Of their mother and prl-
vate tutors. ON stormy DAYS they "a
through setting up exercises and
courses in gymnasium work. On
pleasant afternoons they can be seen
riding on their pet ponies Cody and
Lady.
Helen and Dolores Costello obtained
their screen training with the Vita
graph company. by which their mother
and father were also employed. They
have appeared in many pictures.
The bright and shining Juvenile star
or the dis company is Andy Clark,
who was once called the Tom Sawyer
oi the screen Andv is ms much Of q
star as n of his older colleagues. In
fact he plays leads in the pictures as,
for instance. Andy Goes on tho
Stage" ANDY Flaws Hero Andy
Gets a JOB" &c.
Like Billy Jacobs. Andy made his
entry into the molten picture business
IN rather a peculiar A,nner. He tells
i himself like this:
81 was over in tn lot playin' ball.
We skun ont about ! o'clock SOS We
could have a good long game. In tn
ninth inning Vac Boss comes over,
and he's q friend o mhe and he says:
They need another boy over at the
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Efforts of the night had been u%nusualIv
successful and to s~uhstantiate his
statement he drew from his pocket "a
handful of coins and bills. His new
spiel h" informed his comrades. was
a corkor.
"" stepped up 10 his victim with a
confidential smile and requested IA few
minutes conversation. He then con-
hd'd that he was a civil engineer
under contract with a great CONSTRUCT
ZION company and had come to the city
Fl" " Il" charge OF a big job. lie had re-
'"iNrd a liberal check Will, which %
meet al expenses. but like most GU, of
toMuerS h" had expended Il not wisely
nut too we'll. II would he 10th en-
havraSslng ana unwise tu draw upon
the firm after the great iiberality they
had displayed. Would il he possible IN
borrow a small sum? Why, anything
would do. clad 10 take the address
or the donor and return II Immediately.
Thanks, old man. VIII he pleased To
do the same for You some day.
THIS man had the net sum to ia
obtained In every section of the other
large cities throughout the count
down pat. lie had begged his wav
from coast 10 coast time and time
a1tin, living like Il fighting cock en-
route.
several more digs" joined the party.
but non" possessed special points OF
distinction, until a fair haired, soft
N"i''i woman sat down az tho table.
Lew would slSp"ct that She was other
IIU'n Tia" wife "f a S~ucccSsCul profes-
Sl"nal mlu Sh" was perhaps the most
r'marknhl" DIS" Of the party.
80" fr"ulculs tho most f%aslIionallc
'".riS aud tea roornS. Shc WA. tb,
"'" Woman tho huus" detectives of a
certain ho'cl were afraid to- address
Wioii they routed the EraftcrS from .
wei known ~prorn"uad". she made her
">it unrhnll"u-ei, and to-day has ,bs
detectives guessing
Her name of attack is worthy Of
= h'tter cause, She work herself into
the good Graces Of her victim and after
an extended conversation manages tu
extract "A sum of anywhere from 10 TO
30 cents. She has AL the requirements
of a great confidence queen: but sh.
il satisfied with TIA. sums which sha
obtains Ivy a play upon sympathy.
The garments which she wears go be-
c"mingly are procured IN the same
manner
Thu last "dlg" TO inter was an en-
Noucut of a fast dying method. lie
wts the most d,formcd individual seen
i'm many Il day, IN effect which he
attained through his marvellous double
Joints,
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