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The Nome daily nugget. (Nome, Alaska) 1906-1918, 1916-04-15

The great race was on. Aver
failed to see the flag and started
slow but, at the word, the tremb-
ing dogs leaped forward and
sped down the street at a dizzy
pace, the eager animals fairly tear
ing up the brittle snow.
Aver was scarcely more than
passed from vision before Seppala
with his handsome Siberians came
up and a minute later he too had
flashed across the tape Bobby
Brown, as lean and we'll trained in
appearance as his rangy animals
followed. Delzene, with half
dozen men hanging on the tow
lines to restrain the eager rushes
of the racers, came up and, amidst
the usual hearty chorus of Good
bye's" followed the others. Last
came the Drowned and bearded
Norseman, Kjedsted, with his
stocky animals. A few moments
at the line and he too was gone.
All made excellent time down
the coast. f~."
Aver arrived at Cape Nome, IS
miles away, at 1921. At II 90
he reached Safety and Solomon
at IL; 80. His time was II min
utes ahead of that made by Allan
last year. Brown arrived at Sol
onion at the same time as Aver,
making the distance in $50. Sep
pala was next in 1885. Delzene
took 3 40 to make the SO mile run
and Kjegsted 3:s5' Aver stopped
four minutes at the cape and Kjeg-
sted pulled up for nine minutes at
Safety. Weather reports from
along the route indicate fair trail
all the way to Candle. Along the
coast the weather is slightly low
ering but there is little hint of a
storm. At Council it is reported
windy but with brilliant sunshine.
Reports from along the route ear
ly said that Aver had one dog in
the sled and four loose. 1t is also
reported that the dog carried was
injured by striking a horse team
before he was we'll out of Nome.
Four of the racers have reached
Timber as we go to press; Aver
arriving at 3:3I, Brown second at
3:35, Delzene third at 3:37 and
Seppala at 3:38. Ayers time up
OF this point is 6:36. All are we'll
ahead of the time made last year
up to this point.
Later-kjegsted arrived at
4:I3.
The Nome daily nugget. (Nome, Alaska) 1906-1918, 1916-04-15

their feet and they return once
more to the haven of rest at
Nome.
For some reason, the crowd
failed to give vent to any demon
stration as the furry racers sped
out on their long journey. One en-
thusiastic individual shouted
loudly as Seppala shot forward
at the flag but aside from this
there was subdued atmosphere
and even the dogs were quiet, as
if they felt that it was, indeed, a
long, long way to Candle. Aver
was the first to face the line and
after the usual checking and
marking at the hands of the bust
ling officials, the olive flag in the
hands of Queen Mary trembled in
the air for a moment and then fell.
The Nome daily nugget. (Nome, Alaska) 1906-1918, 1916-04-15
TUESDAY, APRIL 18th.

With half of Nome at the start
ing post and the other hall anxi-
Gus to get there, the five entries
IN the ninth annual All Alaska
Sweepstakes race to Candle and
return crossed the starting line
on their long, cold journey over
the barren wastes to Candle and
return, at nine this morning. AS
the teams lined up at one minute
intervals before Queen Mary and
ner maids of honor, the eager
crowd rushed in to close quarters,
crowding and jostling the dogs
and drivers in their anxiety to see
The speedy animals which, for
three long days, will fly over the
frozen trail until four hundred
miles will have passed beneath
The Nome daily nugget. (Nome, Alaska) 1906-1918, 1916-04-15
WEDNESDAY

At no time since the first rae
ing team sped over the Sweep
stakes route has contest devel-
oped greater interest than that
which is now in progress. In
spite of adverse trail conditions
the five entries are all making ex-
cellent time and the end of the
first twenty four hours found
them well mp to the speed marks
of last year. At 7:32 this morn
ing, both Aver and Delzenc, on
arriving at Haven, were but thir-
ty two minutes behind the TWEEN
ty two hours mark set by Allan
in the 1915 race. The others, with
the exception of Kjegsted, were
also close up to the mark. Seppala
arrived one mintue after the lead
RS at 7:33 and two minutes later
Brown also landed. Brown and
Aver arrived at Council last night
at SAB with their dogs in good
shape and everything fine. At
5:54 Seppela pulled in and eleven
minutes later Delzene also showed
up. Kjegsted who had fallen
slightly behind in the furious
drive to Timber, did not appear
until 6:33. Aver stopped for eleven
minutes and again set his face
toward the north. Four minutes
later Seppala sped after the lead
er and was followed by Brown
one minute later. The stay of Del
zene was also short and three min
utes after arrival he was again
on the long trail. Between Coun-
Gil and Boston, Aver gained TWEEN
ty minutes on his nearest oppon-
ents, Seppala and Delzene. The
time of Aver up to this point was
two hours and nine minutes faster
than that of Allan in the race OF
1915. Aver arrived at Scr and
twenty minutes later Seppala and
Delzene also appeared. Brown
followed four minutes afterward
but Kjegsted did not get through
until an hour later. arriving there
at GAS.
The running time of the five
teams up to this point, Io4 miles
from the starting point was as
follo'ti: Aver II:2I, Seppala
I1:4I /, Delzene II4I, Brown,
HAS, Kjegsted I2:45. Aver,
Brown and Delzene rested but
the other two continued on. After
a stop over of six and quarter
The Nome daily nugget. (Nome, Alaska) 1906-1918, 1916-04-15

Council at 7:19 and passed on.
He was then 81 minutes behind
Seppala who had departed at 8 AZ.
Aver reached Council at 8:o1.
Aver remained at Council but
13 minutes, departing at 8:L4
on the road TO Timber. Delzene
arrived at Timber at o:42, twenty
nine minutes after Seppala passed
through. Aver reached the same
point at 1898, one hour and TWEEN
ty five minutes behind the leader.
The total time OF the teams up
to this point were: Seppala 72:I3,
Delzene 72:42; Aver 1898.
Seppala covered the 81 miles
between Timber and Solomon in
rapid time and landed in the coast
town at I rs p. m. with his dogs
in fair shape for the last thirty
six miles to Nome Reports from
solomon at that time said that he
Lad one dog on the sled and two
were limping slightly. He did
;.0t stop.
Delzene remained at Timber
twenty five minutes before again
passing on. Aver departed from
Timber at 1855.
Delzene arrived at Solomon at
:o4, thirty-nine minutes after
Seppala and was followed by Aver
at $50. At SIS Seppala arrived
at Safety, p miles from Nome.
Latest reports state Kjegsted ar
rived at Boston at r2:52 and de-
parted at 1872. Seppala was re-
ported to have passed Safety with
The Nome daily nugget. (Nome, Alaska) 1906-1918, 1916-04-15

ing at Haven, 50 miles nearer
home, at 4 :38. After resting for
eight minutes he again pressed
forward. Boston, Io4 miles from
Nome was reached at 9:32 last
evening. AT o:36 he was again
on the road, this time with Coun-
Gil as his stopping point. The in
tervening 10 miles were covered
at 1 "a a m. and the furry racers
were given a we'll merited rest I'M
til 6:48 this morning,
In the meantime the others,
with the exception of Brown, who
had withdrawn after leaving Gold
Run, were not idle. They too,
were wearing down weary miles
some distance behind the leader.
After resting at Candle for twelve
hours and forty minutes, Aver
started on the return trip at 8 :o5
a. III yesterday morning and was
followed 3 minutes later by Del
zene. Both arrived at Gold Run
at 1898. Delzene pulled out
again at IL ;26 with Aver follow
ing four minutes later. At
Haven they were still together.
Delzene arriving at SOP, three
minutes in advance of Aver.
Meanwhile Kjegsted had pulled
out from Candle at IL sharp and
reached Gold Run at 4:so, At
5:32 he again hit the trail, arriv-
ing at Haven at IL 20 last night.
Delzene and Aver stopped for a
few minutes at Haven and then
sped on to Boston, arriving there
at II:Io and II:2o respectively.
Delzene departed at 400 and
Aver at 4 30. Dezene arrived at
The Nome daily nugget. (Nome, Alaska) 1906-1918, 1916-04-15
THURSDAY

The first half Of the 1910 Sweep
takes ended at 6:56:Io last eve
ming when Seppala, winner of last
years race, crossed the mark at
Candle 81 minutes ahead Of his
nearest competitor, Fred Aver,
Seppala's time was 80 hours, SO
minutes, 10 seconds for the 2o4
mile trip Bad weather prevailed
throughout the latter stages of
the journey and the time made is
one hour, ~ minutes and ten sec
onds behind that of last year.
Fifty four minutes after Seppala
came Aver, the man who had led
the race throughout the greater
portion of the distance but who
finally fell behind on the long o.
mile stretch between Haven and
Candle. -Four of Ayers dogs were
very. tired. Seven minutes after
Aver, Delzene came in. Accord
ing to the reports his dogs ap-
peared to be i'll good shape though
somewhat more fatigued than the
stout little Siberians of Seppala,
which had come through in fine
condition. At BIS Bobby Brown
arrived, also with four very tired
animals. Kjegsted did not at
tempt to reach the half way post
last night, having stopped at an
igloo eight miles from Candle
where he remained until this
The Nome daily nugget. (Nome, Alaska) 1906-1918, 1916-04-15

morning. AT 6:33 a. m. Candle
reported that he too had arrived
The following comparative ia
bic gives the running and resting
time Of each contestant
Seppala-Total time 33;56:1o
running time ~ :o2; resting time
6:54; average. miles per hour,
7.547.
Ayer-Total time 34:5o:I5, run
ming time 24:42; resting time,
1913; average miles per hour
$3.50.
Delzene-Total time, "a 81 go ;
running time, "a 10; resting time,
Io:4I; average miles per hour,
8.4I2.
Brown-Total time 35:15; run
ming time, 26:3o; resting time,
8:45; average miles per hour, 7.79.
The Nome daily nugget. (Nome, Alaska) 1906-1918, 1916-04-15
SATURDAY

The great Sweepstakes is over.
In a driving finish that for speed
astonished even the oldest dog
fans, Leonard Seppala, winner OF
the 1915 race and hero OF many
a trail exploit that will live in dog
racing history, crossed the tape
at 5 ;38:o5 last evening winner of
one of the closest and most inter
esting contests ever held over the
4o8 mile course to Candle and re-
IL. His time for the round trip
was SO hours, 80 minutes and o5
seconds. This was slightly more
than the time made by the hardy
little musher last year, at which
time he run the course in e :44:57.
Trail conditions were different
this year, however In the north
the storm king ragged along the
snowy path and the racers were
compelled to battle their way
through one Of the worst storms
"f the winter along many miles
OF the course. This was not ap-
parent to the tense and anxious
crowds standing i'll eager antici-
patton before the bulletin boards
at Nome. The mere report blow
ing at Candle gave no hint Of
what those hardy men were facing
III their heroic struggle over the
northern uplands. Words cannot
adequately tell OF the bowling
wind the whirling SHOWS, the
singing frosts that beset the
hardy quintet fighting their way
along the barren trail.
Only those who have know the
Jury OF the northern blizzard can
guess the things that they endur-
ed as they forced their way for
ward or realize the heroism of
their task. SePpala's reference to
it was contained in the casual
remark that it was blowing pref
ty bad and he could scarcely see
the length of his dog team. That
was all. Considering the nature
of the difficulties encountered by
the racers, the time Though
slower than last year and hours
behind the famous record of John
Johnson, is truly remarkable.
Most remarkable OF all, however,
is the time made by the winner
i'll coming from Council to Nome.
Throughout the long IS mile jour
ney, the longest miles of all, he
averaged considerably over seven
miles per hour. Coming along
the coast, he astonished the
watchers at Nome by continually
arriving at the reporting stations
far ahead of the expected time.
After passing Solomon, SO miles
from the finish, he made no stop
until he had crossed the line in
front of the green and gold dec
Grated grand stand from which ne
had departed over eighty hours
before, Safety passed at 3:Is.
the tough little Siberians wore
down the miles with amazing
strength and speed. The nine
miles between Safety and Cape
Nome were passed in fifty min
utes and he was reported passing
the station at a :o5. AT STA the
telephone announced from Fort
Davis, 3 Ir2 miles from Nome,
that the hero had passed the last
signal station on his course and
The Nome daily nugget. (Nome, Alaska) 1906-1918, 1916-04-15
FRIDAY

After struggling over heavy
trails throughout the day, yester-
day, Seppala arrived at Timber at
oI3 this morning on what may
be termed the last stage Of the
long 4o8 mile journey to Candle
and return. Seventy two hours
and thirteen minutes had passed
since he started and miles of snow
covered valley and upland lay
behind. Starting forth from Can
die on the return journey at 6:4o
a. M, after a rest of eleven hours
and forty minutes, the tough lit
tie mushcr wore down the lead OF
his nearest opponent, Brown, and
finally overlook him at Gold
Run. From that time on he was
neyr headed. Pausing only for
the briefest rests, he pressed
steadily onward toward Council,
Where he again gave his tired ami
mails chance to rest their weary
limbs. After leaving Brown at
Sold Run at II ;o0 he sped down
the white windswept trail. arriv-
The Nome daily nugget. (Nome, Alaska) 1906-1918, 1916-04-15

twenty minutes behind the latter
came Kjedsted at 3;21. Up to the
hour of going to press the teams
had all departed on the last leg OF
the journey to Candle.
The Nome daily nugget. (Nome, Alaska) 1906-1918, 1916-04-15

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The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-01-08
Maxine Pastel Colors.

The lack of permanency Of pastel
pictures is largely due, according to
Birge Harrison. to the bad quality Of
the materials employed. Inscriptions
manufacturers dip sticks of white chalk
into liquid baths Of brilliant but ephem-
eral dyes. and pictures produced with
these soon fade. Writing in Art and
Progress, Mr.. Harrison says artists
should make their own pastels. proc
ess that is very easy.
1.-The materials used" he says, 'are
precipitated chalk mixed with the best
dry powdered colors in the proportions
necessary to produce the various tints
desired. This impalpable powder Is
moistened to the consistency of a thick
paste by the addition of an extremely
dilute solution of gum tragacanth and
water. 1t is then very thoroughly
kneaded and finally pressed or rolled
into sticks Of the desired size"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-01-08
Effects of Lying.

Lying is a great sin against God. who
gave us a tongue to speak the truth
and not falsehood. 1t Is great ofense
against humanity itself; for where
there is no regard to truth there can
be no safe society between man and
man. And it is an injury to the
speaker; for besides the disgrace which
it brings upon him, it occasions so
much baseness Of mind that he can
scarcely tell the truth or avoid lying,
even when he has no color Of necessity
for it, and in time he comes to such a
pass that as other people cannot be-
neve he speaks the truth, so he HIM
self scarcely knows when he tells
falsehood. AS you must be careful not
to lie, so you must avoid coming near
it. You must not equivocate. nor speak
anything positively for which you have
no authority but report, or conjecture
or opinion.-Sir Matthew Hale.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-01-08
Monster Petticoats,

During the reign of Charles I. the
hoop petticoat was worn only by wives
of the lower gentry and by the wives
Of the citizens. In the latter part of
the reign of Queen Anne it rose again,
this time in another form-that Of an
enormous hoop. This grew to such
immense proportions that during the
time of George 1. and II. eight yards
was considered the proper width.
These hoops had outstanding steel or
whalebone foundations at the bottom
Of the skirt. In EliZabeth's time this
whalebone had been used at the top,
near the waist, enlarging the hips for
several feet. Addison expressed him.
self about the subject as follows
through his Sir Roger de Coverley:
"My Observation-Disclosures has on
a new fashioned petticoat, except that
hers is gathered at the waist My
grandmother appears as If she stood in
large drum, whereas the ladies now
walk as If they were in gocart"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-01-08
Munchausen,

Perhaps the most yoluble liar tnat
ever lived was the Baron Munchausen
that is, the fictionized baron. The
real baron was kindly soul who hVed
In Germany and who in nowtse de-
served the evil reputation that attach
ed to him through the use Of his name
In a series of highly colored adventures
that appeared in print in London ID
1855.
The authorship Of the absurd tales Is
a mystery 1t is generally believed
that Rudolph Erich Raspe, a question
able character. wrote the stories frst'
but there Is no absolute confirmation.
Following the original series number
of additional adventures were written
by less skilled pens.
The real baron found little in life &c
enjoy after the stories became gener'
ally circulated. Curious tourists haunt
ed his estates and tried to trap him
into relating some wild story. At first
he resented their attention in vtgor-
GUS fashion, but in his declining years
he grew sour and morose and finally
died. a most unhappy person, in 1877.
kansas City Times.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-01-08
Iunitarys Moons.

The statement that Jupiters moons
can occasionally be seen without OPP
teal aid by keen sighted persons needs
some qualification. Within the last
quarter of a century the space pene-
trating power of the camera. combined
with the worlds giant telescopes. has
added no fewer than five Jovian satel-
Iites to the four which Galilei dis
covered 800 years ago. Four OF the
five new moons were melted" at the
famous Lick observatory, on Mount
Hamilton, California, and the fifth Is
to the credit of Greenwich observatory.
But all of the new discoveries are so
small and, with one exception, SO dis
tant from Jupiter that they are beyond
the range Of naked eye vision, even
from Jupiter itself, unless an observer
on the planet had better eyesight than
we terrestrials. Indeed. to see Satel-
lite TX (the latest addition to Jupiter's
family of moOns) a hypothetical OBJ
server on Jupiter would need eyesiSht
capable of seeing star 300 times
fainter than the fainteSt visible to hui
man eyesight.-London Chronicle.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-01-08
The Worm Turned.

"You haven't done very wen this
month";" said the boss. "Your orders
were few and far between"
Pm sorry" said the travelling sales
man, but
Il don't want excuses. 1 want or
ders."
Just then the door opened, and the
secretary entered and passed In card
"Humph," said the boss, James
Henry, salesman for the General Prod
ucts company! Doesn't he know
never see travelling men at this hour?'
HE says he is in a hurry to leave
town and would like to explain his
proposition to you. He will be brief"
az can't see him now. I'm busy. Tell
him to wait"
when shall tell him to call again p
'Tell him to wait there and I'll see
him in about an hour. Now, then,
young man, why Is it that you fell
down this month";"
Because all the business men 1
called on insisted on treating your
salesman the way you treat theirs."-
Exchange
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-01-08
BAKING a Watch.

Only the best made chronometer
would ever survive the tests made at
the Royal observatory, Greenwich. U.s.
ually there are about 200 watches I'M
der examination for use in the royal
navy. On certain occasions there is
complete trial of chronometers open to
all makers who have sufficient conf
dence In their watches being able to
withstand the severity of the tests.
During the competition the watches
are exposed to every possible variation
Of temperature. They are baked in
furnaces sufficiently hot to cook a
Joint. In fact, so great is the heat
that a badly made watch has been
known to tumble to pieces during the
baking test. The moment a watch is
taken out of the oven 1t is plunged
into mixtures registering 40 degrees Of
frost To such perfection has the
manufacture of some chronometers at
tanned that even the most stringent
tests fail to cause the slightest varia-
tion.-London Telegraph.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-01-08
Christening Boats.

The modern custom of christening
vessels is without doubt an adaptation
Of an ancient custom. just as so many
of our other customs and habits have
been adapted from ancient ones. The
ancients used to place the image of
titular deity at the stern of their YES
sells, in the tutela. or shrine. Do you
remember that the boat mentioned in
the twenty-eighth chapter of the Acts.
the boat that carried Paul from Malta
to Rome. was under the sign Of Cas-
tor and Pollux?' 1t was. so says Acts.
The ceremony Of breaking a bottle of
wine on the bow Of new vessel as it
is launched is another ancient adapted
custom. for the ancients offered a hba-
ton to Neptune or Poseidon, who ruled
the seas, as they launched their boats.
Exchange.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-01-08
The FRUGAL Breton.

"As l watched the fishermen unload
ing their cargOes had striking Illus
tration of Breton frugality." writes
Herbert Adams Gibbons in an article
on 1.-THE Sardine Industry of Brittany"
in Harper's Magazine. $50 many sar-
dimes come into the port of Douarne-
nez that their white, f1ecky scales cover
the sand in mounds, washed up by the
tides. Some of the boats have their
decks covered several inches deep with
the catch. But the fishermen actually
count every sardine and send them
ashore in baskets of exactly 200 each.
There is no guesswork. no approx
nation by weighing. Since at low tide
the boats are fifteen feet below the
mole, the porterS let down ropes to fish
ermen in the boats. The baskets are
drawn up one at a time. If single
fish happens to fall overheard they go
after it with a hand net and make real
ly strenuous efforts to recover it. These
are fishermen to whom the admonition
to gather up the fragments would not
have been necessary"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-01-08
Doqs In Moccasins.

After the first severe freeze at the
beginning of winter a band of pros
pectors working in northern Canada
found themselves on the wrong side of
a lake over a hundred miles wide, on
the other side of which was the win
ter headquarters.
They were without any means Of
transportation other than a boat in
which was stored all their belongings
and provisions. Hiring a halfbreed
with his dog team. they put runners
under the boat and made their way
easily and safely across the smooth
miles Of frozen water. helping along
the dogs by setting Il sail on the boat.
To protect the feet of the dogs from
the hard surface of the ice small moe
casins Of buckskin. well padded, were
provided for each.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-01-08
The Four Great Sauces.

A French epicure has declared that
IMAM has created the culinary art; he
does not feed like an animal-he break
fasts, dimes and sups."
The French are particularly eloquent
on the subject of sauces. Among their
famous chefs are recognized four great
sauces, Spanish. veloute, bechamel
and German. The Spanish and We
louie were known as far back as the
seventeenth century. In the eighteenth
they were modified by the masters Of
cookery, particularly by Careme, who
was called THE Raphael Of the
Kitchen
The Spanish sauce is composed of
juices extracted from a mixture of
ham, veal, chicken and pheasant. We
louie is similar. but is not colored.
Bechamel is veloute to which cream
has been added. and the German sauce
is veloute plus the yOIks of eggs.