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Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-12-24

Burden Races With Sweethearts and Wives-How
the Dogs Are Handled Malamutes and Huskies
The Pupmobile- Dogs as Transport Animals
Their Wonderful Endurance Stories Of Heroic
Dogs Which Equal Those of the Alpine St.
Bernards.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-12-24

zene team in IS hours, AZ minutes and d.
seconds.
In addition to the all-Aaska sweepstakes
there are annual races every March from
Nome TO the Solomon river and back. This
is known as the Solomon derby It is for
distance Of o. miles. Last year that race
was won by Mr.. Aver, whose dogs made the
trip IN hours, making an average of about
10 miles per hour. Said Mr. Aver: I'VE
made the trip Of 81 miles to Solomon in two
hours and S. minutes, and it took two men
10 hold the team when they were turned
around at Solomon. They wanted to start
right back, notwithstanding they had been
running steadily at the rate of almost i
miles an hour. The prize for that race was
$l5O"
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-12-24
grees below zero.

How many hours can you drive in a
day.
I'VE try to make eight or 10 hours, but it
is often best to drive only six. The stops
have to be made according to the trail and
the roadhouses. We always shelter the dogs
at night if possible, and most of the road
houses have kennels for them. If there is
no shelter the native dog will bury himself
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-12-24
one of her poems describing the dog as i
friend. Il will be appreciated by dog lovers
wherever this letter is read:

Sometimes when life has gone wrong with you
And the world seems Il dreary place.
Has your dog ever silently crept TO your feet
His yearning eyes turned to your face
Has he made YOU feel that he understands,
And all that he asks o. you
Is TO share your lot be ii good i'll.
With chance to be loyal and true?
Are YOU branded failure? He does not know
A sinner? He does not
You're master to hm-that's all that counts
A word. and his day is fair.
Your birth and your station nothing to him;
A palace and hut are the same
And his love is yours in honor and peace.
And it's yours through disaster and shame.
Though others forget you and pass you by
He is your faithful friend
Ready to give you the bel that is his
Unselfishly, unto the end.
FRANK c. CARPENTER
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-12-24

is a narrow gauge, built for steam engines
by Charles d. Lane in 1000 The govern
mcnt tax on Alaskan railroads was too
heavy to keep the cars running, and the
road has now been g ven over to little cars
drawn by dogs, the only cars now remaining
on Seward peninsula. These cars are
known as pupmobiles. Each consists of a
platform on wheels with one or two rough
seats fastened to it. The motor is team of
from seven to Is dogs, who are harnessed to
the front of the car, by means of long
rope, and directed by the voice Of the driver,
who calls out Gee" to turn them to the
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-12-24

Among other features OF the Solomon
derby was the Burden race, in which the
dogs ran rs miles, carrying one passenger
and fifty pounds OF baggage The passeng-
er in such races is usually woman,the
wife. daughter or sweetheart OF the owner
or driver. Last year the Is miles was made
IN eight hours and five minutes The wear
previous it was mad. less than eight
hours. Another burden race is run to Coun-=
Gil City. SO miles. This ends in ball. tn.
ladies being carried Oh sleds by their best
beaux to the dance
| asked Mr.. Aver how the dogs were pre-
pared for the race. He replied: "'rhey are
trained, groomed and carefully fed for
months beforehand The owners know Just
what is needed to put them into the pink OF
condition. 4 part of the diet is fish, fresh
mutton and eggs and during the race they
get one meal Of hamburger steak per day
Camps Tor food and water are established
along the road. For three days prior to the
race they are not taken out of the kennels
and for three weeks before that time they
are exercised to long distance runs
Continuing, in response to my questions
Mr.. Aver said:
Il do not think that the native Alaska
dogs are the fastest or best for racing pur-
poses. My team is mostly made up Of fox
hounds, and, as rule, they can beat the
malamutes both as to pulling and in endur-
ance and speed l never carry whip and
do not yell at the dogs. They will respond
to word, and it is easy to keep them at
speed OF from / to ii miles an hour They
enjoy the race and seem to realize what is
expected of them. They will run so miles
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-12-24

Our ride was out over the tundra which
lies between the foothills OF the mountains
and Bering sea. The personal conductor
was Fred NJ. Aver Of the Wild Goose Min
ing company, who is noted as aiming en-
gineer and also as dog fancicr, having the
distinction Of owning some Of the best rae
ing and freight dogs OF this part OF the
world. The tundra consists Of the decom.
posed vegetation under which is two or
three feet Of ice mixed with muck and blue
clay The blue clay makes it impossible to
thaw out the ground, as is done at Dawson.
There are many soft spots i'll the tundra fiji
led with water, and many niggerheads Or
round masses Of vegetation that turn as you
step on them. The railway is drained, bui
in many places the dogs ran out on the
banks to keep out OF the water. and some"
times they made their way through the
shalower pools dragging the car. Now and
then they broke into a gallop and we fairly
flew over the rails. am told they 60 twice
as fast on the snow dragging a sled. The
names Of the dogs were: Rover. Blizzard,
Leo, Bubbles, Ginger, Arrow and Ring. All
were picked animals and all have taken part
III TIE Sltdl ldCGS llldl die dlllludlly Iull ID
Solomon and Candle.
The dog races Of Nome are the great
sporting events of the far northwest They
are to Alaska what the Derby is to England.
They are talked of from one years end to
the other and, as the time approaches, the
dogs which are to compete are the subjects
Of neverending discussion Thousands of
dollars are put up on the races in the shape
OF bets, and nearly every one, man and wo-
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-12-24

and be as fresh at the end of it as at the be-
ginning. | have pulled 1900 pounds up
grade on this track with nine dogs and that
for 30-mile journey"
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-12-24
Copyright 1916. by Frank G. ca-penter)
NOME. Alaska.

HAVE just returned from
ride on the pup-mobile ov-
er the Dog Car railroad
that carries one from Nome
across t h e collaborating
plains into the mountains
Of the interior. The track
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The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1916-08-03

ii you want to make this f5ht on
the tariff, we will point you to the re-
fection Of the turuacc fires which are
blushing red against the skies" bawl-
ed Collier of Mississippi, to the Re-
publicans, while delivering a home
consumption speech on the seven
headed revenue measure which re-
Gently passed the House, All right,
Mr.. Collier. Aod the r publican
party is going 10 place a firm grip or
each one Of your long, furry ears and
point you to the widefulrowed war.
fields Of Europe blushing red with the
blood Of countless thousands slain
with shot and shrapnel made in Amer
ica," carried to the front on American
trucks and railroad cars, and fired from
American guns, the manufacture OF
which revived the furnace fires, which,
under the smothering influence Of the
Democratic tariff law, were mere heaps
Of ashes before the European war broke
out. Can you meet that argument.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1916-08-03

The ilenerant peddler is a destroy
er of local business enterprises. He
pays no taxes, he pays no rent, hires
no help, bugs no clothing or lumber
or hardware, or jewelry OF the local
merchant. He employs no local at
torney, patropi2es no local dentist,
contributes 10 no local church or fra
ternal organization, Because Of these
things, we impose license fee upon
him in order to force him 10 help pay
local governmental expenses and also
10 give the local business men the pro-
lection to which they are justly EMIT.
Id. For the same reason, " impose
import custom duties upon foreign
ers who ship goods into this country.
We do not believe in a system Of
governmental revenue which maees
the home business man pay all the
taxes and then permits the foreigner
TO sell his cheap goods here free. We
believe in a high import tx Tor two
reasons to make the f,r lgrer pay
for the privilege Of doing bu'iness
here and to protect the home business
man This is not partisan politics it
is plain busnes sense, The political
party which will not support such poll
cy is not merely lacking in political
sagacity--it is lacking in business
sense. We would not stand for the
city council that repealed the peddlers'
license nor will we stand for a Nttion'
al administration that rcpealS the pro-
tec'iye tariff duties.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1916-08-03
We Reap Where Mr.. Wilson SoWed

The Mexican people, in behalf oil
whose righ, to slaughter and pillage the
president Of the United States spoke
eloquently few months ago hold us
in contempt. They believe that they
are our superiors in courage, in devo-
ton TO country, in all virtues that
appeal to men not too proud to fight,
In this lies the explanation OF the
humiliating occurrences that have
compelled the war department to put
our entire mobile army in MEXICO OF
on the border, to strip our coast
delensss Of m4n, aud finally to
mobilize the national guard Of all the
states.
The source Of this Mexican miscon-
ception is obvious. 1t is universally
recognized The incomprehensible
conduct Of Woodrow Wilson has de-
ceived the population Of Mexico and
made possible the perpetuation Of the
error that now threatens to involve US
in war from which the people Of the
United States shrink in disgust, a war
tnat intelligent statecraIt in the past
would have made impossible.
An informed and firm policy, rooted
in good sense would have kept our
arms out of Mexico. That policy
Woodrow Wilson because of his in.
frmjlies has been incapable Of provid.
ing, and this morning he gives notice
TO the United States that his blunders
have brought a situation requiring
their correction in blood. From the
New York Sun,
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1916-08-03
Wilson as PeaCemakeT

President Wilson will take advant.
age II the first opportunity for renew
ing his peace overtures to the Elrop'
can belligsrents. He desires that
negotiations fer ending the war, even
though they Re preliminary, shall be
under way, and himself a Iactor Of
them, before the November elections"
The European war has been made
70 play many a rel. or this side Of the
wate-. In 1914 it was used by the
Democrats as a cl'ak for the short
comnRs ct the Underwood tariff. In
1915 its benefits 10 our industries
we're pu, forward as a false basis Tor
claiming the merits OF Democratic pol
icies. In 1916 i is now evident, the
PreSidcn, hopes to utilize il as a factor
TO secure his reelection.
It is from the Washington Post, a
newspaper very friendly TO the admin
istration, that We take the language
quoted above; and from the same jour
nal we learn tha, oar ambassadors in
Europe nave bsen il,rl;,ei to l3se
no chance TO put the President toward
as a peace maker. We doubl, how
ever, if the plan can be made to sue
ceed. In the first place, the British
government has lately caused it to be
made known that any peace suggcs
tions from the United States would be
unwelcomd. And, secondly if peace
is 10 be made it cannot be By the toll
some process Of endless note-wriling
such as the specially Of this admins
tration.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1916-08-03

1t is scarcely to be expected that
Secretary Of the Treasury McAdoo will
agree with anybody else as to the con
dition Of the Treasury at any particular
time, but he certainly ought to
be a lie to agree with himself On
June so, 1915, he issued a statement
saying that the excess Of ordinary ex-
pendItures over receipts for the fiscal
year ending on that date was S35, 1854
$3.50. A year later he issued a
statement which included statistics for
the same period, bu! saying that the
excess Of disbursements for the year
ending June 80, 1915, was S42,S67,-
1889. II any Democrat is in doubt
as 10 these conflicting statements
having been issued, let him write to
the Secretary Of the Treasury and get
the statements for June 80, 1915 and
1916, both Of which give figures for
1915, but differing as above stated.
What would Secretary McAdoo do to
a National Bank wh.s statements
covering identically the same period
o! time varied as much as that2
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1916-08-03

Whenever you see a Democatic
newspaper publishing satisfies showing
how much better business is in any
line at the present time as compared
with lst year Or as compared with 1914,
sit down immedia,ly and write him a
letter asking him TO publish compara-
tive satisfies showing business condi-
tious under the Democratic tariff law,
before the war began, as compared
with the corresponding period under
the Republican tariff law. You may
not get the editor to publish the salts
tics but you will give him something
10 feel ashamed Of.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1916-08-03

The President couldn't even sign
the rural credits bill without making a
speech-and in this one he told how
his heart had ached for the farmer who
found it so hard to borrow money.
Therefore the President has signed a
Bill! which compels the borrowing far
mer first to buy some stock in rural
association, then to limit the amount
Of money he wants to borrow, then to
confne the use Of his borrowed money
to a lew objects, and then to take a
long number Of years in paying off the
debt no matter how much he may ac'
cumulate meantime.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1916-08-03

Representatives Fordney, Long
worth, Green, Hill, Moore, Mondell,
Wood and many others on the Re-
publican side, gave the Democrats a
good many anxious moments during
the consideration Of the administration
revenue measure in the House. All
Of these speakers pointed out the
righteousness Of the Democratic posi-
ton and most Of them took occasion
10 rub it into the Democratic leaders
for their present inconsistent attitude,
quoting from former speeches made
by these Democrats, where they ex-
pressed views directly opposite TO those
they Upheld during the recent debate.
1t was great sport for the Republican;
and corespondingly humiliating to the
Democrats,
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1916-08-03

The Democratic platform OF this
year does not follow its Baltimore
predecessors by incorporating declar'
alton that the pledges Of the doc
ument are made to be observed in
Office as we'll as TO be used in seeking
votes. The reason for the commission
is entirely clear. The promises Of the
Baltimore platform we're so much more
uniformly hoDored in the breach rather
than in the observance that the Demo
Gratis this year sought 10 duck the OBJ
vious and invidlous and odious COM
parison. However, it is Of small con.
sequence, because the St. Louis plat
form is not the document which will
be invoked during the next four years.
The chart for this country's progress
during that time was drafted at Chica
20 in the Republican convention.