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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-21
One of Least Known, But
 Most Interesting, Regions in the World
COUNTRY RICH IN ALL
 KINDS OF MINERALS
Sun Shines Almost Continuously for Four or Five Month During the Summer-Vegetation, in
 Season, Flourishes

Copyright, 1917. by Frank G. Carpenter)
 Nome, Alaska There's land above the Arctic, they call it Kotzebue seem to hear it callin', it's callin' me and you, It ain't no place for children, nor for women, underestimate 'Iain't no place for mollycoddles, but for men with lots of sand, seems thousand miles from nowhere and a million from sound, Judgin' from the silence that's a-hang- in all around. But again hear it callin'. It's callin' me and you, So I'm sailin' in the mornin' sailin' north to Kotzebue.
 Edgar c. Baine. This letter relates to Kotzebue and the Kobuk. It deals with arctic Alaska, that vast area which lies between the arctic circle and the Arctic ocean, It treats of one of the least known countries of the world and one of the strangest. My in- formation concerning it comes from talks
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DRlNM HOT WAITER E YOU DESIRE A KOSY cOMPL LEMON Says we can't help but look
 better and feel better
 after an Inside bath.

To look ones best and feel ones best Is to enjoy an inside bath each morn- ing to flush from the system the pre- vlous days waste, sour Concentrations and poisonous toxins before it is ab- sorbed into the blood. Just as coal, when it burns. leaves behind a cer- tain amount of incombustible material in the form of ashes, so the food and drink taken each day leave in the ali- mentary organs certain amount of indigestible material, which if not eliminated, form toxins and poisons which are then sucked into the blood through the very ducts which are in : tended to suck in only nourishment to sustain the body.
 If you want to see the glow of healthy bloom in your cheeks, to ses your skin get clearer and clearer, you are told to drink every morning upon arising, a glass of hot water with a teaspoonful of limestone phosphate in it. which is harmless means of wash ing the waste material and toxfne from the stomach, liver, kidneys and bowels, thus cleansing, sweetening and purifying the entire alimentary tract before putting more food into the stom- ach.
 Men and women with sallow skins liver spots, pimples or pallid com plexion. also those who wake up with SodtVu toh6 uc, pho IdSle, udSly breath, others who are bothered with headaches, bilious spells, acid stomach or constipation should begin this phos- phated hot water drinking and are assured of very pronounced results in one or two weeks.
 A quarter pound of limestone phos- phate costs very little at the drug store but Is sufficient to demonstrate that just as soap and hot water cleanSeS, purifieS and freShens the skin on the outside, so hot water and limestone phosphate act on the inside organs. We must always consider that internal sanitation is vastly more im- portant than outside cleanliness, be- cause the skin pores do not absorb impurities into the blood. while tho bowel pores do.
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artificial light. There is so much sum- shine that everything grows twice as fast as in the states. The grass along the river is as high as your head and the land everywhere is green and spotted with wild flowers. We have great fields of blue forget-me-nots, thousands of wild roses of a delicate pink buttercups as yellow as gold and sheets of fireweed that wave under the wind like masses ot flames. We have altogether 40 diff ferent varieties of wild flowers. We have also many wild berries Our cranberries are only half as large as those of the states, but they are redder and their flavor is better. We have wild raspber- ries, gooseberries and entrants, and sal- monberries of pale lemon color. We have all kinds of moss, and especially that upon which the reindeer feeds. There are now several thousand reindeer Tn the district. They are owned by the EsMmos.
 We are now raising vegetables. We used to bring our turnips potatoes, car rots and cabbages from Seattle. not realizing that we could grow them our selves. We now raise. all we want out in the open, and also lettuce peas and beans We grow the finest of tomatoes and cucumbers in our hothouses.
 Tell me something about the game
 
 Tt is of many varieties, and we are so far north that no one bothers about get ting license for hunting There is ex- cellent fishing. The streams of the delta are such that you can travel hundreds Of miles in a gasoline launch. They are deep, but the water is so clear that you can see the bottom almost everywhere.
 The whole valley is full of wild birds. There are great flocks of wild geese, ducks and sandhill cranes that come to feed on the berries that grow on the banks of the lakes. These birds arrive about May 1, sending out their scouts in advance. The natives watch for the first goose and then prepare for the hunt
 We have two species of ptarmigan,s' Judge Moran continued. One of these is the size of a quail and the other that of prairie chicken. These birds are to be found the year around, and, strange to say, they change their color with the sea son. In the summer the feathers are brown the color of the tundra In the winter they turn to snow white, so that It Is difficult to see the birds against, the snow. This is a protection of na- ture. It is the same with our rabbits They are brown in the summer and in the winter snow white. We have mil lions of rabbits. They feed on the bark or the willow trees. and they will eat the bark as high as they can reach, standing on the snow as they do so. This kills the trees, and you often see dead willow thickets of vast extent"
 Have you any big gamer
 We have moose here and there and thousands of caribou. The caribou go about in large droves in the winter As to fur animals, we have otter and musk rat. ermine and marten, and our mink fur
 How about foxes?"
 We have the best that can be found Tn the frigid zone" replied Judge Mo- ran. We have every kind, including the the white and the blue. All of these foxes belong to two families. The red
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at work As for food, the men prae- tically live upon their parcels from home Everything that goes to the life of the camp in the way of materials has been sent out from England or provided at the expense of the British government
 ''I may add that all letters from the men may be relied upon as accurate -@ practically everyone with whom l came in contact said they found 1t so difficult to persuade relations at home that they were not keeping something back The camp censor-a German officer-is an ab- solutely fair and straight man, in fuli sympathy with the prisoners. Although he could have done so had he wished, he never once attended a meeting at which ] spoke, and I was allowed to bring away every note I made and every paper given to me.
 Bishop Bury's conclusion was that un- der these conditions and the non-inter- ference of the German authorities, life at Ruhleben was not only tolerable but character building as an experience.
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fox includes the cross and the black. The white includes the blue. Our red foxes average about T pounds in weight. The white and blue foxes will run about eight pounds"
 "Can fur farming be carried on at profit in that part of Alaska?"
 "There is no doubt of it." said Judge Moran. We have the ideal climate for fur production and we can breed foxes, marten, mink and ermine The Kobuk was once tho natural home of the beaver, but that animal is now almost extinct. During one year we shipped muskrat skins to the amount of $1OO,OoO. We are now shipping none. Muskrats could be raised on farms all over Alaska
 "As to foxes, I have started fur farm at Shungnak and am breeding whites, reds and crosses. have had as many as 72 foxes at one time, and I am now rapidly increasing my supply by buying breeding stock of the natives. l pay them one and half times the value of the skin. Until lately, have lost a number of foxes because I did not know how strong to make the pens or inclosures in which they were kept. I began with high fences of chicken wire, but that wire was too weak and the mesh was not right. The animals walked right through it. Now I have 14-gauge steel wire, with a two-irch mesh. It is made for fox fencing, and it seems to be excellent"
 What do you know about the Kobuk river?,'
 T ought to know something" said Judge Moran. q have lived on the Ko- bulk fors more than a decade and have hunted and fished and prospected for gold all along it and it's tributaries. The Kobuk IS about the best stream in arctic Alaska. It is 500 miles long. It flows from east to west, not far north of the arctic circle, and empties into the Arc tic ocean at Kotzebue sound The stream winds about like the Yukon, and it's delta has as many mouths as the Mississippi In normal times it is navigable for 300 miles for steamers of two and one-half feet draft It is better river than the Panama, and shallow draft boats can go farther up it."
 "fs the country well mineralized?"
 Yes, there is more or less gold all along the kobuk. You can drive your shovel almost anywhere into the gravel of the creeks and find color In 1913 nugget as big as my hand was brought into the store at Kotze- bue sound and traded for goods That nugget weighed 441a ounces and it's actual value was almost $10OO The miner who brought it in said he had found it when moving his sluice boxes. He had it on his shovel and Lad thrown it away with the other rocks, when he noticed that the shovel seemed heavy. He then went over to where he had thrown the stuff and found the nugget in the mud He washed the mud off and saw that the lump was pure gold"
 Then your gold must be coarse%'
 Yes. it is all free gold, some fine and some coarse. We catch it in sluice boxes and without quicksilver
 'Is there much mining being done?"
 "We have a number of prospectors and miners who are working on .he creeks that flow into the Kobulz. There are some also on the Squirrel and Shungnak rivers. I have mining property on Dahl creek. In 1910 a mug get was found there that was worth
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S7oO. As to the gold of arctic Alaska, our country is fin the infancy of it's development. Many of the creeks car " low-grade gravel that will some day be dredged at a profit We have also gold quartz in which you can see the fine grains of gold with the naked eye"
 What other minerals have you?'
 "The country has never been pros pected,' replied Judge Moran. 'It is full of minerals but no one knows just what there is nor the values. As to copper, we have some large de- posits. MT. Bradley. the manager of the great gold mines at Treadwell, took one option on copper find near the Wobuk river at a price of $400.- 000 That was about 12 years ago, when copper was low. The price con- tinued to decline and he finally gave up the option. At the present time the deposit could probably be mined at great profit
 Among the other minerals we have large deposits of asbestos. silver and coal. Some of the silver is placer. and can be washed from the streams We have also antimony and tungsten and jade which. 1t is believed, will com mand high price in the market"
 Are the coal deposits of any value?'
 There is one mine on the Tobuk that has supplied the local demand for the past IS years, and there are other beds of fairly good coal near the Arctic ocean. There are some deposits near Cape Lisburne that have been known long time. They were mentioned by Henry D. Woolfe. who had worked in them prior to the census of. 1890. He describes the coal as semi -bituminous and says it will make steam quickly although it has a large percentage of ash. One of the deposits covers 9 square miles. It is also reported that there is a lake of oil and oil springs northwest of Wainwright. The gov ernment has long known of an oil belt there. but the region has not been surveyed or prospected. In fact, no one knows what we have in these far northern parts of Alaska It may be that the next great gold stampede will be to this region"
 FRANK G. CARPENTER.
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One of the best authorities on Kontze- bue sound and the Kobuk river is Judge M. F. Moran, who lives on the Kobuk POO or 300 miles from ehsound. Said he:
 Tt is 5000 miles from Seattle to Kotze- bue. and the steamers make regular sail ings there every July and August There are small steamers on the Kobuk, and goods are carried up that stream into the heart of the territory. I live in the Kobuk valley and have been there for 12 years, winter and summer I have taken up a homestead of 320 acres about 200 miles east of the sound. It is the farthest north of any homestead in Uncle Sams territory.
 What kind of a climate have you?' asked.
 q consider the Kobuk valley one of the most delightful parts of Alaska" replied Judge Moran. We have four months of summer and six or seven months of very cold weather All the streams are frozen solid by October 1, and we have a steady cold from then until about the middle of May. Shortly after that the ice goes out with rush and summer bcgins.''
 How cold does it get during the wn- ter ?''
 'The thermometer sometimes goes down to 0 or 60 degrees below zero, but as a rule it is much above that, and we nave weeks when IL IS only IeW de- grees above or below The air is dry and there is but little wind. and we have no trouble to keep ourselves warm. There are perhaps, 75 white people who live on the Kobuk and it's tributaries Many of the men have brought their wives with them, and children have been born in the country. Among our people are emil grants from North Dakota and Minne- sota; they say that the climate of the Kobul is quite as good as the country from which they came"
 Give me an idea of your summers
 They are delightful We have many days when the thermometer goes up to 80, and havezseen it at 94 degrees above zero. It is light all the time during the summer. We put away our lamps in. March and do not bring them out until late in September. You can read a news- paper at anY hour of the night without
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-03-08
FRENCH RIpULSED
On SERDIN FRONT

IBy Associated Prcss.l
BERLIN. March tyia SayvillcD.-
IN attack was made by the French
last night on German positions at
Cauriercs wood. on the Ecrdun front.
To-day's War Office announcement says
the French were repuscd. The state
mcnt reads:
Western front: On tho Scarpe
Arras rcEion>, on both sides Of tho
Ancrc, on tho Sommc. in the Cham :
payne and on tho cast bank of the
Mouse tNcrdun fronD. there was lively
artillery activity yesterday. Repeated
engagements occurred between recon
noitcring dctachmcnIs and trench gar
risonS.
I'm the evening tho French attack cd
on the northeast front Of Vcrdun our
new positions in Cauricrcs wood. They
were rcpulscd by our fire.
Clear weather favored tho airmcn
in the execution OF their tasks. In
numerous air engagements fifteen hos
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-03-08
JBMssby& Sc.
New
Sports
Skirts

This promises to be one OF
the greatest seasons in years
for separate skirts.
The Mosby store is showing
the leading styles that fashion
has dictated for spring.
The colors and combinations
are all new and charming.
Light weight Velour Skirts.
i'm plaids, stripes and pin checks
of pink. blue. brown, green and
black and white, side and box
plated; fancy pockets and
belts, $12.175, $1t.75, Sl7.75 and
$3.50.
New Sports Skirts of Golflcx
Cloth. the showcrproof fabric,
in solid colors of rose. green,
mustard. gold and white with
fancy belts and pockets.
Some have slot plaits faced
with plaids; others trimmed
with gold and other fancy
stitching, $l2.75, $500, $17.75
and $3.50.
The sports effect is much in
evidence in Silk Skirts this
spring.
Among other materials used
are Standings, the new 70 San
and Khaki kool Silks, Silk Jer-
sey, Tatfcta, etc.
The color combinations are
beautiful, including mcdallions,
fancy figures and stripes, in
white, cream, light blue, laven-
der, gold, etc; also dark
grounds with rich, dark con-
trasting color stripes.
Included i'm this lot arc a
number of the new barrel eff
fects, others side and box
plated, $500, $17.75,, $4,000,
$3.50, $500, S29.75 and S35.
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INCREASE: ~ ACTIVITY
ALONG RUSSIAN FRONT
tB, Associated Press.

BERLIN. March (via Sayvillc). -
There has been lct-up in the severe
weather along tho Russian front. ac-
companird by an increase in the ac-
iiri'y. army headquarters announced
to-day. The statement reads:
Eastern front: Between tho Baltic
and the Black Sea tho cold is diminish
ing. and in some sectors Tic artillery
fire grew livclicr. Tie infantry ac-
uvity. however. continued of small pro-
portions
Macedonian front: Between tho Var
dar and Lake Dorian. aud on the low
lands Of tho Struma. our outpostS re-
pulsed advances by British parties
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CESSATION OF ATTACKS
ALONG WESTERN FRONT
Bombardincnts Alone Reported in
These Regions. Also on Line
Held by French.
CONSIDERABLE AIR ACTIVITY
tout of Turks Toward Baaiad BEING
Kept Up by British. Who Now
Have Advanced Within Nine Miles
of Ctcsipllon.
IBv AsrnciatcI prers. /


Momcntarily there is a cessation in
tho Ancrc and Sonnc fronts. wh:ch
recently have given to King Georges
men considerable ground held by tho
Germans Il, various points. lombard
ments a:onc are reported in these rc-
Sions. and also along the line held by.
the French.
ConSdc rablc aerial activity has taker,
place between the british and Germans.
London reports that three German ma :
chimes Were brought down and three
others forced To descend damaged. but
says four British machines were fcilcd
by the Germans, and that seven others
are missing.
There is little lighting Of moment.
except the usual artillery ducl3 and
infantry actions by accommodating
parties. III progress on any Of tho other
fronts. The rout Of the Turks toward
Eagdad is being kept up hy tho Erit :
ish. who now have advanced to within
nine miles Of ttcsiphon. which is
twcnty-eight miles from EaGdad The
British reports record the Turks rs
being dcmoraizcd and leaving behind
them larg" quantities OF stores and
numbers Of guns.
Pctroerad reports that the Russians
have captured the Asadabad summit, =
strategic position ten miles southwest
OF iiamadan. Persia, from tho Turks
The destroyer Cassini, one OF the
allied mediterranean patrol boats, has
been sunk by - submarine. seven Of
ficerS. including the Captain and loo
members Of tho crew, persisted. Berlin
reports that the Russian arnored
cruiser Ryurik has been badly dam
aged by striking "a mine in the Gun OF
Finland
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vicinity OF Four Paris. NC exploded
a mine and occupied tho crater
The Germans attempted several sur
prise attacks northeast OF Flircy. in
Bouchot wood. north Of st. Mihi"i and
near Ammcrtzwildcr. The attacks
were checked MT once by our curttin
of fire, and losses were inflicted on the
enemy. Elsewhere tho night was calm
"Adjutant Casalc brought down his
sixth German airplane yesterday. It
fell 10 IN" ground in tho region Of
Dicpp". in tho department OF the Mouse
Ono OF our pilots MAS attacked near
iumplcr. and fell within our lines
north OF Laval, in the Marine"
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BRITISH WITHIN NINE
MILES OF CTESiPHOS
IKE Assoclated rrcss.l

By Associated Press
LONDON, March 7.--BrtiSh cavalry
advanced within nine miles Of Ctesi-
phon on tho Tirris front. on Monday
afternoon. /, was announced officially
to-day.
The statement follows:
"On Monday afternoon British cav
airy were engaged with the Turkish
rear guard AT Laji. nine Rilcs south
cast Of Ctcsiphon. Mcsopoiamia.
owing 10 tho fact that the war ma
tcriai abandoned hy tho enemy is
strewn over eighty miles Of the couu
try, i, j. not vet possible 10 give an
accurate and fun list ~ our captures.
The collection II booty and the salvage
OF guns. cite. which We're thrown into
tho river - being proceeded with. and
UP 10 tho present thirty-eiGht guns
including those on captured river craft;
have been collected. exclusive Of ma
chine guns and trench mortars.'
The British arc now within less, than
thirty miles OF Basdad- The. town OF
I.nij, which they reached on Monday,
is twenty eight miles from that city.
since the fall Of kut-el-Amara. on Feb
ruary -. tho British have advanced
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about eighty miles. On account OF the
nature Of tho ground between kut- cl-
Anaia and ctcsiphun. which ia but
poorly adapted To defensive purposes.
II has been predicted by military
writer's that the Turks would make no
serious attempt 10 halt their retreat
until ctcsiphon was reached and that
dccisir" engagement probably would
come there. II was there that the de-
Gliding battle in the campaign or 1919
was fought. The British won an initial
victory. only to fan back in the face
OF Turkish rc-enforccmcnts
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ADJUSTMENTS
"A world OF Pleasure" To-Dn.

Speed is the dominant characteristic
OF the Winter Garden singing, dancing.
comedy and scenic production. ~
World of Pleasure" which comes 10
the Academy of Music to-day. matinee
and night. Like all Winter Garden
shows. "A World OF Pleasure is de-
signed to afford several hours Of rccrc-
alton, and in this respect IL is reported
10 have decided percentage of adj
vantage. This efficiency in the laugh
producing, trouble asing line is due,
il Is said, largely 70 the cXcellentNcom-
pany selected TO interpret the various
roles. This cast includes Conroy ana
lie Marie. William Norris. Wanda Lyon,
the Courtney Sisters. Collins and Hart.
Maurice Diamond and Helen Mcmahon.
Rosie Quinn, Franklin Bate, Winona
wilkins and Mary Mooney.
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ing in this region, In various parts OF
the country uprisinEs have occurred
during tho war. usually on the part OF
'ribcsmcn led by Turkish officers. SO
far rs the British reports have shown.
little Roadway has been made by these
forces.
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Lyrics Mtdweek Change.

Charles Dcland and his company IL
the skit, The Fire Escape" hold n
conspicuous place on the new bin that
comes TO the Lyric to-day. ON the
same bill are richards and Kyle. who
will be remembered for their perform :
anccs here last season. They are pre-
senting a funfest. which they call
"Fifty-Fifty," 1917 model farce. liar
shall Montgomery. who claims TO he
the worlds best ventriloQuist. is an
other interesting number. Further
widening the range OF variety viii he
the exhibition Of the Aki Troupe Of
Japanese magicians. iugglers and il
lusionists. These Oriental novelty per-
formers promise number of tricks
and illusions new to America. Among
the new movie" features will he pic
lures recording incidents of the Ger
man-American crisis at WASHINGTON
and elsewhere and the usual screen
miscellany.
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USE ALIENS FooT.EAsF.,

Tho anttscptc powder 10 he shaken into th.S
shoes and sp,'nkled into the foot bath. II
i,gng swollen s,. sweating feet use .Aiien.s
ana prevents hiistcrs aud caiious spots.
Just the thing for Dancing Parties, Patent
shoes Try II today. Sold .everywhers.
-: Don't accent my suhst itute. For
sted. Lc Roy. y. ADV
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shock Fatal to Farmer.

DURHAM, =. C., March 7.--Pink
Henderson, farmer of Orange Coun-
~, dropped dead with heart trouble.
following the attempted assault on
Alice Henderson. his granddaughter,
by Charlie HILL negro. His doctor
was OF the opinion that the worry and
excitement following the assault were
responsible for his death. He WAS sew
enty years old. He Is survived by one
brother, Tobe Henderson, of Chapel
Hill.