The Cordova daily times., 1917-02-09

tent dog, when told to mush, will leave the premises. (The dogs are magnificent Their stock is continu- ally strengthened by tying the sluts in the woods where they can be reached by the wolves, although pre- cautions have to be taken to avoid the jealousy of the she wolves. who will kill them if they have an oppor- tunity. The litter is watched when old enough to drink water. Those who lap with their tongues are pre- served, but the pups who drink like horse or wolf are destroyed, as too wild for use on the sleds.)
 An Old Maidless Country.
 The white women are less numerous than the men. They are smaller and more wiry. Since most of them live a distance of several days from physician and physically they are in- ferior to the squaws, they usually practice race suicide. But they make devoted wives. Many who at their fathers homes, were accustomed to be waited upon, in steam heated apart ments, live here cheerfully, in log cabins, cooking, washing and making fires, without servants. They are re. warded by devotion and admiration Old maids are unknown in Alaska. Most women have two or even three husbands, and line waiting for any vacancy that may occur. In one re- spect, they have reached an advanced stage of civilization. A woman who has sinned in the past, if her life is now respectable, is respected by the others.
 There is fascination about the Alaskan life, which, despite its pri- vations, makes men 10th to leave and eager to return. There is no fear of starvation nor even of Restitution The rivers and woods supply salmon and the venison and moose and cari. bou sufficient to meet the wants of all A hole in the ground makes a refrigerator which will keep meat fresh throughout the hottest summers, without resource of pemmican And, if white man is too lazy to hunt or fish for himself, he can always ob- tain living from squaw and fish wheel
 Canned Food Epicures.
 But the experience of the old camp life has given them an abnormal taste for canned food. They prefer smoked fish to what is fresh. They insist that fresh milk is inferior to con- densed When by chance they are served a fresh egg, they criticise it for it's lack of flavor, to which those for mer days have accustomed them. The feeling of comradeship is strong among the pioneers. Those who die without cent are buried by the sur vivors. Any one of them who is hard up can always obtain credit at the shops and restaurants and public opin- ion is so strong and severe that there is no doubt of his paying his debts when he is able. Hospitality, as myself experienced it, at Rampant, is extended to strangers as freely as in Asia. The spirit of democracy is stronger than I have seen it else where. No man has a master" or boss The man who pays him his wages he calls his partner" When employed he does what he considers to be fair days work, regardless of the opinion upon that subject of the man who pays him, and no orders, threats or cajolements can induce him to do more.
 A waiter, at the leading restaurant in the city, said in the middle of my supper, Another gentleman will give you the rest. I'm going to the con cert" A man who had had both ex 1-1l.xz.a..--