Iditarod pioneer., 1917-01-27
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Alaska, Where, According to Rex Beach and
 Jack London, They Took Their Whisky
 Straight, Pins on Ribbon A bunch of the boys were whoopins tt up | in the Malamute saloon, The kid that handles the music box was hitting JaS-time tune; Back of the bar in solo game sat Danger 1 ouS Dan MCGreW,
 1 And watching hs luck was his light-o love- the lady that's known as Lue. | From "The Shooting Of Dan MCGreW," by l Robert w. Service.
 The bsllots had all been counted, and the dry states were holding reception to vel come the addition to their society. Prim Miss Maine headed the receiving line, which included brilliant representation of Soutf ern arstocracy, such fine old families as the Carolinas Alabama Georgia Virglnias an1 Tennessee as we'll as a generous sprink.ine of Western and Middle Western names states lacking in the time -hallo"ed tradi- lions, but welcome to the cause, neverthe ! less
 Looking somewhat self-conscious in their newly acquired virtue, prosperous Michigan, 1 rangy Montana, the cattleman, and the we | known wheat ranchers, MesSrs. South Da kota and Nebraska, were passing down the | line shaking hands and expressing pleasure in their redeemed state
 Of course tkis was reception somewhat different from the rather exclusive affair: cf former years There was probably feel ing among the elder states that Society isn't what it used to be- with sll these strange newly rich persons from the West 1 being recognized" but it was very sue cessful and happy occasion.
 Then at late hour, the door opened to admit stranger. A sudden hush came over the room. There was an uneasy constraint at the intrusion.
 Dear ne, sister" gasped handsome Miss South CarCEna, to her sister, Mss North, who is that person?"
 'Tm sure it must be some mistake" chimed in sweet Miss Virginia; 1t cant be any of our people"
 So the stranger stood hesitatingly by the door a moment, obviously embarrassed in he company of so many beautiful ladies and prosperous gentlemen.
 He was a handsome young stranger. f,1
 l that his tawnv beard was frozen stiff tc
 anna AOouJ AAu pOoto Ol iAiSttAIiS S4i collected about his mukluks. His skin wa bronzed and toughened by many broil!ng sun and biting frost, but bis eyes were clear blue, with merry twinkle that was infectious. He WAS tall and 1.-the and trail hardened and, in his innocence Of polite society, he had brought his dogs to the reception, I band of half wild, wolH>h crea lures
 As he stood waiting recognition he glanced with sort of sheepjsh pride at the new white ribbon badec pinned to T e lape of his flaming Macl,insw. And thus ha he; tated
 It remained for young Washington, him self newcomer in this fast growing society. to recognize the stranger
 Well by the eternal" quoth Washing ton-''it is-no it can't be-yes, sir, Ala ka. Hlahowya, tllicum?"
 "Why, you doggoned olI salmon eater" roared the stranger, delighted to find friendly face in strange land. Put her | there"
 Then the young Western state introduce 70 Msty young Northern territory to the rst of the assembly, and the world learne,. | 3at the last frontier Is gene, that the rip caring Gevi.-may-care Alaska, beloved of 1 Ii fiction writers, is as dead as the Tar
 lat and Rearing Camp familiar to the last l eneratiCn of readers.
 Alaska voted dry! Alaska the place
 here according to popular belief ably econded by the movies" all men had hair
 their chest and gulped tfeir "hoo'cA' caat paying for it with fstful5 of dust; l Alaska. where business consisted of finding l l. ,l ,,,bo ,,too-,,ro ] cuandering their wealth in a night; of 1 laces Alaska turned against the Demon 1 Rum. sicking the malapmtes onto cid John Barleyccrn and chasing him off the lot! 1 7hades of Soapy Smith and Swiftwater Bill "Why don't you remember this? If you
 ont you have read something like it.
 Tt was a quiet night at the TivoG. At he bar, which ranged along one side of 1 he large chinked log room leaned a half
 o2en men, two of whom were discussing 1 he relative merits of spruce tea and lime ! uice as remedies for scurvy. Come up, you all, and drink. Come up, ou unburied dead. an name your poison Come up, everybody! This is my night and I'm going to ride it. Tomorrow I'm 30 and then I'll be an old man. urge along, you swashes and salmon eat CTS. I'm the mangy old he-wclf | Listen to me howl"
 Fortunes have been made selling tkat Ine of talk to magazine editors All of us love action stories, and most all of us do 1 have believed for years, that such as that 1 as A aska.
 And after we all had been carefully ed ,cated to believe in that, Alaska pins on 9 white rihhOn takes the pIadge and re tocks all the Tivois and Nuggets and E<londike bars with grape juice and choc lcte ice cream sodas.
 We know that this will be shock to many believers in the Wild West. It must have been a shock to u em when the fam rus Barbary Coast of San Francisco re formed, and when Seattle converted the old joints on Washington and King streets. where Skookum Jim and Swiftwater and many another new-made mil ionaire glorie1 Il T f+