Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-03-04

Tor mother lodes, and for years has been
taking up and buying quartz claims. Some
OF her properties are now being developed,
and few are said to carry good values.
Margaret Mitchell is one of the first 10
rush to every new mining field She is a
part of every stampede, and in this way has
got the nickname stampede" Mitchell She
thoroughly understands the mining laws
ana watches out for claims that lapse
through the carelessness of owners in fail
ing to do the assessment work annually re-
CURED. Every now and then she picks ND
valuable claim, and sometimes one that
belongs to the big capitalists | understand
that she jumped such claim only the other
DAY, and that the millionaires had to paw
her SoOOO before she would release the new
title thus acquired. | met Stampede Mitch
ell during my stay in Dawson. She is a
bronze-faced, bright-eyed energetic woman
OF middle age, with firm faith in the exist;
ence OF quartz gold in the upper Yukon.
The larger towns of the Alaska of TODAY
have perhaps one-half as MANY women as
men. The tents and shacks Of the past have
given place to comfortable homes with oa;-
dens and flowers, and the social conditions
are not Tar different from those of the towns
OF the United States. Every town of anv
SIZE has Woman's club like that here at
Nome, and all have entertainments of ono
kind or another. The Juneau Woman.
club recently gave reception to the Wo-
man club OF Douglas Island. 1t was held
III the city hall, and among the papers read
was one on English literature, another on
the cathedral towns OF Europe, and third
on old English with readings from Chance.
he Fairbanks club is especially interest
ed IN civic matters. It's members write cdr.
orials tor the local newspapers on how to
improve sanitary and educational condi-
tionS; and they have done great deal to
uplltt the town. They are interested in the
liquor question and did much in the Ia
election to make Alaska vote dry. The same
IS true OF every womans club in the country
from kctchikan to Nome.
Inc clubs are doing great deal to better
educational conditions They keep close
track of the schools. and all of them arc
more or less literary in character. The wo-
men OF Alaska come from all parts of the
world, and many of them are widely trav-
eled They have broad ideas of public events
ana their discussions take wide range.
Conditions in Alaska are especially con
duclVe to literary work There is plenty
OF time for study, and it may be this thai
makes SO many OF the daughters of the te-
ritory engage IN writing poetry. The Kego-
ayah kozga has several poets one of whom
mas IN the club book of this year toast T.,
Alaska women, which is substantially as
follows
on toast the men of Alaska,
God bless them every one.
They gave their best; they stood the test
OF the land of the midnight sun
But what of that brave woman
Who mushed closed by their side
She took the trail (they thought her fraiD.
All hardships she decried.
The sweetheart. wife or mother,
She came for love alone.
She stifled fear, fought back each tear
And built anew the home.
a toast to the Alaska woman
From ketchikan to Nome,
ohe worth more gold than earth can bold
A toast TO woman-home.
FRANK. G. CARPENTER
The visiting English merchant wa.
- 4