Evening star., 1925-02-13

! drivers of Alaska who have finished
their battle across the frozen Arctic
region to bring medical supplies TO
the stricken people OF Nome, Their
feat is one that will live forever in
the stirring annals Of the North"
And the Seattle Times adds, Biz
yards and subzero temperatures did
not daunt the gallant drivers or the
stout dog teams. The call of a neigh
Dor in distress was answered in the
whoie-hearted way characteristic of
the North
Much the same story" observes the
Columbus Ohio State Journal. "was
told five years ago when DR. j. B.
Beeson travelled 500 miles to reach a
settlement when there was an epi-
demic and no physician there. He
wrote a story in Alaskan history that
will live. The trip to Nome with the
medical supplies was a magnificent
second chapter for that story-a chap
ter the world read day by day with
grateful appreciation and approval"
There is something particularly fine,
observes the Houston Chronicle, "in
the wild drive to the rescue Of the
diphtheria victims in Nome But why
De surprised, or even think it strange
that the call of humanity in distress
should be answered? 1t is done every
day, on land and sea, in the congested
city and wide open places. One is far,
Tar from his fellow man when his
call for succor remains unanswered"
We are not as far from Golgotha
as we sometimes fear" reflects the To-
ledo Blade. THE spirit of sacrifice
is yet alive in the souls of men. Surely
II was af1ame in the hearts of the
'mushers' when they faced the fangs
OF an Arctic Midwinter and raced
their huskies against the Pale Horse
and his rider" Humanity still lives, de-
clares the San Francisco Bulletin, "un-
der compulsion Of the physical and
within the limitations of time and
space. Antitoxin cannot be transmitted
by radio, and in Nome's extremity, not
even the airplane could be relied upon
But the dogs of Alaska can be trusted
to make the effort. They go through
drifts and biizzards to carry life-saving
serum to choking diphtheria victims.
Where horses would die of pneumonia,
the huskieS and the maiamutes pull
through, doing thte work of their friend.
man, who, sad to say, does not always
appreciate their affection and fidelity"
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Back here In civilization we take
toxins and antitoxins as a matter of
course" observes the Milwaukee Jour
HAL we KNOW tAer6 Is a means TO
tell whether our children are suscepti-
BILE. means Of tmmunization for those
who would take the disease and a
means of relief for those who fall vic
Tins. Perhaps 1t will be of some worth
to us to reflect that We have at. hand
the things that are more valuable than
the golden hills Of Alaska"
'Gunnar Hasson,g hardy Alaskan
musher who covered the last lap OF
the relay race with death, writes the
name of a new hero into the annal.
OF the frozen Northland." says the Kala-
mazoo Gazette. That hero is Balto
sinewy, iong-haired malamute dog, son
of a wolf and pride Of Alaska" Ths
New York Herald Tribune adds: ''Ths
dry. sharp-cornered. Individual, who
likes machine-run world and thinks
that man can live by lighthouses and
telephones and such, naturally has no
interest in dog. For dog is largely
emotions and instincts and loyalty
all old stuff for the smart nationalist
and long since discarded by his busy,
competent brain. For the other type
of person that is far from cocksure of
anything and has a friendly sense of
communion with all the rest of the
world, dog is particularly close and
understanding