The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 12, 1935, Page 7

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY, AUGUST 12, 1935. - OF TOUR PARTY Frank Reedy, Former Pio- neer Here, Heads Lone Star Travelers Frank Reedy, former Pioneer Al- askan, and now a resident of Dal- las, Texas, has been leading tour parties from the south to the Ter- ritory for several years—hut now he feels:.that “‘turn apout 'is fair Rex Beach Tells of - Characters His Alaskan Nove | {c'oniimea trom Page One) I Is i little boat, led thém down into the cabin, dramatically jerked the cover back from the bunk, and revealed the sore-riddén, spotted body of his lcng-suffering patient. The rail- road men fell over themselves try- ing to get out of that cabin; some of them even tried to swim ashore before they could get the boat launched. “Well, there was one hell of a panic inh town. The strikers were tlabbergasted; said they would gahg the rext stéamer that came into ” [ & pottir-bent téflows you “Sometinies nmieet and never do forget. About The Spoifers dtore people being chiaracters in “The Spoflers” than in any other book. The char- aeter in that book drawh most di- rectly from 1ife' was Déxtry. He was really Charles 'D. Lane, a great ‘Californian character, a very prom- inent and wealthy man who came to ‘Nome in thé early days and| started ‘the Wild Goose Mining Company. They started a raflroad at ‘the mine. He was old at the time and later went blind. The whole family was interesting: Mrs. Lane was a most unusual woman, uncon- ventional, fine, everyone loved her I never used hef in a story, al- though' shie' probably afforded more material ‘than anyoné. Their son Ve lald clatm ‘to! ¥ 5 Jof nis hefoles: e [teau, ‘¥ & |of Chanee, aid, “bu |woman in Dawson and what T had heartl about her, Wiist- ever became of her I have no idea. | The wholé story was hegrsay? Atked Whether he felt “that the caliber of: the itypleal Alaskan haa changed 4in ‘thHe past decadé, Mr. Beach “repiied emptiatically 'in ‘the negative. “I don't 'beléve human |nature changes,” he said—“certain- |ly not for the worse. ‘Thére has been’a natural‘reaction to a cha of envitofinient. ‘We all get 5 | quickly. But #'{he same' conditions returned heré s prevatled fn the old 8ays;il1 &m Satistied tHat ‘the people here would 'react mueh @s = WLegislati o':{i[,ove | my chard6tér fdthér loosély ‘aftér | ¥ Hints Cohslitu_@igfl May Be *36 Tssue ‘Continuéd f:dMm Page One) v = that advice as applying othé: measures, t00. In other ‘words, they det on the theory that thHe White House wants'the pending program put through regardiess, and the qlestion of its vaHdity!left to ‘the courts is that the highest, court will thfow 08t most of this prpgram. What will that mean politically? It easily might mean that the s will tell the farmers in 1896 Ed '.’J, §f§"m lg‘fleww,arldl?nignj ‘any In many quartess, the prediotion ! poll r.lcpliy 1 ! ¥ { {786 fse' the fd- 5 States | n- iner that would permit a funda- | mentally sound approach to our Tofig-rln” e¢ondmic and politichl | probleis. r G “Gradially the issue 1§ being |drawn, I hopé it will be débated at | length in ‘every cofivenitién, in ew- |ery sefioofhiouse; of theé Tand.” ‘Bignificance Uncertain 4 It ‘should ‘be hoted that ‘this was Secrétary ' Wallace, not Dr. “fug- well, speaking. A Mr. Wallace is not one of the Roosevelt " professors. He' was rear- ed dn Towd Republican, and his fathef' Wis' conservative érough to |be Becretary. of Agriculture in thp | cabinet of President Harding. In & large sénse, hé {8 recognizged as the the ‘constitution, ufless Lotils was a wild, vigorous, athletic | they. did' theh. Emergéneits m fellow; hard to ' handle, fighting, |frontiers ‘automatically bring out 1 ized la- running around, but with lots of in Mhigh ‘relief thdse qualities of fedéral aid; will tell organized la. port. There were several hundred of ‘them ‘on dock when the next boat was sighted and .no police to play,” and wants Alaskans to Vvisit Texas. 4y At least that wds the message he 2oy g im anq | [Rtellecttal leader of ‘the non-pro- changed, stanids bétweeh them a.hdi fessional grop of the Roosévelt: in- ner etrcle, * Kipling’s famous lincs of “east is east and e left here Saturday when the Vic- toria was in peort for two hours, enroute from Seattle to Skagway. Reéedy, a member of Camp Skag- way, Lodge No. 1, Arctic Brother- hdod, was a passenger on the “Vic” heading a party of 15 other Tex- ans, Not only was he guiding the Lone Star travellers on a tour of South- east Alaska and the Yukon Terri- tory, but he was extending to Alas- kans tehd the Texas Centennial Exposi- tion next year. Reedy gave an invitation from Walter D. Cline, managing diréctor of the Exposition, to Gov. John 'W. Troy, and left literature describing the event, which will commemorate the romantic history of the largest state ir. the Union under the flags a persohal invitation to at-| stop them; but Doc took a rowboat and went out and met the ship; told the capfain there was small- pox ashore -and if he landed the ship would be quarantined. The beoat didn’t land. Doc Whiting came Bear to being lynched that night. When the next boat also didm't fand, and there didn’t seem a €hance of any othérs coming in, the men hiad spent all their money and the town of Cordova wouldn't give them any credit; so they had to go back to'work; and eventually the railroad was completed. ' “Well, in' ‘The Iron Trai’ I cre- ated 4 charactér ‘somewhat youngér than Héney and more romantic of aspect, used a similar Axperience to the smallpox scate and a doctor patterned after Doc Whiting. A number of tharacters in this book friends. Many -peaple thought he was the hero of “The Spollers, but he really shared that' character ‘Wwith half-a-dozen other young fel- lows I knew.. But Laneé, himeslf, was. & truly ‘Lincolnesqueé character, full of reminiscences; illustrated évery point he made by a story, which might be ribald, sentimental, or religious, as" Suited his mood. Story Behind “Judge Stilkman, of course, was a real character. People in Alaska will rcmember the story behind “The Spoilers.” A politician in the states by the. namé 6f Alexander MERENFIE Backed the original group who came in to take advantage of our naturalization laws and get control of ‘the rich elaims on Anvil Creek. Two or three years after I left Alaska, 1 talked with the judge goodior bad in human nature Which | Bor that the constitution stands be- a civilized enviroriment relegates 'to | the background. But the gualities remdint, dnd if we lad another adapt ourselVes quickly to conquer !1t. There ate fellows here in Alaska | Just f as - &trong, as robust, as de- | termitied wrid us ambitious to make good: as -ever. They are just as willihg. to sacrifice to get ahead As we ‘were. But nobody feels like making uSeless sacrifices. We didn’t. If it had been possible to fly over Chilkoot Pass, T doubt if anyor. bhould ever hdve Welked over ft." s nigeg e ATTENTION MASONS There will be a Stated Commumi- cation of Mt. Junésu ‘Lodge, Noj 147 F. & A. M. this evening at frontiér I am satisfied we should | tween it and ‘the guarantees of the ‘Guiféy bill and ‘the' Wagner bifl, | ealled by labor leadérs “labor's' niag- [na carta;” and tHe Lberal elémetits | Beneraliy that their 'only hdpe les in a constitutional ‘change. : Secretary Wallace ' Quates' When these circumstances are considered, special intérest reposes in a little-advertised speech' deliv- ered by Secretary Walldcé on July 18 at Seattle. 3 Mr. Wallace quoted from ‘Thomas Jefferson that the constitution should be handed on, “with periodi- cal trepairs,” from generation to génegation. Then satd Mr. Walidte m conchi- slon: "Then, said Mr. Wallaéé in don- *luslon: 1t will ‘not' be possible, until Mr. | ROGSeVElt hiffiselt speaks, to know definitely how much significance sholild bé 'attactied to'these words | of Mr. Wallace, But it is highly in- ‘MQstfllg “that one placed as Mr. | Wallace is sees “the issue” grad- | ually being drawn, | w - FROM BAKEREFIRLD Dr. and Mrs. Joe Smith and their son, Kent, aré round-trip pas-! |sengeérs on the Victoin from Seat- tle. (Smith is a promineént physi- tian in Bakersfield, Osl > - {Don’t Sleep on Left Side~Affects Heart | 1t stomiach GAS Prevents sléep- | ingven rightoside try - Adiéttka. One of Spain, France, Mexico, Texas|were patterned pretty carefully on|of.the U. S. Circuit Court, or what- Zif:n:dno;k-ar‘yzlr P mfl: wurg;: i L1t :l:y o‘::l::g;i“xdz ':::t :o:‘l;:‘_'lame brings out polsons and relieves; Republic, United States and the |the originals, ever court this case was tried in, . J. W. LRIVERS: | thtion ‘hay be riecessary in order to|gas pressing on heart so you sleep Seuthern Confederacy. FES Shiber Hiask In San Francisco, and as a result I 2 audd: A m itk such-a principle 6f proper un-|soundly afl night. Butler-Maute With him on this invitational| ¢ SHYEr Egnie. had the goods for a series of arti- Sl e TR Rl ¢ L4NOnshia - sotlen Drig ‘€4 — i Douglés by Guy's tour are: Mr. and Mrs. A R. An-| ‘“One day last fall 1 was talking|cles, which ran in magazine form, . ? drews, Dalla$; Mrs. T. L. Beasley, Dallas; Mrs. Georgia Bunting, Dal- las; Mr. and Mss. O. R., Cooper and Richard Cooper, Tyler; M Mary J. Cowling, Denton; Cntherme[ and Josephine Hogginbothath, Dal- las; Miss Stella Warren, Dallas; Mrs. Wood Smith, Carrollton, and Catherine McGrail, Mexia. After visiting in Skagway and Jjourneying into the Yukon Territory | via ‘the White Pass and Yukon Route, the party will board the £outhbound steamér Northwestern hext week. Ancther stop will be made here, with the party con- cluding its Alaskan stay with brief sltops at Sitka and Ketchikan on the way to Seattle. NEWLYWEDS HONORED WITH SHIP PARTY A unique. wedding party was 12d In homor ©f Mr. and Mrs. Darreil’ Naishl, néwlyweds, on the motorship Wahdeter yesterday. .. More than 25 persons léft part &t 6 G'clock yesterday morning bon the ship, skippered by the Brile's | yute; roln, by $atd He Waula Eive| AL give b @b d wotk, i ings int by advers e o S |, . e, Yoo . o el { iiing n ST e '%fi'fifi"’ifim- ! D mi g1 e 8 s was visited. - gk Bl if gt .. tsing the | inf iy i o ‘| one of - His tedrs dn8'it was Bis cus- | with the Mayor of Vancouver about i.my book on the salmon industry, he Silver Horde.' The Mayor had béen a labor.leader and worked up from the ranks, became a strike |organizer, etc., and he remarked that the thing that struck him | most about this book was that here was an author who knew the in- | 7ide of the labor game, and how a strike could be organized for pri- vate ends and not for the good of the laborers. Although I think I portrayed labor conditions authori- tatively, none of the characters used here were based on fact ex- cept one big foreman, called Big Geofge. I pafterned him after a fellow I knew'in the Arctic around |Candle Creek, This felfow, Big |George Matson, WAS ‘# ssquaw mian and had a big family. He wast 4 roistering, drunken, fighting-crazy sort of a fool. The first time T evef came into Candle Creek I came with & teani bf dogs and got in just &t twilight. I was told I was in for troublé, Big George was on | toni” off ‘these:ottastons ‘to beat dp any, afid every stranger who came ‘would;slip otf his Hood, wrigel and were called “The Looting of Alaska.” These articles had a pro- nounced political effect. ' I was ‘& new writer, and inexperienced enough to. tell the whole truth, and I just cut loose; tore off the lid completely. I was threatened with libel suits and probably wéuld have ! been sued if there had béén any| possibility of getting any mohey | T used this situg- tion for:the novel; oné of the chnr~1 acterS was d (judge “Similar to a from me. When #eéll-known \judge in.Notte, who was later ‘cofivitted of fhrtielpattont in “Hhe Barrier” “‘The Barrfer’ was a romance of the early pioneer dags in the Yu- on. /1 spént some-tiitie in a little camp there, One of the early Alas- in that camp;’ he man_with a L family. was a very interesting! @nd lovable char- acter, a big em o nfs teal one" With more Indian thsn the plot. Mis fudgs is thow - delid. kan pibhests, Al Mayo, was a_trader |} | DAILY EmPIRE WANT ADS PAY! Ry 2 “We do-know that it has not been Let Entpire Want Ads Help You Get CASH for Things You‘."No Longer Use . @\ About your home, in your .Bitié, basethent or: sstoreroom, are dozens of articles: which ave in_ per- ‘fectly good condition but which you have outgrown, \b}ecox'ne tired of of. replaced with similar htnélelw?" | Drug” Btore. —adv. t |*] | | | sy " $hi twaft shall meot” were entirely disregarded? &“.W*z:;{ %‘ 92, on ‘of the president of China, inset, and pretty 20-ydar-old Viola Brown, Columbus, 0., five-and‘ten-cent store clerk, above. The ¢buple were married at Ashland, Ky., by'a justice of the peac who is & Summer school student at Ohio State university, met x the girl while making purchisés at the store. y e Local Radishes, Onions, Turnips—Fresh Daily CALIFORNIA GROCERY The Pure Foods Store Alaskan Hotel Liquor Store Dave Housel, Prop. Phone Single 0-2 rings - . . & e For Every Purse and Every Purpose PACIFIC COAST COAL CO. PHONE 412 Complete Repairing! “Stem to Stern” Call 411 Nows! A déance on board ship was held & t A i : ; Ly o i kil mm % 4 In Teku Harbor on te fbburn|oenter i o T M e Among, The e readers theg i ghways o gooll UN ’TED FOO fripy & o “That night I was'in the only sa- | aginary.’ Althibiig demand for ag i othing, fdtti- % y - PAA PLANES KEPT ' BUSY, MINE TRIPS Difficulties in, the mechanical de- partment of the Whitewater De- velopment Company mine at Tul- tequah, resulted in three airplane|ome longlost relative, because he B e 3 -tisure. Get cash:for them now while they are in: trips to the mine over the week- " ek 'good condition . le. : end. 4 i 1 i + <153 On Saturday, J. Lingard, a mes if byt HHiEbb i i T ol % AR chanic, was dispatched to the prop= P Empfi-e w Alls .to sell miscellaneous lfllehfl Fas erty aboard the PAA Fairchild : g flown by Alex Holden with #iight Mechanic Lloyd Jarman. z On Sunday the PAA: Patrchild plloted by Murray Sitiartiwent | Lirigatd | Canyon Island to bring - &nd a gear from the ‘mine back 1o loon il towns-it was run by the ¥id brother of Téx: Rickard; Poung Tex: they called him—when in came B: George, drunk, and On the lobken for mé, But Instead of béthg pugna* cious, he became tearful, bought me some . drinks, and wanted to hug and’ charseter wa Al HIS physieat not. Al was'a s{nrfi. somewhat would no more ‘have recognized himself in it than would dnyone f. Dot tire, radios, pictires,” bally ]l::psrand»n!hfltfififimw&&s; i 1et,. Don’t Ipt; thent sucly articles ‘ rigehe Aftic)es things clutter up Restth es, bicycles, dingy and marred . gpennies jier word exch- ; ractically aré ‘as: dhes . everybody in your honie, from- Phone 16 We Deliver Meats— b i e :.—_» ot GO “RICE.& AHLERS CO. Juneat. il h;‘ I oy ; o s mmsining Piok Suusst toak il Heating Plumbing 'Sheet Metal Work 3 ‘Sharpstone, Preaf- » & dent of Whe: Develop- L PHONE 34 ment Company, Norman. Bantield R | y 3 and Mechanic J. Lingard for the gm: g "'“"“'" Tulsequah mine. g PORIGIFEES ELKS’ PICNIC IS CALLED OFF, RAIN The Elks' Picnic’ which was to | manufactured a character like him.|informed me that: they were the | “I don't know where he is now.|originals of Necia 6r Cherry. Need- | yesterday was postponed on ac- | He came down to Nome once when |less to say, T was surprised. I md; have been held at Evergreen Bowl count of rain. “No definite arrangements have been made but we will probably hold the picnic next Sunday,” M. wholé team himself. This #iné ‘s |hardiy.” - E. Monagle, Exalted Ruler and member of the Picnic Committee, |drunk and had one hell of a good ' possible said today. |tame dog. I never did get over Big Georgel. When it came time to do the story of ‘The Silver Horde, I 1 was there. He used to pull in the | tug-of-war teams. He was so tre |mendous he was as godd: ‘e saw him he came down and got time. He was just 6n¢ 6f ¢1ios€ big e I have known. Several’ tiniés 2 Wwho did not know who I"Witsihdvé Waribis W never seen any of thém before.” Asked if these wi came up to Mr. Beach sald thére ' was ohe exception to’his statement B woinen | - P i ASK:F TR 4, A ¢ R Wy T fis “FQ Py AN AD T_.KER HPIEI000000000000 0000000000 | é i - THE HOTEL OF ALASKAN HOTELS The Gastineau Services to. You Begin and End at the ?‘I‘c Plank of Every Passenger-Carrying Hoat Old papers for sale at Empire Office ® % |