Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, July 3, 1913, Page 6

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Miller Building, East Side Square 4 | THE EVENING (MBGRAM, LAKELAND, FLA., ongest Straight JULY 3, 1913. in World SURVE NNING h line bout YOoRS CLII Beiween i, has fuadly been completed. 1t i measeres from begiuning to end exacily 1,507 miles, and iun as straight as the crow flies trom | Mount Fiias directy rorth, ovar moving glacicrs and some of the Ligh esl mountains in the world, to the Arctic ocean. It took seven years' la bor of seventy-five men to accomplish this difficult task. It cost the United States govermment in round figures $750,000, with the Canadian govern- ment contributing a like amount, the cost of the whole work amounting to K] $1,500,000 The story of this great work reads like some of the romances written years ago of the so-called wild and woolly west. ‘The men who took part in the work el tales rivaling those ot Admiral Peary in his search tor the porth pole, and of Amundscn in his hunt for the south pole. As a wemen- to of the hazardous nature of the work the bones of some of the heroie geientist explorers lie today. whitening along the bleak and desolate trail of the international boundary line in Alasha The American party was ade up of nine engincers, surveyvors, and topo- graphers, with thirty istants, pack- | | | another [ pector's gun ! contained at one time about one hun- . ers, instrument men, and others. It BARTOW - FLORIDA ‘\\'un in charge ot Thoma- Rizgs, Jr, T s of Washington, . ¢, with W. B Rae- | R O ” v m'" - ECROCRRT BN —-— | hurn, W. I3, Gilmore, \W. €. Guerin, F. R s ; UDRHROCRERIY S, Ryus, O V. Guerin, Do W, aton, \sa (' lwin and K €. Guerin [] ] NN Pho“e 257 The: W party was in charge of J. D Craig, a celebrated civil engin: PROPERTY OWNERS ATTENTION Cullwl to a remedy for leaky roofs. Ve are agents for the Carey Celebrated System of roofs that do not leak and that stay tight-— guaranteed 1 years. We also repaivicaky roofs. 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Thomas Riggs is an old resident of Alaska. during the wild rush of 1897, and promptly packed his kit and hiked to the new Eldorado of the northwest He remained there about four years, prospecting in many around for likely men to run the in United States d Canada along the forty-ninth i el of latitude This was another job similar in character to the Alaska boundary ly so ditticult but not neatv the Rigas applied for job, and was promptiv. emploved With a number of other engiticers and surveyors, he put in the following five years on this work. Then in 1906 he was appointed o1 v in cliarge to run the AlaskaCa fan boundary which has now been brought to a suc cesstul conclusion The Aleska boundary is matied by I8N stone min hents SOt thre 1 apart from M t St Elias on the cific coast Aretic « I\ Most exploring pat usually \ line of least resistance hese men, however wer ompelled to follow tween the Uy i States and ¢ i This resul at dificnlty, espe cially in tra rtation and tield work. The past year the men had to cross the Biritish mountains. which rise to a height of more than 7,000 feet. From the summit of these moun tains could be seen the Arctic ocean in all its terrifying silence, trozen as far as the ey It was at this point bad luck hapoe burn was and laid medical assi members of th return triy miles an Belvider of obtai uld see that the d 1o the p first Tty Rae- iia hout Two un f ey of ¢ a body of found them the per island to make whaler 1t ice. Ob ing Captain Cottle, the) tarn journey and reached camp after two weeks' absence Skeletons Found. Near the Arctic ocean the engineers found the skeletons of three men started or e ice to the | Mogquitoes were there by the millions, He acquired the gold fever! L such as are | party sections of the ! country, but at last becoming dis- couraged. returned home. Just about ! this time Unele Sam was looking | ternational boundary line between the | | over the from started on the re- | Much Chutler is made of so gl 4l G e means a du ; “1:4 v 4::.' ihx. side of v 7 \\{\\ \ ot N edged bladc- short lived, unsatisfactory article. O cutlery has blades of hard, springy stt well tempered. They have sharp cutit edges. Inevery way they are of the hig est quality. e JacksSor and Wilson Co o TN SO o RSN T AT A k made up of some little tarther on ther skeleton back of | where the A A they It little Jlondly traveler had evidently crawled | wind-break, in a futile effort to escape the same | blizzard. They found here the rem- nants of a small teai, with a few camp utensils and a notebook so badly blurred that it could not be read. A little farther away they found the pros- Jut there was nothing to identify any of the skeletons. At Demarcaiion Point, which SIr iohn Franklin determined upon as be- iug the boundary line between Russian and British possessions, the remaing of an Exkimo village was found, which dred igloos - Eskimo houses. Most of these houses appeared to be very old, showing that at one time a large tribe of natives made this point their per manent home. The place was & reg- ular hunters' paradise. Here were dis- covered animal gkulls and the horns of a musk-ox. This {8 the first time that & musk-ox- was ever found west of the MeKenzie river. (aribhou were seen in herds of several thousand. These animals are very stupid and also exceedingly inquisitive, Some of | them vould gallop up to the party and | alter due inspection quietly return to | the herd. “ireat numbers of mountain | shieep were and several Nn}n'fl)i brought back for the | Institution I'tarmigan | were also very plentiful, and tish were found In every stream While game of all sreat ;lhll!l\‘lll!('l' Seve apparent why the seen pecimens were smiihsonian kinds was in al reasons were kimos had left. They were not ordinary mosquitoes, usually seen in civilized Some of them were as big as a silver dollar. In tact, the surviving wembers of the onslaught the MOEQIItoes were =0 vicious that they had to build a huge smudge fire to Keep them away trom the horses. It was laughable the same | 3 poor horses. in the smoke | caten alive by would wander say and v time pretty narvd on the I'he animals would s in prefernce to being the inseets Then they out for a little at gr but in a tew min- utes come rushing back for the smudge I'he wmen bad to work with veils tace and ves tied around 3 the wrists. Fvery oue had w: ~l|- nplin A!‘ Endless var!ety 4 MosGuito- i tent in order to get 1'1"‘.\“:{":;}\' i l,'}f':f,'.'”'}l‘,if\,f”q‘é Of the Best Brands to be almost suftocating Shakespeare First Folio | HA!"-S-.VV“h that ”CL‘ Splcy f]avor e e BACUN--That streak of lean and streak of fat ' ol e SAUS AGE S--Most any kind to your liking. than 20 are ar ! t state, while K . 5 et e e e e T TR O CannedgMeats, wis damage ot varions points. The | = : ¢ toar varly oo eions| Pickled Meats ! i Shakes ire s partly determinec by their pedig The duke nl‘l % . - -. eds owns a first folio on which two| A .different kind for every day in Jthejmont’ former owners, Charles Killigrew und | ‘\ am Congreve, have r:n]m ribed Best Butter, per pound. ... ... ... .eeeiieiiienns L] their nawes Garrick's first folio is in ’ the library of Queen's college, Oxford. Bugar, 17 pounds ...... ..l Ie o v vl o ol G, A ......... .00 X to Lewis The he greatest of all | Cottolene. ¢-pound pails.... ....... ... ......... " Shakepeare's textual eriti r . : 1 SRR i Wi l:‘”‘ Snowdrift, 10-pound pails. ........ ............ 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