Show BRAVE i FROZEN NORTH NO RTH I Rig rs o of Frigid Alaska Fail rut to Daunt U. U S. S Signal Cot Corps s I Alaska March f 10 B By Mail 11 Up TIp among amonS' deep snows and fierce gales in soma of or the most lonely spots pots In the tho orld Jd in time winter where the tho mercury mercury mer mer- cury sometimes Is from Crom 50 to 86 degrees t below zero the men of Undo Sams Sam's signal corps keep their faithful vigil In J lonely nel hamlets on the top of or sol sol- solitary solItary solitary mountains theIr cabins burled in snowdrifts theme men In khaki 1 watch In the tho white fo silences over the slander wires of or communication reaching from Yalde to tho the and thence to I Ithe the farthest confines of or the territory ending above Nome ome In tho great white wastes Waste of oC th-i th aub aub JU b- b From Maine New Net York Texas Missouri Nebraska and other states s recruits como coma to tho the service Th There rc has not yet been tho first Instance recorded r. of or a L man failing 19 lQ perform the task allotted to him Seventeen stations rations r arc are maintained b by bythe bythe the corps out of Valdez each cacti com- com outfitted The Pacific Alaska cable after leaving Seattle first reaches the coast at Valdez Here messages are arc transferred from the cable and sent out over the land lines To reach his station or post of or dut duty many of oC the si signal corps corps men have to walk hundreds of miles Then when the winter blasts hurl out over tho white wastes begins the thc signal sinal corps corpsman's mans man's vigil Copper wires that link t the great territory together and carry the news of the tho world pass from Valdez through deep forests tundra land and morass over lofty oU hills and through h beautiful prairies to Fairbanks down the Tanana river to Fort Gibbons down the Yukon to St St. Michael and thence to Nome Dally trials must bo be broken to other stations 11 lines ne repa repaired t trees removed from the thc vicinity of the wires The lohe sig- sig I mt mal corps man must risk his life time nd nd again for or tr the tho careless or unfortunate unfortunate travelers traveler Some of his deeds shave have Jwo como come to light licht Amon Among them was wasn wasa n a rescue of ot V 03 when the Delta dl distrct dis- dis between Valdez and Fairbanks I was v visited by on ono one o of 01 the worst ands r. r In Sn the history of or the tho country For r onteen days tho the mercury stood tood a at t below and sales ales hurled continuously continuous continuous- ly the fine fino scow fir In blinding masses through h the fir Ono could scarcely fat face e Mho clement element A party of prospectors proSPector land and minors minor on ou its Its' Wt way from Valdez Ito to Fairbanks was caught u lt In tho the storm to reach a roadhouse the trav- trav sought shelter in the tho leo lee of or some timber On the morning of the tho second Iday day ay one ono man mau succeeded In reaching the cabin of or a sJ signal nal corp core man With tho the he returned to the stranded 1 l party arty Several men were frozen to death Seven trips to and from hl his station tho the soldier ma made e rescuing all the tho survivors Bun including two women Later hater several of the tho men rescued died of ot exposure and when tho the summer r sun th the tho drifts of or the trail thirteen thir thirteen teen bodies were found |