Show irr IL II scott rho ats 1 ff I 1 attached to the bear for or several years ling lias red hair on one particular voyage 1 freak haircuts were tho the f lloyd aae style for the tun fun of it und and the captain joined I 1 in by having his hair trimmed to a scalp lock a la ia sioux the hear bear came to a good fishing ground for salmon and two 0 of the ibe officers made hasto haste to rig out t home mado made fishing gear 4 dut but they could flud find no red which tell Is a necessary part of a salmon lure you can call 4 guess the rest the captain A was scalped scalded ped so to speak and many were the salmon landed and the other off officers leers berated him because beci luse he had but one ile scalp lock to give to his bla country r officers and men of the P bear have had bad many ari ad 24 adventure with the tha wild 0 animal life of the arctic but some of their most ll 11 1 trying experiences have been with the mosquitoes these hordes of winged monsters ore are th the curse of the frozen north in summer 0 v 3 IQ once captain scott and three companions and his Ail Mr odale jock went bore b to elsh a stream s t ream V i the tha mosquitoes routed them and they tied lied in such hasto haste that they got separated VT and lost the captain and jock jack fled tor for v refuge to a high rock s where a strong sea breeze afforded them comparative AA immunity but nearly fr oze k f e j X 00 U 7 lagaly w r coax tt W IT aar frac nix f A P X X I 1 j I 1 I 1 k t X v 0 4 ag Z 4 4 by JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN ORTY bents eia ngo ago this summer sin two united states naval vessels bear and thetis were desperately bucking the tee ice in batiles bay a little north borth of tho the course of of the american world florid flyers in making their flight from greenland to indian Il harbor arbor labrador they were headed north bent on tile rescue of at greenys Gre elya elys arctic expedition had bod gone on up to grinnells land in 1881 in tile the proteus sometimes the tee tco was waa by s again the sels eels were sent seat full speed into an all ficq AM floe high up in tile the crows riest nest on each teasel stood a lookout anxiously searching for or any sign of human life on lock deck was a sledge with provisions and medicines and dog team A launch swung aitho at the davits nearing cape sabane nee a dilapidated and bellying I 1 tent was seen by the lookouts tho the bear sent gent a A tottering figure in rugged ragged furs raised the flag of red and watto unde and blue bunting it was greely end and the survivors of his expedition seven men out of twenty alve in tho the last stages of starvation and awaiting death tho the scene Is too ablo fr description loa here men from the bear and thetis cared tor for tile tho survivors took tho the bodies of the dead aboard and returned to the united states in safety the expedition had carried the hesters he stars a and nd stripes fatt farthest liest bortol north h 83 Ac degrees grees and 23 minutes but the rescue expeditions ions of 1882 11 and 1883 had somehow failed no need now to inquire into tho the responsibility MO gen A W greely and brigadier general Br alnard now the only two survivors agree that had the bear and thetis arrived at cape sabine 43 48 hours later only corpses would have been found tills this to la the bear the united states coat coast guard cutter that ling has just mado tier her last voyages voyage that rescue voyage vage was tier her first under the american flag sho she lind been built at greenock scotland tor for the arctic whaling trade tho the scotch with other peculiarities have a passion for putting ships together so they will stay put tho bear was rigged as a barkentine in addition to her hei steam power she was 1700 tons and her owners built tier of australian gum and P auf lit tier her together ge ther to tight fight lee ice and fighting ice fee she ha has been ever since upon her ter she elie was ns transferred to the revenue cutter service sen ice now the coast guard and assigned to duty on the coast of alaska this coast guard service Is as full of at and adv centore as at 0 hardships it ii was formed in 1018 1915 of the revenue cutter service 1700 1790 and the life service 1848 it operates under the treasury sur department lil in times of peace andun and under the navy department in times of war its commandant li ii rear hoar admiral william id lil ncy nolda commander frred erck 0 billard Is aid to commandant there are nie active stations h od the atlantic and pacific coasts tile the gulf of mexico i i and jha ha groat great lakes thero there tire are 83 cruising cutters jem 27 inshore patrol cutters 23 25 harbor cutters and various other craft there Ther kare are obort warrant officers and petty and enlisted men A coast guard academy Is maintained at new london conn to which admission la Is by competitive examination apparently thero there Is no end to the duties ot of tho coast guardi in ili addition to enforcement of tho the customs revenue law and tho the quarantine law and the protection of hewl seft band other fisheries it Is us buix t it boy scout dzieng ong a good turn to all icho venture upon the waters it extends medical aid suppresses mutinies keeps order during regattas warns varna vessels of dauger aud buries bodies cast up by the sea heros the ika 2 opera alu W persona rescued from peril 2054 2954 persons persona or OE board vessels ves aela assisted persons la ia distress cared for or vessels boarded for examination of papers vessels seized for law violation COO flues fines incurred by vessels derelicts destroyed 48 instances of lives saved and vessels assisted 2224 instances of miscellaneous assistance 1535 value of vessels assisted including cargo net expenditure for maintenance of all this fleet of weather beaten cutters rif nt the coast guard the hear bear is the oldest and tile the most famous fifty round trips ams she made into the arctic ice lost last fall when she come came down from her forty ninth battle with the tee it was planned to take tier her out of the service but captain cochran contended that the gum whaler built in greenock was good enough tor for one more voyage to round out tier lier fifty so bo commander nillard billard sent rent her oft off slay may 2 from the golden gate on tier her last towage the dears bears fiftieth voyage came mighty near being tier her last it looked for a time as it if the ice fee had dually gother got her after half a century of battling aalf a dozen almes times in june the bear was shut in by lines alnes and the fourth of july found tier her a thou sand miles north of Uh alaska and barred from further progress in any direction and so the radio told tier her to get out when she could and come home but would she get home that was nas the question iler her propellers were in danger of being stripped and even eyan tho the australian gum of her planks blanks had been badly squeezed squeeze ii nevertheless tho the hear bear limped home to nome the other day much the worse for tier her battle with the lee ice but with tier lier flag hying flying and under her own power potter without the dear bear the alaskan coas from sitka on the pacific to iolet borrow on the arctic will bo be much like hamlet with hamlet out take 6 a look nt at the map endnote and note the length odthe of the alaskan const coast incidentally do you ou realize that alaska and the aleutian isla islands adsit nd sIt it superimposed on tha united states in true north south position so 60 as to cut tile the canadian boundary fine near the head of lake superior would the atlantic near tile the georgia south Ca carolina rollon line cross the Alex mexican tean line in new mexico and touch the in ila cine la ia southern california well vell along this gront stretch of alaskan Aln const coast for forty years ears tile the near benr has been guide philosopher and friend 14 1 iash 4 ach spring she has gone forth to old aid nil all peoples to assist a commerce to open lines of communication anil and to 10 carry the mails to every settlement not rear readied lied by the der dei ing sem sea patrol often the ilie rear hear has been abe law of tile frozen north carrying na aa officer empowered fact 0 o act as united states commissioner during these forty years cars nearly every veteran of tho the coast guard service ling has seen service on the dear bear anil and many tire the yarns they tell from irom tile the sublime to the ridiculous in november Nove of president dont mckinley nley WAS notified that eight whaling vessels were fast in the 16 nair point harrow borrow nd that their heir crews were near arvillion arvil ilon tion tim the near boar had just returned to winter quarters uit she li ended north again volunteers for and rew ln command mand of caal francis Franci wnelson nelson island she elie three officers oni cere uk D 11 daryls 13 1 D bertholf and dr S J call these three officers traveled by dog sled 1600 1500 miles to point borrow barrow arriving with a herd of reindeer there they remained until the fol following loving june when the bear jammed its way in through the lea ice with stores that rescue approaches the sublime hero Is one that to la sot not tar from tto ridiculous capt them to death when night came on the next warning tile the captain was astounded astounded to hear what sounded like a land hand organ finally lie he came upon his three companions at the cabin of an E salm reindeer herder the eskimo was nua playing placing a wheezy old accordion and the four were lustily singing methodist missionary hymns in thanks giving that the night wits was over since the hut was so small that it could only shelter one at a time elwe they had just start started edAn in on where Is M my wan dering boy tonight 1111 here ere 1 said the captain appearing from behind and joining in with hla his bass some ot of these days we shall nil all bg be eating rel rein deer steak train from alaska and when you sit do down wn to your first juicy steak remember the bearl for the reindeer industry in alaska Is largely the result of tho tha bears activities it Is said that capt SI 11 A kienly made the first suggestion away back in 1890 E H 11 Bei bertholf tholf who wa waa attached to the cutter purchased a small herd la in siberia and the animals were brought across across bering strait so the reindeer industry in alaska today Is the result of the original importations of 1280 ant nulls mills from siberia by the bureau of education during it 11 years beginning with 1892 these herds have increased to considerably more than A and ad probably have been killed mr cr meat and skins it is estimated that grazing areas in alaska afrika will support from to hedd head one odthe of the hardest battles with the ice in the long service of the bear was in 1914 when tho the cutter made a dash to the rescue of a canadian arctic expedition which had been wrecked in tho the steamer Ic arluck near island off the siberian coast there was stormy weather and thick fog find and the tee ice was mountainous tile the bear kept up a seemingly hopeless fight until obliged tu to run backmo back to noine for coal she then started back to renew the flaat only to meet the members of 0 the expedition on a light draft schooner that had succeeded in slipping through tile the tee lee and reaching tho island incidentally this island may cause international complications it ivas was visited in 1881 by hooper who took possession in the name of the united states canada claims if 11 through and now the soviet government of russia asserts ownership and ling haa sent out an armed expedition with orders to inalee all inhabitants prisoners seize nil all shipping and ta take ke possession I 1 congress ana asked at the lost last session to make an appropriation pr fm it n new cutter to replace tile tho hear bear in the service 01 ot ol the thirteenth district which includes 10 19 stations in california oregon washington and alaska the bill however was one ol 01 ot tile the many which was passed over in the hurry confusion and filibuster of tho the last dayse dayson of tho the sess joll doubtless there wilt will be a coast guard cruiser sailing out of nome ome next net spring doubtless a alard cruiser will as usual be sent through can coast 11 t bering strait to aid all peoples to assist com communication and to deliver ianes of mer marcetti cetti to open the mail to out of the way settlements not reached by tile tho bering sea patrol but bui this coast guard cruiser will not be the bear Henl Ilen lys yB putt paje homlak alak fire canoe haa flag made her last voyage tho the ice fee drush her scotch built hull of australian gum the ocean ean could ia not at put her away in davy jonew jones locker but old has got the bear at last father fathe time has his way everywhere except with the bis big trees of the california nat national lonal barkal |