Show i REVENUE CUTTERS CUTTER'S LONG ARCTIC AR TIC CRUISE Steamed Miles and Arrives Arrives Arrives Ar Ar- rives With 37 31 Refugees I Port Townsend Completing Wash Completing a cruise of ot seven months mouths In the arctic during which she steamed nearly 18 miles mUes the thc United States revenue cutter Bear near Captain J J. J Q G Ballinger arrived here from the tho north havin having on board thirty seven refugees from Nome who were landed at Seattle Captain Ballinger before leaving Nome ome took all the Eskimos from Crom that city and vicinity to their homes so that they wo would ld not be a burden on the community during the winter That the Bear rendered valuable service serve sere ice to Nome Nomo after the storm Is evidenced evi by a vote of thanks passed l by bythe bythe the th city ity coun council U to Captain Ballinger and hl his officers This Is the third cruise Captain Ballinger Bal BaN linger has hall made on the Bear as master to Point Barrow The two previous voyages the passa passage c was free tree CromI from Crom I lee Ice e but hut on un this trip It was with culty that he hc succeeded In reaching the top of the continent The Bear sailed from Polut Barrow on Aug 18 In th the theire having been delayed seven days ire Ice and Captain Ballinger Balinger er says that If it ti tie lie had not sailed when ho did his vessel vessel ves ves- sel 81 would have hall hal to winter In the far north The Th Bear Is the th only only- vessel which went Into the arctic this year that was able t to get Jet out ut She made many trips to the relief of ot vessels In distress most of them being small craft Captain Ballinger er expresses the the-be- the belief bellef be be- lief that all the vessels caught in the Ice are safe and those on board cn can card ri reach native villages The Bear after atter a u stop at Seattle will proceed to San Francisco Francisco n |