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Show chief, riding on a bullhead fish. Below Be-low is her father wearing the sort of hat to be used in time of trouble. At the bottom is a whale killer who acted as messenger in finding the daughter after the bullhead had carried car-ried her away. Washington Star. Discovers Meaning of Alaskan Totem Poles Secretary of the Interior Wilbur has found out what the two brilliant Alaskan totem poles outside his office of-fice door mean. So many people asked him about them when he first put them up that he wrote Governor Parks of Alaska. The governor called upon John Wallace, Wal-lace, the Indian, who carved them, to explain his work. The Indian advised Wilbur that one pole shows the raven, a good spirit. Below is the daughter of the Spirit of the Creek, then a bird, representing rep-resenting the Creek watchman ; then the Spirit of the Creek, who has a frog In his mouth (being eaten), and the Spirit of the Salmon in his ears. The other pole is topped by the beautiful daughter of an Indian |