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ARCTIC FOOD RICH,
SAYS STEFANSSON
Explorer Back From Arctic
Says Polar Area Is Easiest
Place to Live
■ Ncn York. Vilhjalmur Stefamf
aon. discoverer of the Blond Eski
mos and five new Islands in the Arc
tic and eraser of King Christian Is
land, who has been studying the bar
ren wastes of the north for five years
■for the Canadian Government, has
arrived In New York. Despite the
serious illness through which he re
cently passed he looks as stioug as
the musk ox, one of his favorite
foods, and an animal which he is
tinxlous to see domesticated for the
benefit if the people of the North.
It will be recalled that when the
Karluk, the largest of his six ships,
was lost, in the beginning of the
first year, it was assumed that the
expedition would become a tfallure.
Everybody thought that with the
loss of ppinmican, scientific equip
ment and supplies of various kinds
the party would have to come home.
litany times the rumor cam<j that
the Stefansson party had perished.
Instead Stefansson has returned to
tell Americans that the Arctic is an
easy place to make a living in, and
the high cost of living is a factor
that the Arctic explorer does not
have to deal with.
At the Harvard Club, where he
met many visitors (Incidentally he
is a Harvard man), he remarked: "I I
do not think that there is any easier
place to make a living than in the
.polar area if one knows how. The
food problem is very simple. You
go out and kill animals and eat them.
On the floating ices in the lanes of
open water there are seals and poplar
bears. On the land are the musk ox
and the reindeer. Every polar island
that I have ever seen is free from
ice in summer and carpeted with
grass and vegetation.
"I do not know where the com
monly accepted idea comes from that
every polar island is
ice. We never kill an animal and !
then waste it, although we might!
kill a polar bear when we are on the >
pressure ranges (moving snow and !
ice carried to and fro by winds) and |
carry away on the sledge only 200 j
pounds of meat. There is always [
plenty of food.
Party Had Plenty to Eat
"With other Arctic explorers it
was always a question of food. Food j
was dealt out in rations. Everybody
had his eye on the grub pile wonder- |
lng if they would have any food to \
get back on. We travelled 2.000 i
miles a year and we never lost time j
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seeking food or suffered from hunger,
indeed we never lost a meal. Of the
100 dogs that we used we lost only
one by accident and none by starva
tion. When they came out they were
as fat as pigs. The men on the
journey gained weight."
Stefansson threw into the discard
all the theories and practices of oth
er Arctic explorers, with the result
that he and his party suffered no
hardships, they lived comfortably,
they accomplished their object, and
with the exception of the men who
were lost In the Karluk all the men
came through in good shape.
Probable one reason why Stefans
son carried practically no food was
! tijat travelling for hundreds and
sometimes thousands of miles noth
ing could be placed in a cache, "for
when you came to look for it it
would have disappeared and be about
as hard to find as a barge drifting
in midocean," as the explorer put it.
All Arctic explorers, said Stefartsson,
carried light loads, the lighter be
ing the easier to travel with. The
men advance as far as the food will
go and try to get back before it is
gone. Stefansson did directly the
opposite.
"Peary, for instance," continued
the explorer, "would start out with
twenty or thirty sleds. When three
or four were empty they and part
of the party would go back, with
food enough to last them to reach
the base. And so it went. Finally
at the end when the destination was
almost reached only two or three
would be left and they would make
a quick dash and then back to the
base. Under Peary this method was
carried to its highest perfection.
"Now we intended to use this
method as far as that went, but in
the early stages of our explorations,
we lost the Karluk, most of our
scientific equipment and most of our
good men, so we had the task of
doing the work without the equip
ment we had to do it with."
Institute of Technology, lowa, Ox
ford, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Paris,
being trained in oceanography, ter
restrial magnetism, marine biology,
geology, topography and anthro-'
pology. One of the results obtain
ed by even one department, that of
the biologists, will require eleven
large volumes.
Stefansson tried a new method on
his exploration trips. "On our jour
neys we took plenty of clothes, scien
tific instruments picked up from the
other ships and even books," the ex
plorer related. "We were not par
ticular about food, as we expected to
find it as we went. We picked out
the best meat in the country. We
preferred musk ox and reindeer,
which is the same as caribou. In
the summer time the best meat is
wolf, for the wolf is very fat in the
summer time. The musk ox and
reindeer are very thin then, and you
need fats. The wolf is very much
like beef; there is no noticeable odor
and no unpleasant taste.
"The most powerful gun is the 6%
millimeter Manllcher-Sehoenhor re
chambered by the Gibbs in England,
with velocity of 3,161 feet, which, I
think, is two or three hundred feet
better than army rifles now in use.
We carried 100 rounds. There are
thirty-three bullets to a pound, and
we have been able to average 125
pounds of meat to each cartridge.
"A pound of ammunition gives us
two tons of food. That also means
that you can always take enough
ammunition to carry you three or
four years. If you were to buy meat
for silver dollars It would take about
fifteen times as much silver as it
takes in lead. In fact, lead is bet
ter than checks or bank notes.
Actually traveling with ammuintion
served me better than traveling with
lead. A bullet is a check that is
honored everywhere. There is no
protest."
The explorers lived in snow houses
instead of tents. Four men could
construct such a house in fifty min
utes large enough for six men to
sleep in, and when it was erected
it was "as cold proof as a thermos
bottle." In the night the tempera
ture would go down to 50 degrees
Fahrenheit, but when the oil stove
i warmed up the breakfast dishes the
temperature would rise to 60 and 70
degrees.
Btefansson begins a lecture tour on
his Arctic exploration to-night in
Carnegie Hall, and then will tour the
country. The proceeds will go to the
Ked Cross.
ONE OF THE GIRLS AT MACS GARAGE "
WORKKING ON THE BORING IN MACHINE
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LOCAL GARAGE
GETS BIG BOOST
Story and Photos of Mac's J
Garage in Two Auto
Periodicals
In the issue of October 9 of!
"Motor World" and October 24, of j
"Motor Age", two of the largest j
automobile magazines on the mar- |
ket, appears the story of the rise |
of one of Harrisburg's new garages, j
This is "Mac's Garage" the new,
fireproof structure on South Third j
street, the Harrisburg mecca for the j
"Famous Tin Lizzie."
Both of the magazines takes this
model garage and the business
methods used as an example for
other garage men to follow. Num
erous photos showing the outside
of the garage, the oflice, the layout
of the three floors, the stock room,
and several pictures of the women
mechanics who are helping Mac put
across the work.
Here is an extract from "Motor
Age":
"The work that leaves this shop
must be right."
If this motto were instilled in the
hearts pf every repairman of your
organization and carried out to the
letter, you should, theoretically at
least, never have a single comeback.
It would mean in the first place
that the car's particular ailment had
been diagnosed correctly, that the
proper relief had been administered
in the quickest possible time, and
at a price definitely settled upon
between owner and shop proprietor
before the job was tackled.
The value of proper shop equip
ment to eliminate guess work,
especially now that expert help is
so scarce, has been pointed out re
peatedly in these columns, but per
haps you have been one of those
dealers who' say:
"£ll this special shop stuff is all
right for Jqpes' place or Smith's
place; his work is different from
mine. It wouldn't do me any good.
My men are pretty gpod, etc."
All of this is all right "as far as
it goes, but did you ever stop to
think that your men get tired to
ward the end of the day, while a
machine that might line up rods
for you, burn-in-bearings, etc., is
indefatigable? You may not have
the proper devices to hold the pis
ton while taking the rod out of it,
with the result that the rod is
twisted out of alignment, which de
fect would cause trouble that only"
another overhauling would correct.
One of the most striking examples
of good equipment, practically green
help and all-round good business
ability brought together and mak
ing money in such trying days as
these is that of Mac's Garage at
Harrisburg, Pa., The live wire here
is A. G. McMillan, and anyone lucky
enough to spend a day at his place
will declare he is carrying several
hundred volts, in fact, so high a
potential, that it is inducted into
everyone else around. This man
is enthusiastic when others throw
up the sponge and yell "no busi
ness, no help, can't get parts, etc."
And he radiates his enthusiasm.
His customers feel like coming back,
if for no other reason than to have
Mac ask them how the bus in run
ning, but we noted that every time
a customer came in Mac sold him
something whether the unsuspect
ing owner came there with the idea
of buying or not. And here begins
one of the important chapters of
Mac's way of doing business, a busi
ness that is doubling every month.
And this is just part of the story
of Mac's Gargge. It has recently
been incorporated as a company
with Mr. McMUlian as the President
and Harry M. Cohen as secretary
and treasurer. The business is still
on the increase and everyone is sure
to here more of "Mac's Garage."
Fines Imposed For
Speaking German
Sioux Falls, S. D. —The County
Council of Defense of Turner county,,
S. D.. recently has Imposed fines in
the cases of several men and women
who were charged with using the
German language in public places, in
•violation of the German language ban
imposed by the State Council of De
fense.
Franz -\Valz, Mrs. Frar.z Walz and
Mrs..Hobart, of Hutchinson, county, S.
D„ while in a restaurant in Parker,
the county seat of Turner county,
carried on, it appeared, an extensive
conversation in the German language.
The County Council of 'Defense im
posed a tine of $25 and costs on Mr.
Wnlz, while the women were fined
$lO each.
Mrs. Wilkie Johns and Mrs. John
Johns wero called before the Council
6f Defense and fined $25 and costs
each for uplng the German language
In a pcnversatlon on the street in
Parker.
Max Bradley, of Marion, was fined
SIOO and costs for permitting'the use
of the German language In the Btoro
at Marion of which he la manager.
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HAKRISBURG G&ISSfc TELEGRAPH
Chelsa Auto Wrecking Co.
Increases Stock of Parts
During the past month or more, I
A. Schiffman, proprietor of the!
Chelsa Auto Wrecking Establish
ment at 22, 24 and 26 North Cam
eron street, has increased his large
stock of used parts and used autos,
to nearly double its former size. Ifi
speaking of this increase in stock,
Mr. Schiffman says: "The large
demand I have had for used parts !
has made it necessary for me to
increase my stock. Everyone who
is acquainted with the line of busi
ness I conduct have been convinced
that they can get the part they want,
when they want it and that it will
give them the service they expect
from it. I have had people come
here from points iifty miles away
in order to get the part they want
without having to wait a month or
six weeks for it if they would have
sent to the factory of some big
branch for it. Some of the auto
mobile dealers are taking advantage
of my stock to get parte in order
to tun out their work without a
delay.
"It is becoming more evident
every day that the demand for used
parts will be increased to even
greater proportions than now exists.
The scarcity of steel, coupled to the
large demands of the military forces
have made a scarcity of parts that
has no precedent. And again it
seems to me that it is a duty we
all should consider, to use up these
parts. It not only is using up old
steel but is saving labor, inasmuch
as they parts have been made some
time ago, before the labor shortage
\yas so serious."
New Garage to Open at
Eighteenth and Chestnut
Announcement was made recently
by C. 11. Ward, a local automobile
man, that he will open a general
repair shop and garage at the cor
ner of Eighteenth and Chestnut
streets.
General automobile repairing in
all its phases as well as storage will
be Mr. Ward's specialties. He has
a large number a< friends among the
automobile owners who wish him
well in his new enterprise.
Advice to the Lovelorn
SHE WROTE TO A HERO
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I am a young girl of 19. Some time
in July I read of a brave act perform
ed by an American soldier, which won
him the "M. C." Well, 1 wrote this
! soldier a letter expressing my admira
) tion of his bravery. He has recently
| answered and asked me if I would
| write to him again. Shall I do so?.
I Kindly advise me.
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fashioned to advance promiscuous
j writing to heroes, but as long as you
! felt justified in writing the young
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should be discourteous and refuse to
answer his letter.
His Holiness the Pope Praying for
I Peace. Remarkable photograph in
the pictorial gravuro section of next
Sunday's New York American.
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HANDICAPPED IN
AFTER-WAR PLAN
Minority in Congress See the
Need of Reconstruction,
but Cannot Act
Washington, D. C., Nov. 2. While
it is generally accepted here that the
future of the nation after the war
has every possibility of unexampled
prosperity, Republican leaders in
both Houses of Congress think the
time has come to spread out legis
lative safeguards that will insure it.
They realize that it is not enougli
merely to win a military victory over
the enemy In Europe, but that it will
be equally necessary now to under
write, as it were, the fruits of that
victory. .
For Instance, it Is accepted as in
evitable that following the war the
United States will have in commis
sion, under lease and building, a
large share of the ship tonnage of
the world. The United States will
have been less harmed by the war
than any of the European nations,
and will enter the era of peace with
great commercial advantages over
those nations. Moreover, many of
the nations of Europe will be in debt
to this nation and this credit bal
ance will give us a commercial edge
unless we throw it away through
some inexcusable folly.
Republican Senators fear ,if Im
mediate steps aro not taken to meet
the Reconstruction problem that
peace may find the nation unable to
readjust itself quickly enough to se
cure all the advantage that should
accrue from It.
Peace should find, for instance, an
unexampled boom in the building
trades, which have necessarily lan
guished during the war, but some
of the leading economists in the
! country are not optimistic concern
ing the revival of the building trades
immediately unless legislative steps
are taken to protect their activity.
The economists point out that
building is done very largely on
credit and that there may be a
shrinkage in credit following the
j war. The cancelling of munition
contracts would instantly affect
many of the largest industries, and
banks are certain to find at least a
momentary indecision on the part of
these Industries as to their future
j course. In time they will doubtless
get back to a peace basis, but unless
care is taken now to provide against
the siatus from a war to a peace
basis, there may be a period of slack
in which there will be shortened
credit, suspended operations and
consequent unemployment.
Republicans Are Handicapped
The Republican ✓members of the
Senate-and of the House are framing
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speed of the Reconstruction program.
Aviators Dropped
5,000 Feet Safely
Amsterdam. Lieutenant Frank
Nelms, of Philadelphia, and Lieuten
ant John Frederick Gibbs, of New
York, the aviators who were intel-n
--ed at The Yfague after making a
forced landing near Schoondyke; in
Dutch Flanders, Sunday afternoon,
were flying in an American naval
bombing biplane of the latest type.
They had started from Calais and
were dropping bombs on the Ger
man lines in Flanders where thdir
machine was struck by bursting
shrapnel at a height of 5,000, feet.
Pieces of shell hit the propeller
and also made holes in the benzine
tank. The biplane landed safely and
neither occupant was hurt.
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Burleson Expects
Phone Rates Cut
WnMhihgton. Postmaster Gener
al Burleson, when asked regarding
reports that he would, as Director
of Telephones and Telegraphs, In
crease telephone rates In New York
and elsewhere, declared that this was
not hla Intention. Hla statement was:
••Concerning this matter I will say
this
"A thorough Investigation is being
made with a view to standardizing
telephone rates. On the report of the
commission limiting thnt inquiry, we
hope to decrease rntlier thiiu increase
the rates. There is to be a read
justment of rates. Of course, in a few
ptyees therp may be increases to
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