Yukon Valley News of Gibbon Prints Interesting Arti
cle on Trials Encountered b> Passengers on
That Palatial Steamboat
The passengets ou the Dust Diamond |
bound for the tditarod from Fairbanks, i
had an exciting trip while it lasted. It
did not last long, however, for the boat
ran fast aground on a bar three miles I
above Ncnana telegraph station and j
will be there for the winter.
Departing from Fairbanks, Saturday, j
Sept. 17, with 50 passengers and a barge ,
loaded with 90 tons of freight, chiefly j
front Brumbaugh, Hamilton A Kellogg |
and the Independent Lumber Company, j
the Dusty managed to get down to the
slaughter house, a distance of a mile
and a Half, that evening. In that time
ti ran ashore three times and broke a
monkey rudder.
Andy Beckwith, of C'hena. the cap-!
tain, was unable to control the barge, ;
which was overloaded. "When the scow
and steamer started for the bank it was '
impossible to manage them.
At the slaughter house the rudder!
was repaired and 15 tons of freight re- j
moved from the barge. Many of the |
passengers'availed themselves of the j
opportunity to again say farewell to
their friends in Fairbanks, and after a
delay of 18 hours the steamer proceeded
down the slough. The second night
was speit at Clisna. A heated discus
sion between Roy Rutherford, of the
Independent Lumber Company, and
Captain “Andy,” who was unwilling to
go any further, took place here, but
“Andy” finally consented to stick it
out.
As the boat was short of wood, Ruth
erford decided to buy one cord more.
He was finally persuaded by his friends
aboard to take two cords.
After leaving Ohena the steamer
made good time for several hours, only
running ashoreHour times. Twice the
bellcord refused to work in spite of the
desperate yanking of Andy.
Occasionally the. boat headed down
stream, hut most of the time she stub
bornly insisted on going backwards or
sideways.
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gave the whistle such a vicious whack
that it let out a dismal wail which con
tinued for a quarter of an hour, when
some one crawled up on the hurricane
dock and shut o(T the escaping steam.
Ihe passengers ate dinner Monday to
the accompaniment of the pounding and
scraping of numerous sweepers which
bombarded the boat and kept “Curley”
Robinson, the Ester creek cook, “gee
ing” and “hawing” from one side of
the kitchen to the oilier.
A tree made a determined assault on
a side of beef hanging astern, but it
was rescued by half a dozen willing
men who rushed to the scene of the
commotion.
inuring uie auerrioon, r.u tvuuiusuu,
a passenger, mistaking one of the
swinging “fenders” for a friendly
lamppost, against which he attempted
to brace himself, took occosion to fall
overboard. He clung to the post and
was dragged to safety by the deck
hands. They carefully placed him on
the boiler to dry out.
Late Monday afternoon the hazard
ous journey came to an end.
Andy had not been on the river for
five years, and so a 1904 chart had been
pressed into service. Just above Ne
nana station the river broadens out
into a slough. Andy remembered that
five years ago the channel passed
through the slough, so the Dusty was
steered in that direction.
Suddenly the passengers were thrown
forward as the steamer come to a sharp
Stop. The scow, however, kept on
going, tearing the ropes which held it
to the bow of the boat. Rutherford
made a heroic attempt to hold the scow
by a cable, but it was wrenched from
His hands in short order.
SOUNDINGS TAKEN
By this time it occurred to some one
that it was time to take a sounding,
which vas done.
For almost three days efforts were
directed to sparring the boat off the
I bar. A cable was secured from one of
I the passengers and tied to a likelv
I looking snag. It refused to hold, and,
after bobbing up and down several
I times, disappeared.
The two cords of wood were soon
I consumed and after that the fire was
fed with select lumber brought over
| from the scow. Some of the freight
! was moved three times in the effort to
1 lighten the boat, but to no avail.
J Finally aid was telegraphed for and
| when the Tana came down river she
1 worked for 10 hours attempting to drag
: the Dusty from her resting place. All
( hope was given up Wednesday, Sept,
t 21. Part of the passengers continued
down to Tatiana on the Tana, the rest
returning to Fairbanks on the Evelyn,
i intending to get another start for the
| Iditarod.
! The Monarch early this week light
ered from the scow Arthur McNeer's
! horses, dragging the freight over the
channel.
The Dusty Diamond is now high and
i dry, the water having fallen several
I feet. She had had a bad season of it.
| She was sold three weeks ago at a
i marshal's sale in a libel suit brought
j by the crew. The Independent Lum
I her Company and Brumbaugh, Harnil
j ton J: Kellogg were the principal cred
I itors, and Rutherford for the lumber
I company bid her in for $3,600. The
1 costs—including a fine of $J00 imposed
i by the government—amounted to $2,
! 200. The balance of the money went
to Mrs. Crane, the former owner of the
j boat.
COMING UNDER READ
OF VERY GOOD LOOK
An interesting little squid might
be written on the subject ot home
industry were one to settle down to
the lengthy occupation of listing
all the things that are “made in
Iditarod.’’ However just a few
notes by the way will convince
even, the most skeptical that this
place is there with the home made
products.
For instance, size up that per
fectly good stage that is being made
by Scbiek & Me Leman for the use
of Keyes and Meaghan who are
just inaugurating their stage ser
vice to Flat. These builders are
aichitects and contractors and know
all about putting til's and that to
gether to make something else.
Although he don’t go in for
architectural beauty so much, Jim
my Tropea, who has opeued up the
Iditarod Bakery on First, east of
Willow, is certainly there with the
substance when it comes to making
cakes and pies. They are just the
kind that mammy used to make.
Speaking of cabinet making and
fine wood working, that bunch of
shelves and counters m the new
Red Cross drug store on the corner
of First and Willow, made by La
France are certainly all to the
merry. He just took a lot of boards
and kneaded them to the proper
shape, and behold, he has produced
about the niftiest looking store
room in the city.
Getting still further away from
pies and cakes, this office broke a
very delicate piece of the mechan
ism of its four.cylinder press the
other day. We were just on the
point of sending a man to Floe &
Company, those great press mauu
facturers of New York city, when
R. H. Robinson, the blacksmith
what smiths under the blue canopy
of heaven over there on Willow
street between Second and Third,
dropped in and told us he could put
a half Nelson on the thing arid
never turn a hair. We told him to
go to ;t, and would you believe it,
—the press only requires two meu
to operate it since.
BEST WISHES ATTEND
THIS HAPPY COUPLE
Even though the hour was
actually at hand and the momen
tous event sternly in the making,
the friends of Frank Dawson and
Mrs. Selma Wallace last Wednes
day evening were heard to declare
that the reported wedding was a
mere chimera of the disordered im
agination. At that very moment
Commissioner Maltby was neatly
tying the knot that made the happy
couple all same one.
The ceremony took place at the
residence of Misses Murray ahd
Grant on Richmond street, begin
icg at 9:30 o’clock. There were
just a few who had been let in on
the secret, and they gathered round
while the calm judicial tones of the
presiding magistrate measured the
happiness of two beating hearts,
all of them tickled to death in the
thought that they were putting one
over on the large bunch of their
acquaintances.
Following the completion of the
short legal ceremony, the entire
company settled down to the dis
cussion of a festive boaid where
rcast duck gamboled serenely, float
ing in a sea of sparkling bubbles,
Around the table were gathered
Miss Giant, Miss Murray, Miss
Coach, Mrs. darkens, Mr. Cody,
Tudve Maltbv and the bride and
gloom.'
The little affair has met with the
entire approbation and complete
felicitation of the many friends ol
the happy couple.
Mrs. Wallace is one of tr. popu
lur vtung ladies of the I litarod,
having assisted Miss Murray in con
ducting the destinies of the I)is
covery roadhouse on Otter creek
last winter, where they ministered
to the wants of a grateful public.
Frank Dawson also spent the win
ter here having been identified with
the freighting end of K. \V Grif
fin’s business in this section. They
contemplate making their winter
home at Flat.
He Put Satl Gloom
Entirely oil Blink
Bennett (not Jesse) James arrived
from Fairbanks and Dikeman Thurs
day evening, completing the last leg of
the journey by dog team. He left a
team of horses at the lower town,
which is said to be one of the finest
teams in the country, and which will
be taken to the plant on the Bonanza,
Flat creek, where Georgs Friend has
been preparing the lay for next sum
mer's work.
IsO fru’fl loQirtnir n l L- o m n n Hnn nnlnn
tained the boys of the steamer Samson
at a dinner which was the talk of the
settlement. Arriving here, he liked
the proposition so well that he did it
again, and incidentally came near put
ting the editorial department of this
great religio-philosophical journal fire
side companion on the bum. Bennett
expects to hibernate on the claim this
winter.
Gibbon News, Sept. 29: After an ill
ness of eight days Mrs. Belle Culp was
adjudged insane Tuesday in the com
missioner’s court. In charge of her
husband she departs on the Susie
bound for the asylum at Mt. Tabor,
Ore. It is believed treatment at the
sanitarium will soon result in her com
plete recovery. Mrs. Culp is an old
timer in Alaska, having been in the
country over 10 years. Her condition
is due to nervous breakdown.
Johnstone carries all the leading
brands of cigars and obaccos- whole
sale and retail.
,
Corner First Ave.
and Richmond St.
CHAS. WORDEN, PROP. |
The winter is coming, so get your
homes made comfortable while you can
get the material. Anderson Bros. &
Nerland, wallpaper, paints, sash, doors.
Odorless Closets complete at The
Tin Shop._
Meet me at Johnstone’s cigar store
for a social game of pool or solo.
The examinations of candidates for
forest rangers were held in Cordova
and Ketchikan on October 21.
I NOTICE is hereby given that I, Ande
I Lange, will not be responsible for any
debts that Mrs. Jennette Lange has
or mav contract.
(Signed) Ande Lange.
1 Dis. Otter, Oct. 27, 1910.
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