Mon Vi & si.ICo link, Alaska,
Under auspices ot The Wo.nan's Arne:, an Home Miss.on Society.
CURTIS l*. COE. EdUor ar.d Publisher.
INtfBr.D AT THE XOO.lK P O AS SECINO CLASS VAIL MATTJW.
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Continued from last mouth.
A» the people at uu.t time had no
a-u/. stoves, the comp.my employed
!».'r. i,vua .ti. cu, who at id . i v c s here,
as I).. !vc; ..lid .oar pOUJKi iOuVeS
at tea cents e..ch.
in db the chilly pay \v..s r.-i.-cd to50
1 cuts and i.u ’70 to 60 ^enls. l:i ibob
one of the ves. els th..t came fo;* kc
broayht up .. mil e.i;;;o of .'hie iner
tia, m. me va.ued at jiJ.cw;, ..hso phi's,
horses ami sheep. A.aon^ tiieciotli
ini; were sheep :.hin corns that vve.c
\v..r:n an . so. vk«b.o in co.d, dry
wemner, when they re..ehe 1 to tile
knees, hut if a man was e..ii;<ht out
with one on in a rain he soon looked
iirte a wet «. i.Lueil. 'I he coat would
then lc..vh to the I’.mu’s been.and en
tangle his ie^s. '.‘. hen it was dry a
i(H)t ...... lo he cut o.;.
A.-the weather set in cold and c le..r
i:i .N'ovei:»»er the families in lhe bar
i. on the ^2>i. we.e > . ..w..e.; by
men who .-nine r.ee&iu^ wpiK. Worn
w..s Mi.ileO on Vile home o 1.1 prv...ip.e
as in former yca.s.
A two story house was built civile.i
tile new barracks, tile upper pa.L w.a
oecupie.1 during ice making by men
fro.i. other places, and the lower
part w. ii fitted up for permanent
families. The upper part w..
sionaiiy used as a dance liail where
the com pany*s a;;uit jguve .. dance to
the peop.oat Ch; istr.ias, New Year,
mid after the ice honors we;e ul.ed
with clear thick ice. . mee ke
houses had a combined capacity o;
I .\cco tf^SjMfcnd tvlicu the ice work
\Vbid. bed there was a feast, a f>nu
dnik. . ho workmen would ^et a
day's pay -rat:.-, two c/uifks oi j am,
a!ut after rob c.h* they wete marched
to tile sure where each rewciven a
p.eseiit. %j;te ye..r it \\\.sa bie/.ecom,
..acthe; b.ack it*it hats, sheep sain
corns, or sohher’s flannel jackets, so
c\erv mail would get u present every
year. * a tlic evening there w..s tile
Ci.iiv.e Wiih to.., sweet cracke.s, can
ny, .mm.as, nats ana four guitar pwy
c*s uiui ettci..;h o» other things to
uiuke them lively and it generally
lasted tib tile small hours of the
aipht,
dome years when the winter was
not steauy, while; snowy, tile number
of workmen would be coo. iispeciaiiv
when the ice was about 6 or / i.w l.es
thick anil snow came on; then you
ouj'lit to see tile crowd of me.: clean*
o:f the snow, some with coal scoops,
seme with horse ferapers, others
with bi;' snow boxes built on sleighs
carrying the snow to the banks of the
lake, all on the run. At such times
the boys had ^reut fun,snowballing,
Conti med on pa^e four,