MUSHED UNDER HARDSHIPS
Wet and Cold and Snowshoes Lost, Men Buck Snow Three Days With
But a Light Lunch to Sustain Them.
Jack Kndigan came in Sunday, from
Fairbanks, after a pretty hard trip.
At Tolovana he and M. K. Downing
concluded to cut across country to (ilen
—and that was the beginning of their
trouble. They expected to cover the
distance in 10 or 15 hours, and set out
provisioned with only a light lunch,
which was all they had t i eat for three
full days.
At the beginning the snow was wet
and heavy and tlair snowshoes became
distressing burdens. Niggcrheads were
high and the holes were full of water;
so their misery was soon augmented by
wet clothes.
At the Hoot lit tot na they found a wide
torrent which they tried to bridge be
falling trees with a hand ax which they
carried. The banks were too low, and
each tree was swept away no sooner
than it fell. After several hoars of this
heart-breaking work, with strings thee
bound poll s into a ruft and pushed off.
The raft went to pieces and dumped
them into the water, and they lost their
snowshoes and the ax.
When they had landed they found
they were close to a log jam which ex
tended clear across and formed a safe
bridge over the stream. Hy a little in
vestigation hours of hard work and the
disaster with the raft would have been
avoided.
Fortunately Jack ad put some matches
under his hatband and they kept dry;
so the moil were enabled to make a lire
and get warm.
The balance of the way they had to
buck the snow—which meantime had
crusted sufficiently just not to bear their
weight—without snowshoes; and it
must have been tough. Jack appa
ently wants to t'org t it.
Mr. Downing was pretty well tuckered
out and stopped over at Eureka.
NOTES ON LOCAL SPRING GARDENINC
So far. the spring conditions have been
most favorable for early gardening oper
ation". The snow is off of all the local
garden plats and the ground is drying
up nicely. Gardening will he more ex
tensive this year than heretofore.
S. I',. Ileeter sowed a sack of win at in
his field on the hill May 1. The ground
was broken last fall and the snow left it
loose and mellow. There is plenty of
room in the field for other grain, as well
as for potatoes and all kinds id' vegeta
bles.
t’aptain Mayo will plant the Folboeuf
place, on Rampart creek, exclusively in
potatoes. The tine pint at his residence
will be planted partly in potatoes and
partly in a variety of garden vegetables.
Captain Mayo always plants potatoes
immediately after the ices goes out of
the river.
Xearly every residence will have a
garden in connection. Mr. and Mrs.
Clemens will cultivate the ground at the
l>r. Gibbons place, as well as that at
their own residence and other odd
patches here and there. Ml . and Mrs.
Frank Smith will plant the tine plat at
their residence again this year. Mr.
and Mrs. James Luingford, at the Jerry
Ford residence, have a nice garden,
which is rapidly drying out, and they
will doubtle-s !>e very successful there.
Mrs. Schuller has the ground all pre
pared for a flower garden at her resi
deuce. Mrs. Schaber’s taste in that line
is unexcelled. Of course Mr. and Mrs.
.John Clinton will have plenty of both
vegetables anil flowers. None knows
better than they the art of producing a
great quantity on small space. Mr. and
Mrs. W. C. Nichols have the ground
cleared and fenced at their cabin on the
hillside back of the Valley News office,
and it will he a very cosy-looking place
when the garden gets to growing.
The Government Station.
They are very busy these days at the
agricultural experiment station. Mr.
and Mrs. 1". ,1. Strickland have moved
over to the station and Mr. Strickland
will assist in the work there throughout
the season. As soon as the planting has
been finished Mr. Katier will go over
and devote tin* remainder of the season
to opening up the new government sta
tion mitlway between Chena and Fair
banks. Me will not return to Kampart
this year, having arranged to go outside
late in the fall on a winter vacation.
Mot Springs.
Manager Men F. Maker sent a telegram
from Mot Springs a few days ago inquir
ing if Captain Mayo could furnish him a
ton of "natural” jiotatoes for seed. The
captain couldn't. The cultivation at the
springs this year will lie varied and ex
tensive, and it is said they actually pro
po-c to grow watermelons.
Alaska-Yukon Magazine.
Tbt* Alaska-Yukon Mua/iii*-, th«* au
organ of thr Ala-ka-Yuk«*n*
I'ai’itic ha- aunotiticwl in
rimilur U*tt#*r* that it «1» -iu * «■•» it*i»nal
or regular i« tt»T-» from ilifh’iriit - •« lion*
of Alaska. It ptlblir-aiiiritv'l riti/vii*
will mmmI it inalrnal un*i phot. graph*
rom** ruing mtr part of Al.ok t th« mnn*
tililtr will givt* thr Hit* r» .-ting fnttttrr*
of tlw cuuiitrv more alt a« 11>« an.I wi*irr
puhluity than voiiUI ».|in r«i*» k **b
triibrtl. It n«iht^ fHt'tn, ami (U lion that
;»a<* got th«- o*k»r of llw* tiotthluml ill It
It waul* phot.^ji,iph- almwing town*,
village's natural seenery, native* ami
other features of Alaska. The magazine
will isiy ror high-gra<le material, hut lor
(Mihlieity letters telling of the feature*
ami resoiirees of varied* eninmunitios
the e.liter Is lieves that the mngn/ine's
interests ami the mlere-1S of the various
eommunitie- in Alaska are ris'ipris'al,
ami thai |>uhlie-*(iiriletl ritbrnr shouhl
sd|>|'ly this itatu.
The magarine eontains nint h interest
ing matter regarihng Alaska, ami aoiiM
!»• esjseially a|>|>ro|>riale as a present to
frieml* on the tMilshle. It is £1 a year;
.‘•i >eats a eo|>y. >eattle the llarris<'n
f'uhlishing t otnpany.
S. E. HEETER,
Freighter and Packer
Good Equipments and
Service Unexcelled
Filed for Record
BILLS OF SALE.
Aprils From Ed Stone to Jerry Ford, No. 8
Rhode Island creek.
April 11—From John P. Pearson to Frank
Nelson, No. 3a Slate creek.
April 11—Ole Thronsen to Frank Nelson, No.
Hu Slate creek.
April 18—Alfred L.Wood to Henry D. Squires,
half interest in Good Luck claim, Hoosier
creek.
April 23— E. L. Gaetz to J. 1). Katilhach, third
interest in fraction at the mouth of Skoo
k win.
April 29—E. H. Chapman to M. W. Sinclair,
discovery claim. Russian creek.
DEEDS.
April 11—From M. Stewart, Sr., to James L.
Penrod, certain interests in the lower
Hoosier hydraulic outfit and appurte
nances thereto; also, third undivided
interest in No. 12 a Hoosier creek: also,
certain interests in the upper Hoosier
hydraulic outfit and appurtenances be
longing thereto.
April 11 Frank Nelson to E. J. Bergstrom
and (ins Bergman, undivided third inter
est in claims 3a, 9a, 8a and 2a. Slate creek.
April 12 From James L. Langford to J. R.
Frank and Robert Graham, No. 6a Little
Mi nook.
April 18— H.Chudw ick to Nicholas Schneider,
No. 8b Arizona creek.
LOCATIONS.
April 10— E. J. Bergstrom, No. 2a Dawson
creek.
April 10 Gus Bergman, 3a Dawson creek.
A| ril 15—Ole N. Midthun, claim on Boston
creek.
April 15—Peter Johnson, 6a Eureka.
April 20—C. A. Johnson and C. Swanson, asso
ciation claim consisting of discovery and
la Dawson creek.
April 26—John Higgins, 4b Arizona creel\.
To Fish Above the Coal Mines.
Clement Anderson anil George \V.
Ledger expert to fish at Clinton’s old
camp, above the ooal mines, the coming
season. It is promised to make a smoke
house and put in a wheel.
A garden will also he planted. Mr.
Anderson came into town Saturday, by
hard mushing, on an emergency trip for
supplies, and returned next day. He
had become partially snow-blinded and
was thereby prevented from making the
trip earlier.
prrtmnrtrrimrtm
JULIUS RAHMSTORF,
GENERAL
MERCHANDISE
FULL LINE
Tin, Granite and Crockeryware
£ Tin, Granite
CojULSULfiJULS
Many men would tie righteous if they
eotild tie sure of tlie revenue.
Northern Commercial Co.
OUTFITTING A SPECIALTY
ORANGES, POTATOES AND ONIONS
NOBBY SPRING SUITS
Northern Commercial Co.