MOOSE PASS MINER
By L. H. Allen
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(Continued from last week)
COLORFUL STORY OF A
HIKE OVER JOHNSON PASS
By now we were sighting any openings in
the mountains for the one that would be
Groundhog creek. That is where the Estes
boys are mining and where we expected to
find first signs of habitation.We wanted
to get at least that far before stopping
for the night.
There were plenty of openings in the
mountains and plenty of creeks and each
one we thought was Groundhog until it
proved it wasn't. By now we paid no at
tention to our footing, just so we stayed
on the trail. We were wet above he knees
Pretty soon the trail came to wrter again,
ndeep pools showing up thru the brush, and
then it ended. We backtracked a short
distance to a fork we had noticed, and
this skimmed the edge of a flat we had
come to. It was a broken trail, soft
dirt mushing away under our leet as we
stepped. Mud oozed up and over the in
step. My heel began to hurt. We kept
going. We were skirting a great pool
that filled the valley from mountain to
mountain. It was not long before we dis
covered the cause. A beaver dam reached
clear across the valley forming a cascade
and below, not many steps, was another dam
making a double cascade. The valley nar
rowed and. the escaping water rolled into a
canyon. Across the narrow stretch of val
ley a fat black bear browsed in an opening
A mountain stream came tearing down and
filled the canyon. That must be Ground
hog creek - yes, that must be Groundhog.
My heel was hurting, but not too bad.
My feet were wet, my trousers were wet, we
were getting hungry. But we would be som
where soon. The trail continued to peel
and mush away and. ooze up as we stepped.
Alders were getting higher. My fingers
would catch in the branches and unless I
was careful as I grasped them to press
them apart I could easily have broken one.'
The thrill of the tramp was still with us.
We turned a high point. The trail goe
up and down. We followed a switchback
and came to a sturdy bridge that crossed
the swollen stream we were now following.
We sighted ahead and saw the side of a ga-.
ble roof showing thru the brush. Hooray,'
the Estes boys' camp. Now we were on
Groundhog for sure. We strode along con
fidently. The day was made, come what
would.
How we ever happened to look into the
brush and see it could not be figured out.
But there was a mile post, the first one
(Continued on back page)
The Sevang Club will hold its next meet
ing on Wednesday, August 9, with Mrs. John
L. Nelson.
Mrs, Ralph Reid returned Sunday evening
from a visit with friends at Hope. She
motored to Hope with Mrs. J.H.Flickinger
and Mrs. Jean Ironsides. Mrs. Reid says
that Hope gardens are beautiful beyond
words to describe and that Hope £as a world
of berries.
Mrs. John Hirshey entertained at dinner
Saturday night for the visitors. Covers
were laid for Mrs. Ironsides, Mrs. Reid,
Mrs. Flickinger, Ivor Nearhouse and the
hostess.
A number of Moose Pass residents drove
to Seward Wednesday afternoon to attend
the funeral of the infant son of Mr. and
Mrs. Bob Saxton. Among them were Mr,and
Mrs. Fred Laubscher, Mrs. John L. Nelson,
Mrs. Roy Thurston, Mrs. H.V.Johnson, Mrs.
E. L. Robbins, Lyle Sexton and Tom Brown.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry L. Smith,Mrs. D.L.
Maples and Miss Eunice Adele Maples came
in from Russian River Rendezvous Tuesday
and are at hone at the Smith cabin.
Mrs. Nellie Neal-Lawing took her guests,
her brother Clint Trosper, Mrs. Trosper
and their daughter, Miss Lilian Trosper,
of Topeka, Kan.,on an all-day ride along
the highway to Cooper's Landing and Hope,
last Friday.
Roland Paul is working with Lewis Tu
lare at his Grant Lake mine.
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A handsome new cash register also a
good-looking and efficient new sink, were
-installed last week at Hielo's roadhouse.
■Here will be a dance at Hielo's road
house this Saturday night. Come all - a
good tine is always assured.
Ed Estes ran his reels of marvelous
^Alaska pictures Tuesday night at Hielo’s
roadhouse in compliment to Mrs, D.L.Maples
of Dening, N.M. Others who enjoyed the
pictures were Jlr. and Mrs. E.L.Robbins,
Mrs. Ralph Reid, Mr. and Mrs. Harry L.
Smith._ ...
FOR SALE - At Mile 44. Log cabin and 10
Nacres stake on highway and on creek. Suit
able for hunting lodge. In good moose
country and in the heart of the mining
district. Near Summit Lake. Good fish
.ng in both lake and creek. Price 75 dol
lars. Inquire at Moose Pass Miner cabin.
Mrs. Harry L. Smith and her sister,Mrs,
D.L.Maples left on Thursday’s train for
Anchorage and r. trip to the Matanuska Val
ley.
A woman should hold ont# her youth
but j.ot when he’3 driving •••Readers Digest