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ber 17th. 11)18 at the l ost Office, at
McCarthy. Alaska, under the Act o!
March 8. 1879.
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Siturcui^ October 10th 11j20
FORMER ALASKAN HAS
VIVID MEMORY of GLACIERS
In the October number of “Out
ccor Life’* is published a letter
from Fred W. Best, formerly j
a mining operator in Chisana & I
now first office on one of the j
Barber line steamships running j
between New York and South i
American ports.
The letter is sent to a friend
who had sent VIr. Best the
i
magazine containing: the story
of Brown and Ca.mpbelhs tough
trip over the glacier last Jan in. \
ny.
rl° says — I know all of
those fellows veil pro br->ve'
been on the trail with nil of them
many a time. Dan Cambell
and 1 we-e. holed up in that
same cabin ior ten days in 1914
and then we staited over the
pl ic or. Dm had the mail
and l was brinpin*.? in an out
fit of prub and relaying. When
I pot to tl e second relief tmt I
struck another blizzard and was
holed up for seven days all alone
Dan had pone on with the mail.
I only had wood enough to last
a couple of days, so I used to lay
in my robes to keep warfn and |
only used wood to cook with,
once a day. I pot by alright
but was mighty plad when the
| storm was over and I could pet
down off the piacier into Gimber*
That glacier was about fifty
live miles across and we had
three tents on it about sixteen
miles apart for relief tents.
It w is full of crevasses and
we had to stake a trail to follow
and put bridges across the ere-1
vasses. If a fellow pot off the |
trail he was almost sure to fall
into a creasse and then good
night. We had to carry our
firewood to cook with at the re
lief rents,and a’l in all, t^e trip
lover the glacier was a h — 1 of a
trip, if a fellow struck bad
weather.
I have known Cam bell,Hubrick,
Maher, Joe McClelland and
Brownie for vears. Hubrick
is a cr ck shot and can hit tin I
cans with a rifle as fast as you
can throw them in the air.
1 expect to s iil tomorrow for
South America. I <ruess I will
write to Brownie-and tell him
something of my doings lately.
He is a fine little fellow, very
qniet, a grood man with either
horses or dosr»' and a {rood mm
on the trail too. Din used to
carry the mail out of Nome and
doe McClelland used to carry
the mail out of Dawson City.
Joe and I have m ushed and
camped together lumdie-.s of
times.”
. IA i: K KT J: R PC I T ON EGGS
Seattle, Sept. 30th.
The m iricet advanced two cts
per dozen durinir the week and
is exc edingly firm at the ad
vance.
Supplies have decreased very
radically die* to the moulting
concutior of the hens, as is al
ways the case at this time of
the year.
The ship pint? da nan 1 was
extremely he ivy this week, due
to the last bo it (the Victoria )
sailing lor Nome and tne last
boats for down the Yukon riv
er points, vi i Skagway.
The demand the coming week
should not b so he ivy, but the
J market may be influenced some
j what by tne very high New
■ York market and some car lot
! shipments may be tempted that
I way.
,4Your pefsonal business interests would be bettered by a
bank connection. We believe that this bank can serve you
advantageously."
BANK OF ALASKA
Capital $170,§00.00
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Thursday.
Trains leave Ohitina for Kennecott Tuesday and
Friday.
Trains leave McCarthy for Chitina, Sunday and
Thursday.
Trains letve C litirvi fo^ 0>rdova, Tuesdiyand
Fridays
The above schedule subject to change without notice.
CALEB COKSEH Supt.
F. W. SOMMER Agent
F. H. FOSTER
ATTORNEY
Motary Public Real Estate
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