MISFORTUNES OF A PROSPECTOR;
UPON THE YUKON TRAIL
Tho following was composed by
an unfortunate Miner who resided
in Nome in 1900. When last heard
from he was in Dallas, Texas.
When from out the icy Northland
The sight of Klondike gold
Sot nations in a frenzy
With dreams cf wealth untold.
When thousands swarmed upon the
trail
To reach the wondrous spot,
All danger at privations
For the moment were forgot.
I was young and strong and
healthful,
All the world seemed fair to me
When I joined ‘.ho mighty caravan
That started o'er the 3ea.
O’er mountains, lages and rapids,
My courage never failed.
Until with joy unspeakable
At length tha Klondike hailed.
But alas! the joyous visions
I had fostered passed away
At the knowledge forced upon me,
That we merely were the prey
Of a most rapacious set of rogues,
Sent officially to bleed
The honest working miner.
And in their mighty greed.
They trampled on the rights of all
Nor spared the working man,
Their tools and their accomplices
The thief and courtesan.
For three long years I vainly hoped,
—For hope is hard to kill—
That justice would be done at last,
But fraud prevailed until
A rumor of the wondrous strike
In the golden sands at Nome
Revived my dropping spirits
And turned my thoughts to home;
For any place is home for me
Beneath the stary flag,
And Dawson life makes “aliens”
Respect the- British flag.
So on a cold November day
I took my little Sled,
With but a small supply of grub
And blankets for my bed.
And started on the dreary tramp
That left me as you see—
Ore-half of life’s sweet pleasure
Have passed away from me.
Mot for Alaska’s hidden wealth.
Were it all mine to give,
Would I exchange my former lot
And know I had to live
As I have lived and suffered
Since when upon that day,
Alone upon that dreary trail
I fell upon the way.
Almost a thousand miles I toiled,
And toil 1 did, indeed;
An army was behind me,
For I was in the lead
On the rush which came soon after,
Where X had blazed the way,
And slowly added up the miles
From Dawson, day by day.
One awful January day,
And one I’ll ne’er forget,
The icy blast swept by me—
My God! I feel it yet.
Since then the boys have told me
When they found me in the snow
The thermometer had registered
Some seventy below.
Rcnumbed with cold, I realized
That I wa3 nigh to death.
That the Yukon wind was piercing
me
With its chilly, icy breath,
And with a mighty effort
I loosed my robe and tent
And wrapped them close about me
Then all my strength was spent.
My moccasins had fallen off,
I knew my feet were gone;
A little piece of bacon raw
Was all I Jived upon.
Those awful days, each day a year,
A3 in the snow I lay, i
And prayed that some stamp eders
Would pass along that way.
Sometimes, compelled by thirst,
I reached and got some snow,
That’s how I lost some fingers
And the rest are cripple! so.
For five long days and nights I lay
Whore on the spot I fell.
And through the misery I passed
I'll not attempt to tell.
The two kind-hearted doctors,
Like angels to my sight,
Appeared upon the scene, and sono
Relieved me from my plight.
We started up the river
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Bagley Apple Juice per tin 20c., per dozen.$2.25.
Applju Apple Juice per Btl. 25c. per dozen.2.50
Bass I Grape Juice per Btl. 75c.t per dozen.7.50
Welch Grape Juice per Pnt. Btl. 35c., per dozen.3J^0
Welch Grape Juice per Qt. Btl. 65c., per dozen.$6.75
Loganberry Juice per Pnt. Btl. 35c. per dozen.3.50
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Sparkling Loganberry Juice, per Pnt. Btl., 50c., per dozen 6.50
Jlose Lime Juice per Pnt. Btl., 75c., Per dozen.8.00 |
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Ginger Ale
Sarsaparilla
Orange Phosphate
Lemon Sour
Root Beer
Birh Beer per dozen $2.60, per Btl. 25c.
Root Beer Extract, per Btl. 25c., per dozen $2.25.
A'lVO VIVO per dozen $2.25, per Btl. 20c.
A. Polet
To where Fort Gibbon stands —
Two con.p&nies ot infantry
Which Major Booth commands;
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Thoy’re of the Seventh rogiment.
Of Companies F and E,
Ar.d they end all upon the trail
Were very kind to mo.
Slowly I regained my strength;
As soon as I was able
They took me out and laid me
On the operation table.
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With knife and saw they carved me
And left me as I am,
But glad to be alive
On the soil of Uncle Sam,
Willi Yankee ingenuity.
His gallant boys in blue
Did everything within their means
To try and help me through.
With iron scraps and old tin cans.
With wood and nails and leather
They made a pair of legs that will
Not freeze in any kind of weather.
Then on to Nome I journeyed!
By my heart was sad and sore
When I found I could not prospect
Through the mountains any
more. /
That land up there is hard enough
In many ways to beat
But the Eskimos are behind the
times
In artificial feet;
And so I have returned again
To get myself in shape.
But my heart is in Alaska,
And I‘m longing to escape.
From the land of automobiles
To my dear old northern home,
The first beat leaving in the spring
Will carry me to Nome.
Your cities and your meadows
Are very fair to see,
But the old "Sour Dough” ipala
mutes
Are good enough for me.
There’s something, spite of bleak
ness
And barrenness up there,
That always drags you back rgain !|
I guess it’s in the air;
You foel up in Alaska
Like a free American,
A millicnaire is just as good
As an honest working man.
The old “Sour Doughs’ will tell you
When I have made my pile
I’ll go back home and blow myself
For just a little while;
But up in old Alaska
Is where I want to die;
It is the poor man’s country,
A home for You and I.
Some of ray bones are up there
now,
I’m going back to stay
Until "Old Gabriel” toots his horn
Upon the Judgment Day.
FRANK O’CONNOR.
INCREASES COMPENSATION
FOR INJURES WORKERS
LONDON, Jan. 8.—Workers in
Great Britain have been granted
an increase of 25 per cent in their
injury payments under the work
mon’o compensation act.
The increase is to be effective
for the period of the war and six
months thereafter. The new scale
resulted from recommendations
mado by the Commission of En
quiry into Industrial Unrest who re
ported that labor is deeply concern
ed over the increased cost of liv
ing.
The investigation disclosed that
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NOTICE.
Pursuant to an order of Court
entered on the 11th day of Decem
ber, 1917, notice is hereby given
that a Generad Term Of the District
Court, Second Division, Territory
of Alaska, will be held in the Court
House, in Nome, in said Division
and Territory of Alaska, commenc
i ing at tho hour of eleven o‘clock
A. M. on Saturday, January 12,
1918, and to continue thereafter ac
cording to further orders of the
Court.
Given under my ha.nd and with
the Court’s seal affixed this 11th
day of December, 1917.
(SEAL)
THOS. McGANN.
Clerk, District Court, Socord Divi
sion, Territory of Alaska.
THE NOME INDUSTRIAL WORKER
is prepared to handle
all kinds of
JOB PRINTING
Let us figure on your
> work. Call up Black
134 or call at
If INDUSTRIAL WORKER OFFICE
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beeauao of the greater demands
upon tho family pockctbook the ac
cident compensation had become in
adequate. Relief was given prompt
ly by the government as a means
of protecting the nation’s labor
power and of reducing friction.
BOWLING ALLEY REOPENS.
The Bowling Alley next door to
the Eagle saloon is now open tat
business. Everybody cordially in
vited to come and enjoy themselves.
Hot Rolls, Bread and Pies at
5 o'clock, every afternoon.
at ARCTIC BAKERY.
WE CAN DO IT.
Peoples Laundry wash everything
except the Baby.
W. J. WILLIAMSON, Prop.
LADIES & GENTS TAILOR.
Tour Clothes Cleaned, Pressed and
Repaired.
SUITS MADE TO ORDER from
select fabrics and trimmings.
ALL WORK GUARANTEED.
Dor. Lane's Way and Front Street, j
M. PA8COFF. j
Prepare for the winter by patron* .
Uing the advertisers of your paper,
Mr. Miner!
To Comply
I With the spirit and letter of the
E Eight Hour Law we will main
f tain the following hours:
! CLOTHING STORE
9 A. M. TO 6 P. M.
! DRUG STORE
9 A. M. TO 9 P. M. I
We ask your cooperation
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WE CLOSE AT 6 P. M.
Thorulf Lehmann
Miners and Merchants Bank
Nome, Alaska
Capital $100,000.00
Workingmen’s Accounts Solicited.