EXPERIENCES
Exchanging georgette gowns for a
a parka, kid slippers for coarse rub
ber “pacs,” and shouldering a shot
gun in place of a parasol, Mrs. Ruth
Wilson left the life of the crowded
city of Omaha, Neb., ten months ago,
to push boldly into the very heart of
the great wilderness of Alaska. She
is now'at the Windsor hotel, packing
snowshoes, heavy clothing, maps, |
beaded gauntlets and pictures galore, !
ready to board the Alaska tonight en
route to her home, after an experience j
very few women have had the fortune
.—or the pluck—to encounter.
Mrs. Wilson, who is a young widow,
went last May into Fairbanks where '
her brother, Wm.> Campbell, is a j
prominent mining man. An absolute
Chechako, she has since earned the
sourdough’s acolade by showing a
wonderful adaptability to the hard
conditions of life in the remote wil- j
^erness. From Fairbanks she has i
made many trips into different parts
of the country, notably one to Lake
Labarge, where Sam Magee got his
famous thawing out.
Mrs. Wilson’s longest trip, however, |
was into the little-known Kantishna
region, west of Mt. McKinley Nation
al Park. Leaving Fairbanks on Sept.
1, she started by boat down the Tan
ana. in company with Mrs. L. E.
Robertson, a Fairbanks photographer.
The boat was hound for the head
waters of the sluggish and meander
ing Kantishna. to take supplies to a
company which was opening up a
very rich strike of silver in that vicin
ity. Old-timers here will remember
the gold strike in 1906 in the Kantish
na region. The boat which carried
Mrs. Wilson—the first one to push
into that country in twelve years—
finally stopped, when it could go no
further, where the stampeders of
years before had built in the '*rilder
ness a little town, which they called
“Roosevelt City”. The trees had grown
up thick on the site of the long de
serted town, and the party amused
Themselves shooting grouse along
what was the Main street. They
then started out to hike thirty miles
through a tangled and swampy wil
derness, unmarked even by a trail anc
at last came out at the new silvei
strike on a scene of indescribalc
strike on a scene of indescribable
grandeur. Tom Aitken, of the Kusko
on the country between Eureka anc
Friday creeks. Notwithstanding the
extreme remoteness of this almos
inaccessible region, the silver ore is
so rich that it pays to develope it
and a stampede is expected. Ore if
now being freighted out by sleds the
thirty miles to the river, down the
Kantishna to the Tanana, thence dowr
the Yukon to St. Michael, and on tc
San Francisco.
The stampede of 1906 left Joe
Quigley and his wife, formerly Fan
ny McKenzie, the only inhabitants ol
this vast region.
Above the timber line on the side
of a mountain sits the picturesque
cabin where the Quigleys live a hap
py and contented life far from the
confines of civilization. In their gar
den they raise wonderul lettuce, cel
ery. etc. Mrs. Quigley is a dead shot,
and has adapted herself perfectly to
her lonely life. She once lived for
seven years without seeing another
women. Mrs. Wilson joined the
Quigleys in their annual hunt to lay
in the winter’s meat, during which
she herself brought down a moose and
a caribou. Nine bears were killed
in this hunt—four glacier bears and
five black.
“The Mount McKinley National
Park is a game paradise wonderful
beyond words,” said Mrs. Wilsrn. “I
saw living seas of caribou there, and
almost as many moose, and there
were a great many smaller animals;
foxes, martin, beaver, mink and er
mines. Ptarmigan and grouse are also
plentiful. So far as I know Mrs.
Robertson and I are the only women
to enter Mount McKinley Part. Mount
McKinley, as you remember is the
most tremendous peak on this side oi
the earth.”
Mrs. Wilson’s party left about Dec
1, making their way out by dog
team, and frequently “siwashing” un
der the open sky. Joe Dalton, dis
eoverer of the Kantishna, acted a:
guide, but on reaching Nenana was
laid up in the hospital for five weeks
with frozen feet.
“Pretty, aren’t they?” said Mrs
Wilson, referring to a gorgeousl:
| beaded pair of moose-hide moccasin:
| she was packing. “The wife of th<
1 chief of the Birch Creek Indians madi
! those for me, and walked I don’
| know how many miles to see me, be
’.•.v.v.-.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.va.V.V.vav.v.v.v.v.v.v,*
i " ~ ' “
• I cause I was a white woman. Isn’t
i that becoming, where she embroid
• ered my name in them? I tried my
s best to find out where she learned
( that my name was Ruth, but she
- would just duck her head down and
> chuckle, and wouldn’t answer.”
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LOCAL AND j
i PERSONAL i
MENTION!
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Easter falls this year on April 4.
F. A. Castle and wife will return
to the States on the Alameda tonight.
T. Burgess and wife of Kennecott
will be outgoing passengers on to
night’s boat.
John A. Hazelet, who has mining
interests on Slate creek, came over
from Valdez on today’s boat.
Mrs. T. C. Youle of Fairbanks has
engaged passage for the States on the
boat leaving here tonight.
Robert F. Byers and wife, wrho have
been in Cordova since last fall, will
leave for Seattle tonight.
Tonight at 8 o’clock the Admiral
Watson will be here on her south
bound trip, remaining in port about
an hour.
The time for filing for municipal of
J fices does not expire until Monday
j night. Thus far there is but one
i ticket in the field.
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; The steamship Alameda arrived
from the westward at 11 o’clock this
morning and will sail for Seattle at
j midnight.
' I It will be greatly appreciated if any
! one knowing the whereabouts of Will*
' j iam Merchant, or Marsden, in Alaska,
1 j will kindly write Rev. A. G. Shriver,
i Cordova. Alaska.
•! Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Roe of Seattle,
’; who have been on a short visit to
5 j Seward and Anchorage, returned to
} | Cordova today, and expect to spend
5! the summer here,
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-1 Beginning on April 1, the school tax
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collector will again make his rounds
^or the five-spot from all male citizens
in Alaska, whether permanent resi
dents or transients.
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Gus Gelles, representing the Na
tional Grocery Company of Seattle,
who is familiarly known as the “Op
timo Kid,” is spending a few days
in Cordova.
Mrs. Ruth Wilson of Omaha, NebM
who has spent a year with her brother
in the Kantishna district, will leave
Cordova tonight for her home. Mrs.
Wilson is an exceptionally bright and
entertaining young lady, who has made
many friends during her short stay
here. '
“Charles Ray, in “Hay Foot, Straw
Foot,” is showing for the last time
at the Empress tonight, and on Sun
day night the “girl with the golden :
smile,” pretty Madge Kennedy, with
her wonderful speaking eyes and fas
cinating ways, in the best picture you
have ever seen her in, “Friend Hus
band.”
The Boy Scouts at their meeting last j
evening voted to extent their sym- j
pathy to Scout Don Bollinger, his !
father and sister, in their recent be- j
reavement, |and to attend the funeral
in a body. They also voted to offer
their services to the town for police |
duty in accordance with the action of I
the town council last Monday.
J. Harmon Caskey, editor and pro- j
prietor of the Fairbanks Citizen,
which plant was recently destroyed
by fire, will leave Cordova on to
night’s boat for Juneau, and from
there will go to the States on a busi
ness trip. Mr. Caskey is a candidate
for delegate to the Democratic na
tional convention at San Francisco in
June, and as his election seems as
sured, will remain Outside until after
that event takes place.
DANCE POSTPONED
The Rag Time Trio have postponed
their dance which was to take place
tonight as the repairs on Hogg’s hall
are not yet completed. Watch the
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Times for date of opening.
MASONIC MEETING
A special meeting of Mount Mc
Kinley Lodge No. 183, F. & A. M.,
will be held on Monday evening at 8
o’clock. Work in the Third degree.
J. H. SELLEN, W. M.
^ W. A. BROWN, Sec.
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hike, or a pleasure or business
trip with your boat, on these
beautiful spring days. We carry
a full ine of Eastman Kodaks,
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