The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-06-23

next 1t. morning and it was a sorry look
ing sight, specially for those who had
lost everything and barely cot out
with their lives. Eight feet Of snow
1 Leln 4S hours. This heavy snow was
the cause Of the slide. You can hear
ana see these slides any time Of day.
They sound like heavy thunder, and
are made up of rocks. snow and ice.
Inere IS no reason why people should
get get ~ = the way Of these things, as their
IS plenty OF room to camp out Of their
reach. But everyone seems to think
that ne must camp close to the trail, if
IL was right under the ewes of the
mountain. Now, I don't pretend to be
any brighter than lots of others on the
trail, but when I saw the track Of some
OF those slides, I made up nv mind
that it would be- a good plan to keep
out of their way. T..
one OF the men that was killed was
from Minneapolis. The only thing we
could find on him was S172 and three
Photographs, these had been taken in
minneapolis, and look as, though they
might be OF sogpe Of his family. if he
had one. He wore the three links and
undoubtedly belonged to that order.
| have sent the photographs to Mr..
Eaton at Princeton, and have asked
him to try and locate some of his peo.
pie. The other man was from Chicago.
He had a travelling card from a. Ma.
sonic lodge, SO we had no trouble in
locating him. !.
The weather has been all one could
wish, except, perhaps, a little too
warm. There has not been day since
we landed that the mercury has been
down to freezing, except between the
fourth bench and the summit. The
high altitude and snow and ice made it
quite cold nights, but we had no trou-
bic in keeping warm with a couple of
North Star" blankets. A man has no
use for sleeping bags and fur-lined
clothing. Anything that will keep
him warm in Northern Minnesota will
do here.
We camped fifteen days on the glac-
Ter on two thousand feet of snow and
ice and did not suffer with the cold.
We had nothing under US but our sleds
and two pair of blankets. The only
thing that bothered US was lack of
wood to cook with. We had to haul it
10 miles, and you may be sure we did
not have any too much, as it was sold
at the rate of 5000 per cord at fourth
bench, so you see it was quite luxury
to have a fire. Herb. Gates says he
never will again kick about grubs and
brush on the farm.
r. There is one thing certain, we are
going to reach the Copper River in
good season, for we are in shape now
and if the trail breaks up we are, where
we can build boats and go right along.
You can see by the rough sketch I send
where our camp is located. r.
b Four of the boys have been pretty
sick, but they are all on their feet now
and feeling good. Herb. and Ed.
Gates had pretty sick week, also the
two Ohio men; but my drug store and
careful nursing brought them out all
right / have made up my mind that
| am pretty tough. I have been in the
harness every day, and you might say
night too, for that matter, as it gets
light at 2 o'clock in the morning, and
you can see to read without lamp as
late as half-past nine in the evening,
and we work during all the daylight
there is.
For the benefit of any one who might
be thinking of coming out here, I
would say that the only safe time to
come is in the month of March. and if
there are three or four in a party, thew
should bring light horse or some
thing OF the kind. If we had done so
we would have been on the Copper
River now.
There are 1000 men on the south side
OF the summit who cannot get over the
glaciers this spring. At least one
hundred are turning back every dav.
oNPPiAoo Ee'AA w jug uO LII Vic s ldC1ofS
at any price one has a mind to offer.
If any of our friends have an idea of
coming here, advise them to stay away.
There is nothing for any one at Val
des. All branches of business will be
overdone a month from now. Valdes
has a population Of about 500, and has
four hotels, eight saloons, two drug
stores, and in fact everything that goes
to make up a lively frontier town. =
Have mercy on your stomach and
use pure cider vinegar, Johnson's of
Illinois. LUDDEN'S STORE. e
Princeton will celebrate the fourth
of July this year in grand style, and
numerous attractions will entertain
all who come here to spend the day.