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The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1898-01-20

where it is piled up in long ridge or
name reaching down stream. This ridge
or name is the most dangerous part aud
is where so many lives are lost. There
rapids. In running the rapids safely the
boat must be good one and the center
of the name or ridge must be struck fairly
and the boat kept on the ridge or crest
until the rapids are passed. After look
ing at the rapids Thorp asked me what
thought. | said thought they could
be run all right and was willing to try it
il they said 80. Thorp thought it was too
dangerous and advised portaging the stuff
and lining the boat down. Will aud
Martin did not say anything for quite
awhile. Finally Will said he guessed we
could make it and that we could not al.
ford to lose day in making portage.
| Martin said to run them. Thorp still
objected; but rs he was in the minority,
of the boat with heavy canvas and slowed
everything safely and showed ont. Char
lev Pond advised us not to try it. | tell
you, Lena, it made the blood run quick
and tast when we shot around that curve
with all the speed of that water and the
boys rowing a good strong stroke, too.
They have to row in these swift places to
give the boat steerage way. | struck the
name dead center and the boat was tossed
up like feather, but held her on the
crest clean through, and We only shipped
couple of bucketsfull OF water from one
side wave.
| There was a boat wrecked the morning
we went through. The men were saved ;
but all their stuff, clothes and grub, were
lost. And either that morning early, or
the evening before late, a boat was lost
and the men drowned and their bodies
never recovered. 1t was here that | got
the first trace OF Walter. | saw a notice
written in his handwriting on tree say
ing that he had run the rapids on Sep
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1898-01-20
TIRE TRIP WAS 4ERRIBLE|
Continued from First page

dred pounds on my back there pitched
camp while the boys packed. On the
9th | walked to Lake LnGerman with
my blankets ten miles, and on the 18th
went to Lake Bennett and crossed over
and selected place to yet logs and whip
saw them. never was 80 glad as when
| got to the end of that trail.
We got our boat built and started down
Lake Bennett on the morning of October
q in good shape We had our stove set
up aboard and kept fire going all the
time, as it was cold. We cooked our
meals aboard as We travelled and only
went ashore to camp at night.
On the oath We ran into the custom
house on Six Mile River and were robbed
III fine shape under the guise OF law. l
Was taxed $42 80 and Will the same. We
had no money to pay the duty. so our
stuff was seized sufficient to pay. As
there WAS a post office there | dropped
YOU short note, and we left as soon as
possible; ran through the rest of Six
Mile River, then into March Lake. The
head of the lake was nearly frozen across,
but we got through a narrow opening AID
camped quite way down the lake. On
the 18th We ran before a good wind
through the rest of March Lake and about
five miles down Sixty Mile River. This
river is very rapid, and on the Goth
reached Canyon Rapids little before
noon. We went ashore here and looked
at the rapids. The boys asked me ii l
thought | could take the boat through
without portagng our stuff. | told them
TO let me make a good big sweep and l
would take it through all right loaded,
go made big sweep and we cut loose
and shot into the canyon. The river here
narrows up into canyon with box walls
So narrow that It looks like one could al
most jump across, and the water PUSHES
through with terrific force for nearly a
miIe before it opens out again. ran The
boat Through safely, but the waves were
So high and cross currents 50 strong II
Lcarly Jerked my arms on. III TOOK NE
just three minutes and forty seconds to
ran that short time, so you can imagine
the terrible speed We we're travelling
Thorp timed Us With a stop watch. The
Canyon Rapids are only the beginning Of
series of rapids that end with the White
Horse Rapids After the Canyon come
Wii Horse, and the river is wild there
then comes the worst Of all-White Horse
There IL biz sign on the river bank with
the word stop" aud red flag, so w
stopped and went down to look at the
rapids. Here the river PUSHES with light
ming speed around curve into Q narrow
neck that closes in from both sides. This
causes the rushing waters to be thrown
back from the rocky banks to the center,
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1898-01-20

turesque, different colored furs and
parkies. Everyone wears moccasins, as
shoes of rubber or leather will freeze the
feet. 1t looks like a carnival to a new
conner to see the crowds of people all in
winter dress. Then the dog trains haul
ing sleds; the streets are full of them
day and night. 1t Is surprising how
much dog can pull on a sled. The
packers generally use six or eight dogs
to sled. Dogs are worth from 800 to
$3.50 each. Provisions are very short
here and hundreds are leaving for the
coast to avoid starvation. Flour has been
as high as $3.50 a sack and other grub
accordingly. Candles are worth $3.50
each. l don't know whether we will
have enough grub to see us through or
not. | think we would if We had not
been robbed at the custom house. We
are here to stay, anyhow.
Martin and returned to camp on the
18th and Will and Thorp came down.
They came back on the 18th, and we
then decided to move down to Dawson,
though it was terribly cold, 40 and so de-
grees below zero, and one day 56 below.
We built regular Yukon sleds, and then
started to hauling, making a round trip
each day, twenty miles over rough gorged
ice. Hard work? Why, it was worse
than the Skagway trail. We finished up
on the Goth of November, caching our
stuff in Walters cabin; but it was crowd
ed that | got another cabin, and we
started in to move our stuff again. The
cabin we are now living in is up the
klondike, about a mile from Dawson.
We are located now for the winter as far
as our cache is concerned. Tomorrow
We will start up the Klondike looking for
our mine. have had several locations
offered me by friends who have already
filed, and consequently lost their right
to make another filing in this district.
am not going to make a location until
have made thorough prospect; but will
have claim soon. Then | will have to
get some work to earn money to pay a
filing fee of sl5.
The man that was going to take this
letter out when started it has not gone
yet and am going to try and get an
other man to take it, Mr.. Cole from
Spokane.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1898-01-20

First class brick at Garrett Bros yard
near the power house. Att
One Minute Cough Cure cures quickly.
That's what you want! Jsneck Bros.
Drug Store.
Bread, confectionery and pastry, al,
ways fresh and always good, at Otter &
Mechtel's bakery, on Yakima av. 34-tf
You can't afford to risk your life by al.
lowing a cold to develop into pneumonia
or consumption. Instant relief and
certain cure are afforded by One Minute
Cough Cure. Janeck Bros. Drug Store.
"Wife, this carver is awful dull"
"Well. George. I can't help it, but if
you'll get me one of those two bit natural
gtit homes of Sawbrdge I'll keep it sharp.
Mrs. Neighbor has one, and she says they
are fine." 49-tf
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1898-01-20

TENDER 20 with 300 pounds aboard and
three persons. Our boat had 1900 pounds,
four persons, and dog nearly as big as
man aboard.
Finally, after leaving Lake LeBarge, we
run into floating ice, and from that on it
was simply sit and float with the ice.
The days we're 10 short that we could not
run long, and when darkness was coming
on we had to fight our way through the
floating ice to get ashore to camp. Finally
the boys began to get scared, and when
the Pond party, with whom We kept our
boat in company, concluded to stop at
Stewart River our boys were inclined to
stop, too, as the Ice was getting very
solid and the river running as full as it
could hold. But we went on until, on
the morning of October 6, after running
about an hour, the ice was choking the
river up so that the other boys said go
ashore. | said felt sure we could make
Dawson that day, but was in the mi
nority and had to knock under. We
went ashore at the mouth of Indian
River, thirty miles from Dawson. After
spending two days ashore and seeing
other boats 90 by the boys concluded to
try it again. | was really very loath to
do 80 then, but did not say anything, 80
on the morning of the Sth at daylight,
about s O'Clock, we started out. When
we started from Lake Bennett fastened
horseshoe on the bow of the boat.
had bad dreams the night before We
started into the ice again-dreamed of
drowning, and ice jams, etc. Well, the
morning we started again that horseshoe
us from the first. We first broke one Of
our oars; then | snapped off the handle
of the sweep against a cake Of ice; then
We got jammed in the ice and the river
locked up solid with ice, but still kept
moving. The current of the river is so
rapid and the volume of water so great
| that it kept the entire mass of ice NOV
ing until about 3 p. M, when it came
grinding and crushing to standstill, the
force OF the current sheering the ice off
and up into the air in great pyramids and
ridges. We kept working to get our boat
in the best shape possible, but it was
little we could do, as there was some six
or eight feet of ice attached to the bot
tom; but We tried to pare this down
wedge shaped. so that when the crush
came We would be forced up instead Of
down. The first crush finally broke,
leaving us floating on ice. which was in
a very top-heavy condition. We floated
this way for mile or so more, when We
heard the ice crushing and grinding in a
gorge below. All we could do was TO
await our fate, as the river was over tive
miles wide and we were in the middle
Our boat rushed into the gorge, just miss
Ing place where the ice was steering up
ten and twelve feet high. At 90 minutes
after We came to standstill again, with
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1898-01-20

our boat sheered up in the air some eight
feet above the water and the river locked
up solid with ice. But the steering and
grinding kept up; great seams would
open around us big enough to drop a
hundred boats like ours into; then they
would close up with a horrible grinding
noise and shoot great masses Of ice up in
the air. Our boat rested safely; it seemed
solid around us, so We ate dinner, and
finally the other boys turned in, leaving
me On watch. The ice remained firm
but it was moving on both sides of us.
A little after midnight We started to move
and | aroused the boys. We floated
along for about half mile; then big
seam opened up just below our boat,
leaving a chasm on the down stream side
OF us something over fifty feet across, but
We still kept floating for awhile, then
suddenly came to stop. thought
then, and 80 did the rest of the boys, that
our time had come. The ice sheered up
on the up stream side of us, and as we
had been floating sideways, it began to
tip the boat over, upsetting us right down
into this chasm. We all stood on the
upper side of the boat and tried in this
way to keep the boat from upsetting, but
our combined weight was not straw
with such force, and slowly and surely
we were going, boat, cargo and ourselves.
| Fortune again favored US. The ice came
to a standstill, and in doing so righted
up the boat nearly level. As there seemed
| to be no further movement we went to
bed again, leaving Will on watch. But
before going to bed tried the ice around
the boat and found that | could walk
quite way towards shore, but as there
were large chasms between US and shore
we could not get there. In the morning
Martin, being the lightest one in the
party, tied a rope around his waist and
started ashore. After an hour or so
prospecting around chasms and over
great masses of piled-up ice he finally
landed. We then marked out the way
with brush and got our stuff ashore as
quickly as possible and pitched camp.
1t was a large island, as that was the
nearest shore we could reach.
This was on the 9th OF November. On
the 10th We tried to get to mainland and
found we could do so. | then made a
sled, and on the llth Martin and started
for Dawson with sled, but the ice was
so gorged along the shore that we had to
abandon the sled and pnt the stuff on
our backs.
We got to Dawson that evening, and
found we had reached within ten miles
of there before We lost our boat. | found
Walter and stayed with him that night.
He has a cabin, and is in partnership
with Harry Hull, of Seattle.
Dawson is lively place, a typical min
ing town, with the northern dress added.
The winter costumes here are very pic
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1898-01-20
DICK McDANIELS.

Mrs. McDaniels received letter from
dick" this week dated Dec. 4, which
was written just as he and John Miner
were about to start out prospecting. rfsy
had finished their cabin and had be en-
working several days at 81 per hour. The
thermometer had been as low as 50 be.
low but at the date of writing it was frol.
zero to Is below and they we're working
in their shirt sleeves. The only thing
that bothers them is their appetite.
Two fires are reported since their arrival,
Fl rst church and afterwards three sa-
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1898-01-20

looms including dance house and opera
house. He tells of school containing
Is pupils and reports the place free from
sickness, but says it is very unhealthy
in the summer. However along the
mountain streams it is healthy the year
around.
CHARLIE THOMPSON lead.
Charlie Thompson who WAS Dan Sim
mons partner on the Skagway trail until
Dan succeeded in joining party that was
far in advance, died near the mouth OF
the Hootallngua river on his way to
Dawson. The word was brought out by
Hal. J. Cole and w. l.. Luhn, who also
were the bearers of Bruce Milroy's letter.
Their opinion is that his death WAS due
to exhaustion brought on by the hard
ships and exposure of the trip. -
Mr.. Thompson was we'll known in
North Yakima where he had many warm
friends. For year or so he was a dep
uty U. s. Marshal II this city and every
BODY is sorry to hear of his sad ending.
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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-10
LEON LET THE BURGLAR IN
SACRED HEART PARISH HOUSE
INVADED YESTERDAY
Trusted st. Bernard Watchdog Did
Not Give the Alarm That Had
Been Expected of Him.

Leon Is in disgrace. Trusted beyond
the lot Of most of his kind, he has
proved himself unworthy of confidence,
and henceforth will be viewed by those
who loved him with more or less sus-
picion. His proud head must bow and
never more can he unQuaveringly meet
the honest gaze of his former friends.
He has demonstrated himself an I'M
worthy scion Of noble race. Descend
ed from ancestors whose brave deeds
among the snowy Alps ennobled them
among their kind, Leon has shattered
the tradition Of ages and brought ig-
nominy upon his name. An object of
scorn, he must hereafter stink away
before the jeers of the yellow CANNES
whom he has in the past so proudly
disdained.
Leon is a big st. Bernard dog, owned
by Rev. Father Koeberl, pastor Of the
Church of the Sacred Heart, Dawson
and Arcade streets. He has shared the
parsonage, 618 Arcade street next door
to the church, with his master for sew
eral years. He was the guardian of
the place, and his powerful bark caus-
ed the other CANNES of the neighbour
hood to quake with fear. Many a time
he has borne down upon small dog,
who in a moment of temerity invaded
the yard, and bullied the offender until
his hair stood ON end. EVilly disposed
individuals gave the parsonage a wide
berth, for the sight of Icons powerful
frame and heavy jaws warned them of
what might be their fate in an encoun-
ter with the big ST. Bernard. And
Icons master regarded him as the
MODEST of his species.
All of this is changed now, however,
for yesterday Leon permitted a bur
glar to enter the house and to rob
the safe of $50.
The burglary occurred while Father
Koeberl was conducting the morning
service in the church. The janitor and
housekeeper were also at church, but
Leon had been left on guard at the
house, and with all of the doors lock-
ed no thought of daylight burglars was
entertained by the worshipers. After
the service when Father KoeIberl went
to the safe in his study he found it
had been rifled and $50 in cash was
missing. A gold watch and chain in
the safe were not taken. The Mar
garet street police were notified of the
robbery. and upon an investigation 1t
was found that the thief had entered
key. Neighbors recalled having seen a
stranger leave the parsonage, but took
no notice of the man, thinking him
some one who had called upon Father
Koeberl, so the police have no descrip-
ton upon which to work Father
Kceberl is at loss to understand
why his dog did not give the alarm
when the stranger entered the house.
as the animal has always been regard
ed a splendid watchdog
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-10
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State Historical Some Books.

The Minnesota Historical society has re-
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145 Nina avenue, st. Paul:
The Free Enquirer" New York. 1929 80.
Four volumes, quarto.
''The Man." New York, 1884. Volume 2.
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Remarks on the Influence of Climate, Stu
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American Flora" New York, 1S47. Quar-
to, volume l.
Economic Rurale. Consideree dams SEES Re-
ports avec la Chime, la Physique. ct La Me-
teorologie." Par j. 3 Boussinganer Two
volumes. Paris 1S43 octovo
Roman Antiquities By F. Wilson. New
York, 1880, octave.
The Grape Culturist." BY Andrew S. Full
Ter New York. 1856, octave.
Meteorologie." Par C.. S. Cornelius Halle.
1868, octave.
Margalle Paris, 1876, II do.
Wind urd Wetter." Won Prof G. Lommel,
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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-10
WOULD HONOR HELEN GOULD
REV. w. w. EVERTS SUGGESTS
SHE BE NAMED DAUGHTER
OF THE REPUBLIC
AS a Nations Appreciation for What
She Has Done for the Sailors
and Soldiers.

Rev w. w. Everts, in the prelude of
| his sermon at the Woodland Park Bap-
| fist church last evening, paid glowing
tribute to Miss Helen Gould. who min
istered to the sick in the hospitals of
the South during the war. He said:
s'Helen Gould, now that Winnie Davis
is dead, might be adopted by North
and South alike as the Daughter of the
Republic AS soon as the war broke
out, she did her part by giving the
government 100000. During the war
she sent several oargoes of ice to San
tiago. AT the close Of the war, when
red tape had tied the hands of army
officials she, as acting head of the
Women's War Relief association, re-
lieved the distress by a contribution Of
S25 600.
ga regular soldier back from Cuba,
appearing in a new uniform, was asked:
Did the government give you that?
The United States government had
nothing to do with it. he replied.
Helen Gould gave it to me-
ct was not merely pouring out gold
like water or the mere superintendent
of relief kitchens and improvised hos
pitfalls for convalescents, but it was
the actual visiting Of ward after ward
in hospitals wherever a sick soldier or
sailor was to be found that made the
name Of Helen Gould the favorite
among our brave men.
This is no spirit or fad Of hers. It
is only more conspicuous expression
of a life devoted to good deeds. She
has endowed a free bed in the Man
haitian ear and eye hospital She is
chief supporter of a hospital for Grip
pied boys. She charters steamers in
hot weather for poor mothers and their
sickly children to take a refreshing sail
down the harbor.
eft "a baen r0vonOca6 fO 10
Maria Theresa, now that HCbsOn has
raised it, Helen Gould. Who deserves
more than she to be called the Daugh-
ter of the Republic?"