The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1898-04-23

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d the great Gladstone and how he tells
trees purely 4ot recreation. You even
90 s6 far % todeolaim-
- woodpan, spare! that treel
sediApatieh OF ,th6 rest of the
s. MY. Ahetheis IL iu6E tie thing for
enc .ildgepola YOU think from j dis
stancSs but as Iddd ksitts nearer ytp find it
hls Gn.ue1y atooE, DO ii,i md you must search
s49dfftthsf.J AZ last you md sone that will
answer 4or tho urrightss but the top
pole IL still wanting, and you finally go
back and decide % take the one with a
stad crook, for might comes on apace.
Then they must be dragged to the tent
site, and before you get them there you
will think they weigh q ton each. OF
course it is impossible to stick them
into the ground, 60 you freeze them
into the snow, q comparatively easy and
satisfactory mode Of fastening. But
some way must be provided to fasten
the stay ropes. The freezing method
will hardly answer for these, SO you
must go to the woods once more and
cut four logs for an outside framework
base. If you are able to drag one of
these back to your tent, you have just
reason to be proud Of your physical
prowess.
A Party Of 'Tenderfest."
In our own case It was pitch dark
long before we could put up even the
framework to our tent, although we be.
gan at o'clock in the morning, so we
got into the snow tent cellar, lighted
our Peary stove, melted some snow,
made coffee and dined on pilot bread
and cheese. Then we put on our
fur suits, drag knitted caps over our
heads and faces, throw our sleeping
bags on our prostrate tent, cover the
bags with blankets, crawl into them
and sleep, oh, so soundly and sweetly,
until daylight. The next forenoon is
quite consumed in finishing the putting
up Of the tent. Nails must be driven
into the base logs to hang the lower
stay ropes upon, goods must be unpack-
ed, and wood must be cut for fire, for
the Peary stove is,too expensive to use
except in places where there is abso-
lutely no wood.
Our party 10 essentially q "tender-
foot" one. Ny "better half" was city
born and bred, and I have lived what
may be called . sedentary life for the
last 25 years. 80 we resolved from the
outset to take the best care of our health
and to toughen ourselves by slow de-
grees, using the utmost caution not to
overdo at first. My initial walk was
from Dyea to the Chilkoot summit and
back to Sheep Camp. The distance is
about 20 miles, but I was more than IL
hours making 1t, go you see I took 1t
quite leisurely. OF course the last few
miles made me rather weary, but I
felt better at the end Of my journey
than If I had walked q distance Of ten
miles on city streets.
should add that I slid down from
the summit of Chilkoot to the Scales,
using gunny sack for a sled. It was
pretty we'll worn when I reached the
bottom and I was capsized several times,
but it was the nearest thing to good
coast that I have had since was
boy. I may add that this is the usual
way Of descending the Chilkoot just at
this season.
Walking Twenty Miles . Day.
Ny wife began by walking only ten
miles in day, but she can now take q
journey Of 20 miles easily. The bracing
air in this locality enables one to per.
form physical feats that would be sim.
ply impossible in warmer climates. As
another preventive Of illness and like.
wise as hardening process we do most
Of our cooking outside the tent, using
the Peary stove inside to take the chill
OF only, and as we are we'll clad and
take great care to keep our feet warm
and dry We find no Inconvenience what
ever. The practice Of keeping tent hot
or alternately hot and cold is danger
GUS one to health, and I believe many
who have taken this trip have suffered
by it.
Although we have been in this coun-
try but few weeks, we can, eat three
90 called Square" meals Of the simplest
food day and enjoy them as we have
not been able to do since our salad days.
We can sleep soundly for eight hours
every night and awake In the morning
with heads clear and bodies refreshed,
and we have seen beautiful and grand
scenery enough to compensate for a trip
half round the globe.
What ia all this worth to the brain
and body enervated individual? He, and
he only, can make q correct answer.
A. A. Hull