The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-10-03

"The excess to which the wear
ing of silks and diamonds is car
ried in this mining region is
something remarkable and it
reaches its eliminating point,
whore it becomes a caricature, in
the canneries. Do you know
what a klutch isy No? Well,
klutch is the Indian name up
there for women, and those who
work in the salmon canneries are
all called lllutches. The men
catch the salmon and do all the
river work, but the actual canning
is done by klutches, and they
actually wear while at work silk
dresses, diamonds in the ears
and on their fingers and high
heeled French shoes for which
they paid Sc and SO a pair, and
which they never lace up! If
yousuggest the propriety Of ging
ham print dresses fcrsuch work
they will tell you in very plain
English that their dress is their
own affair.
"'rhe salmon canneries are
among the most interesting in
dustr es of the region. The men
who work in the river driving"
the fish receive $40 and $50 a day.
On the docks the salmon lie tub
deep, and is one of the sights of
"a life time. The men work
throughout the season, but the
actual canning occupies but few
weeks Of each year.
"I visited Bennett, at the sum-
nit of the Chilcott Pass, where
the Union Jack and the Stars and
Stripes wave together. The Brit
ish and Americans are said to
have buried the hatchet there, but
I stayed long enough to discover
that the handle still sticks out
Mrs. Morrell made the trip up
on the city Of Seattle, with Cap
tain Council, who knows how to
entertain his passengers royalty.
Five meals were served daily on
account of. the long days. No one
thought of spending much time
in sleep, fearing that they might
miss some Of the sights of the
voyage.
zone Of our unique expert
ences," continued Mrs. Morrell,
"was witnessing the AL day. as
it is called up there. They told
us on the boat going up that at
that season the chickens actually
walked themselves to death, and
that people erected shelter for
them which could be darkened
during the night hours. But we
found that the people were al
most as bad as the chickens, for
there was so much for the tourist
to see that was new, and the ex-
perience was so unusual, that we,
too, nearly walked ourselves to
death.
Captain Connell is an old sea
captain and has had all sorts of
experiences, but one of his Alas
ka experiences beats them all.
BE, with all his passengers, was
quarantined at one of the mining
camps for three months. When
you know that some of the pass
engers were men who were on
their way to their claims you will
realize what the delay meant.
But Captain Connell was host
and kept them entertained and in
so far as was possible under such
circumstances satisfied Some
of his methods of entertaining
were unique, to say the least.
just before they We're released
from quarantine, he, with a party
Of men visited an Indian grave
yard and took from it the elabor-
ately carved totem pole which
had been erected there, ,and which
had stood for no white man knows
how many moons. He took it
back with him to Seattle. The
Indians, upon discovering their
loss, donned war paint and feath-
ers and started for Seattle. Upon
reaching there some sort of set
Element was effected which was
satisfactory to the townspeople,
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