The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-07-31
FROM THE
FAR NORTH.


'"oSe are 'ie soiss the HAWAIIAN
singers with the band are singing on
the mainland. I don't wonder that the
neorla over ,bora h,ya ,on, o-ox,, -,
'"e oa'u' saiu D. ~ fart"eh' ol
Fairbanks, Alaska, as he listened to
the numbers rendered i'm the concert at
the Hawaiian Hotel on Friday night.
Mr.. Hartwell arrived In Honolulu on
the Mongolia on Thursday. coming to
be a visitor until he recovers from the
eHect OF an experience passed through
ny MIN IN the frozen north last Decem-
Der, an experience such as few men
couiu nave nau anu survive ana III
iioiioiuiu ne mas iouhu ciiiiiate "hich
ne declares mas dohe MN more good IN
the Two Gays ne mas spent mere than
all the uoctorihg ne mas gone through
curing the past SIX months.
Mr.. Hartwelis experience Is best told
III ms own words
On the nrst DAY OF December last
was coming IN from prospect TO
falrpanks Tor grup, he said 'ano
mad reached point about forty miles
from the town 1t was during the cold
est week we had last winter and the
thermometer showed from 5S to SO de-
grees below Zero SO 1t was necessary
that anyone travelling should not stay
TOO long at time IN the dog sieigh. L
hau peeh rldlng along without feeling
any'hihg wrong ana hau got 10 within
ABOUT SIX fniies OF the ROAD mouse
Where expected 10 put up Tor the
hlsh'' II was ABOUT iour CLOCK IN the
ai'eriooi anu pitch uark' thinking
thdl L hao petter get out ana musn
lor time stopped my team OF six
rnaiiniuts 'hatlVe dogs) ana GRABBED
the mush pars 10 follow the team.
iound that was stin from the
knees down ana had not taken more
thah rev steps when feil. The
malimuts mad gone quite way before
1 got on my rect ana l could not get
them TO stop. SO there l was with my
legs both frozen and six miles from
shelter
Il tried to make the road house on
1oot, ana had gone ABOUT mile when
fell and knew no more for three days.
mad been picked up by the mail run
ner rev minutes after l went down,
who took me to the road house, from
where was taken to Fairbanks for
treatment
Betore mad come to, the doctors
wanted to amputate both my legs, but
my friends would not let them and
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MANY and r,any n ti,,,a uh;,a r,a,
suffer,ng would have s,adIy ,,,,,ad
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crutches, And can sIaen and tai
you that is a whole lot.
IT guess people don't know about
| this place or you would be run to death
with people coming from all over the
States. / tell you, after Alaska this
| place is all right"
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on tIa,,,oi; ,,at wv ko'.o ~. e, ~
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