Douglas Island news., 1906-02-28
GOLD WEArHER AIT FAIRBANKs

the mOnID or obituary, Gue Cd1i oauho News says:
 The weather is going some. Last evening it pressed the temperature down few more notches. Some of the private thermometers have gone on a strike and refused to work any longer in such cold weather. The old timers claim that the pain killer froze solid last night, and when they say that,they mean that it is impossible to get any colder.
 The lowest temperature of the "ofti- cial" thermometer at St. Matthew's registered was 64 degrees. Many of the private thermometers registered several degrees lower. A Graehl ther- mometer went to T6. At Fort Gibbon the temperature reached 7S degrees; at Salchaket, 42 and at Rampant, 62 below. The wires were down today south of Delta station, and no news of the other stations was received.
 The barometer is rather non-com- initial today. Since morning it has fallen very little. but only so as to be just noticeable. That means another cold night, but possibly not so cold as was last night. At any rate, it will be cold enough to keep within doors and fire up," and any Iuckless traveller who may be caught out on the trail will have hard time of it.
 Many people have already been se- verely bitten by the cold along the trails, and it will occasion no surprise to hear of the cold having claimed victims. As already stated, there are people on the trails at the present time who are not prepared for such excessive and continued cold, from the fact that the Panama generally experi- ences it's coldest weather in December, and it will go hard with some of them unless they have made camp or reached the welcome shelter of roadhouses.
 An instance is told of miner on Esther running nearly the whole dis tance to town to keep from freezing He started out lightly clad, not real izing that it was so cold, and he was becoming benumbed when he exerted himself for all he was worth and kept the circulation going. Old-timers, when asked for advice about resisting the present cold weather, invariably give one reply-keep inside where it is warm. If man is on the trail they say the best thing for him to do is to find timber and camp. However, it is not every person who realizes the de- gree of cold when he is mushing until he begging to feel it benumbing effects.
 This is the time when it is necessary for him to keep his head" A person who takes fright and gets rattled is in about the same position as man standing on narrow plank hundred feet in the air. He is all right as long as he keeps his head; but he wants to begin to get busy. Fortunately, there is plenty of timber in this country and few pieces of birch bark or dry twigs as the surest means of lighting fire. It is then up to the man to keep the fire going.
 Some men carry piece of candle as the surest means of lighting fire, in case it may become necessary. Others carry few strips of birch bark, and nearly all of the old-timers scatter their matches about their persons and even upon the sled, bearing in mind the fact always, that they are liable to fall into an overflow.
 The freighters, wood men and most of the business men, are not trying to transact business. The streets were practically deserted the past two days. A good many miners and prospectors, imprisoned in town owing to the cold weather, declare twenty times day that they will soon start out, cold weather or no cold weather, but it is noticed that they do not seem to be setting about it very lively. h fact, no one who cares to live to ripe old age is doing much travelling this kind of weather.
 Another thing that should not be forgotten in connection with resisting the cold, when caught upon the trail, old-timers say, is to place plenty of "food under your belt" In the morn ing peoples vitality is in better shape for resisting the cold than toward evening, when they are tired and hun gry-especially hungry. The cold that is not felt at all in the morning begins