The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-07-23

Il had To- everything. My robes
were gone and the supply of food for
myself and the dogs. 1t looked as If
gale from the northwest was driving
the foe rapidly out to sea. And the
temperature was falling fast. My
clothing was soaked.
so | took off my skin boots and cut
them in halves. These halves
strapped TO my chest and back
THE wind and cold increased as the
night came on, and could see the
dogs were growing ravenous. When
they are that way they are what their
ancestors We're, nothing better than
wolves. They were yelping for food
and | knew 1t was only a question of
time before they would attack me.
1T felt like murder but killed
three OF my largest dogs | stripped
them of their skins while the rest of
the pack kept aloof, snarling and
yelping. Finally the bravest of them
came after me, but was able to fight
them off until ! could skin the three
dead dogs. Then threw the meat to
the survivors and kept the skins to
wrap about myself.
when morning came | saw the ice
was rapidly drifting from shore | had
nothing to put as mast on which
could swing out signal of distress
until thought myself of the bones of
the legs of the dead dogs.
These | managed to splice together.
From the top of the pole | flung out
piece of my shirt. 1t was seen by
George Reid and some of his men off
Locke's Cove and they came out in
boat and took me on"
Tor IL years DR.. Grenfell has been
working there among the fisher
folks or anybody else that needed his
services. He has had two hospital
ships lost in the treacherous ice and
now he has third But very often
when he gets a call miles away the
ship is powerless to reach the patient
and he goes over the ice with his pack
of dogs.
Already he has established three
land hospitals in Labrador, 90 lean
libraries, an industrial school and half
a dozen cooperative stores. He has
seen to 1t that wireless telegraphy is
installed on land as well as on the
fishing boats. This gives him many
chances to answer calls which cost
nothing.
Occasionally DR.. Grenfel comes TO
New York to tell of his work. He has
interested Andrew Carnegie and Rev.
DR.. Henry Van Dyke. They send as
many footballs as Bibles to the Arctic
but chiefest of all are the medicines
and surgical appliances,
1t is queer doctoring," laughed DIR
Grenfell when last he was here 81
nave Canadian and Newfoundland
fishermen among my patients. as we'll
as American, scandinavian and British
sailors, whalers of nearly all nation.
alities, and Indians and Esquimaux.
Some of the diseases they spring ON
me would puzzle the best of special. !.
lists. why, only last winter they called |
on me to care for shipload of berI.
ben. 1t cleaned out the whole vessel
every one of them had it.
sSTHE Indians and Esquimaux Of the
frozen north are gradually dying
IN because of the disappearance of
ne great forests. This drives away
he caribou, which means starvation
or the Indians. With the Esquimaux
is disease, brought by contact with
he white men. We white people are
immune against many diseases. but
when they strike the Esquimaux the
'erms light on virgin soil. For ex.
nipple, white sailor brought a sim.
lie case of influenza into an Esoui.
nauN village of 800 souls. Before 1t