The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-22


oae q the p,on@~rs % Ahlaka. a. ~ went
orm there two y~srs before the rIsh q
ianE - a. th~ Asfor Hoslse r-c'Ip@rftInR
frOon q -~vsr@ attack 20 grip. This =
Mr. Hamilton hrst v.sit - Nes YORK. "a
nineteen years
And do you know ~ -ald yesterday
Z -ths nnly ,hinEs recognized h@re n
eWI ARRIVAL W~r~ TINS hotel. the sub
Treasury and NO As~av once. though
Wall street generally had a familiar loox
I rlsssi u mos man On the As~ay Once
and I went in there o. 49, him the other
dav If did not know me When I
nen'ione-t ny name hs aaid. Why.
= whsvsis your silk hat and frOc< cnat9'
10 y0u know. tt's h~sn - hong since
ars~asd that way that had forgotten d,
Mr HAmilson used - IN the Prose
eutinG Attorney IN Spokane Wash. He
Arnt vent up - Alaska far ms health and
incidenEaly ~ 49, Whethsr NJ oouldn't
hauy for clisnt a nine up there for sls0 0OO.
After Spending a year and q half n The
north the lawyer decided that none that
. rosid ~ obtainesi for that price was worth
Ne money. and coming back 'ook up
mining IN the Cascade Mountains Ne
? Nod DIAL ~ for ths aals % copper nine
q wbem The P,ush IN the Yuknn started and
the other Varies declar-d the deal "A
= 90 In attorney MAIDS hts way hack 20
Seattle. and IN Day came WHEN he had only
estn no pook~s.
Then Z ven, down N the wharf and saw
Iot ~ people running up and down 81
eitsdly looking for steamship tioksts Tor
AlAskA.' aAid Mr. Hamilton ysatsrdAy.
Ems gave mo an idsa. Here wAs . do
mand. u wAs 10 IN M 70 supply H.
Il found q little steamer called the
Utopia b@i0aGinE 20 tho Union Transit
Company and Commanded by Caps
John O'Brisn- now the skipper 81 the
Victoria. IN winch he has saved - many
hvss out there On the cnAst. Well.
ehartsrst her and slowed ~ men aboard
81 her. though she was allowed 20 carry
anly forty-t~o. I had IN pat soms ~
thesn under the -poksatacks THIS was
right after the MEXICO had g1ns down AMI
accommodation vas scarc~. Well. I had
her for four ws~ks. and though did not
raise the prics - tickets I cleared ss.ODo.
even ~ did A. vas told pay tho owners
a9nD too much for the charter I made
many trip. up th~re myself during the
nszt few years and then I finally 10 out
far Nome IN isn. and I have b~@n IN the
Territory mn~f ~ tho time since then.
-Of cour~~ ! u-ei 70 have sDuns "Npe-i-
enoes N thO~e Early days during pros
pecting and stalking out. but the ~Dy-t
wss IN the winter - 1870. when ! started
OFT in behalf ~ hlFlie Snyder 20 10 some
stalking IN territory claimed nv snyder
which Count Pod@~kA a RUSSIAN uho
wss killed In REM a while bsck Asserted
~ held under original oono~--ion from
tbe Russian Government
= sOo& Nth n@ tao d0s team and two
men. and Ne vent from Nome 20 Tell@r
rs miie- where I Got an AbstrS-' ~ the
niaim and heated rroIsert,ss at the same
time. and then prOc-~d~d - Mary ISioo
$50 miles from th@re There | vent lame
- the result % b~ing hi' by a street car
m Seattle a year and half before I ssut
my two men and -four 81 my 4, q %
NtnteTs Creek 70 lOsats -ome property
el4n, ehls ] VS. waiting Judge Weeks.
Who had zone M ~ certify ~BFne ~ The
move distant properties for fns and - M ,
wU. a. Mary IKioo ais, Frank Monroe
eho bad b>en doing -ome surveying on
the CFeeks theveahO'Its. and hs wanted
n 60 baok " Nome uith III
n I'VE had siA dogs altogeth@F. and 4
NE. thought THAI owing o. my Knms
leg would b. able - ride most ~ the way
We started at 4 ". when there va.
three inches AZ light snow GA tbs ground
Tbs sled drsEa-d h~auiy We had gone
1oout sight miles when ss decided ~
enDraea the route nv cutting aeTs-.- the
AoW Tooth range. Monroe ana the Judge
we're walk ina ahead wben al % a -sIdIai@n
sHw On the tOp II . mountain a WoOIly
Whfch h. What call a WhirlW ind a,It
there In q moment q csJld pun ~ Winsi
struck me and had just time "a pull
on my buffalo cDat and tie. nv cap on
wben the AR b~cams Iust hil.-i Sith -nOw
In eWo minutes oOuld not 49, the I-ader
y. ~ auu At ali
ntss th- snON va nee deep and the Wind
go blO~tng great guns We pIght -
have turned N AZ place called Stew art
Cr~s-S. but w. sinuly cD'Iidu ? The and
kept us going. and We oD'Ilt not turn
1t vas about o clock IN 'h.- afternoon
when the blizzard hit - ami from that
time until O'cl0ck I could not -. the
men ahead The wind vas blowing fIlly
siKty miles an hour MOnrUe and 'hs. Judge
could hear me mu-hing' the dpgs. bat
] oO,ild not hear them A ScDtrh co'he
dog that had for leader kept pBst behinf
than. We kept going IN this gay until
Suddenly. AZ 3 o ciOssl 80 ram. up plump
against the side 81 a mountain
When ~s tired 90 make = turn the
Stnd pic<ed tho -led and me up and
hung "a about and when came 10 I wa
wing Naf on the ground with the lied
on top ~ me. BrOVnis. N" Colli" had
=sslck h,- nc-e .I,fsr my arm and Nelll.
one - N" mAlernout or "a In0 dogs.
Wa LICKING the 30 ouf ~ my svez IL
Noudertul tfs instinct Ot tnf~s- Eskimo
dogp would rather have the friend
ship ~ one good dog than that pf two
urirds ~ tire men IN Alaska After I had
come N ] -ort q tainted away again
and Nellie Just planted hs.r~slr on nv
clBe~t and got dOwb - bilsine-@, licking
a~aY for all she wa worth Well I came
~ again ami patted her On the head and
aieo pAtted hroWnIS Who Wa- trying
tO keep me warm around INV heart Then
! shouted 10 Weeks and Monrue, who
Eers lying down m the snow only twenty
feet away trying to ke.-p from blow ing
a~ay. Ne"k-. Who weighed over vs.
pounds. used up ha got On the
lower -tds ~ th~ -l@d and We started
~ again with h0nrp- iaadInG We hal
o. -oJn-y staTtesi tnan the wind ptcked
~ up and hurled 40 Tor thirty feet against
0te ha~ait r0cks whirh had sharp poiBt-
sticking out 30 that 80 WsTe adly bruised
01E ciothe- torn, and 90 bled almost ali
o over
Our otItht On the -led con-t.ted 81
two sleeping haRp. a HiN shooter a razor
pair ~ OverphsS~- and tao -and1 irhs.-
suggested that We had better cut Iooas
NFrs0a The alfsff fIFtW kaUAu