New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1910-09-14
talk to. It's very lonesome here. !"

IdAh ~. II very lOu6SOu0 ueTG.
"This is certainly swell tepee,'' Fra
ser remarked How did you do it?''
II brought my things with me from
Nome"
''Nome!" CALCULATED Emerson quickly.
yes
"Why. I've been in Nome ever since
the camp was discovered. It's strange
we never met"
Il didn't stay there very long; went
back to Dawson"
Again he fancied the girls eyes held
a vague challenge, but he could not
be sure, for she seated him and then
gave some instructions to the Aleut
girl. Boyd, becoming absorbed in his
own thoughts, grew more silent as the
signs of refinement and civilization
about him revived memories long
stifed. This was not the effect for
which the girl had striven Her
younger guests taciturnity, which grew
as the dinner progressed, piqued her,
so at the first opportunity she bent her
efforts toward rallying him. He an
swered politely. but she was rowerless
| to shake off his mood.
4 At last he spoke:
"You said those watchmen have In
structions not to harbor travellers.
Why is that?''
1T is the policy of the companies.
They are afraid somebody will discov-
er gold around here You see. this is
the greatest salmon river in the world.
The rum is tremendous and seems to
be unfailing; hence the cannery people
wish to keep it all to themselves"
II don't quite understand
1T is simple enough. Kalvik is so
Isolated and the fishing season is so
short that the companies have to send
their crews in from the States and
take them out again every summer.
Now. if gold were discovered here
| abouts the fishermen would all quit
and follow the Strike which would
mean the ruin of the years catch and
the loss of many hundreds of thou
sands of dollars. Why, this village
would become city in no time if such
a thing were to happen. The whole
region would fill up with miners, and
not only would labor conditions be en-
tirely upset for years, but the eyes of
the world, being turned this way, 9TH
er people might go into the fishing
business and create competition
which would both influence prices and
deplete the supply Of fish in the Kali
vik river So, you see, there are many
reasons why this region is forbidden
to miners. You couldn't buy pound
of food nor get nights lodging here
for a kings ransom. The watchmen's
/. jobs depend upon their unbroken bond
Of fnhospitality, and the Indians dare
not sell you anything, not even a dog
fish, under penalty Of starvation, for
they are dependent upon the compa-
MES Stores
$50 that is why you have establish
ed trading post of your own?"
"Oh, dear, no. This isn't a store,
This food is for my men,"
"Your men?''
"Yes. l have crew out in the hills
on grub stake. This is our cache.
While they prospect for gold I stand
guard over the provisions"
Fraser chuckled softly. Then you
are bucking the salmon trust?'
After fashion, yes. knew this
country had never been gone over, so
| staked six men, chartered a schoon-
er and came down here from Nome in
the early spring. We stood off the
Waterman, and when the supply ships
arrived we had these houses complet-
ed. and my men were out in the hills
where it was hard to follow them. |
stayed behind and stood the brunt of
things"
but surely they didn't undertake to
4 fnjure you?" said Emerson. now thor
oughly interested in this extraordinary
young woman.
"Oh. didn't theyp' she answered.
with peculiar laugh. "You don't ap-
preciate the character Of these people.
There is no real code of financial mo.
rality. and the battle for dollars is the
bitterest of all contests. OF course,
being woman, they couldn't very well
attack me personally, but they tried
everything except physical violence,
and | don't know how long they will
refrain from that. These plants are
owned separately, but they operate un-
der an agreement with one man at the
head. His name is Marsh-Willis
Marsh-and Of course he's not my
1 friend
"sort of united we stand, divided
we fall"
Exactly That spreads the respon-
] sibility and seems to leave nobody
guilty for his evil deeds. The first
thing they did was to sink my schoon.
er In the morning you will see her
spars sticking up through the ice out
IN front there. One Of their tugs .ac-
cldentally ran her down, although she
was at anchor fully 800 feet inside the,
channel line. Then Marsh actually