The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1910-04-23
JarbOe has Experiences that Make
Him RiDa1 of the Arctic
Explorers

Starting in the dead Of winter with
the thermometer dropping as low al
so degrees below zero; travelling In
moccasins and on snow shoes. trudg
ing. Shedding and canoeing over 1,OOC
miles through a bleak. uninhabited
country; one of his party finding death
In the swiftly flowing waters Of an
icy stream; facing starvation and en-.
during untold hardships is an
epitome or the nine-months experience
Of former Chickasha man in British
Columbia
Seeking health, adventure and for
tune Frank Jarboe, brother Of II. L.
Jarboe of this city. had experiences
which rival those OF Peary and read
like the fictitious story Of DR.. Cook.
OF health he found sufficient to sup
ply his needs; Of adventure he encoun.
tered enough to last him the rest OF
his life If he lives to be a centenarian
Of fortune none, but he colnts himself
lucky TO have come out alive.
Mr. Jarboe started on his adyentur-
Gus trip in January 1903. and was gone
till last September. when he reached
Seattle Since that time he has been
in various cities on the Pacific coast,
returning home last week. He visited
relatives here few days and then
went to his old home in Burlington,
Kan, to visit his parents.
In company with Charles Hurd, an
Indiana boy, bent on adventure and
hungry for gold like himself and
Frank Perry. a seasoned woodsman OF
the northwest. llr. Jarboe started from
Ashcroft &c. in January their OBJ
jective point, which they lacked $50
miles Of reaching. being an uexplored
country on the Height of Land between
the northern part OF British Columbia
and Southern Alaska There in a re-
gion OF which Perry had heard stories
from Indians. the Wtventurers hoped
TO find another Klohdyke.
Used Alaskan Dogs.
Before starting on our trip we sent
to Valdez. for four Alaskan dogs said
Mr. Jarboe. These were brought BY
steamer 10 Seattle and were shipped
from there to Ashcroft on the Cana
dian Pacific They we're fine, husky
fellows. well-broken, having been used
on the Alaska mail routes, and they
served us faithfully till the end.
AT Ashcroft we provided ourselves
with bedding and a camping outfit
which We loaded into our sledges. and
started north on the Caribou tran up
the Fraser river This trail is really
a fine road. being a we'll established
highway Of commerce. There are road
houses at convenient intervals and
for a long distance il passes through
a country Of farms and fine stock.
The Canadian government maintains
stage ard telegraph lines on it This
part OF the trip, although the weather
was very severe. was comparatively
easy The thermometer ranged from
10 degrees above zero to so degrees
below the latter point being reached
at Quesnell, but it was stin cold
and as long as it was anywhere near
zero we didn't suffer
End Of the Trait
1.-THE Caribou trail ends at Quesnell.
about 2iO miles north OF Ashcroft. and
from this point we had only an Indian
trail, little travelled, to guide us. We
outfitted with groceries here to carry
us to Fort George. 100 miles further
north. The snow was from four to six
feet deep all the way We mushed'
canadian term for driyeD the dogs
and followed behind wearing mocca-
sins on our feet Occasionally we
coasted down hills but that was really
more strenuous labor than walking.
We scarcely saw a human being after
leaving Quesnell The Hudson Bay
Company has few scattered stations
along the way where they buy furs
and sell supplies TO the Indians and
trappers
"At Fort George we bought another
dog. giving us five in all. and more
supplies and again started north, fol-
rowing the Fraser most Of the time,
the Rocky mountains on our right and
the Coast Range on the left We
crossed the Griscom portage a few
miles north OF Fort George between
the Fraser and Summit Lake, which
is the head OF Parsnip or Pack river,
flowing north and east and finally ~.
to the Arctic ovean. We travelled down