Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-07-05

line boundar 100 the world
between Ala sa and Canada
~ has finally been completed II
measures non beginning 10
end exactly ! .507 miles. and runs
as straight as the row flies from
Mount 81 Elias directly north. over
moving glaciers and .Dme ~ the high
est mountains In tho world. 10 the
Arctic ocean II iook seven years la
Dor Of seventy 1--WE m.r 10 accomplish
this difficult task. o. cost the United
states government 10 round figures
tfauO0O with the canadian govern
msDt contributing Ike amount. the
cost ~ the whole work amounting 10
81 500. 000
Tho story Of this great work reads
Ike some OF the r.uances written
years ago % the so.cnliod Wild and
VUolly vest The men Who took part
IN the work tell tales riyaling those OF
Admiral Pcary In hs search for the
north pole. and OF Amuudsen In his
mum I'l WV MUM " '' ~ a Hi'ih'N
~ 81 The hazardous nature Of the
work the bones OF some Of the heroic
scientist explorers H. today whitening
along the bleak AID desolate trail OF
the international boundary line In
Alaska
The American party was made ~
Of nine engineers. sur, cyors. aud topo
graphcrs with thrIg assistants. pack
efs. instrument men and others II
was 10 charge OF Thomas Riggs. Jr
of Washington - G.. with ". - Rae
burn, " - Gilmore, W G. Gucrin. +.
$ Ryus. e. V Guerin. u " Eaton.
Asa G. baldwin aud 4 C. Gucrin
Tho Canadian party was In charge Of
J u Craig. celebrated civil cngin.
ecr of the Canadian government
Old Resident In Charge
Thomas Rigs is an Old resident OF
Alaska lie acquired the gold fever
during the Wild ru h Of 1897, and
promptly packed his kit and liked to
the new Eldurldo OF the northwest.
He remained there about four years.
prospecting iu many sections Of the
country. bat m last becoming dis
couraged returned home just about
this time Uncle San was looking
around for llk"ly men to run the In
tornaiional boundary line between the
United States and Canada along the
fortynInth parallel OF latitude This
was another job similar IN character
To the Alaska boundary but not near.
~ SO dincul' Rags applied for the
job and was promptly employed
with a number oi other engineers and
surveyors. No. pu' IN the following five
years on this work. Then in 1905 he
Vas appointed engineer IN charge TO
run the Alaska Canadian boundary
which has nov been brought 10 sue
cessful conclusion
The Alaska boundary II marked by
lSS stone monuments set three miles
apart from Mount 81. Elias on tho ia
-inc coast t0 'b. Arctic ocean Most
exploring parties usually follow the
liuc OF least resistance These men.
however we're compelled to follow
the line laid down By the treaty De
tween the United states and Canada
This resulted Ir scat difficulty. ospe
rlally IN 'rarsp, rtation and field
work The past var the men had 10
Cross the British mountains. which
rise to height a more than 1000
feet From Che summit ~ these noun
'alns could be- se,a the Arctic ocean
10 all its terrifyirf silence. frozen AZ
FAR as the eve could see
II was AZ this F0in, that the frs,
Bad luck happened o the party Rae
burn vas taken 20 with pneumonia
and laid no for three weeks without
medical assistanca - any kind Two
members ~ M party made a hurried
return trip 20 I'0-.chel island. rs
miles away. WHORE the steam whaler
nelvidere vas Vir' ring. In the hopes
OF obtaining medicine. In order 70
reach me whale. hey had 70 cross
a body % water more than three miles
wide. frozen solid r places and In 9th
ers broken 10 on the shore they
found a prospectcr The three roped
themselves together and started on
the perilous rip oss the ice 10 the
island T. took three and a half hours
20 make The trip tpon reaching the
shaler they found il frozen solid IN
ice. Obtaining some medicine from
Captain Cottle they started on the re-
turn Journey and r.ached camp after
two weeks absence
Skeletons Found.
Near tho Arctic ucean the engineers
cuni the skeletons Of three men