Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-21

of his career that he most loves TO dwell
in his recol ections, for he has lived the
romances that men like Jack London and
Rex Beach write. Listen to him tell of
that man-killing journey into the klon-
dixie in the stampede of 1897.
Like / the thousands who went in that
summer, he had to carry on his own back
all his supp les over the deadly Skagway
trail, on which so many persisted; up the
steep s'opes of the mountains, over the
divide and down to the chain of lakes that
form the headwaters of the Yukon. Only
the fittest survived. He. this gently-reared
lawyer. schooled only in courts and OF
fees. had to battle with unkind nature
and win
Here is his characteristic description of
a part of the journey:
AT the lower end of Lake Lindernan
and the upper end of Lake Bennett, which
are close together. We built our boats.
To do this went into the woods. whip
sawed p.ankS out of logs. and packed the
planks to the waters edge. The whip
saving OF the logs was accomp ished in
this way: y frame was erected about
seven feet above the ground. On this
frame the log was rolled.
lone man would stand on the frame
above the log. while his partner would
take hold of the lower end of the saw
thus lifted up and pulled downward
until the planks We're sawed out. The
man underneath was supposed to direct
the saw and at the same time dodge the
sawdust. | remember distinctly that
was underneath.
Some of these boats We're frail craft
to brave the waves of four big lakes
and the numerous rapids of the river.
We sailed down through Lakes Bennett.
Tia ish. Marsh and lie Bare into the
Yukon Each of these lakes is about
thirty miles long by ten miles wide. Con-
Meeting Lake Marsh with Lake LIE Barge
IS ThirtyMile river In this river you
encounter the most dangerous water.
Here you find the Miles canyon and the
White Horse rapids.
1.-The canyon is about 100 feet wide and
a mile long. The walls are vertical and
rise to a height of nearly 800 feet. The
river which is 25J feet wide above the
canyon, is forced through like a mill
rae Below the canyon are the cele-
brated VIII te Horse rapids. which termi-
nate in a little waterfall of about five
feet l shall never forget our expert
ence with canyon and rap Dis.
Il was travelling with one companion,
a man by the name of Jim Lashua. He
was a good boatman and We mad a GOOD
boat. We started down Ihlrty Mile
river in the evening and ran until after
dark, looking for a good camping place.
In the morning we We're aStonlshed TO md
that we were only half mile above the
canyon, and that by accldent only we
had escaped going into 1t at n.gnt. A
great many boats were landed in the
eddy above it.
We tied UP to the bank and Went down
to investigate. We found that While all
were going through the canyon, none was
running the rapids. The boats were being
pulled out on the left bank just above
the rapids and portrayed for distance
OF a mile to a point below the rapids.
When we got back to the boat my
partner said: What do you think OF
the rapids?' When i told him that
had had enough of packing and was in
favor of running them he was delighted.
I'VE Jumped i'm and showed off. Jim
took the twelve-foot oars and stood up
and rowed the boat. facing the bow. L
grabbed the steering oar. and we swung
into the canyon.
ssI retain few distinct impressions, ex-