Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1914-01-16

tious from Che attorney general 81
the United states. 20 proceed to
Seattle. Washington, TO attend 20
some public business. immediately
proceeded 20 prepare FOR the great
trip or "Mush" This trip has not
been performed or undertaken by 90
exceed twenty people In tho history
OF thc country ~ took several days
Co md "a party with proper dog
team, and 10 purchase proper cloth
Ing The distance 60 Fairbanks up the
Yukon from Nome II about $50 miles.
and from there down over The Delta
Pass 60 Cordova is somewhere near
900, I think ! doubt if "a trip 10 the
north pole liz much different. save l-
Go the amount Of supplies and food go
be- carried. and the necessity 81 sleep
ing out every night instead ~ IN
road houses of which there De- an
abundance along the entire route OF
the trip 1 made. Happily the COM
mander Of the ncighboring military
post, (Fort Davi) on my certifying
thnt the things were for public use,
permitted me 20 purchase what l
needed from the army stores there.
aud which { could not get elsewhere.
These military gentlemen also very
courtcously made It pleasant for me
during the trip, by instructing the
Signal CORPS boys along the trail ana
the yukon 20 look out FOR the outhL
aud gave me letters TO those In
charge az Fort Gibbon, where the Of
fcors treated me royalty. ! am UNI
der obligations 60 them all. ana lst
me say before / forget u, that the
ncatness. order and condition. as well
az the courtesy of those in chargc Of
the signal Corps station along the
long route. is and WAS 81 the very
best. True, we lodged al bat two
places, with the corps along the route
M cold woman" and Fort Gibbon,
but we called at nearly every station
for messages or to send some. for ]
attended To a good deal OF Alaskan
matters on the way. az ! ascertained
the necessary facts II makes man
proud Of his country, To see the red
blooded, clean-cnt young men IN
charge Of these stations, and 10 oD-
serve the order and neatness OF the
surroundings Ia this Wild and bleak
Arctic region.
our route lay from Nome due cast
and north around Golofnin sound ana
bay. and across the portage 20 Norton
bay. and northeast around the bay,
and then across u southeast 10
Isaao's point. and then southeast 20
tInaIaklk, thence northeast over tho
portage and the divide TO the mighty
yukon az Kalt.g, and thence north
o. al
miles 60 Fort Gihbon and the Tan
mana, aud southeast from there 20
Fairbanks From the latter point We
proceeded almost directly south TO
and over the peltn Pass and down the
Pacific divide, via the Copper river, to
Chltins. where the Copper river ana
Northwestern railway, che Gugsen-
helm road) n reached. and thence on
the railroad south and southwest To
Cordova. and then by boat 70 NaldeE,
Seward and Seattle.
Tho trip from Nome 10 Fairbanks
occupied twenty days, but might have
been made in two days less time had
road houses been conveniently locat-
cd, because on four occasions we
were obliged 90 end our journey az
about g. m, because Of the great
distance To the next roadhouse, which
Il was not feasible to make that same
day AZ Fairbanks. We lost two days
waiting for the sled stage going south.
I also lost half a day az Chitina wait
I ing for train, and another half q
day, owing TO the deep snow on the
railroad line. I also lost "a fun day az
Cordoya, waiting for the arrival ot
/ the boat. and OF course, the trip over
"A Valdez and Seward WIS also lost
| time and amounted 10 four fun days
In fact. took that trip only because
+ the boat fare was the same from Cor
/ dova. valdez or seward, AM making
7 the trip enabled me 20 see two addi-
| tlonal towns OF tho territory. and at
| tend 20 some Alaskan business com
pretended Within my duties, and II
remained al Cordoya for the return
OF the boat, the hotel bin would have
been the same na the fare on the boat
over and back.
The present tei1.t2 winter has
been the miidest In the history Of
klaska. Insofar az the Oldest Eskimo
/ residents can remember We were
detained from starting January the
I l2th 20 the goth because OF lack OK
snow. and while places along the line
had heavy snow, slili there were sew
erni stretches " nfty miles or more
each. whore shedding was very diih'
/ cult. as the ground was almost bare
| The temperature was mild, ranginH
I from 90 dogrees below 90 30 degrees
above zero. the larger part Of the time
/ II being from ten below to ave above.
/ ON one or two occasions, it may have
I been ~ cold as twenty-five below zoro
/ for few hours, but generally speak
I ing, u was as stated.
engaged Captain Peter BERNARD
an Amorlcanizod French Canadian
20 make the trip with me. The poor
fellow. although he had wired "a
Seattle before starting, ala not get a
return passenger from Fairbanks a.
! l.e had hoped, nor did my efforts from
Fairbanks down 90 the coast succeed
lin getting him one, and 40 he had "a
return home with an empty sled. oW-
ing 90 the length u the trip and the
return. and 10 the fact that dog feed
had increased Ia price more than q
hundred per cent, he had left TO him
self not 10 exceed three dollars PEI
dav net for his months and hall