Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1914-01-20

Hundreds upon hundreds Of them
work hard during the summer at s.
day and board, or perhaps shovel
In and sluice gold out Of their own
mining claims, and make few hum
drod dollars. II they make more
than that. they go outside for the fall.
With the money they thus save they
buy few tons Of coal, "a couple OF
hundred dollars worth OF grub. and
renew their rough clothing and thus
live In a cabin al winter In more or
less laziness and semi-filth, cooking
for themselves and going 20 bed and
getting up when they please like her
mits. ana spending a considerable
portion OF their time and playing
cards In saloons clubs or other places,
aud in attending the meetings par
ties and dances of the secret societies
and IN going 20 church. II IL not eX-
travagnnt 20 SAY that the churches Of
all denominations in Alaska have a
larger attendance than that 81 any
other equal population under the flag.
Let me not be understood az saying
anything against these men who hih-
ornate in this wny--thcy are not de-
generates; they are iirst-clnss people,
and indulge In more reading through
the long winter nights than people
do in the states proper, and are usual
- well informed, even though not al
ways well educated. In such com
munitics u tho peace officers and
other officials are of the proper make
up. things go we'll ard crime n re-
duced 20 the minimum, while II the
opposite ~ true. elimination, recrim-
inatiOn, gossip and turmoil u the rule
rather than the exception. Thousands
of men own placnr-mlning claims IN
Alaska that viii merely pay little
more than wages FOR the working.
These men work their claims In the
shCrt summer season. sometimes alone
and sometimes with hired help, and
leave al the close OF navigation with
their little pokes Of gold-dust for the
states, where they stay during the
long winter. and crowd back on the
FIRST boats Ia the summer TO renew
the operation.
Animals,
Save as stated, we saw no animals
during the trip. that Ia rabbits. bat
ptarmiEan and spruce hens were nu-
morOus. We saw mink tho indians
caught. We also saw many fox
tracks and weasel tracks, but we saw
neither the animals nor tracks Of car-
ibou, bear. moose. wolf or wolverine,
although Il IN we'll known that those
animals are numerous In other sec
tions. We saw crows or ravens or
Jack DAVIS whichever thty were,
probably ravens wintering north OF
60 degrees north latitude. Gulls.
divers and other aquatic birds are
plentiful down on the open sea ON
the south coast.
A curious thing about these 'mal.
amuto" Alaskan DOGS. that illustratcs
In a marked way their wolhHh ances-
Try g.. Ia the towns and settlements
they pay little or NO heed 20 horses.
and pass them on the trails and
streets without exhibiting any ex-
element But out on long tran
where "a horse IL not seen FOR hun
dreds OF miles. "hcn they Eei near
one. aud they can smell horse often
several miles, they viii become ex-
ritcd ana start Go run Az II possessed
To- the direction from which the scent
comes. ON two or three occasions
during the long trap, we came 90
places where there WAS no sign ~
horses aud could not understand the
earitement uf the d08s until later On
we asceTtalned the cause Dy passing "a
horse, or coming 90 where one was.
aud once We had time. and "a hard
time, go keep the dogs from actually
attacking the horse in true wolf
fashion
one aseertaius curious ihings about
" oodcwfi, seacfafi and other crafts
ufttlnes in the moAt 0ui -the-w Mas
places For Instance. at mining
camp midway up me gfeat yukon, |
ran ACROSS a asii0r- mineF iu cabin.
ANA asked him the time af dhy as my
naleh haa zoppeo. a "a. aearly