Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1914-01-17

the traii or wnllow iu the snow. slim
ply Rut excited when the rabbits
came out, ana az times tor miles
90 uuid run az top speed along the
fiat trail through the brush ana the
timber. trying Co catch some of tho
rabbits that we're darling 10 ana irJ
like shadows, and which the dogs
could see aud smell often when wo
couldn't Fish and ptarmignn and
rabbits are the principal food of tho
Indians ON tie Yukon this winter,
and for that matter. Of white men
also iu the remote regions. Rein
deer meat west Of Tina ltiakik, ON
the Seward Peninsula. n plentiful
this year. and the reindeer steaks
wo ate Ia the road houses ia that
section were anvury and delicious.
vast herds of reindeer aud snip the
meat tn the states in cold storage.
There is musa enough Ia Alaska on
IS h!ch these animals feed. 90 raise
enough meat OF this kind. anu 70 ~
tirst-class meat. TO supply the whole
United States. This year Il has
been Gsccrtainod that the herd is
infected some little with tape-Worm
and inspection has To bee had when
II Is butchcred Doctor Neumnn az
Nome has been commissioned To- IN
work Since coming Co Seattle,
have consulted with some OF the Of
ficefs OF the National Bureau of An
imul Industry. with a view 60 soCur-
ing some experts to be sent la thvre
after the opening OF navigation To-
study the disease and find way 60
eradicate a. The officials are in -
tcrcsted and / thinF Il viii bc done.
The meat on the seward Peninsula
this winter is largely used instead ot
the cold storage. meat. ana that com
Germ IL not enjoying H. usual monOp-
oily with its consequent high prices.
I confidently predict that the raising
of reindeer viii surpass an other IN
dustrios in Alaska, save that oi min
Ing The animals hardly need even
to be hcrded. and need GO live ana
fnttcn nothing but Arctic moss Of
which there u mn inexhaustlblo sup
ply
mentioned the efforts Of the 81
washes 60 compete for tho road
house business. Captain Pete point
ed out house, which we dld not
stop at. where "a Siwush lived. la the
woods with his squnw and family
and stated that q year or two ago,
when he passed this same place. this
Indian had a sign crudeiy painted ON
a big bonrd, posted nt the trail half
% mile out on the Yukon Ice az this
house The sign read. white man
road house plenty Tar away. you
stop here four bits" ! guess he fail
ed H. the competition because he
had NO sign In front Of his house
this year and Notwithstanding the
evident competition. because of the
numerous places 20 stop. they must
be In a trust because the prices at
times for supper. hed ana breakfast
WAS AZ much as SG00.
a curious thing, / noticed al vari-
GUS places along the banks al the
Yukon. Is the unique grave yards OF
the natives. Every piuoe whore we
saw grave yard and there were
many col them in the hundreds OF
miles We travelled the graves con-
sisted of unique. wildly painted,
wooden houses. boxes or cabinets.
They were always surmounted by a
long, smooth Gag pole with an Am
crican fng waving 10 the breeze
above them. had seen the Am
erican FLAG IN some Of our new pos
sessions and IN other possessions not
30 new used TO designate different
things, az, for instance. saloons. etc.
/ but Alaska is the first lnatanc
where saw Il used 90 designate a
grave yard I did not learn that
| the people buried there were other
than SiWaHhcs The custom appcara
To- be universal up and down the VA
kon, and the grave yards are luvari-
ably situated ON some high bluff
lust on the river hank,
In cold country. such as Alaska
ia, one learns "a good many peculiar.
tiles resulting from frost when
started on the "trip. / expected "a
Keep daily Journal or "a log and
expected to write Il at evenings al
the road houses. For this purpose
brought along "A supply ct paper
land carbon sheets hut | found thai
the carbon would freeze In col,
weather and would not transcrib,
through with the hard pencil ol
stylus. and ao I had 10 keep my note
making only single copy with th'
pencil from which the journal a
the emo ul this account 81 the tril
is Iade w. In addition 10 this
finding water Go drink Is practically
out 90 the question. and you can uu
carry Il with sou because Il wouli
Doe solid ice. The dogs supply tnei
thirst by biting tho snow as the
pass along only la "a few instance
lon the Yukon did We find open wat
er whore the water happened TO b
cNtrcmely swift, and the open spac
Was never more IMAM Few tttl
You could notice the steam or va
por rising from such places miles be
fore you arrived there In "a
Vicinity Of the iiut Springs east q
Fort Gihbon. the cloud Of Vapor tina
ARISES can be seen Tor miles arouni
| am not al an impressed with "a
timber OF Alaska 1 am not yer
far out OF the way when | make IA
broad statement thas the timber q
Alaska IL gothiug but a vast eS
pcnne Of tUnt-watties or poles tina
set flat on the ground and grow a
thick aa grass TO height OF nhot
Twenty feet or less on the as
erago n consists of scrub spruce
aspen. cottonwood. white birch an
willow I understand there is som
better timber. such az tamara1k an
cedar IN other places Ia Alaski
such as the susitna valley and south
eastern Alnska, but ! saw none OF I
did see considerable stretches Z
lscrub spruce. much OF which woul
measure twelve TO twenty four met
- at the stump, but fun OF knol
and branches ana usually not yer
tall, and most OF Il less than this a
monsioh rather than above a. "a
so saw vast stretches Of very IA
aspen or poplar Rn0 white birr
lthuilcr. WcaHuriur six 10 eight inchf