The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-01-31

wv ~ AhAAAAN Ai2tau 81 VS. anu NnN
snow was 50 deep hat We could not
turn out, nor could they. The dogs
would start on the run under the call
OF the Wild, when we approached
horses even though we couldn't see
them the dogs could smell them. We
got u loon meal hurriedly at "a road
house and In h evening lost our
way. roads were so numerous. and
W. had to retrace our steps for a con-
siderable distance. Finally We got
20 the busting camp OF Esther. some
eighteen miles from Fairbanks. or
maybe not more than twelve. plow-
handled the sled a good Zeal today.
and both OF US did a good Zeal OF
running because the roads were pref
~ badly cut up in the late afternoon
the dogs were tired. and besides
the road was In many places for
miles impedcd by icebergs. as they
called them. In hundreds Of places
on this trip, often whore there was
much snow, along side hills for
great distances, water from springs
In the sides VI the mountain would
pour out and freeze, ana keep our
ing out and freezing, untn Il would
completely o%bliterate the trail. and
always resulted in crowding the trail
into the trees and bushes. and when
this occurred while We were going
down steep hills, and The brake would
not catch IN the hard ice. We capsized
many times. and were often thrown
completely over the sled into the snow
and brush, and sometimes got badly
scratched, as wen as suffering from
the cold. This particular evening
when the dogs came To- Esther. they
were 80 delighted al the electric
lights that they went down the noun
tain like a c%annonball In the dark.
and h roads were So cut up that
though | put my whole weight on the
brake Il made no difference and the
ground catching my heels pulled me
on the sled and / was thrown yio-
lently into a nut on the steep noun
tain side. Happily | was not hurt
and the noise was such that the cap
tain, who wat astraddle OF the front
OF The sled. did not notice my ab-
sence, as he WAS SO intent trying TO
direct the dogs, until he was a good
hall "a mile away, down In the valley.
where he got the dogs stopped. He
was a surprised man. and "hollcred"
FOR me, and waited until l came M.
and he was glad To learn / wns MOI in
Jured. In Esther the streets were
crowded with miners and dog teams.
ana we had a time preventing dog
nights. Automobiles run between here
and Fairbanks over the snow. |
ought to have taken oae. but did not
desire To desert the captain. We
started ana went for several hours
towards Fairbanks, until we Thought
We ought 10 be beyond Il. Il was a
new way. which the captain was not
familiar with. II was 80 dark that
We couldn't SEQ that ., was foggy UNI
al the electric lights OF Fairbanks
showed Il. AZ length We stopped.
believing we were lost. We mail,
got 20 "a house. and were delighted to
learn that We were not half a mile
from Fairbanks. Soon We were there.
and you couldn't see an electric lisht
i've feet, so dense was the fog. We
stopped az the Pioneer hotel. I got
a bath. What "A delight
Prices at Fairbanks are aut OF ali
reason as compared Go Nome. Little
thingE, that the freight rate should
not AFFECT very much. are double
price. Cheap cigars sell for twenty
I'VE cents each. drinka the same.
They have no c0in less than twenty o
Ave cents. I got a haircut and shave
and the bill was $3.50. ! paid the
man Sis, 10 he wouldn't notice my
shock, and then threw up both my
hands when he asked what I meant.
! told him down IN my country we
alwayG did that when we were held
up, because We knew the other man
had a gun. ] was going 20 wait three
or four days In Fairbanks 80 az 10
just catch "a oRt az cordoVa. but the
prices scarce me 0ut and I started
Monday morning az s ny, but u
was cold, must have been 20 below
when we started and everything was
covered with frozen fog. ! sen back
most Of the borrowed stun that ! dld
not need by Captain Pete 90 Nome.
or al least left them for him TO take
hack The stage company furnished
me a foot warmer and a eoonskin
coat The stage officials We're nice
fellows. but the fare IL right smart,
being Si80 for the trip "a Chitlnn,
which takes eisht DAYS. when Il could
he made In i've without trouble. They
only allowed forty pounds OF massage.
| think I have seyenty-ny In my sack