Douglas Island news., 1914-04-22

Dr. Leonard S. suqden, whose ex- perieuces inIife have been varied was
 recent visitor at Seattle. He has lived
 in many parts of the world, but he
 thinks that Alaska and Yukon territor-
 ies are the ideal places of the world in
 which to build home if what you con-
 slider a home must be something more
 than house and lot August Y, 1897, pr. sugden crossed the Chilcoot sum
 init on bis way to Dawson, r. T and he
 has not made the trip back across from
 the interior again until this year, says
 the F. I. When the gold fever first got
 him he was in the interior of China and
 for three years he had been a surgeon
 with the Chinese army, during the ! China. Japan war. He went direct from
 China to Vancouver, B. O., and after an
 hours delay he was on boat bound
 for Juneau. During 1898 and 1889 Dr, Sugden was one of the four official gov
 ernment guide that piloted craft of all kinds through the Whitehorse rap. ids. Last year he went back there and made his three hundred and forty
 fourth trip through tbe rapids for the
 benefit of the Seattle chamber of com
 merce excursionists and he prizes
 highly a motion picture which he has
 of that trip. In all has trips as a pilot
 he never met with an accident. Speak ing of his experiences in. Wbitehorse
 rapids be said that the most exciting
 trip of his career was in 1898. Aside l from being a pilot he was also the only ! doctor in that section at that time. Of ! his memorable ride he said: cit was near the close of the season of 1898 and about midnight when ] was awakened by man who had made the trip from ] below the rapids on horseback. He said ! man had been shOt and another hurt and that they wanted a doctor quick. ! He suggested Chat ] make the trip by ] boat if [ wanted Go be there m time ! to do them any good, and ] agreed. ! Alone ] made the trip down the rap- ! ids in a shell of a boat and it was a pretty dark night. It took just twelve
 minutes to cover tbe four miles by my watch and it was about the most eX
 citing twelve minutes that ] ever put ] i'm in my life. That was the night that 1 Bob Burdette, purseT of the steamer ] Ora, was compelled tO shoot Jim Cowie i'm self defense. COwie died that night, but Burdette recovered from the
 wounds inflicted with a stick of cord
 wood and was later tried on a charge of
 murder aud acquitted" For two years Dr. Sugden was surgeon to the Royal Mounted Police, of Canada, under Col. ] Samuel Steel, who was then stationed
 at Dawson. There are not many of the old timers that be does not know. For
 the last twelve years he has been min. 1 ing and hunting big game in the in- terior. For the last two years Dr. Sug
 den has been devoting bis spare time to making moving pictures of the inc teriOr of Alaska, and his big game
 pictures are said to be the best ever brought out of the country. In his
 collection of pictures he has covered
 every phase of life in the North, in
 cluding the Chisana stampede. He is now on bis way to Washington, D. C., where he ext ects to show his pictures, that prove the need of government aid in developing the country, before Pres
 dent Wilson and the mem bers of his
 cabinet. In fact, it is said that the
 president has expressed a desire to sec
 the pictures. Dr. Sugden expects to
 return North early next fall.