The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1915-01-28
Auburn, Maine. @N. ChAAs-
ALBERT w. STEVENS.
His 1890 Mile Run in Alaska by Dog Team
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When Albert w. Stevens of Belfast,
University of Maine g, was in college he
tried hard to make his I'M" on the track
team and started many times in the two
mile. He would set the pace for the
bunch up to the last lap, carrying some of
the stars along to record time, but when
it came to the final sprint. Stevens SEEM
ed unable to let out link and was al
ways beaten to the tape. But he always
finished fresh with miles of running left
and hardly breathing hard. He was for
some time on duty nights at the Still
water power plant and will be well re-
membered there.
Mr. Stevens has just completed little
athletic stunt which would probably win
him an IN" against the field of college
stars which used to beat him in the
two mile. With single companion he
made the 1880 mile trip from Nome,
Alaska, to Chitina, the railroad terminal.
with dog team in 43 days in the open,
encountering several storms and cold
weather, making but a few miles on
some days but covering SIS miles one day.
Soon after leaving college, where he
took course in electrical engineering,
Mr.. Stevens went to Idaho, where for
five years he had been in charge of cleo
trically operated gold dredges. His com
pany sent him to Alaska last spring,
where he installed and operated an cleo
trio gold-dredge on the Seward peninsG-
la in the Nome region almost up to the
Arctic circle. 1t was still good digging
when the last boat sailed, and weeks af-
forwards Mr.. Stevens and the foreman
of the dredge started by dog-team for
''the outside" on Nov. 16th-facing
over 1000 miles of snow and ice.
They followed down the coast to Una
laklik, the nearest point to the Yukon,
then struck inland for the great river,
hitting Kaltag. On this portage they
encountered one of the worst snow
storms known for years and were five
days making "a miles, often sleeping in
their sleeping bags, buried in the snow.
Reaching the river they found the trail
blocked with snow and for miles had to
break it out with their snow shoes for
the dogs. From Ruby to Fort Gibbons
and on to Fairbanks the trail was better
and they made SIS miles the day they
reached Fairbanks
From Fairbanks due south the trail
leads through the Delta pass and down
the Guikana river. When near The
Rapids the dogs nearly ran over the body
of a man frozen to death in the snow. 1t
proved to be the telegraph operator at
Donnelley's, who had lost his horse in
the river, became bewildered, and had
frozen to death. The sad part of the
tragedy was that he had been dead Dut
few hours and had he been able to keep
up = little longer he would have been
vertaken. His body was taken on the
sledze back to The Rapids.
The railway terminal at Chitina mark
ed the end of the dog team transporta-
ton. Here the dogs were sold and the
train taken for Cordova, reached on
New Years eve, thence by steamer to
Seattle. MIR. Stevens may not have won
an I'M but he is no doubt the first Uni
vers ty of Maine graduate to make the
long trail in the winter in good time, over
hard going at that His athletic train
ing came in to good advantage. He
might have classed as a tenderfoot, but
his trip qualified him as packer IN the
land where men have to make good or
freeze to death.
Mr.. Stevens has sent to Belfast friends
copies of the Daily Nugget, published
at Nome, Alaska; 500 per year; rs cents
a copy. 1t is small four-page paper,
has the Associated Press dispatches,
local news, including social affairs and
the doings of secret societies, and has
many columns of advertisements. Sweet
apple cider is advertised at cents per
gallon, and notice given that on the first
of October water rates will be l6 buck
cts for 81; 80 cents barrel. 1t tells of
one nugget brought in from a gold mine
that was valued at $1,000, and of others
that were worth $500 and $500 each, from
the same mine.
THE LIVER REGULATES THE BODY
A SLUGGISH LIVER NEEDS CARE