El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-16


( chicken boarding houses. where fowls
are cared for at a regular rate. The
( usual price Tor boarding a hen Is 5 per
| season. and this includes fecdin. and
| keeping in a well warmed and well
lighted coop. The eggs laid during the
winter 90 TO the landlord. As soon a
the warm weather comes on the owner
takes back his chickens and Is thus able
to raise broilers and pullets and at the
same time have plenty of eggs.
Chicken Killing Time Interesting.
Another interesting feature Is chick
en- killing time. This corresponds some
/ what with hog killing time in the
states. When the weather gets cold It
stays cold all winter The Thermometer
goes down TO below zero and the whole
country Is a cold storage plant until
spring. This MAKES IL 20 that meat can
be kept IN frozen state throughout
the winter. Each householder having
decided how many chickens she will put
out to board. kills the balance She
cleans and dresses them and hangs
them out Of doors or in an unheated
building. They freeze solid the first
night and can then be laid away in a
cold place and be brought in to be eaten
as needed. | know OF one woman who
has now 100 chickens She Will keep
them till fall. when so viii be killed
and the remainder be put out to board.
That woman Is sure of good chicken all
winter. and the meat viii be far better
than that from our cold storage plants.
Uses Frozen Caribou For Butcher Syn.
In Dawson a butcher told me how
they managed to have fresh meat all
winter long. said he:
we bring our beef and mutton in on
Il L
keep them until about the middle OF
OF a steady cold until spring. We then
Kill and dress them and hang them up
out Of doors Just as YOU hang up beeves
IN a cold storage plant We then Law
them away and thaw them out as the
market demands. We freeze caribous
and moose the same way. Last year
one Of the butchers froze a caribou
with the skin and horns on. and lust
as it looked when alive. He stood the
carcass out in front Of his shop. and
used it for a sign.
Ice Freezes Five Feet Thick.
Among other strange cold weather
features OF this Tart Of the world Is
the watching the ice in the river 10
see when It viii form. how deep II
viii freeze. and when 1t viii 90 out in
the spring. One OF the river captains
tells me he has measured the ice of the
Yukon and found 1t at times five feet
in thickness. In the ordinary season
the lee on the main part OF the stream ,
IS only two and one half or three feet
deep, and the water flows beneath It. |
The Ice forms the great highway Of
travel in winter weather.
/ asked this captain to tell me more {
10 no MI IL
Piled:
Navigation opens at Dawson between !
the 9th and the 10th OF Nav. and It {
usually closes about the 25th of Octo- :
Der. Long before. the center OF the !
river Is frozen there Is a continuous |
strip Of ice along the shores. and cakes
II Ice float along the channel As the 4
old weather continues the ice extends
arther and farther out. until the chan
lel grows 80 narrow that the steamers I
'annot make their way through The
loatlng cakes increase in number and
Il last they make goTges at the narrow
'laces and form solid ice there As
winter settles down into a steady cold. 7
he whole river Is frozen from bank 10 I
'ank. and II Is so solid that YOU can 8
un train OF cars over 1t.
The most interesting time on the
Yukon" continued the captain. @is
When the lee breaks up in the spring.
hat on the upper part OF the river
lreaks first. and pushes its way down
he stream. breaking the other ice as
goes The boats start In behind the
ee and move along as fast as they can.
nd sometimes small boats start in the
re- The water never freezes again after
once melts. for we then have the long
avs and the sunshinv nights of the
ummer.
Bet On Ice Breaks.
l asked the captain TO tell me about
he betting on the lee break.
That Is most exciting was his re-
~. All along the Yukon the people
ct when the great ice break will oc-
Ir- They organize pools at Dawson
nd Fairbanks, and large sums are lost
nd won at the whim OF Jack Frost. At
lawson they cut a hole in the lee in
he middle OF the Yukon and erect a !
ole about four inches thick. and 90
let high. This freezes solid. Then .
lev fasten one end of a wire cable To ,
le top Of the pole. and the other end I
, an electric stop clock set to standard {
me. on the shore. The moment the ice !
loves the pole the clock stops. and (
rat moment marks the record of the [
ginning OF the running of the ice Ii Z
ecides all bets. and after it all bets
re- off. At the time the clock stops
cam whistle Is blown. and every one
lows the hour and minute Of the run
ne. The usual date Is about Nav 10. {
Ie time when corn Is planted In the
iddle states. asst spring it was ear
pr. The clock stopped MAY 3. at three ]
inutes past 10. and the ice moved
'wn stream the length OF a city block
I'd damned. the water rising behind IT {
ID overflowing the beach in front OF /
10 town. )
Betting Pool Has Many Subscribers.
The usual betting pool at Dawson y
Is so subscribers the captain con
nued land the amount each puts in D
So; or it may be as high as S100. 80 ! J
at the pool as a whole may have as Y
uch as $4,000. After a pool has been
rmed. so slips OF paper. bearing the +
Imbers from one to 50. are put in a /
It. Each number represents a min Z
e Of the hour. and the man who gets )
e minute shown by the stop watch q
the flood reaches Dawson is given
e purse. Bets are also made on the :
" of the month and week. and upon I
IT, hour Of the daV. at which the whistle /
IN blOvy In 1914 tho ano5naer an +In a