The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1918-01-10
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Now | will shorten the narratiy,
and anxiety and tell ysu the rest Il
short meter.
\ The Northern Commercial Compan,
had a largo warehouse on the rive
bank, The ice had gorged in the riv
cr, held back the flow and the wate
had surrounded the warehouse. tn,
company manager came in from tn,
mines that night, had one look at th'
rising river and spread the alarm:
There is carbide, dynamite anC
giant powder in tho warehouse. II
the water reaches the calcium, uT
goes the town. Run for the hill"
1t didn't reach 1t. fhc ice dan
went out and the river went down
and none too soon. Three inches
/ higher and the carbide would have ex-
ploded and as the story teller said
"The berg would h1ve went TO where
! there is no nine months winter and
the map of Alaska would have lost
another dot"
As ! run over this remarkable hap
pening | think what a frame for a
short story" But ! have spilled the
beans--the Saturday Evening Post
won't have it now.
And here is another one Of the un-
usual while am at il,
There was a German at Marshall
who had lived in Alaska fourteen
years and had been in Marshall since
the gold strike. He was universally
liked and was good citizen. Just
before ] arrived at the town he had
left for Nome, on business matter.
Seeing the war excitement in Nome
he told a friend he wished he had tax
en- out his citizenship papers and
could be full American citizen.
Doubtless some army official wireless
ed he fort at St. Michael about the
matter, for when the boat came in to
St Michael he was not permitted to
land
st. Michael is government reser-
walton and has fort Under the law
no alien enemy is permitted near a fort
or armory. The only way the German
could return TO his home was to trans
fer from the ocean steamer at st.
Miehael.for the up river boats, and the
fort officials had forbidden this. For
days, while the steamer was unload
ing and loading the man was held
aboard. What disposition was finally
made Of him i could not learn, but
he was not aboard when I boarded the
steamer.
One more Of the strange ones, then
back to real things.
During the summer a half breed
landed at Rampant in canoe, COM
ing down the Yukon. He was deleri-
Gus, nearly starved and his face, neck
and arms were mass of T.sison from
mosquito bites. He was taken to a
cabin and for days raved in fever.
In his clothes tobacco sack was
found with several large nuggets
chunks of melted pure gold from $50
to 5000 in value. 1t was plainly evil
dent the men had made rich strike,
and the doctor and anxious miners
watched over him for days, for the
time for the delerium to end and he
could tell his story.
And one day the fever left, but the
half-breed had no story. 1t had gone
with the fever. He thought he had
had long sleep and had dreamed
strange dreams. He could not re-
from where he came. His
recollection was a blank. He had
worked in Circle City, but that was
last year. After that he could not re-
Two miners hired launch for $500
and took him up the river, having
him watch the shore and try to re-
Shown the nuggets he said
he had dream recollection Of OPEN
ing the sack and trying to buy some
hing 10 eat with the gold. But no
place on the river revived his memory
md in disgust the spectators left him
II ii wood camp where he got job
'utting wood for the steamers This
nan had struck il rich somewhere, but
tarvation and mosquitoes jumped his
lain.
was talking with clerk in a store
n Circle City when a man came in,
Fought some tobacco, chatted a few
and went out. The clerk told
ne he was a graduate from the state
at Madison, Wis, was mar
led 10 a squaw and had four children.
Afterwards | saw him at the boat
anding and observed him closely. He
vas about 35 years old, roughly dress
q and had all his face SET out 10
vhiskers The clerk said he came into
DAWSON, as that town began TO run
ut be had considerable money and a