Douglas Island news., 1919-10-31

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 Wolverine rrcck Armstrong; wa
 swept from ha fce, by thc swli current and came near losing hI lfc. Ue managed however. to rc gain Che shore ho had started from seven days iator he stumbled nu Che camp at Gcncrc iu an oxhaustc. land almost dcIrlous condition hav nr bccu on Che go continuously s.nc |thc misbap. Afterwurd he rcma.nc. vi,h thc party untn they rcachc. Mccarthy. from which place ho rc ! turned to Whlichouc vla Cordon ' |Iunoau and stagway arriving hon. ! IIuy 3I.
 40 Mccarthy Che original Evans Baxter party broko up. nr Evan. being joined thcrc by J. C. Snyder ot Mcnmora. Illinois. e. O Young uf Buchanan Wct Virginia and Morley Bono. of Kuano. bis gam, hunters guide. while awaiting na1 ter at Mccarthy was party com. posed of f O. Harrison. Phil Lyon. and J H Hornoll. an of san Francis. CO. Ben Crouch Of Chico. Cai; Roy LozIcr. old-time bis game hunters guide from Wyoming and Mike Knowles or Mccarthy
 The HarrIson-naxtor party rc- turned from Mccarthy Go Che head of Che Ccucrc river. where thoy wont into camp and spent some tImo In hunting mountain sheep. They were joined there ator on by the Evans. Bone party. which had spoui
 hc Interval In hunting grizzlies in interior Alaska.
 On Che way back from Mccarthy to thc head or Che Gcncrc river. Bon crouch. one of thc Hau.son-BaXtcr party had thrilling experience and probably as ciosc a cali for hia ulo as he win over experience and not lose It In mushlne across Che Nmni rlac.cr one day ln August .n company w.h Baxter Lyon and Lorior Crouch. who weighs 200 pounds disappeared Into a crevasc. One of thc boys saw him go and gave Che anrm Co Che others who were rhout 50 yards ss.sd. Runnirs back hey found that Crouch. although down go feet. had escapcd unhurt Che force of che iau having been broken by Che large quantity ot snow hc had carried down with him I'm hs descent LoEier hurricl Co Che pack horses. a mile away. aftor a rope with which Go haul Crouch mp from his dangerous position on a narrow lcdrc Of ice about ten foct ionr on which hc had landed and which be was forced To pace con- Inuorsly during Che hour he waa upon it in order ro keep from frcoE- Inr to death When ot last hc was brought to Che surface ho was al- most exhausted. but coon recovered.
 40 Che Ccucrc river both parties decided to send their pack horses back to Wbitcborc over tho tra.l to build scovs and with tho.r out- ats on board voyage down Che White river mu hey reached Che con- rucnec of tbat stream witch Che Yu- kon river. from which latter point hey would take White Pass
 steamer and come ou through io whtcborsc After rctuug tho.r
 .ows bult the Uarr.son-Baxtcr party concluded. ln order to escape a stretch Of bad water in Che Gmorr .o pack most Of their outft on horses twenty miles down stream to ssulpete bar on Che White river and to send Che scov down Co Che samc point loaded light Thoy care -cd out their program as planned and saw no more of Che Ewns-Bono party mm thcy mot thcm n White rorse ou thcIr arrival hcrc Monday Six days wore consumed Iu reaching ,hc mouth of Che White river. voy- ago chat ordinarily would have boon accomplished i'm 36 hours The weather. however. went below zero and Che travellers had to make fro. auent stops and build fires Co warm m by iu order to keep from freer ing Tbc last two days on thl White river was a neriious tmc In. deed. as Che scovs got into running Irc and Che mon found r impossible To make shore until thcy reached
 hcir destination ot Che mouth of th' stream They toppci at trappcu cabin thcrc until White Pua
 steamer came along and took chem to Dawson. at which place they rc manod unu Che lower river steamc
 Alaska arrived and brought thcm uI to Whuchorsc.
 Tho Evans-Bonc party were mol so fortunate. Their scow wa
 wrecked n Che White river canyon and they lost most Of their outfit Including two-thIrds oi choir bIi
 game trophies. By great good iucI
 they managed to got word Co FronI
 Sketch. In charge of Che return.uI
 pack train. who brought One part O
 Che outft they had saved Int
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