The Cordova daily times., 1920-07-15
WORTH MILLION BUT PREFERS
 ALASKA LIFE

To work twenty-five years million dollars, and to discover when the million is forthcoming that it's about as useful to ones happiness as a week-old theater ticket, is the experience of Alaska's most remark able woman, the remarkable Mother Quigley, some times affectionately called Fannie"
 News of how Mother Quigley is 'cashing in" on her twenty-five years of toll by the sale for $300,000 of just one of her many gold claims near Mount Mckinley has been brought to Seattle by Mrs. R. Pande Bagley, SUD- erintendent of the Port Angeles Gen. eral Hospital, who recently returned from wonderful trip through Mount Mckinley Park as the guest of moth CT Quigley, says the Seattle Times.
 To the average woman a million dol lars means life time of "Home, James," Kitty, bring the tea things" and Nellie, get my bawth read"
 "Her wealth has not changed Moth CT Quigley one whit said Mrs. Bag ley. She's still chasing moose, kill ing bear, trapping fox and trailing caribou. She wouldn't leave the Mount Mckinley country for anything, because she's happy there.
 ''It has been a great year all around for Mother Quigley. First she has the knowledge that she's worth a million, and already has S300,000 cash of the million. Next, and of more import anc9, she has succeeded in growing potatCes nearer the North Pole than and other person living. Idon't believe she would trade her ability to grow things in those regions where the win millions of dollars"
 Mrs. Bagley, an o1d-time Alaskan, and the daughter of Capt. H. c. Pande, who went to Alaska in 1895, for some time had the desire to visit Mother Quig1ey, because of the lat ter's fame and because of the famous Quigley home, located $500 feet up mountain side near Mount McKin- ley. The opportunity came at Nena- na, Alaska, where Mrs. Bagley nursed Mother Quigley's husband dur ing his illness last fall The latter issued the invitation to Mrs Bag1ey, who accepted immediately and this despite Mrs. Bagley's knowledge of the long trail by dog team, the rush. ing streams and other obstacles that must be overcome to reach the Quiz ley home.
 "We started from Nenana Septem- Der 22," said Mrs. Bagley. ''The trip to Tolovana by steamboat was but a short distance, but is required a week to make the few miles up the Kantishna river We travelled in a small open launch. My, but it was cold! And it seemed as if we were always getting stuck on sand bars. At one time it was twelve hours . fter running aground before we were Heating again. We reached Roose- welt October 1, where we stayed one week preparing for 30-mile walk
 "T'>:s thirty miles was probably l the longest walk I have ever taken. The weather was extremely cold. It required three days and five hours 10 make the distance At the end of he thirty miles we had to cross Moore creek an extremely dangerous tossing. Then came the last leg of he journey to the Quigley cabin This is located between Friday and Eureka, and is $500 feet up a noun ain side.
 Mother Quigley is probably the pest known woman in Alaska. She S the only woman living in this vast section of mining country She went North first in 1895, settling near Dawson. So famous has she become hat she now has a corner in the Smithsonian Institution, where her specimens of wild things are mount ed and kept.
 During my visit with Mrs. Quiz