Douglas Island news., 1920-09-24
or
 OLD TIME MUSHER
Has Feet Frozen on Trail Last Jan. uary-On His Way South for
 Artificial Ones

tlo Dawson NtMa or lNHN N'.N N' 'be following Go say.
 Auou Crane. of Nouaua. ot present ! staying at Che Royal Alexandra hotol ! s on h.s way Co Che outside to have artificial feet made Go replace tho feet ho ios, by ampuaton as ro- m't Of being frozen last January while mowshocine from Victoria creek Go Beaver City, nem Fort Yukon.
 Mr. Crane started from Ncnaua to mush to ho Koyuuk In January .last distance of 22o miles He wont by Che way Of Brooks. mining camp of 600 or zoo people ut Che .hmd of Che Tolovua rIvcr
 "I feu m wIth Q couple of trap- pers" said Mr. Cane "and mushcd along w.th them to Victoria crock. Tho dogs played out and Che fellows had to camp for a few days to give Che dogs rest They told me that |, was only 10 miles Co Beaver City and Che first cabin ! would come to was IS miles from Beaver Thinking that ! could make Che cabin .n one day and Beaver Che next ] started out wltbou, any grub or blankets. iust wont as light as , could. lt was cold May have been 50 below or so but was used Go thot as have been I'm Che country over % yoar
 "WcL left Che boys u camp and plugged ou alone The snow was live lec, decD The trail was poor No rau at au In acl had to keep close watch Co find Che bIazos Otn as not ] missed thcm and | had To eo by nsuuc. and by che nu. marks on Che trees where sled had rubbed ho bark lost time hs way After walking on | day and into Che night. camc Co @ cabin You can bot ] was glad for | was about an in. It was just am empty log cabin Nothing in it but a stove and a ltue wood
 .I pulled or my mItt and dug my hand into my pocket Co get hc ma.cbcs They wore not In Che pocket ] thought they were. tried another pocket and another Gee. . ! couldn't und them had lost Che maichos on Che ual
 "I had put a few loose onos into my packs tor lrck and folt afo I tried one of tham. hut .t would not ueht tried another They wore an wet with swoat and would not leht was mp against It
 "There was nothing Go do but to keep oa tbe move. would freeze 1T ] stood sW feucd that was In Che right cabin and could casly make Che IS miles Go Beaver City,
 "Ol ro again. had mo gun
 and J was beginning ,o got hungry ! travelled au chat night and thcnezt ! struck second cabin Then ] know here was something wrong. Tho boys told me tbcrc was only one cabin and they had travelled chat ual two or three times
 "I had to keep ou going for tbls cabin was as bare as Che drst Not a match or a mouel of grub By tbs limo ] was beginning to get cz- hauHcI My strength was being used up battling tbo cold and mush- ing but stu ] was a long way from being done up There was nothing Co do but keep moving
 "At f.20 Che next morning ! struck Che third cabin. This was Che cabin Che boys had spoken of IS .mHes from Beaver
 "rhere was nothing In Che cabin; no grub. mo matches was up against it. IfI stayed suu I'd freeze. and was too tired Go go much long, .w But ] had to hit Che uail t .was hard Co follow the marks on .the recs To avoid Che brush , took down crock struck o trail cros- ling it , followed ha both ways. thinking 't would lead to some camp. But it was only an old Indian raU. SO lost a lot or time and strength
 "For,y-eieht hours on Che ual and Hfy below zero au Che time. .2y nose. fingers and throat worc frozen. but my feet felt an right , had showed my hands Inside my uu- dcrsbrt Go warm chem. but thoy would not warm up and my fingers worc so stun chat ] could not button my shirt again. so my chest began to
 freeze. too. ! was now about Che crawling stage My chances were !. getting slim But my mind was stu . alert know what Che sleepy focl- ing meant. I.had to bent it oG II ' stopped , was done.