Douglas Island news., 1920-10-15
NO MORE WINTER
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That Company Has Cult Che Winter Fled Between Dawson and
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vih ncot-iootci horses picturesque drivers and frontier conglomcrat.ons of wayfarcrs. Go maintain tbc winter lines or communication and tranic over ho rrcat white uan between Whtohorso and Dawson.
 Auer nearly 20 ycau'of winter service in binding Ono Klondlto to civilization. tho royal mal stages hayo hccu ordered discontinued and whom One snow falls in O icw weeks on tbc 5O0-mIc uul somc cthor inc forest win have to ako up One bur- den or Dawson and Che Nondiko win rcurc to scmi-pr'mcyal isolation.
 Modification chat che White paw & Yukon had retired from thc royal maI stage service on che trau was received th.s morning by J. b. Burn side general agent for One corpora uon iu Seattle says Che Seattle Times of recent date
 Advcos from Vancouver say Che company was unable Go continue car- yur tbc Wbtehorc-Yukou maIla nc Che present ate ot remuneration paid by Che Canadian government iu retirement from Che tral leaves Che Gdd wide open to other concerns OF mdNiduals
 Tu ,bc oarly days of Che White paa & Yukona royal mail service tho great uuI followed tte route Of ,bc Yukon river Then Che Cmal- nu government bmt am overland uI running through a wildcrno ol magnificent aecuory ln Che great days Of Che North ra1.c roamed back and forth on Che ial mush- cra wth dog teams. maher wIth- oul dog teams. carrying thcr paoka ou their own bacbs great s.ads piled high wIth wood for Che various camps hardy young mon on bicycles. riding at top erecd on l1c packed cement-lUse snow of Che trail. skye pilots making thaIr rounds going from one romote p'aco to another. patrols of Che Royal Northwest Mounted Police. now known as che Canadian Mounted Police. watching over and guarding every man wo- man and child on Che long cold highway of snow, oud the uccesiou of royal maI stages. Glcd with nas- senges wrapped n furH and rallop- ne along Che uaI on a schedule Chat. had au Che Certainty Of a rau- -oad schedule
 Among Che mr-wranncl paan- ger. wore io bc s.cn thc faces Of WondHu kings card aharps mu- .s,or barscopeu judges business men. Indians who had struck .t r.ch men fleeing from d.ba and men rushing uorthvari from a c.yuiza- uon Chat had broken chem to begin ulo an orc aea'u.
 Among Che Ko1Ilkc kings who 1atrougcI thc royal mail stage In Che great days wore "Sw.ltwa.cr BW' Gates. "Br Alcck' McDonall picturesque ssookum Jm Che Inc dian. Joe Boyle now Che friend and bcuo0c,or or ht BummIm royl family and one of Che KoniIko heroes of tho wor and lost hut not least Thomas s LIppy Seattle bauE- cr. now president of Che por, Conc mission "BIe Alcck" s.ceps iu the Dawson ccmcteCy skookum Jim also is dcad "swuwacr Bm" probably is in one ol Che mining camps Of south America.
 The row, mail stages received fresh relays Of horses cycy 20 miles and they travelled on tho sanop. Everybody eovc them tho right oi way for Che klurs mail knew no ob- saclcs but lu Che long i.st of s.aso drivers it a said that not one was to be found who had over busod Che right of way I'm keeping with che spirit of Che Northern wilderness Che drivers carried uo horns or buglos They gave notice Of thc.r approach to a sharp curve by sounding Che long. weird maiamuto yol their voices ochoue and roocho.us from frozen hu Go frozen hm lIko Che u'auur cry of bc woIf Among the famous drivers Of Che old days were "Hobo BW" and "Bis Sim " lt was am event In paws5n when either man raced hIs anIrtod horses down tro Kloud.ko road into Che camp that once was known aa Che imperial city Of Ono Yukon
 The uuu winds from one valley into another crossing great divides. now skrHue tho frozen river now swinging along Che edsc of a huge buG running through lrort-sIIyered forests. dainty and fragile as a scene from faryland Lila on Che rnt.f mail .f.rn u.rs .nI.fIr ono