Douglas Island news., 1920-03-26
YOUNG WIDOW
 DOES HIKING
Chcchaoo Travels in Little Known Parls of Interior Alaska
 and Likes It

 W1r1n loll tlo lic of Che crowded r.u ol Omaha. Mob. lcn months ago To push boldly Into thc very hemt ot Inc rrcat wilderness of Alaska She
 now nc Che Windsor hotel. packing snow shoes. heavy clothue maps beaded wmucn and pictures gale orc. ready to board Che Ala.u to- night cn route to her home after mn experience very flow women have had Che fortune -or Che pluck to encounter
 Nrs Wilson. who a young viiow wont last May to Fairbmu where hcr brother Wm Campbell is a prominent mining man. An abe .oIuto chcechaco. sho has since earned Che sourdoughs acolado by showing wonderful adap'obWty .o tho hard conditions Of ufo in Che. remofe wilderness From Fairbanks .hc has madc many trips Into dlGcr art ports of Che country notably one to Lako Iaburc. whore Sam Maecc got his famous thaw.ue oul
 Mrs Wilson's longest Grip. howe .rar. waa into Che utuo-nown Kau- Hsnua region. west of Mt NcKIuloy National Park Leaving Fairbanks. nm September she started by boat down iho Tanana in company with. Mrs. L E Robertson. a Fairbanks photographer The boat was bound for the healvatem Of Che sluggish
 md mo1uiorne Kantahua. to takc| supplies to a company which was. opening mp worry rich strike Of s.l-. sor u thaf vicinity Ol d-Umcrs here win remember tho gold strike. m foOG u Che Kmusbuo region. Tho. roat which carried Mrs. Wilson Inc 0rt one to push into that couu- " in twelve years guauy stopped whom 't could SO no further where .ho amped0n ol years before had mI. m Che wilderness utuo town which they called Roosevelt City," rhe reo. had grown mp thick on n. afe of Che long dcscrlod town
 Hd tno puy amused themselves .nooUne rouse along what waa Che. na.u street They tbcn started out fo hIE. thirty miles through a au-. e'eI and Hvamnr wilderness m- marked eyon hv a rau and al los. .amc out at Che new slvcr e.risc on .cno of nicscr.bable grandeur Notwithstanding Che cztromo rel uotouoss Of ths almost naccess.blc| region. Che ai,cr ore is so rich chat. 1T paws to develop .t. and a stampede H eeaceted Orc is now being raencI out by acds thirty mile. 'o the r.ver down Che KuUsbua Co. .hc Tsrm1 thence down Che Yukon To s. Michael and on to San ruu-. .reo
 Tho stampede of la06 Iof, Joe Qu.r.ey and his wife. formerly Fan-. nv Mckenzie thc only inhabitants or tha vast ree.on.
 Above tbe timber limo on Che s.dc ar n mountain Hu tho pIc.meaquc eabn where Che Qu.eIcya live bap- ny and cortcuted Ufe far from Che confines Of civilization In he.r ur- Ion hey msc wonderful lctuco. ..'rur otc. Mrs. QWrIcy Is a dead .rot eud has adapted herself per-
 o.ty To her lonely nfo She once lived for seven years without seeing
 another woman Mrs. Wilson ioin- nd the Queiev In their annual hunt to lay in Che winter'e meat during which she herself brought down a moose and a carbon Nine bears verc killed in thIs hunt four elacIer boars and 1.-Two black
 "Tha Mount Mckinley National Park Is eame paradise wonderful beyond words. said Mrs Wilson. T saw living seaa of caribou there. and almost as many moose. and thcrc were great many smaller animals: foxes. martin beaycr. mink and er- mines ptarmIwn and grouse are also plentiful SO far os know. Wr Robertson and , are tbe only women to cutcr Mount Mckinley Park fomt Mckinley ae you ro- member. is thc most tremendous ncat on th.s side Of Che carth."
 Mrs Wilson's party ieft about De- -embe- ,. makne their way out by dos cam. and frequently "e.wash- 'rc" under Inc open .iv 1oc nel. ton. dIscovcror of Che Kauushua. ectcd as euidc but on reaching Ne mama was laid mp in Che hospital for i've wccts with frozen feet
 "prctty. arcut thoy?" said Mrs. Wilson. referring to a rorreously beaded pair of moosohiJc moccasns ebc wae packing "Thc wifo of Che chief of hc Birch Creek Indians mado those for mo. and walked ] dont know how many miles io see