Marble Hill press., 1921-01-20

uhu had sutis WutiusffIi slfurr Ntnt'f. H'
framed az the ~ins for bail, ribs aud spar'
for a.. rahUiSsr ani N" ail"ruu. az course, each
onc - %. had pi.c. u linen Tor patching Ne
p,-p~i our supply and covered n. wing The
dof~ ii-utsnaut Kirkpatrick. N. only chemist We
hal iu the party able Ca conc"'t from celIu
las~ uItrats unrrhnri banana on, and several
quarts - smyl acrtats. proved not very en-
cArious a. the linen Vas about ~ nahby when u
dri~d - lt had t..n before w~tiiuE Bu' ~ took
a ctunc~ On the new wing anyhow StN another
DELAY hsid ~ - Prince George however '"f al
most ten DAYS In sIi. and We g"' our Fret ac
qualniaucr - rvul fruuf.rt town. "" got ac-
qusiu',d With hard honed miner, - N" o'i type.
win iuuhcriacks gr-at. tail <rn'ehmsu and l''te
Trrurh Canadians. vhn came 200 uluut 'Nics
week fcr the fuu - .l~niins their money.
-uqr nrat stop va. 70 >" a, ilaz.lfuu A. the
h.4d a, nav sufiuu ar ere - ia river nua az one
time fhs 'ra'u p,.ut - #sfr,hurou 'lr The region
bgyurI tlasr'fsa is rfaht IN the mountains. md
fhss, ARE covered wih lIsH timber bu- f1 'he
frs.st even vN,a ne timber Is removed and the
land rlnv,1 level and cultivated dur.n. %, sgru.
mrr arsu q tlaus Uuf asuin neat s.rus e s
- rolling auI rough ss the wave, ~ thr sea.
ku.g ~ . these conditions Ne went uD hy train
20 u44,y' f'r landing rr.i before musiug 'he
iuwp a oar planes Finding - dlwrr st"us lu-
adequate Captain street ngraE-rI 'n have The
sraln ,af frou GaII adjoining 90 maze room
Tor Us 10 a. shf o.'a safety
"Our next jump vas to land u 10 United States
territory asuin ru' 80 reach wraugcu. We had 10
lump over the Coast Range mountains At least
that i shat thought u. bad 20 30 from our
mans. which showed the trend Of a river or of a
mountain system. aua depicted everything else as
perfectly smooth level country. In point 90 fact
the region has never been explored or surveyed
Fortunately. Wr had clear day FOR our take-or
When We began &c. ascend for our hop over the
mountains Ne found that the mountains rose too
and higher than ~ bad Instead ot being 500
and 200 feet SHOWN on our map. when We
reached n hclgb, ot 200. We found needed
auo more 10 get over the top and when tried
20 skirt the range. found It wasn't really a
range AZ all with valley the other side but
Just close packed mountain peaks Oiled with snow
and Ice between. These glaciers looked Ike level
reus 81 dark green water. At Wrangeu, the only
landing Geld available vas on a little island in
the Stickins river which. at high tide, wasn't an
island at all. We landed In about six Inches Of
water which had grown 10 a Zoo; before we took
on
Prom wrangsil We went by way OF Chllkoot
Pass and Skagvay TO whltehorse. This Is the re-
zion made So famous in the early days of the
gold discovery Formerly It took about three
months 10 make the trip; in winter. travel was
by dog sleds in summer. foot or by pack train
The once famous mines Of this region are now in.
active Their surface veins have been stripped
and high. grade mining In this country Is too ex.
penslve because Of Inadequate transportation IA.
cilites
From WhltehorSe to Dawson We few over the
route patrolled by the Canadian mounted police.
TIE trail runs In almost an airline that shows up
practically all Of the way, dotted with the neat
little road houses at intervals OF 40 to so miles
npart The police In full regalla-hright red
Jackets snd blue trousers-are snappy looking
fellows well disciplined and giving wonderful
service TO the country. They were OF tremendous
assistance to US wherever encountered them.
We crossed Lake In Barge so well known to read.
ers OF Services poems which breathe the very
soul and spirit Of this far northern region. This
lake Is at once the basin of the White river and
the source Of the Yukon unless, indeed Il be
one and the same river with different names In
different localities
"Crumrne had blown out tire ft Whitehorse,
but, nlling his casing with rope packed tightly he
wrapped the outside with rope, taking or with
US TO Dawson, and landing safely despite the hard
Jolt from his mended tire, We arrived at Daw'
son, by chance, on August II, the gala day Of the
country "Discovery Day" II Is called, for Just
20 years before the first Alaskan gold was dis
covered on Bonanza creek. The people made US