The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1933-08-31
The Alaskans Want
No. 10 Lengthened
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sold on his country. He stated that
more gold will be taken out of
Alaska this year than ever before
There are five months of growing
season in normal years. They raise
anything grown in temperate zones.
| Alaska he said, was a mans
country; not physically, but real
men. A square shooter will get
along fine and be welcomed. The
going for the welcher will be
tough. S--i
On being asked how far they
travelled to Sank Centre, Mr.. Will
liams placed the distance at 4,215
miles. They hoped to reach WASH
ington, D. c., the latter part of Oc-
tober. IT, ~~"'''. -....
On being asked how they hap
pened to take f0S through this city
Mr., Williams stated that the route
was recommended to him by the
officers of the Moorhead Chamber
of Commerce. M.
On his pilgrimage south MIR. Will
liams required % days to travel
1850 miles from Cooper Center and
Dawson by sled.4 He has spent the
last 81 years in Alaska as miner,
trapper, mail carrier, trader and
trail blazer. Winter weather con-
ditions 81 degrees below zero do
not Tease him in the least, he says.
Whenever it is necessary both he
and his dogs wear moccasins.
During the course Of his trek
from Alaska, Mr.. Williams reports
that from DawSon to Whitehorse
20 Aitkin and thence down to Ha-
zelton, he discovered a large, I'M
known and kidnapped lake. He
reports the region rich in mineral,
timber, big game and scenery. For
distance of about 900 miles he
and to aravel on snowshoes.
One narrow escape is reported by
the famous musher. While push
ing through a portion of the north
country over the snow, a pack OF
wolves came out and attacked the
dogs. The. lead dog endeavored to
carry on by pulling the traces and
endeavoring to get his followers to
speed along. The lineup of the
dogs was broken on the sled with
the fierce attack of the wolves
when Rembrandt, the lead dog,
decided to take a hand in the en-
counter. He turned sharply on the
pack of wolves and routed them.
The other dogs, partly wolves
themselves, were it not for the
lead dog, which is "all dog" would
have deserted the caravan, and
joined their kin in the wilds. Thus
| it was, said Mr.. Williams, that
Rembrandt saved his life and his
equipment. On reaching Hazelton,
Mr.. Williams added the automo-
mobile tires to his sled to enable
him to continue his journey on
snowless areas.
The group carry with them Gre
dentials of the International High
way Association Of Yukon, with
headquarters at Dawson City, and
also recommendation from the
Spokane Chamber of Commerce.
With the building of 500 miles
Of highway from Atlin, British Co
lumbia, to Hazelton, Yukon ter
tritory, an area immense in extent
and resources but thinly populated
would be thrown open for colonial
ton, and it is the gospel Of new
Fempire they are carrying.
| Salvation Jim says a population
of 100000 could well be- support
ed where but $4,000 now live. cal
aska, British Columbia, and the
Yukon Territory, he explained,
are richer in mineral wealth than
any other portion Of the world.
More gold is being taken out
of Alaska now than during the
stirring Klondike days, only the
business-like mining companies
have displaced the placer miner
and 1t is. now carried on In a pro-
sale manner.
1.-THE finest wheat in the North
American Continent can be grown
near Fairbanks and every variety
Of berry grow in abundance In
the wild state. To complete the pic
ture there are millions of acres Of
timber land and the entire country
Is sportsman's paradise.
Salvation Jim has been prospec-,
or, mine worker, soldier, and all
around handy man in his day, and
the last work he had before leaving
the United States In '98 was at
Butte in a copper mine.
He left Alaska or came out" in
the vernacular of the country, in
1910 and now makes his home at
Princeton, B. c., where he joined
the party. In the larger cities he
delivers addresses. on Alaska and
The: import ancs of tte. new road and