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EVIDENCE GRIM TRAGEDY
(Stroller’s Weekly)
There many objects in the Ter
ritorial Museum in this city which,
carry with., the mtales of horror of
honor or tragedy. Sometime, as you
wander through the Territorial Mu
seum, take. a. glance, at an oid Eng
lish sidesaddle, on display neat* the far.
end rf tire room. The leath r is
crackp.d and w.orn, having, become
shabby through the years in which it
lay buried.beneath.a.huge expanse of.
snow and ice. Some time ago the
saddle was uncovered and turned over
to the. Museum. It .is a mute witness
u, oil. hero.sm and bravery of our
pioneer women.
The saddle was, owned by Mrs.
Anna maxson, of. Jefferson. county, I
I onnsylvania. As far as is known she
came aione to this country in the days
of the gold rush to seek her fortune..
She had hraved many dangers, had
known deep privations and hardships,,
and through . it 'all had kept up a
spirit, of optimism.
On the first*Sunday in April, 1898,
the saddest incidentn in the history
of jthe Klondike, stampede, and by far
the most terrible tragedy of the
Period, occurred on the Dyea trail.
We . suote froin the AlaskarYukon
Gold Book, which gives a vivid ac
count of this tragedy,.. as witnessed
by survivors.
“"Without a moment’s, warning, an
immense mass of .'snow, came. rushing
with a fearful rjiar from a steep
mountainside bordering the lane of
travel, choking, off V-Id^ig stretch of ;
the trail and burying alive over three
score of people, piling over them in
p^aces to a. depth of ove)- thirty/feet.
It is recorded that the. bodie s of
sixty-three men and| .one woman were
eventually- recovered from.the scene.
“This, awful calamity happened at:
appoint on the trail known as ‘Stone
Hlpuse;.’ about IS. miles ffom the;
town , of Dyea at tidewater, and two
miles above SKeep Camp,. Stone..
House is so named from a rudelj
built shelter of stones used asa camj
by. Indian packers and old-time Yukoi
prospectors, and in the 1897-98 trel
was popular as a relay camp of thi
ijo.d siekers packing their supplies—
ua here, was a gap in the hills offering
a wider area than the trail afforded.'
There, was a branc hor cut-off oi
this trail which runs close to the bast
of a steep mountain. The traveler;
hat. been warned of its dangers, il
being especially hazardous at tha'
c;me of the year. But many in theii
anccucy. to struggle quickly forwart
to th new Eldorado did not. heed the
warning,
i he night preceding the catai
icophe and the next day there was <
hc_vy snowlal.. The experience;
white packers and the Indians re
fused to travel on. As a result th;
downward traffic was the heaviest
Those who came on were holding oi
to a long rope for help and guidance
as the Storm had partially obliterates
the trail. Without warning a grea:
avalanche of snow broke loose fron
the mountainside and with a rever
berating roar rushed down uponn th'
helpless victims, burying them befor
they were hardly aware of. their dan
ger.
Mrs. Maxson was leading her hors'
at the time of the slide, and survivor
say that she might have saved he
life had she left the animal and rai
to safety, as she was on the oute
edge of the snow mass and close ti
several who were rescued. But sh
tugged and urged her tired moun
onward, only to be engulfed later.
The last seen of her she waved he
riding quirt to a group standing sev
eral hundred yards away.
The news traveled quickly and res
cue parties were soon on the spot
digging frantically to save the live;
of the unfortunates. But only sevei
men were dug out alive, and of thesi
four later died from their injuries.
The effect, of the disaster on tb
remaining travelers was depressing
When the thaw,' came many tons o
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r! supplies and impedimenta were un
> covered and unclaimed, for hundreds
i of th eonce hopeful goldseekers aban
: | doned their hope of finding the El
■ dorado of their dreams and returned
to home and comfort.
: The one woman traveler who was
’ a victim of the slide was Mrs. Max
I son. Her body was recovered and now
s lies in the lonely gravyard at Dyea,
: along w th those of twenty-one fellow
• travelers.
. | The sidesaddle was presented to
■ j the Territorial Museum by W. H.
II Merritt, a memento of the terrible toll
! of human life from those who moiled
for gold.
u “YET THEY KILLED THE
l1 MIGHTY MAMMOTH"
• In the age before the glacier,
When this grand old world was
1 new,
« There was sunshine in the Arctic, ,
In the fall and winter too—
' There all Nature waxed and pros
1 pered
And all living creatures grew
5 To a size almost amazing,
; And their bones will prove this
true.
; Then the Yukon was a valley
1 Where the mighty mammoth throve
And the verdure of the tropics
* Was his favorite place to rove;
There was never any question
* ’Mongst the hairy pachyderms ■
' Of the modus operandi
" Of the giant icy worms.
They were larger than a bulf snake •
And their blood was flaming hot
As they oferran the valley
Like spaghetti in a pot;
r Yet, they killed the mighty mammoth
! In a most ferocious way
1 Till old Muir upset the glarier
* Then the ice worms, had to pay.
' Tons of ice and crevassed glacier
Dumped upon them failed to kill';
: Though it squashed them to a shadow
. They are living—breathing still,, ,
And in deepest, coldest winter
On the Yukon’s frozen breast
You may hear them turning,, squirm
ing, *
As they seek a place of rest.
—Bruce E. Slater, in Alaska Weekly.
Negative Proof
The Conjurer: “Now, if any lady
or gent will give me an egg I will
perform a really marvelous trick."
Gallery Voice: “Don’t be silly.
Ain’t ye got proof there ain’t a
blinkin’ hegg in the place”—Aussie.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
To Steve Bailey, his heirs, executors,
assigns and successors in interest:
You are hereby notified that I,
Frank J. Guskey, the undesigned,
have been appointed administrator of
the estate ot John Griffin, deceased.
And you, and each of you ,are here
by further notified that the said John
Griffin, deceased, through power of
attorney from you (Steve Bailey),
dated the 6th day of November, ex
pended for annual labor and improve
ments the sum of one hundred dollars
for each of the years 1923, 1924, 1925,
1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930 and 1931
upon the following described placer
mining claim, to-wit: No. 4 Above
Discovery on Ganes creek, a tribu
tary of the Innoko river, in the In
noko Recording Precinct.
That all of said work and improve
ments were required by law and were
put upon said claim in compliance
therewith in order to hold the same
for each said year and thereafter, all
of said work having been performed
by the aforesaid John Griffin.
And if within ninety (90) days'
after the publication of this nnotice
you, and each of you, do not con
tribute to the above-mentioned John
Griffin Estate your proportion of
said expenditures for each claim for
each said years, your interest in said
claim will become the property of the
said John Griffin Estate, according to
the provisions of Section 2324 Re
vised Statutes of the United States.
FRANK J. GUSKEY,
Administrator of Estate of
John Griffin, deceased.
Dated Takdtna; Alaska, Dec. 24,
1932.
V First publication, Dec. 24, 1932.
SXIES FUNG LIVE BACTERIA
GOWN TO EARTH IN METEORS
BERKELEY, Calif.—Life from the
great voids of space between the
stars, in the form of living bacteria
found in meteorites flung to the earth
from the unknown reaches, was re
ported here todays tjy Prof. Charles.
B. Lipman, of the University of Cali
fornia.
Declaring that he had developed
two hypes of bacterial growth from
the interior substance of meteorites.
Prof. Lipman reported his findings m
I the American .Museum Novitiates, a
publication of the American. Museum
of Natural History.
Prof. Lipman .last year gained in
ternational attention when he report-;
ed discovery of bacteria.in coal strata
laid millions of years ago and in pe
troleum freshly pumped from . deep
wells.
The specimens of meteorites were
| obtained from the. American Museum
of Natural History, the Field Mu
| scum, Chicago, and the Colorado Mu
seu mof Natural History.
They were sterilized by the most
drastic treatment to kill micro-organ
I isms on the surface or in cracks of
I the meteorites. These specimens were
i scrubbed in soap and water, treated
with mercuric chloride of superoxal,
! soaked in alcohol, and finally, burned,
thoroughly in,a. flame.
The specimens-, transferred under
sterile conditions to a ^sterile,mortar
were’ground-unto powder. The pow
der, representing the interior sub
stances of the meteorite, in 9 out of
24 cultures ^showed growth-of .bac
teria.
Prof. Lipman said that mufceoritos
• contain a sufficient amount of or
! ganic material to support life in-a few.
I bacteria.
AProblem. .
I “So you like your two lovers equal
ly?”'
. “Yes; dad. I teimply don’t know
which lo. marry’first*”—Gazzetti no It-i
iustrato (Venice: •
In the Probate Court, for Otter Pre
cinct, Fourth Division, Territory of
Alaska,.before Hon. D* K. Browne,
Commissioner, and ex-officio Pro
bate Judge.
In the matter of the Estate of
Joseph Neville; deceased. Probate
No. 61.
Notice- to Creditors.
All persons, having claims against
the Estate of Joseph Neville, de
ceased, are hereby required to pre
sent the same, under oath, to the
undersigned, administrator de bonis
non of the said estate, at his office
at Flat. Alaska, or at the office of
the Probate Judge at Flat, Alaska,
on or before six months from the
posting of this notice.
Dated. Flat,, Alaska, November 14,
1932.
T. M. GARLAND,
Administrator de bonis non
Estate of Joseph Neville,
deceased.
1st pub. Nov. 26
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