; Sad Death on Trail of
Jimmy Kingston, Pio
neer Dawson Musher
Dawson.—Jimmy Kingston, pioneer
Klondiker. whose body was-found on
the Crow river near the Arctic slope
recently, was frozen to death in an un
expected blizzard and snowstorm.
News as to the manner of the death
of Kingston is brought by Ne;l Mc
Donald, of the well known firm of fur
traders of McDonald & Moses, of Crow
river. Mr. McDonald arrived here
from Crow river via Fort Yukon on the
last steamer from the lower Yukon.
“Kingston,” says Mr. McDonald,
“met his death in a most exceptional
and unexpected snowstorm and bliz
zard that occurred about May 10. He
had been to Herschel island, on the
Arctic coast, with a learn of-dogs, buy
ing furs for T 11. Hurman, the 1'ort.
Yukon trader. It was just -by merest
accident that his body was found. It
was stumbled upon by mv partner, P.
Moses, who had been over to Herschel
island. Peter had run out of smoking
tobacco and could not wait for a smoke,
so he mushed 150 miles from Crow
river to Herschel to get a few pounds
of tobacco to keep the old plug going
until we could get in our stoek. Peter
was on the way back, and was .in prac
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tieally a trackless country at the foot
of Crow mountain, on the Crow river
flat, in the Porcupine watershed, but
not far from the Arctic divide. The
trail was obliterated, but the travelers
there had followed the genera! direc
tion, and it was at that place that
Peter stumbled on the body of Jimm.i, {
stiff and stark in the snow. One might
have traveled the same route many
times without finding the body.
•■Nicks in the small trees near the
oody indicated that the man must have
been too exhausted to cut down the
trees, so he had built a small tire with
willows, He must have undertaken to
travel further than wise before making
camp, as there was plenty of good tim
ber for a long stretch where he must
have oeen traveling before he came to
to the end of his life’s trail. Jimmy
was a great musher, with years of ex
perience, and that lie should meet such
a fate seems strange, as most old
timers know when and where to camp.
Possibly the blizzard threw him oil'
his bearings and disconcerted him.
The blizzard raged foe about a wees
iu the early part of May, aod it might
have been somewhere near May 10 or
15 that he perished. It is a rare ex
ception for a blizzard or snowstorm to
occur in that region so late in t he sea
son. Two Eskimo .natives, known as
huskies, had accompanied Kingston
half way on his journey and returned
to Elersehel and left Kingston to plod
on alone, thinking he would have a
safe journey. They did not know be
' was lost entil Moses got to Herschel on
i his trip after tobacco.
“Strange to say. Kingston’s dogs
were taken eut of the harness and were
made fast to, the sleigh, and when
found were reduced to skin and bones.
One of the dogs was loose and was near
Marshal’s Sale,
Underand by virtue of an execution
issued out of the District Court for the
Fourth division, Territory of Alaska,
in an action wherein Robert Lockwood
was plaintiff and Tuluksak Gold Min
ing Company, a corporation, was de
fendant, upon a judgment rendered on
the 3rd day of July, 1922, in favor tof
said plaintiff and against said defend
ant, for the sum of two thousand one
hundred eighty^five dollars ($2,185.00),
current lawful money of the United
States of America, with interest at the
rate of 8 per cent per annum, costs, and
increased costs, I did, on the 2nd day
of September, 1922, levy upon all the
right, title, claim, and interest of said
defendant in and to the following de
scribed real property, to-wit: That
certain placer mining claim known and
described as ‘‘Spruce Creek Associa
tion”, and also that certain placer min
ing claim known and described as the
"MinnieClaim”, both said-claims being
situate on Spruce creek, a tributary of
Bear creek, Bethel recording precinct,
Fourth judicial division, Alaska; and
also that certain ditch and water right
known and described as the Spruce
Creek Ditch and Water Right, said
ditch extending from the head of Little
Bonanza creek, a tributary of Bear
creek, to a point on Spruce creek, a>
aforesaid, near the lower end of saiti
Spruce Creek Association Placer Min
ing Claim, together with all vested
rights to divert the waters of said Lit
tle Bonanza creek into said ditch.
And I did, on the 3rd day of Septem
her, 1922. levy upon all the right, title,
claim, and interest of the said defend
ant in and to the following described
real property, to-wit: That oerta’n
placer mining claim known and de
scribed as the “Little Bonanza Associa
tion”, situate on Little Bonanza creek,
a tributary of Bear creek aforesaid.
Notice is hereby given that i will, on
the loth day of December, 1922, at 10
o’clock a. m. of said day, at the office of
the United States Marshal, in the town
of Flat, Alaska, sell at public auction,
for current lawful money of the United
States of America, all the right, title,
claim, and interest of said defendant in
and to t he above described property, or
so much thereof as may be necessary
to satisfy said judgment, with interest
and costs, and increased costs, to the
highest bidder.
Dated-this “"27th day of September,
A. D. 1922, at Flat, Alaska.
GijjIjert B. Stevens,
United States Marshal,
By James A. Davidson,
(Special Deputy Marshal.
his master’s body, and was also emaei- j
ated.
‘•Notiar from where the -body was
found Moses also found the three hun
dred skins which Kingston was bring
ing with him. They wore in bundles.
“Constable Frost, of the R. N. M. P.,
went up from Rampart House and in
vestigated the case, and buried the
body at Old Crow where found. Tack
Kingston, brot her of Jimmy, went up
the Porcupine frotu Port Yukon in out
launch, and Dan Cadzow was to take
i him the rest of the way up to Old
j Crow. Jack was going up to got his
| brother's body and take it down to
Port Yukon in a coffin for burial.'1
Passport Officer—Where are your |
proofs that she's your wife'J
Henoeek—T haven’t any, but if you
can prove that she’s not my wife you’re j
a made man.-—London Tit-Bits
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A collier and his wife visited a pic
ture gallery, They came to some pho
tographs of classic art, and seeing one
more striking than the rest, they asked
what it was.
"That,” .said a visitor, standing by,
"is a photograph of the famous ' enus
de Milo, the perfect woman.”
The collier gazed at the photograph
for some time, and then, glancing at
his wife, he said "By gum, Lizzie,
they made a mess of thee!”—London
Tit-Bits. ______
The proposal of Herr Fischer thax
the allies should finance Germany in
the present crisis suggests that he lias
completely recovered from.his recent
nerve trouble.—Punch.
So far as we can make out. its atti
tude, Germany is about to demand that
it be permitted to live off the interest
on its debt.—Philadelphia Im uire”.
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