Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1919-09-07 | Page 47 | Woman Flouts Death in Bearing Girl Sufferer to Safety over Snow Waste

fw w Woman omah Flo Flouts s' s Death in in in- f Bearing Girl suf Sufferer f er r to Safety Over Snow Waste I r P-r frn l t ORT Alaska Sept 6 6 i JC FonT Human heart beats bents for human heart here In the frozen north Just as 16 l I elsewhere And Its Us expression often sacrifices undreamed undre of or fn the states elates where con conveniences convenience arc at attA j tA tre beck beek of oC everyone c Another ono one of oC those acts act of or hero hero- I tm m which frequently arc arc brought forth b by emergency en y and human humm sufferIng suffer suffer- Ing InS has Just had Us Its reward here Inthe Inthe In Inthe of oC Ida the recovery er from paralysis Behn the young oun daughter of oC Slim Behn of or this pOst po Ida helm Behn had been living Ihn Ihnat at Stephens Stephen's village c. 1 ICO CO miles s' mlles from from rom tho Yukon river rl with Miss Harriet M If Bedell a teacher I In the Episcopal mission mis mis- sion slon at that lIIa village e. e During the i winter win win- In Inter ter the little girl was vas paralyzed paralysed and became becam quite helpless There Is no physician In In Stephens Stephen's village The nearest t one was In lit this town at the thc hospital T r cur Volunteer As AI there was no trail bet between beta een the two points Miss lIss Bedell who had de determined do- do to brin bring the girl here for treatment was unable at 61 first to get ol an anyone to make male tho the trip with h her hen r. r However er she per persevered arid and at len length th Induced Theodore John and Henry BenT Moses to agree to make male the attempt Tho story ston of their success has be been n I sent to th the director of or the churchs church's nation wide campaign campal n as an nn example of or service that thal could be bc rendered reri in a greater degree if the resources of or the entire l Episcopal church were stirred Int lute Into action Two dog sleds and eleven en dogs O g were used Miss BoricH and the sick girl Irl well wrapped In furs Curs and blankets occupied one one BI sled d n the oth other was was 1 I stored ba baggage age land and food god I or ortho the tho first few cew miles there was wa a a. good trail trill leading to a a. lumber camp but there thereafter fler it was necessary for the drivers to 10 togo go ahead o of tho the dogs and break brcak a trail with their snowshoes More buffering x The little girl girt boro up bravely bra under I 1 Ithe the Inconveniences and nd the fatigue of the Journey journe Many Ian of or their meals Were eaten In the the unbroken wilderness wilderness wilderness wilder wilder- nl nights were cre ness and the first three I 1 so spent A S. hu hug hugs fire was built and slices of frozen bread placed on the corner o of the thc grub box near the fire fre to thaw out Partly boiled beans bean also frozen rozen were thaw thawed d out In a a. frying pan over o the tho blaze while moose meat was broiled on a stick hold held over O the flames With Ith tea they enjoyed bountiful meals which w went nt far ar to keep them In trim for the difficult mile ICO Journey A 1 small sheet Iron stove was carded carried carried car car- ried ded which W was wis s set t up in their tent when thc they pitched camp for Cor the they first night In the wilderness 8 of oC snow non no By 5 o'clock the thc next morning th they were rea ready to renew the trip For or two more nights they camp camped d In Inthe the lile snow moW The third was WiS spent In the cabin of or a white whilo trapper who extended I a a. cordial welcome to them and made them comfortable le The Thc next 1 days day's 8 run was ryas thirty six miles miles' with four cr very high hi and difficult culf cult por portages to to ero cross s. s the the ambulance ambit ambit- lance party reached Beaver cr city by byj 7 j o'clock In the tho evening Beaver cr ell city Is Just a trading post poat for Cor the miners out on tho the Chandalar river rl but the natives there were touched by Ida Itla condition and showed her much sympathy 11 and attention nUon The fifth and sixth nights of or tho the Journey were spent in the cabins of ot white trappers and on the seventh e da day I Fort ort Yukon was 18 rt reached ched with the patient pa pa- a- a tient wearied but cheerful The long S1 trip had been hard on al all of oC them even cn thu tho dogs doe people of Tort Fort The Yukon Tuk-on were ero amazed amaud ns 8 th the dog GO- sled ambulance ambulance- slipped Into town knowing as as thc they did the hardships and difficulties of ofa ofa or of a n. ICO Journey through h winter wilderness without a trail Dr Grafton Grafton Graf Graf- I ton Burke In charge chaJe o of the hospital here at It once began treating the sick girl for paralysis Journey nn nn Object Lr Leon non Miss ed Bedoll Theo Theodore ore John and anel Henry Moses received d man many felicitations felicitations felicita felicita- upon their courage In bringing In the patient before the they left for th the return trip three days dars lat later r. r Miss If n Bedell and antl the other Episcopal pal workers work worl- ers era along alone the tho stretches of the Yukon as 38 well ell as the white miners and trappers trappers trap trap- pers pr and especially the native Indian Indiana are hoping that the l Episcopal nationwide nation nation- wide Ide campaign n now In progress in III th the United States will re result In the erection erection tion of or more hospitals In here they arc arc- pitifully fow ow and most of them handicapped d with Inadequate fa facilities fa- fa duties and antl insufficient nurses Most cases ases of Illness or accident needing hospital attention In this country c er never get It Il because the tho ho patients patients patients pa pa- are loo too far aa away to bo be brought In as s was Slim Dehn's daughter I I