Show l tL PENING OF AN ALASKA ALf IV eX Beach Once Served I Ip p II As Alaskan Woodchopper p 2 Roughnecks in aU in in the Yukon Were at Least i Honest in the Olden Days 5 It 1 By T Tex ex Rickard Richard 5 5 lr i strike at Rampart blew with I E gold up a not bang-not m I exactly a bang at that It was vas more like the bursting of I Irto on a musket The Iho load didn't go off Wc We V c didn't find cap 4 much C gold old as I have in n my teeth right now I is I s lIl T It was ws i in those trying m days rs though that tir the principles n T in me 1 I h b be- be e- e J- J VP i I T in me 1 I h b be- be e- e I iJ were e grounded bl bethe bigness of things thing s l It 11 W was the l I. I now noir the Ev EvI Even naturalness t ie have observed r ed the seamy side 1 I t OI 1 h I do not flOt believe to this day that th 1 e by nath nathi nature nature- dishonest people are arl 9 ki i ni of square dealings s I find in hI be they dl did f Lr 11 in the fIght fie game Just as when every man w was Yukon og 31 DI the ad- ad h There iere were no courts to on n We didn't t have ds s. utU ls ut rt hu been asked me v Hr le Clu QUeStIOn I to make the J ks b do ou keep their wo wo tt t the e f ht game that I never have hwe ha har I can ty y TruthfullY fUna roughnecks dishonest l jund nd these r S an n ignorant m man n the i in Im- Im yOU give dve A O are ire on th the square wt w-tb w tb 3 lit slon ion on that jou OU the square with yo you ou I r kin i n he W will be on trou-I trou The 1 managers may give trot trou- the man nan who does th thI the thel ble be but tut never l were two boats on ot the Yukon I Bella and the Alice They rhey brought brought brough tb t t in the spring Whether a awas tM P present or not they would woul was cas i x six iX months months' supply of food o os on a lens Ime a s f put the mans man's name on I It shore hore Jh L and d nobody ever thought of or molesting It it There Thre was no A AC man manKa much food Ka i and he needed so man nan C wa a f- f O of Dawson City dea deaSi dead p Gowing out Wi Si broke and disappointed three myself aimed amed at RamI Ramt Ram Ram- S k and t it I pert part J As I say that strike was wasI as a ar t t r hl There we were further awa away I omer e ever ner er and more snore dead broke tha than kever It II that were possible My Mv gone cone one rolling roiling along with the little litti I i S had Wo ball on the roulette wheel 41 ant m trying to make the point that tha money except in ao so much as It tt would S buy tODd food never concerned us deeply i It bother me The to this day m IDS If WAS AS n REX BEACH E. We d that th the river boats would Bar ay 15 JU a cord for wood cut the proper prope for the bo lera and piled on th the banks lasts ot ol the stream That being th the thelo ther r out we e started cutting woo wood OO way tray a 1 ngan I lo loa checked h e up this wood and n no man mm thought of getting his pay a abI at I Iba bI ba time When the Ice broke and the th tot got ot through they would simply simpi pick tip the wood figure out the amount amoun itt IDd id lone leave the money for Zor us The boat boa si n trusted us because they knew w we d. d them So I let jet to work a. a a wood cutter but I had bad It We worked or m several moral moths months at this Job In to an ef of effort ef- ef efI I sri fort to restore our lost bit a fortunes fortune I g Ore Cae day I noticed e another gang cut cut- cs cr wood rood on the opposite side Ide of th the vet a few miles mUes down Naturally w we mt ent over ever to call eal and gossip M Mn n were J those thois days day To see sea a a. new face fac ni ni ai anite an One Ose of ot the other wood cutters cutter I found obi j bj a strong Intelligent looking youn younst ell ello 0 I He took us in In gave us the best bee beste Je e C tad had in the camp and made us ci sit It idon down Jar for or chuck I r- r What's tie tue name 1 if you dont don't JOd 7 I asked Rex Beach he ie told me fellow S ml 1 knew this young oung was wall d S i sort eort of college man but I thought though blIn Just jut a prospector like myself Ii In Joel Act he be was It St was a long time after lh t before I ever knew that my friend frieri Rex Beach cutting cord wood on th the Yukon wa was wu the great writer I simply simpi knew him as Beach a a. darn good fellow 1 fl tl SpI dont don't remember how much Beach Deach earned arned that winter but I earned about abou c 1300 1300 When the river opened up and ou our Tood was being being- taken on the boats a a. aman man came caine ashore with some Important Information j TIlE THE STOCK I JEST FLOATS IX IS 11 iI l hear d down t the river he said vit t a lot t of t th the he het boys have struck 1 It j icu around Nome ome A whole hole lot of at em en emare emare are packing jp lJ and getting out into the thi ne near r the Behring sea We knew the man was talking raight His HI one message was enough IT Out of ot my mv wood money I had enough Jt spay pay my passage ale to St. St 1 Michaels ant and litre 36 35 left I lost bet Beach Deach then fo for awhile On the boat J I met up with a man sued amed Jim White He had come Iron from and was of particular Interest Elue he ne owned a a. tent If I b load had somebody to go in with me L he 9 eaid laid I vre we could set up a place I u up ei eime ii In Inthe the he some Rome me country and make Home corni elther either of ot us had enough money to tol l art rt in business We Ve thought though at oat we could establish some kind of ot a house and get The Nome Nomo ome Diners mere Iners were ere very ery much In need of a co so- so ilal lal 11 center center center-a a gathering place at Nome Some beach we found that thaI pe 5 8 could gt a a. lot for and we Scraped up enough to get an option on It it By that time the Behring sea ha had While I was standing on the Each uch a steamer came down to unload umber lumber That ga gave gae e me an idea Id like to get enough of this umber a 0 1 build a floor under our tent I told he ic boat man if It wouldn't cost mo me TiE loo 00 much Well im i'm rm Im going to leave it her he ld III Suppose you Just pick out what whal you ou want and use it It You can pay lox for that hat you use or return it later That was a real bonanza In two days dayse Pe e had a nice floor for our tent so co that thai Its get get- fee could e store our stuff without nil eg ruined Then hen another boat came along an and and- ga unloading a cargo of boxes COO con COning whisky wines and brandy Theyer They er ere tumbled about the shore I 3 suggested that there was enough n u in my roy tent to store this stuff stuff andl and l ot t inconvenience n nl nC usAll us p r All AH right he said said saia it You store this and 1 if you ou want tl to u ul use se any of ot It l st ut keep tab on it and w wiX we can settle ettle iX t nen en I 3 come back RICES IX 1899 1899 a thought of profit at theBe the theUne Une Be we carefully ar ul stored this I liquor o cling Ing iha that we had done a a. fellow el a 1 turn T. T The he next text man I met was G Gorge George orge Hur- Hur JY y Ill I'll never forget him because hea he het t a a salesman for 0 a brand of cigars we weI III I ik d. d This was on the 2 of June 02 9 The fact tact of a a. fortune there makes e 5 remember the incident c BO 50 well IId I Ola Id ri Murphy we were going I to open u up Place that If he would open up a aR atie R tie tile e gambling rambling so as to make malee the place B able we would sell cell his cigars and andR R C take the tho profits out of thearn the arn s-It s if an any Then I houghl hought t of the stored liquor le e upshot of It was we opened our oura pur Tte a on July 4 4 1899 a big day in the 1 i J history s of i the Yukon k We e sold old whisky at BO 60 cents a a. drink e roul roulette tte wheel and faro bank opened ider der Proper r auspices auspice Miners l came camer 1 r miles Te woods seemed seem d to be full lull in my them That was wa a gala sala day Rr gross receipts on the opening day dayas as That mind you ou for One But t the best was a yet to come s Tt h had struck the h real e heartstrings l a Alaska This leads I me Into the ox- ox ment of the thO great Nome Beach ke the heart thrills and heart breaks qa Ufa on the Yukon Man ManU U never IM ee the like of It again now r WI i MADE rADE 1023 In U r. r P. 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