Emery County Progress | 1904-12-17 | Page 2 | Across Lake Erie in Ice

ACROSS LAKE ERIE IN ICE death almost certain to traveler who loses direction no landmarks can lie be seen there Is nothing by which to direct a course on frozen lake erie A man may easily be lost and wander until overcome too often this has happened and hardly a winter has passed without some such disaster A man so lost win often trust to I 1 the instinct of the dogs to find a way bom home through the bewildering torn storm and gloom sometimes however even the animals have been at fault in a recent case a fisherman with three dogs was overtaken on an the homeward way by a sudden tempest ot of wind and snow to see even a f few aw feet must have been impossible and even ten the dogs must have been over come with fright or found that they were unable to guide themselves in the right direction still though two were loose they did not desert th the man when the searching parties found him on the fol following loving day be b was dead frozen to death but the th dogs with him were alive one dog which had bad not been wai watt mad however and had to bo be klied at once harper s magazine