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Show MEAT REALLY "IN THE AIR".' ' Alaskan Housewlvos Have Good Reason Rea-son for Making Display of Their I Supply of Provisions. "Very patriotic lot of peoplo live here, I Bee," Is tho roraark madb(by almost every new comer to tho fron tler-ttoun of Knlk, Alaska, at thoj head of Cook's Inlet, when they see that almost every houso Is supplied With n flagpole. And they are right about tho pa' trlptlsm, but IJ.Jus.t happens, that tho 2. poles are not for flags Euf for meat ' Knlk Is on the trail to Idttarod and, the Kuskokwlm valley, and in the summer the slod dogs and tho flics are ao thick that It is Impossible to keepi meat in ordinary caches near thcr ground. v There Is no butcher Bhop In Knlk1 ' and tho only fresh'mcat Is mooso or Alaska sheop brought In by tho huntt crs. It's very handy for the Iioubo-wives Iioubo-wives of Knlk to have tho moat sup-1 ply of tho town up In tho air. If hub'by has poor luck with Ills gun and the supply runs out, all sho has ta do is to go to tho door, pick out her nolghbor who has tho largest supply on hand and. go borrow a steak or two. Tho meat Is fastened securely to a' rope and It is run up to tho top on the polo very much tho saino aa a Sag would be. |
