Show 1 V i WOMAN iw r i. i L r r WAR TRAIL b BLAZES dIv J 1 i 4 4 e A C. C Of I LAND I. I ANS I q F. F ROM RO the cramped routine of ot tho the thor thol r l classroom to the freedom of ot the and untracked regions O Otte of or Uie tte far tar northwest that that Is the leap that MISS MIss Ma M.a. Mary J Jobe professor proCessor of or history I In the Now York Normal co college haa has ade this summer ne sixth time In inIght I Ight ht years f Miss Jobo obo Is a lL tall taU strong handsome 3 oung woman who was born In Jn Ohio and educated at nt Bryn Maw Mawr where slut bh distinguished herself herselt equally a n as a scholar and arid an athlete te And th so two ot of development she he has kept pretty prett even evenly balanced ever since D Dur During lr- lr ing ing- the school year she he Is Indefatigable tin in arousing arousing- and holding holding- tho the Interest of ot the tho students In the subject In which she ithe he Is so proficient In addition to her classroom work she lectures lectures' o on the results of ot her explorations with great success Last year ear she gave tort forty leo leo- tu turee tures reE Miss ro Jobe Johe is 13 now on her ber way to toca Prince ca Rupert whorl where she Is to to start on ona ona a a- lonely oloney hazardous trip penetratIng a c Country whore where no io while white person haRover nan has ever over ventured at least not since the Hudson Bay company made Its discoveries cries eries many years ears ago o. Just before she Iott ft New York Miss Jobo said raid to a a. re- re orter for tor this newspaper that she sho ox- ox to make this tho the rn most 1st st important o o all the expeditions that sh has undertaken and she has haa been on five others all e eventful and Interesting MEMBER OF CANADIAN A. A CLUB a. a I 1 hope bop that as ns A n result of at atIn In my travels this summer there will bo ho something t new e to put on ri the tho map of or northwestern British Columbia I J have ha helped to todo do that In Central British Columbia Miss Jobo was wasl with Ith Professor Protessor Ilor- Ilor schell C. C Parker on a trip that he made for the Canadian topographic sury surf sur- sur y f y and was one of ot the two women to Mount Sir Sandford with him She ho IB Is a member of or the Canadian Al Alpine Alpine Alpine Al- Al pine club and on her wa way west cst stopped to confer with officials ls and others In Interested Interested interested In- In In tho exploration of or the northwest north Nt From Vancouver she pushed pushed up the coast b by bi boat through the Inland route lute to Prince Rupert the tho terminus of or the Grand Trunk railroad Miss Miss Miss' Jobo speaks of ot with en enthusiasm enthusiasm en- en as asono ono of or tho the loveliest harbors har bar bors bors in the world and destined to beme be- be ome me one of or t the e most Important She Sho expects to do some exploring In motor- motor JoaU In Jn the waters of or that locality and d then will proceed up the Skeena river to Hazelton the the the- last Jast outpost of ot civilization OD with a a. population of perhaps per per- taps haps 10 per persons on rom Prom this thI p point tnt she will into the unknown n taking with her only two Indian packers Imay I Inay 1 may nay find a a. few white white persons s on 7 ranches nearby she ahe explained I 1 have heard beard that there thoro are some squaw squaw- men nien who have taken up land You kno know the trace traces of or the tho old Hudson Bay Day company have bave perished through all these years But aside from these traces I shall probably be bo the only white woman to penetrate the coun coun- try WILL GO 00 AID ARMED D. D r I j I have friends In Prince Rupert Who who nfl have selected my mp packers for tor me mB and I 1 Ican can an rely rey them absolutely I know tho the 31 wash the dialect used by the lU InT diane along the tho coast and I 1 have no fear tear of or getting setting Into difficulties In derence deference del def rence ence to tho the ur urgent ent requests of ot my fi lends friends I shall hall carr carry a a. revolver ro Perso Personally Per Per- so aUy I 1 would not feel feol the need of ot it H. Oh yes es I 1 can shoot with revolver re or rifle I 1 am not sure but I do not think I 1 shall use ponies If It I decide to todo todo todo do so I 1 can cnn bu buy them when I got Kot there but I think I can d do better by going on I foot toot I am an nn excellent walker What do I wear on my feet Icet Walt Valt a R. moment and I will show you jou Here are boots that I wore noro last year and they thoy are aregood aregood aregood good for more mora s service nIco hobnailed and soft strong leather The They come halfway halfway half halt way to the tho kne knees s. s Hero Is m my Wardrobe ward ward- wardrobe robe if It you care ciro to look at nt It ThIs Is my 01 Best fest dress T tee Ies s it Jt is 18 made of at a kind of ot flannel like mens men's outing skirts skirts- This suit Is made mado with bloomers bloom bloom- ers a kind of or military blouse of or Miss Jobes Jobe's own o designing and a short skirt I r sh shall ll wear this on the boat going fong up to PrInce Rupert but when hen I get do down n to work hero here Is what hat I depend upon said sald Miss 1 Jobe displaying displaying- a trim blouse and trousers of ot serviceable corduroy and another of ot khaki Oh jos 08 I ha have 0 to take taIe along plenty nt of at warm clothing because I som sometimes s get Into high altitudes but I dispense with frills It is a simple summer r robe you ou see It was simple but It It was aa wonderfully becoming My d friends say I look like rather a a. nice bo boy she admitted I 1 do not know Just how far tar I Rhall go this summer but I expect to C er erat at least t miles Cert Certainly on fO foot tIve t. t Ive I've done dono easily before I want to study the Carrier Indians as thoroughly as I can in th the time I. I havo hav at my 01 disposal dis which is until th the tho middle of or Sept September They are a 0 branch of or tho and very en little is known about th them m. m I shall shan study their character charac charac- ter dress habits traits traits everything everything that can be found round out about them It If they have o any peculiar Industries I hope to bring back some exhibits My packers will be tho the only guides cs I shall need I am accustomed to making my way through strange e countries and I have no fear No No there are arc 10 io snakes but there are arc mosquitoes That is tho the most unpleasant thing to bo ho met with withIn In Canada according to my ray experience Othor hardships can bo be borne bome without a murmur Oh there Is no trouble about get getting enough to eat Beans BenDs and bacon are easily portable and very interesting Milk chocolate too Is a 11 dependable resource re to- source source Besides these viands take up little room room You see see eee I m must met at havo have my Y photographic apparatus atus scientific In Instruments In- In and maps with me roe The pictures plo pic these expeditions tures that I take talco on are arc a Tory ery Imp important part of ot my leo lec tures There is my equipment pointing to a canvas carry Almost everything everything everything every every- thing I 1 want can be carried in fn that The less I havo have the better off ott I am nm Wo We will do doubtless find the trails of trappers and when it Is necessary I Ican Ican Ican can blaze my own I have done that before On one trip we went forty miles mUes through a a. new rough country cutting cutting- our way as v we e o went I am amstrong amstrong strong yes as strong as I look and quito Quite Inured to hardship I can swim and have ve t all th the other qualifications for making my way through the tho wil wil- I shall keep a very accurate record of laC my experiences making notes at the tho end of or every day doy Miss Jobe will m Incorporate this in- in I k C r I t L w t. t 4 1 4 s ti I i t t I yEt L gmt J r w ws s V Vv I v MSS MISS BART formation into a ft lecture Jecture to be given in various places next ext winter Every Everyone one of ot her six trips has been bee undertaken with somo some definite object In view The first one in 1905 was a trip and tho the others have been boen for exploring purposes In 1909 she went Into the wilderness of ot British Columbia ascended ascend ascend- od ed Mount Sir Sandford the highest peak of ot the and explored tho the Interesting country countr in the Big BIS' Bond Bend of ot the th Colorado river rIver n a region of ot perpetual perpetual perpetual per per- snows eternal glaciers thunderIng thundering thunder thunder- ing lag avalanches and impetuous rivers as she describes It This region Is fa more than miles mUes north of ot tho International international boundary and about miles mUes e east at of ot th the tho Pacific ocean Mount Sir Sandford lies about fifty miles north of or Rogers tho tho point where the Canadian Canadian Canadian Cana Cana- dian Pacific railway cuts the in two almost equal parts one of ot tho the highest passes passos in the tho world traversed by a railroad ralli But although tho distance die dis tance Is only fifty miles as the crow flies flics the only possible wa way to reach It ItIs itIs Is by a detour following tho the ridges or aU valleys ys and dangerous streams of or the region Miss Jobe says SaH that the difficulties of canoeing and the hardships o of penetrating the vast wilderness and of or carving car a trail Into tho the higher regions of or ice and snow sno made this this' ono one of or tho the most thrillIng thrilling thrill thrill- Ing Journeys imaginable Her trip tho the next year was taken In two parts b by pack train Banff being th the tho starting point Joint for tor each It was waa on this expedition expedition that sho explored Mount Assiniboine Assini- Assini boine and pushed on to the Headwaters of or Red Deer Mount she thinks tho the most startlingly beautiful and Impressive o peak peale In Canada and rightly termed the Matt rn of ot America It is is' the culminating point I of or the Continental Divide and around Its base lie many beautiful lakes Jakes which feed teed three largo rivers The headwaters headwaters of at the Red Bed Deer river a are aio In a region which had n not t been previously visited by any woman Last year Miss lobe Jobe spent most of or her time following vIng the tho Great Divide Usually sho eho has been with a party once with one ono of ot fourteen persons This Is her first venture ventur alone In spite of ot tho the strenuous exertions hardships hardships hard hard- ships of ot an unusual kind and hazards that sho she encounters sJ she e. e returns from her summer explorations thoroughly thorough refreshed and rested I do po not ask aik for a better vacation ahe she said laid as B she sho left New York for the Athabasca country I Mss Miss M Mary a L L. lobe Jobe in 10 n Moun 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