Tlondike Days' Tales g Are Most Interesting

I! NEIL A. MA'I'IIESON

_ Provincial-Farm Editor lHADamoetintei-emlngchatafewweeka agowiih Major: my. 88 a Searietown-born man who grew to young manhood In . went west on the harvest_eiicurslon in lass—he

. Pmﬂtt. Kensin He worked for $40 per month in the harvest field

In a straw stack. or anywhere else one could find,”

went to Vancouver where he worked with a hardware

on. and "slept and] er

I THAT WAS the spring board to the Klondike, for the

moved an operation there—the material had to be sewn

Into 100pound sacks as it would be transported by human

packhorses— bey went along to check the material at

the variom transfer points. For that he was paid with six- montlhs. supplies. was on To own.

six inches and weighed 130 pounds.

stoodfive feet, active gentlemen weighs exactly

attack. “Doctors told me I was dead ” he told me but he's still g stmng. He lives most of the time With his daughter in Scarppoose. Oregon A

travels a great deal. 1

ough brother. Ed Sobey. lives in Wilmot Va ey.

.jRou’gh, Perilous Travel Described

‘ DESCRIBING Ills first trip into the Klondike area. he‘re- calls there were no 5 everything ad to be lightered ashore. For this the cmnpany hired packers. Material was tr ported on scows which “were perhaps 10 feet wide. and up to 18 feet long.“ Pilots were needed to take them through . “like Miles Canycm and White a few. There was plenty of rough.

ous going. “but I was 20 at the time and enjoyed every minute of it“. he ld me. There were more than 30,000 people in Dawson when he

Among the large number of beautiful floats taking part in the parade on the opening day of the three day Prince County Exhibition in Alberton yester-

‘JACQUES CARTIER’S BOAT AT ALBERTON

day was an interesting re- plica of one of Jacques Car- tier's vessels which landed near Alberton in 1534. 'Ilh float. entered by Clover Farm

ISLAND NEWS Pier

2 The Guardian, Charlottetown, Thurs. Aug. 13, 1964.

landed in August 1898, and he made “better than wages. al- though not much better." Wages ran to $1.00 an hour or $10.!!! ﬂay in the spring of 1899. but living costs ran $4.00 to $6.00

Major Sobey and two roadhourse owners joined

_ and decided to build a roadhouse in Northern Alaska

a gold find was repo at Coyukuk River. They went

it could be towed in shallow

light so it could be aged across a chain lakes. They portarged perhaps 15 miles in all.

oldfooi Sci-id ’Dumn Well Named’

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' blished trail. But they finally reached Coldfoot village. (1 it was damn well named". Mr. Soboy recel ed.

{If But the boat that was taking their supplies in had failed by

.miles to reach its destination. So the supplies had been

i ed. and Sobey spent most of the winter with a dog team

' 'ting them in. Most food supplies were dried and pack-

,in tins. so the dn't hurt

aiarlottetown Mayor A. Wal then Gaudet yesterday relic.- ated his statement the city had not received a reply from the provincial govern- ment to a city request for an- proval of negotiations with Central Mortgage and Housing for a feasibility study of a low- rental housing project.

Minister of Welfare and La- bor Hem-y Wedge claimed Tuesday the provincial govern-

of as grass road house administration." He ed for the summer and found nothing. The gold strike

ct ed a on. FINALLY MAJOR Sobey sold his interest in the road- bpe and snowshoed to Fort Yukon. They made 20 miles a .- had to. rfor their rations were weighed carduily would sustain them no lower. They always eta twice a on the ' .

the intense cold, he‘s in serious

Courses Urged

Mayor Gaudel Says Reply Never Received From Gov.

merit had replied to the letter in question. giving permission.

Mayor Gaudet said yester- day that more than one letter

and innumerable inquiries had W

been made. If a government reply was written, be sold. it was never received at city hall.

The controversy started af- ter the original statement was made by the mayor at a city council session Monday. Gov- ernment approval is necessary under the CMHC regulatiom before the city can go ahead with the wanted negotiation».

For Liquor Operators

{pet-spire in ' ﬁi quit at the end of the day". he told me. "when you start to {d chills running your back. It‘s a sign that the is no longer high enough to tain the needed

energy nus ily w th." he explained. git Having heard many stories about the cold In the North. I Maorr Sobey "Just how cold does it get up there?’ ’s his answer:

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e Crystals In Hudson Bay Rum w.

“THE ORDINARY Mercury thermometer used to u at 30 below. so it wasn'trmuoh good, Kerosene from at .below, and was also inadequate. ‘ ‘

r was sort of a ‘cure all', and it froze at 70 below. The

1:) bgfoofDI-Iudson Bay Rum would start to show ice crystals at

ow .

f_ Major Sobey mld me “I've seen those ice ala form." I r Then he added “in case someone thinks you are lying

ithat I was exaggerating. you tell them that the

‘54: rnment thermometers registered 15 ow zero at Ska:- ‘v when they were building the Alaskan highway." and

It is the hope of Frank Ash- mole, special services officer of the National Employment Service that a number of dis-

tillers will provide insturctior in courses for licensed liquor outlet operators at provincial vocational so 0015. I

The provincial government has expressed interest in such a rogram. as has the P.E.l. Liquor Control Commission.

Suggested course for opera- tors of licensed establishment- ould be of two days duration and would involve proper man- agement. Longer course: would be offered bartenders

and waiters and would deal with liquor sewing practices.

“ 3’s not so long ago.

, ,“At 60 below. he contin the air eongeals info a sort (1

. and stil. man wears otherwise it

ued, - V fog and ev ng is quiet ' ' ould stop ‘ one carried a fur robe

comrpani each. were on the trailbo'l'hey would put

thuum close together for warmth. _ ed a collapsible stove that weighed only about ~. .. And they could develop a warmth hide a tent soon they had mililtohed their sled dogs. and a tasty meal . in the making. "13am. beans and flap jack provided a favorite breakfast .. the trail. thougn sowbelly was another standb .

.Major So‘belyt ‘

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. orth by tht time. thoqu . a youngster in years, and “let the fellow alongside a - do the digging. If he struck it rich. I could sell my claim . big price. his was a flop. it was likely mine would worth the effort (1 digging" he explained.

Ian Spurned White Man’s Gold

H WAS the currency of the Arch in those colorful '. , but it was no good in trade with the Indian. He wanted , .- u lug his family could eat or tobacco to chew. lie spurned {white man's .

‘ sland born traveller got back to Vancouver in

1904 after enough excitemen v -. or

ii aft his arrival he married Fanny leard. daugh-

or Elijah Leard who was born at Tryon, and was account- for before he with a first of e leard

m u try for some

, ""I‘HE BOATS the shipping line used were shells and they draughty and cold. Their steam power wan generated

“m corldwood. and that meant frequent stops along the more

In New Y the way back to parse. . also dieduled In Quebec. Tin-onto. Calgary and mum along the way.

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NES Central Index Liquidators Form Backlog

Prompt service from th Central Index of

blood donor committee.

9 l the National

Employment Service in Ottawa should come In two weeks time after a backlog of forms has been rocessed, a Charlotte- town branch NES employee said yesterday.

It was explained that delaysl in receiving processed social security cards an inherit...“Y I ment insurance books from the, Central Index had been due to} the fact that some processing‘r equipment was deliver late to the Ottawa office.

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Stores. attracted a great deal of attention. The ferris wheel in the popular midway is seen in the background.

shifts. which we hope will en- able them to liquidate their backlog. and we are- also tak- ing other action to overcome

the situation." the employee said. .

Kinkora Clinic Has Higher Quota In ’64

Ralph MacCarville is again

e chairman r the Red Cross blood donor clinic to be held at Kinkora School on Tues- day afternoon, August 18 be- 4 pm. with an ob- jective of at least 120 donors. Last year‘s clinic for this area produced a total of 112 donors - 8 short of the quota — an the Kinkora Committee is striv- ing to reach the goal of at least 120 at this summer's an- nual clinic.

From Kinkora. the mobile Red Cross blood donor team from

an evening clinic being held be- tween 8 and 10 pm.

Fred Panfon. president of tile Eldon branch of the ya Canadian Legion. is this year's chairman of its r

his

rounding E on.

The "Manning Trophy". awarded each year for the best results achieved by any centre in the province. was won by Eldon the first year it

lwas up for competition, and

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lmpalred Driver Fined, SusPendo‘d‘

Wellington Alexander Nichol- son of Montague was fined $100 and costs or 10 days for unpaired driving when he ap- peared yesterday before Mag lab-alto James _ J n, QC. in Queens County magis- trafe's court.

Joseph Walter Mclnnis. diorlottetown. had his v-

bid to win the award donated last year for the first time by the Provincial Command of the Royal Canadian Legion, and of which the Kenslngton branch is the proud possessor at the

nor as the result of its 1964 cli-

I c‘b Isa-u amended that m Ml. m ' DUPIICGI. Bl'IdgClmonth. "dim fined no and “on (Al-n _ M. m 5, d' “M m f" “M” ‘h‘ m" “' landslides took at but a live. an "IQ, an ac dent. in South Korea after new for. Two Covehead men. Emmet rential rains Tuelday night. The Folk“!!! “9 the WWW Lei Robinson and Linus Dvor- victims included six South Kor. in duplicate bridge play I'm-‘1 ett era. had their cases ad- on soldiers mo were swept Monday night when 10 table! burned to Sept. 2, Both are away by a swollen river near wen In Icuon- charged with fishing lobster: In Eongcbon, 45 miles east of Nonm'soum closed season. Seoul. At least 30 persons have Mr. and Mrs. Farley 60.90 mm Samuel stem”, Du... died and more than 24,000 m. Farmer. Green 58.33 “Range w“ ﬁned no and sons have been made homeless Dunbar. Willllnel' com for'mlure m resort {or since tilie heraI‘ydai-alns and Lara-bee, Be .‘ . began at y. Duffy. MacMillan 49.66 gum“ °’ ' mm" "m E . ' POPULATION WA!!! A man was fined .20 and gaw'mgmm‘iw com or no days for illegal poo- :onfnou'I population at a). Hum: Duff: 3; session of liquor on 0 May exceeded 12,000,000. Cauty, Ell . Miller, MacPhall 50.00 / 3 Shows Dolly [9 06 zoo-1.9

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 13 CHARLOTTETOWN—Nafional Boy Scout Sailing Regatta —Flying Junior Class Racing.

an . NORTH BUSTED—7:80 p.m. Highland College Scottish

Festival-with Sandra Bald Jones, World Champion ' Highland Dancer and Lovat Scott Pipe Band and

dancers. CHARLOTTETOWN—smo p.m. Horse Racing, Driving Park.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 14 CEARLO’I'I‘ETOWN—Natlonal Boy Stout Sailing Re- gatta—Flying Junior Class Racing—Presentation of awards by Viscount Amory. ALBERTON—Flnal day of Prince County Exhibition— . Midway—Meals—smo p.ni. Mammoth Dance with Lowell Huestis Band. ' NORTH RUSTICO—7:30 p.m. Highland College Scottish Festival with Sandra Bald Jones, World Champion Highland Dancer. sTANHOPE—Jﬁo p.m. Band Concert by Royal Canadian Dragoons Band on groundsof Ranch House Gift Shop. TYNE VALLEY—8:00 p.m. Centennial celebrations — Fiddling and Dancl Contest—Pu nary

Step n8 judging for Oyster Queen Content—Old Time Dance.

ALBERTONaSecoud Day of Prince County Exhibition— 1:00 Sky Diving Exhibition—Midway — Meals — 7:45 p.m.d Band Concert with Royal Canadian ugoona i B .

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