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Ki:'.'-r Jounml.
John Cook was transiting business1
In Omaha today.
Fate Davis and 1. L. Ainlek were
In Omaha. Friday.
Mrs. D. L. Amlck lias been suffering
with neuralgia ahls week.
Mrs. Malawi and Mr. Underwood
were In Omaha Wednesday.
Thco. Amlck was a business visitor
in riattsmouth Monday evening.
(J. M. Mlnford was transacting busi
ness In Omaha Wednesday evening
J. W. Conually Is visiting with Mur
ray friends and relatives this week.
J. W. Edmunds Is placing a new
woven wire fence around his residence.
Dr. 1?. F. Mrendel and wife and Mrs.
JctT lirendel were In Omaha Monday.
Mrs. O. A. Davis and Mrs. T. E.
Fleming were riattsmouth visitors
Tuesday.
Kelly Khodenand Glen Yallcry have
purchased line bugles from John Cook
this week.
Miss Myrtle Standlsh went to riatts
mouth Wednesday evening fur a visit
with relatives.
Henry Shoemaker and wife passed
through Murray Wednesday ennmte
to riattsmouth.
J. S. Stone and sun, Hruce, from Ne
hawka, were business visitors In Mur
ray, Wednesday.
Quite a number of our people at
tended (he funeral of Mr. Churchill In
riattsmouth, Sunday.
Considerable money changed bands
In Murray this week over the effects
of the Omaha election.
Mrs. (iilmorc an J Miss Leona Sans
attended the l'rof. (Jahni conceit In
Omaha, Monday evening.
Mrs. Sanny True, living live miles
southeast or Murray, Is suffering with
blond poison In the right hand.
The little four-year-old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Civile Harris Is suffering
with a serious attack of dropsy.
l.ci Applegato, of Union, was at
tending to some business matters In
I'htlsniuuth yesterday evenlni;.
Anew girl arrived at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. John Nlday, Tuesday.
Mother and little one doing nicely.
Miss Catherine Plnkcrton, the
trained nurse from Omaha, returned
to her home last week, Miss Mc Fad
den having almost recovered from her
recent Illness.
Mr. and Mrs. Philip Keil are rejoic
ing this week over the arrival of a new
boy at their home one and one-half
miles east of Murray. Moth mother
and little one are doing nicely.
Mrs. James Loughrldge returned
homo from Mllford, Neb., Sunday
morning, entirely recovered from her
Illness. Mr. Loughrldgo met her In
Omaha. Jim Is the happiest man in
town.
Dr. lirendel and son, Juke, are two
of the busiest men In town this week.
They are repapering and painting
their otllcc building. Every room In
their tine dwelling has received a new
coat of paint and a new dress of paper.
While In Murray Wednesday the
Journal man accepted the kind Invita
tion of our excellent friend, J. W.
Merger, for the Invitation we think
we are Indebted to Mrs. P.erger and
her daughter, Miss Marie, for the ex
cellent meal placed before us.
W. 11. McDaniel, McOlnnls Church-
Ill, James Loughrldge and W. C Brown
composed a party of tishers who went
to La 1'latte Wednesday evening with
the full expectat ions of returning with
plenty of the tiny tribe to supply all
their friends, l'lacc your orders early
for you may be disappointed.
In a letter to Mr. J. W. Merger,
from San Jose, Cal., his sister, Miss
Louise Merger, tells of the earthquake
disaster lu their cltr. stating that
thev were safe and sound, and were
damaeed but very little. The shock
slmrlv removed a portion of the plast
erlng from the house In which they
resided.
L. B. UNDERWOOD
Lawn KJowers
Get Our Prices
Before Buying.
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irtjif in
D. L. Air.ick shipped In a carload of
haled bay from Omaha this week that
Is being sold to consumers of this sec
tion. Mesdames Creamer, Merger and Car
roll were In Omaha last Saturday. In
some way several planks In the stairs
near the depot were iu some manner
broken out during the night, and It Is
said the ladles know how the accident
occurred.
Mark Murton, who has been confined
to his home with a serious attack of
pneumonia for the past few weeks, Is
able to be out ai:aln. Mark had a
pretty tough time of It and shows the
eifect of a very serious sick spell, al
though he Is gaining strength very
raoidly.
Chris Miller, who has for several
years been connected with the Water
loo Creamery Cj., and looking after
their Interests In Murray up to the
past few months, at which time he
went to Omaha to work for the same
company, returned to Murray eu
nesday morning to make arrangements
to open up the station at this place
about the loth of the present month
Alva Yountf Married.
Alva Young, son of M r. and Mrs. F,
M. Young, sr., was married In I'ort
land, Oregon, on the l'th of April, to
MlssCarrle llosvold. This was quite
a surprise to the relatives and many
friends of the young man In this com
munity. The Journal Joins In extend
Ing hearty congratulations.
Preparing for a Big Celebration.
In conversation with Harry (1. Todi
Wednesday he tells us that himself
and Mrs. Todd are preparing for an
opening, or rather a ceicorauon, ai
the r beau iful larm Home, two miles
south of Murray, n Saturday, May 12
and they wish to make it one of the
largest social gathering In the history
of the community.
J t will he remembe red that Mr. Todd
has just completed one of the most
modern farm houses in Cass county,
mil has an Ideal location for a gather
ing of this kind. A most cordial and
earnest invitation is exiencieu to an
their friends to attend. They believe
n the old saying, "tho more the mer
rier." If tho weather Is favorable and
the attendance very large they have
but one request to make, and that Is
that some of the ladles assist them in
preparing eatables. They are a little
afraid they cannot handle them all
alone, and If a portion of those attend
ing will kindly bring baskets, they will
be very thankful. Above all they wish
for everybody, both far and near, to
attend. They also wish It understood
that no presents will be accepted.
New Stock Dealer.
A deal was completed In Murray
this week between D. L. Amlck and
Fate Davis, whereby Mr. Amlck be
comes the stock buyer and shipper of
this city, and the owner of all the per
sonal property pertaining to such bust
ness, such as the buildings, lots and
scales. The many successful years or
stock raising, and buying and feeding,
places Mr. Amlck in an excellent post
Hon to carry on this business, and bis
reiuitation for honesty and fairness
will win for him tho confidence of all
the farmers of this community, and
under such favorable circumstances
Mr. Amlck's new venture will be
success In every particular. Mr. Amlck
has lived In this county for many
years, and further than this he needs
no introduction to the people of east
Cass county. Mr. Davis has given
possession of the business, and depart
ed Thursday morning for the east,
where he will spend a few months In
New York and Coney Island, and re
turn to Nebraska In the fall, select a
new location and follow the same line
of work as he has for the many years
nast. Success to him is the wish of
the many friends in this community
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TRAVELING OVER THE TRAIL
A Former Cass Count) Boy Gites An Inter
esting Account of the Trip.
Th following letter Is from Dr. M.
0. Young, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Young, of near Murray, who Is now
contending with the hardships up In
Alaska. The doctor was reared In Cass
county, and the letter was written to
his parents, which will prove Interest
ing to the readers of the Journal.
I left Yaldcz on Sunday morning at
11:30 a. m., March 11th, A few
minutes before I left, the church bells
were tolling for church; the sun was
shining brightly, the snow was .spark
ling, which made It a very beautiful
day. Iliad torn up an old goons box
and made mc a hand sled about three
feet long and put what little baggage
I had on that which was about forty
live pounds. It reminded me of my
boyhood days when I would start out
to school some bright sunny morning,
pulling a sled behind me, that I had
been several days making and had Just
finished the night before.
The trail soon entered the timber,
which was very scattering. After go
ing a few miles It left the timber and
led up across a gravel bar, known as
"Lower river Hat," which seemed to
be overflowed and frozen. As 1 was
walking up that stretch it suddenly
turned real cold and the wind blew
very hard. About a mile and a half
further on the trail veered off to the
left and entered a narrow deep canyon,
known as the Keystone or Lower river
canyon. A mountain stream Mowed
down through tills canyon and spread
out over this Hat that 1 have Just men
tioned. In most places the stream was
roen over, but in some places where
It widened out over the locks and
formed rillles, it remained open and
lad to he bridged as the trail crossed
from one side to the other. The
farther I went Into the canyon the
deeper It became. One place where,
n warmer weather, a st ream of water
Mowed ever the steep precipitous side
of the canyon wall, known as the
Mrldal Wave Falls." Mut as it be
came colder It froze Just as It was. It
reminded me of some of the winter
scenes I have seen In pictures. As the
canyon deepened It resembled, to some
extent, the Grand Canyon and Royal
Gorge of Colorado.
The trail finally left the narrow can
yon and led up across what might ap
pear to be a meadow lying snugly in
between the mountains. It Is known
as "Dutch Mat." The trail soon enter
ed the timber again, which appeared
tobela little more dense than that
previously mentioned. Those that
bad their own camping outttt were al
ready camped by the side of the trail.
I overtook some teams, who, like my
self were late getting In. It was dark
and thcirsleds upset several times, but
as their loads were lashed on they on
ly had to lift the sled back again and go
on. 1 was very glad when the Wort
man road bouse was reached, for I was
very tired, having come about twenty
miles today.
Monday, March 12th
1 left the Wortman road house this
morning at seven o'clock and started
over the mountains. It was about
four miles to the summit, and a long
hard climb it was, too; not nearly so
hard for me as is was for those who
were pulling heavy hand sleds, and for
the teams, and they could only take
half their load to the summit and go
back after the rest. After we got
about one-third of the way up we
rounded a corner, where the wind
came down with a Rood clean sweep.
I noticed one horse and sled as they
were going along the steep side of the
train, upset and roll clear off down the
bank. No harm was done, but tho
driver had to unhitch the horse and
take all the stuff off and carry it back
on the trail and load up again. The
trail was blown full of snow which
made It harder. I lie summit was
finally reached, and passing through a
narrow gap we started down again.
The descent for quite a w ays was more
gradual than the ascent, and much
easier, except In some places, where
the trail was In a fearful condition,
leing full of large, deep chuck holes,
some times being six or seven feet
deep, where the big freight sleds went
clear row n Into them and then almost
straight up. It would seem to the
uninitiated that a team and sled could
hardly pass them at all: but one horse
generally drew two sleds, and If there
were two horses to a load, which was
very seldom, except to the passenger
and mall stages, they were hitched
tandom style. Near the foot of the
mountains we came to a very steep
part of the trail, knowu as "Ptarmigan
- it trill njijicir umhr t'ti LtniiHj.
Drop." Here they had to tie a
rope to the sled, and then take a turn
around a stump with a rope and lower
it in that manner, the horse being left
hitched to the sled. I reached the
Eureka road house at three o'clock,
having only come ten miles that day.
Tuesday, March 13.
I left the Eureka read house this
morning at seven o'clock. For awhile
the trail led off down what appeared
to be a wide meadow. But It soon en
tered the timber, and then into what
Is known as Telkhell canyon, where it
wound back and forth for five or six
miles. In one place there had been a
small snow slide, which had made the
trail Impassable for some time, then it
entered a sort of a valley, and toward
evening It entered the timber again,
where the chuck holes were again very
bad. As there had been a recent snow
the cedar and Mr trees w ere covered
with snow; some small, scrubby trees
tops were completely covered with
snow. ou may look at all the beau
tiful pictures, painted by the most
skilled artist, but to the lover of na
ture they can In no way compare with
the natural scenery that Is now, and al
ways has been, Just as God made It,
unimproved on by man. I reached the
Telkhell road house at (:3t) p. m., hav
lng walked twenty-one miles today.
Wednesday, March 14.
I left the Telkhell P. O. and road
house this morning at 0:4") a. m., the
trail still winding through the timber
with the mountains towering high on
either side. About Mve miles from
there I passed one of the U. S. tele
graph stations. Until noon the trail
was slightly up grade, and at eleven
o'clock I reached the Ernestine road
house where I stopped for dinner. At
twelve o clock I started out with a
twenty mile walk before me before I
reached the next road house. This
morning 1 got another fellow to take
part of my baggage, and taking an cx
trapairof shoes and stockings with
me, which 1 made in the form of a
pack, slinging It on my back like so
manyuo. l nave round many rciiows
who have started out pulling sleds
with from one hundred and tifty to
four hundred pounds on their sleds,
that are sorry that they ever started
with it. They have their own camp-
ing outfits with them. It don't hardly
day for what they save by it. After
leaving the Ernestine road house the
valley widened, and the trail turned
oil Into the foot hills, the elevation
gradually becoming higher all after
noon, until at i:3) that evening I
reached the top of a high plateau. I
think the scenery was prettier as we
reached a higher elevation and I could
overlook the valley below. The trail
would first go through a stretch of
timber, then break out into the open
ing again, and the higher the eleva
tlon became the more scrubby was the
timber; besides it was most all dead
The descent Into the valley again was
very sudden, and after I reached the
level again, I soon got to the Tonsina
road house, arriving here at eight
o'clock. I walked 32 miles today.
Thursday, March l."
1 left the Tonsina road housc at :4."
a.m. The scenery was not so much
different than yesterday. The trail
soon led up onto a high plateau and
kept there until about now. The
timber had some time In the past been
visited by a forest fire, as It was de
prlvedof its foliage. About noon It
dropped down to a lower elevation and
runout across a lake about a mile.
Soon after leaving the lake I met a
large number of government teams
that had been hauling freight some
where near Copper Center, I don't
know Just where. The soldiers from
Yaldcz were driving the teams. A
little jurther on I came to the Willow
Creek road house. The man w ho runs
It farms in the summer time. He has
about twenty acres which he will put
In hay and grain. After leaving there
the trail soon found Its way back on
the high plateau and remained there
until about dard. It was very level
and a fine trail. At i:3i) p. m. I reached
the Copper Center P. O. and road
house, the I'nlted Statcscommlssloncr
Is located here.
Friday, March R
1 did not go out on the trail today
at all, as my ankles were very lame.
Saturday. March 17.
I left the Copper Center nad house
at ii o'clock, and for twent v-tlve miles
the trail was ( n the lee of the Copper
river. Then the tral eft the Conner
river and entered the mouth of the
Gulkana river, and kept that for three
miles, when I reached the Gulkana
road house. A snow plow had been
run up the river and plowed the snow
off, leaving an Ice trail, which was line
for teams but not quite so good for
mushcr. The Gulkana road house
the best housc I have stopped at yet
large and roomy. There was only
few mountains lu sight today and they
were far distant. The country was
who kept the money in the temples for security.
Those were ilavs of primitive hanking.
MODERN BANKING is the result of a slow devel
opment, and today the Lank offers every possible fa
cility and the methods are systematic and simple. A
man deposits his money in the bank: he can then go
out among his fellows, pay his debts, make purchases,
etc,, by writing a check for his obligations. He
checks against his money in the bank. The check
ing system is most convenient. It is adjusted to the
needs of everyone. It is for large business. It is for
small business.
Murray State Bank.
Chas. S. Stone, Cashier. Murray. Neb.
rough and covered with asraalt growth
of timber. There Is a large crowd here
tonight, and we are having a Jolly
time. All the mushers have aches or
pains of some kind. Two or three of
us pulled off our shoes and stockings
and went out and sit down In the snow
or on a box and bathed our feet good
with snow. Several of them called us
crazy, out one fellow wiio nan a loot
that was swelled u p as big as two feet,
said that a man that was fool enough
to mush over that trail was crazy any
way, so he would plead guilty. Several
times 1 have sit down by the trail and
pulled oil my shoes and bathed and
rubbed my ankles In snow. There are
thirty-six here tonight, six of them
being women. I see lots of women
coming in, and some of them mushing
most of the time.
Sunday, March IS.
J left the Gulkana road house at 0
a. in. The trail still being in the tim
ber. It took due north, and kept In
a direct route most all day, winding
In but few places. The country was
level, with a young growth of cedar.
I crossed three small lakes up until I!
o'clock, when I passed the Hart road
house. It was only a tent affair. From
there on to the Gillispie road house is
eight miles. In that eight miles the
trail crossed eleven lakes. I reached
the road house, having come thirty
one miles today, but I got to ride part
of the way. This Is the poorest road
housc t liave come t0 veti onlv one
room to cook, eat and a large crowd to
sleep In. There arc so many here to-
night I think some will have to sleep
iianfi-inB- on a nail, and as I was one of
the last to get In, I suppose I will be
oneof them but I have not been as-
signed my nail yet.
Monday, March 1!.
I left the Gillispie road house at six
a. m. The trail was not so good as
yesterday, and it wound and angled
more than it did. It was gradually
upgrade until about two o'clock I
reached the top of a high knoll. From
there I could see nearly all over the
surrounding country. It overlooked
a valley, to the right, through which
the Gokona river Mowed. Bordering
on the valley Is the mountains to the
north, cast, south and southwest, re
sembllng a huge white wall. It was a
grand sight. From there the trail
droppedjdown and finally struck the
Gokona river, and was on the ice three
miles then entered the timber where
I soon reached McMuIIcn'sroad house.
It is built of logs like most of the rest
of them, but it. has a tent covering
like the houses I seen In Gold Field
last wlnter.but it Is very comfortable.
After a fellow has roughed it for some
time he don't care so much for artis
tic furnishings In hLs sleeping quarters
but give him a rough board bunk with
a tew blankets thrown on it and lie
can drop down and soon be dreaming
of "Home Sweet Home," folks and
friends so far away, just as well as if
he was sleeping on the softest bed of
down. Yesterday I passed three high
mountain peaks far oil to the right.
The one on the south Is called Mt.
Drum, the next one Is Mt. Wrangle,
and is a volcano which Is alwayssmok-
Ing some. The one on the north Is the
highest, and Is called Mt. Sanford.
The SI wash Indians speak of Mt.
Wrangle as "Big Man Smoke." When
smoking heavy they will say, "III!
Yul" Big Man Smoke."
Tuesday, March 20,
s mv ankles were bothering me a
great deal, I did not leave the McMul
len road house until :3o a. m. The
trail led gradually upgrade, winding
back and forth through a very sparse
growth of cedar. A little after noon
1 reached the Timber Line road house,
situated upon the mountain side Just
at the timber line. I ate a lunch and
rested the rest of the day. Just a lit
lie wiiiic before i got nere two men
passed mc driving a dog team of four
teen dogs. lie was resting and eating
his lunch when 1 got here, lie Is on
his way to Nome with some tele
phones. His team Is worth eleven
hundred dollars. He said It would
a take him a!out twenty days to get to
Is Nome. He drove Into Yaldcz from
Nome Just the day before 1 left Yal
a dez. It's about twelve hundred miles
from Yaldez to Nome and he makes It
with his dogs In about twenty-four
days. His name is "Scotty" Allen and
Is an old-time mustier on the Mc
Klnzie river. This road house Is an
other tent affair, but Is double thick
ness, with nothing but chips on the
ground for a Moor. They give the best
meals here, though, of any place on
the trail, and they are the farthest
away from supplies, being just half
way between Yaldez and Fairbanks.
Wednesday, March 21.
I left the Timber Line road house
at6:3i)a. m. The trail continued a
gradual upgrade winding back and
forth among the mountain tops. The
morning was warm, but cloudy, the
trail and landscape was more what I
had heretofore imagined an Alaskan
trail to be. Nothing in sight but the
pure white snow. The ascent up the
mountains and the descent was so
gradual that it was very hard to tell
where one stopped and the other be
gan. About two o clock I reached the
Yost road house, where I ate a lunch
and rested an hour and a half. There
the trail struck the head of the BU
Delta river. It following the river
down a canyon for nine miles, where
I reached the Casey road house. My
feet and ankles were so lame and tired
that 1 could hardly walk at all. I
only made twenty-live miles. There
was some overtlow on the river, the
wind came up this afternoon after I
left the Yost road house and blew very
hard. It was very hard to walk
against it. and it turned much colder
too. The mall stage, with two pas
sengers, are here tonight. The stage
from Fairbanks meets them here.
Thursday, March 22.
I left the Casey road house at 6:30 a.
m. I had not went very far until 1
came to an overtlow on the river. But
It was only three or four Inches deep.
One place the trail took a cut-off to
miss an overflow that was pretty deep.
But it was a new cut-off and some
teams got mired in the deep snow and
got badly cut. I only came fifteen
miles, as the next road house was fif
teen miles further on. I got here at
one o'clock. The river was a perfect
glare of ice, which made walking very
tiresome. 1 fell down so many times
I got tired of counting them. Just
before I got here I came to another
overtlow, larger and deeper than the
others. For quite a distance I walked
out on the gravel bars and avoided
wading through them. But fin
ally I had to go in and wade through
for quite a ways. I went through
none more than eight Inches deep.
But I have seen many fellows who
have had to wade for miles through
deeper water than that. If they had
had green dogs that hadn t been
broken very long they would have had
pretty hard time, as the dogs
wouldn't pull very well going through
the water. I met the mall stage this
morning going up the river to Casey's
road house. I am stooping at the
Rapids road house tonight. The mall
stage also made this point tonight.
Two other stages with three ladles got
in late.
Friday, March 23.
I made arrangements with a fellow
yesterday to ride the rest of the way
to Fairbanks. There was about five
Inches of fresh snow on the Ice this
morning whenwe started out.oblltera-
Ing the trail. The mall stage which
carries the mail between here and
Fairbanks consists of a bobsled and a
pair of very balkv mules. They had
started out ahead of us, but we soon
overtook them stuck on a sand bar.
They had two passengers, and there
were three or four men with the sled
I was on. Several or them took hold
of the sled and helped get It on the
Ice agaln.and we started on with some
of the men, going ahead picking a
trail. But the river was so small and
bad spread out so wide that It left no
defined channel and wherever the old
trail was the fresh snow had covered
it, and for lour or live miles we picked
our way continuously over gravel bars
and deep, unbroken snow. About noon
we reached what Is known as Nigger
Mill's road house. Here we forded the
stream. We had to wade In the water
and help pull the sled across. We
camped on the Ice, made a fire of drift
wood and ate our lunch. All the af
ternoon we had a tine trail. It was
still snowing some this morning when
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