APRN Rt tn PY, P.0. Box 1075 KING EDWARD HOTEL W. O. BOBSON, Proprietor Commercial and Tourist House WILSON LUMBER CO. | - | Phone: Fernie 25 - Night 52 | | | | | JACK WILSON, Sole Prop. Dealers in CEDAR POSTS AND POLES RAILWAY TIES, PROPS, ROUGH AND DRESSED LUMBER First Class Dining Room FULLY LICENSED FERNIE BRITISH COLUMBIA Fernie British Columbiq The WHITE SPOT LUNCHES TOBACCOS CONFECTIONERY Phone 150 150 Victoria Ave. FERNIE, B.C. Phone 229 CROWS’ NEST BAKERY George Yezovich, Proprietor ICE CREAM PARLOUR P.O. Box 715 Fernie, British Columbia Subscribe to THe SHOULDER Srrap TRITES-WOOD CO. LTD. K. N. STEWART, Managing Director Department Store FERNIE, BRITISH COLUMBIA FERNIE GARAGE e Ford Dealers FULL EQUIPMENT FOR TOURISTS Fernie, B.C. Chummie would come close to me and give a low growl to tell the man was near. I would say: “Alright, get him Chummie”, and before the man knew where he was Chummie would be on him. A good horse and a good dog are about the best friends a man can have. You need a good horse when you are constantly on the go, mainly along trails, and a good dog is not only company when a man is travelling alone but is of great assistance to a constable, as Chummie was to me many a time. THE TRAIL OF 98 During the Klondike rush I was up and down the trail all the time, watching for and helping the unfortunate men who were taking the overland trail to the land of gold, as they called it. Very many of them had no idea at all what they were going to be up against, and by the time they got to the Nechako lots of them were beginning to turn back disheartened and convinced that the road to the Klondike was not to be found by the overland route. They were a reckless lot: could not light a fire or make camp properly or secure the game that was so plentiful around them. They did not know how to pack a horse; in fact they did not know how to look after or care for a horse or any pack animal. There were dead horses every two or three miles along the trails. Men had trouble rounding them up in the mornings and so they got to be afraid of losing them, and after packing them hard all day tied them up short to a tree all night. No wonder they lost so many of them! Many a killing took place along that trail that never was known. The hardships men underwent affected their tempers, as you could tell from casual things you would notice or hear about, and there was an awful lot of petty bickering among memben ; of parties, which flared out into rows anj fights sometimes. Men used to quarrel aboy the route they should take, when they should camp, where they should camp, wh should look after this or that camp chore— cutting wood, or lighting the fire, or cook ing, or attending to the horses—how far g; © how fast they had travelled; in fact, ther was not a single subject that men travelling 7 in a party together were likely to talk about but they would quarrel over. It goes to show what a frazzled state their tempers were in when they would let themselves go so easily. There is not a doubt but some of - these disputes ended in killings which no — one ever heard of. You would think that if some one in a party you were with did not turn up or disappeared you would make some inquiry as to what had become of him, but it didn’t seem to worry any of thes chaps at all. A man might have been killed or he might have got lost but’ they didnt put themselves to any trouble looking for him. We had some inquiries for people who had disappeared on the overland route but we were never able to do anything in regard to them. It was impossible to trace them in any way or even to tell for sure if they had ever passed that way. One day I had crossed the Mud River (Chilako River) on my way up to an ar ranged meeting-spot to get a fellow who was © being brought down from the Omineca for trial, when I met on the trail a big fellow, blunt and autocratic and domineering, that had charge of Sir Arthur Curtis’ outiit. This fellow was called Pocock, Richard Pocock, I think, or maybe it was Roger Pocock 1°, and he was supposed to be a great frontiersman and traveller and guide, “Founder of the Legion of Frontiersmen. Call and See an Old Sport... of the Rooms—Single Rooms—Double —_...... Rooms with Bath, etc.—Single Rooms with Bath, etc.—Double JOE WORTHINGTON, Proprietor WALDORE Ovrr: Fully Licensed Premises All rooms with running Hot and Cold water. Ss $1.50 and up ...... $2.50 and up r Week or Month Fernie, British Columbia All Rooms Vacuum Cleaned—Special Rates fo * IT PAYS ADVERTISE IN THE SHOULDER STRAP * ES $2.00 and up _.._ $2.00 and up Page Sixty-four FERNIE HOTEL JOE GUARASCIO, Proprietor A HOME FOR MINING MEN Good Rooms - Reasonable Rates Running Hot and Cold Water Dining Room in Connection FULLY LICENSED | FERNIE British Columbia | THE SHOULDER STRAP