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guest to Ma Bear, she might be wondering what flavor my bones possessed. It seemed wise, all things Considered to discuss the matter with her, from perhaps a little cassary. Soon a big black head protruded around a clump of wilâ€" lows and looked at me not 20 feet away. More yapping from a pair of cubs, at Ma Bears heels and I deâ€" eideq that instead of being favored One night I busted my axe handle and after supper went back into the timber to find some birch to whittle out a new one. I struck a dry grassy, slough with no brush and was walking along not making a sound. I heard barking and thinkâ€" ing some coyotes were chasing a moose stepped back to see them cross the slough. All I had with me was my axe with a broken handle but as I was near camp and not looking for meat, a gun was unnecâ€" Day followed day with about three beautiful sunny ones, before the rains. We were gone 42 days and it rained or drizzled 30 of them. Each night going up we picked out a nice bar, where the bugs were abâ€" sent, (we hoped) pitched our tents and ate a diner t for kings. Sue was the cook and will testify to any healthy appetites. swift so we kept to slack water as much as possible trying to dodge the bars but frequently landing squarely aground, whereupon Mike and I would grab the poles and push and wock and swear and perspire until finally we had coaxed the boat into deep water again, perhaps % mile from where we had gone aground. You know the kicker didn‘t always Following is a continuation of the round robin letters sent to friends by Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Patton, on their 25,000 mile trailer trip to before the deluge in the temperaâ€" ture. It was so hot at noon that I stripped to the waist to keep cool. SBue took off her fiannel shirt. The river wound around bed after bed, Tells of 25,000 Mile Trip Across U. S. to Alaskan Wilds THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1989 «i information. 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Takes the guess work out bulbâ€"and mark an Telephone Highland Park Guaranty Company REAL ESTATE LOANS fish, flesh and foul so we pulled up stakey reluctantly for our homeward trek. As we left the lake thousands upon thousands of ducks rose, first widgeon and as we got away from the lake, mallards. The sky was black with birds near and far, so much so that Dick remarked "guess we will have to shoot our way through." I have never seen such a sight. The birds were not particâ€" ularly wild, some of them just stayâ€" ing on the water as we chugged by. I got a lot of movies of them. As we worked down stream we passed by little houses or caches resting ~about eight feet fromi the ground in which all provisions and space equipment is kept, first on acâ€" count of fire to the main cabin, secâ€" ond the bears have an unpleasant habit of not waiting for an invitaâ€" tion to visit your cabin when you are not there and they don‘t always leave things in the neat order they find them. As we got down to the mouth we ran out of cigarettes, tobacco, etc. However, fortunate we ran into an Indian family camped along the bank, where we rustled a couple of packs of Luckies. They had just killed two moose and wanted us to take some meat down to the young lady in the picture. In life she was oh so thin and hungry looking and while young, rather peeked and frail looking. Her husband was a great "sitter" so she was a great "dieter." Nevertheless she screens Our grub was running low alâ€" thoug_h we had supplemented it with We were 15 days on the lake, exâ€" ploring the surrounding country, visiting the five trappers at their main camps and trying to get picâ€" tures. One of the trappers came from Crystal Lake and knew all about Highland Park. It rained off and on most every day, with the water in the lake rising three feet. In fact toward the end of our stay we wondered, whether there would be any beach left, it came up to the front guy rope of the big tent and with rough water the waves washed even closer. We made permanent camp about a mile from the station directly facâ€" ing the Alaska Range, Lord what a marvelous sight. Our camp was located on a nice sandy beach protected on three sides from the weather. We rustled a table from a nearby deserted cabin and as we ate our meals out of doors on clear days, there was McKinley with its glistening white sides rising straight up from the Virgin forests. On either side stretched other preâ€" cipitous peaks all capped with snow as far as you could see. At sunâ€" down the snow turned to all shades of red and gold with the valleys casting deeper toned shadows. I don‘t know where I have seen a more glorious panorama, with this magnificient range looming up sheer and bold across the quiet waters of Lake Minchumina. we reached the lake which is a group of big boys all tied together, about 12 miles long in most any diâ€" attractive and smart girl with a touch of Eskimo mixed with the Inâ€" from Baitimore and his bride from short distance sprinting. I wasn‘t even curious enough to look around to see if she was impressed by my further away so I turned tail and ran and boy how I ran down that After 16 days bucking the current fellow "Fun Without Pay", a sophistiâ€" cated little green volume of verse by Mrs. H. J. Bligh known to many readers of "The Line" as Buddy Bligh, was reviewed for the class. Verses bemoaning "Life Begins at Forty (to grow a bit dull)", how the 3â€"way mirror deflates a woman‘s ego, problems of the suburban houseâ€" keeper. on movie lovers who block one‘s view, lines with such clever balance as "I‘m writing to Roosevelt, To tell him the woes felt," the amusâ€" ing title of "A Very Sad Lady Talks to Herself," applied to a prospective grandmother who had hoped to keep up the illusion of youth, were among the specially appreciated bits. A Christmas Wish verse included on separate sheet made the volume a particularly timely publication. Everyone was reminded to read "Best of Allâ€"the Family Christmas Tree" by Hazel Cedarborg in the December _ issue of "American Home." Mrs. Cedarborg‘s article was regarded as so full of the Christâ€" mas spirit that the editor honored it by quoting "Christmas again! The most joyous, the tenderest, the most significant of all Christmas festiâ€" vals. Mistletoe and holly, Christâ€" mas carols and blazing hearths withâ€" in, cheery candles for those without. Christmas greetings and Christmas presents, but best of allâ€"the Christâ€" mas tree . . . Because it is the focal point of the season‘s festivities, the tree should receive more attention The December meeting of the Creative Writing Group sponsorei by the Education Department of the Y.W.C.A was a special celebration in honor of the "off p;;s;';_;:â€"e-wâ€";-;} three members of the group. the mail contract to carry mail 75 miles across country by dog sled and I am planning to go down in Decemâ€" ber and take that trip with him. He uses 17 dogs. I have suggested that Sue go along, but she seems to preâ€" fer to stoke the furnace here in Fairbanks to breathing in the invigâ€" orating atmosphere of perhaps minâ€" us 60. She is getting a reindeer parki, trimmed with wolverine, but even that won‘t induce her to go. Strange isn‘t it? You now know of our travels to date, so taâ€"ta for now. skyline of spruce" stood out jagged and tall against the colors of the sunset or starlight The spruce grow tall and slender and are outâ€" spires one after another. We sure had a touch of the wilderness, out "Hats Off" to Three Members of Creative Writing Group kinds of weather. As we were over due the people in Nenana were worâ€" ried over us until they were able to get a radio through to the lake and a reply saying we had arrived and left in good health. It was a gloriâ€" ous trip, with marvelous vi stas. We were a week in Nenana cleanâ€" ing up our equipment and finding THE HIGHLAND PARKE PBESS Bob, Sue, Dick. or two before Christmas Eve and pick up a tree at the nearest flling station or grocery store, and then dash into the fiveâ€"andâ€"ten just beâ€" fore closing time and take what is left in the way of ornaments. The Christmas tree should be a matter of more moment. It should be planned with care, a coâ€"operative family enterprise in which the youngest and the oldest have a than it does. It isn‘t enough that one should jump in the car a night bl’l’ gives pmde.lfi'mi â€""'b‘lhl.-â€" the tree‘s decoration. Members of the group with piano playing daughters or granddaughâ€" ters on their list were interested in seeing Rowena Bennett‘s verses for "4 and 20 Melodies" by Berenice Benson Bentley, former Ravinia resâ€" ident. As the foreword says "The composer feels that the verses by Rowena Bennett and the illustrations by Phillip Leigh Holliday will stimâ€" Happy New Year WA U KE GA N s 0 C O K BE Paul Borchardt C Highland Park ] Frank Siljestrom Menoni & Mercer Lumber Companies â€" Deerfield Recommended and Sold by â€" contributor when Mrs. Bennett writes of butterflies whose tea tables are flowerbeds set with white lily eups, and pansy plants blue. And for those who do not know this Bennett the leader of the Creative Writing Group is featured. The class will resume its Thursday morning sesâ€" sions, open to new members after the holidays and vacation. ulste the imagination of the child and help in no small degree in the interpretation of the compositions." children‘s classic it is worth sharâ€" This book of piano compositions is just one of the volumes appearâ€" ing this year in which the name of with Mother Goose but we feel the And talked with softly cooing words. One said "The sky is very blue." _ Two turtle doves sat in a tree, Wishes You Highland Park Fuel Co. Menoni & Mocogni the patients at Great Lakes hospiâ€" tal last Friday. The Musart club, acâ€" companied by Mrs. Leslic Hawley, sang a group of Christmas carols. A quartet of violins presented sevâ€" eral selections and accompanied the singing group. The quartet which is directed by Helen Mayer Manâ€" nings, consists of Lorraine Weaver, Rollin Hoermann and James Krohn. cigarettes were distributed to the War Veterans Will At the conclusion of this delightâ€" ful program, the chorus sang "God Bless America." Magazines and A very delightful program was ranged by Mrs. Richard Manâ€" Read The Wantâ€"Ads PAGE NINE