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- _ ' _ C _-'- . "-'t', I ~17 "lF, ' - '."" _ l ' I /'7":.""" 7 = - 'e:Te"%imil , .tr' "C, , 5"wfvaf7'7 "'Al - », 5 q 7 er _ ' NL A .- _ s v win I .- 9 - .. bl S C . _ _.', 771? - . i dii E . _ F 7 '" .' _ " , "ttr-r-cs _ F , tary of i"ihjii3rai)), _ one K1n plc I Yukon Sourdoughs 9553 .4 _ By Arthur R. Ford 5 ' r, was a personal triumph, Mr. Black in the , f ',w' Mrsxrllv7l>ow ' 7 F. WAS a story in the Paper 9. master of procedure and a champion of _ f _ {£33362}; Lf" T )/ii,titNBBiMgrE _'. I recently of the celebration of the 84th the Yukon and the North. When the Com 4 5 ",, 5&5: 'i' ;,,irrt',': H/,, " . ' C: birthday ot George Black. with former mum! osrried the country in 1980 he ij.,;", (s 'ii7isi"itit"zN . ts (:i:iiililg")ifis'rr IlMlllill8illllM 'r,, Speaker of the House of Commons and was elected Speaker. He was ill in 1985 and 'iig'Y ("arjici:i'j'ji'istN1 b'j-:rr, .' {ff/31,2; "IA/f; , one of the last of the Yukon fmurdtrughs his loyal Wife. also A Yukon Sourdough, 7.391%". - 7 _ of the Trail of '98. His even more famous was elected in his place. In 1940 his health V , @9733; Er"yhrri),v,i"ite'iga,r, K wife is seven years older and at " is still recovered and he.ran again and was again T £2: " '"ite',it?,vrs:> " 7 ' , active. They are Canada's most remarkable elected. This was his last campaign. ', k'iiv'iiiiriiCiiifiam IEtrciiE C, couple and if ever a monument is raised to * . '7 . to; 'i:'_i'i',iii:)'iis's','itg= _ . IPM, > ' . ' commemorate the Yukon, gold rush Mrs, Mr. Black was always an untiring sup. _fsre)j;cl't'i',rfj,')2dam ' > ' E and Mrs. Black should be the symbolic porter of the,veterans ot World War 1. ir2'l'sijiififi%m ' 177/77" - 15t ' ' figures of those brave and tempestuous Characteristic of his loyalty to the men C 'rii'ii',3iiiMil 71,365?» tig ' ' a' days. ' who fought with him is the story of Mike C ', l (its,), ")'i?ifsryss%%il 9;??? P.; ',)r)iljjir'ia Rt 7 r p. ,7 O a s a Zarkovitch, one of his gunners. Zarkovitch l I "gag/£7? $8.1" lit l, " . ' _ It is difficult for us in these days of was charged with the murder of a German , 'r, *4<("§',<7:' QMMQ , - " 7 . _ modern transportation to realize the excite- with whom he was employed when they , ' (jy, 7" 'ijtcaI 77; , _ pg? ('j'rlr':"jrr)j,'e,)s',y?,: _ . , " I merit which was created by the news in got into an argument over the war. Zarko- i My Ea ' . ttt * r:7",:_/.i""7/'5¢_:3;:'75- may ig? t,'- as»: " a fabulous gold strike in the Ca- viteh appeared in court in Edmonton and , in? "')'irariitliig Q ' . CT', Ct" ' " ' ' , -, naditut Yukon and the hardships which when asked It he had a. lawyer said: , F P' ,"fijwi . 2 _ T " ' =7 _ 39.17an Fi. bC5fifff?ir', _ It .7"? MM, . it? ' 1 thousands of people underwent to tight Please telegraph Capt. Black. He will pro- _ g; siyt'iii'ij 'k"i%IEm 7-,; 55.»;W% F: their way under appalling conditions hm tact me." The prosecutor explained that l , _titii')'ii'ttri,tE,tEgA'; 'tu"', 'c;rseci'; @333 ' p K- the new Eidorado. _ J' Capt, Black was at the time in Parliament 7. g'"'s'v{§/a'<§'gfi, /iiri)rj't)drijr' 'l::'),;"."):):,,:;"):':':)",," 'qurfit?ii?,sr', " - _ F; * * . ' at Ottawa, but Zarkohtl,'insisted and the '. I " 'ii'-,?)) WON , 'rr: N , 'a I','-§'~v'-v" , .5". Mr. Black was a young New Brunswick wire was sent. Black wired Shack: "Please ' i ( "a'"cr,isl'sii:?s"fgWtv',": V (C'ii'i'i':ii:iisi'ir?i: re'i'i'r'( '3 .tsht,Pr 7 ' T" lawyer practising in Fredericton when tell Zarkovitch I am leaving for Edmonton "a "ii'i'i),1fffrrivsSE ' "ve, 1'rrfr"v:sy, g Itt r"ir?ty', -.I ' _ t word of the Klondike strike (lashed around at once." Mr. Black's moving plea saved I C 24 "?c1'ii'r,'jii,')iiiCi'U. '. V V' rs'""; Fir vis "Q : the world. The sturdy and adventuresome the prisoner. He refused any payment tor ' . 7% Cr' ""2, fi, A, V V , 5'" f ,3 'a" _ lawyer closed his office and joined the his services. _ E, 77351.7", _j(it,,?i?ii, wp 717,7» , 'g'sfi,ii).rssi] __'", ca. l stampede. As with thousands of other . . . _ ' ._7' 'iir"'sfreer'.l'l:'C'r"frii: 'e _,ii, 7 k3¢£éwofik courageous spirits his quest for gold Mrs. Blaek WE! born in Chicago ot 7 '7. [My-E T 57:33" F " ' N" of)" (rc, V "lr, - _ ended in failure. However, he recovered wealthy parents. Her parents met during T a" 3'; ,, C J A, 'v)" V "* l _ enough from his claim, to set up a law the American Civil War when herfsther k , Fl a 'F. 2"7 .; " q Crt, 'ci' F ottige in Dawson City and continued mining was wounded at the Battle of Seven Pines. G 2 ., ""wym ., 's , C , _ q " , . . Eq on the side. Those were wild and stormy He was an owner of a chain or successful _ ' le, :7 / l, . _ ., F . ..~'.'i ' _ lid" days in the frontier town and a. vigilance laundries. Her first husband was William Mr. and Mrs. George Black who trekked over the committee with Mr, Black as chairman was Purdy, 7077 of a wealthy railwaymt1n. She Chiikoot Pass to the Klondlké gold fields in '97 still 7 establishcd to help maintain order. With had 3 spirit " adventure and joined the V like their home in Whitehorse Y.T She is 9] h'e 84 characteristic vigor and with the aid of the trail of '98. She W35 8 remarkable woman, Together they have JiFeTe'r/tii' the Ter "tor " Mounties law was set up as supreme in the whose heart was always in the Yukon with 1 Parliament for nearly 30 years and vow lh'e 17h '2 Territory. When a legislative council was the ttld timers. She trekked into the Yukon their days as Yukon sourdou hs (CP Phyto) n 7 , BM? _ W with thousands of frenzied gold seekers --- __~_*_fi_gwr~ _ . o 'Cl ce. __-, ' A . lYiilir_ Wsi3iM . over the famous Chiicoot Pass which {. . ' IltW'Licfi';'rr'e, "rr,cTsiiiii,!ir'iMll claimed the lives of many. ", - ? -. Rsh?,) V, In the Yukon she first formed a claim ' . ', f " >5, , g, iiil'jrs';i'iiii"f- _ working partnership with two men at Gold _ ' Wi A 82 l " Illi,,',5' _yl 'tr):,:":.":,':),','::'?')]', 7 Hill and cooked for a crew of 16. Backed by Sir instotn t 1 W] ___ - ' g, E ..' . (iii) [Ad/II; 7 . her father she ran for three years a. saw ' r ' 4.. . _ 'lePa,,,"a'T=Gaiiii. ' " 'y;;<>/»3ry 'litfr' " . 7 . "{ng . . _. 1'iiiiii ' ' 'i'iii-iim' . - , ' " ' - ttt - 'iirrF, 'ltrdr'i,raq - Mtie,,5'tE?(, 2atE _ Al " ftl "1'3 George Black, then a rising young lawyer - "if"; ' . r _ Mit" I . ML' 'EY? , 'ri,%rk')_'i,a, . '31,. . " , , 'trt ofif' and politician. For four years she was the - I Ir::)'?)'));;'::';,", f ' ' " " 'itll-ilk', , F,st'1'c':%l'sEsi_),?i?;ie5rM, 233$"; "q f , , tiietltMM gracious chatelalne of what might be called . . y<'§WW"'I""'ié'" & _ , *sti,'cijr1eCfii,)f:Ciii' 'l'i"'ii'i:i)iofd"'li'ist% "iii/2531' . 'NB)m the territory's Government House, while IPv',15?crss'rc) "ra"':"'";',",',"':""'." . J. Ir-tell-ll' " , , lit, 'wif/i/iid ____ . Mime, 'gsJi5sirseii)'afr"gl, T ' KMttM% he was commissioner to the Yukon. When Mi" ll, f . illN ililll- , , " " I tlimi, Ft,'itra, " IB'; George Black Mrs. Geo. Black her husband enlist" in the Great War g?" q ' a" I ' - - .3 I Ilqil1lltbi'r"A" Mini??? 7' she followed him overseas. Her three sons , . . ' I' _ , I' . I - .3 "giggles " M t t t _ " - " M Mt.,',? formed he was elected to the Yukon Coun- by her timt husband were all members ot , s - ', "ks, . Ir, ,1 "t6N (lti5_')iri_,ilitE'r,ri::salll ' e gl - 'lgrMg : ' .'7"i; f itil. The Conservative Pm? "me into ot- her husband's regiment-one of the sons ' " " Br r I "tltr,r2yEsh':s "r,':,': "3,7773 . 'lMllEiilMB:i,'iit,vil':'i"lji(, tice in 1911 and he was appointed commis- won the Military Cross. She lectured in - l - , , . nk' $32 (sir,',')':':),;"".;'-,,',),),-','.;':';', IIiIilEM:,%'g,", Fit-rar/ji", sinner of the Yukon remainingin that post England on the Yukon and administered 7 ' . " _ ' & trt "I ' ' BBE'ira'?i')2')W;,'rii,ttj;i) 17?"; - . lllM8'tirksS"ia" 55f I', post until the outbreak ot World Wu L the Yukon Comfort Fund. Baek in the . _ . - r" __ - I r ' BirFcaiitt"ii"i"iti1ii1 " FN _ . vii: a18tNrt"iN ' 'TE,"-'.;:',',",:, \ . * " Yukon after the war she assisted her hus- I I ' . e - ' " I ' ri?8i81, " ' ___ ' if», , "-'" '_ t B. 1E,'iit _ He at once enlisted and recruited a band in his Election campaigns. When Mr. 7 " 7 " l . - . . q Liiii'ir:r:cN:,:rl " Pi/isa/iight-ibut/i, " ' - 2:2? i YUKON Regiment, which went overseas. He Black's health was such he could not stand " ' Br m " ' I , ' .57 a? {1)};79' e _ . $BFJii, I was given a command of a battery of in 1935 she entered the contest to succeed .7 ' " , - " ' _ ' . . it K?,,,,,,',';',",""',',';-))',':'??,', _ fiy'fybr-i77'7'2"; ', Yultoners in the 2nd Canadian Motor Ma- him and was elected, As a Federal member I R' _ I - 7 , j , - rr , F.,t'rri'i:,'sitii"i'rati, tc5,cftQ; _',iiW,sv'r9'",',a agéé,v';¢w ";'il'i'iif,'i' l chine Gun Brigade. He was wounded in the she was a faithful attendant of the session: "'j" - " ' " ' N ' . . I 7 I}: y; _ it}: Itil ktl'gf/f2r"ér?, $5337. 3;» (r,),) l Battle of Amlens. The war over, he re- and kept in close touch with her far-oft ':ifiir'ti, '3 ' " . ' . - , - " , 'iitiMl. . K' (V::&"fiflh" _ turned to canada and commenced again the riding. When the 1937 session ended Mrs. 1ilMitttisupd tar" ' . - ' ' " a " " i- K' "'IiMNlgM5S'"r' , ., i C Pumice ot law ia Dawson City. 315019 71 at the time, spurned modern 'Cii',,)tfi', , B 'a"?' -. , " . 8lilt . . " b2'i 'i"itcitE' f " Itilr)?,-!lcrlirti: "(WAL'VW/V! 'i Bd' l T . . . transpovtatlott methods and traveled from; :'s?,iiiiiirki, tT. _.', , f' L2'iiar " . ' . - Fh,r, RaNlallE),f:i)jc, & k , , - " . l _. When the eleethmtt 1921 came he was White Horse to Dawson _ more than 400 ' fiwhi 0'. i .3, )E'fi'lf ' , ' I . . 1.7;? r persuaded to contest the Yukon Federal miles by canoe. That was almost 40 years "(EX/{M I l 'i- t a r sF_"i?,b,Sf,F,?rt'v:e:i'i l B.. fi,jsiiiii;g, ' . . ' 'lIlllEfi, i" seat as a Conservativa. Despite the fact after her first perilous journey to the i'tiiflr(:rsi'C/ _,,-,' '_siiCrTr/7isi,,Tsar.rilr:2'ia I - . . Iiirh'a"titig- $iiv,ti,ij'%is:iqa 'ir" , 4%" a that the tide was running against the Con- farthest corner of the Canadian map. o,}a..'z.,;fiel<.igv ' ' t " I , , " , Fv)i'rijii1E:i:ii'ir, ' - ' . , . . - l sonaI popularity. He was re-alccted again The story of the Blacks is a. Canadian sMstM "53;". . filo} ill, , - . 'r,',ti:,ii':Jia 'tiifiji1ri ' 7 I - .n the sleuth" " 1226, 1m and 1980. It. epic. . l . 'k1a'i'gll,l,l,l, r':/i"erl'ji'"f, Ef.' C 7 - " Itl q e 'i'iiiji'i'i)i:'iiii) "7','-'.»7'E' 'f ' "1:1 yy:.). (r, 5.177 3.7;. at ff "', _,y,r', w,riii'iifti(i:i',,a, ,;; 1 1,T "'Q'Wx'i . _ - ' , Sir Winston Churchill and His Wife Pose for His 82nd Birthday Fung- l _ . f , 1 ' _ _ e 7 _ . : ' _ . ,.':-'2':;£'7 .