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CONQUERING THE ARCTIC ICE 



admit that I was surprised when we came out of the forest and 

 stopped in front of the large, well-built, two-storied log 

 building. It was a splendid place with a nicely furnished dining- 

 room, bedrooms, and sitting-rooms; a large saloon with a 

 billiard-room took up the lower story of the house, and in an 

 annexe were baths for men and women. The water came from 



as 



THE HOTSPRINGS DISTRICT IN SUMMERTIME. 



some hot springs, the temperature of which was 108 Fahr. 

 When cooled it made splendid water to bathe in, and when hot 

 it was used for heating the hotel, the stores, the stables, and 

 some immense chicken-houses in which 1,200 chickens were 

 living the life of warmer climes. Fresh eggs were no rarity 

 at the hotel, no more than fresh chicken and potatoes (twenty 

 tons grew there in one summer) ; cabbages and even corn grow 

 in the warm soil during the summer months. Mr. Manley was 

 proud of his hotel, as in fact he had a right to be. 



The hotel was a favourite winter resort to the people from 

 Fairbanks, who at the time of my visit had flocked there in 

 such numbers that every room was taken up, and I got the only 

 spare room and bed that were to be had. 





