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Show 39 Chapter U* I Find A Partner I stood in the doorway of the Dyea Trading Company Warehouse looking at my ton of goods piled high on the plank floor. Then I looked up at the towering mountains of Chilkoot Pass, disappearing into the clouds. And I said, "James Erickson, it's impossible." Then I was determined to prove I could do it. It's some kind of streak that runs through the Ericksons, Pa always said. In that ton of goods were 300 lbs. Crown flour, 150 lbs. bacon, 25 lbs. evaporated potatoes, 2 doz. cans Eagle Brand condensed milk, 8 lbs. Royal baking powder, 10 lbs. seedless raisins, 5 lbs. evaporated onions and 2 lbs. citrus extract tablets-and salt and navy beans and lard. And a lot of other things I could not imagine eating. |
