CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express our ap
preciation to our many friends
in Macon County and through
out Georgia for the good help
at the death of Alfred Lester
Green and for the beautiful
flowers.
Wife and Children
Mother
Sisters and Brothers.
Clarence Bishop,
Claimed By Death
Word has been received here
of the death February 13 of
Clarence P. Bishop, a resident
of Cartoogechaye, at Moore
General hospital, Swannanoa.
He was 65'years old.
Mr. Bishop moved to this
county several years ago from
Philadelphia, Pa. He was a vet
eran of World War 1.
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DUNCAN MOTOR COMPANY
Phone 69 Franklin, N. C.
No 1
have ever seen," and he relatec
j how Mr. Mitchell, who carried
a German luger, dropped run
ning game more than a IOC
yards away.
"Nothing was safe when 1
was looking for bait, not even
a chickadee," the trapper re
flected.
Cover 100 Miles
Back when they were part
ners, the two each maintained
roughly 100 miles of trap line
Game included beaver, otter
mink, marten (American sable)
fisher, muskrat, lynx, foxes
wolf, bear, and "just about any
thing with fur!"
Their territory was about 25C
miles south of Hudson Bay
land frequentel only by Indians
and trappers. In the winter the
mercury dips to 65 below zero
and in the summer climbs tc
a mucky, warm, 90 degrees. (Mr
Mitchell has lost toe nails foui
times from freezing).
Snow shees were, and still
are, essential. A trapper's diet
is mostly meat and what few
supplies he can "pack in" on
his back. Mr. Smith recalled
that one time his partner pack
ed 300 pounds of supplies on
his back for more than half a
mile.
. . back when I was a little
younger," Mr. Mitchell explain
ed, smiling. However, at 50 he
appears to have the constitu
tion of a man in his 30's and
quite possibly he could still du
plicate the feat.
Season Split
The trapping season generally
is split into three parts, the
two explained, to enable a man
to sell his furs and restock on
supplies. A trapper hits the
"bush" about September 1 and
I comes "out" about Christmas,
|. returns soon after and stays
until March, emerges to get
I supplies, and then goes back
1 until June. During these periods
. the trapper moves about 10
I miles a day, inspecting his trap
line, collecting catches, and re
j setting traps. "Trap shacks",
, crude shelters of logs, moss and
. dirt chunked, were spaced about
every 10 miles along the trap
per's 100-mile strip, they said.
Keeping Warm Is 'Simple'
' "This 65 below zero . . . how
' did you keep from freezing?"
' they were asked. Simple:
Heavy snow shoe moccasins,
' two pairs of wool socks, one
pair of heavy felt insoles, wool
I underwear, wool shirt, wool
mackinaw pants, mackinaw
coat, wool cap with ear {laps,
wool and leather mittens.
I "Look here, he's still got his
wool underwear on," Mr. Smith
laughed, opening the collar of
his partner's shirt. He did! and
it was almost a springy day in
the Nantahalas.
Speaking~~of his summers at
J the fire lower in the bush coun
try, the visiting trapper called
I on his sense oi humor again to
show that he "had the drop"
on civilization.
80 Miles From Store
"I'm 80 miles from the near
est grocery store and my orders
I are delivered in about two
hours." (A radio in the tower
I and an airplane-'grocery boy"
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BROWN & CARSON
Phone 297 Franklin, N. C.
turn the trick, i
"You can't beat that if you're
a half mile from a store any
where else,"
So, the memories of life in the
bush country were unfolded by
the two, one who must keep on
remembering, the other anxious
| to get back.
"I'm keeping him. here by
brute force now," Mr. Smith
explained.
But it takes more than brute
force to hold a man who hasn't
missed a trapping season in al
most 32 years. Mr. Mitchell left
after a couple of days here, "in
love with the beautiful scenery
here", but it's time to start
trapping beaver in Ontario.
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