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VoL I. No. 4
Douglas, Alaska, Tuesday, September 26, 1911
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THE LURE OF AN UNCLIMBED MOUNTAIN
By George N. Edward*
Anyone who has looked to the north
ward from the top of Mount Roberts
or from the ridge that rises eastward
from Mount Juneau has probably seen
a single domed shaped peak rising
above all is fellows within twenty
miles of it. It is noticeable at a long
distance because of its isolated height
and its helmet shaped head
On one chart I have seen that it
seems to be named the Lion’s Head.
This peak stands at the head of Lem
on creek glacier and its grandeur in
creases the nearer one approaches it
From Mount Olds and Salmon Heac
it looms up over the snow fields at {
distance of four or five miles, its clea:
cut outline, black above the snow likt
a colonial soldier’s hat. It is remark
ably regular in shape, sloping up 01
r
its east and west sides with beautiful
curves and cut sheer off on its north
and south sides leaving perpendicular
cliffs hundreds of feet high.
Fascinated by this tower of rock,
estimated to be a mile high Mr. J. B.
Stevens and I made a pilgrimage
thither this summer approaching from
Lemon creek valley. Leaving camp
at 6 a. m. we made our way easily ov
er the trail for several miles until we
reached a prospector’s cabin about a
mile from the foot of the glacier. At
least it didn’t look like more than a
mile but it took nearly two hours tc
get through that jungle of elder and
reach the bare rocks from which th«
, glacier last retreated. The creek rum
• in a narrow little canyon carved out oi
« reddish looking rock. The jagged blu<
ice of the glacier towers one to tw<
t hundred feet above the head of th<
traveler who stops at its foot. It
seemed too precipitous to climb so we
left its rocky bed and climbed up a
steep draw to the right and finally
reached the top of a mountain about
2,500 feet high. The top was carpeted
with grass and myriads of beautiful
and sweet smelling flowers.
From one point we gained our first
view of our destination far away a
cross the snow fields. At our right in
a rocky valley we discovered a beau
tiful green lake several acres in ex
tent tempting us to a swim in its clear
waters but too much mountain inter
vened between us and that distant
head. A second lake was seen across
the glacier.
: We went on over another and higher
i mountain only to find a deep valley,
i At its end lay the remains of the old
> glacier that had retreated to the south
and left a bare rocky hollow. We
must descend this and go up the main
glacier or else make a very long de
tour to the rignt in order to keep our
elevation. So down we went and ate
our lunch in the shadows of a rock
near the glacier stream.
After lunch we climbed nearly seven
hundred feet up an icy but snow cov
ered slope so nearly perpendicular that
it gave us a glorious slide when we re
turned in the late afternoon. This
brought us to the edge of the main
snow field extending unbroken for 3
miles to the foot of' that towering mass
of rock now in sight.
For two miles it was nearly level
tnd we started out gayly enough till
we found ourselves in a net work of
crevasses lightly covered with snow.
We soon learned to avoid these great
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I
HERE’S A FRESH BUDGET OF NEWS
Justice Suffers from the Law’s De
lay, and a Number of Criminal Cases
Begun but never Prosecuted under the
Regime of Prosecuting Attorney Boyce
are Dismissed Because Witnesses are
Gone.
Haines’ Saloon Keepers Violate Lit
tle-Known Law, and have to go out of
Business on that Account.
Jack Welch and Miss Hall will be
Married this Fall, and Jack will Buy
a Farm in Kentucky.
Ferry Company will Maintain a
Warm Waiting Hoorn on the Douglas
Side this Winter.
San Francisco Court of Appeals will
in October Pass on Vexed Question,
“Is Alaska a Territory?”
Governor’s Office will Move this
Fall into Old Presbyterian Mission.
Not Believed About Court House
that Dan Popovich will Prosecute As
sailant, but he will Probably be Con
victed Anyway.
Vincent Erects Sluice Box, and has
Force of Men Working over the Ashes
of the Juneau Hotel for Gold and Sil
ver of his Lodgers.
Well Known Foreign Bora Alaskans
Expect to Become American Citizens
this Fall.
Juneau Subscribers and Alaska Yu
kon Magazine Publishers have some
Anxiety about Agent who Collected
Several Hundred dollars in Southeast
ern Alaska.
Prosecuting Attorney’s Office will
have the Busiest Season this Fall it
has had for Years.
District will be Represented in Big
Madison Square Garden Show in New
York—A Chance no Prospector Should
Overlook.
Douglas Finns and Scandinavians
Organizing to Give Gastineau Channel
Folks some Winter Sports.
The Truth about the Sequestering of
Secretary Fisher at Ketchikan.