ON THE GLACIER TRAILS OF
ALASKA I QUEST OF GAME
(My \V T VOI’N'O in "Outdoor Miff."I
One can not find a trip filled witn
more comforts and pleasures than this
trip through the inside passage of
Southeastern Alaska. Massing through
Dixon entranc e, you cross the Alaskan
line and get a slight swell of the I'a
eifie before entering tin* Alaskan in
side message, which extends from this
point to ( ape Spencer, west of Ju
neau. and during that time you arc* on
perfectly smooth water and passing
between snowcapped mountains, with!
their dark green coast line covered
with heavy timber and at places ver
tical walls of rock, with here and there
a beauiiiul waterfall, keeping one busy
running from side to side of the boat
for fear of missing something inter
esting. The Southeastern Alaskan
country has tin unusual climate*. The
average rainfall varies from 185 inches
at Ketchikan to 7b inches at Juneau
per annum This is due to the wuwn ;
climate produced by the Japan cur
rent Tie* vegetation is very green
and hea\y for a long way up the moan-1
tain in fact, about to timber line,
whore the underbrush and berry j
bushes get thinner. All of this oun-.
try has plenty of bear and deer, and
will be the last section to surrender
that eh; of game, for tile protection
and food conditions arc* ideal. Berries ,
grow in great variety and quantities,
and the streams are alive with salmon
after the* run begins, thus supplying;
great quantities of the best of boar,
food. I understand the mountains on
the* mainland have* plenty of goals, but
they were protected in 1917 in all ot
Southeastern Alaska. All of the
islands, as well as the mainland, have
plentv of bear, some black and some;
I
brown On Admiralty. C’hichagof and i
Baroiiofl I understand they are very ,
plentiful, and my next trip to Uaska
will inc lude a bear bunt on one ol
these islands
Ketchikan, with its big cannery and
its “dry rains." is an interesting place,
and marks \our first introduction to ,
an Alaskan town Be* sure you take
your slicker or umbrella when you i: >
up town, for these “dry rains' in
Alaska remind me ot New Orleans,
La., rain where you need a slicker
with life preservers attached. The old
Indian chief answered the question.
"Does it rain all the time?" by saying
"No. he snow sometime."
Wrangell is the next stop, with its
many totem poles and eurio stores,
tilled with Indian wares of all kinds.
This is one of the oldest towns .11
Alaska. wl;*re a military post wn>
maintained by the government tig
about 1KK7. It is the gateway to tl
famous I’assiar country of British Co
lumbia. when* connection is made
lumbia. where connection is made with
the powerful gas bouts that climb the*
rapids of Stickine river. While pass
ing at Wrangell narrows you can
throw a stone to the rock wall on
either side However, there is plenty
of water for the deepest draft vessels
that make the Alaskan trade. Contin
uing through this beautiful channel
between solid stone walls fringed
along with deep green trees near the
water, snow-capped mountains almost
continually in sight, with an occa
sional glacier up the arms, and this
constantly changing panorama before
us. the time goes by quickly. We soon
pass through Frederick sound and ar
rive at the famous Taku glacier, up
Taku arms, and our ship swings round
us close to the mighty mountain of
ice as it dares go, as great icebergs
are constantlv dropping oft and float
ing down the* arm. Some* of these are
white and some indigo blue, with all
intermediate shades, some small
blocks that you could pick up and
others several hundred feet long. Here
you can see sample's of "dead and
li\«*" glaciers from one position. These
two rivers of ice are interesting. The
live one shows its sparkling form ju»
ting out into the water, the sun mak
ing its million of ice diamonds spar
kle like* a mountain of jewels. You 1
can heat* a rumbling like distant thun <
der caused by the breaking up of th
mass of ice Just to the west you [
san see the dead glacier, with its gray
top mil glacial moraine front dul1
unattractive. neyonu me iact in.it
roil know it to Ik* a mighty river of
ii «- extending for many miles up the
valley, and for the present it sleeps,
uni is gradually melting away. How
•ver, soim day it may be disturbed
rom its slumbers and again start on
ts trip down the valley and into the
waters of Taku arm.
After the passengers had had an
ipportunity to see these great sights,
iIn* Prime Rupert turned her nose
lown the arm and entered Hastineau
T.annel. and we soon saw Thane to
he* right, Treadwell on Douglas island
o tin- left, and Juneau on the main
and at the foot of a towering moun
Lain Juneau, the capital of Alaska,
md of much interest to all travelers,
vhere we landed in a few minutes. We
i*. ere met at the w harf by K. D. Heat
ie. a well-known hunter and guide,
is well as popular man of Juneau, a
nan of real red blood and who has
united all the country adjacent to
Juneau, and who is well posted as to
he location of game in Southeastern!
Alaska. We found him always ready j
o even go out of his way to give us j
my assistance or information possi I
ile We stopped at the Zynda hotel
viler* we had nice, comfortable rooms
it very reasonable prices.
Owing to the steamer Alaska, on
.\hich we had secured passage to Cor
lova. h iving had an accident to her
impeller, she was several days be
lind. and had not yet left Seattle, so
,v« had to surrender our tickets and
■et pas age on the Admiral Kvans. on
v hit'll w e secured good aceoinmoda
ions. However, we lost two days at
luneaii. While there we met many
itizens and surrendered $r»o each for
nir Alaskan license. All the citizens
save us ;i warm welcome. s**\u ral I
vhom wore from our own Tenne •
While there Judge Cobb, who has
lunted a gmaf deal, gave us main
« min. . (•!'(of his hunts and a line
amp n- ip" for cooking Rocky Moun
am hilly goat. We all know that
Hds and fat nani*s an* pretty goou
*ut of tie- old billies, beware! Ami
ihle rc<■ ijm*. I will giv« it. as loliov :
'Prepare tin* meat in the usual vay,
during it in cold water, and in the
jot with flu* meat place two granite
amblers about the size of your list;
King the put over the tire and briny,
o a boil; keep plenty of hot water
landy and continue to boil until you
an slick a fork in the rocks; then
brow away the meat and eat the
•oeks."
Leaving Juneau, some of the st»' :i
rs go to Skagway. tin* Mower town
>f Alaska, where the steamer stops
or an hour or two. However, tine
vould like to spend several days see-!
ng Skagway. the ('hilkat pass u:-t I
Jyea trail, all made famous durP ;
he Klondike stampede; listen to t! !
rue stories that sound like fiction of j
hardships endured, difficulties over
ome hv the thousands making their
vay to the land of gold. These stories
iiake one's blood run cold. Many of
he gold seekers have their bones
mattered along the gravel bars o'
he mighty Yukon and many more
ie in the frozen ground along ?
rails without markers to oven show
hat a body is buried there, buried
aossildy by strangers who did not
?ven know the person's name or from
•Vhere he came. Thus it was that so
nany went to the Silent North that
lever returned, and loved ones lost
orever all trace of their whereabouts
>n those trails no one had time to
ook after anything but his own safety
ind that was a big job; only the very
Prong of body and heart could wi‘h
f ind the storm.
Leaving Skagway. you retrace your
vay down tin* Lynn canal and turn
.outhwest into the passage between
hieaghof bland and flu* mainland
hie to the warm climate along the
mast, all of these Islands and most
*t the mainland shore is covered with
icavy timber, where one can find
denty of deer and bear on the island;
ilso goat on the mainland These
P»Iet waters with the heavy green
along the roast, low down, and the
snow-capped mountains In the dis
tance. the many small islands and in
lets extending hack into the moun
tains combine to form a continuous
moving picture of great magnitude.
You have several hours of this, inter
rupted at intervals hy the boat stop
ping at numerous canneries and In
dfan villages. If the boat stops long
enough you can get out your fishing
tackle and amuse yourself hy catch
ing various kinds of fish. Before you
begin to tire of the bountiful scenery
you piss out between Chi* hagof island
and Spencer point, around Cape Spen
cer. and turn west through the Alas
kan gulf. Here you will wish to put
on your sea legs. At first you eateh
tin* <|uiot rolls of the ocean, and it
th** wind is not too strong you will
continue to enjoy tin* six eats a day
on the boat, but if a little stormy and
yen a;*- not a « usto.ned to water
travel, you will do like some of our
party did proceed to “feed the fish.”
As you turn west along the Alaskan
coast you will see the beautiful snow
covered mountains and ice fields oi
Muir glacier; also the great Mala*
pina glacier. These two ice fields
practically cover tin* entire coast from
Spencer point to Copper river. OfT
to the north, when passing Cape St.
Klias. you will see Mount St Klias
and Mount Logan with their snow
capped peaks extending about Ib.ouo
feet above sea level. \fter pa: sing
Cape Si Klias you cross in front of
tin* mouth of the great Copper river,
with its wind-swept delta, round Cape
Him hinbrook, and enter Orea hay.
landing at Cordova, after about two
to three days’ travel, depending on
the amount of freight handled. Dur
ing the trip you h:t\c an opportunity
fn see and inspect the great canneries
of ih<* Pacific coast, should you make
this trip in August, when th*' canning
is in full blast, when* salmon are
brought in by tin* barge load. At Cor
dova we left Mrs Young and daughter
on tin boat, they making th** round
trip to Anchorage and back to Juneau,
where they awaited our return from
the Interior.
Cordova, Alaska, is the terminus oi
(he Copper ltlver k Northwestern rail
road, a thriving Alaska town with a
good site and room to grow. This
is the shipping point of most of the
Copper River valley and the home ol
the razor-back clam. lly the way.
don't do as one of our party did. who
ordered two dozen razor-bark clams
for supper, and think yon will cat
them, for they are the largest, longest
and most tilling clams you ever saw;
two will make all anyone can eat. and
they are very fine.
As to how long you stay in Cordova
depends on how long it is before the
next train leaves for the Interior. If
the next day, you are in luck; if not,
vou can wait till the train goes—some
I
i times one day, sometimes three, Leav
ing Cordova, you take the Chitina spc
rial, a tri weekly train You pas- out
by beautiful Kyak lake through a low
pass and emerge on the flats between
the mountains and the coast, crossing
numerous guacial streams that are
; so muddy that it looks possible to
To those who love the open and
have never had the pleasure of a
i journey to the interior of the Silent
i North there is yet waiting you a trip
that is unsurpassed for beautiful
mountain scenery, wonderful glacial
! fields, interesting mineral deposits.,
plenty of game, and an insight into
the life and history of Alaska; ill of
| which combined makes the trip «o in
teresting and Instructive. Such is a
trip to the Alaska-Yukon White river
game fields—a country so big an I so
far away that unless you have givn
I Alaska in general considerable study
l you little realize and can not appre
! elate just what Alaska is, and the
t opportunities, inter • -r and so forth it
'offers to the traveler and big game
1 hunter.
The White River game fields con
sist of the section lying along the in
ternational boundary between Alaska
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Sec. 21, Election Laws, That in any precinct where the election
has been legally called anil no official ballots have been received the
voters are permitted to write or print their ballots, but the judges of
election shall, in tills event, certify to the facts which prevented the
use of the official ballots, which certificate must accompany and be
made a part of the election returns.
SAMPLE BALLOT
THIRD JUDICIAL DIVISION
MARK "X" IN THE SQUARE AT THE LEFT OF THE NAME
OF THE CANDIDATE FOR WHOM YOU DESIRE TO VOTE IF
NAMES OF CANDIDATES FOR WHOM YOU DESIRE TO VOTE
DO NOT APPEAR ON THE BALLOT, INSERT WITH PENCIL IN
BLANK SPACES.
For Delegate to Congress (Vote for one.)
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