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Seward, Alaska
A. M. Madsen, who prior to his
departure for the States a few weeks
ago, was acting in the capacity as
roadmaster between Anchorage and
Curry, is returning a passenger on
the Northwestern.
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MIDNIGHT SUN
TRAIL SHOWS
GREAT BEAUTY
ALASKAN HIGHWAY LEADS MO
TORIST THRU WONDERLAND
OF MOUNTAINS, GLACIERS
Appears In the Seattle P.-I.
Ford Motor Assistant Manager, Re
cent Visitor in Seward, Writes
Regarding His Trip North.
Travel pictures and stories have
been produced for every road in the
United States, extolling their scenic
beauties, but last week, in the auto
motive section of the Seattle Post
Intelligencer, appeared a motorlogue
trip over Uncle Sam’s Northern-most
Highway, the Richardson trail. F.
W. Donoghue, assistant manager of
the Seattle factory branch, Ford Mo
tor Company, who paid Seward a
visit some months ago, is responsi
ble for the enlightening article which
follows:
Motorlogues have been written of
every paved road and most gravel
roads in these United States. North,
South, East or West the tourist guide
has gone, checking the spedometer,
clicking the camera, and loosening
Gram's
oCinen otaten
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at 8 p. m., at
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i n g members
welcome.
PETER N. ANDERSON, Dictator.
M. A. HORNER, Secretary.
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/^r\month; visiting brethren wel
come, J. P. Hannon, W. M.; Harold
Painter, Secretary.
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Hall, next to the postoffice. Visiting
brothers welcome. Fred Martinides,
N. G.; Chas. Lechner, Secretary.
IGLOO NO. NINE, PIONEERS OF
ALASKA
Meets every Second and Fourth Fri
day nights in Odd Fellows' Hall; John
Flowers, President; Coll A. McDou
gall, Secretary.
SEWARD CHAPTER NO. 10, ORDER
OF EASTERN STAR
Meeets the second and
fourth Mondays of each
month in Odd Fellows’
Hall at 8 p. m. Visiting
members always wel
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Mrs. Viola T. Swetmann, Secretary.
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Fellows Hall at 8:00
p. m. Visiting mem
bers are always wel
come. Mrs. John
Rosness, V. G.
Alaska Interior Silver
Black Foxes, a limited
number of 1925 pups will
be sold this season. If you
wish good foxes to start
your ranch with. Let me
furnish you your breeders
Price $500 per Pair f. o. b.
Kasilof, Alaska
Kasilof Silver Fox Ranch
Louis Nissen, Propr.
Kasilof, Alaska
up the typewriter to spread forth
the scenic attractions of said route,
and invite all motordom forth to en
joy said Travellogue. «
Comes now something unique and
startling, something original and new
for the sated motorist. It is none
other than a motorlogue of the farth
est north highway—a description and
speedometer-reading of the Richard
son Trail}, which penetrates the in
terior of Alaska from the sea coast.
“The Trail of the Midnight Sun”—
“The Arctic Circle Highway”— are
but a few of the catchy slogans that
might be bestowed upon this trip
thru the northern wonderland. One
of the first Seattleites to log the
route, F. W. Donoghue, assistant
manager of the Seattle factory branch
of the Ford Motor company, has just
returned to Puget Sound an enthusi
astic booster for the northern scen
ery.
Donoghue made the complete cir
cuit into Fairbanks, traveling by the
government railroad from Seattle to
Fairbanks, thence by automobile from
Fairbanks to Valdez. One of the first
if not the first automobile executive
to visit and study the territory, he
declares that the future of that vast
country depends on iits road develop
ment.
“The government officials, the
highway commission and the resi
dents are doing everything in their
power to speed up the program,” he
said. “They realize how much de
pends on the opening up of high
ways, and are exerting every effort
to further the work. Handicapped
as they are, dependent on congres
sional appropriations and limited in
their facilities, they deserve every
praise for the strides they have
made.
“Given some encouragement, the
Alaskans will soon be able to of
fer us even more scenic tours than
we can now find in the western part
of this country. The Richardson
Trail itself is wonderful. There are
many side trips and such a varied
scenery that beyond question the mo
toring paradise of the future will be
in the North.”
* Best for Travel
The best season for travel from
Valdez to Fairbanks is during the
period between July 1 and October
1, according to Mr. Donoghue. The
tourist rides in comfort, finding inter
esting road houses which cater to
his custom and afford clean, safe
lodgings over-night. An average es
timate of the time required to drive
between the two cities is three days.
The road leaves Valdez on the
coast, and swings northeasterly to
a point 52 miles distant, where it
connects with the direct fork lead
ing from Chitina, Cordova and the
Copper River Railroad. The railroad,
if desired, may be used in leaving
the coast, making Cordova the start
ing point instead of Valdez. The
route by motor car is 317 miles from
Chitina to Fairbanks, and is 367-371
miles from Valdez.
Prettiest Section.
Undoubtedly one of the prettiest
sections of the trip is from Valdez
over the summit, according to Mr.
Donoghue. Here the road follows
Keystone Canyon with snow-covered
peaks crowding up close to the high
way, tiny streams, fairy-like water
falls and rugged mountain scenery.
The railroad journey from Cordova
to Chitina is also very fascinating,
with the great Childs and Miles Gla
ciers, Abercrombie Canyon and the
awe-inspiring Copper River. The mil
itary telegraph follows the highway
and adds to the interest of the trip.
It is possible to send on word ahead
of your coming so that ample lodgings
may oe secured.
Majestic Peaks.
As one swings northward, leav
ing the Sawtooth Range, one has
in vision in the east three lofty
peaks, all approximating the height
of Rainier, and all near enough to
gether to present a majestic picture.
There is Mount Wrangell, a volcano
14,100 feet in height; Mount Sanford,
16,200 feet high, and Mount Drum,
13,000 feet in height. Quite a col
lecton!
The little town of Copper Center
may form one night’s sojourning
point, 101 miles from Valdez. It
was between this town and Sour
dough, forty-eight miles farther on
and the noon halting-place, that the
three peaks showed at their best.
Following the Copper River Valley,
the highway leaves it at Gakona and
works over the summit, and down to
Rapids, a possible second night’s
stopping point.
Between Meir’s and Rapids, Mount
Kimball looms up to the eastward,
9,680 feet high. Almost exactly at
the summit one finds Summit lake,
fifteen mile3 long nad somewhat like
our own Lake Keechelus. The grey
ling fishing iis good here; Mr. Don
oghue can testfy to that fact. Also
grayling and trout are seen on the
Sourdough dinner table.
Arm of the Yukon.
The Rapids road-house is so-called
because it is stationed at the rapids
of the Delta river, a sizable stream
flowing northward into the Tanana,
which, as everyone knows, is an
arm of the Yukon. From here on the
highway descends, passing peaks the
entire day. There is, among others,
Mount Hayes, in the west, almost
as tall as Ranier and standing out
from the Alaskan range equally dis
tinctly.
“Mein” host at the Rapids is
known up and down the trail as
“Charley.” Caribou heads adorn the
lobby and caribou steak form an in
teresting part of the menu. Seven
months of the twelve, “Charley” is
walled in by snow and seldom sees
another human being until the road
opens again. That is one of the
joys of conducting a road-house on
Richardson Trail.
The highway turns westward at
McCarty’s, where the river is fer
ried; and lunch is had at Richard
son. The town, named after the
government engineer who fathered
the highway, has a $40,000 log hotel
and was formerly a trading center
for a portion of the vast interior ter
ritory. The river, where it has left
its banks, has done considerable
washing away of the town.
°leasing Variety.
From here on to Fairbanks is a
short run of about seventy miles.
Through connection at the last
named city with the government
railroad, it is posible to come back
to the coast via an entirely differ
ent route, giving a pleasing variety
to the journey and enabling the tour
ist to get clo.se to Mount McKinley.
Alaska is still a pioneer country.
The development of the Richardson
Trail has been a big factor in past
growth. It parallels the Fairbanks
Trail of 1904, made by the gold-seek
ers; and has been improved by the
government at a cost of more than
$2,000,000. The trail is now for
the most part an excellent country
road, affording to the autoist all the
comforts of modern travel.
Two road-builders deserving much
credit for the manner in which they
are pushing ahead highway construc
tion in the North, according to Don
oghue, are Col. Steese, of the Engi
neer Corps, U. S. Army, who is in
charge of the Alaska Road Commis
sion, and Frank McCafferty, of the
commission, who is in charge of me
chanical units in all Alaska for this
branch of the service.
Out of 1,083 automobiles now in
the Northern territory, 674 are
Fords. In the Fairbanks district,
202 cars are registered, 127 being
Fords. Out of the Tanana River
metropolis, about fifty miles of roads
extend to the various creeks where
gold dredging is going on. Also, a
road is under construction 110 miles
north to Circle on the Yukon.
• --
Mayor Brown Points Out
Seattle Is Not Wasteful
SEATTLE, Aug. 29 (lP)—Mayor
Brown gathered all his appointees to
gether yesterday and told them they
must make reductions in expenses so
as to eliminate the seven mill increase
in the city budget tentatively adopted
by the council. He said:
“You must remove anything the
council has put in your budgets with
out your asking,” and charged that
an organized movement existed in the
United States to discredit municipal
ownership. He added: “We don’t j
want an erroneous impression to get
out that while wre are one of the larg
est municipal ownership cities in the
United States that wre are wasteful
and extravagant.” i
Mrs. C. E. Bunnell, wife of the
president of the Alaska College, near
Fairbanks, is a passenger on the
steamer Northwestern which left Se
attle last Saturday for Seward.
Marshal G. B. Stevens and Mrs.
Stevens of Fairbanks, are noted a3.
being among the passengers on the
steamers Northwestern which left
Seattle Saturday for Seward.