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OF SEWARD. ALASKA — Established August 19, 1904
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RELIC OF CAPTAIN COOK
Parties who have read the history and description of
Cook Inlet will remember that in 1778, when Captain
Cook made the discovery and took possession in the name
of his majesty, he buried a bottle of coins at Possession
Point. Many have since searched for these coins but in
vain. . .
In 1896, when Mr. L. L. Bales was in that section he
picked up a copper coin below Tyonic. He does not now
remember whether it was a one of a two penny piece, but
he does know that he received $55,000 for it when he sent
it to Lieutenant Emmons, of the United States army. Mr.
Bales is of the opinion that the Indians destroyed the
coins. Doubtless the coin that he found was one of those
left by the great navigator.
WILD BERRIES OF THE NORTH
Alaska may be or it may not be a land of “milk and
honey,” but it is most assuredly the land of wild berries,
berries growing on the hilltops and in the valleys, in the
shady nooks and where the warm sun shines the bright
est—berries that would put to shame the finest varieties
ever grown in a home garden or cultivated in a hot house,
so delicious are their strange, wild flavors, and their
vague, sweet perfumes.
There are so many varieties that none but a botanist
could name or classify them properly. There are the two
cranberries, the high and low bush. The high bush may
be made into the most delicious jams and jellies ever eat
en, while the low bush brings a better market price than
the imported cranberries. The freezing and thawing of
a long winter hasn’t the least effect upon this hardy little
native. They may be left outside in sacks of boxes to
fr eeze or thaw, as the case may be, and when late in the
spring the sack is shaken for the last handful of berries,
they are found to be as plump and sweet of flavor as when
gathered from the bushes six months before.
Then there are the raspberries and strawberries
that are brought into the market in great buck
etsful. These berries must be eaten to be appreciated. No
home-grown berry could ever hope to attain to such per
fection in flavor as this wild product grown in the short,
tropical summer of a land lying close under the wavering
shadows of the northern light.
The blueberry comes next. Perhaps it should come
first. Surely the army of prospectors who have tramped
foot-sore and weary over Alaska, rolling hills and tundra
covered marshes will say so. Many a time have they rest
ed their heavy packs to gather handfuls of delicious ber
ries that were both food and drink to them, standing in
paths where their feet had been the first to brush the
purple from miles of blueberries, and to splash the crim
son juices to the tops of their shoe laces, for in all Alaska
no other berry grows in such profusion, nor is there any
other berry that may be handled in such a variety of
ways. Jellies, jams, pies, canned and preserved, they may
be even kept fresh all winter by covering them with sugar
and cold water. By this last method they retain their
original flavor and their rich crimson color. In addi
tion to the above named berries, there are inumerable
others, many of them of delicious flavor, but scarcely
ranking in importance with the ones already mentioned.
Still if they were probably named and classified by some
botanist they would help to prove Alaska truly is one of
the most wonderful countries in the world.
THE BEAVER FORECAST
Long, cold winters can be forecast by an intelligent
observer of the beaver, by noting an extra large feed bed,
and the extreme care that they use in plastering their
houses, the work on the latter being usually completed by
the first days in October. A careless indifference to house
plastering and an apparent apathy in their feed bed work
and its small size in comparison with other years, prog-1
nosticates a mild winter.
'CLIP THIS OUT 10
TICK IT OH WALL
Seattle to Ladysmith. B C <OoaI ,
! mining town)—112 miles.
Ladysmith to Seymour Narrows. i A
very beautiful narrow stretch of ma
ter)—140 miles.
Seymour Narrows to Albert bay
(An Indian village on the right*—
73 miles.
Albert bay to Queen Charlotte
| sound. (It takes about two hours to
cross this)—S3 miles.
Queen Charlotte sound to Bella
Bella. (A Hudson Bay trading
I
and Indian Tillage that was founded
by the Russians in the eighteenth cen
tury.)—S5 miles.
Bella Bella to Milbank sound. (It
takes about an hour to cross this *—
16 miles.
Milbank sound to Swanson's bay—
46 miles.
Swanson’s bay to Dixon's entrance.
(Passing through Greenville channel,
50 miles of narrow passage vitk tow
ering mountains on each side)—133
miles.
Dixon’s entrance to Ketchifcas.
(Crossing the boundary between Can
ada and Alaska)—€0 miles.
Total distaance to Ketchikan. < Dir
ect)—655 miles.
Ketchikan has a population of about
6,000, with 40 salmon canneries in its
vicinity.
Ketchikan to Wrangell. -Founded
in 1S15—has many totem poles *—
S9 miles.
Wrangell to Petersburg. -Halibut
fishing town.)—42 miles.
Petersburg to Juneau. <Cap::al of
Alaska.)—10S miles.
Wrangell to Juneau via Cape Deci
sion. (Juneau has a large gold mine,
and many glaciers are within reach :
by auto trips.)—237 miles.
Total distance Ketchikan to Ju
neau, 326.
Juneau to Cape Spencer, Tie en
trance to the ocean. <Many glaoers
on the right.)—109 miles.
Cape Spencer to Cape Hinchinbrook
across the Gulf of Alaska and passing
St. Elias, next to the larges: moun
tain in Alaska.)—332 miles.
Cape Hinchinbrook to Cordova.
(The Copper Gate of Alaska, connect
ing with 200 miles of the Copper Riv
er & Northwestern railway to Child's
glacier and Kenneoott, the riches*
copper mine in the world.)—54 mines.
Total distance, Juneau to Cordova,
495 miles.
Cordova to Seward. (Coast termin- !
us connecting with the Interior of A!- '
aska. via the government railroad for 1
* i
Anchorage, Fairbanks and Interior ]
points.)—153 miles.
Seward to Seldovia, 14S miles.
c. G. Riebe, mining expert of Se. |
attle and consulting engineer for the j
Alaska-Dano Mines, is taking Charles
D’Rekowski, ^of Detroit for a trip
through the 'company property at
Funier Bay. They hare chartered
the gas boat Burns for the trip and
Trill make an extensive investigation.
Returning from an extended trip
to the East, Middle West and the
Pacific coast, Eldon J. Daly, manager
o fthe Ketchikan Spruce Mills, re
turned to Ketchikan last week. He
reports that he sold some six million
feet of lumber, half of -which is to be
shipped in August and the balance in
the fall, the cargoes to be exported
from the local mill and from the
Wrangell sawmill.
A leash that has been invented to
enable a dog to be led by a man rid
ing a bicycle includes a spring swivel
to prevent an animal spilling Crider.
Safety Razors—Schallerer’s Alaska
Shop.
LIBERTY
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Two Shows T«iffat—7:00 ad 8:45
‘Besought to teach
an erring wife a
needed iessorv—
and was caught
in a dangerous
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