Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-06-27
WONDERS OF AI.AsKA
Its seehery and Coloring are sro,
Artist Cannot Describe a. The
L'ppinoott's Magazfns

Besides the tranquil landsca
archipelago, with its countless pes' TIE
form ISLANDS, the gray erap.bor Ialu,
tIords, the Pacific expanses and eoS 9fflGsred
forests the show-capped fifteen .tboa.looa;;
feet mountains, with glancia-.,0 Ieehd,
enough ana long enough 10 cover . S uload
al territory, besides the iceharr,s 'IaliOn'
another marvel in Alaska n t. Were
color such as the artist can nevo- OSloI,--
his palette III which to dabble H. 4nu On
ent brush. Nature here is the an ulpot-
full cOlorist, and she ravisbes tbe III ystf'
The greens, the blues. the lrSe ,1'U Z
Alaskan waters, who can daser;bo I. ~ Oh
or the shades of coloring in these '. se,l,
forests, grays and greens in mujt;t1 ,Jsls
GUS varietlesT A walk throuOb o Ill
these forests vanished with dew Tavo oIs o.
tangle of greens with bushes adorned H." M
vivid coral berries strung in roser;o "'.a
massed in punches. No tronicoi ~ -
could exceed the colorinp berb sb so.ss'
Every gray that eye could see or ill., 49, y. d
agination conceive is displayed in tLs ~ ~.
ling crags and cliffs, and these duskv 49, ~
chance from moment to moment and NV
the sun casts its last or its earle, ~" -t-
upon them, enveloping them in a rosa y
hue, you think miracle has been wr,nrbt
and you are transdxed by the traps6o5,-,f
ton which has taken place. The s,v- h,
Alaskan sky-is a revelation of color f ~
it be sulled with foggy grays. iet If T.
clear with sapphire salmDess.-so ~ y
that a mountain miles and miles a r,-u
look 80 near that it would seem tbot 10y
would only have to reach out vour hand ~ /,
tauch it,-let it be painted with tba en-.
SET dolores, gorgeous in the pomp Of nprrI.
and red and gold, fading, fad.9o N 6o
long lingering summer twilight, -fa6;sg
into the most enhancing shades of min
rose sulphur and grecnish yellow. and II =,
almost to white, which deepens until Ma
jewelled stars look out and the 8urars
flashes her electric steamers in pnlsaiins
bands of light which, reaching far nm h.
ward the zenith, change to delicate b1a
Of pink aid weird unearthly biues.-ar3
yOn say each Is more remarkable that M
other, and there are no words. no adiac.
tives, left to describe it at all and. drrBk.
en- to intoxication with this unpar4.
leled display of color, you will say, AasI3
Is WOfJn Els1Uln2.
You 90 TO Alaska for scenery and for
coloring. You also have q pleasDr8bla
sensation In the qualification of your oya
for adventure; but, after all, in the orliB.
airy excursion, in the comfortable b5at
which steams from Tacoma, Seattle and
Port Townsend, and in your hotel during
your two or three weeks journey to TIE
tiny fragment of Alaskan territory which
YOU visit, you have a feeling that sou are
not much of an explorer after all, and YOU
look with envy on the Indian who. SQUAT.
ting in his dig-out canoe and padding In
unison with his family, has started out for
a thousand-mile voyage in any direction
which his search for salmon or pursuit Of
game may take him; and you only appels2
that arouse inward consciousness which i
telling you that you are an ordinary travel.
Ter, and not seeing much after all, by
promising yourself that next time YOU
come to Alaska YOU will not be Of the
vulgar i I'd of the idle tourists going about
seeing ihlags from a steamers deck or
making an hoyr's visit at an Indian vii.
lago, or investigating a salmon-cannery
No, you will come out among the Indians
and IN their canoes, with them for guides
you will explore the Stikine, 20 up tie
Yonko and Copper rivers far into the in.
tenor, and perhaps push on the three Or
four thousand miles to the seal-hsherIes Of
Behring's Sea. You will prospect for
gold and other minerals about which sou
hear fabulous stories. You will measure
the glaciers flow and PROFOUND a theory
Or two Of your own in regard to them and
the icebergs You will ascend Mounts ST.
Elias, Crillon and Fairweather, and
some n;ountain-peaks, Iegions of which,
lofty and snow-capped await the honor Of
your christening. You will also determine
their attitudes and confound the calcuIa'
ton, hasty and i'll considered, which the
few daring explorers have made. You
will hunt the bear, capture the shy noun
tain-sheep in their fastnesses, catch salmon
and trout, shoot pIoyer and wild duck
and hobnob with the eagle in his eyry.
All This vou will do