The age-herald., 1897-11-14

and soft muscles. He declares that there Is not the least danger for any person reasonably active in attempt ng the journey and that any woman who is net frightened at the prospect of roughing il in a moderate degree, can get over the pass with comparative ease and comfort.
 MT. Daily went up to Skagway and Dyea with United States Commissioner Smith to investigate some charges of al- legged irregularities and violations of law in those two camps. At Dyea he stopped with some friends who suggested that lhe whole party make a trip over to Lndeman. just to see what they could see. The suggestion was made half in jest, but the next morning the whole party got up and started out. In speaking of h-s experience the other day, MT. Daly said:
 "Skagway reminded me a good deal of a circus toWn there were so many tents. Onsl of the party, who was a Wyoming man, said that it looked good deal as Cheyenne dLd in the early days. Eating booths were scattered all about. The saloons were made of boards loose- ly thrown together. You could almost throw cat through the cracks. There are some very curious and interesting outside the tents to announce the busi- ness of the occupants. One that att tracted my attention particularly read: Hot bread and stamps for sale
 When We were getting ready to start out from Dyea over the pass, there was Some~ discussion as to what sort of out fit we should take. One man said it was best not to take anything at all, but to rely on getting provisions at the diff ferent stopping places. He said one could get good square meal at Lake Lindeman for $250 and that it was, a fn to lxxa 1Etaer at raJI so as not to be hampered by packs, but we concluded to take our own supplies.
 We started from Dyea about 10 o'clock in the morning, and the first thing we had to do was to cross the river. You could almost thnow a stone across but We had to pay 50 cents to be ferried. The trail crosses the river several times be- fore getting to the hsad of canoe naNiga- tion, and every time 1t cost 50 cents hor a ferry, although some places one can almost jump across.
 'I wore light tan shoes. We had been todd by some persons who had been over the trail that the best thing to do was to wear light sfloss and to take an extra pair go as to have dry ones Others said to wear rubber boots. We found that the men who were in favor of light shoss had the best of it. The trail is very rocky and hard cn thin-saled shoes, but if one wore good stout walking boots he would be all right. Our first stop af- ter leaving Dyea was at Flnnegan's Point where the wagons stop packing. Then we went on to the head of canoe naviga- tion, where there was a tent dh-rng a res taurant business. We stopped to get a square meal, but they had run out of everything but mEnce pie and coffee. From the head of canoe navigation on to the head of the canon the tratl was sandy and rather good At the head of the canon there is a bridge, over which there is a sign saying that Chief Isaacs had built it free for public use. There the gradual ascent begins up to Sheep Camp. Part of this stage has been corduroyed and that part was fine. It showed that the whole trail to Sheep Camp could be built of corduroy at little expsnse, and would make very good road
 We got into Sheep Camp about o'clock and found it a place of about 200 tents. The traI from the canon lip was very muddy, and having on low shoes we had to step from nook to rock or log to log, which made the way very long. The traM finally narrowed down boulders. We had supper at Shesp Camp-bacon and beans. We stopped in a shanty where they had a floor. It was a kind of a hotel. You paid for the privilege of sleeping on the floor. We turned in right after supper because the proprietor told us that if we didn't get our blankets down on the floor very quickly we couldn't get room. He was right. The floor was full very soon. You could see out of the cracks through the side of the building, but fortunately for us the night was clear
 At o'clock the next morning we started for the place where Stone House used to be. The ascent was very much sleeper and the trail was very muddy. Stone House is the place where they had what they called a landslide. But it wasn't so much landslide as the break tng free of great mass of water which