The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-01-13
DETROIT MAKES
 SKAGNAY 4 G|FT First Free Circulating Li-
 brary a Present
BOOKS NOW ON THE WAY
Sccrctrry RcId oT the Y. VI. c. 4. Returns ATIrr mn Educaionai LeeturIng and working Tour.

Detroit. Mleh., has presented Skagway with books for the first free circulating ! library to be opened in th;s city. The books are un the way here and are expect to arrive any day. The present, Specihell. | ly, Is from the Y. N. C. A. of Detrlot to the Y N. C. A. of this city, and has been made through w. A. Reid. the first Secre- fArv of the local association.
 Mr. Reid returned this week from four months visit 10 eastern cities, including Detroit. The Michigan metropolis is the home of MT. Reid, and out of recognition Of that fact and the fact he received hi carly association training there, the mem bers of that organization made the library presentation.
 Rules regarding the circulation of the books will be made later.
 For the present Mr. Green will continue as acting secretary of the Skagwav assoei. alton. Mr. Reid, who was present at the meeting, profered his services while in the city and will cooperate with Mr. Green in building up the work to the highest point of efficiency before going on into the interior.
 A meeting Of the Y. N. C. A. boari f directors was held last evening in the as socistion annex. Business of the last month was discussed, and it was decided to hold the annual meeting Jnusrv 20, when reports of officers will be made and a board of directors elected for the enSul z year.
 The first of the seiles of business lee lures will be given a week from next Tues lay.
 Mr, Reid was away f,ur months, and visited New York. Chicago Detroit, Buff falo, Al5snv ard smaller intermediate towns, Sn Francisco, Seattle and other coast cities. He makes the import ini point from his observations thu the tourist ;;llASsssTEaR ,hs Msl M l! 2na .pE,lsplaTly ing, gre talking more of vi iting AlaSk' thls season than of going 10 th' Paris Exposition. The desire. he SaNs to c me up the coast and go into the interior rugged regions of a new country where ihev can feast their eyes on ihe vast panomrdma ut natures wonders than to rush Into tie maddening crowd gathering 10 see the works of man. Mr Reid says further:
 "h is marvellous to an Alaskan how little the easlrnets, even the intelligent classes. know of tms vast nor htrn eoun' trv. They seem to liken it 10 the pelin- sula of Michigan, and had to make child's talks to them in explanation Of the greatness of lhe land aera and the re- ouree' and facilities of transportation and th' modern character of the towns. gave lectures on this country and in presentin' the work would begin with the eondl lions of the north as they were at the be- einring of the Klondike rush, and g through the different stages of develop ment until the prese t, covering the eoas and interior fields.
 "People seemed more particularly inter ested in Skagway, and l had occasion t write descriptive articles on the city seV eral times. Alter hearing my sener' talks on the north they would request tha should give an article on the town , was Imaginable to them when stated W had a chamber of commerce, citv eounei fire companies. schools and the like. The carried the impression, it seemed, that W lived in huts and were anything hut th live progressive people we are with tn many modem eonvenItnces of up to'da' cities.
 "I had a l1rge number of views
 Alaska which were studied with great in terest. was unfortunate in leaving m
 ;tereoptleon here when l went away
 did rot expect to be gOneso long. To Gi'
 an idea of the winter garb Of Klon Ike 1 had full suit of mu>her stuffed an
 carried it about from town to town. N
 Dummy gar-ed in parka, mitts, and that, and on one or two occasions l VI stop ed by authorities while transportlr ! the stuffed man on suspicion of having
 corpse in charge.
 . "Llttle is sdd In the east regardlT N Nome. It SC ms few ,f the original klo Il edlke stampeders from the east have T
 turned there, and must be in Alaska or
 the coast states. Fasteners seem to afraid of nearly everything up here. Th'
 are not accustomed to the hardShip' al
 adventures of the frontier, and probab