Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-08-20
a TRIPsTo THE LAND of
THE MIDNIG Hr sun.

After leaving Ketchican, on our way
to the Land of the Midnight Sun, the
scenery continues about the same. on
one side the largest island on the coast
is Prince of Wales Island 1t is
turnout, abounds in
salmon streams, and called the
huntsman's paradise. The yellow cedar
found on this island is considered the
most valuable timber on the coast. This
rare wood was used by Seward in the
great hall of his Auburn home.
On the morning OF June 49, twelve
hours behind schedule time, Juneau, the
largest town in the territory, was
reached. This Gifted place boasts of a
court house. several hotels and five
stores, where they told us5only the very
best of goods We're in demand, churches,
schools and a weekly paper. A village
of Taku Indians and another OF the
AUX tribe are points of interest to tour
lists. After a morning OF sight seeing
we crossed TO Douglass Island to see
the largest quartz mill in the world,
where the Gre is crushed and made
ready for the slne!tsr. Tourists are
told that no one is allowed to speak to-
the workmen, and we found the joke
when in the mill where the noise was so
uproarious chat you could not hear
yoursell lhlhK' nuch less speak.
from the mn All Went ~ the Tread
Wen mine on thls Island This one
tiiiilie has ayieldsu more soid than was
palu 1or an OF Alaska ana IS wonder
20 see. a great PIT opens INTO the mine,
Mhere men We're piastlns ore. 1t was
tssks an immense stone quarry and IS
}ca ld S'iaiy Hole because, as they ss
SO many men mo lhelf Way 20 glory IN
ny. we We're told on an average Of one.
man a day meets death IN this terrible
pace. Whlie we stood looking down
INTO tfls rocky plt lhe thundersoi blast
lng,a WITH an the smoke, fliled the place
ana Tor moment taere some iveiy
serampilns 70 places OF safety 1t was
an the r'oufthz OF July We cared to hear
Visitors are allowed 10 PICK up ore, and
we came back TO tns boat laden With
many choice specimens.
ne promise OF glacier views after
leaving Juneau Kept everybody out on
Geek until midnight and we wish We
could adequately describe the light Of
the midnight sun. All the world about
US stands out SO distinctly in ghostly,
blue light. a dog on q wharf looked as
II every hair on his body could be
counted, so distinctly were they shown
IN the uncanny lighting. Every color in
a womanss gown struck one forcibly. II
is not bright light. but strangely
clear, penetrating one We read a
newspaper with perfect ease at II
to'clock, and could distinguish faces
from one end of the boat to the other.
lit is impossible To darken the state
room 80 that sleep comes readily.
| We had always longed TO visit Nor
way and Sweden to see the midnight
! sun and stupidity had never thought OF
lit in connection with Alaska The best
things are always supposed to be the
ifarthest away from home That ws1n-
lderful evening after leaving Juneau
viii we ever forget It!
The mountain. scenery was of a more
volcanic nature. The peaks we're OF
I Il massive. rock formation. the trees
imare dwarf like and the snow more
heavy and unbroken
A rainbow spanned seven great peaks
nat half past nine The sun still hung
Thigh in the heavens at half-fJas,t tssn3
land our first gfacier-hoM can Il picture
lit? Back of and between two grea /
1 bare. black mountains stood a snow
white peak, and from the broad expanse
sof this, snow mountain came a rtyel of
lice / should say three or more miles in
width. flowing down to the sea. il L, sur
face all corrugated as III the water haif
frozen while III motion. Az the sun
struck this massive river Rainbow tinfsl
lvarigated the deep blue OF the ice and
the white SNOW ofs the softaninr glaciers.
/ lii little white wey pa sssd another, and
EeYen more beautiful glacier a N, Al s,s,i, 3.
volcanic peak, Nith the crater. broken
away on ons. siGt. fiilet; With the blue 1t
Iof ice and the 0ytlitest Of snow. Com
! pletely encsreling this black mountain
MAS a river. many miles wide, OF blue
icebergs. Its stigface was, even more
w;4ve-like than ti! fret one seen. These
rivers of ice rilsi he, from the height
of the mountains. hundreds. ave. even
thousands Of sa6t deep. and great pieces
fof ice float about in this LINN canal
thru Which MI, are passing.
! A It,lc fsiithei. on there were lakes
| of ice on the mountain sides aud agar,
land aga:,i stifgas filed With glisfsllin.
icebergs. Glaciers, and glacis,. forna-
4 tons, were The signal attractions rrtil
sleep. not darkness closed tllIr eyes.
The next morning Ne awakened ali
I Skaguay dock This was tbs. first town
that We coul.i llE3t see ii all from II !,
i steamer. A lsiig walk over a trestl@
i brought US into q lively mining towns
where We hear all about nuggets, ara