The new age. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1902-190?, 1902-08-23
THE PLEASURES AND EXPERT
ENCES OF A TRIP TO THE
YUKON GOLD FIELDS.
LUxURIES OF TRAVEL VIA THE
WHITE PASS & YUKON
ROUTE.

ROUTE.
Had any seer predicted a few years
ago that hundreds of people would
today be taking pleasure and recrea-
tive trips to the arctic circle with all
the luxuries and conveniences of
travel, he would have been classed as
possessing a fanatical imagination, or
Utopian dreamer of the highest de-
gree. Yet for the business man seek
ing rest and recreation from the tur-
moil and struggle of business cares,
or the tourist desiring a trip replete
of exciting and extraordinary interest,
or the jolly fellow of the world in
quest of a high time different from
the general rut, can each find the
acme of his desire by a summer trip
via the key to the Klondike, the Yu-
kon & White Pass route to the me-
tropolis of the gold fields, Dawson. l
experienced the privilege as well as
the pleasure of accompanying my en-
ployer, Mr.. F. A. Heinze, and Mr.. E.
L. Whitmore, upon a trip of a month
travelling over 1000 miles-by all
manner of conveyances, ships, In
dian couves, private cars dog teams
and pack horses and "mushing" in a
term applied to that kind of travel.
ling you do with your own propellers,
and while limited newspaper article
cannot describe lit would take book
to do that in detail all of the trip, I
shall endeavor to give brief descrip
ton of some of the most noted things
of interest.
Leaving that lively rendezvous of
the Nome and Klondike gold seeker,
as well as the shipping metropolis of
the Pacific and Arctic ocean, Seattle,
the 26 of July, the gang plank was
pulled on board, of the floating pal
ace of the Pacific Coast Steamship
company, the Cottage City. the usual
familiar bon voyage scenes took place
and We steamed out into the straight
of Juan De Fuca and a delightful ride
of eight hours. we touched at Vic.
toria on Vancouver island and took
in the sights of the Pacific English
metropolis, where the English style OF
architecture predominated over which
everywhere one sees the British flag
Here is one of the finest stately grouI
of buildings on the continent, the
Parliament buildings, which are bull
upon a commanding hill with very
beautiful grounds ard a public parl
, on the same tract. Here one also
sees, with leisure time on hand
/ strolls into the Chinese section anC
1t is stated there resides the creates
t Boss Chinese smuggler in the world
who has made a fortune smuggling
!. the almond-eyed oriental into tn
i United States. Here everybody stay
n on land long until after the time O
! the half-hour whistle has almost e1
J. pired because you now begin a waite
l. trip of 900 miles without a stop an
II you leave behind the commonplace
thing of out civilization. Steamin
IS into the Gulf of Georgia one has
IS smooth, delightful trip, as you ar
ii protected on both sides by land. on
n. catches a glimpse here and there O
il. the beautiful little island, summe
d. homes, fishers club houses and fe
" private yachts. Farther as you
|. ship smoothly gldes along you leay
I'd such evidences of the rich, most lu
is uries, until the only glimpses of hat
)? tation are a lumber camp and ligh
If houses with their high towers
Is which at all times at night beams II
s. danger light of warning to marine
ne to keep in his course and not con
re near. After passing this Johnston
ad Straights we meet the first touch
at the ocean swells, and 1t was We
lift amusing to see as our ship was toss
St here and there upon the billoy
la waves, to see the passengers gettil
lrt of of the deck. running to the
he state rooms and begin to involuntari
ty. feed the fish and incidentally G
as them fat for the whales. ate sol
he lemons and incidentally, with gre
oil difficulty managed to drink sol
be whiskey, went to sleep and woke
tor in Hecate Straits, past the roghtt