Arizona republican., 1903-07-12
|CLIMBINGA GLACIER
Two Phoenix Girls Are the
 First at the Top
An Incident in the Alaskan Trip of J. W. Doris and Family Who Are Now Returning.

MT. and Mrs. J. w. Doris and their daughters Ruth and Rema are nearing the end of their Alaskan trip. They are having the most pleasant summer of their lives They expected to leave Seattle by stemer for San Francisco on July after having explored the Alas kan coast They will probably reach Phoenix about August 1. Their last most thrilling experience was the climbing of Brady glacier. Misses Ruth and Rema Doris have the honor of being the first to ascend this immense waste of ice. The description of the trip is given in the following letter from MT. Doris to The Republican. He also sends clippings from Seattle papers describing the journey. He writes:
 On our excursion trip to Alaska. we visited the Brady glacier, one of the least known glaciers of Southeastern Alaska It is to the northwest of Glacier bay, on a small bay off Cross Arm. Governor Brady of Alaska, the discoverer and in whose honor it was named. joined our party at Sitka, in
 tending to go only as far as Juneau, where he had an engagement to de- liver the independence day address. Almost twenty-five years ago to a day he, along with a party of prospectors, discovered the glacier. It was fitting, therefore. that Governor Brady should act as guide to the party. and natural that he should be as enthusiastic over the wonderful transparency as the tourists, to whom the word glacier
 suggested a world of novelty and TO- nance. The steamer Spokane arrived at the entrance to Taylor bay the aft ernoon of June 29. The weather was foggy at the time, and not having Q proper chart the boat moved very cautiously and soundings were taken the entire distance. At a point about four miles from the shore of Brady gla- cier. a sounding of fourteen fathoms was obtained and anchor was dropped
 Boats were then lowered and all who desired wsre invited to go ashore. In the first boat was George w. Parker, one of the directors of the St Louis exposition, and Governor Brady and l other passengers, nineteen in number. In the last boat was Captain Norman Nicholson, Ruth and Rema Doris, my self and other passengers. sixteen in number. As the boats, approached the shore, it was discovered that mud flats extended from the banks of the glacier. rendering landing impossible except at the extreme right of the bay. To get across from there to the glacier it was necessary to cross three glacial streams, which run from the east side of the glacier. making the landing very difficult. At this point it began rain | ing. Some of the party were enthu- siastic to reach the glacier; as there were many ladies in the party some | of the gentlemen volunteered to help the officers to carry the lAdies. Among them was Governor Brady, and it was very amusing to see the governor with his trousers rolled up above his. knees and barefooted, with a Miss McEwen of San Francisco on his back. All went well with the governor until he reached the middle of the stream, when he | was seen to founder, and both landed gracefully in the middle of the stream
 much to their discomfort and the 1 amusement of the other passengers
 Following the governor came G. w | Parker, with a Miss Humphreys O
 Salt Lake on his back. When Mir
 Parker saw the governors predica
 ment, he was so amused that he haC
 to stop. and when he started to go or
 he found that both feet were stuck iI
 the mud. Miss Humphreys got ner
 vous, which added to his discomfort
 and he was forced to call for help, bu
 no one responded. Miss Humphreys
 to save herself, jumped into the stream
 and waded out. We all got across