Arizona republican., 1903-08-23


 glacier. put the finer view of it's full front and long reaches is obtained from Thomas bay. which, commanding views of other glaciers, of waterfalls and splendid cliffs. has been much eXtolled as scenic gem of the sound.
 The Taku glacier the ice stream. q mile in width. fills its canons from wall to wall, and its squarely broken front rises from 100 to 200 feet above the
 waters. It is one of the purest and cleanest glaciers, without medial or
 apparant lateral moraines, and deeply
 Assured and crevassed for five miles
 water.
 of its course which is visible from the
 Juneau, the largest town in the terri
 tory, population about 1000, is situated
 on the north shore of Gastineau chan
 mel, ten miles above it's entrance
 The Treadwen. the largest quartz
 mill in the world is on Douglas island
 across the channel from Juneau. SSO
 stamps are working day and night, summer and winter, and nearly 5000
 tons of ore are miiled each day. Chat
 ham strait and it's northern continua-
 tion. Lynn canal, afford the roblest
 waterway in the archipelago. a broad highway running almost due north and south for 200 miles. with an average width of five miles,
 r The Eagle glacier shows first on the mainland shore above the Aux glacier. The Davidson glacier, which sweeps | superbly from a gorge in the White mountains and spreads out in q broad. evenly ribbed fan front. is the most imposing and symmetrical ice stream of it's type in the region. Glacier bay. ! indents the northern shore of Icy strait.
 extending over 90 miles from northwest to southeast. and is from to 10 miles wide. The shores of Glacier bay are l densely forested for 20 miles above the entrance. Mt. Crillon and Mt Fair weather are visible from the entrance of the bay, and the snows of the Crillon
 and Fairweather summits feed the
 great glaciers that slope from their
 heights to the bay. Muir inlet, five
 mi es long and three miles wide. opens
 on the east shore 20 miles above Bartlet bay. It stretches due north and south.
 the Muir glacier walling the end with a line of ice-cliffs over 5000 feet in
 length rising 1G0 and 250 feet from the
 water, and extending, it is believed, | sorle 900 feet below the surface of the ! sea in a long, plough shaped forefoot
 The vast ice plain slopes back at d 1 grade of 100 feet to the mile to the
 mountains. 10 and 13 miles distant from l the inlet. The Muir glacier drains an area of 500 square miles. The actual 1 ice surface covers about $50 square miles. the mass of il 8 miles long and 10 to 15 miles wide, lying but few hundred feet above sea level. IL is fed ! by 26 tributary streams, seven of which
 are over d mile in width. Ships do not approach very close to this ice wall. because of the masses of ice falling from its face with terrific noise and
 agitation of the water. and of subma-
 rine bergs detached from the sunken | torefoot and rising to the surface with tremendous force. Soundngs of 36 and 120 fathoms have been mada within 10G yards of the ice wall. Bergs 200 feet in length, 90 and 70 feet high, only one seventh of a berg being visible. are | often seen near the front, but break apart and grind together as they sail down the bay. and avalanches of loose
 particles cover the bay with ''mush ice for miles. Peril straits, 40 miles in length, bend in q great bow from Chat ham strait to Salisbury sound, sep arating Chichagoff and Baranof is lands. It is famous landscape reach, | and at the two narrows there are strong tidal rapids.
 Sitka, the calHtal and seat of gov ernment of the Territory of Alaska, is situated on the west coast of Baronot island. The town is built on level land q the mouth of Indian river at the foot
 of Mt. Verstovoi. A large parade ground fronts the harbor. The chief objects of interest are the Greek Cathe- vii
 block houses and Russian cemetery. the Sitka Mission and Industrial school,
 established by the Presbyterian board | in 1878, and the Sitka museum. and the park along the banks of Indian river. The Indian river has been admired by every visitor of the century. It rises in the valley that opens behind the town, and is fed by the snow-banks of NerstCvoi. The National park on the Indian river is d beautiful park, and contains much O. interest to the tour ist-thicketS of devils club 20 feet high.
 thickets of salmon berry and thimble- berry bushes. and a wealth of strange ferns and moses. One path leads from the Governors walk through the model village beyond the mission to the riv-
 CTS bank, and two other paths lead from the Governors walk to the bridge spanning the stream above it's mouth Many side paths diverge from the main path along the left bank, which extends from the falls to the beach.
 The White Pass and Yukon railroad no miles in length. is the connecting link between Yukon river and Skaguay The steamer stops long enough at
 Skaguay for the passengers to visit
 the summit. and the head of the Yukon river, on the White Pass and Yukon
 railroad. The freight on this railroad
 is terrific, The only connecting line to
 the interior is via Behring sea and Yu- kon river.
 J. w. DORIS. Phoenix. Aug. 19.