Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-19

Under date of July 18th T.e@ia Fl.
kler writes his friend, Albert Solyarson.
= letter conct ruing his return trip to
\ Alask The CENSOR Is permiti.d ta
make following extracts from the
letteF ritten from Dawson City.
w lrop Won few lines TO lst you
know 8 have arrived in Dawson and
md s ything all O X Enioyai my
trip & derfully, especially my stay in
Dem = Colorado That is the prettiest
city s I've over visited. Stayed there
I aooy N DAYS; the longer / STAYED the
bett Z liked It, Also took trip north
froii= mere TO Longmont That is a
4 pro ng conRtry if the sugar bset in
aus keeps mp there 1t will some
DAY Z one OF the richest parts OF I'm
Gle Q MS domain.
Our trip on through Colorado, Utah.
Idaho, Oregon and Washington we and
Joyed immensely At Spokane we met
several old friends and had pleasant
visit After leaving the rest of nv
folks at Centralia, Wash, went to Sc
| attic. After few days there, where
met several friends from the Klondike,
took passage on the steamer sCity Of
Seattle, for Skaguay. After stopping
at Vancouver. B. c., and several other
ports on the coast of Alaska, we arrived
at Douglas Island, where the famous
Ireadwelf mines are located. While
the steamer was unloading freight we
mad the opportunity of visiting the
mines and stamp mills, which are the
second largest concern of their kind in
the world tthe largest being IN Austral-
I'D. At present there are over nine hun
drsd stamps running in the Treadwell
mills. This summer they are putting in
one hundred and twenty more When
that Is completed it will be second 10
none OF the worlds great quartz mills.
Inc noise created in the mills by the
pounding OF the stamps crushing the ore
Is SO intense that it Is impossible to hear
oGe word spoken by anyone although IL
may De nslioced as loud as possible. |
nave always wanted 10 visit these mines
and now feel well repaid fc- time spent
there, The company has oro enough
in slgnt at present to keep the mills run
ming for over one hundred wears. The
ore is OF q low grade but tie quantity
makes 1t paying institution.
Continuing our journey we landed at
Skaguay, only to find that the ice was
still solid IN Lake Lebarge and it would
De impossible for the river steamers
waltlng at White Horse to get through
on their way to Dawson for nearly two
weeks, so all there was for us TO do was
20 amuse ourselves as best we could.
Lnis we did by climbing mountains.
llsning and playing base bali. The
guests OF the Fifth Avenue hotel chal-
ienged those OF the Dewey to play a
game. The 'DeweYs" tof which / hap
pened 70 De member) came ont victor
ious, for which honcrs the landlady
gave us 9 reception in the evening.
Ihus putting in four days at Skaguay
sne . next morning took the train for
Nnite Horse. The weather was fine
ana 1 enjoyed the ride oyer the noun
tains wnere there is to be seen some of
II grandest scenery in America. From
the top oi this pass can be seen the IA
nous Cnilkoot, one Thousand feet high,
where In vS we trudged our weary way.
Inc construction OF the Wits Horse Il
ukon railway is supposed to be one Of
Ine greatest engineering 6eats OF modern
On arriving at White Horse we found
everything green and wild flowers In
bloom. Still the Ice in the lake remain
ed solid. Here we had to wait eight
days Tor the ice to move. This time we
pat n fishing, gathering flowers and
watching the foaming waters Of Miles
canyon and White Horse rapids Here
only a few days before our arrival.
Bud Harkins, who was proprietor of
the Windsor restaurant In White Horse.
and a lady waitress that worked for
him, lost their lives in trying 60 run the
rapids In canoe, simply for the pleas
ure OF the thing. Have known .sBud"
for some time. He has a brother in
Hillsboro, Wis a lawyer, | believe
After leaving White Horse we rot
stuck on sand-bar and was there TWEEN
ty-four hours. Had to unload all the
freight, baggage and passengers before
tLey could get the steamer of. The
water was very low at the head Of the
lake and nearly every one of the steam.
ers were having ISouhle getting through.
We finally arrived in Dawson and found
everything about rs / expected. It is
very dry here this summer, which makes
1t rather bad for some of the miners as
they haven't water enough to wash
their ground. Tha Fourth was cele-
brated in good old-fashioned style here,
commencing Friday afternoon and last
ing until 12 o'clock Saturday night.
The Canadians all join in and help make
the celebration success.