The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-05-23

A Journalists Journey to the Klon-
dixie and Back.
Leaving New Orleans fifteen months
ago, a New Orleans railroad man has
travelled nearly 1900 miles on railroads
oceans and rivers, on a starting capital
Of 81. lie has been STYLED a Tramp from
Choice" ana a Soldier of Fortune" and
various other titles not quite so gentesI
have been applied, but if he be soldier
of fortune" the solder is an that APP
ples-he has been in several Wars-Dut
the fortune is still a negative guam
uty, for he came back to New Orleans
trip that comprised even the richest gold
fields on the earth, the kiOndike and Tan
ana River dlgglngs. This last tour was
nothing unusual for this man. For years
he has followed just this mode of life,
and today he is just where he started. a
quarter Of a century ago-plus the expe-
rIenCe.
This is. says the New Orleans Picayune
A. Nj. Strong, railroad man-in 1902 he
was a conductor on the Texas & Pacific
newspaper wrIter-in 1890 be was city edl-
tor Of a New Orleans evening daily-and
well a good many other trades and pro-
IessiOns he has fOilOWed-aH TO the same
end, that he might travel and see.
Dld any army march anywhere IN the
world, he was away at the flash Of the
gun, did a mountain look down, OF
valley look up, that he wanted TO see,
Strong was away, behOIden TO none for
MS coming OF his going In this wise ne
has seen most or the world and the
profit Of it all has been-nothing. It IS
He arrived in New Orleans this time
the day of the first MarGi Gras parade,
and is still here, but Tor how long not
even the great arbiter Of all human
destiny knows. In a talk with a reporter
he told this story of his latest trip
MY pass over the Texas & Paeific
railroad says 1 left New Orleans on Dec.
]. 1892 and I started north-uOt because
I like cold weather. Tor I DO nOt-just
because direction, like distance. / geuer-
storm at TeXarkana. and thinking that
fate had made a mistake, headed Tor
the eastern sOut4 VIA Lillls Rueh, Aleill-
phis and Birmingham. At the latter pace
the weather was again tine, ana / stayed
there for "A week. working FOR the Age
Herald. Then the imp Of unrest again
got "a grip on me, and started Tor At
lanta Ca There was nothing doing there
so I went to Macon, and from there 70
Montgomery, ala. tn aII OF lneSS fiIss /
found a LITTLE special Work could 40, ana
SO kent the wolf at bay but i'm none Of
them was there permanent employment.
From MONTGOMERY t went TO Chattanooga
Cincinnati o., Indianapolis and ST. Louis
I'm St. Louis I stayed nearly a month on
sunday work FOR one on ine blB eai lle
and then Init the road again LOr the Col
den west. and finally landed. on May -,
;u Seattle. in six months ] had Travelled
about 400 miles over me falif Odas on
every want and had capital or So
"I was looking about the DOCKS me
next day-nOt with any intention on max
ing a sea trp-When 1 happened 10 see
"a particularly busy spot, 10 was the
wharf at which the Dirigo or the Alaska
Steamship company. was loading for;
THE land Of Gold
The land Of cold,
The barren frozen north.
Gas stood watching the exciting scene
the purser came out on tHe wharf enc
asked me 81 knew anything about
. 'chaeEfng freight i told him ! did, and
was promptly employed az 5J cents an
hour TO attend 90 that duty "otkea
an that afternoon aud all That night anu
when at 10 o'clock the next uay. the boat
was ready 90 sail my friend the purset
paid me off and incidentally SAID
M YOU would like 20 make TRIP 20
Skagway- I can pas you 9iv lQf IT, 20 heip
u with my books and manifest
con the siX-day trip TO Skagnay had
a splendid time The weather was beau-
fifuT ana the work pleasant. At Skag-
way 7 helped check out and made an
other $40 SO that when I was throdeh
ing she boat at the railroad wharf [ man
aged 90 get am introduction go j. =. kog-
ers the superintendent OF the British
Yukon Railroad company at that point.
and when j was through my work
promptly bis him for transportation 10
the gold fields. Tie said they issued no
passes; fin fact. he had 10 pass-book. but
on the back OF an OLD Texas q Pacllic
pass he wrote me transportation 10
White Horse, the END OF the line. l0i
miles from Skasway and gave me "A note
10 the captains Of the c0mpany's river
steamers mat he thought might help me
. further north.
"At White Horse ] was again lucky
I The captain J showed the note 60 SAID
his boat. The Caribou was short a clerk
and n Z could helm ont 7 could make 2
lftfie money on the trip. as money is
FcrF handy DING So have 50 Alaska, aa
At y 10 New Orleans. Z. q course. az