The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1905-08-03

rain. The engineers are Ell on this
morning for a trip 40 The creeks.
was invited but on / have been pre,.
" we'll through them asa not care
10 increase the burden Of The crowd.
Whilst we had no void from the
Susie after she left 81. Nicholas un.
"a she arrived az Eagle, los miles
from here, the boat had constant
communication with the other end
OF the line at st. Nicholas, through
the wircless telegraph. A v. s. zig.
nal ofiicer was ON board and he put
his apparatus and Gaa daily talk
with the ST. Nicholas station. this
Is indeed wonderful invention.
After breakfast | visited tho Susie
and found her great boat, over
go feet long, with two smokestaclSs,
and II seems like home to BIO on an
old fashioned MISSISSIPPI river steam.
err. She burns oil and hence we viii
have no stops for wood on our down.
ward trip. There are relays OF oil
In tanks along. the river, rhe delay
in oiling up is OF great. also
went through the N. @. Co. ware
houses. The supply Of goods is i'm
mense and they furnish Quitting for
great rsgicn as we'll as operate q
great steamboat line. ! walked down
TO the extreme end of the city where
the bottom is II shut OH by the high
granite bluff, which rises direct from
the water. The extrema point Is oc-
cup;ed by the Catholic mission,
which fronts directly on the river.
Here the river flows about 1000 feet
wide between great granite noun
tains on each side, and the deep,
rapid current shows the magnitude
of the river 1900 miles from its
mouth. 1t is $50 feet deep in places
IN front Of Dawson.
| have been Understanding the
distance Of my journey. 1t is about
as follows: oskaloosa to Seattle,
1850 miles; Seattle TO Skagway,
1000 miles; Skagway to Nome, 1850
miles; Nome to Seattle, 28UO miles,
and Seattle 70 Oskaloosa 1850 miles,
total of 1860 miles. No wonder
II takes good long while to make
the journey.
.. m. ! have just lunched with
Mr. Fuller, mining engineer, and
proprietor Of me Dawson telephone
line. Telephone rates are $40 for
stores and IS for dwellings per
month. This seems pretty reasonable
as compared NTH other things. He
explained their fire and water sys-
TENS. In winter the fire engines are
put in a scow in the river and hole
is cut in the ice TO supply the en-
gines in case Of hrea The water
pipes are put above the frost about
a foot deep and work well In summer.
In the winter the water Is heated at
the tanks by steam and little sheet
iron tank.shaped houses in the streets
rants BY keeping them slowly run
ming the water is kept from freez-
Ing, as IL enters the pipes hot.
Mr.. Fuller has just returned from
Fairbanks and says | ought to have
gone there by all means, as that is
the greatest mining camp in Alaska.
There are 5000 people in that dis
trlct and they are profiting by their
experience at Dawson, where many
OF them have worked. He says they
are beginning to mine on the system
developed by time and experience at
Dawson.
was little surprised TO see q
copy of Chas. A. Gray's picture or
"Blll and Jerry" on the walls Of Mr..
Fuller's rooms. bill and Jerry" are
two OF Singmaster's horses at Keota,
Iowa. think it is one Of Gray's best
pictures, being a autographed copy.
This afternoon took the ferry
and went over the river. A splendid
view Of Dawson Is had from the
cliff. On top OF the cliff Is a high,
sloping plateau, used for a shooting
ground. Some OF the mounted police
went out with me and did some
shooting at 200 and 500 yards. They
displayed excellent craftsmanship
with the improved breech loading
Enfield rife. carried an Enfield
for time in the civil war but IL
wa snot a breech loader. watched
them fishing for while this after.
noon. They had gill metz set up
and down the river and the salmon
got entangled in the meshes. They
caught three In about twenty min
utes. They we're Of 30 TO 40 pounds
weight and show the effects OF their
1900 mile swim up the river.
II seems like a long time since
came to Dawson and am quite
ready TO move on.
11:f0 D. m. DR.. J. p. d. John lee
tured on "The Worth Of Man" at the
Presbyterian church and Mr.. Rut-
ledge, his wife and wen together.
Mrs. Rutledge In from Webster City,
Iowa, and Nj. Rutledge Is an Aus
tralian and brother OF Sir Arthur
Rutledge OF Australia. The lecture
began at $3.50 and / went with the
Rutledgas to their house after II
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