The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-27
SaIina Man Home From Nine
Months in Alaska.
Saw the Midnight Sun on July
% at Fort Yukon.
FRIED EGGS so CENTS.
A Good Steak Costs $3.50 and a
Newspaper % Cents.
Man With a Good Team Can
Make $45 Per Day.

salina, Kan, Dec. 27.-The Journal
says:
j. NJ Wilson, who left Salna last
March for a business trip through
Alaska, has returned home. During
the nine months that he was absent
Mr.. Wilson touched nearly all the per-
manent inhabited regions of the great
territory which he left for the home
ward Journey about October l. The
past few weeks he has been in the
neighborhood of Seattle, looking after
some business interests.
When he left Seattle last March he
sailed up the coast by the inside pas
sage to Skagway. This passage Is the
one which runs close to land and at
no time does it reach the open sea, on
account of the innumerable large and
small islands which line the coast. The
scenery here has been pronounced by
experienced travellers as among the
most beautiful in the world. The
mountains rise directly from the coast
to a great height and the streams flow
ing from them form many waterfalls
After reaching Skagway he took the
White Pass railroad which runs over
the divide for 112 miles to White Horse
Falls, where the Yukon is met and
boats are taken for the interior.
This river is navigable for z,0OO
miles" said Mr.. Wilson, land is the
only means of transportation through
the center of the country In the win
ter while frozen over, it is Travelled
by dog teams. We went down the
stream to its mouth and stopped in
the Klondike regions and Travelled on
a number of the streams flowing into
st. Numerous mining camps are loca-
ted here.
ssWhile at Fort Yukon which is just
beyond the Arctic circle we saw the
midnight sun on July p. The whole
country is so light at this time OF the
year that one may read paper at al
most any hour out of the "a iur-
Their advantage is that one may look
a
and does not miss some particularly
beautiful place on account of the dark
ness.
Tanana river which flows into the
Yukon from the south, near the center
of Alaska. After passing out or the
Yukon we crossed Norton Sound 10
Cape Nome. From here we took boat
on October / and started for the states
There has been much complain in Kan
eas within the past few years on account
Of high w 0T16Se fat Dt if r CHARGED the prices
prevailing in Alaska, says Mr.. wilson.
Though it seemed strange at flrst 10 pay
the prices which are charged there' ne
said yet one became accustomed to 1t
and it soon appears matter OF course es-
Considered. For instance. at Tanana the
miners are now receiving IS per day and
board for eight hours work- e me ne im nSnr
the cost of food is taken into account A
quarter is the smallest piece of money |
things as pie and coffee are Is cents. Daily |
newspapers of which there were two or |
three at Fairbanks, cost Is cents per copy |
or S24 per year. Good steaks cost $3.50 and
eggs so cents each, sliced tomatoes 70 cents; !
celery and lettuce so cents, |
meat So to 70 cents per pound potatoes q
cents per pound or s16 per bushel. La
borers who do not receive their board
are paid at the rate of $50 per hour.
Telephone girls and mattresses receive !,
from 500 to 1928 per month and board and
room. A man with a team makes s45 per
day On the Tanana Valley railroad the