The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-07-25
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PAiooACi IS Tic JuuSO DIS To the leuSCL
of sentence
However, there were only three i'm
prisonments within the last year.
On the second floor is located the
city fire department This consists o.
three very small hose carts and 9
number Of water pals.
On the third floor Is the public Ii.
brary, which would do credit to a
much larger town. They have mum
Der of books given them by our pres.
ident, Theodore Roosevelt, containing
his signature.
From here we hurried to the ship
reaching it just as the last warning
whistle was blown.
Reach Ketchikan.
After a short journey through Ton
gas Narrows we reached Ketchikan
where was saw the first large totem
poles.
We stayed about two hours, the
most interesting feature of this stou
was a walk through Lovers Lane up
Ketchikan Creek to the beautiful
falls.
Ketchikan is one of the most thirty
ing towns of Alaska. 1t is the dis
tributing points for miners supplies
for Southeastern Alaska.
This city is built on piling, ther.-
fore the streets are made of heavy
plank and are very narrow, only one
side being cleared for traffic.
Visit 1a:1u Cannery.
From Fetchlkan we went to Talu
Harbor, very small place, at which
a salmon cannery is located. We saw
them unload the fish from their small
boats into the fish elevator, then went
the :Gon in which they pre-
are them for canning. We visited
the cold Storage ICON, where 1t WIS
four degrees below zero. We sailed
from here T.. W'angei This is very
beautiful little town, almost sur
rounded by nigh II curtains.
Wrangel-.the Tctem Pole IOWA
We visitei the church there, wifi n
vas very intc' eslirg. The milistcr
told us the history of some of the
many totem poles that are found
there. There is also a large can
merry located here, in which all the
work is done by the natives.
Glaciers and Whales
Leaving here we passed through
the dangerous Wrangel Narrows, into
Frederick Sound, where we saw the
first glaciers and a large school of
The Famous Treadwel Mines
We next passed through Gastineau
Channel and landed at Treadwell on
Douglas Island. Here are located the
largest quartz mills in this world.
There are about nine hundred stamps
III operation day and night. One
thousand five hundred men are en-
ployed here and the net profits of the
owners are said to reach thousand,
of dollars each day, with millions OF
tons of ore still in sight.
A short distance from Treadwell
is found Douglas, fast becoming Ole
Of the business centers of Alaska.
1t is the residential portion of Trea l.
we'll, and in the near future prom
ises to be one of the largest cities in
Alaska.
Juneau, Alaska.
About a mile from Douglas lies the
City of Juneau, which is practically at
the head of navigation in Gastineau
Channel. Juneau is easily becoming
he largest and principal city Of
Southeastern Alaska. 1t is connected
by steam ferry with Douglas, having
4 perfect water system and electric
lights, and is a live and up-tO late
place, nearer like our cities o. the
states than any we have visited. Ju-
1ean is the capital city of Alaska, AID
The home Of the governor.
The most prominent building We
saw as we reached Juneau was the
United States Court House, which
was erected in 1903 at a cost of fifty
i've thousand dollars.
Juneau has population OF more
han three thousand. and is supported
chiefly by mines located farther back
u the interior.
At Haines' Mission
We landed at Haines' Mission and
FL Win. H. Seward soon after leaving
Juneau. There was not much of in
terest to tourists, so our stay was
very short.
Skagway and the White Pass II. R.
Leaving here was arrived at Skag-
way at noon July Is.
At one O'Clock we look special
train up the Skagway River to White
Pass and Yukon Railway
We saw the old Skagway trail.
which is said to be one of the closee
dangerous trails in Alaska.
There were three thousand horses
md hundreds OF people lost in less
han four months during the rush for