The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1909-10-28

moose and he together with the fire.
man, donning their rubber hip boots,
made their way into the jungle and
scared out the animal. The moose
was most accommodating running out
in a clear spot where with head erect
he stopped and with right-about face
stood as if posing for the many kodacs
that were pointed his way and then
run on and was lost in the wilds and
wood again. Some of our party hui
morously accused the good citizens OF
Seward of having borrowed someone's
pet moose for this occasion and COM
plimented the owner upon the good
behavior of his mooseship. Be that as
it may, we Jaw the moose alright.
The roadbed Of the Alaska Central
passes directly through a dead" gla-
cier and at this point our accommo-
dating trainmen again stopped and al
lowed ms to satisfy our curiosity and
our desires to set foot upon n of
those frozen rivers. A short distance
ahead we found snow and all INDUCED
in a free for all SNOWFALL fight. A pc
cul,ar scene presented itself just here
for while we were standing on one side
of the track snow-balling others were
ut the other side gathering rs beauti-
full flowers as were ever seen No one
was able Il account for the snow be-
ing there and the flowers as well but
there they we're whether they could be
accounted for or not.
Dinner was served on the return
trip at a beautiful spot where grass
and flowers were growing profusely
and where the sun shone down with
such force that we we're almost COM
PEELED to hunt n shade We stopped
at the flower beds IN our return and
went home with our train loaded down
with wealth Of beauty which could
not be excelled even by the famed
flowers of Colorado.
During our stay Of two days in Sew
ard we were royalty treated and the
enterprising citizens left nothing I'M
done that could be done for the enter
tainment of their guests and even
though we knew that we were to starr
upon our return to home and friends
from this point it was with reluctance
that we sighted the Northwestern
heave in sight from Port Graham for
her arrival marked the close Of our
visit with the good people Of that place
Our return trip covered much of the
same ground that we had ~traversed in
going except that We made the trip sc
as to pass in the day what places We
had passed IN the night in going
However, there wa not much night in
Alaska the daylight period beginning
at 3 o'clock a. m, and closing about
IL 80 p. m. 1t was no uncommon
sight to see passengers seated abou'
the vessel at IL o'clock p. m, reading
without an artificial light.
Various stops were made on the re-
turn trip the most interesting of which
was 1T M%atlakatla, a quaint Indian
settlement established by Father
Duncan, a Scotch missionary, who ha,
been among the Indians and Christ
ianizing them for the past fifty years
Mr.. Duncan is now " years
young" as he states it, and has done
wonderful work among the Indians
About one thousand Indians are 10
Gated here who have been civilized an,
educated through the efforts of Fathe'
Duncan alone. No other white mar i
allowed to reside on the island OF
which Matlakatla is located, it beinI
especially set apart by the government
of the United States for the use of Mr.
Duncan in his missionary work. Hi
followers are neatly dressed and de
vout. They have built comfortabl,
homes, a school house and a larg
church after the style of Westminste
Abbey in which is to be found the onl
pipe organ in Alaska. They also owi
and operate a saw-mill and salmon
cannery. Everything in the to wn
, owned by Father Duncan and his In
dams and the greatest goodwill and
harmony prevails.
Metlakatla was our last stop on on
return home. On Friday, the Thir
teenth day of August, we arrived a
port in Seattle and the oath annua
convention and excursion of the Ma
tional Editorial Association was at
close. THE END.