The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1909-10-21
TRAINED ANIMAL SHOWS

leaping and bounding down its swift
course breaking into foam against the
very rails almost of the track upon
which we were gliding for the roadbed
was bias Jed out of the rock of the very
mountain side and there was just
barely room for u train to pass.
We stopped at Camp No. 40 for din
ner and to view the wonderful laiies
and Child's glaciers. / hardly know
which to describe frst-the glaciers or
the dinner, for both were truly revela-
tons. When it was announced that
luncheon would be served at the gla-
ciers u thoughts instantly turned to
those of sandwiches and coffee and we
were wholly unprepared for the grand
spread that awaited us. We knew
nothing about the French chef that
Contractor Heney had employed to
cook for his men all the time and we
thought If course lunch was to be pre-
pared at Cordova and taken out on the
l ~ " = puCh NdS " ttC Cuot,
however, and we we're set down to as
grand a feast as yer graced any table.
To give you some idea of It's elaborate
ness | will mention a part of the menu
Fresh fruits, fish, oyster coquets,
mushrooms, celery, corn on the cob,
roast and cold meats of various kinds,
olives, and all kinds of pickles and
relishes, pie, cake, sherbet and ice
cream, and champagne if you wanted
it (some wanted it). Upon inquiry we
found that Contractor Heney paid his
chef $500 a year ami it was o an un-
common occurrence, for the railroad
men to have such spreads. Wonder If
the contractor on the Beaver Valley &
Northwestern will feed his men as
~sumptuously?
Some time was spent in viewing the
wonderful glaciers and we are at a
loss to find words t. adequately de-
scribe the beauties of the same. AT
this point we got our best view of the
glaciers. We were only about a half
mile distant from them and it looked
much less than that. In fact. it seemed
only a stones throw across the stream
that Tapped their icy walls at one side
and flowed at our feet at the other but
upon attempting to cover the distance
even the swiftest stone fell far short OF
the mark and displayed the deceitful-
ness of distances in Alaska. We were
close enough however, to hear the con-
slant crash and crack of the ice as it
broke loose and fell down the jagged
cliffs Of ice and struck the water at
the base with a report like that of a
cannon. As nea IS we can describe
the scene the constant roar and hiss
and bang OF the falling ice sounded
| very much like an old fashioned Fourth
of July celebration whep all the guns,
anvils and cannons we're helping the
eagle scream in true American style.
Those people at Camp 40 have a con-
tinuous Fourth of July celebration all
the time but they tell us they enjoy it
and never tire of watching the mon
ster glacier as it constantly tumbles
and crashes into the water and is car
ried away in mammoth icebergs but
never grows any less.
There is something awsome in these
manifestations of the mighty forces OF
nature. The forthcoming roar as of
heavy artillery, the spires as of glacial
castles, the yawning chasms of the
c~revasses, and the solid wall of ice ex-
tending for many miles and from three
to four hundred feet high, cannot but
excite even the dullest to flights Of
fancy. :.
After dinner we were taken on out to
the end Of the line which is known as
Camp 81. Arriving at the Copper
river, we found the ferry boat waiting
to carry us across. for the bridge across
that stream has not yet been complet-
ed. Another train composed of an en-
CINE and some fiat cars awaited us and
took US to our destination. At the
end of the line we visited Contractor
Heney's " private headquarters and
here we found all the ~splendor and at
Effectiveness Of the finest home OF the
large city. His private apartments
were ~elaborately furnished with all
the comforts atthe command OF money
and it was hard for one to realize that
amid all this spiendor We we're stand