The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1911-07-20
HUNTING TRIP
TO ALASKA
DIR. H. e. HOUSTON AND BROTH-
Err WILL HUNT FOR 20.
LAR ANIMALS.

What Is probably one of the
greatest hunting trips ever INDUCED
in by a Montanan, was started
Monday evening. when DR.. H. E.
Houston, and his brother, DR.. r.
Houston. of Kalispell, and their
wives left on the Oriental limited
for Seattle to sail for Alaska, where
for the next few months they will
hunt for big game. far in the inter-
ior Of the Yukon territory, amid the
perpetual snow and glaciers. within
$50 miles Of the arctic circle.
The Houston brothers are known
as the greatest hunters of large
game in the state, and no obstacle
is too difficult for them when on
the chase. Their ambitions are al
ways to secure the rarest beast
which inhabits the most rugged and
almost inaccessible and widest re-
gions of the Rocky mountains. The
mountain goat, sheep and elk. have
been the object of their hunts here
in the past, and they have always
been successful in bringing in all
the trophies allowed by the laws OF
the state. This year however, their
desire Graves for more exciting
sport than soaring the dizzy heights
of the Rockies in Montana, and they
have gone to Alaska to hunt polar
animals-.the White Mountain sheep
the Glacial bear, Osbern Caribou
and Alaskan moose, which is the
largest of it's kind. the Ptmargan
a raer bird which inhabits the arctic
regions; the Glacial grouse
which they expect to get in all ita
different plumages- white or
the glaciers and spotted and mot
tied lower. down in the valleys.
They will bring back with them
specimens of all these animals, part
OF which they will present to the Ii.
brary museum in Kalispell. In or.
der to bring out this game they had
to secure a special permit from the
secretary of the interior at Wash
ington, u. c., and the commissioner
Of Yukon territory in Canada. This
permit specifies that they may bring
out a certain number OF each kind
of Alaskan game for museum and
scientific purposes. They expect
to secure the very finest specimens
and will hunt until they get what
they ave after IL it takes them un-
til navigation freezes up in the fall
According to the reports of the
great amount OF game in this re-
gion. they do not anticipate tha,
they will have any trouble in pick
ing out just the choicest kind OF
specimens.
Besides securing specimens they
have fully equipped themselves te
secure photographs OF the scenery
and The game in its live state
Their Photographic outfit consists Of
a ga. Grafiex kodak equipped with
a Lomb Protar lense. They took
with them enough films to make
500 exposures and expect to gel
some rare scenes of the frozen nortl
and the polar animals.
The voyage from Seattle t.
Skaguay will be made on the Alas
kan Steamship company's palatia
steamer, the Dolphin. which sailet
from Seattle at o'clock this morn
ing. and wends its way along wha
is known as the inner channel, be
tween the mainland and the thous
and islands that are strung ou
along the coast. From sceni
stand point this part of the journe,
is grand. The snow capped Rock
les are beheld towering high ou
Of the sea and the ship passes with
in seeing distance of hundreds o
glaciers over which the sans warn
rays are playing. This forms my
Rad colors of rare beauty and th'
phenomenon presents a more mag
nificant spectacle than the auror;
borealis it is said.
The party will spend a couple O
days at Skaguay and from there will
20 to Whitehorse ON the White Pas!
and Yukon railroad. a distance o
1S6 miles. where all arrangement!
will be completed for the huntin,
trip, by Roderick Thomas, wh'
has heen engaged to act as guide
for the party.
Shorty" Armstrong, a brothe
of Conductor H.H.Armstrong,o OF thi
city, has been engaged as cook fo
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