The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-01-18
A Visit to Alaska.
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ton throughout the afternoon, Mrs
Nellie Chase, who owns them, explain
ing their uses to puzzled inquirers.
After the reading of the secretary
report the club enjoyed a piano solo
Les Sylphes," by Miss Prudence
Wadsworth The regular business OF
the club came next and was soon dis
posed of, then the program was re-
sumed. THE Trail of '9S," by Robert
". Service, the poet of Alaska, was
read by Miss Gertrude Carter. After
a short recess, Miss Fancher Sawyer
favored the club with two charming
sorgs, Mrs. Philo Steward accompany
Ing her on the piano.
Mrs. Chase then gave the paper oil
the day, My Trip to Alaska follow
ing in detail the route she took
throughout the journey, with descrip-
tions of the marvellous scenery and OF
the perils of the mountain passes and
rapids in the days of the first stam-
pedes, and interesting facts about
the principal places passed or visited
on the way. A brief list of the prices
of foods, etc, made the ladies think
kindly of the trusts, until scale OF
wages changed the point of view.
Accounts of visits to native Indian
settlements, mining camps, trading
posts and of the life in the larger
towns and a description of the mid
night sun, which she was fortunate
enough to see, made most interest
ing report of summer vacation trip
such as but few ladies have ever en-
joyed.
At the close of the paper, Mrs. Lois
Patten aroused much laughter by her
reading of one of Mr.. Services humor-
Gus poems, THE Cremation of Sam
McGee," and Miss Sawyer sang MY
Laddie" delightfully."-
A radiopticon managed by Mrs.
Violet Fogg showing some of the
pictures Mrs. Chase brought home
with her, finished a program OF I'M
usual interest. The directors then
took charge of the afternoon and
served the directors tea, which in
this case consisted of sandwiches,
olives, cake, coffee and sailed nuts.
The next meeting will be Wednes-
day evening, January "a, upon the
subject of Franz List, and is in
charge of Mrs. Agnes Steward. The
hostesses will be Mrs. Christine Gal
lup and Mrs. Lola Blunt.
Mrs. Chases paper was one of rare
interest and as far as is known here
she is the second woman to go be-
yond the Arctic circle, Mrs. Peary
having been the first. Mrs. Chase
trip is sketched briefly as follows:
Was made from Skowhegan over the
Canadian Pacific through Montreal
Winnipeg, Calgary and the Canadian
Rockies to Vancouver, taking the
steamer Princess May from there up
Puget sound for 1000 miles landing at
Skagway, the principal port of Alas
ka which is the gateway to the land
of nightless days. From Skagway the
journey was continued for ~ miles
by rail over what is called the most
picturesque country in the United
States. Stop was made at White
Horse and a river steamer was taken
from there to Dawson which is the
capital OF the Yukon territory and
the travellers, because Mrs. Chase
was accompanied by her son Enroll
proceeded thence down the river and
five miles inside the Arctic circle tC
Fort Yukon. from the vicinity oil
which place the midnight sun was
visible From here the trip was con
tinued down the river as far as the
Holy Cross Mission, and from there {
sail was taken up the lnOke ant
Idatarod rivers to Idatarod, distance
of 800 miles where Mrs. Chase anC
her son visited her brother Frank A
Cleveland.
After the visit was ended the home
ward journey was begun the same
route back being traversed as far al
Holy Cross, then the Yukon river wa!
followed as far as it's mouth to st
Michaels by the travellers, comins
from there or the ocean steamer
Victoria down the Berring Sc;
through the Unimeck pass and Paci
| fic ocean to Seattle, Wash.
The trip across the continent was
made by the way of the Northern
Pacific r. r. through Spokane, st
/ Paul Chicago, Detroit, Toronto anC
Montreal and when Skowhegan wal
reached the first of September thu
travellers reckoned that their jour
neyings had covered nearly 5000
miles.
1t is regretted that the description
of Alaska as written by Mrs. Chase
cannot be published as well as ;
more vivid description of the trip.
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