Iditarod pioneer., 1914-10-17
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lAn interview with Colonel otto \. case,
 Secretary tt the Seattle CrinIn''rlat
 Club, ou h.- return rrnm visit t" nU-
 mrruDIS Alaska toMHS.I
 Crlancl Otto A. Case, secretary of the Seattle Commercial CI"b, i~ back from Alaska. with bis system filed with cnthuai- a.m for the greatness and gIories of tHo Nolrhland and with ideas which, if carried out. must result in wcnderfyl benefits to the men of the land of gold and to Seattle as a city.
 Colonel Case went north on the commo- Gious steamship Admiral Evans, ae,o.npa- nied by his wife and mother. Primarily his trip vas planned far rest and recf2a- ton. but men of Colonel Cases stamp rest best when they are up and doing, and that the secretary started things on this vaca- ten trip which will bear fruit may be gleaned from perusal of the following.
 The Bu!letin requested an article from the ren of Colonel Case upon his return, No sooner did he report at the office, how ever, than he plunged into the midst ot his daily work of being Eve-wire secre- tarv to an uD-and doing club. and for inn to find time to write Gn arucla was out fl the question: So the Bulletin herewith gives the resvlt of an interview with tH' cnl2nel, an interview, by the way, much broken and interrupted by thousand en rne intrusions, telephone calls and personal requests for consultation
 Alaska has sufficient assets in her seen cry and undeveloped resources, sald Colonel Case, "to starl2 the world and 10 provd9 a livelihood and business profit for several mi liens of pacrle,
 "The greatest scenery in @ll t" world has not been cepitaEzo4 Alaska has it. Tourists cf wosli-wide experience pro nornce k17 mou@.ains and iDl2ts tEe su- refer of Norway ani Switzerland. The v;a,y from the steamer CD toe way to Hkag- asv is that cf wonderfully beautiful in land watsr ch&nncl y9gying in width from .na-cu2rtss to five miles, lined cn both >it,es by majestic mountains, glorious m their covering of heavy timber and cense green foEage. PictCresQlet towns and wi lqges gre observed frequently Glong the Ga nadisn shores as well as in Alaska proper, end there are a sufficient number of quaint and interesting Indian villages to satisfy the ncst eXactlng.
 "Ianding at Skacway, we found our selves urcn the spot ,@herc gathered, in the fall of 1897 and in the following spring, the great masses of people who made the peril ous trip into the klonGike One has the opportunity to ride over the lofty noun tains on trains of the White Pass & Yukon railway The oli trail, where SC many golt seekers lost their lives in the stam- pede and where more than 400 horses were killed may be seen, as may the dll2pldated and deserted cabins of the famous White Pass City near the summit.
 Standing on the crest of this mountain, the view downward to Skagway is over awing. The eye covers a drop of several thousand feet, and the city looks so close in the clear air that one almost feels in clned to jump.
 After leaving skagway and rounding Cape Spencer, the world famous Fair weather range of mountains comes into view. Just think of it! Here from the deck of the ship, in close proximity, one sees range of mountains hundreds of miles long with four of the highest mountains in America towering above their fellows, these sentinels ranging in height from l5 GOO to 18,G00 feet, and all covered with glistening snow. and slowly moving glaciers. Mount St. Elias is the tallest peak in this range.
 "Six magnificent glaciers, ranging in width from enc to four miles, and in height