The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1915-09-09
a CANON BOY VIEWS
ALASKA on BOARD UNITED
STATES STEAM snip

about trip up in the Alaskan wat
ers. He says:
We have been around quite a bit
since we arrived here. 9 months ago.
From here We went to Unalga Island,
and tore down a wireless station
there-it is only forty miles from
here and from there we went to Pribi-
lof Islands. These Islands are about
the middle of the Bering Sea and
are the only place In the world that
the fur seal is known to land 1t is
their breeding place. and at this time
of year they are thick on the beach
as flies around a molasses barrel
We we're given an opportunity to
visit the killing places. skinning ta-
bles and curing buildings, and 1t is
very interesting, where one can see
it. but is hard to explain very clear
ly. They are killed with club. by
hitting them on the head and then
the skinners take them and each one
does a certain work similar to pack
ing house system.
The skins are buried in salt for s
days and then ready for shipping.
They are registered and then shipped
to Washington. d. c.. and checked
and then sent to London Eng, for
the finishing touches.
They are valued at $50 when they
fn.ya h.~o ffe.l- rSff.
corner Of the curing building that
was worth 3o.oOo-soo of them. No
wonder Uncle takes care of these
islands.
There are four islands In this group
OF islands and a wireless station on
two Of them-one on St Paul is
land. and one on ST. George island
| and about 100 people live at each of
the stations mostly natives and some
Of them spend all their lives there
without ever going 10 the mainland
1 or seeing anything except ships a few
times each summer. Just think OF
living on little two-by-four piece of
earth about 20 miles around. and new
er see anything only ice. fog and
seals. the year 'round--that's all they
/ know SO they are contented as you
!, please. The government furnishes
them everything so they need not
worry any. They are q mixture Of
Russian and Indian
We returned from there last week
and have been doing a little hunt
ing .snd fishing while we are staying
here: also climbed the highest hill
near here-2ioo feet. just to work up
an appetite and succeeded admirably.
Fishing Is fine though: catch cod.
halibut and salmon rs fast ms we eau
take them on the hook.
A few ducks occasionally find their
way over and we are planning a big
mess OF seal meat when we go to the
Pribilof Islands again: provided they
have a killing.
: We leave here tomorrow for the
Islands and will stay there about
week while our civilian working
force is finishing up work there and
then We viii proceed to Kodiak Is
lands and install an engine for the
wireless station there-be there about
10 days I guess. I think we will be
back TO the States about Nov. 1st,
rs they are cutting out some of the
repair work here and at St George
! The weather Is almost perfect here,
fa-hs -
the time and Just the right tempera-
ture to be comfortable without a
coat and night and day are quite
the same temperature.
The night is too short to get cold
now. Gets too dark TO read news
paper about 1O:s0 aud light enough
to read about 2:30--makes the days
rather long, but can sleep just the
same. Y
On the FIRST OF July went out hik-
ing over some of the mountains and
had n dandy snow bali fight up about
1900 feet--four Of us. These hills
are very easy to climb, but rather
treacherous to come down. as they
are covered with thick mating of
moss and grass and makes 1t sogsy
and It caused me a good tumble be-
fore I got acquainted with it good
The mountains are green the year
round as the snow doesn't hurt the
moss at alI---some contrast between
here and the Rockies OF old Colo
RADIO. l am told that the coldest II