Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1916-07-27
a Letter from the Yukon.


This letter was not intended for
publication, hal take the liberty
in doing so Mrs Nash will be
remembered being here this
spring during he suffrage cam
paign. She and her niece, Myrtle
Stalls. who has often visited here.
are having Il fine trip. Myrtle
left Los Angeles and met her aunt
i'm Seattle and sailed from there
ON June ~ they expect TIA
reach the Artic circle before Turn
ing their faces homeward They
Twill tour northern Canada in re-
turning homeWard.
G.. G.. AMMAN.
DAN son Ciiy. june 2i--Dear
Friend: Mvrlle has gone for Il
walk While remained indoors to
find something Thin ln rnt on for
Nh. heat is lowering around 90
and | hardly ever felt the heat
worse in Iowa on California. We
suffered from the cold 50 much
while near the coast that ! could
NO! realize that we would ever
acl warm AGAIN. 50 checked my
trunk hero Ia Dawson With my
thln clothes and then learned that
i'm lhr interior il gets as hnl as
a,,vNhrrr. nul The heat was the
nn!N drawback lo Il perfect time.
The river iril, 81 far has been Il
delight and we expect II to he
RIGHT alone We reached Dawson
at % - clock last night and gnt To-
called i'm hotel with some diff
ruilN. a. travel IL so heavy. "
.rpnl4 rather strange we do so
llI,lc writing. hii we look and
hook uniil we are dead tired ana
then an tn bed. You know up here
INF This time of year here is no
dark and every one stays up as
lnne ms ,hrN can stand il and then
drop down.
Let me- Tell YOU What we did
!. last night \ mountain hangs
oyer Dawson about as hl% as
. I.nnkou mountain over HOLLY
wood Cal There Is sort "'
J trail LEADING la he top llirnlgli
woods and rocks and mnderi'rusil.
and Il platform and flag i'll Inc
, ,,rak This Is Ihr place to view
, lh,, mi,lniishl sun. MYRTLE ana
. Started for The inp alone at y p
m and after three hnilrs nl awl,l'
: cumbilis wr reached it, That was
. ,,s midnight The view was
! maenitirenl. but u rlond pre-
4 vented a ienol view OF the sun. We
! res.I..d l:lI an hour rather We sa
. and fought mosquitoes. MUNYON'S
Of them. and whnnperS Then W.
. started ,inMl, We came acrnS'
= three cemeteries ON our way down
Catholic. prolc slant and mllltarN
Z and vent through all OF them
g TINS Wasn't AZ Mierd as il sounds
!. for il MaS ns light as day. We ha'
4 To pass through a tiny village o
shacIis and must confess wa
more nervous than when i'm tn
: cemeteries 1,l mo one woke vi
i'm spite al! barking dogs. and ",
Preached our hotel at 2::i5 a. IN
well repaid for otll climb Myrtle
lsn't up set. hul have decided
Will write letters TODAY. for NOV
ing around Is mo Joke. being a lit
tie stiff tins morning We hope
To "ct a boat ont tomorrow fOi
Fairbanks
We are held up every day Oh
two for boats The travel seems
To have sMafnpell tine steamboat
runloany or else il Is without amy
system. lheN PM rs off about
every two DAYS and make us wait
over until ii suits them to let us
move ON There Is lots OF kick
ing about it but Myrtle and
think we like it, except that il is
roStln" considerable for hotels.
(which Wt hadn't expected am
mailin% a Dawson paper which
Irost me "a cents. and cannot af-
ford In throw il away. Prices are
awful here \ dozen for APP
pies. break % cents a loaf, pea
nuts - cents a sack and baths 81
in our hotel We content our
selves usually with sponge baths.
With much love from US bith.
GERTRUDE NASH
Calhoun.
T he thermometer was up i'm the
ninctles hiomhay. Mr.. Fouts re-
porting l05 at his place.
e.. w. Rirdsall is The first man
tO thresh in his nriehborhOnd.
The oal ne tllrrshed ran seventy
bushels to the acre.
Miss Lola piercy of near Mo-
dale spent last week With her
cousin. Hazel Peircy.
Mr.. Ilollakus was called To Sill
yer CItv hN the serious slcllnes SIS
Of his mother.
Reg. David Miller of Missouri
Valley gave Very interesting talk
Sunday rNenin. ln HE young peO-
pie at the Calhoun school house
The lesson WAS Enthusiasm