Arizona republican., 1916-08-09
READ THIS LETTER
 II MAKES 0NE COOL

the midnight sun have the effect of
 depressing the Phoenix thermometer,
 while they are being told or read. Here
 formerly clerk in the United States | land office, who is now at Fort Yu-
 kon:
 Stories usually are begun and writ ten to show a happy ending. but in | this case, the end of long journey is | the beginning of this narrative. And | to some, Fairbanks Alaska, is long, | long ways off But when that city is l the terminus of long journey, the | traveller, whoever he or she may be, | has something worth writing about Along the western coast. at present, a popular song is being sung, entitled The End of Perfect Day. So when one has had an extended trip in no ways marred by Accident or bao weather. and arrives happily at the end of the journey, the traveller cal sing with feelin~ that song, The End of a Perfect Day Have you ever paid 25 cents for a month old Saturday Evening Post
 to have the pleasure of reading a Matt Peasley story? Have you ever paid 25 cents for a shoe shine? Or spent a quarter for an ice cream sundae ol
 soda water? Have you ever been
 where 1t costs a quarter to get a
 shave and 75 cents for hair cut? What kind of a place would you think
 could exist where drinking water is
 bought by the gallon and delivered to
 you in five gallon gasoline cans, re-
 modelled into water buckets, and where
 rain water, collected from the roofs
 of cabins, log cabins, is used for gen.
 eral utility requirements The Ma
 tional banks charge s1.00 per sI00
 collection fees on drafts, because it costs the banks s6.00 per s ,0O0 to get
 gold and silver shipped into Alaska from the states. Supposing you go to church on Sunday, wouldn't il rather
 surprise you to see all who contributed
 10 the contribution plate, drop noth-
 ing less than 25 cents2 The movies
 too, cost 25 cents and more. Strange
 to relate, however, mems clothing in
 this far off region costs practically
 the same as in the states. and several
 well known brands are to be seen dis
 played in the store fronts Foodstuffs
 are high and 1t takes first class
 experienced bookkeeper to manipulate
 the purchases in such fashion as to
 set good table at less than million
 aire standards. so far as cost Is con-
 cerned. However the permanent in-
 habitants. the real homebuilders, all ] have their gardens and raise excellent
 crops of garden truck. Even the
 school children have a portion of a
 city block set aside where they are
 given practical lessons in gardening.
 The potatoes, especially those grown
 on the hill sides. in interior Alaska, are the finest grown anywhere The summers are too short. and not warm
 enough for corn and many grain pro- ducts. The continuous day light dur 5 Ing the summer months, causes vege-
 tation to grow in a wonderful way . The flowers are beautiful. IL Is odd l however. to see in the yard at the rear of many homes, small green houses in which tomatoes are being
 grown and ripened. Naturally. toma-
 toes come high on the markets.
 The Protestants and Catholics have churches. The men and women have 9 their societies and orders. The chil. v dren have fine schools. There ar, nearly 100 automobiles in Fairbanks r There is a fine public library. AT g electric plant furnishes the ligh
 needed during the dark winter months The city has an excellent fire depart II ltitpuOlt NlItS run III dH ul
 rections. The important problem O
 disposal of city sewage and furnishin, f an adequate and universal water sys s tenn has as yet to be adjusted to tn
 needs of the people. The city Is bull T. on large island some distance iron y the main stream of the Panama tpro :. nounced Tan-a- -nawl river. on
 slough. which is deep enough for tn e river boats to navigate during floo = seasons. During dry seasons, tn
 boats stop at Cinema, and a trai drawn by a wood burning engine. car Is ries passengers to Fairbanks, abou 4 twelve miles.
 , June 3, 1916. our journey began a VI Phoenix. Arizona. The next day W n visited in Los Angeles. June 5th W
 left San Pedro on S. S. Congress fo
 Seattle. The shi stopped at Sa y Francisco, and we visited that city o & trolley cars, sightseeing busses an
 with guides June 10th, we were 'e Seattle. And on the steamer City C d Seattle, we left, June f4th, for Prime o Rupert. Ketchikan. Wrangel, Juneal -' Davidson's Glacier, Haines and Swae 10 way. This part of the journey. throug TO the inland passage Is different froi
 any trip to be taken elsewhere. I'll IS waters are free from the power = just north of Vancouver island. an
 across the boundary line. betwee es Alaska and Canada at Dixon entranc
 It takes but a few hours to cross the.
 two stretches of open sea. On tf steamer were many persons who hs Id travelled into many parts of u h world. and it was indeed interestr te to hear them make comparisons. as a rule, highly commendatory, of u ho wonderful mountains. the smooth sal
 ing, the delightful weather and tl Ist magnificent scenery on all sdes. V
 spent one night at Skagway. By tra
 we travelled over the divide to Whi
 Horse. Canada. The twenty eight m
 ride along the shores of Lake Benns
 was very pleasant. One night
 of White Horse and we leave on the riv ,, steamer Selkirk for Dawson Fl '" Finger Rapids, once the danger ST o- for Klondikers. has been treated wi g- dynamite, and many Instructions ', the channel removed. Yet 1t still I K mains a point in the river not easy Ire navigate One. night in Dawson, a ,. we leave on the Yukon. We arriv '' at the Arctic circle and midnight a H. saw the sun rest on the horizon a Inc rise again for another day. At thu
 o'clock in the morning. we were i've Fort Yukon. north of the Arctic the cle. Here the natives work during daylight hours, which are dark nii 'h. hours elsewhere in the world. hecat hat 1t is cool, and sleep during daylit ,t hours because it is. as a rule,
 warm to work during those hours ave the summer time. They use no ell