El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-19

porch at the front. upheld by massive
square columns There IS p beautiful
lawn in front Of IT and wide beds Of
pansies line the walk that leads TO the
entrance In its rear are gardens filled.
in summer with the most delicious veg
etables grown in the Yukon. and con-
nected with them are the lighthouses
that supply the tomatoes and cucum-
bers on the commissioners table
Social Court of Territory.
The government house Is the social
court Of the territorv- The commission
CT entertains great deal His wife is
an American woman. the daughter of
George NJ Munger. formerly Of Chi
caEo and now of Los Angeles Mrs.
Black is well known in our social cir
Giles. She made her debut in Washing
ton during the administration Of presi-
dent Cleveland. and was often enter
tanned al the white house She is "a
beautiful woman with social ability
that fits her to be the first lady Of
the Yukon" She and the commissioner
are good companions and good mixers
They go out camping together. and
take long tours through the wilds.
whore the gun and fishing rod supply
most Of the food.
RIacIl knows His Territory Well.
The commissioner knows his terri
tory. He came to the Yukon as n
Young man At the time Of the gold rush
He was born in New Brunswick. and
had just begun the practice OF law
there when the stampede Of the KlOu-
dixie occurred. He came 10 mine gold.
but after a time left the diggings and
hung out his shingles as a lawyer in
Dawson He did well at the law. and
was soon elected a member Of the Nu-
kon legislative council When the
present party came in he was chosen by
the premier 10 be commissioner OF the
Yukon. and has held that office from
then until now.
It was in the commissioners office
I'm the administration building that I
chatted with Gov. Black about his con-
ditions. Yukon is so close to our terri
tory. and its resources and other char
acterisricS are so much the same that
it might be called Canadian Alaska.
Therefore. the most Of what Mr. Black
says may be considered true for our
country as we'll
Yukon Flowers Beautiful.
There was a box of red Eeraniums in
one Of the windows, some wild roses in
another and n bowl of black pansies.
each as big around as a tumbler. on
the commissioners desk. ! referred to
these flowers and spoke of the Won
derful vegetation which now covers the
country. saying how different il is from
what had expected TO find in the cold
lands Of the Arctic. The commissioner
said:
our summers are as warm and
pleasant as those of southern Canada
The only difference is in length OF the
season. and that does not affect growth
so much as many suppose. Plants live
upon light. and we have about one
third more light than sou have in the
same length Of summer By the middle
Of May darkness practically leaves US.
and we nave 100 or more days when
we can read our newspapers out in the
open ~ midnight. Your dawn in the
states begins about I o'clock in the
morning and the light lasts until 8
o'clock in the evening The sun works
Cor you only Is hours of the day He
works for us almost -. In the summer
we have light all day and all night
Growth begins in April. when the cro-
cuses come through the snow. We
plant our gardens by the middle of
May, and by the latter part of June