El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-06-17

bite IL away inch by inch as the snow
melted and a strip Of white a yard
long could be seen girdling each tree
The bark above and below was dark
green or brown, and the white strips
shone out like ivory against the green
leaves Of the bushes.
The country along the trail is cut by
streams which are the homes Of beavers
ana muskrats- We saw different kinds OF
squirrels. including the gophers which mole
ike, burrow under the roadway. We crossed
many such burrows. our motor car going
down with bump that shot our heads up
Upon starting out from White Horse We
we're told OF narrow escape that one Of
the clerks Of the railroad had from bear
Only last night The man had gone out TO
lake in the woods about five miles away
ana had caught good bag OF fish. he
vas riding home on his bicycle when A great
black bear came out OF the forest with two
cubs at her heels She rushed FOR him.
throwing him off the bicycle. He fell near
a dead root and grabbed this upon rising.
He then hit old bruin a blow on the snout
and before she had time to recover had
The bear got the fish.
stop At Road House.
Our first stop was at p miles from White
Horse Il was at the Tahkeenz roadhouse.
on the Iahkeena river, where there is a
famous irish cook, Jimmy The roadhouse
is made Of logs Il is heated with stoves
Ions capacity The tank lies on its side.
resting on four legs made Of gas pipe. \
Sloheplpe IS llNleQ into the TOD and a door
IS cut IN one end The result is excellent
feating arrangement, and one that is COM
mon In many parts Of Alaska We got
snack al the roadhouse and had excel
lent dinner there upon our return.
We crossed the Tahkeena river a
ferry boat attached to a cable worked By
TIE current; and then rode on for miles
through a parklike country. spotted vita
groves Of pines as high as a three story
IS and all. no bigger around than a nail
keg- They maintained this diameter from
the ground almost to their tops.
The trees here are like those Of most parts
OF interior Alaska They grow in the thin
soil which is underlaid by strata OF earth
that have been frozen for thousands Of
years. The roots go down 10 the ice and
then spread out over the ground. The soil
is nowhere more than half a foot or so deep.
out. roots and all, and throw it aside This
has been done in making the roadway. and
the sides Of the road are lined with brush
piles OF such trees thrown up Ike a fence
Not All Snow and Ice.
We are accustomed TO think OF this part
Of the world all snow and ice This IS
50 in the winter. but in the summer the
whole country is like a botanical garden
and spotted with flowers. During this ride
we passed great beds Of fireweed, ana mot
ored for miles between hedges OF pink flow
ers. higher than the wheels Of the automo-
passed through were busted with pink bios
SONS. and in the open spaces there was so
much pink that IL seemed as though Mother
Nature had gone on a spree and painted the
whole country red
There were so many wild flowers that
I attempted 10 count them in an open place
where we stopped TO put on new tire
had picked Is varieties before the job was
completed Among them were Wild roses
Of bright red. buttercups as yellow as gold.
and white flowers with petals like those Of
a forEet-ne-not- There were also blue flow
ers the names OF which do not know. and
daisies with petals OF pink and centers as
yellow as the golden bricks OF the Klondike-
Moses Especially Wonderful.
The moses were especially wonderful
rrsa. hat fonr ID Re ~
grows close 70 the ground in great patches.
and reminds one OF the exquisite coral OF
the Fiji and Samoan islands II Is a tough
moss. and can be kicked Up with the foot
] am told Il Is the fsvorite food OF the rein
deer and that the caribou paw their way
down through the snow TO get % IT,