Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-18
AOTOMOB|l|NC IN W|LDs
OF CANADIAN YUKON
Overland Trail to the Klondike Cuts
Through Forest and Climbs
Over Mountains.
BICYCLE RACE WITH A BEAR
Exciting Experiences Narrated-En-
tire Trip Moving Picture Of Won
ders of Nature-LynX Bounds in
Front Of Machine.
Copyrighted. 1915. by Frank c. Car
Nenter.)


Copyrighted 1916. by Frank c. Car
renter.)
WHITE HORSE. YUKON TERRI
TORY. June l7.--one hundred miles
through the w;lds OF the Yukon in a
high powered motor car.
Dashing ,hroush the virgin forest IN
a $4,000 automoh!le
Climbing the mountain SIDES. and hy-
ing around the curves AZ thirty miles
an hour.
skidding round the CLIFFS with your
heart in your throat. your soul full OF
thrills and your backbone chilled 20
the marrow.
These arc some OF the experiences
have just had with Mr.. Herbert Wheel
e-, the general manager OF the White
Pass and Yukon route on the overland
trail from White Horse TO Dawson.
The car was a L-ocomob!le. The chauf-
fear was Caterpillar Ike. and tho
limo was yesterday afternoon from
midday 20 midnight
The overland tra!! begins a; White
Horse and il runs through the wider
ness for distance Of $50 miles 70 ,he
mouth OF The klondike II is the short
cut across country from here 20. The
gold mines, and is moro than 100 miles
less than the way there hy river The
road is used 10 carry malls. passengers
and freight during the cold winter
months when everything IN this region
is locked tight by Jack Fros; and tho
thermometer AT times falls 20 20 de-
srees below zero
The road has been GU, right through
the forest. II Climbs over ranges o.
mountains. Il winds its way through
the valleys and i: crosses swanlps.
boys and s!oushs Of glacial mud i;c:e
il is heddeG on the rock. there J.. al:
floats or The quicksand. upheld by cog.
duroT logs II the spring OF the wear
the siX-horse teams o. the mali stage
are often n:red 10 their bellies. and
have to be lifted from the waxy clay
bI block and tackle attached 70 he
trees.
In my ride over tho road We ven,
10 the crest OF the range beyond r.i,,l.
River and then returned % White
Horse % 80 down The Yukon ~ steam.
or Our road wound about like CORK.
screw IN many parts o: It's course As
MI Wheeler said. /; was as though
''' Se' - V'S !1au !a.C tESi- lines along
the tra! of a rabbit and the -ath,.
was drunk
The whole ir!p vas a moving bic.
'ure OF the wonders ot nature OUT.
slde the roadway the country is INC
same az {; vas when Columbus dis
covered America; the same as when
the Danes dr.f,ed down our coast.
about ihad \ D-yes. venture .hc
- r1e as WIEN old ChAops bull, his FRS,
pE-sTNid on :he banks 90 The Eile
"IsA The excepI:in Of several road.
Eouses-.oS hvts that hav- been ~,
UP . give meas 20 t-zvelers-we san.
10 s;s7 Q: human hae:ta:!oas. and .x.
ceptHE ;n= roads. o!G ana nav. no.
ore mar: o: human e@o-, - wo-k
"e rec - - DANCE! ~ meeting oih%r
.aca!r=s - .z.r wagons. although ,ye
1;ga; have -l.a tow7 i co".y .: birds
insteec .: he usual chicken. o. = COX
or S-a. - place u = dog =, one
r'ns' '''Hs bounded n front @: our
machine :-or, one side o: me -oud 10
The other a.t a, another great aock
of grouse passed ui;h q wairr over
OF! heads am ,o!d ,ha- hunters
sometimes bag good 10, ~ birds by
shooting az them from the automo.
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