El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-15

mental farm. The location is ideal. II IS
only six miles from Seward and Is in tho
midst Of a natural park surrounded by
snoWcapped mountains on the sides OF
which hang glaciers Of sapphire amid for
ests Of emerald. The place Is now in the
wilds In the future Il win have an auto
mobile road into Seward. and one can then
20 back and forth in quarter OF an hour.
That region is now known as Woodrow park.
tt has been named after the president There
is road house on the edge OF the park
and near 10 a clear rushing trout stream.
The place is a picnic resort Some Of the
Seward people have built bungalows there.
tt makes one think Of a chautauqua or a
camp meeting grounds
Going on to the northward. you pass lit
tie homesteads which have been cut out Of
tho woods. They are few and far between,
and the patches OF cultivation are kitchen
gardens in size. At Mile u I saw an aban-
doned log cabin and was told that II had
been occupied last summer by some city
chaps who had come there 70 hunt. They
had expected TO stay a week or ten days.
but they remained more than two months
Nevertheless. their actual cash outlay FOR
food during that time was less than SO.
They spent s. for flour, potatoes and cof-
fee, and the rest OF their food was the
fish. game and berries they found in the
woods.
Apparently BottOmless lake.
We stopped Tor time at Kenai lake and
then rode along its shores for four or five
miles. The lake begins at Mile ~ and IT
Winds about through the mountains for n
and no one knows how deep. Soundings have
been made TO 1850 feet below the surface
and tho bottom not reached. The scenery
there reminds OF Switzerland. The
mountains are snow-capped, and high NJ on
the sides Of the green. below the snow
line, you can see the trails made by the
mountain sheep The lake is as clear as
crystal. and IL mirrors its surroundings
a little farther on Is Trail lake, which
should say IS eight or ten miles in length
ana which, like Kenai lake. is full Of SAL
mon trout. bass and grayling. The salmon
and dried for dog feed. They sell for
cents a pound
Has Trouble on the Way.
Il was at Mile % that 1 left the railroad
and took horses to 90 across country to sun
rise. At that place is oscar Christiansen's
roadhouse- Oscar is a willy Swede who mas
a half dozen horses. which he rents out Tor
all that the traffic will bear. He charged
me SIC a day for two horses and guide.
and told me that 7 could pick up the guide
on the way. ] picked him up long after
dark. and we had a terrible time findlnS
the trails
Before leaving 7 dined at the road house
The meal was moose meat or Alaska beef
cooked over the Goals by six foot pioneer
His kitchen stove was range made &C
Hamilton. Ohio. and I'm the living room ad-
Joining were chairs and tables and a rose
wood victr0la with several dozen records on
top. There were flowers in the Windows
Around the wall were spring beds. The
stove Of the living room was n section or
hydraulic pipe as big around flour bar
rel, with legs Of gas pipe. II was lonE
enough to take in a whole stick Of cord
wood.
Journey Is Rough One.
During the journey we thought we vera
lost. The guide failed to turn up, as ex-