El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-06-03

thumb saw rhubarb with leaves as big
as two pages Of this newspaper. and stems
that reached TO my shoulders
one OF the flower gardens visited was
that OF r J. weber. who is in charge o.
the shops Of the White Pass railway He i
a business man with a great love for ma
oahllas and those Of every color and tint
some are snow white, some blood red and
others o. delicate salmon he has even
tsins Tar of IN the distance
Some Huge DahIias.
And such dahlias- The stems Of some OF
the plants reached 70 a height OF nine feet,
and their blossoms were big around a.
dinner plates I took my two foot rule and
found that this was so by actual mea sure.
One blossom was nine inches wide Its color
was purple Another, geisha dahlia with
blossoms OF old gold and fiery red. meas
ured more than ten inches from side 20 side.
The most OF these dahlias are growing
not IN hothouses but right out IN he open
They are on beds in a lawn and their only
protection is a windshield. a wire fence
walled with glass which faces the channel
10 keep off the cold blasts from the sea and
Among the other flowers in Mr.. weber's
and red geraniums equally large There
were also Japanese golden banded lilies
with flowers as long as your hand. count-
ed IS such lilies on one single plant.
Beauties Hotel Grounds
I am stopping in Skagway at the Pulle1
house, whose vegetables and fruits come
from farm that covers the site Of the old
town Of Dyes- Mrs Pullen- who keeps the
hotel, has house Of 20 rooms and eight
baths. surrounded by several acres OF beau
tiful lawn. planted with trees and flowers
stream OF mountain water flows through
the lawn. and she has cut out little island
in the midst Of Il and has built rustic
bridges here and there 50 that the whole
makes one think OF Japan
Mrs Pullen's farm has $50 acres she
tells me she has 40 acres IN oats. which
she II raising for grain hay. and that she
ALREADY
barn The barn. by the way. g one Of the
deserted houses built during the mining ex-
~citemeut, when Dyea had something like
10000 people Others OF the houses have
been torn away 10 make room for the crops
and practically nothing Of the once thriving
mining center Is now 70 be seen.
Rivalry Of Early DAYS.
When gold was first. discovered in the
kondize there were two roads or trails
from the head OF the Lynn canal over the
mountains One started here at Skagway
and climbed UP through the White pass to
Yukon 20 Dawson. The other began at
Dyea- which Is four miles away. and went
over the Chilkoot pass to the Yukon At
first Dyea had the lead II built tram,
running on a sable. that carried freight IN
the. pass, although the passengers had 20
walk OF as they say here --mush It" on foot
As the cars rose into the air. upheld by the
wire rope. they swung this way and that
and now and then some OF the freight was
spilled out Once the train carried 81
nogs- me motion made them dizzy ana sea
sick and half OF them jumped from the
cars and left large grease spots on the rocks
Tar below
Then the Railway Killed Dyea.
BY and By the White Pass railway was
built and the miners were taken by steam
over the mountains This sounded the death
. lzneil % Dyes- The crowd rushed 20 Skag-
way. where the new road began The most
Of them left their houses without trying q
sell them. and some abandoned their furnl-
turc- including the china and linen One
family departed, leaving a table half set foi
dinner
All were crazy 10 get 10 the gold mine,
and 20 take part in the prosperity which II
WAS thought Ska Eway would have. After
short while the town was abandoned. Al
. hod lat with The exception OF a man