The Alaska citizen., 1917-08-06

NaGon speeding over d scenic high way Wl.h ,no drlrs reluctantly stop. p.ug long enough ,or me to climb o4sata picturesque roadhuus. and send a scenic postcard to the l4yontv ani only wife Outside after scrlbbltns haSty message something uhe this. ~Hoad~ me. Weather glorious. seen " great. etc.," and then | would .l4lr back into the Ford and we uoal4 ra.. oil another hundred miles before stopping ,o~ ,a. night don't understand wAcr, received sucA all impression ol Alash. tra.ls. rei aap- aay, believed 10 much ln statistics To. wears 1 have been reading -bou. annual federal ap propr.4sIons Q, hundreds ol thon -.aas a dollars mg the Alaskan .a.. and .maguod that D> no" u, hsnway between Valdez ano 44..Aaua- would be ,aacadamlz,d 1T .g4s. a..A concrete curos eutlgrs aa. t,- -.a.onS ar parucUIafl> zrrn.r points where the tourists could sit down and ras, while watch as .h, glaciers do the glaclai glide
 However. bclo.. starting dee.ded I. nake coucos-ton to the ne"nes~  and ruz-eIncs- oi the country by .anIuc my appar, down to look d. tl were prepared to rough it OH the trail. Thus, in d spirit of resi2 nation and -elt-sacrifice, gently but firmly removed my white collar and t.o and placed it in my hand bag. I Ms sure. after that, that no one would discover that | was mol & sourdonsh
 soon after emerging from Keystone canyon. We encountered d pedestrian who wore black net of some kind around his hat remembered see ing such worn by men working on bee farms. Further inquiry on m} part elicItcd statement from the pilot of the Truth Wagon that the man was the proprietor of the Thomp son Pass bee farm. and that he "as probably out looking for a runaway hive.
 Soon after that We stopped to re- pair d punctured tire and heard .. buzzing noise. felt sting and then remarked. "Wc must be near the bee farm. Then and there I made my acquaintance with the wild, man eating mosquito, the national bird oi Alaska. and. believe me, he is some bird He has the bee skinned d thousand ways 1oI perseverance, and industry. He knows no eighthour day and has absolutely no respect for ones anatomy. religious beliefs or endeayors to avoid profanity. When i, comes to picking out tender spots he bats 1000 percent and of the ten pounds of perfectly good aver dupois I lost on the trip I believe 99 per cent of il went to nourish famished and anaemic mosquitoes.
 or late years have wondered why Russia let Alaska go for the paltly sum of $7,200,0o0. think have solved the mystery. l have it figured out that the Russian com mission made trip over Alaskan trails in the summer time to take an inventory of the natural resourc- es and they were so roughly han dled by mosquitoes that they figured they were slipping one over on Uncle sam when they held out for the seven million odd dollars. If Secre- the information about mosquitoes on them, no doubt he could have in uQCtu the CZdF COlllllllSS4OH to hilO'h off couple of million.
 Soon after descending from the Summit, l spied in the distance what appeared to be great glacier of particularly dirty hue. Getting clos er, l saw that it was a vast sea of mud without any bottom and that it was necessary for us to go through it with our auto Too bad We had neglected to provide our car with scow and paddle wheel Later on, when the car dropped out of sight and was submerged in mud, decided that what We needed most was a periscope and a compass to steer by while travelling beneath the surface of the Sea of Muck.
 It was then that l was initiated into the joys of motoring in Interior Alaska I being somewhat bulged out amidship, was pressed into ser vice as a fulcrum on which to pry the auto out of the mud After a