El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-31

bureau Of the Seattle chamber of COM
merce and personally conducted by vet
Gran "SourdOuEhs-" The towns are pre-
raring to hold celebrations of from one
TO three DAYS duration on dates that
viii not conflict and viii allow Of par
ticipatiOn by the eNcursiOnists. These
celebrations viii be in circuit. so that
instead of one show there Will be
long chain of wonders. each featuring
its own locality and furnishing the
visitors an opportunity OF viewing the
uammouth Industries in actual opera
zion
First TO he At Ketchikan-
The fi-st of the Alaskan celebrations
VIII ice at Kelchikau. This port viii Doe
reached in two or three DAYS from Sc
attic. the whole journey being made
through the inside passage. The ships
will cross Puget Sound. sail for several
hundred miles along the shores of Van
coUver Island. and pass Prince Rupert
the terminus o. the Grand Trunk PACT
fic railway. on their way north After
crossing the Portland canal they WIZ
be i'm Alaska and q few hours later.
in the BAY OF ketchikau. The show
here will be an exposition OF the tlSn
industries OF the territor-- The catch
ing. canning and curing Of salmon VIII
be shown hy a visit 10 the great can
ueries and cold storage plants The
visitors mas possibly see the salmon
jumping the falls on their way up the
streams 10 spawn. The wonders Of
h1Iibur fishing viii b. exhibited. and
there will probably he competitive
,h-owin- Of lines by the fishermen
The haiibut lines are several miles in
length. and there are hundreds Of
hooks on a single line. The lines must
bee cast $50 that the hoOrs lie on the
he'd or the sea. and they must be
drawn in without tauEiins-
Vrnn-eII and Its Marble.
Lcavir- Netchikau- the next show
will be 20 the town Of Nransell. where
tine marble industry viii bc featured,
and following that viii be quartz
carnival here AT Juneau The latter
viii ne worth coming To Alaska To see
Jeueau is iu about the center OF a gold
belt. which runs for 200 miles up and
down the coast. The country consists
OF urecipitoUs mountains rising almost
straight from the sea. and in these
r-oUutairg are found vast quantities OF
low-grade gold The mineral resources
compare somewhat in character with
those near johannesburg. i'm South
Africa. and for a century 10 come they
promise TO pour continuous stream
of gold into the lap OF the world.
Visitors viii see the Treadwell mines
in operation. These are on Douglas Is
land. and have already produced be-
tween sixty and seventy million dol
lars worth of gold. The tourists will
also be taken through the great mines
and mills OF the Alaska tiaStineau and
Alaska-Juneau properties. which are on
The mainland adjacent to Juneau Here
they will see the finest of modern
mining machinery ana the most eco
nomical methods Of quartz gold reduc-
ton that can he shown snywhere A.
most everything is done 10y machinery,
and the gold is gotten out of the rock
Ct q COS, Of sixty or less per ton
" Juneau the visitors viii see the
capital OF the territory; they VIII have
a speech from the governor and rerep-
lions of various kinds viii be held
enc feature OF the visit viii Ice n trip
to the Mcndenhall glacier. which is
only sixteen miles from the city and
which may be reached by automobile
Siika. the Historic
The next stop viii be al Sitka. the
historic town Of Alaska II was the
site OF the Russian capital when the
territory was formally turned over to
us Jas fifty years ago Many OF the
old Russian buildings StIll stand. and
these include the Russian Cathedral. d
log blOckhouse and some OF the old log
warehouses which once held vast guam
Titles of furs- There are many Indians
about Sitka. and the Indian mission
schools under the charge of the Presby-
terrain Church viii probably give eNhi-
billions. Sitka Is one Of the most beau
tlful spots in Uncle Sans dominion,
and IL has mountains in view that
equal Fujiyama in their symmetrical
grandeur.
Leaving Sitka, the excursionists will