The Alaska daily empire., 1918-01-05

| gave way. completely demolisMng the mine and filling it's notifications with sea water. The tide now ebbs and flows through the shafts and l into the glory hole" which once ! meant so much to the prosperity 1 of the town.
 Leaving Juneau on the S. S. Spo- kane. visited Haines, Skagway, 1 Sitka and returned to Ketchikan to | complete my work there. These first i three are small towns of limited re- sources but they are carrying on the work of the Red Cross with re- markable enthusiasm.
 1 Returning from Ketchikan, we touched for a few moments again at Wrangell, whAre our boat was greet ed wtH surprise welcome. It was i explained to us, however, that this was not to be considered personal, but astronomical, rather. The citi cens of Wrangell had been without ! fresh meat for five days prior to our 1 arrival and, as the Editor of the Wrangell Setinel said, they were ceI> tainly getting hungry"
 1 It appeared advisable to go direct to Anchorage, the farthest point west i in Southwestern Alaska. so the fol 1 lowing Saturday I sailed for that , port We passed by many remark able glaciers running down to the 1 Gulf of Alaska, all of them as we 1 Af n wonderful inland lak of ice, back l in the heart of the Alaska noun tains.
 l We arrived at Controller Bay in the evening and caught a glimpse of the new government railroad and dock which are being built at ka- l talla, tapping the beds of anthracite coal in that locality.
 The Bishops Joke
 At Cordova, I had the pleasure of meeting Bishop Rowe, the head of the Episcopal church in Alaska, who is splendid up-standing sort of man, highly esteemed by the men with whom he works and respected by all classes. They tell a story of the Bishop, who is an experienced was going along the trail to the in l terior, he met an old "sour dough" going in the opposite direction and inquired of him the character of the trail over which his chance acquan- { tance had passed. That trail" the "sourdough" responded, not recogniz- ing the Bishop. lis certainly the
 --- ever came over in my life. By the way" he added, "how is the trail that you came over?"
 Well, to tell you the truth, broth er," answered the Bishop, "it's just about the same. sort of trail" Leaving Seward we arrived in An chorage harbor at noon, where we anchored and since there is no dock to which large boats can tie, we provided for that purpose, followed by our baggage on lighter
 Anchorage is town of about 5,0G0 population, situated on the line of the railroad that the United States government is building from Seward to Fairbanks and is managed by the Alaska Engineering Commission which has charge of the building of the road. It's harbor is open to navi gation during the summer months only, through Cook Inlet, but when 1t freezes over during the winter 1 all supplies must be shipped by dog team across the Kenai Peninsula from Seward The decision of the government to discontinue the con struction of the railroad between An chorage and Fairbanks may affect the prosperity of the town, although it appears certain that the road will be completed between Seward and Anchorage and from Anchorage to the coal fields in that vicinity. These Chickaloon and Matanuska coal fields produce an excellent Qaulity of semi I bituminOus coal suitable for naval use