Douglas Island news., 1919-08-15
MOVIE COMPANY
 SEES WONDERS
Visit Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes" Over Hard
 Rough Iml

idea m Hminm. according to Mie n.tIe Dawson leading woman of the Hau.-Art. Features Company %. Los Angeles who arrived iu Valdez Moriay aboard thc Admiral Wauou Mia. Dawson. vIth other members O. tre company. s on her way "out- .l,.- rncr n .o.ourn of thrcc weeks i'm che amom Valley ol Che Smokes. uute- tlc old Wl Katmai crater
 Lu.ury thouauds ot hugo ram tus covering the floor O, oh. ,rH.v lor thIrly.tao miles were encountered by Che pa-fy and used harsr.omle for sccuee m iorth- coming features Cookue by steam. u urn Ir. down into thc great st.ru roI. hr cords Is one of Che many novelties developed during Che "trip rns interesting operation waa rhuoeurreI and uu bc shown in fh. mm. along vItt thc other cur- .nn r.U.r-s and exciting advcu- me. of One party.
 ouurr u.o tlc valley proved Co b.aa.1 oven moro formidable hau had been anticipated by President Albert l. .-uo.-I Smith. ot thc com- uar, whom many Of oa- residents win rcau s an o.d-rmcr Mr. smith. who hos pto.oerephcd ali Ono mos. interesting 'a,ures ol Aas- kr oa r.s ..re-.f trips during Che past ton yo.r. had made hs prop a-aUor. for hard uaii. hut Che journey proved to he one rhat taxed to On. limit Che Indians employed os pacs.H
 .rrr.r.rtc mue of terrible trr. MT smith tod Che Miner rep r.ser.Hrc. .u. between thc pass into One valley and Che beach where ve rorr landed br One r1rue- boat Minnie U. nucr ana a'i day run from Kodiak. t.e gateway .o .r. Smokes W. had hrol-ht oar own dory m order n. .rna .ne lagoon X dowu- pour o- rain hold u. m camp on Che beach ..n Inr. b.'or. re e1uii ht Ono rlI
 "Lnrr r. moro fh1r shoulder h.-n. mH. ..cr mIe of n'der brushes burned H..s by volcanic ash. and .....ur rows ol b.rl and cotton r u. ..murrf thc Grt portion u. hc tuU Deep rulun and streams o. snow water hurying down .o m. saa. maIe shoc pars ucc- .u most oI tHr vay At Martin or..s. which s deep and u.de and s.-, swim n low hr.d-. uas .mpou- ur. Lu..Hr hcrr wore cotton- r..'. ru ..neh I'D roach acrov m. .r... T.. bridge was stul thcrc whom u. ..m. urt a monument to h.i.a .ar O. rai hard work against the power -. t.. flood
 "l mos. amnt.nr sight Is tbe dead forest. 0I .ororHoods beyond Mar ur .r..s stretching ouf indefinitely i'm eno.fIr nnees Tho bark has suU nu.r or and Che loop. of hc trunks stand ..arE and uh.Ic about twenty a,. fo.t heh Che remainder ot Che tre.. hr.rr buried tn Che yomit Of One volcano The num.ce iall that Ina. covered moro thm a hundred mU.. u every direction forms one oI m. moot Iremt portions ot Che .uu rs oae noa- thc valley The fre.. ar. H.re ..mn'cfcIv buried un- dor -r..f rolling waste. ot pumlcc- U.. sand HH.. without a vcstiec of wood or amy sign of animal ufc
 "A man carrying a pack has to labor hard whom bc strikes these hre of nnm..e lor yo1 slip back almost as much as you advance. Ther. ar. several miles of tbis kind of going. ttcu you begin Co meet One Painted Streams. os we called hem Tho rar.cr water rushos through h.av deposits of iron. ar- sen. and otho- salts. which stain rre -nrs. nud clrth with barbarlc reds and -reeu and blues Evcu tbc water often H deeply lneed with rhesc chemical dyes. Our t-aI lay along .rr bed ol thcse streams. with ocra..or1l excursions over small gla- c.rrs and hugo roudrIrs kept from melting bs a cloak of volcanic asb
 "rhcn mp and up we vent twcn tr-arren. hundred foot above Che acs lrseI rrcr hc1rt-brcakug s1cccs sion oE -.ircs continually broken b, chasue and uIth gaie blowing ra add fnusr discomfort. it had been raining for tlroc hours The win, literally blew us into Che valley a Iast and .nrn s.artcl to blow from cterv irroUor at onro while w. tried r1 nlf up tents with che ait of poles that wc had bccn carryin' an day. for therc is no wood in thI eaIIov
 "rfc weather In Che valley. afio we goo .frrc. uas an that could b desired and vo took fuu advautoE of wonderful photographic Night No eorIs can picture thc nutas,i beauty or fhc Valley of the Smoke. You win have fo see if on thc s-rce.
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