The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-03-15
A TRIP TO ALASKA.
BY Geo. V. Golden.

l left Kansas City via Rock Island
at 11:15 p. m. Wednesday. The first
snow l saw at Mason City, Ia, and
from there on to st. Paul there was
plenty of snow. The weather in st.
Paul was moderately cold, about Is
degrees above. l left st. Paul Friday
night for Portal is on the Canadian
line. | was required to fill out a slip
where | was born, my age, my bust
ness for what | was going, my occu-
patton, my nationality, when l ex-
pected to return and how much mon
ey l possessed; also a medical certifi-
cate, and my baggage was examined.
Having satisfied the inspector l was
permitted to pass. Leaving Portal |
Travelled on the Canadian Pacific I'd
Moose Jaw, arriving there Saturday
at 12:15 p. m. | had seen snow con-
%tinuously from st. Paul. Leaving
Moose Jaw at l p. m. l went over the
Short Line to Macklin. l got acquaint-
! ed with the cafe crew and learned that
Dude Morris, a very fine gentleman,
was running in charge. He used to
run a cafe in Omaha and all the older
railroad men or hotel men around
Kansas City knew him personally. l
also met Cowboy Davis as he styled
himself, running in charge, and he said
that when a waiter is dead heading"
he gets meals, transportation, and
sleeping quarters free. Mr.. Morris
said that there are great opportuni-
ties for railroad men and they pay
about $500 per month to men run
ming in charge.
Between Moose Jaw and Macklin |
encountered one of those famous
snowstorms and intense cold weather.
Leaving Macklin l proceeded to Ed
monitor, Canada, a city of about U.s.
900. A beautiful city situated ON the
Saskatchewan river, overlooking the
old fort built there in 1890 by the Hud-
son Bay Company, as it's trading post.
While in Edmonton l met Ernest
Walker and family, formerly of st.
Louis. He has a beautiful home, a
car, a splendid wife and daughter. He
is running in charge for the E. d. &
b. c. Railroad. He has two brothers
in-law, Mr.. POston and Mr.. Hurt, who
are walters on this road, and are max
ing good. Arch Bishop Washington of
st. Marks Church, was launching a
$4,000 drive for a home for the poor
and he has the support of the gov
ernor and business men of the city.
1t looked good to me. l saw many Ne
gro returned soldiers and l learned
they get $4,000 as a quit claim settle
ment from the government or can bor-
row $500 for twenty years, the mon
ey to be used for cattle raising and
farming. Most Negroes are taking the
$4,000. This applies to men who have
been overseas two years or more.
Also l met a Mr.. Harris of Tulsa, who
seemed to be possessed of some world
ly goods, who expects to make some
investments here.
My sister.in-law is in charge of the
Y. w. C. A., supported by the white
Y. w. c. A. She is doing very eff
cient work. l have one brother in
Edmonton who conducts the Globe
Storage and Express Company. The
thermometer showed t~hirty-five de-
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Edmonton on the Edmonton, Dunwe-
gan & British Columbia, / proceeded
to Peace River, a town of about 1000
inhabitants. On arriving there the
thermometer greeted me with SO be-
low. There | was with kid gloves, pair
of button shoes on, ordinary cap, silk
shirt and socks and an army overcoat
with a fur collar | put on, and it was
the only thing that showed any evil
dence that l respected the So below.
Leaving the station | proceeded to
walk about three-fourths of a mile
where my brother lived. l was very
cold walking that distance and the
people must have thought l was a
lunatic from my garb. Peace River
is a very interesting place. 1t boasts
of two weekly newspapers, a hospital,
three steamers, moving picture thea
ter, excellent hotels, a million dollar
bridge across the river, and they have
sunk three oil wells.
1t is the terminal of this road and it
is the farthest north that any railroad
runs in the Province of Alberta, al
most in any part of Canada. 1t is
fifty-seven degrees north. Get your
map), about 200 miles from st. Yer
million and the river in the summer.