The north Mississippi herald., 1922-08-25

sorts of berries, celery, radishes, let
tuce, cabbage and vegetables of all
kinds, if they had fast freight, that
in five weeks cabbage from twenty
to forty pounds can be grown from
the plant; that the sun and moisture
do the work of weeks of time in
other places. Raspberries and straw
berries and currants and goose ber-
ries all grow wild and they are so
large that they remind me of the
fruits and berries of the Azores. We
gathered these ourselves but at the
boat, there were great blue berries,
as large as medium gooseberries, sold
at 75c bucket, Ia half gallon). The
Strawberries are not as large as in
England, of course, but they have
the same delicious flavor.
There was not much e;rth or gar
dens that we could see, for all this
production, but / imagine if it had
the people to work and clear off these
mountain sides, all this might be
true.
This man and his nephew are OPEN
ing up two gold mines, 16 miles back
in the island from Ketchikan, which
he believes will yield very heavy out
put. I hope it will, and my head is
bowed to all these pioneers. Theirs
may be the glory, but it is our pleas
ure to see it, and pass on.
My heart ached but my hand held
my purse and did not get your totem
pole, hoping to find cheaper souve-
Mrs further on.
We were several hours at Peters
burg and Wrangle, and they are small
towns hidden away at the foot of
great mountains, and you would won
der how they thrive on the fish in
dustry as they do.
/ was told that at one small place
few years ago, the Chamber of
Commerce men of Seattle stepped and
finding the Indians all away, sawed
down their totem pole, took it on
board and back to Seattle, where
it stands today. They enjoyed it as
a good joke, but the Indians brought
suit against them and got $17,500
damages. So, I think the joke was
turned on them.
Juneau is the capitol and is a
beautiful little town. / sent cards
of it; of it's schoolhouse, capitol, man
sions and residence street, with very
pretty, substaI tial bungalows and
cottages. All these towns have
plenty of electric lights, all up-to-date
electrical appliances for cooking and
for all purposes, just as you will see
in any large American city.
We took wonderful drive from
Juneau up to Menenhaul Glacier
After turning up through a mountain
pass, we drove through meadow Of
eight to ten miles where we saw herds
of Percheron horses and Holstein cat
tie, and small farms with as fine
hay and gardens as grown anywhere
on earth. This valley way up in the
mountains was a real wonder. You
could get strawberries and cream for
75c, but we were hurrying back to
see the town before we sailed.
We docked at five and started out
on our drive at six. Mendenhaul is a
lovely glacier, but after seeing the
Taku Glacier at so close range, no
other glacier seems to amount to
much. The captain took US up, prac-
tically to it, through great icebergs
that could have wrecked any ship,
that had been struck with wine OF
champaign. This is one of the creates,
glaciers in the world and our day
for seeing it was beautiful. 1t is
four miles wide, between tw o great
mountains, ninety miles long and
from eighty to one hundred and sew
enty-five feet in a perpendicular an
gle in depth, it is rugged and terrible
and beautiful to see.
From Juneau on to Skagway, the
great Fox Islands and the great for.
ests of peaks on each side of Oul