The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1922-08-23
0LD Alaska IS
GONE FOREVER
Coming Of Railroads Works
Marvellous Charges in
Far Nof<h1and

II - -
ANCHORAGE. Naasks.. Aus. ga
.Al aboard. through train FOR the In
tcrior." Thus sinks out the whit
coated porter. standing with stcp u
haAd at the rear OF the "sourdcugh'
limited. GlanciHs siona the train .
Is found 10 bc made up of express
and baggage car. day coach. pu'ima,
sleeper and an observation chair car
II seems inccperuous that thi:
equipment IL ready 10 dash through
the heart Of Alaska and bring up OF
the banks OF the Tsnana river. thai
mighty stream whose mere name con
iared up visions Of srsouauts. dos
teams. myriads OF carbon and the
old days when only strong men reach
ed the ranans. .ar
On July Is the through frcish,
took the p,aca o. the mixed train
operated hesitofore and . regular d.
~eek,, psAsseker and freiSht.serrice
has been ipstsNed. ,.,.
Travellers rsrail . trip over this
route t6o yeafs ago. u -cntatled a
ml1cd tfsin that began 10 crawl alonG
% Il catered the Broad Pass couptry.
where epssStioa extended. almost TO
the iAat sail laid. Then cams the
horse-1rawn sleiGh or dostsAn, I'd
tho next soadAouss at yupmit, a
bleak. daso,ats spot 10 winter. hem
med In b icy mountains and swept
BY wiaisy blasts. Ovesnight at the
crude seAdhosse snj'the trip vas
u Neaans. on the banks Of
the raasss. dewn . dangerous can.
yos where The dossled eluuS to the
bsssiias cliffs BY the teeth Of the
brake. Nsybe II vas 90 degrees be-
low sese iad oply the hardy Or those
tetske the trip bsavNd Il.
To-day this - aus. countrS 10 unfold.
u 10 sessie ss.sdeur from the yin.
nsx d The pupmss or the seaf Plat:
eo,m Soe tie sa,essatios JpssIss car.
ss,mAytsp whue dtninx II tAe. Saefst
NJ sAssa ,rhsS blesk. { w NOUS
lalna ere shAtAed 10 the JmystAsioul
|Ight shssl assays tAA sRtIss sosctfpn
lsa Osssdes v. Nefore. tho iv!aios !: ".
~, slvuis1s SSeh,, AstA,, s, tom ~
nensaaias u tsia .aha ;nse's ,saasaS
pelsZlsy Ms turbulent Hood -'hto cooh
lS(ef. 20 i,aTn. .i5I.s: ,,ao5 ljlg ,:y!s
- 1As sys,en ~ crsvslas 1hes 1pSs
ma - sVistes sni rsjja laid .Spps teS
|os,ssss ~, ~ sspppiaAsed bye 7eQ'
lnal stnsis saesl Svaat hs3des .yhA
lp0eoashest ~Su above. aha, fapp6 He
lhs sasesn. ne sssessv.sa,ase. .TAp-
lsaavaiisy :aisIy''rltr !Etp JssFcst
Isssss the oaeenias ~ the.ssasvI "a
Hoe and, ,itss sesssnAsli,se. stFsps ~
eedsru. equjIsaspt.as 1, ~ ;.s sio
...Yskbanks,iS skouts stlls pcSisr
md Oid Alaska has vanished, the
Ircat isnd Of mystery along the Yu-
kon becomes but bsnsi echo Of
'onetbIsg that has been. but Is no
moro. ss ts.
The change has bern SO sudden
md 90 complete that the old-iimcrs
lse findiss II hard "a rcadjust their
Ives Ia the pcw conditions. The
'aiIsosd hss wiped sway the dog.
cam ss . means Of trsnsportaton
a the interior. the. boras-drawn
lAlsh qlsv the Eichsrdsou, hishrayl
rop viides 10, but a tourist, adyen,
uvs; ssio,nos,ias .ta&s tba plsc. of
b stass Ia summer snd The railroad
'ov yeIves. . country. extending 10
iome %. the northwest and tho Arc
ic slope 10 the north. down the Tan
as from FstSbanka to the Yukon
I'd Up the Yukon to Davson--s yer.
table edysstnre for the tourist Who
10 s9savhed the romance Of the
ays q ~, y [; -
Ths ela-Upsr says the Dawson
aye VII cote again: whcro. hs. 10
nsbls 20 ststs: but the lure Of the
shoveLin" ground bsckons and ~
he railroad threaded north. the pros.
sstos tFots Jpe* trails. What tho
ntpss bolds. foe the dreamer 10 ss
goSls1stis % the iEst venture into
DO {osbiddiss country that Vas 80
sddeely bssp trsnsiormsd into 4 70.
lon ShsFsis the most delicate may
70 ssd pfpsper.