Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-08-01
FLOWERS PROFUSE
IN ALASKA SUMMER
BUT CELLARSFROST
Extracts From Mrs. Eddy's Letters to
Her Daughters.
Fairbanks, Alaska,
July l, 1928.

FalrDanKS, Alaska,
July /, 1923.
Dear Children:
| arrived in Fairbanks all safe af-
ter much waiting. l had to play lady
at the hotel in Seward for a whole
week, go out for my meals and just
loaf around the rest Of the time. We
thought we were going to get out on
Monday, then the train came in on
Saturday night and they said there
was another washout, so there would
he no trains for two weeks. There
were seven people from Fairbanks be-
sides myself. so we took the boat back
to COrdova, then over the railroad to
Chitina, then took the trail to Fair
banks If you have read the book, the
Iron Trail" you will know some
thing about the railroad | went over
for that is the one. There are glac-
iers on both sides of the track. One
wonders how they ever got a road
through at all.
1t is three hundred and twenty
miles from Chitina to Fairbanks
They run buss line. A man starts
out from Chitina with you then some
where on the trail you meet the one
from Fairbanks We left Chitina at
$50 in the evening and rode until ten
Got to Copper Center rOadhouSe anu
the other auto was there to meet US.
The sun was still shining when we got
there, but we stayed over night ana
started out at six the next morning
We were out in the yard that evening
at 4 o'clock to watch the sun set ana
it surely was a beautiful sight 1t did
not seem like we ought to go to bed
but they said we had hard day ahead
and had better retire. When we
woke at five in the morning the sun
was shining and it was another beau
tiful day. 1t does seem strange
though to ride all day and see the
snow not far off and still it so warm
and nice.
We stopped for lunch at noon, you
know that it what they all say here
then we rode until about $50. The
driver tried to stop at the best road
houses. He had sent word ahead 50
the dinner was ready for US. They
had fresh caribou steak and you could
hardly name over the other good
things to which we did full justice.
They have all men cooks at the road
houses, except one, and that was the
first day out. We got into Fairbanks
ABOUT .OU w GuuGSudy EFCulu5s
1t is surely a wonderful experience
going in that way. l would not have
missed it for anything. OF all the
wild flowers blooming along the way
you would almost feel like screaming
with delight. l thought of Doris, how
she would have enjoyed that part. but
not the bad places in the road. | sal
in the front seat with Mr., Sheldon and
he would say sometime, Are you
afraid?" and | would answer, NO!
there is too much to enjoy to be
afraid"
In another letter she writes Of the
gardens:
you ought to see the tomatoes
cucumbers, celery, lettuce, beets and
carrots they have in their greenhouse.
There are lots of good gardens out
doors too, but they got in from the
mines 100 late to plant outside. They
also have lots of pie plant"
1t is hard for us to realize that
while gardens are growing and flow
ers blooming in profusion, she says
II wish you could go down in Winnie S
cellar. 1t is just like going into an
ice-bOx. There is frost all around the
cellar walls"
Mrs. Eddy found her daughter and
son-in-law well and happy.