Seward daily gateway., 1924-02-23
TRIP TO UNALASkA
 TOLD B YCoRRESPONDENT
Unalaska, Alaska,
 Feb. 1, 1924.

Feb. l, 1924. Dead Editor.
 See Rome first, then die, signified to the Latins the desired end of life Seattle is the pun that the wasbine- tonians spring, but to those who would remain rapt in adoration among the beautitudes that never nall m matter how long the trip, Commend the journey by water from the dock in Elliott bay to the one at Unalaska the metropolis of the Aleutian isl. ands.
 The description of Niagara are oyer done. Niagara is a big water roar which has had, and has. zeaIous nrass agents The Yosemite Valley is a beautiful picnic park over which elo- quent tourists who had the nriviIaoo of airing their superlatives in some one of the first few magazines urid. ly colored. Yellowstone Park ic ; ihe collection of natural cauldrons mat spill over frequently, and has 3 me system attached for collecting spare coin which is scarcely eouaIIad to the Alpining gtor-your-cash dani- Aen' ol the Alps. And there are otb- CTS. But they are all comparativoI,, s1lall places, and are easily hrouobt onuer the exploitation of the brig ands who happen to have stranglo holds on them. No one has taken tho pans 10 systematically whoop for Al- aSka' The place is too big. No man or set of men, can corral the whole , place and adroitly find out how much cash you have in your pocket and then put you on the right toboggan that will leave you high and dry at the end of the run.
 To those who would know some. thing of the grandeur of the naturaI scenery of Alaska, I respectfully re- Ter the books of anyone who has writ ten on that subject. No matter how grandeloquent and expansive the writer's imagination may seem to have run, or what vocabulary of su- perlat1ves he may have employed in his descriptions the descriptions fall far short of the actual art gallery that the Creator has spread over this part of His Footstool
 One of the most picturesque Of the settlements in Alaska is the village of Unalaska, six days steamship trav- el west of Seward, which is seven days from Seattle. Unalaska is the center of trade for the Aleutian isl ands, and when on stops ot think that the islands extend as far as from one Canadian line to the Mexican border it will begin to seep in that they are some islands.
 came up from Seattle on the S.S. Starr. I am convinced that the guy who wrote Rocked in the Cradle of the Deep" was on the Starr on her maiden trip. But that undoubtedly is owing to the fact that as far as deep sea sailing goes I am a "chick-a-ko." The Captain of this ship has the en- viable reputation of having never lost a ship or a man in his long career on the sea.
 Unalaska is approached from Der ing Sea. The most easily seen land mark is the Greek Catholic church. A mission having been established here over a hundred years ago. Sitka spruce were planted here in that first year. and they have not attained the magnificent height of fifteen feet. The assertion that timber will not grow on the Aleutial isls. is absolutely false. Before I came to the Aleutlan islands I asked what the natives did for a living, and was told that in the summer they slept and fished, and in the winter they could not fish. But this also is a fabrication. The winter time is the season when hunting is chief industry, and there are many furs brought in from the distant parts of the islands.
 As I stood at the top of the gang | plank when the Starr drew into the dock I was met by the efficient su- perintendent of the Jesse Lee Home, who welcomed me with all the ardor