Seward daily gateway., 1926-09-24
4 CHEcHAKO' $ LOC
A NEWCOMER IN ALASKA WHO AT PRESENT IS WAND BRING AT LARGE IN THE MOOSE PASS, HOPE AND SUNRISE DISTRICTS

Thursday morning the Chechako again took his pack and proceeded toward Hope Now there was not even a wagon road, and about quar- ter of mile the other side of Sun rise he Init the trail" The new road had been graded in places, but in other stretches the right-of-way had only been cleared of standing tim Der, and the trail was perhaps the better place to travel. Up hill and down, it went, sometimes in mud ankle deep, sometimes across fallen trees, and again through a stream that could be crossed only by wading through the icy water. Now the Che chako began to appreciate the diffi- culties of travel in the early days of Alaska; he could understand why the prices of supplies in the mining camps in the interior was sky-high, for tra. vel over a trail was back-breaking, muscle-torturing labor. The Good Roads movement had gained another staunch supporter.
 At Camp he stopped again to meet the men engaged in construction. Joe McGerr was in charge of the culinary department, and John Lawson was second in command. For the fifth time since he had started his travels, in as many different camps, the Che chako was told by one of the men that their camp had the best cook on the force. In fact, to determine which of them was the best would be as difficult as judging a baby l
 But the Chechako did not tarry long at Camp 2; he hastened on to Hope, still following the trail Now the l trail passed close to the waters of Turnagain Arm, and then it crossed belt of charred timber, devastated by fire several years before. At last he saw the mud flats ahead, and then the pretty village of Hope. On the main street of the village he saw sign, George Roll, Merchant He unfastened his pack and stopped.
 MT. Roll was occupied with his gar den, as iss usual at this time of the year. It was a beautiful garden, large and we'll kept. At one side stood an apple tree, still covered with fruit, one of the few apple trees in Alaska There were tomatoes too, some of which had been raised outdoors, the first time this had been accomplish ed in Hope MT. Roll was especially happy that day, for he had just re- ceived notice that his vegetables had won sixteen prizes, amount ting to $26, at the Anchorage fair. And Mrs. Roll related, with touch of pardonable pride in her voice, how MT. Roll had been the first man to experiment with the raising of vegetables in Alaska 29 years ago. The territory owes much to the merchant-gardener of Hope. But Hope is famous for it's gardens. MT. E. E. Carson, the local post master, is another enthuiastic garden CT. Vegetables submitted by MT. Carson at the Anchorage fair were awarded nine prizes, amounting to more than twenty dollars. One of MT. Carson's apple trees was loaded with apples this year, but most of them had been picked. Unfortunately three of MT. Carson's trees had been killed by rabbits this last Spring, un- doing the labor of several years care full nursing.
 Now the Chechako turned his steps toward the Mathison mine. Placer mining was something the Chechako had never seen, and here was an op- Continued on Page Six)