The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-08-08
Boy
Visits Alaska
With N avy
Kenneth Mickey Enjoyed In
teresting Sea Voyage Of
North Country
WONDERFUL SCENERY
States Vegetables and Grains
Grow Very Fast and To
Tremendous Size

In q recent letter to his parents
MFR. and Mrs. Guy Mickey, Of this
city, Kenneth Mickey, who is q
member Of Uncle Sans navy, sta,
toned on the u. s s.. Chicago
wrote that he had arrived at Yu.
kutat, Alaska, July "a, and that his
ship would leave for Juneau. the
capital Of Alaska, on July 26th
His letter in part follows:
There are only about a hundred
people here in Yukutat, most OF
them working in Libby's salmon
cannery. am going over about
eight o'clock this evening to watch
them unload the days catch OF
salmon.
This is q very picturesque
country, with very invigorating
climate. The entire mountain range
is completely covered with snow
and ice, so the wind Is rather chill
ly at night, but nice and warm
during the day.
I'VE tied up at the dock at Sc
ward, and the entire population
saw us off to the tune Of Aud
Lang Syne, played by the ships
band. Everyone has plenty Of mon
ey here, and unemployment Is non
existent. I imagine they really
earn all they get, living In a Sc.
questered place, such as this. Ro-
bert surely could have the time OF
his life here, as game is very
abundant.
II asked some Of the natives how
the people the government sent up
to Mantanuska Valley were getting
along. (Some Of the immigrants
came up from Minnesota.) They
said they had a very hard time at
first, but are getting along very
well now. Vegetables and grains
grow very fast and to tremendous
size. I saw a cucumber weighing
8 pounds, so you can imagine.
"It hasn't been really dark since
we came up here, as the sun sets
around 10 p. M, and is up about
two-thirty. It never gets so dark
that you cannot read out Of doors.
Monday, July 10Th. We arrived in
Juneau last Saturday noon. I did
not finish this letter and mail it as
we will be back in Seattle before
the mail from Juneau will.
II went ashore Saturday evening
for a few hours; saw the entire
town which is typical gold mining
town. They have a very large gold
mine near the town, in which they
get as much as $1,000 to a ton of
dirt in some places. It is very SLOW
emily appearing town with very
opulent people as its residents
which is rather much like a para
dox out of a fable. They gave a
dance for us on Saturday night, but
I was unable to attend, owing to
a cold. A person is more subject to
colds in this service, as one week
you are in the Tropic Of Cancer
and the next nearly up to the Arc
tic Circle, playing hide and seek
on the glaciers. One fellow in the
mad zest for mountain climbing
broke his legs. The sailors were
like bunch Of colts when they got
ashore up here with all these
mountains at their feet.
I'VE are leaving for Seattle at IL
midnight. I hope we return by way
of the inward passage, as we came
out to sea and it surely was mis-
cradle, due to fog and the heavy
sea prevailing in that area.
IT have an Alaskan newspaper
which I will mail to you from Seat.
tie. It is a little different in the
poignant matter Of how these
northern people live on naught,
should say exist"