The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1943-09-16
Much ACTIVITY
On Alaskan
Highway
Libby Young Woman Tells
OF Interesting Experiences
On Strategic Project.
WRITES OF SCENERY,
SIGHTS ON RECENT TRIP

Two young women from Libby
are helping to build the highly
strategic project, the Alaskan high
way. They are Miss Annie Stuhl-
reiter and Miss Helen Manicke ard
are doing clerical work in the office
of the Utah Construction Company,
at Whitehorse, Yukon Territory,
which company is building sections
of the highway Miss Stuhlreiter
has written this newspaper an in
teresting account of a recent trip
she and others took along the high
way and encloses a copy of letter
received by the office force from
one of the construction men farther
along on the highway. Miss Stunt
reiters letter follows.
Utah Construction Company
Whitehorse, Y. [.
September 7, l943
Editor Western News:
Enclosed is a copy of a letter
permission granted by the writer)
which our office received from enc
of the men who had been working
with us and who later went up The
line" to work at our Camp No B.
1t may be of some interest to you
and to your readers as it describes
most clearly the picture Of OF
struction job such as this. 1t Is cs-
pecially interesting to me as was
one of the seven girls who had the
opportunity to make trip up tile
Alcan, August %, on neverto-be-
forgotten tour to the end of tic
road, distance Of BOB miles from
Whitehorse and some 300 miles
from Fairbanks-the completed 90ao
of the Alcan highway
Our first stop was Camp No. | on
beautiful Lake Kluane and beyond
this camp we stopped at BurWasa
Landing where is located an Indian
trading post. About SO inhabitants
are there, and very kind old gen
tleman, French Canadian, took
us on a tour of inspection" Of lis
small farm-the one and only III
this section, we believe There We
ate carrots from his garden, pettci
the pony in his barn and admired
his dogs, about IL in number. We
were quite curious to know he W
they managed to feed such a num-
Der of them but fishing is good
and they eat just that.
Between Camp No. 2, on the DON
jek river, and our next camp we
had the experience of driving
through creeks which were actual
rivers to us and it was in the Duke
that we just begged down as oul
carryall was too low but, thanks tc
the democratic spirit of the men il
this country, we were toWed out n
short order. Building bridges owe!
these rivers will be no easy task
as floods are a common occurrence
We stopped that evening at oul
Camp No 3 where we were very
comfortably "bedded down" for thc
night in a tent on the bank Of {
good sized river The next morning
we arose bright and early, ate (
hearty breakfast and were off tx
visit Camp No on the Koiderr
river and Camp No. on the White
river. Camp No. is just 20 mile.
from No. and this 20-mile stretch
is where the real work of compile
ton is going on We were the only
women, other than a neWspape
woman who had passed through
some time before, to have gone K
the end of the road
We returned to Whitehorse, guild
ed by the flashes of the northern
lights, at an early hour Monday
a. M, a tired group but SO happ,
over our adventure. Though bi
rough in spots perhaps, it was ;
beautiful trip up the Alcan-th'
view of the mountains in shade
of purple, yellow and blue, IT,
green grass swaying in the breeze
with dark green trees in the back
ground, and here and there lake
May this country be unmarried b,
bill boards and such and remain
the peaceful scene we shall Away
remember
Our wish to tour the Alcan ha
been realized and after seeing villa
hardships these CONSTRUCTION
Stlffs undergo, we can truly dp
preciate what they are doing
Yours very truly,
ANNIE STUHLRE1TER-