ALASKA

Hokitika Guardian, 9 December 1921, Page 3

ALASKA

Mr, ('harlot.Cameron. 0.11. K., b'.U.d.S.. is ;>n iuvcUTatc who throughout her rovings in distant lands cherished a; desire to visit the Klondvke. At la-t eame her oppor- , unitv'. She had been b'etunug m the Cuited States on various phases o the , war, and the cessation of hostilities found her in the west. Seattle was a nveuieni jumpiug-01l place for the north, so she packed her hags and set m ~ pn.rnev of many thousand miles, involving siu-h varied means ol transport as mean liner and na ttc waggon lift ami dog sleigh. Her varied experiences nr,, described m ‘ A Checchako in Alaska and \ ukem, Which will enlighten the Australian s ion,m-mice with regard to tins interesting eount.rv. What knowledge the Australian has of Urn “Great Country as 4 he Indians call it. is derived trom .lories hv the late .lack l.onclon. fie 'pi, -lures it as a land of snow and tee. w hero life is seen in the raw and hatd\ miners light. Homeric battles with each „ t |„.|. The ivalit v is somewhat dtlletont When in 1887 Governor Seward hought Alaska Mr America. Iron, 11 ussin for the sum of dollars (a at. Of penny an aere). it was though he had mad,- a very had bargain, purchase was called “Seward s Polly “Seward’s Icebox.” Unt Ins l»" sc-ictieo was iustilied. The products of \ln ska, have already paid the purchase laoiiev twelve times over, ami the suiof the country .has merely been scratched. ~ Firs, came the discovery ol go ■ That was the heroic age, of the .northland': I ore,l by the glittering version, men endured incredible hardships. Ut.mes were made and lost. Adventurers. crooks, ‘‘had men" -very kind ~.,rne to ex,-I,lit thus,' who were, explmtiim the mineral wealth. Old-time,s can 101 l oncer stories of the period ol liralisition. when law and order gi-'*' imllv asserted Ihemselves. and the d sir-bles were given notice to quit or ..hastened in a more drastic fashion. Aleanw Idle the' newcomers wore hogmniim to learn that Alaska had other resources than gold. Tin* fur t-mde and fishing industry were developed, i Coal was fennel.. Though Alaska has a ! severe- winter, it is by no means nn- ■ suffic'd to agrieiilture. Tn summer ;l I t ompe-j at tire oT !«> degrees is not m- , frcc|ueutlv reached, and farming is making progress; also the magnificent | scenery--mountain-scape and glacier, ; fjord and forest is attracting an ini c reasing volume of tourist traffic.. rs i Cnmewon went too and fro. now staying ' at. some trim well-equipped town, now ! going out into the wild, seeing all that ; wns to tn* seen, and doing cvervt-liing ! that, was to la* done. Shu sailed down the- Yukon, one of tin- world’s lour longest rivers; visited the encampments of the Indians and the Eskimos, ot whom she gives an interesting account. She was at Nome during Hie great, sporting, event of the Alaskan year, the devg races, in which, picked teams compote- for the championship on a i-ourso 408 miles long. Everywhere slie enjoyed herself and she has succeeded in oom mil nidi ting her enjoyment to the render.