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About The Hood River news. (Hood River, Or.) 1909-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 26, 1910)
8 THE HOOD RIVER NEWS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1910 eemni TT IT Brigk w oome Jmia mm pr MX. I Floors will set scratched, woodwork dingy, and furniture worn and shabby. Do what you will you cannot prevent it. But you can remedy it. The entire house can be kept pleasant and cozy with a few cans of MML1TV PAINTS AND FINISHES No matter what the surface in or about your home that needs a beautifying and protecting finish there's an Acme Quality Kind to fit the purpose. tell us what you want to do, ask for the proper Acme Quality goods for that purpose and you'll get the best that can be made. Franz Hardware Jo VOX Just Phone 14 Hood River, Oregon A 8 v h4 STORY OF DABNEY'S TOIPJHOONDIKE Hood Elver News: A promised, will try to give you . few details of my recent trip to that Immense north country, Alaska. Our tourist steamer leaving Seattle at S o'clock lu the evening, slowly pulls away through the placid waters of 1'uget Sound, while the many passengers on board view with great Interest the thousands of l?autlful lights In the city as they play and flicker upon the clear blue waters, and they were watched with much Interest until they grew dim and faded away lu the distance. It was then that we all retired to our state rooms, trusting t ) our captain and pilot to carry us safely across the rough Strait of Juan de Fueu, as crossing at ulght. while the people are asleep, helps to alleviate the dis tress of seasickness, and by morning we are moving northward far up In ieorgla strait, at the rate of twelve knots an hour. The atmosphere Is dusky with smoke from the forest tires which are raging on Vancouver Island to the left and on the main land to the right of us, but after we have traveled four or live hundred miles north we are out of the region of forest fires and the atmosphere Is cleur and crisp. The thousands of Islands range In size from 40 miles wide and 17u miles long down to so mall that a merry widow hat would almost cover one, and of every shape that one could Imagine, nil covered with the beautiful prime val forest of evergreens. When the tide Is full the water extends up to the very base of the timber and brushes the limbs of the trees with its foamy billows, but when the tide 1 low the coast line shows the dark green moss In which the trees are Im Iwdded, then a strata of gray granite rock and auother strata of very dark lava, and Isneath It another strata of light colored risk, then l"Ueath that comes a bed of light green moss or sea weed. This, with the reflection of the cupped mountains In the clear, transparent, rippling water, produces a beautiful picture that one will never forget. The most of these Islands are very mountainous and are, to me, much more eautlful and Interesting than those of the St. Law rence. As we go farther north we notice , that many of the mountains are, treaked ir coered with snow, and hundreds of silvery streams arc dash-! Ing and foaming down the mountain sides, wending their way through the green forests and plunging head long luto the channel or bay below. The timber Is of a much younger growth and therefore much smaller than that of Washington and Ore gon, and not much of It Is suitable for lumber except In small quantities found In the basins and In the low depressions of the moutalns. Our first stop after leaving I'ort Townsend wax at New Mettukahtta on Annette Island. This Indian vil lage has been made famous by the great work which the Itev. Win. Duncan has accomplished with the Indians by that uame. Mr. Duncan Is nearly eighty yearn old, but looks as robust and strong ns many men of forty. He said that August "th was the twenty-third anniversary of their landing on that Island, having been driven away from DM Metu kahtta, near I'ort Simpson, on ac count of religious Intolerance, after having been with the Indians In his grtat work for thirty years, making In all tifty-three years. Mr. Duncan stated that when lie first went among them they were very barbarous and almost down to low cannibalism. The present pop ulation of the village Is Itesldes Mr. Duncan and a doctor who has recently located there. 1 he village Is built up with good frame houses, good sidewalks, etc. They have a large church, school and other build ings, and have their own canneries, sawmills and other Industries. Their town Is Incorporated and they also have an Industrial corporation whose duty It Is to look after the marketing of their products. These Indians do all their carpenter work, blacksmlthlng, printing, and, In fact, carry on every thing pertaining to a well-clvili.ed community. The An nette Island has been especially set aside by the I'nlted States govern ment for their exclusive use and ben efit. It is very rich In minerals, and someday these Indians will become a very wealthy and Independent people. Our next stop was at Ketchlknui, a port of entry, and a beautiful little town of several hundred nestled up near tlie base of the mountains. Ketchlkiim creek, with Its white, foamy waters, Is noted for the thou sands of salmon which play lu the stream. This place Is headquarter for numerous mining prospectors, as Well ns lishermeii. lint we are no w In liirefn e strait, plowing our way through the clear blue waters, no still that there Is hardly n ripple. And now our attention Is drawn to the right of us about two hundred yards away. A battle royal is on between a huge shark and a whale. See how the shark jumps up many feet out of the water and pounces down upon the whale's head. For twenty minutes the fiercest battle raged, and we all watched them with great Interest nntll they faded away In the distance and we were unable to tell how It ended. We are now landing at Ft. Wran gel, on the northernmost point of Wrangel Island. It was at one time quite noted for Its many Indians arid their numerous and peculiar Totem poles, but many of the better Totems have been destroyed by fire. We are now 750 miles from Seattle and It is raining hard. I asked one of the In dians If it rained there all the time, and he said, "No, It sometime snow We are just passing I'etersburg, at the north end of Mltkof Island, where large fish canneries are located, In which they are using the most Im proved machinery, enabling them to put up many thousands of cans per day of the famous lied King salmon which are considered the liest of all Alaska salmon. These fish will uv erage about eight pounds, and t lie fishermen receive .'!" cents apiece for them. We also stopped at the Lake I'.ay cannery. A great deal of the work at this place Is dune by hand and they employ Chinamen, Japs ami Indians, and sometimes you have to look twice before you can tell "tother from which." The Lake I'.ay fish are of a much cheaper qual lty and from this cannery many of the cheaper markets of Kurope are supplied. The cannery pays eight cents each for these fish, or one cent per pound. I was toll that the Alaska canneries are paying their owners handsome profits. It Is tteautlful as we go up Fred. erick Sound and Into Stephens pas. sage, and In doing so we puss a lit tit village to our left called Klllism, where a good many wnaies are worked up Into the many different articles of commerce. The waters In this part of Alaska are noted for their many whales, and It Is Inter esting to see them sleeping or blow ing the water high In the air. Some times they will hardly get out of the way of our ship as we pass along. In going out of Stephens passage we enter Faku Inlet, and all on board are watching the great Ice. Iiergs and waiting to get the lirst glimpse of Faku (ilacler. For many miles back we hail been seeing cakes of Ice floating on the water, which ut a distance looked like great white swans; but as we near the glacier the lcels-rgs Isrome very large and numerous, and are of all manner of shapes. (TO I IK lii.1TIMI.il) SPECIAL PRICES ON BUGGIES AND HACKS To make room for a Carload of Mitchell Wagons soon to arrive we are making some very attractive prices on Buggies and lacks for next Ten Days. See them before buying. : : : : Blowers Brothers HAKDWAKE Phone 99 Cor. Oak and First Benjamin Clothes Made in New York and carried exclus ively by the most prominent dealers in all uues. y We are now showing the correct models; 13 very large assortment of grays and browns BerjaminCioUia ft I " J V 1 tut nana $20.00, $22.50, $25.00 onm onnnrjDonanaaaoanooaoannannonn J. G. Vogt