"A Visit To A Real Glacier.”
The following is a paper rtad a!
the commencement exercises of the
Stockton high who*>1 l»y Miss It.
Amy, who speut her vacation of!
1903 in Valdes.
“The captain of the Perry hail
invited us to make the trip with1
him to Columbia Glacier, where lie
went regularly to gather the float-|
ing ice for supplying the town ofi
Valdez. It was to la# a three days
trip, for the glacier is on the south
ern coast of Alaska about thirty
&ve miles from Valdez. We ac
cepted the invitation and a beauti- j
ful mid-summer’s day found us on
ship board eager to view new won
ders of nature. The day could not
have been more perfect for showing
to advantage the splendor of the
surrounding scenery. Even the
mountains seemed higher than us
nal, and the glaciers cradled on
their huge bosoms suit forth new
gleams.”
“You wlm immagine Alaska de
void of everything except ice and
snow and hitter cold, can you pic
ture with me its splendor?”
„As we wound in and out ti.rough
the ‘“NarroWs”we came upon tiny
water falls dotted here and there
among the wonderful growth of
trees and shrubleiy, sometime
lost to view yet appearing further'
down the mountain until with a'
headlong plunge they fell splash
into the sea. Beautiful ferns and
wild flowers nodded to us from the
shore. Once a couple of Indians 1
passed us in a light, hireh-bark ca
noe, paddling deftly with their oi .
flat oar. f? >m one side to the other.
The lapping of the water, the roar
ing of a distant waterfall and an
oceasional wild bird’s scream were
the only sounds. \Ve sailed through
these delightful scenes until the
day wane*! and darkness came
down shutting them from our view.
Then reluctantly we left them iur
our night’s rest.”
‘ Just at sunrise thecaptain awak
ened us to say that the glacier was
near at hand. While we were
dressing we could see great bergs
of ice floating by. They were of a
beautiful turquoise blue and some
were huge enough tone taken for
islands. Many were black with huge
birds. We were soon dressed and
out on deck. As we rounded a
point of land just ahead we saw
what appeared to be a great wall of
ice of a deeper blue than the berg:-.
Even as we looked great cakes
broke loose from the mass and fell
into the sea with a long, loud rum- j
bling sound similar to a distant
clap oi thunder. Through the.
glasses we could see great cracks or ,
crevices in the formation into which ‘
the morning sun shown making j
rainbows all over the surface.
All around us floated great cakes
of ice and the ship stopped now
and then, in the floe, to pull some
aboard. A small lwat was lowered
and after lieing made fast to the
ship a man was lawered into it.
With a hook attached to a long
pole he was able to pul) the cakes
n- a- the ship and bv means of a
large pair of ice tongs, raised and
lowered by a rope, pulley and
steam engine, these cakes were low
ercd into the iiokl of the •hip.”
“At times we were within a half
a mile of the glacier where wc
could feel the hitter eoM wind that
i>lew from it. Once we saw the
wonderful cave under its center.
From this cave boiled op a river
throwing into the air enormous
cakes of ice. We could hoar the
rumbling more plainly also as great
sli«h s dashed and tore down the
wall into the sea. We learned that
the glacier is many miles long and
four hundred feet high and extends
over a range of mountains, joining
other glaciers until it reachss the
range which lies about Valdes.
The glaciers of southern Alaska are
fast wearing away so that this is
really the only lfve glacier in these
regions.”
“ VV1. n ’l.r ship was completely
lie I with ice her prow was point
'd homeward. We feasted our eyes
:i this tii.irvtlous work of nature
until the |<o:nt was reached wl.ere
it w;;~ !"#! to view. The scenes we
now j. <scd seemed commonplace
i vside the one we had recently
viewed. The mysterious work of
nature impn^-ed us with it#
v- it does, a
sviuUd of the power that lie# bey
ond that of man.”
Cotrmunicaticn.
Editor Proscj-.i tor:
Inasmuch as newspapers are
-up| osed to t>e j ublished, not only
as a .-"nice "i revenue to the pro
prietors thereof, hut a# a vehich for
the dissemination of news; to in
struct. amuse and, so far as the
ability of their writers extend, to
advise its readers, you will pardon
me I am sure if I state that some
of tiie editorials appearing in the
Prospector and News are neither in
structive or amusing,
Whatever satisfaction the writ
ers »f these articles on territorial
government may derive from the
expression of theirjjwidely diverg
ent opinions by no means extends
to the readers. Very few people
in this city are at all familiar with
the working of a territorial form
■ f government, and that they may
form an intelligent opinion of the
advantages or disadvantages ot
such a government as compared
with the present system, they
should be educated oa all the
points pertaining to the govern
ment of a territory.
Now are the writers above re
ferred to possessed of the knowl
edge so to do? No. Their sever
al editorials demonstrate only too
clearly their total ignorance of the
subject. Therefore their writings
are wholly without interest except
to the few who may find a momen
tary amusement in the personali
ties indulged in.
Under these circumstances I tx
lieve I am not exceeding my priv
hege# when I advise both papers t<
give us more news and less editor
ials.
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He Got a Bear
After All W
Aftintirn Of o Towns Hnatar
la tM Knott Cowatry.
MTF THE young chap hadn't been so
JL fresh an' so know in’, an* so
ridiclous stuck on hisself,** said the
Man from Knob county. ”tt ain't like
ly that they’d ’a* done it to him quite
eo strong, but he come amongst 'em
a struttin’ an’ a blusterin', with his
yaller leggings an’ a yaller coat all
full o’ pockets an’ straps an’ belts,
aa* his shiny gun.
“ Is these the biggest woods you’ve
got around here?' says he, sort o'
■leerin’.
"They told him them woods was the
biggest they had room for, as they
took up the best part o’ the county,
an’ we thought they sized up pretty
well, bcin's as he most travel all dny
in them }>arts an’ find nothin' much
else but woods.
‘"They ain’t much better than a
picnic grove!' says he, sneet n •'
some more. ’But mebby they II do,'
he says. ’Any bear in 'em?’ soys he.
’"We told him there was a few l»ear
left in 'em.
* ^ J "U I'" Mil ll’r ( >*«!»»• ”t’.
“"That’s what I’m out »•> git.’ says
he. "I’m g!ml I don't care to nit more
than one. though,' says he. ‘for I'd be
dlsnpjHiinted. It don't seem to me
there was room in these woods for
more than one." snvs he. Thu one is
all I want." says he.
“Now. i ktvowed my own-elf wl ere
four Id thidw >11 >: >-rs was luyia* >.w.
an' Silt' had u couple marked d wn
some’n else an’ I etc an" t:■ .;»■ an' li
all on ’em known! where they e< hi
gi> an’ lay their hands ..it half n ri> > n
more. Hut this young chan was so
Iri sh an" knowin’ an’ ridie'loiis si . !;•
up aleuit it that w, > :1c lai,-d t let
him dicker an' see 1
“U trotted ' ■ i
*most . c !>.. • d . in in
ready to go ,ut an' git the . .
was utter. . n’ he hadn't been g ■■
long 'fere Site he samil red out v. ,-.i
his gun r.' I is .l..gr. iige. •tile i .s
g >t nig teeth .in* a sharp in ».• ; a
shinin’ . an' he is u ■ >••> —I ml. g
ehaji. i *I; e..u, hut he ain't no tie. el
the.:. i ......bit.
''Hi.; n id- fierce, an" no mistake,
an' if y.. .hi meet him in thev.-i >ds :.n"
didn t .-;:nuv him you’ll , »ri o' «i h
you was sume’rs eise. IVt- an' r.ii
an’ the rest on ’em was the re wh a
Sile went out with his gun un' his
dog an I could see they was grai
nin'.
“ 'Somethin's up.' says I.
“The young chap got 'wav over
nigh the ilobday patch lookin' i..r
the bear he was after. hut it had Yt
showed up yit, when suddenly i.e
come . -:t facin' a tall, fieri- -! Aik u
chapwir* . unun his arm an' an u„ i -
lookin U. g at liis heels, it was hoe
an his d-.g, an* the dog wa’n't no
fierier ihan >i!e was, though i,e
looked terrible ugly, but the fr-.ii
yom.g riiap he hadn't never seen biie
nor the d' g.
“ lii“* ** Sile. ravape like.
"Tiit \.JU!i(f chap he shouted hack,
skeert like, an’ said ‘Hullo:’ sort o‘
soothin'.
“Then Sile he took a couple o’ dead
pheasants out from where he had ’em
intit'e i.i* coat.
“ *K*-lc ! any yit!' t»ay»he.
“’N says the J ouiw chap. ’I'm
; after hear.'
**‘lt %v- r*'t make no difference wbnt
you'n after.* says Sile. gruh’. n* pr* \\ i
in* ‘Here's what \« u’re point* r i: it! *
"Sile he had his pun cocked, an' begun
to finger it.
pheasant* is what you
want.’ My Sile. They'll h* tw. O l
} lf • 1 ? -till. Tige! l>»n*t take him
till ! ? • • • »ii to!*
***l*-4-r v\'is layiii* sound at'tettiin r
■ • ... . ,
thir !.* rl r»* was p in* on.
t ** *D» !j*t t-ake hi till ! tel! v n r
Sile. ‘The phea>:rr: . » »
• ' • • | * • i ‘
} ' p inter pit!* * •’ r* ' e
bn?-. Ym over to t* • ? t
nr* • y r.i* chap h: t * r, •»
d r * * ’ ’ ? wit*
‘ Tl cj, he h| ked I is * - w ! e.
rr * • *: ey went '** --*
r hi* bear ! .*« n
fit* h* » •• Y t in.
** ‘ * tidt no bear in t! * re
pi’ « ?> o' > ur*n. fir [
c‘ ' • . ' ' -! * . S he. T I T • ' ’I
SO! , T; worst than all <!.• < >
them . c.,: ' ! » 14d! ! •
th* ’•• throat -.‘e?t 1 YV . , . -
w! * i.«- ihatV »ut o' j;.;! : - •*,
1 It f h '.in an* :• n a- hirn
iy«ro!
*‘*H. . me U|i wiik f net f r*»
an’ * ’• t je>t a- * : : **y :r
n \ r ' nr ! ‘ f* r • i* e
f * ' t '*• r T' ,• *\\«»
1 • . r • * ither *»f *. - * .
I • -ken* I i -u hi
t c th« \ i • ? / «•! .i . • ?•* i
r * ; '.v to g*< ‘ nu. r, i I.»ir
«]« • * "
■ ; r ilm et! tin t * e- -ar.ti in pri f
of i .. «. trges. El:. 11 in' «m r»t:n .
to h a 1 V fit the I inV ,n ' l’ele ui.’
the r« '• i Via was grim :u*.
“‘A» y* ur liein" 1 i-ay-ri! .
*«)» Eli. that's a reflect u •. i n t! eciti
zei. o' the Knob ci ''r:rv t! al w .i.1
harily hi !il. bin there ain't no ai . t
about y' ur havin'these here two •.
ants in \ '*»ir possession. his'ih t:
iiu- in bitch rase made an’ pri diitii.
The law ain't up on pheaanU vet.*
say* Eli. 'an' you’re a violator an' a
tre.pa^er ajr'in it for havin’ t! .eve
two ioy«*ur p4«»essit>n. An\by hokey !*
*ays Kli. ‘they’ve been snare*!. too!
This is serious! l*m sorry.young man,
but I’Ve got to do niy duty, an* I arrest
you for violatin’ the game law!*
“An* they took the young chap ’for
the squire, an* the squire rouldn't do
nothin* but fine him somethin* like $50
;;' tl *-:n snared pheasant* in
" - * e v" r supnoee that '
Mn't 'a' cared t«l
sve ’i ir- deatia's with folk*
;vl ere th y dealt <■ t tlie law so
•rompt an’ strict as that, an' h#
icMi'Iv was giftin' his thing* ready
.• e„ .,»er t» the Eddy an' take the
ret ears that started, hut before he
r d . 1 ready he had !>egiin to listen
'-i '"nents to stay over a little;
'"vaion's Sam he felt downright
* «rrv for the young ehap, sayln* that
he didn't think they'd given him t
fair shake, an' Simon's Sam had a
* ore hear he wanted to sell. So he
e !ped around an' got to talkin' with
the yo ng chap.
" 'Seems to me.' says Simon's Sam.
•that i*'s t*»o had for jrnu to go 'way
without pittin’ that bear you’re
ifter.' say* he.
'• 'Hear!* say* the young chap,
■neerin’. There ain't a bear In your
hull tdame grove;' says he.
"'There's corks of 'em.' says Si
n«n's Sam. T.ut It’s a heap o’
»r itthle to rout 'on out an' fuller
•m till vou git a shot. Take you
ley*. Hut 1 kin git you a shot at
t> - norrow, inside of an hour.
I Ml u« -|I Him.
** 'V \rn?* sav* the young chap
"•I kin,* says Slmn'r Sum. ‘An*
nil :t’l| cost v n ’ll be $15.
'*! Hp y»»i:nir feller re cm in* to h«
n* to ■ t. - 8 m c
t*» him scheme. H»» t !
• in> thet he hr.*l ;bc bear in bis } \
•l that very minute, an* tl »t n '•
y, for f 15 be 1! t.ik** U• * . r
n the lv t** a certain ’ l ie in i
* <T» nn* tie him to tree \\i a a
her * snyr 9I**v Vs Satn, *yon
’-» • *n Vnng with y* *->r gun.
■ t tj e bear, n’ < • • • »* ' • ?.
» r h» Ip to In;* f. »n. in* t-»rn the
: 1 h s . rt these IV ». ;v- ♦ thinks you
: Vt kno-. ’ nw r-» hr;.*.*
** * he v-uptf ch.vi mr* th • hr -*
-**n ’.v h Si*-* *V ®: * c n " er. •
• n’ t' * c »~ :* • r* e .
ere t * pi; n h- *r *
'•*. • 1 ■ 4 * ** Jr ’ * **in. ‘ ’ * • ■
■ ■ * • ■ '■ •
him *ver t«*-n.
* * ** spyr e.
!■ ?- ~f* *ori*e
1 r. p ’t oat vi«v
i a i
•-• I t» w’-rr * he hai*
r i • mite ■»* miles fnr
’*• • v ’ </ chr. i pai.! Si*
'• an ! .Sam *aid he
t**r i? !f nn hour or ?e-,
* t •»* the *rmoi,s.
•t | p open .«• hpo
?i ion the ileal.
(•’ r» F'.* flown ?r’
" « (1 wrys fr-e-i !'•«*
r act ad ”*»\ . u*
T e r» * » nn* rner’e-t n«
• he youn»*.»•
r.' -rvri-*pr Tty nn*
: no longer, nn* b*
n’ l>?n *d away pt tl e
* ■ * ’o* tieci. tremen<!i»i!P
:: r * •' ’ "he missed *he liear an*
*h*t ye ..luinh in two.
<' •' i "t'e i> jump, an* away
hr v . n* -.jt' somethin’ like six fret
of ri ie- );.n-.-in* from his neck. an’
'■■■' t in the thirk laurels
l.e'-rr the voting chap eouM tlink
to fire • * Mm agin. He follered
ah:: - ■ 'or ’r hear till he see there
" *e. an’ then he five It up
nn’ come in.
•• '! > . ••»•’« n hear in them woods.’
s«.v- he. n’ I got a shot at It. Hut
t* ’ >t away, an’ I’m willin’ to let it
go.’
••Hr 1 o..» n|| rrady to start for
t! •• K>*dy ••• tnkr the ears, when who
t.( in hut Rube.
•”1 '• " it to-day,’ says he. care
li Vn’ got as nice a one
l‘ • o if n long time. You ought
’ •• t to take along with you,’
to the young chap,
i ht to have what?" says the
• •>. snappy like.
” i! <- ig. fat hear I killed to
d!ty.’ \ - iiuhe.
■ g chap didn’t say nnv
’■ t • ■ r . ell. an’ then h<- s.
t ■ h do you wont for t?
.<• that tin is f ■ I
e. ‘ft’s worth f .?
-ay • he. ’flerr an".
t . y now, sneakin’ it in "U
t ‘ h
'A:t' •• v.is. an' the 1 .• r was
. a tie. fat a: - - s v one. s»:re en tugh.
**11 sat •' . y aing chap, *1
"!■ ,it ■ hear, nn’ I h me
*" kt* .ft,- or., or go iso k
l.-t‘v:.’ hr.
e •.- t f.h.i e *-»S for th.- lu-.-tr.
’’• ! -v •- i : t nv t' ing a it
tv-lit I : * r vs fhil • 1-y an* l»y.
•r o' to niiuK sunei-.l,;.’
!f nit f er A.
■ ' ’ IV it have t) r [ip
'roan! ! nwk for. 1M like to
I • " in’ till hi
■Kelt’ »t tpt* * P-S - I- : •’The
i e-tr hro* i•
when | ft: • f,
»•' ' •! ' rlt if ’ e wit | ..k
in' for .<■<!'' — o frng »
eked hint wit i ■ to
hi*' I' ••*' gi thered him in.’ rave
l£uJ-■«- ‘ ■ r 1 ! n -- j« th*- wood,
I s i • ->*. ; n .nonet! ,-e v-iowt Jn.-. -
'v> l! i ' *• way with hls-ef a* to
hutp n * .l*i it for him,’ says Kobe,
nit' •’ rt ill-ja-rvadin' grin splittin*
Itis fate.
” •• voting i-hnp didn’t say noth
■r : I * -i is looks !i;td tern kill* -s
w* ii i I f -|| dead, lie give the
l*-: r'. . r asp a tremendous kiek.
| t en t-e * >d it loaded on to his
\\;:y n a’ away him an’ the !>ear
ne:;' i the Kidy. without as much
as even livin’ gotal-by to any of os.
“I vi * *i*t likely they’d d tie
*> • ' ■••• *tr« ng if be hadn't been
so fr. -h an’ so know in’. an’ so
ridi.'l ■ > stuck-up about h Use If.”—
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