Show I VISIT R FROM DAWSON Mrs Harry Edwards Comes Back But Will Go Again IN l LOVE WITH THE FAR NORTH She Says Dawson is a Prosperous Orderly CityNond a Pleasant Place to Live In Her Husband Harry Edwards Doing Well in the Hotel and Real Estate Business Other For r Salt Lakers Also Prosperous Prosper-ous Thomas Jones of Bingham Has Had Enough of Nome Mrs Harry Edwards wife of the former for-mer wellknown Salt Laker who is now a resident of Dawson City returned re-turned to this city on Sunday after 0 stay of almost ten months In the far North Mrs Edwards who was Miss Swenson went to Dawson in September Septem-ber On her trip to the Klondike Mrs Edwards took the Inland route via Skaguay but returned by way of St Michael Returning she left Dawson on June 19th a passenger on board the steamship St Paul reaching San reachingSan Francisco July 9th Mrs Edwards speaks in high praise of Dawson and the Klondike generally She says that one can scarce Imagine tho beauty and grandeur of the scenery scen-ery the glory of the midnight sun the aurora borealis the rare blue of the sky and the fleecy lacy clouds For several days after leaving Dawson Daw-son Mrs Edwards sid there was something strange she could not tell what but finally remembered that she missed the blue sky of the North than which nothing more beautiful could be Imagined The climate too Mrs Edwards says Isvery pleasing to her that the spring and autumn arc very delightful while the summer months are much like ours Rave that the nights are cohen Many people have left Dawson within the post few months to try their fortunes for-tunes In Nome but Mrs Edwards says she thinks they will regret It Despite the many that have left Dawson still boasts n population of about 11000 and Is a thriving busy city EDWARDS IS PROSPEROUS Mr Edwards Is running a fine hotel and doing a flourishing business The hotel has steam heat electric lights and telephone connections with all the creeks around I ha forty rooms and I Is crowded all the time The proprietor proprie-tor and his partner have recently built a business block with stores below and offices on the second floor the latter renting readily at 10 per month apiece Speaking the mounted police Mrs Edwards says they are the finest lookIng look-Ing lot of men she ever saw and do the most effective work The order of Dawson City Is most commendable and thfe only punishment inflicted upon the violators of the law is to make them cut and saw wood This however how-ever is sufficient for Mrs Edwards says the laws of the country are absolutely abso-lutely obeyed S MORE WOMEN THAN MEN As to the number of women in Dawson Daw-son Mrs Edwards says she believes there are more of them than men The styles she says are very much the same as In this country in fact just as late and the finest French goods can be obtained there as readily as In San Franclcobutoc course at advanced prices John Bechtol Capt Donovan and Mr Finch all well known here are doing well Mr Bechtol will pay Zion n visit In the fall IN LOVE WITH THE NORTH I Mr Edwards does not return to the city In October a Is his Intention now Mrs Edwards will return to Dawson for the winter She says she will be more than glad to return for she has learned to love the faroff northern land very much On her return trip Mr Edwards stopped at Eagle and visited with Capt and Mrs Wright formerly of this city who sent kind remembrances to Salt Lake friends She also dined onboard i on-board tho McCulloch a the guest i of Capt Healy who has recently been reported as having gone Insane Mrs Edwards brought with her an Interesting collection of views snowIng snow-Ing the various phases scenery and life in the Klondike 1 |