Show A VOYAGE TO ALASKA WHAT congressman REED SAW IN ills HIS SUMMER VACATION hon flon thomasb reed has just returned to portland after a trip to utah alaska and various other places in III conversation with a portland ress man the th other day mr reed said 1 l have been visiting the united states we had a trip of two months which could not be equalled equal led anywhere else on the face of the earth yellowstone park the great columbia river alaska salt lake valley the canons of the denver rio grande the georgetown on the colorado central and the mountain ga gorge rge and cascades near lear colorado springs and manitou form a combination of strange and wonderful scenery the libb of which no other country in the world can give when you and I 1 were boys only a short time a airo 0 o you remember the geysers of iceland were the wonders of the universe but the great geysers of yellowstone park make those of iceland and aalthe rust rest of the world seem very small affairs not worth a visit ouri our geysers spout oftener spout higher and there are more of them than the geysers of any other country wp w I 1 ich is very gratifying to the patriotic mind ss As to alaska andU anAUt ab tab here are mr reeds impressions we stopped at to see the indian village and found it wet and nasty at sitka silka the indian houses were larger more cleanly and gave evidences of the civilizing example of the whites at juneau thure is a thriving mining town with sidewalks liere here and there emer emerging gingO from the mud opposite is douglas island where is the treadwell cadwell Tr gold anine the owners have erected a mill of stamps stamp the largest stamp mill in the united states State sandin and in the world they have begun began the work necessary to double boulle the size of the mill beside the ml mineral resources of ef the country which will soon be pretty thoroughly prospected in the rectors re ions nearest the states the salmon fisheries are utilized somewhat somewhat and the possibilities of the deep sea fisheries are very great we did not go within 1000 or 1500 miles of the seal islands in fact the great reat alatka alaska ka itself sixteen times as t jig j i as the whole new earland states i 1 sitka people have very litle ile idea dea of the size nize of our purchase awre there is one river in it the yukon which i 1 no mean rival of the mississippi what the future of such a country will be no one can tell we are far enough along however to see that it was worth buying I 1 believe that our people will wring great wealth out of its varied resources the indians there will work do days work at regular vay pay and they show they appreciate civilized methods lor for they have already organized one strike |