The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 2, 1914, Page 13

THK SLAR—SATURDAY, MAY 2, 191 ne — oe ke Scenic Grandeur of Alaska Rivals That of Europe Its Mountains Overtop Mt. Blanc, the Jungfrau, the Matterhorn; Its Glaciers Dwarf the Mer de Glace country unique in its ituation, unique in unique In its phys foal beaut Point Barrow, its northermost cape, is warmer than any point in the world as far north of the equator; and its southern shores bordering the North Pacific ocean are likewise warmer than any point in the world in similar latitude during the winter months, We Are Preac Of the Creed of Safety in Investments ae the result of the beneficial in fluence of the Japan current. Norway alone can aj ach it in these respects, but tn Norway the mountain backbone runs parallel to the coast line, and its rivers are insignificant streams, and there ts no room for extensive valleys; while in Alaska the immense quad rangle ts divided into three sones by lofty mountains, on more or less east and west tines, which leave between them broad plains through which such streams as the Kuskokwim with 600 and the Yu kon with over 2,000 miles of navi- gable waters open up its vast in terior. Norway and Sweden are the Mecca and Medina of the Euro- pean tourists in search of the pic turesque and sublime, and the lat- ter country takes its annua! tol! of American pilgrims on similar sights intent; but Alaska can dis count anything which these coun tries can boast. Its mountains overtop Mt. Blanc, the Jungfrau or the Matterhorn; its glaciers dwarf the Mer de Glace and its puny as- eoclates; while the fjords of the Southeastern Archipelago do not suffer by comparison with those Le vee! ce of Norway, whose grandeur has LED @. been embalmed in its sagas, and _ chanted by the annual procession The wonderful Childs Glacier is only one of the many be ful scenic attractions in the northiand Of sightseers; while ali its beauties | 6 feet long plunging into the Copper river yearly. The glacier is about 14 miles long. Cordova is nearby. ean be seen from the deck of ocean | and float away in the narrow riv-jexhibitions of a power against, will dally change the shore line; earthquake in 1899, abe ba c y a je force: er river steamer without the dust/er. When the mist has drifted by| which the efforts of man are of| first Makushin, then Pogromm|, | still clinging to the’ polisied bould: ot pe ty ag neg erritte| and discomfort of tedious railroad | the dead-white face of the lee di} no more avail than those of a fly|Shishaidin, Paviof, Katmal, llidm-|ers, while alongside may be seen| moods. Vast as an empire, there travel. appears, The new dress glisten#/ against a tornado, the peace and|na and Redoubt will pas# in order- | the buried forests, where the shores |can be no such thing as ennul in Towering Glaciers. with the brilliancy of diamonds |silence of the rock-bound flords,|ly succession, rising majestically have sunk beneath the ocean to|the everchanging panorama; dis-| Unitke the glaciers of Switzer-jand the deeper recesses of the; clad in green, with the snowy peaks| from 8,000 to 10,000 feet from the | compensate for the uplift tances are forgotten, and the| Yand and the Tyrol, which debouch |facade gleam blue as a summerjof faroff mountaine gleaming} ocean level with many others of! Surely the scenic beauties of| traveler will soon begin to under- on Inland valleys, and give the ob-|sky unflecked by clouds. jthrough the tree tops on the sky | lesser altitude and notoriety Alaska, whether they be of nena | pened the lure of the north, that server but little evidence of their Unending Charm. } line, suggest the delights of Lotus-| These are the crowning peaks of or water or of sky, are varied | intangible something which makes | tremendous power and vitality, the} The charm of the glaciers fs|land; picture after picture more/a mountain range which, dividing enough to bring enthusiasm to the|the Alaskan, cramped amid the| energy of which must be left en-|never ending. You may watch | beautiful than anything that the/to the east, culminates In Mount lips of the most blaxe traveler, | environment’ of civilization, repeat | We sell gilt-edged Bonds and Mortgages to those who have no money to lose. We take as much interest in | the man with only $100.00 to invest as in the millionaire; the | rich can take care of themselves nicely. ae eta i tt ser | We have never lost a dollar for a client. Our advice on in- vestment matters is willingly given to anyone without charge or obligation to purchase. The face of the giant ice column is 300 feet high; a section Carstens & Earles tirely to the imagination, the larg-,;them hour by hour and yet Mnger| Hudson can show, or either Nor-| McKinley, 000 fest Righ, acrth | ranging 9a thay 46 from the ayivan |to himself day by Gay, “I want tol est of the Alaskan glaciers, like | for som grander evidence of! way or the Rhine can boast of Cook Inlet; and Mounts St.| groves of Sitka, which could sat- ro pack, aa will e | RAT those in Greenland which give|their power. Beginning as mist, Beautiful Sunsets. Elias, Fairweather and their cold isfy even the most timid of lovers, a INCORPO! cD birth to the monsters of the At-|kissed by the sun from southern| If their winding ways are too|virginal sisters, grim guardians of|to broad pla ch TATE EES Jantic, terminate on the ocean bor-/ seas; drifted by the wind to the/narrow for the wings of Imagina: | the northern shores of the Pacific, odlhewe-org ane = ype me “i ruhoe'r Acsfotlng dh somaya der or interior rivers, with tower-|northland; falling as snow on the|tion, there sunsets among | These stupendous —mountain| by; or from placid fiords where |¢Verything is feasible in propor. ing fronts from two to three hun-| mountain tops; wel with other/them such as no painter could/ masses (a mile taller than Switzer-)days drift idly by, to exhibitions “on to the size of the fees. dred feet in height and mites tp / infinitesimal fragments into anjever put on canvas, veritable vor-| land's champion), their feet buried | —- —_—-—— width; fronts which are daily |ice unit; crawling inch by inch a| tices of flame as though the world| under a glacier which lines the! pushed forward by the titanic force|few feet annually; carving the|was on fire, or farther north,|coast for more than a hundred of gravity only to be undermined | solid earth with power irresiatible,| broad plains where the grasses| miles, are even more tmpressive Investment Bankers Lowman Bldg. Seattle, U.S. A. VESSELS AND TONNAGE ENTRIES 1912 Domestic, Foreign. by the waves, broken down into/ only at Inst to be torn tn a moment|ripple in the wind and the hills|than the loftiest of the world’s; : avalanches of glittering particles |of agony from its associates of ajon the distant horizon He Ike a| famous peaks, either in the Hima-|] Ketchixan siete By 4 ‘Established 1891. or huge blocks which fall ith a/ thousand, or many thousand yea: purple haze, leaving the gazer fancy | layas or the Andes; for while these || Wrangell he ¢ ry z roar of Pe 30 Be hey ol the |and sent drifting south, the p as to what lies beyond. Evenj|rise from lofty interior plateaus, || Juneau . 1 S 1 R d spray a hundred feet into the alr.|thing of the sun and the ¢ sun is loath to leave the acene|the sweep of St. Elias {is from x 4 ‘At the Childs giacler you may|only to be resolved into its pri-|which bis warmth has endowed| ocean to” sky, with nothing to|| peat” ” : atae Capital, Surplus, Reserve an Toll at ease by the river bank on| mary elements—is there not trage-| with life, and forsakes it only for| break the foreground. 1] St. Michael 4 : Profits a carpet of flowers, whil the|dy in the eternal cycle, repeated|a few minutes at midnight. Variety for All, | Nome a game a ae glacier splita with a noise like can-|through the untold eons of the| Along the A ‘a peninwula the| Grand as tw St. Elias, it is young || tnaiaska “4 non shot or the staccato reports of | world’s life? Is there not a mar-|tourist may witness in safety the| geologically among its compeers, || Cordova 20 small arms, and watch avalanche | velous {llustration of our national/ tremendous pent-up energy of the) and fs apparently still growing. In| Sulzer 18 after avalanche start 300 feet/motto, “E Pluribus Unum"-—one| internal fires; islands raised from) the innermost recesses of Disen- | ighty | out of many—in union there is/the bottom of the ocean one year,|chantment Bay the proof may be) only to be engulfed ¢ od rty hen weary of the Bo; Voleano Jast_ bi Union Savings Capital and Surplus, $825,000 Seattle, U.S. A. To give our depositors unexcelled service is foremost in the minds of each employe of this bank. We are empowered by the laws of the State to act in all fiduciary capacities. We buy and JAMES D.HOGE _ sell high-grade bonds that net 6% and 7%. N. B. 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