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Title: Touring Alaska and the Yellowstone
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Taylor, Charles M. (Charles Maus), 1849-
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Publisher: Philadelphia : G.W. Jacobs & Co.
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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trance or slumber round the soul. Not far away is the Bennett of pioneer days, be-fore the railroad extended its long arms into this re-gion. The town seems to consist almost entirelyof saloons, restaurants and hotels. The following are some of the signs painted con-spicuously on these buildings: The New ArcticSaloon. The Simpson Hotel: Good Beds—Meals, 50 Cents.—Harrys Restaurant. Meals—Beds—Bunks—25 Cents. Meals, 25 Cents andUp. It appears as though the people here do nothingbut eat and sleep. But no, at long intervals appearssuch a variety as: Miss Sanna Simpson, CustomsBroker. There is but one street, as yet unnamed. Just asI begin to feel the pangs of hunger, Mr. Heney ap-proaches to invite about a dozen of our party to dinewith him. In perfect unison we accept most cheer-fully, and are escorted to a large log cabin, contain-ing a spacious dining-room, with rough, unpaintedtables, and benches without backs. A table-clothhonors our presence at one of these tables, but we
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3<0 Over White Pass to Lake Bennett 227 are served with the same tin cups, plates, spoons,etc., which are used by the working men. Theroom is capable of accommodating three hundredand fifty men at one time. Men wait on us, andthe meal consists of good hot coffee, tea, bacon andbeans—bread, brown and white—prunes and cannedcorn. For dessert one is allowed a second helping.Mr. Heney proves a delightful host, and we have avery enjoyable dinner. So it is when mind andbody are at peace. We are happy—a king can beno more. This is British territory, and we find soldiers sta-tioned along the route to protect the English inter-ests. The enchanting scenes repeat themselves aswe return to Skagway, but this only adds to theinterest with which we watch for them, often per-ceiving new beauties which escaped our eyes be-fore, and probably a dozen journeys over this routewould still leave some charming vista, or pictur-esque ravine to surprise us should we stray againinto this region of loft

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