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The
Gate-way
Route of
Comfort
Service
Safety
To Yukon Territory, Atlin District
^Interior Alaska - •—
During the winter season of 1916-17 oar regu'ar train service will
be maintained North and Sauth Bound between Skaguay
and Whiieharse, trains leaving both terminals Mondays,
Wednesdays and Fridays.
WINTER. STAGE SERVICE
Oar Through Mail, Passenger and Freight Service will be oper
ated bitw;en WniteSarse and Dawson, affording every possible
facility fa: onfo^iS'.s winter travel by m;ans of a
Thoroughly Equipped Stage and Aa-omobile Line
For full information apply to
C. W. CASH
Sipt. Mail Sjrvic- D\>t.
W. ilTEKD^E. Y. T.
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612 Second
A. F. ZIPF
Traffic Manager
Ave.. SEATTLE. Wash.
White Pass & Yukon Route
TIME TABLE No. 38.
Monday, Wednesday and Friday
So. 1, N. Bound Now 8, 8. Bound
1st Claaa 1st Clam
Leave* 8KAGWAY Arrives 8:50 p. m.
WHITK PASS l.paveg 2:20 p. m.
«• LOO CABIN " 1:30 p. m.
" BENNETT " 13:50 p. m.
» CARIBOU " 10:48 a. m.
Arrive* WHITEHOItSE " 8:00 a. m.
Passenger* must be at depot 1« Umi to have Baggage In
spected and checked. ImnpocUon U »topped SO tlnutea before
leaving time of train*. —— —
150 pound* of baggage will be checked free with each full
fare ticket and 75 pounds with each half fare ticket.
8:30 a. m.
11:05 ». m.
11:45 a. m.
12:40 p. m.
2;20 p. in.
4:50 p. in.
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PHIL. ABRAHAMS
Established in 1897
Experiences in The Philippine Islands
Told by Women of Fort
Wm: H. Seward
(The following articles on. experiences of army women in the Philip
pines were wri'ten by. Mrs. Richardson, wife of Sergeant Major Rich
ardson, and Mrs. Qrover, wife of Sergeant David Grover, both of Fort
William H. Sewa-rd, and read beforo a recent meeting of the H&iuos
Womaa'p club.)
(Mrs. Rlchajrdaon)
When, my husband was ordered to
Manila, eighteen, years ago, army
women were not allowed on trans
ports for about ebc months afttr I
left 'be United States for tba Philip
Dines.
I sailed on a Paclflo liner, Nip
pen Maru, Out first stop after
seven days sailing was Honolulu, a
very beautiful city where there
are many lnteresUng things to see
Honolulu Is on the Island of Oahu.
The fish pond Is one of the sights
of Honolulu; it Is la a large build
ing full of glass tanks, ona on top of
another, all around ft large room;
tiie Xlelh. loot as If they are la Ice,
hundreds of them, red, white anl
blue and in fact all the colors of the
rainbow; fish that look like any
thing else but fish. I think the
charge is fifty cents to see them.
Wonderful Markets
The markets are wonderful.
Pumpkins and squashes grow to an
enormous size. All kind a of veget
ables will grow in such profusion
a3 to astonish those who have lived
in northern climes. Green and
sweet corn, Irish and sweet pota
toes, cabbage and tomatoes, beans,
le'tuce radishes and many other
kinds of vegetables, all of the *lu"
est quality and In the greatest pro
fusion, can be had every day in
the yeaT,
Strawberries and raspberries can
be had all the year round. Guests
stopping at the Honolulu Hotel can
pick bananas without leaving their
rooms. Oranges and limes grow
to perfection in this country. The
expensive alligator gear grows
plentifully. It has a taste simi
lar to thati of an egg, and is a
creat flesh producer.. ,
Two Is Cheap Food
Ttu) valuable food plant of the
natives is called taro or poe; the tu
bers contain more nutriment for a
given weight than, any other veget
able food.
It is said that forty sQuare
feet of taro or poe will supply; food
for an average family for a year; it
is planted like rice In flooded land.
.Speaking of fruit we must not for
Be* the pineapple. They can raise
and mature plneaples every month
iu the year, which however, la also
true oi bananas.
The climate of the Hawaiian, is
lands Is claimed to be perfect, the
finest }n the world. The recorded
average of temperature in July of a
recent year was 76.4, and in De
cember of the same year 70.7.
Th0 native greeting is "Aloha
nel," aloha meaning "great grati
fication, "nei" meaning "all X have
is youra." !
Pond ot Flowera
The natives are fond of flowers.
On feast days they weax wreaths of
flowers around their shoulders and
on their heads. I ha*e Been hun
dreds of lovely big carnations in
one wreath sell for about twenty
cents... _ 1 ;
■J. HO C"nraesd uucjs taring ore
one of the Bights o£ Honolulu. The
Chinees lease swamp land from the
government and r&lse thousands of
ducks a year foir expert.
I hare been, to Honolulu several
times. Ereiy tlma I find it more
wonderful. We stayed a coupla of
days each time. After we left Hono
lulu, our next stop was Kobe, Ja
pan. From there we took a train
to Tokyo, the capital of Japan. Our
next stop was Yokohama, where
we stayed tw.o day a.
A Shopper's Paradise
When I went to school and stud
ied Japan, I never thought I would
visit her shores and see tha little
Japs with their Jiarlchichas (Jin
m^ans man; Rich means strength;
and the "cha" means carriage)
ready to tak0 one to temples of
all kinds.
Then, the wonderful silk stores
aDd china shops, ^Jpg one to BPend
some of hU mone,, It was all
like a dream—so wonderful.
Our next stop was Nagasaki wher
all of our transports stopped" to
coal. Most of the army people buy
their dishes at Nagasaki.
Sneaking of the transports coal
ing, U 13 a strange sight to sea
th«> native women carry coal on
their backs from the barges to the
shins like so many ants, sometimes
witv babes on their backs.
ThQ little narrow streets of japan
and the pretty paper house are like
♦he pictures we pea of them. The
(%>ntlfiMd M Fags <)_ ,
(Mrs. David Or over)
"W> sailed from San Frauclsco
September 7, 1907, on the U.. S. A.
T. Thomas, with 12 Troops, Head
quarters and Band of the Sixth U.
S. cavalry, bound for Jolo. After
seven days at sea we arrived at
Honolulu. Anchored in the har
bor was the Pacific fleet. What a
majestic sight it was to see those
fine battleships and ag our trans
port passed each she dipped her
| flag in salute—her band playing the
Star Spangled Banner.
Honolulu is a beautiful pictur
esque city, and to my mind a para
dise on earfh. We remained there
two days, sightseeing and purchas
ing curios. We visited the museum
where are kept the royal jewels
land ancient relics. This place is
closely guarded, one cannot enter
without a permit. Then came Fort
.Shatter, Waikiki Beach, a number
of fine parks, the Aviary and Aqua
rium, where we saw the most beau
tiful birds and wonderful lot of
Xishe-; Next we attended a native
band concert given jn the grounds
surrounding thr palace of the late
Queen Liliuokalanl. We then took
a car ride many miles into the
country where we visited the frog
farm of many aores. Here millions
cf frogs are raised yearly for export
The natives raise a tuber—the roots
of <his taro plant are cooked up in
to a paste called poo. This dish,
of which I have partaken, Is dipped
or eaten with the f°re finger of the
right hand from a large wooden,
teorwl and reminds one of sour
dcugh. Guava, pineapplo and
breaj fruit are raised in abundance.
The bread fruit, is much like our
sweet potatoes—baked and eaten
hot wi»h butter. It is delicious.
Typhoon at Sea
We bade farewell to. Hawaii and
Journeyed on to Guam. During
tils three weeks at sea we struck a
typhoon which lasted three days;
for almost two days we were out
of our course and at the mercy of
tbo wares. This kept ug close to
onr staterooms—all ports and
hatches closed tightly. At last we
arrived at Guam. The government
dock not being completed, we
dropped anchor about two miles out,
Guam is the first Island we reached
belonging to th0 Philippine arch
ill elago, and is one of our naval
stations in the far east. The na
tives came out to our transport, in
canoes, with beautiful shells and
baskets for sale. There chief sport
is diving for clackers or pennies
which they beg from the passengers.
Our stay here was only a few hours
when we were off again, to sea, for
Manila, which place we arrived at
one week later.
Island of Luzon
I stopped off here for a month's
visit at Fort McKinley on the is
land of Luzon, later taking pas
sage on the inter-island Transport
William H. Seward, for Jolo. We
stopped at the following places on,
our way south—Batangas, on the
'ikiand of Luzon, Ifioilio, on the Is
land of Panay, and the second
largest city in the Philippines,
Camp Downes on the island Leyte,
thea Malabang, Parang, Cotabato,
and Zamboanga on the island of
Mindanao. There are different
tribes on each island—each tribe
having a different language and cus
tom. At last we arrived at Jolo,
which Is the largest and most im
portant island of tha Sulu archi
pelago and is about six degrees
north of the equator. The town of
Jolo, which ia the smallest walled
dty in the word, is the capitol of
tf>e Sulu archipelago and ia ruled by
th6 Sultan, who is noted for his
wonderful collection of pearls and
for hia love for American cock
tails,
Land of tho Moras
This Is the land of the Moroa.
Mohammaden—a warlike race of
people, born fighters and very
cruel. Tha Mohammaden, accord
ing fo Ms religion advances a step
jiigher tofward th.Q top plaltfana of
the Mohammaden heaven whenever
he kills a christian. Their war cry
is "El-Moro El-Moro." While we
were stationed in Jolo the men
were not allowed oufsidQ the bar
racks without their arms, and were
only allowed to leave tha walled
city ia groups of three or more.
The women never left the walled
city unless accompanied by an aim
ed guard.
The Moro men, wear loosa fitting
fcdet D&ntft, and ft piece Of Mora
cloth wound tightly around the
hoad /or a turban; they always car
ry a bolo or knife in their belts.
The women wear tight fitting
basques and a long striped panta
lettes—-on their fefit they; wearzo
oatag or slippers. Thei^ chief Indus
Vy is pearl fishing, weaving Moro
cloth and grass mats,
Moro Beauties
Moro girla marry at tbe age of
twelve—marriage 1$ always a ques
tion of price. When of a marriage
able age she advertises the fact by
banging her hair and shaving her
eyebrows; ehe grinds and blackens
her teeth which are polished into
'•he most approved shape of Moro
beauty, by grinding them off at the
bottom and cutting them into the
'orm of a hollow groove in front
s that they protrude like fangs or
'ho edge of a scoop shovel., in ad
dition to beetle nut stain they use
a tooth blacking made by boiling
the milk of the cocoanut and drop
ping a piece of red hot iron into
this. The iron and milk form an
oxido that has th0 appearance of
black carriage varnish—a plaster of
boat Romulus, we slept and ate on
'his compound will last several
weeks. The maiden is now ready
fcr business; both young and old
begin to cast sheep's eyes at heri
tor a Moro never becomes too old
to marry.
Sightseeing In Japan
Leaving Jolo for Manila, on my
way to the States, on the Spanish
deck, Upon sitting down to the ta
ble one could always tell the num
ber of courses to be served at that
meal, by the number of plates
stacked at each place For evening
■dinner, many times, one would find
eiKht or ten plates, each in turn
being removed when the course was
finished. Arriving at Manila I took
passage on the U. S. A. T. Sherman
for Marlvele# where our ship wafc
thoroughly fumigated, before leav
iug for the homeward journey. Af
ter a week out we arrived at Nag
asaki, Japan. Sightseeing, visiting
all places of intreest and riding la
jlnrlklshag occupied our time while
here, j |
I One of the very interesting parts
of my visit to Japan was to see
the Javanese women eoal our big
transport, the coal being brought
alongside the shiD in lighters and
nasE°d from hand to hand, in large
baskets, into the bunkers of the
transport, all th0 work being done
by the women.
Back To Golden Gate
On our return to Honolulu we
were not allowed to land, as the
yellow fag was hoisted on our
transoort, smallpox having broken
cut on board, resulting in one
dea'h and burial at sea. From
Honolulu we went to Astoria, Ore
gon, and were quarantined aboard
ship for ten days, all men, women
and children being vaccinated,
From there our transport sailed for
Portland where the troops disem
barked for Vancouver barracks. Wa
were there one day sightseeing, then
we sailed down the Columbia river,
into the Pacific ocean, ami entered'
the beautiful Golden Gate just as
the sun was setting, and landed at
San Francisco wkere my journey
ended.
Caught Rat and Opossum.
Hazel Green, K.v. - One night Red
Bob Combes set two steel traps under
bis bouse. The next morning, wben he
went to see what he hail caught, he
was surprised to see n big rat in one
and a small opossum in the other. The
opossum belonged (o Ben Creech and
bad escaped. The opossum was caught
by the foot and was not seriously hurt
and was returned to the owner in good
cnditlon.
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