Alaska and the Panama canal . e writers pen can only give to the world the faintest idea o£the beauties of nature, the treasures of the mines, the rare furanimals, the countless fishes of the sea and streams, the rich-ness of the soil and the big-heartedness of the splendid whitemen and women who have made this country their home. W. D. BOYCE. The above was written when I had reached the great valleyof the Yukon. Afterward I traveled many thousands of milesthrough Alaska, visiting nearly every ocean port and islandand mainland division, but I did not change my mind, norcould I have expressed m
Alaska and the Panama canal . e writers pen can only give to the world the faintest idea o£the beauties of nature, the treasures of the mines, the rare furanimals, the countless fishes of the sea and streams, the rich-ness of the soil and the big-heartedness of the splendid whitemen and women who have made this country their home. W. D. BOYCE. The above was written when I had reached the great valleyof the Yukon. Afterward I traveled many thousands of milesthrough Alaska, visiting nearly every ocean port and islandand mainland division, but I did not change my mind, norcould I have expressed myself more truthfully in lOO or i,ooowords. The story of the creation of the world was told in600 words. It will take 25,000 words and numerous photo-graphs to give the reader an adequate conception of past,present and future Alaska. East Cape, Siberia, in Asia, is no doubt the mother ofAmerica. From the nearest sheltered harbor it is less thanfifty miles from Siberia to Alaska by water. Midway there mam Tw^r>(**abt*A9l*S. THE DIOMEDE ISLANDS. BERING STRAITS, ALASKA 3 are two islands, the Diomedes, which break the journey bysmall boat, so that the tiny canoe, or kayak, for one person, orthe big skin boat carrying twenty or more men or women, couldin perfect safety cross in the summer time, making daily roundtrips to Alaska. In the winter time it is always entirelyfrozen over, and without doubt the aborigines crossed fromEast Cape to Cape Prince of Wales, as people do now, usingreindeer, dogs or traveling on snowshoes. For eight monthseach year, owing to Bering Straits being one solid field of ice,North America and Asia are as one. This is the all-land or iceroute from the United States to Europe, through Asia, for theperson who gets seasick or is afraid of water. While on board ship, a few miles north of the DiomedeIslands, one clear morning, I could see very easily and dis-tinctly both Asia (Siberia) and North America (Alaska). AsI stood looking at both shores I was remind
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