Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1867-05-16

parallel. Sitka, for instance, which
is 5S degrees north latitude, has O
climate almost as temperate as that Of
London, in 81 degrees north latitude,
the mean annual temperature Of the
former being As degrees Al minutes,
and that of the latter 40 degrees 10
minutes, land it has also about ga
mild a winter as the southern portion
of Japan, situated in lower latitude.
The superiority, however, of the soil
and climate Of Russian America, over
the soil and climate of the opposite
coasts Of Asia, has been observed from
the time of Kotzebue up to the pres
ent moment.
''But we have still more recent evil
dence of the comparative mildness of
the climate upon the American side,
even in higher latitude. At Point
Barrow, in II degrees north, where
thero is a large Esquimaux village,
and where Her Majesty's ship Plover
wlntered in 1928, her commander,
Lieutenant Pullon, reported that du-
ring the entire winter the fall of snow
did not exceed one foot in depth, and
that on the coolest day the thermom-
eter only marked 43 degrees below
zero adegree of cold not much great
er than that which was experienced
at Quebec last winter, where, also,
the entire quantity of snow which
fell during that period was about fif-
teen times greater than that reported
as above TO have fallen during the
winter of 1928 at Point Barrow,
situated 20 degrees further north.
"Of the many large rivers which
flow through Russian America, none
Of them have been explored to their
sources; but several OF them, such as
the Colville, the Stikine, the Yuken
or Kwichpack, and the Kukokwin,
are supposed TO run course of up
wards of one thousand miles, and TO
be navigable for a considerable dis
tance. From their breadth as well
as their length, and the volume of
water which they discharge into the
sea, they may certainly be included
among rivers Of the first class. The
Colville, which was discovered by
Simpson and Deese since the conven-
tion Of 1925, is two miles wide at its
mouth in the Arctic Sea where Capt.
Mcclure observed its influence twelve
or fourteen miles out at sea, the water
at that distance being of dirty mud
color, and scarcely salt The Stikine
enters the Pacific at so degrees so
minutes north latitude, where it is
three miles wide, and at a distance OF
thirty miles from the sea has a width
of one mile; but its sourch is in Brit
ish Territory. OF the Yuken, or
Kwichpack, Sir John Richardson says:
1T rises to the west of the Rocky
mountains, not far from the union of
the Francis and Lewis, which forms
the Pelly, flows first to the north, and
after receivinga large tributary named
Porcupine, to the westward, falls into
Behring's Sea- and that 'in 60 degrees
north latitude, and 147l degrees west
longitude which is about one thou
sand miles from its mouth, 1T is one
mile and a quarter wide. These three
magnificent rivers, falling into differ.
ent seas, probably represent three dis
tinct river systems Of the northwest
corner Of this continent, each being
fed by numerous smaller, yet consid-
cradle streams, and the three together
draining an extent of country much |
larger than the whole Of Canada. The
Rat River, mentioned by Mr.. Ibister,
of the Hudson Bay Company's ser
vice, in q communication to the Royal
Geographical Society, flows from Rus
sian America through the Rocky 3,
Mountains at the first complete break
in the chain in 81 degrees north lati-
tude into the Mackenzie of the British
territory, the latter having according
10 Sir John Richardson, a course of
$500 miles $500 longer than the st.
Iawrence); and an unbroken naviga-
tion, fit for steamboats,, from its en-
trance in the Arctic Sea TO the Port
age OF the Drowned, a distance Of
from twelve TO thirteen hundred miles.
In addition TO the Russian territory
being everywhere drained by the |
finest rivers, il contains many large |
lakes communicating with the former,
and is indented with numerous deep
and spacious harbors, and also by
several extensive arms Of the sea. Of
the latter, Cooks inlet, runs upwards
of two hundred miles into the land.
These lakes and rivers, and these
inlets and harbors, may be viewed as
very important features of the coun-
try, They not only assist to temper
the climate (the former by draining
the land) which generally shapes to-
wards the sea and towards the Mac
kenzie, and the latter by the salt
atmosphere, which their waters diffuse
the interior, but they tend TO
enrich the soil upon their banks, by
a short period of overflow in the
spring, and may be made to afford
for INSTRUMENTATION, rem
dering accessible the most retired and
most sheltered valleys, and for the
and active prosecution
Of an outward commerce"
A man actually rendered a silver
half dollar in the Savannah Neics and
Herald Office last Thursday, in pay
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