Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1871-07-12


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ro,d will c,n.e ue deyelonmcnt Of tbc Alaska
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There are immense forest. of nine. spruce and
cedar in Alaska. So. too. tbrongb Prit;sb "a
lumba for distance Of $50 miles along the
coast between Washington Territory and Alaska
and in numerous large islands and vast interior
region the forests are equally dense, not to men.
ton the heavily timbered lands of Washington
Territory and Oregon. all OF which unite to make
Che time when Alaska timber shall come upon the
market nr distant That the Alaska timber il
of os good quality as that obtained further south
D.. is not true The best Of the trees of the Alaska
forest. are rough scrargy and crossgrnined. a
,r,c,,ri.,;o,,..l by ,bo moro ri,,oro,s climate
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the mountain slopes. in most cases rising abrupt
| y from the water it their forest riches far above
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'''',u '''''', l't'''' o"'Ds =" 'ne'r Instance
''''' '''''N''' ''' '''e "'u''"", supply o, more
or III ,''u ""'e'S " 'iesoh, wash
''s',' ''''''''' ana nl''''u oo'u'noa. Inc hsh
o '' que '"' s'''''n, "'" esAo'lshou' Is
'"'''s 9'''",'' ""' '' SUM-" quan',ues, as Is |
w." ""i' ',,'''' " compete win the Columbia
"'''I anu use. ''uhu usneries. several small
'es'eS nave '''''el tne 9humagln 'odnsh banks
-'OoO ''l''', from san francisco IN direct line
Alaskan Peninsula
inc NUMBER OF hsh found In these northern
waters Is truly surprising The crew Of the
revenue cutter Lincoln, in Aunalaska Harbor, |
caught ga June last, 10 one haul Of seine 20 !
lAthon- long l7Voo pounds OF fine salmon. On
several occasions have seen them 50 numerous
as 4" on~iruct the oars OF a boatscrew and throw
tnen Out OF stroke 10 this we have source Of
considerable wealth, but many years must elapse /
le'1ie IL Wiil be rendered available.
lue whale fisheries Of the North Pacific and
b'nr'ng Sea are as 10 the Atlantic, becoming |
extinct Only those varieties most difficult to |
capture and OF least value, are 70 be easily found
bE
Enough bee g. supply the outire Pa5idc coast is /
n71'lly '''''"''.e 40 Kodak 1000 miles from
~" 'lD.'','' F" IS d n'Aoie Tact that at Sitka,
~ ''ie -o'n 'a5 'i January last sufficient ice with
"H'N '' pf'luee zee cream at festival, could
n'' D' obtained ana the cream was served I'M
NUN AZ long as tue cost oil bringing ice to
''' '''i' ''''' raises 'ne re'ail price there to
u" ''"s per pound the demand w'il be light
anu 'Ne I've ir'le iih'iel'
'."'NAAH'N' NNiAAL'
'',''"' '"e 'u'-sea'' tne sea
o'''' NINA '"'' n' 'oA' lynx ana beaver Inc
WI ,'''' we nave gwen an account o.
''' S''-o''sr Is obtained IN western Alaska
A''u',,'''. an anph'oious animal but
5'''S'''y '''"i IN 'u9 water OF hoating some
''''u 'p' ',,'u oi 'r''''eS Oh sawed
~, "up wy, ~ III parties Oh rom
'ho, ,,roo - w., ~ - wa" WV VI more
-, -, " 49, IN A''er sur
'., VIC " y Al'iel win hsht spears
the hunt being that the boat whose sportsman
mus nearest the eye takes the skin On returning
TO their villages at the end Of the season the more
loFtunAie hunters never forget the widows and
orphans the sick. the church. nor even their loss
eeeis So too, when a whale has been captured
- any l,'u''ln 'r0' 'o' man VINO gave the NOR
FIJI r,,;a - -. '' '',u uei',''e ana use