Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1895-01-05
TIE LOST ST. ELIAS.
THAT MOUNTAIN BELONGS TO
THE BRITISH.
Recent Discovery OF Government sn,.
'"sors % the boundary Bstw..n
AiA'ka aud british Amerlea An
American flag Near the Top.

"tt- VA AAtN httcu states claim Ia
hold the biggest mountain h North
America. The tallest biz Of territorv
this side the North Atlantic has nean
adiudged the property Of Creat
Britain. Mt 81 Elias. The snow-
crowned monarch 81 the Alaskan
mountains no longer stands upon
American soil
Aot that u has been moved. Even
England, with all her boasted nrow.
ess, would hardly undertake 10 carry
II away But she has "liftedr I, N
another sense. Her ever elastic
boundary lines have bcen stretched 10
that they nov surround the majestic
mountain, and ~ Elias is lost 10 us
forever.
The members 81 the coast survey
party sent 10 confer with Representa-
tiFes Of the state department 81 Eng
land, with yica Ia eiieemally loca-
ting the boundary line II Alaska. have
returned - Washington. The diris-
ion has been definitely liked al the
Onr hundred and i0rty-iiist meridian
/ 81 longitude Mt 81 Elias stands
just hall degree east Of this. ANA
therefore, is within ,he British pos
sessions
Ia isda hhen thc United State,
bought iilr vast country - Alaska
FROM Russia al priro IL less than
half event. per acie il Was believed
,ha, 'hr iainou, peak oi the Cardli
laraa mountains was part " a joblnt.
Although Tbs land q barren ani 40.
productive. il las coast line az over
E r. i1J usiirs. Nhirh rs more than all
+ i1t p-ss ~ ihv United States pui to-
+ srtlvt can boast and i'h 4 ..nnsclu
reaching nearer a. heaven than ans
other spot where Old Glory might b,
+ planted i was not thought bad
bargain Bus ever -inre trouble las
arlsen with England a. ID who're
lcr r,sie ended snd the land ~ liberty
I commenced Aow ihi, il stiled. aad
me- aru minus our Star mountain
Retiring. the navigator. hrs' sighted
+ ibc ..isDlshDi Shupka or "Gu-at
Peak. Oh ), Fila. dag, iiti Hence
St. uAmc ~incr then numerous 81.
I plurvrs have attempted To scale 81,
anUuy heights ~ set 40 intrepid
( iratrlrr has nsarhel 10 summit ln
E iNHs ~ English expedition. com.
mands-i by Mr. " n Tophatn.
{ ntached 81 altitude IL 1860 tr; Al
I ,bls posni. Mr. William Williams -
I New London. a rnie Yankee who a..
I eompAnlcd tho party, deposited a tin
hoH containing > flag ~ The United
s,airs Although the British have
I grabbed The land Il viii probably bc
some lluc before they can ascend it,
ioy slopes and tear down tho stars
I and stripes which William, planted
Z ghcw
IN 1891 Professor ! e Russell Ia
Z the interest ~ the National grngfaph
I iral society Of America sucreeded IN
I reaching an elevation ~ u 500 feet.
/ The latest survey, just completed.
Y fixes the summit at S.023 feet above
sea level - ELIAS l. over 5. 001 feet
taller than NJ Blanc. the king 81 the
/ Alp In Europe And Il may become
sin higher
When Mr. Russell lociurrd beiorc
the National geographical society
I upan his exploration. Professor Gil.
/ lrrt. She et,oiogist. came To The ron.
clusion that the mountains Of Alaska
arr very young that Is, ~ compar
a;iycly recent formation. lie based
This opinion on the fact Of the existence
In the mountain formation ~ shclls
identical with those In the waters 81
Alaska gulf to-day. Ne Inferred that
The process a. mountain making was
not 40 ancient a. Is supposed. and
that their iphoayal belonged 20 our
present geological period surely. i
Ne. 81. Elias j. siill young. It mas
grow II il quito English. you know,
nov and that may make II poke its
nose little higher
Asa rule. American mountains have
tendency to 20 back upon The esii.
mates Of their attitudes made by carly
surveyors Mt Hood. in Oregon, pro
yircs case in point II was origin
ally sct down "a 1000 in height bu'
bv recent observers II has gradually
bscn written down ip 10000. farm
or who lives at the foot Of Mt. Hood
was lately much annoyed ai the belii
cling az his pct earth-hcap. He said
that II scientific men kept pcggine
away at the mountain the summit
would soon become nothing more tnai
hole in the ground.
Now that Uncle sam has lost ~
Elias. he must drop his pride soint
| , 600 odd feet in the matter Of mount
aims. and fall back upon Mt. Brown Q
thr Rockies. Here he may whitu'
| his stick at an altitude Of $4,000 feet
and brag that he is ~ feet above th'
tallcst bit Of all Europe.
Mount Whitney, In California
climbs Nh next highest Of his posses
sions. IL reaches $4,000 feet. an'
pIlke's Peak. in Colorado, measure
above sea level 1l.920 feet Settini
aside their recent acquisition the to-
in az British property is fenerIite' Q
Inc Canary islands, which runs up Y
- .2S6 feet, while England herself can
noi raise her own head out OF the SCI
moro than 4 900 feet at Ben Nevis an'
| 4 500 AZ the summit Of Snowdon. NJ
~, ~ those IA In Scotland and th'