The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-10-27

| strike the old ketchumstock Indian trail,
| which will lead You to Forty-Mi.e station.
| no miles from Naldes, and other points on
| the Yukon.
This Il from VaIdes. via the foregoing
| trail, 156 miles 10 he mouth OF the Slsna.
| TO this point II is saving Of Einety-six
miles over The original route from Copper
| Center. The distances tron Ealdes are
ls Miss TO Ncntasta lake. 2alLs miles 10
Toxic river, 2i7is miles 70 Tanana river,
@sS miles 10 Lake Mansfield, sls
and the first point of Forty Mile river. and.
as stated abog, 100 miles TO Forty-Mile
post. Fifty miles coQld be saved by
STRENGTHENING this train from the Tanana
70 the Yukon. The entire distance is fairly
good footing for animals and one will ex-
perience no difficulty in going through in
Of high water.
This would be good route for wagon
road or railroad. the latter with very .ight
grades. curves and reasonable cost. This
would also be a good livestock route. es-
pecially for cattle there being plenty Of
feed from June until September. After
there is abundance Of food and fine mead
ows there being az much as 400 or 5000
tons OF red top hay in one body.
SOIL and Agriculture.
1T has been demonstrated during the las
season that nearly all the root crops grow
ing in the northern states will grow and
mature in the vicinity Of Copper Center
grew 10 a good size. and probably would
have r.pened had 1t not beer for the I'M
contr0iian.e appetite for potatoes OF Inc
grower | sac no reason why winter whea'.
winter rye nd barley cannot Re grown any
where this side of the Yukon. Vegetation
grows very rank in all good soils. and
many weeds known 10 the northwestern
farmer are present. Red raspbefrles as
large and sweet any | ever saw grew.
ard hnckleberries by the thousands OF
bushels, red currants IS fine and large as
any tame ones ! ever saw. and black ones
very large. bur very musky. Both high and
lGw bush crantsrries are abundant. aud
many other berries known 10 the woods
men Of northern Wisconsin, Minnesota and
Michigan There are beautiful flowers Of
many varieties. including honeysuckIe, Of
which have many pressed which | gath
and within few feet Of the edge OF
glacier NJ the same time ! picked rasp-
berries ripe but ,asteiess. which measured
All .nch across the butt emf.
THE sci along tina Toxic river Is a deep.
sandy loan. Thousands Of acres having
been burned over. Il is now ready for the
pillow and sometime In the Am future when
asr country becomes tor thicAis populated,
this section 81 Alaska may furnish ont
~ Tor the more hardy Of our race
Temperate Climate.
'As far as could Judge. tAere are from
eighty 10 ninety DAYS without heavy frost.
THIS. together with The long sunny days
ef June, Jply and August. ought o 5c s1tfi-
IL, @ef.ffe
,f,.3,, - SD. taa rainfall ~ +ha rqSt
s~,.9rs te~a mis- !, l,s - lack Of moisture
IN 1n.,. ard fniy There ger. bat few
,sfs|,- ,1av1 a-,S t,r4x ;hrea ar fotr Thunder
showers IN seventy or eighty days.
e,,.,.S "a = s@ets.s ~ 4rnn at .frns-
r.,.~4s "a sen+h ~ sever, ~ agsht fee- on
,ne ley,I Along ne kIuiena we found
.3.-.+s f.mr sraf nj ~ The srtertr~ t.rr,,,
S,e ana +, mar n Two fee TN. snow was
sII g8ra ~ Nav 80 e>rent N s9eit.re,4
r.a<,ee ana fHsre had been 10 snowfaH in
.ha qsf.4s an to October ! thnUeh an ~
h.sh ,noGn,afrs /. Sgous al me summer
ara an ;h+ lower footAlils occasional snow
fails wash immediately disappears
~ - h6t.ss. dav Of ne sesssTn taat
aaVe RECORD : @ts jane H. when IL was
11 18" 'fe sFTs 90 tssus~t azure
er 90 49,. 80 ~ -
- 81 het7vs f.es,t-~ r. ..:,eS