The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-10-26
RUSSIA IN MANcHuRIA.
Trip Over Port Arthur Section
Of the Siberian Railway.
FINE MILITARY VANTAGE GROUND.

0sleo0eFfus nteb ness OF the view NUS
stan Provfnce-gts Fertility In al
She Highest Order - Long Journey
In Chinese Cnrfs-sfrnfesic yaIue
Of the Railway.
The Chinese Eastern railway is al.
ready almost an accomplished fact.
IT ii not three years since that its sur.
yey was commenced. At the present
time trains are running over more
than 1000 miles Of its various lines,
and the remaining 800 are well along
toward completion. The rapidly Of Its
construction is the marvel Of modern
enterprise. Its completion the
ultimate possession by Russia OF the
fnirest portion OF the disintegrating
Chinese empire and the firm establish
ment OF the Muscoyite power on the
Pacific coast. ~yiadiyostok IN icebound
during the winter months. Port Ar
thur III nj OF the finest naval stations
In the world and commands the en-
trance TO the very capital Of China.
have just made the trip over the
section OF the railway from Port Ar
thur to Hardin. a distance OF 900 miles,
says @, Frederick Wright, the New
York Posts correspondent, writing
from Hardin under the date Of June
23. For 400 miles we ayailed ourselves
OF construction trains. For the remain.
ing 200 VIZ were driven to the use OF
Chinese carts drawn by mules. From
Port Arthur TO Newcbwang, Mt the
head OF the gulf OF LiauyTong, the
road runs along the southern base OF
the range OF mountains forming the
LtaDyTong peninsula, OF which Port
Arthur forms the ose The mountains
are bare OF yerdure and have the gen,
eral blush gray color SO predominant
In the Rocky mountains, The peaks
rarely rise more than 5000 or 1000
feet above the sea and uniformly re-
veal the outlines Of long continued
erosion, C0nicaI forms abound, and
the entire sky line ~ graceful and pic
turesgue In the extreme, The arabic
land is fertile, and the occasional
glimpses Of the sea add q charm that
for tourists will make IT rival In at.
traction the ride from Florence to Ge-
noa In Italy.
From Newehwang TO Mpkden, .
distance OF about 100 miles, the rail
way run along the eastern margin OF
the fertile valley OF the Linn river,
This valley IL about 100 miles wide and
forms mn extension of the LiauyT0ng
gulf, which bas been oiled by the rich
sediment brought down by the river
during long geological ages, Being
well wntered, its fertility ~ OF the
highest order, TO the east OF this
plain tho mountain chain continues
without interruption and with MI Its
varied beauty 0f outline. North of
Mukdep the valley narrows 10 a width
Of about 10 miles, with n low range
Of mountains skirtipg the western hor-
Eon, Otherwise the scene remains sub.
staptiaDy unchanged for 80 miles I'M.
~ renchipg Te-liD, the present ter
minus Of the completed portion OF this
section Of the railway, But here, for
the arst time, the mountains become
covered VIII green, indicating n region
81 greater md more eguable rainfall
Shortly 10 The north Of Te-lip MISC the
western m0uni0lns disappear, md one
looks ONT IN that direction upon D
plaln which merges ipsonsIbly Into
Whnt " marked on the maps MS tho
eastern Cobb desert, ltut II IN fnr
from being y desert, Throughout II Ii
deeply covered with rich alluylnl soil,
and along he eastern border trnyersed
by the railway " " well watered and
supports w nAlpepce y dense popula
Hon,
YEA "a
" was along this unfinished section
or the rond tbat wa Travelled for 300
miles IN Chinese carts, The noun.
tAlns which Ind formed our enstapp
Hmlt ~ vision for 300 miles still aIr
Peared above tho horizon, but gradual |
~ receled ~ we approached The Sun
gari river until from tlis point thsy
are . series pf hlHe speeks scarcely |
dlstingpishable from The sky, We wers
fNd by thr stately cossank colonel IA
4eNp thlt ~ WE went north the ooup,
WV grow more md more m0notppMls,
PM tho increasing moRotony has been
that ~ unparalleled richness ana fer
tllitg,
On passing the low watershed sopF
FAflHg the slrepnls running into ths
aeA ~ Qkhotsk from those emptylng |
Mm fhe. phlna sen we afe evidently
w NJ 0ld lake PED llke TINT IN the basin
~ The Red HlYer NJ the North, forming
tha great wheat apea nj minnesota
Narb pakpfa and Manitpba, Ain
FlHA covers everything W y dnpth nj
lnQ feet, The scenery IN That ~ The
prAtTlfs NJ Illinois and Iowa, and the
FertNiK N IN every respect equal, Not
lesa than 10000 square miles M this
pFalrle region have come directly nm
afr aHr fya, and fFam ngHIrg II N
certain thRT four times IN mHGh IN
egHally we'll sltneted, " N only when
one gefA maFA than lM miles IN the
WEST thRt tha rain N afanfy, end even
thaFe " 4 NHalflRpt N make good graa
I'M GaHHfFN
EVERY DGfG on tho brogI ngstGrD baIt