The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-10-24
THE GREATER
 ALASKA
What the KuskOwkwim Dis
 trict Is Dubbed
Prod Garoh, Jr., a Passenger Who Wont South On tho Dolphin Tells All About This Now Country. Possibilities Arc Groat

There left Monday on the Dolphin a young man bent on pioneering the im- mcnsc country drained by the Kuskow- kwim river in Alaska
 He has spent 10 months there already reaching Skagway as suporcargo on the Lavole Young.
 Mir Fred Caches story Of thc cNplora- ton of thc Kuskowkwlm- is tingod with the sad recollection Of thc loss of one or Che four men who made up thc party. Tuck Lambert ls a name wcll-known in Alaska. since lt was hc who discovered and gave Co Che world Che gold or Forty mile. Last spring. when nearly back Co thc point of starting after a trip of un- told hnrdshlps. and a time when Che enc tire party was feeling clatcd and strong with the anticipation Of a good long rest. with plenty or good things Co eat. Tuck was taken suddenly sick and ln a single half hour was dead. What it was that allied him has not been discovered. for though Che body was slcdded to Che Nus hagok settlement. in a population Of CD people. there was not a single man of me- dicInc
 There were four ngn started out from Seattle on New Years In i90 They took steamer to Kodiak island. and then cross- cd over to Katma. on the peninsula. With dog teams they proceeded Go Nus- hogok. fishing village as the mouth of thc river of thc same name. The cross- Ing Of couple or divides brought Che party Go thc hcadwatcrs or Che Kuskowk- vim. at point found afterwards Co be Wo miles from Che mouth No white poo- pile were there. and today very few Inc dlans either for Mir Cache reports sickness among them which by Inst spring had reduced their number one- third.
 The Kuskowkwim at Che mouth ls very nearly thc equal of the Yukon. 10 has created a bar at thc mouth extending into the ocean i5 miles. The river is novi- gable Go large steamers for thc entire i0o miles seen by our travellers About n miles from the mouth is a Moravian mis- sion and Indian settlement, while ca miles further up is @ Russian mission Beyond there is nothing but an unknown region WNIHM AHNNNNN NIlNhH lH AWH NNNNiNH N'"N part or Alaska The coldcst tcmpern- turc observed was but % below, and very little muck In the country. Grass higher than your head harbors game In great profuslon.
 Gasche feels that he is in a position Co speak with authority Of the country. since hc and his party. after Che loss of their companion. trnvclD afoot ail thc way Co Nome He sums mp by saying that ln tho future this Interior Alaska win excel iu tho production of gold and produce al or the rest of Alaska put to eother "It is as vast as Dakota" said he. "warmor than half the states of the Union dryer than any Of thc coast north of California. as fertile as Illinois. has more fish In Che river than has tho Col- umbia-for it seems Co be the spawning ground for oll the salmon In the world. In fact ln all my travels have failed to see more promising country for sct- clement Sheltered on the north by Che mountains from Arctic cold. the mount uius on the south effectively screen away the moisture from the clouds-thc moist urc which makes the south coast Of Alaska such a dreary place to live in.'