The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-19
{ THE U.4LLEY or THE YUKON

TIE U.4LLEY or THE YUKON
It Is a Land Of Sunshine, Luxuriant Gro0fh Of
Degetation and Much Game. -#
lHILE people general little about the
w tent richness Of the gold producing of the
Yukon they know less Of the climate and natural
OF the valley of the great river.
Colonel Ray Of the United States army, who has had
many years experience in Alaska, said:
M1LDER WINTERS THAN IN MONTANA s...
1.-The climate of Alaska is more favorable than that Of
Nevada Wyoming and some parts of Montana In all parts
of Alaska there hospitable They
severe storms in the interior The people think
they will experience great change climate but this is
mistake for all last winter seldom
coat Another traveller who followed White
Horse to Dawson about 400 miles of the
pleasant experience without discomfort whatever
many hundreds of and children
making the trip to and from the capital of the Yukon terri
tory by stages horse and dog teams, afoo
COMFORT ON THE TRAIL FOR FoUR-FOOTED BEINGS
Live CATTLE sheep and hogs driven the trail by
hundreds loss something have been
impossible do like distance and time of year in
the biizzardswep regions of Manitoba and the northern
Mississippi valley proportion furs
in St. Paul. Ottawa Winnipeg larger than
is at Dawson and generally the Klondike
not so much or so heavy clothing as do the
of Wisconsin and Minnesota
true that thermometers indicate intense
some cause acts differently upon the human or animal
system in the quiet Of the Yukon than it would
In any latitude $500 miles farther south. The absence of
wind is the usual given
cold being endurble but who have thought
experiment to the subject believe that the
of electricity in the atmosphere the
A LAND OF SUNSHINE
The temperature however not nearly SO
judged and misunderstood is question light
darkness From the 10th of April until the Goth of
there is practically might and from April 20 to Aug Is
there is constant and full dayight-no darkness whaever
And there is corresponding
for the shortest day Of the Dec 2
six to hours of strong daylight follows
that the valley of the Yukon is land light sunshine
compared with the lattudes of the sates Certain it is
that there is at least daylight during
the in the and of the midnight SUM- there
the United States The daylight
after the is below the horizon the
creased diameter of the
globe.
NO NERvE-RACKING TORNADOEs.
is the long period of constant sunshine and absence Of
very remarkable growth of the
vegetation in the valley of the Yukon which enables
the local gardeners to produce vegetables unusual excel
beets celery cabthges and vegetables grow
rapidly that they acquire remarkably fine flavor and
crspness unknown to those raised in strictly temperate
All Of the 1uxuranty in the Yukon val
ley, and oats will soon become standard 1t is
rely probable that the
would rpen The soil of large OF the Yukon
mixed with fine volcanic ash which many believe
the of the extraordinary fertility Raspberres
native and plentiful and there also
other berries (all edible and usually
although they unke which to be peculiar
the country. Wild flowers hills it is
that there 164 distinct varieties
great breeding place of
wild ducks pelican other fowl
sandhl cranes are almost innumerable.
ANIMALS PECULIAR TO ALASKA.
Among the large animals and especially priced
for its meat is what hunters call sheep;
this animal is almost white in color about the Of
the Rocky mountain sheep and the male has horns.
Moose and cariboo at present staple
The most plentiful of the bearing animals the
varieties of marten they
bers all through that country Silver blue
animals but they probably plentiful
ley of the Yukon than any other part continent
Every stream abods in grazing, there many trout
ling said to be the most delicious of all
let and during the latter part OF June
millions of King salmon the tributaries
to their The family among birds repre-
the heinp
plentiful.
The entire Yukon country heavily with pine
birch and variety of poplar The pine
able for its light color almost like whewood)
treme ghtness when thoroughly
pitch with southern varieties therefore
dresses easily and perfectly -..-~-
Better as 1t Is.
Fido if you !, ,..-.
An changed into you,
Do think we'd be happy, e.
With each others work do?