The Alaska citizen., 1910-05-21
Region StampadarS Are Going
 to is Very Damp
TAKE YOUR POLLING BOAT ALONG
Spring FreSh9tS IruTdat8 th8 Surrounding Country and After Floods Have Sub
 sided LGaT9 SYaUpS and Lakes Every
 whers--BankS of Streams Low in Places

The Innoko valley presents two kinds ot drainage that naturally di- vide it into two large and distinct provinces, corresponding approxi- matcly with tho upper and lower half oi the valley. The upper province is characterized by hills and low mountains, and < drained by clear streams that flow with currents of moderate strength iu valleys whose flood plains are well developed to a width commensur ate with the amount o. water car ried by the main stream and its tributaries In this province, says the report of the Geological sur- vey, the streams flow lor the most part over fiat valley floors composea mostly ot Well-Washed grayels, but also locally to some extent through small areas os sands, and here and there through deposits ol silt. To- wards the heddwaters there are a a few localities where the streams run directly upon bare bedrock, the uppe- part ot the province is one where erosion and transporta- ton by ,he streams have been going on for a long time and are su,f fa progress.
 On the other hand tae lower hail o5 the Inn5ko valley is an ara characterized by stream deposition. The main river and isa principal tributaries in this province m4aad- CT widely over a %.1-t '-n. of tow. flat country, made ap of silt and clay deposits. The channels and banks are for the most part cu1 in these fue-graiue1 Wa,er-Ia:d sed,- ments, although here and there if its IoWct course the LauyEot0uche, low rock bluff oil its right hand side as it passes around the south west end ot the haiguh range and makes is tor.uous Way toward tue Yukon These low. dat suampv plains occupy all ol the wide bel. of the country lying between the kai- yuh and kuaEohuiu ranges In fact the lower halfof inc Inuo'.5 is merely an extension inland Of the coasta' delta plains ot shc Kusko- l>Wim and tb- yukon.
 Where the lnuoEo cwerses from its upper >a',-s, jts banks are on an average from 10 to 5 feet above the normal stage of the river. Here and there the river cut, banks of silt that afe 20 to 25 t-et high, but is bank gradually decrease in height downstream. and on the lower river they are iu many places only three or .o.1r rr-t above ,Ae usual water level, During the spring .reshets the whole lower val ley is inundated and after the floods Laye sHbsjded large areas of swamps shallow ponds and lakes remain on its Surface. Good cz7- amples cf natural levees are built up along the banks O, the main cou1se of the lower Inuoko as q le- suit Of floods and subsequent run off. Diskaket and some ot the other settlements are located on the high or silt banks, 10 avoid the spring floods.
 The valley floors aad ,he lower slopes of the mountains in the h. noko country are mostly covered by the blanket-Iike accumulation of sphagn1m moses. This moss coy ering, with low bushes, is ghickest in the lowlands. and gradually be- comes thinner as the hillsides are ascended, except on the cool shel- . tered slopes The highest ridges are generally well covered by moss es, heathers. stuuted bushes and grasses. Vegetation i, only scarce on the highest mountain tops
 Several Eirds Of grasses suitable for summe. forage grow tn the ra- ther meager meadow areas and :n the open places on the ridges.
 Timber suitable for fuel grows in the large valleys aud up t-e gulchcs. The more scrubby black spruce grows IL scattered cluups.