Iditarod pioneer., 1914-09-26

end other details necessary for the lniorna- tin ,f the engineers. The final survey v il locate definitely the rout" to be fol lowed by the consiructi"n engineers.
 The Route Followed
 The route followed by the party, in the reconnaissance just c"mEleteI was from kr;k to Susitna, thence proceeding thirty miles above Svstna to q crossing of the kahl,ra river, five miles from its mouth, crossing the Nentra river at the mouth of the Swentna. up the Swentna valley and Happy river vaIl2y through Rainy pass and down to the south fcris cf the huskokWlm river; thence Up the south fork to Hart man river ani Styz river, and up the latter to Ptarmi&an valley RecrosSing the sum Init at the head of Happy river at Hous- ton pa-S named by Mr. McPhers0n in hcnur of Congressman Nilliam C. Houston of Tennessee, chairman of tte house com ml;tec rr telI;t0cieSl, crossing tn" cd tl&ll down Fagry river and U? the Moose river, following the headwaterS of the lentna and recross;ng the summit through Slnip sen pass. The party then proceeded down the Tahjni to the south fork and down the south fork to Farewell mountain, across the EnykokvinI valley to McGrath, up the Ta.otna apd down Bonanza creek, pro ceeding thence to lGtarod.
 Discover New Pass
 MT McPherson discovered new pass in tie Teocoli mountains of the Alaska range and call,d 1t TeogoIli pass. It is situated sou,h If Rainy pass. An ara Of thirty square miles was examined in this range, with q view to locating all possible passes.
 The Head of the Expedition
 The head of the expedition, James L. Nc Pher,on is gentleman of interesting per scnaIity. and is Sanguine believer in the future possibilities of Alaska. He is one of the best posted men on tie resources of the territory, ard an enthusiastic booster for the country He has had wide eX- pcrience in the North having conducted government Gurye}s in various parts of A'a,ka. tne mo, important being enc from Fsiri.anl.s to Nome in the summer of 1866. Th.S survey was coEiuctei oSten,lbly as 3 preliminary to wagon road buiL.ing but was in ra5ltr an enterprise having in viey future railroad possibilities. Later NJ. Me fher.cn eonGucted a survey party connect ing the latter survey with one made to Dis Iaket and the innoko country.
 Pa-saCe Of Railroad Bill
 Last winter while the Alaska railroad bill was before congress Mir. McPherson was the head of the Alaska bureau of the Seat tie Chamber of Commerce. and it was he who conceived and carried out the idea of an Alaska exhibit at Washington for the information of members of congress and cthsr government officials. Mr. McPher- sens account cf Lis experiences while in charge of this exhibit are interesting in the extreme, The display consisted of agrcHl- turaI mineral and marina products of the territory, together vj,h a hbrary of 10 vel umes and h1n5rcas of maps. t was hard task to convince many of the mem bars ci congras: that the agricultural spec.- mens were really grown in Alaska and ac- tuaI photographs of Alaska gardens, taken by Mr. Mc3'beTscn and others, were big factor in the camr aign. The President an nounced one day that he would visit the exhibit, and agnortionad ten minutes of his time to the matter. Alter being hurredly