Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-16
CARPENTER DESCRIBES
THE kENA| PENINSULA
First Section Of This Wonderful
Country to he Thrown Open
by New Railway.
IT rs AS BIG AS VERMONT
Mild Climate aud Good Farming
Lands, Beautiful Lakes and For
cst.Clad Nallcys-Moose, Bear and
deer to Iic Had for Shooting.

''opyrSh,cd. 1916. by Frank q. Car
pentcr)
For In" past week | have been trav-
''nG over the kcnai Peninsula. II is
tue first patch OF our big territory to
l." opened by The new railway, and il
- destined 20 he one Of the ,hiclSly
S';tlcd states of the Alaska of th"
future. say states. The time viii
{" ne when Alaska viii be divided. "
VIII have its own states and territories.
FL CHI district viii have It's local in
du itrics it's own interests and It's own
p"puiatiou. ! have already shown how
Southeastern Alaska, a country a. big
q south Carolina. is already discussiug
US potsibiity OF breaking away and
IN nas'nE rs affairs as an indcpen-
d"'r' political entity. 1t wants gov
''nor. 4 legislature and officials Of it's
-" n who shall have nothing to ii" with
'h" rest Of .\laska. The same viii
'Ncntually b" true Of tho Tanan. Val
les. Of the YUKON Nallcy and Of The
huskokwin region. seward Peninsula
viii some time I've a territory. and so
N'askan Pcuinsuls Another great
i'rritory Of tho future viii he the Arc
80 province north Of tho Rocky Noun
aims. This contains $50 no" su'Is -
Tree ti,reS that of tho state of %cw.
1rk Ru, ~, This IS for Tho far fu-
re-. Tho Ecnai Peninsula ia . land
"i n, living present
suppose YOU had country ouc-hfth
lain AZ large AZ Massachus.,t- and
e Wild and az virgin "a Massachusetts
vas when tho Pilgrims FIRST landed
sTrrote II had much GOOD land az
Massachusetts that IL had warmer
Winters and cooler summers and that
ir' rainfall WAS sufficient /" r.isc
J 'rdy CROPS, suppose the couutry was
g 81 surra.stnc beauty; thai !, bad
yer. and lakes and hcautiful vailcy S.
III mountains equal 70 the .>,ps in
cir grandeur and with glaciers sur
rIsrinr an! known 70 the continent OF
l.nroDc Let Tho country h. ono az hig
--,n" ~ moose. hear and deer. Of
",ld fowl ~ all kinds and ~ FISH with
"p' rumher suppose that this conn
80" waH 20 b. cut ny a government
i-''lroad running through ~ from ono
"'d % N" other. and WAS 10 lao CON
o. tied hN fast steamers with some
- the husiest United State ports.
oulfn't YOU want to ku"w more
~ FINDS PF>INslII
ALMOST i\I\utnIII;D
Wei. ! can toll 'ou something I'm,
in' great deai have crossed tho
arir'Gla FROM Resurrection n.y to
urnar"tn Nrm Within tho rs-, scvcu
Gay' ! started ~ Seward .n,l wen, 40
y 81 y a
northern FailwaS ! thor" tool, horses
nd crossed tho mountain, over thu.
i'oo:e rass and ain no" at TIA" !i,,lc
'Nininc car'r Of SunIlsc nu, far from
NC eastern "rd ~ tn. Turuarain >rm.
Nn"h 81 m, journey has Seen on foot,
mi have not Keen doH.n people
me on ~" W Th' peninsula -
limos, urinhahi,cd The country r,e
.rdly hcrr proFu"c,cd and thcrc :rc
arts ~ N" interior that h.v" ucycr
ION 'rodder hv ia" foot OF WHITE man
Wy tim w. over routo ~ tho best
"orn trails and Tho Information !
ave concerning Tho vet 81 the rcuiu-
ala c"ucs from the recent cNplora
"nt ~ our government scientists.
ON The miners aud nrospcctors /
~ ne, ard from tho engineers.
r'oloElets and aEricUl,uristS who have
'e"n gathering Information in connec-
ION with thu orcuiuE up OF tho reuiu-
ul> by tho new railroad
" YOU viii takc your man ~ \laSEa
'u VII soc wher" the place lies TN.
SQUAT Peninsula IS ia Tho heart OF th"
lln-'cutral "orEt, GT-ai body %
i'nh that haUcS down, - IL Mere from
tic coast RANGE iu,o the i'atih,. ocean.
u - bounded on ,.>r east b., PRIME.
William Sound. aud IN the west hy
COOK Inlet, from which at tn. north
IurnaEaiu Arm extends far into the
land II ~ only about ten miles or 50
from the end Of Turuasuin Arm across
mo country to one Of the iuictS of
FRINGE William Sound and the end Of
mat arm is almost directly north Of
Resurrection BAY. on which Seward is
situated. The Alaska Northern Rail
road, which the government has
bought. connects these two points Tha
total length OF the peninsula from
northeast to southwest is about 40
miles. and It's width in places is from
ilfty TO seNenty-hve miles. 1t is seven
tv-ont miles along the line OF the
railroad from Seward To Turnasain
ARM. The peninsula has altogether an
area OF $500 miles. being OF jus; about
the size of Vermont,
This region on the east is one of
hlTh mountains and broad valleys: on
the west is great lowland plain that
iopes down to Cook Inlet. Al Seward
YOU are I'm the heart Of the Kenai
Mountains. This range Is about as
nigh as the Alleehenies. with some
pcaks that pierce the clouds above the
'!tltude OF Mount Washington Many
81 them are snow capped. and some
have magnificent glaciers There are
half-dozen glaciers in sight OF the
harbor OF Seward. aud one sees many
others on his way north by railroad
The peninsula is well Watered The
rivers rise I'm the mountains, and most
II them flow TO the west into Cool;
olet The kenai and the kasilof two
II the largest, pass through lakes Of
considerable size, and flow thence i'm
"n easy course down - the sea They
: over what is known az the Ecnai
luw'and. This is Il plateau from fifty
To- 900 feet high, which runs from Cools