The Nome daily nugget., 1916-10-23
BREEDING TALKS ABOUT
 KOUCAROK

Conrad Breeding, the well known old timer, merchant, politician and opti- mist, has returned from five weeks swing around the circle by water to the Port Clarence district, to the Kou- garok and back overland to Nome by dogmobile. He was at Teller five days waiting the arrival of the Valdez which had the supplies for his store at Taylor recently acquired by him by purchase from Dave Johnson. Freed ing stopped at Kennedys hospitable caravansary and says that he enjoyed every minute of his stay at Teller. After his supplies were lightered from the Valdez by Whittard and Barnett he accompanied them to Davidson's landing where he stored them in his warehouses. Then with two four horse teams of his own he went on to Coco where Matthews has a camp and barn and built barn for his own use. He says that Tom Evans has built this Coco at cost of only three or four thousand dollars to the road commits sion and that too much praise cannot be given to this job. From Coco Breeding went over the dreadful Coco hill, which is suggestive of Chil- Root pass, to Lincoln on horse back and thence on to Taylor.
 Breeding is full of praise for the peo- pie and the climate up there. He says that the Valdez people and Whittard and Barnett handled his stuff so well that not Q particle of it was damaged in the least. At Davidsons they were growing all kinds of vegetables with great success. He says that these vegetables are in all respects the equal of those of the so called banana belt in the Matanuska country. The cab bages, carrots, and turnips are larger than any he saw in the state Of Washington and of superior flavor and texture and with not worm or other parasite to injure them.
 At Taylor, Breeding spent week looking over the country. He found everybody prosperous. The Matthews dredge, which was pounding away day and night taking out the yellow metal, was typical of the other operations all busy and doing well. And he is convinced that the development of this Kougarok country is only just starting. He says that there are many gold bearing creeks unprospect- ed and untouched and that there is a great deal of known profitable ground awaiting men, money and machinery. It amazes him to hear of people rush. ing off to the Yukon and distant camps of improved value when right here at home Is a fine proven field of large extent. He says that the chief cause of the failure to open up all the im- mense resources of the Kougarok Is lack of transportation. The govern ment is building a railroad for the benefit of the interior of Alaska and it is a good move, he thinks, but the government ought also to build roads of some sort to develop Seward Pen insula from which larger proportion ate return would be made. As far as Taylor is concerned, Breeding favors two roads, one summer road from Davidson's Landing to Taylor, the other a trunk line from Nome to Can- ale. In building the latter, he thinks that the railroad to Shelton should be rehabilitated and that then either a railroad or a turnpike should be put through to Dahl, to Taylor, and on to Candle.
 Breeding says that during his stay at Taylor 1t was bright and warm,