The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-07-28
IMPORTANT
PORT NOW IS
ARCHANGEL
It is RuSsia'S Most Accessible
Means Of Communication
With European Allies.
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WASHINGTON, "ul! 80 Tho
ing the news oil ihe ar'l'"l -
sixth contingent OF RUSSIAN .lo ,I,io
in France, the NatloIial "eos' "r ',s,.
Society has issued war sgos,"p,t,
bulletin on MchanseI as thg ~ ~, oD
able port OF emDarkauon soI me-"
subjects OF the Gar anu ~. " ono
others who during lhe heHt w.. w.
months may De sem ~ rhor,.
French in the trencneS Oh UH""'
payne, ..;o,
Supposed to be open 10 nav ="
ton from Ma! TO octoDeI uU' 80. 49,
ally Tree OF ice Ior DaItly LII
months OF thal llihe' ALCIlans et Iot sa,
not have been the starting pun ,, ~
Russians troops WhlCh Iv%e"ou Ni"n
settles carry IN ApIH. l''eSe n,p, =
recent arrivals however ploo S'o,;,
avoided the long "Trip o'eri"hu II o,,s
European RUSSIA TO Mal.cH I Id an" INV
thence through thG sea Oh Jdp"n' .t,e
China seas the lhul%n Gct eau MAY Lnro
Red sea- the sue" c"H"t anu oC ooe IL, ,Tg
iteIraheah' Journey ol ! Guy MI
the Archansel voyage ID S'H'p'''
shorter ana SAFER
Enormous increases .-,.,,
a town OF less 'i'"n 4V,vVy 'i'naD-
ltants at me outbreak VI 'ne ""i'
Arcnahgel Is i'uSSia 'IoS. u 80,
Die European port Oh COMM uiIlv"'loI
win us aIiles' IT. mas NV 80 80
enormously III mp. '|h'' 49, 80
the declaration OF war III gust
l9I4.
Archangel hrSt came III lopsn
with the OUTSIDE "orlu IN 90 WIN VII"
the LngIlSh sailor Slr hlcnaru C ,I''.
cellor' whiie attempting nol 'ne'St
passage 10 lhula' arrived AT Tue p'G''H
haven on the sea approprIate'! c"lleG
Nhlte. ivan the leFrIOIe Su''Iuo''eu
the stranger TO MOSCOW ~" 'ILiieS "
to the south ana Weicoi'leu nun "
Russia ihirly years ld.er " 'oM u
was es'aDllSheu at lnIS IA. ooI an" NV
Tor the next hundred years 1t was '.,e
MuScovite kingdom ohiy seaport
the chiei doorway oil 'raue VIII" Eng
lahu ana hoiianu.
Diverted to lb"Itlc'
Nhen Peter lhe Great began ~
Duila and beauty the new caPi'"',
St. PETERSBURG ne diverted much ..
Archahgel $ iraue TO tne haIV'C, DuI
there was cohso.atlon ior lhe "iiI''
sea port IN beng designated the cap
ital OF the province OF the same
name, a province equalllng IN square
miles the aggregate areas OF france
Belgium Holland denmark Eng
land' scotland ana Wales but Win
less than half mlIlioh population.
OF all TINS vast territory the area OF
arabic land Is less than ! ,2Oo square
miles, three-lourths oil Wllch Is gwen
over to pasturage' CONSIDERABLY
more than nall OF the province con-
slsts oil extensive tundras' s"ampS'
lakes and barren rocky pains Whlle
third OF the Iand Is oHersro"n WIN
forests, the property oil the crown.
On the tundras, winch are covered
with lichens, reindeer md excellent
pasturage, while the richer grazing
land supports the splendid Holmagor
cattle, breed attributed TO Peter
the Great who crossed the native
herds with imported cattle from HoI-
land. The only vegetables grown IN
this part of the Russian empire are
turnips and potatoes
An Important Canal
"The city of Archangel stretches
for five miles on the right bank OF
the Dvina river, when at TINS point
nearly fifty miles from Its mouth
is two miles wide. In recent years
the Importance OF the port has been