El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-24


she block cloud FROM w,lich tle veil of RAIN
bow came TIL sky was brilliant blue and
d. CHER SIN were golden clouds painted -F
the hidden sur It was a combination o.
sky and land and sea that I have never
witnessed in any other part OF the world
The Island Of Unimak-
Triuak IS the largest q the Aleut.aA
islands Il guards the chief pass into B-ring
sea and near ir is Unalask-- island uron
which is Dutch haroor. one ~ ,he SAFE ports
Of the territory The harbor Is OF @ bag
backed 10y hills that slepe gently III from
the water and are lost I'D high mountains
behind. Capt Cook landed there Just two
years after We a-la-cc Cu- iudepcnderce
OF England TEe Islands had been discor-
cred by Nitus Beri1g lu 11fl- hur Ceo-
was the fir, one 10 tti the English much
about them he FOUND he natives gentle
and inoffensfve AMI said that rhcy might
serve IS q pattern 10 the most civilized ma
Thsrs were about se.coo 90 these Ie.;.. ,s
on De islands when tn Ftus~iau- frs toss
possession They we're hunter and 4ishers-
ana we're skilled ia catching SEA otter IS hil n
--a4 then about thu most valua ole fi'- know
10 man The Russians exploited Che Aleuts
10 such am extent that the- Were aimo--
cEterminated- They have greet decreased
since we bought AlasEd. and &C. iz doubt ~
wh-th-r there area thousand Of them iiv-
5nr toiHN- AZ Dutch ~ rbor and on some
of -h- Other Islands the people arc now
living IN ausidiul- erected by the whites.
but o. many - tie islets they have home
Eaii uaaergro-nd. living much a. they did
N.i'-A H.a affaa N4t-..t MSS are NNN- NAN.
ana l'-- that The EeTcrumeur has made e
bird ara game -eser, alton % the Aieutiaus.
their condition D. worse than ever
There has he~n some talf OF n-iur u.
islands for dsiryi1s hut tl,r. g. .iIfere7c-
Of opinion sz 20 whether - would pay The
climate 81 such THAI grain vil not Wat1-"-
and ON the lowlands therr i- more or less
grass throughout tho year The soil IS -tE-
etrl'" ID 'id rliAed with f.i-4r.- ~ Tha
country IS very rugged sH' mere are 10
uiaGe-
Kodiak Good for Cattle
There D. uo doubt but that cattle cam 10
raised on tn island 1f krdlaf. THAI island
is not ono OF he Aleutians- Ia lies flr 90
Tho eastward being only about zoo miles
west Of Seward II Is south of tho AlaSlru
peninsula and S-pa rated from IL By Shriikoc
strait Kodiak is the largest OF the Alaskan
Islands IT. ara g. almost great u .
state Of Connecticut and II raise some II
the finest grass that waves under the Amer
lean faz The island is for th- most par;
treeless and tn hills are covered with green
The Russians raised cattle there and
Americans have had farms under cultiva-
ton there as farroscS a. lSSe The soveu-
ment stock farm l. al the eastern end of the
island. about l. miles from the harbor ana
town Of Kodiak. The town has perhaps 500
people. nearly all of whom have gardens n
which they raise cabba ges. potatoes and tur
nips Some Of them keep cattle and tnc-
put up some hay 10 be used during thu
snowstorms
The government station has barns and
silos and all the equipment Of modern cat
tie farm. The fields are fenced with barb
wire and the stables are Of modern con
structiOn There is a dairy building equipped
with separaIOrs and other butter making
machinery. and experiments in breeding cat
tie suited To the climate are carried on
50 far the best animals have beer found
TO be gailoways They have long hiscI. coats
Of hair which afford good protection from
Tho rainy weather. They are goOd ruStlers
and thev feed out Of doors great part Il
the winter
To Introduce Blooded Cattle.
! r-ccufiy received letter from Proc
g O.. Geogesou who is IN charge Of our
agricultural experiment station in Alaska
snd who knows more about farming ccndi-
tions here than any one else IN the terri
tory. He makes annual inspections Of the
stations and IL was at his advice that the
Kodiak farm Has established. He writes
me that he expects TO bring some Holstein-
Friesian cattle from the state Of Washing
ton 20 cross breed them with the Galloways.
Another experiment Prof Georgeson is
anxious 10 make is the introduction Of the
Tibetsn or MongOlian yak into the island %
Kodiak On order 10 cross u with the Gallo
way cattle. So far the officer Of aericul-
turai department at Washington have not
consented To- this introduction. but Mr..
Geogeson is still urging II and It may he
[ tried next year. The director Of a Russian