Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-04-22

getner IN the saloon of Big Bill McPhee at
fairbanks 1t was Big Bill, you remember.
VINO put up onethrd of the money which
enabled Lloyd, Anderson and Taylor to
climb the north peak. Harry Karstens is
young trapper and hunter, famous for his
nerve on the trail. He is noted guide and
takes out and cares for rich hunters when
they come to the Yukon. He brought the
1irst mail into Fairbanks and took the first
letters into the kantishna. He made the
trip up the mountain in partnership with.the
archdeacon, the latter furnishing $1,000 for
expenses against his experience, and the I'M
derstanding being that the two were to d.
VIDE the proceeds which were to come from
Archdeacon Sucks book and lecture de-
scribing the ascent. Harry tells me that
MS share OF the royalties amounted to S81
and that he got all told about S11OO ont Of
the trip. The men were 81 DAYS on the wav
OF which ~ days were spent going I'D and
only two coming down. You can get
graphic description of the journey bv read
ing Archdeacon Stuck's book entitled "rhe
Ascent of Mount Denali," although | doubt
whether you will find there the statement
which Karstens made to me that the arch
deacon played out at the last and that he
had to carry him on his back to the ton.
Belmore Browne thinks it will paw the
government well to establish hotel on the
slope Of Mount Mckinley. and to build an
automooile road from the railway to it. He
says the tourist traffic will warrant almost
any expense that the government might I'm
dergo in that way, and that as soon as the
road is completed there will be great dea,
OF travel on account of Mount Mckinley
alone
One OF the wonders of the park will be
the wild animals which throng that region
and which now that they are to be protected
by the government will make the park the
largest and best populated game preserve of
this continent. The only place know that
Will at all compare with it is the strip two
miles wide running from Mombasa ON the
east coast of Africa, to Lake Victoria Nvau-
"a, ooo miles inland That strip mile wide
on each side of the railroad, fairly swarms
with zebra and antelope OF various kinds
GU may see giraffeS, ostriches and gnu, ami
1850 "iiSiA nav HoiHS ike cow ana a tail
like horse, from the car windows, and were
1t not against the law you could easily kill
zebra with pistol as you stand on the plat
form. l have counted hundreds of zebra in
an hours ride, and l venture that saw moro
than 1000 antelopes in a single trip through
British East Africa. The animals have learn
ed that they are safe when near tho rail-
road and they do not stop feeding as the
train passes
1t will be the same in the Mount McKin-
ley park. That region has thousands of car
bou, or American reindeer, Belmoro
Browne saw Us in one bunch and the ami
mails sometimes move back and forth over
The park in droves of thousands. Charles
sheldon told me that he counted 500 noun
ain sheep in one day, and the whole park
S the home of these. the most beautiful Of
he sheep kind It is also the home of tho
Dear and the beaver. 1t has moose in tho
ow timber and bushes along the stream and
here are foxes, rabbits and lynx, and the
many varieties of birds which are to be found
n Alaska. 1t will be the most interesting
'lace for the study of natural history.
FRANK G. CARPENTER.