The Alaska daily empire., 1917-10-01
A GREAT AMERICAN RIVER
Springfield, Minn., Free Press)

(Springfied. Minn, Free Press)
 The Yukon river in Alaska is approximately 200 miles longer than the Mississippi and nearly 1000 miles shorter than the combined length of the Nils souri and Mississippi measuring the former from it's source in the Rocky Mountains in Montana and the latter Lake Itasca in the northern part of this State It is properly called one of the three great rivers of North America, and in some respects the While the stream is wide in many places resemb ling the Mississippi and Missouri below their june on in point of expansion, it would require very lightweight and very fat-bottomed vessel to nav gate it. From Ft. Selkirk, Yukon Territory, where the stream is formed by the junction of the Lewes and Pelly rivers, flows northwestward into Alaska to take generally southwest course and after mean dering over great territory empt1es into the Berng Sea.
 The mariner regards the delta of the Yukon as impossible of navigation. The stream, to begin with emptes into quantities of sediment, that not only the of the stream but sections of the beyond filled with the deposit. Only few feet of water be found for long distance from the twenysix outlets For this reason, seagoing ves sels are forced to transfer their freight to stern wheelers at St Michael, 70 miles the North, from which place there is navigation, for comparatively good sized craft during the summer months to Daw son. In the upper river steamers ply between Daw and Whitehorse the terminal of the White Pass Yukon railroad and navigation is continuous between Whehorse and the mouth of the river.
 The Yukon became suddenly famous with the discovery of gold Klondike Creek of it's tribu taries The town of Dawson, Province of Yukon, Can ada where the creek empties into the river owes it's existence to this discovery, and is the principal town in that district Memories are aroused of the days when thousands of adventurers hitting the Yukon trail" Mining, for gold or for less valuable metals, has settled down to regular business in that region the days of lawlessness past, and much of the romantic atmosphere that once hung around Alaska gone; yet the Yukon river offers many inducements to the traveller and explorer.
 Roger Foster Massachusetts man, has recently made the journey up the Yukon and has written interesting series of articles for eastern publca tion describing his trip. He says that the prmeva forests the river banks have in most places, inhabitants except the moose, caribou, lynx and other wild animals. Here and there few Indian cab ins the lodge of woodchopper who supplies wood the steamer and then a mining camp.
 The country, he says, is still rough, but not in hospitabe. The old Alaskans a sturdy race, MT Foster declared; intemperance among them is rare which is not true of the of clans and salmon on the seacoast. The country is full of prospectors Winter after winter" MT. Foster writes, for fifteen years, many of them have gone alone, with a sin gle partner in to the wilderness in search of mines After careful inquiry could not find single case where prospector had returned with a fortune or even competency the result of his discovery"
 Travellers in the far Northwest including Mr. Eos ter, confess that there is fascination Alaskan life which despite it's privations makes men loah to leave it and eager to return.
 By reason of disturbed conditions in all other parts of the world sightseers have been going into Alaska from the United States past two years than ever before, and most of them returned pleased with their experience r..