The Arvada enterprise., 1919-12-04

great length of the days. that growing season is
worth about 200 Of our days. So that they are
enabled to grow crops suitable to take care of
large population and take care Of the stock that
they may produce. The crops are wheat. oats.
rye. barley hay and they have produced an alfalfa
which makes good crop. Its vast forests Of tim
Der suitable for paper pulp are awaiting ready
market. while its fisheries are the greatest on this
continent.
Mr.. Miller Of Washlngton.-I have been over
nearly oil Of Alaska. ] have gone into the hills
with my pack on my back. have teamed what
few provisions had 200 or 800 miles with q dog
team out to my diggins. The greatest copper
mines on the face Of the earth are within the
territory Of Alaska. You know how we searched
The world for metals during the war. We have %
per cent Of them In Alaska. They are there await.
ing the hand that will develop them.
Something has been said here Of the reindeer
situation. There 10 prettier sight In the world
on Q mountain side The Aleutian islands are full
Of them. There are 10000 or 10000 reindeer in
Alaska. They are . godsend to the natives. They
20 out with their little herds. An Indian or m
Eskimo may not have over 25 or 80 reindeer but
he herds them ~ q careful husbandman takes care
Of his little dock OF sheep Incidentally they are
cleaning out the wolves and lynxes and the other
predatory animals that infest the country. The
reindeer support the natives And truly believe
that with tho great grazing lands that there arc In
Alaska. the future development Of the reindeer
~ 4 substantial source Of meat supply for our
country Ia one Of the most promising that We have
before us.
interior. In the Yukon valley. the atmosphere IL
dry. and with the temperature % degrees below
zero you can wear an ordinary hat ali dav Inn.
and your ears will not get cold .When you no ONT
to the coast you get the moisture. Ooins svsv
from the coast Into the Yukon valley you 70
Ha1~ ch~G~ A NM
when you get over that chain you are 10 the rreat
arctic siope have come out Of that valley vith
the thermometer q degrees below sseo. whsrs 7
could stay out doors all day without discomfort
and have dropped over that mountain chain oolv
~ miles aud come out to the coast where n.
thesn'omster was degrees below sseo and have
nearly psfished with the cold. The Interior n :
cold, dry climate. Animals can for,ss sll v,.,..
In the interior country.
Il would surprise some Of you to know th., 4,
that country the ground Il eternally froseo NJ
one has ever dug through the frost. and they h:v
been down Q thousand feet
The aeids Of barley and rye and vh...
grown oa the top of ground that 10 frossn n. .
Thousand feet beneath. II thaws on tho snrs...
In the summer time. II gets very warm. Th.r.
10 daylight 10, 10 and - hours In the d.y. :ns
rropa mature quickly. They come right un evs..
niGht. OF course v the winter the nights are long
and dark and cold. bat the summer seasons ans ~
iightfui Ths thsrmo0eter eoes mp to 90 20 ~
q In summer. but Ia The winter Il hscouss exeeen
inely cold. The eoldest weather ever ~ IN ~.
Yukon valley Was o. degrees below sero, Thar i.
cold weather. and Il 10 dangerous weather: hut =.
y"s - down The Yukon river. and perhaps s0U
miles from the moush. these 10 Q Catholic nIs.ion,
the Holy Cross miasion. Thers 10 one Of IT, moes
bsautifsl appss orchards have ever seen. perAens
% aeres q ihs most beautiful young sppje ~.
juss cusniag isto bearina. And sFasing over broed
scrss Of clover WAS oss a the assst hssds q lei.
~ cattle have svse eeen. All that 10 lasA fhat
b froesA. Il u sUses couatry. Every rule q ~
eseaogiae0 y esvegso1 whea yeu est b AIsska.
~ I tsn ~. Ooat3eoes. 3ust % suss . O.
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