Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1921-09-07

wealth-gold and silver and pred -
stones.
There is so much In Siberia tina s.
minds an American Of our s.
West" Of earlier days, whether
lawlessness. freedom, opportunity
place to live life over again, great 1'
tances, yastness and glOriOusness .
scenery. or barrenneSs such as Is =
on the Cobb desert. where the ca 81
Craze.
And there are many features T.
may be described In typical AmerI 3
superlatives. VladivOstOk has the s.
est harbOr I'm the world: the 1
road connecting VladivOstok with 3
trOgrad is the longest In the wOr 4
thus the Slberians rave, and not u
gether madly. But they cannot I.
about their roads. The Russian w =
"dOrOga," meaning ''rOad." llteH 8
means bad road" and II would
redundancy to speak Of a bad
rcga." IL merely means a place wi -
you may get through
Cities Handsome but Dirty
The cities OF the Russian
East" are not very pOpulOus, but 4 e
one boasts OF sufficient beaur Il
churches, government and pri ate =
fees 10 give IL a noble aspect. First
VladivOstok. a combination 81 Goth g
and Chicago. AT the other end OF =
country Is Omsk. the capital In
tween and top and bottom are Tom
Ekaterlnburg, Cheliabinsk, Ch =
XabarOsk. Irkutsk. Hardin and =
DISK. One Of the most objectiona
features about these beautiful q
Is their filtheand the attendant Oh
TOmsk has an unusually beaurl
cathedral and a great university
has produced more than one fama
name, MetchnikOff, the great baci
ologist. being one Of them.
VladlvostOk, the largest and most
teresting city Of eastern Siberia, o.
much TO Russia's loss OF Port ArI.l
for that misfortune Increased
tSsr's interest In the more nOrtle
seaport until he had made Il vi
OF its name, Ruler OF the East
one disadvantage OF VladiyOstod
that its harbOr is frozen during
eral months of the year. In spite
this drawback, VladivOstOk prob
Possesses the second finest harbor
the world. and II IS claimed that u
a military standpoint the city was
ond only TO the DardanelleS.
The city spreads out at the foot
many hills and rises into a beauti
and sudden spectacle as ones stea1
makes a turn In the approach y
the sea. A cathedral with many go
en- dOmes occupies a place Of wanna
and everywhere rise huge stone
brick barracks, mostly white, with
occasional pile in red brick for q
trast.
All around the city are barrac
barracks everywhere. II IS said %
there are sufficient barracks In
around YaladivOstok TO house an ar
OF half a million men, These barrae
are substantially built and proFi
protection against the heat OF July
well as the cold Of winter.
The outstanding characteristics
the Siberian Russian are his u
ical strength and stamina ana
gentleness OF nature. Most
pie viii be surprised at
second part OF that statement Oh
count OF what has been publish
about the BOlshevist cruelties- II
true that the peasant went from
extreme Of an absolute monarch.
the most fantastic socialism the "'l
has known. Nevertheless he IS gen
and forgiving by nature.
OF course, Siberia did not tas'e
fun bitterness OF Red BOlshevism- 4
extreme elements were present
they never had full swing Red
shevism IN Siberia never was nl'
than pink" and that pink Is Dec
Ing paler every day.