The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1921-09-28

weal'h-gold and silver and precious
stones.
There IS 50 much in Siberia that re-
E.nGs an American OF our wild
Nest OF earlier days, whether it Be
!awlessness. freedom. opportunity. .
pace 10 live life over again. great dis
iances, vastness and gloriousness OF
scenery, or barreIness such as is seen
on The Cobb desert, where the camels
craze.
And there are many features that
may be described in typical American
superlatlves. NladivoStok has the fin
est liarhor in the world: the rail-
road connecting Vadivostok with Pc
trograf is the longest in the world
thus TIE Siberians rave. and not alto
Gether madly. But they cannot rave
about their roads. The Russian word,
"doroga," meaning road" literally
means had road" and IL would be
redundancy to speak OF bad do
r"ga.' 1t merely means a place where
you may get through.
Cities Handsome but Dirty.
The cities of the Russian Wild
East are not very populous, but each
ole boasts Of sufficient beautiful
churches, government and private edi.
noes 10 give il d noble aspect. First IL
EladivoStNk, a combination Of Gotham
anG Chicago. At the other end OF the
country is Omsk. the capital. In be-
tween and top and bottom are Tomsk,
Ekaterinburg. Chelia binsk. Chita,
Naharusk. lrkutsk. Hardin and Nix.
DISK one OF the most objectionable
features about the>- beautiful cities
1umsk has an unusually beautiful
cathedral and a great university that
has produced mere than one famous
name, Metchnikoff, the great bacteri-
oogisr. being one If them.
VlaGiyuStok, TIE largest and most in-
teresiIns city g eastern Siberia, owes
much to Russia loss of Port Arthur.
for that misfortune Increased the
tSar's interest III the more northerly
seaport until he had made ii worthy
of its name euler of the East" The
one disadvantage of Nladivostok b
,hat its harhor IS frozen during sew.
ersl months If the year. In spite Of
This DRAWBACKS. NlauvoSrok probably
Possesses se second finest harhor in
III. world. and il is claimed that from
a military standpoint the city was SEA-
end only 10 the Dardanel!eS-
The city spreads out at the foot OF
many hills and rises into beautiful
and sudden spectacle rs ones steamer
makes turn in the approach from
the sea. A cathedral with many gold
sr dCmeS occupies q place OF vantage,
and every there rise huge stone and
hrCk barracks, mostly white, with an
occa Sional pile in red brick for en-
traSt
All around the city are barracks,
bars cks everywhere. /, Is said that
there are sufficient barracks in and
,,,ul,, Il NaladiN u>toS to house AN army
of half Il million men. These barracks
are substantially built and provide
y-,tec:icn against the heat Of July as
vel as The cold of winter.
The outstanding characteristics OF
n, Siberian Ru>>.un are his phys
zeal strength and stamina ami his
,-rr;lei.e>s If nature. Most peo-
Mo will he surprised at the
second part of thar statement. on ac-
coun, If what has teen published
.bour the Bol>heviSt cruelties. IL IL
true that the peasant went from the
>tr,ue If ali absolute monarchy to
he most fantastic s's'ialism the world
mas known. Nevertheless he is gehtie
md foryiving by nature.
Of course. Siberia did not taste the
su,l bitterness II Red RolShevtsu,. The
.x,re,le elements wen. present. but
hey never had full swing. Rel Boil
..avism in Siberia never was more
hun pink" and tina, pins t. hecon
,ng paer every dsv