Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1922-04-14

prepared by the National Geographic
Society, Washington. d. C.)
The completion Of the governments
Alaskan railway makes reasonably
accessible for the first time the Mount
Mckinley National park which con-
tains the highest point on the North
American continent. The total area
Of this great playground which hith-
erto has been seen by so few people,
is about 2.400 square miles.
In scenic grandeur the stupendous
mass of which Mount Mckinley is the
eliminating peak has no rival. The
snow-line here lies at about 1000 feet,
and above that elevation only few
sharp crags and seemingly perpendic-
ular cliffs are free from the glistening
white mantle. From the valley of Nc.
Kinley Fork, which is at the north base
Of the mountain and lies at an eleva-
ton of only 1900 feet, the bare rocks
of the lower mountains extend upward
for about $500 feet, and above them
Mount Mckinley rises In majestic
whiteness to height of 10000 feet
the Hottest peak on the continent.
The upper 1900 feet of the noun
tain is clad In glaciers and perpetual
SHOWS, thus offering to the noun
taineer the highest climb above snow
line In the world. The rise of $4,000
feet from the lower end of Peters
Glacier, north of the mountain to the
highest peak is made In a distance of
In mo
mass do we find so great vertical
ascent in so short a distance. The
peaks of the Colorado Rockies, though
wonderful rise from high plateau,
so that at most points from which
| they can be seen they stand only 1000
or at most 5000 feet above the OBJ
server. Mount st. Elias, an 1S,000-foot
mountain. may be seen from sea level,
but the peak stands IS miles from the
coast, and so loses In height to the
eve by the distance from which 1t
must be viewed.
Similarly the high volcanic peaks OF
Mexico and South America and the
worlds Hottest mountains in the
Himalayas rise from high plateaus.
which diminish by their own elevation
the visible magnitude and towering
height of their eliminating peaks.
Southwest of Mount Mckinley, Is
miles away from 1t, stands Mount
Foraker, only $500 feet lower and al
most equally imposing. If it stood
alone Mount Foraker would be ia
nous In it's own right as mighty
peak. having few equals; but In the
presence of it's giant neighbor 1t Is re-
duced to secondary rank.
These two dominating peaks, stand.
ing side by side and known to the In
erior natives as Denah and Denali's
wife. far outrank the fianking noun
tains to the northeast and southwest
among which, however, there are
score Of other peaks that rise t.
heights between 1000 and $4,000 feet
we'll above snow-line, and that are the
gathering ground for many glaciers.
In 1902 the first surveying part,
that actually reached the vicinity o.
Mount Mckinley was conducted b.
Alfred H. Brooks and d. l.. Raeburr
| OI Tie ktOlOkltal cdlNCJ. Inns PeN~ =
entered the park at it's southwest Dor
der and traversed 1t from end to end
bringing out the first authentic infor
nation in regard to an unexplore'
area of many thousand square mile
and determining the position, heigh
and best route of approach to tn
base of Mount Mckinley.
Swarm With White Bighorn Sheer
The mountains at the head o
. Toklat and Teklanika rivers LITERAL
swarm with the magnificent whit
bighorn sheep, which are elsewher
. extremely wary and difficult to ar
proach, but which in summer are her
!, so little disturbed that they move o.
. only when one comes to close range
A days travel along one of these va
leys will usually afford the casua
traveller a view of many bands
sheep. The sheep range on the low
err slopes Of the mountains. especial
. in the upper reaches Of the streams
near the glaciers at the valley head
: or even in the valley bottoms.
4 The bighorn sheep prefers tn
slopes Of high, rough mountains fe
its range, and may be found only
the mountains, within easy reach
4 rugged crags, to which it may retrei
v for safety from its enemies. i
i range, therefore, lies between timbe
: line and the level Of perpetual snov
II Is difficult to make an accurate e
Innate Of the number Of sheep With