Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-01-10
FIND FARMLAND
IN ARCTIC REGION
Explorers Mapping Valley Area
Covered With Grass and
Flowers.

Notwithstanding may prove the
future fairyland of the far North is
being placed on maps Of the United
States for the first time.
1t Is a long, narrow valley, or sue-
cession Of valleys, Swallowed on both
sides by snow-covered mountains.
where over mile after mile of level
country rich herdsgrass grows five feet
tall, where rainbOw-like profusion
OF flowers extends in ribbons along
the foothills, and from which even
wandering Indian families have been
driven by superstitlous fear.
The existence of this country was
unrecorded and hardly suspected until
two parties of explorers from the
united States geological survey, made
up of Washington men, entered It with
pack horses early this summer The
leaders Of both parties, R. H. Sar-
geant, 1858 Mckinley street N. W., and
Richard A. Lynt, 1915 Lawrence street
N. e., have returned full of enthu-
siasm over the wonderland of the
North and are engaged in making ex.
act Typographical records of the ter
ritory.
First White Men to Explore.
With one exception they are perhaps
the first white men ever to have en-
tered the country. One lone prospec-
tor has built cabin at the upper end
OF the valley, where he is guarding.
year after year, copper claim.
The country lies at the extreme
northwestern base of the Alaska pen.
insula. 1t is less than 100 miles over
land from that section of the territory
which is most familiar to tourists. the
barren coastline surmounted by the
Aleutian mountains. Numerous ships
skirt the shore, but the prospect is 90
unlnviting that none suspect what lies
beyond the desolate coast.
Mr.. Sergeant led his party into the
valley from the north. Mr.. Lynt went
In from the south, making his way
northward through the famous oval
ley of Ten Thousand Smokes" the
two making scientific data along the
way and coming together somewhere
In the center. Once the mountain
range was crossed the two parties
were as much cut off from mankind as
II they were on another planet. Dur
ing the entire summer they did not
meet human being or hardly trace
of any who had gone before.
Mach party carried it's entire sup
plies. food, tents, blankets, over the
mountains on six pack horses.
Silence Held Supernatural.
The valley is one of almost super
natural silence. Most prominently
above 1t looms the volcano Katmai,
which has the reputation Of being the
most active in the whole North. The
explorers claim. however, that it grad
ualiy is becoming duieter. Its frequent
eruptions long before frightened away
the Indians.
The country is we'll watered. Noun
tain streams thunder through 1t at al
most regular intervals. 1t has a con-
siderable stock Of game. The explor-
erS met frequently with the Kodiak
bear, the largest creature Of the spe-
ciea Mr.. Lynt killed one. These
creatures dominate the valley, feeding
on the smaller animals and on the
great herds of caribou, which take ad.
vantage Of the excellent grazing.
The explorers report the Kodiak as
comparatively inoffensive animal,
which will fight only when very hun
CRY or when wounded. They have
become-..5 accustomed to their suprem-