Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1942-11-19

way. Before coasts subsidized, a.
land bridge connected Asia with
Alaska, as level plateaus beneath
Bering Strait show. The sunken
bridge is there yet. There can be-
little doubt the Indians came over
this bridge, wave on wave, for 2O,-
900 years. The blubber-eating Es-
kimos are clearly links between
the Sibearian Eskimo and the In
diam
E. H. Hartman proposed to tun-
mel this strait, to run a railroad to,
the Russian railroad, and thus to
st. Petersburg, and in this way from
Alaskan Highway is completed,
and will be dedicated November 20.
Motoring from Fairbanks to Pam
ANA will be common occurrence.
10000 soldiers have completed L.
GIL miles, finishing eight miles a
day, and bridging 200 streams.
Sitka's latitude prolonged east
ward. strikes Aberdeen, Copen-
hagen an MosC ~. The Gulf
Stream makes Britain livable. Like
wise the Japanese Current makes
Alaska livable. The mean temper
ature of Sitka is So Fahrenheit,
and If seldom falls to zero. 1t was
an industrial city in 1900, under
Russian control, furnishing Cali
fornia with farm tools, and the min
ers of 1849 with supplies. The first
ships built on the coast were
launched from Sitka In that Sec
ton the climate is such that pota-
toes, apples, wheat and small fruits
flourish. Timothy grows rank, cures
on the stalk, and cattle may care
for themselves the year around.
I doubt the statement that Tim
othy or Hurd-grass was carried
from the Arctic on the feet of wild
fowl, and that the seed thus car
ried was taken by Timothy Hurd
from their feet in Connecticut, and
propagated in North Carolina. There
are said to be grazing lands like
Texas and Montana Our govern
ment is experimenting with rein
deer brought over from Siberia,
and trained by Lapps in 1891. The
Eskimo have now 100000 furnish
ing dairy products for 10000 peo-
pie.
There is prospect for future
meat market from the same source,
the Eskimo killing about $4,000
each year. The future of reindeer
and cattle for market purposes in
our land is one of speculation yet.
Herring, cod and salmon are
abundant, and all fur bearing ami
mails have here their natural hab-
itat Big game is here, Polar bear,
Pribiloff Seal and the Kodiac bear,
which is the largest carnivorous an
imal in the world. They look to
me twice the weight of grizzlies.
Gold in 1896 drew temporary set
tiers. Many returned poor, but my
friend Raymond Robins became
wealthy. Mrs. Robins entertained
us in her Florida mansion, four
years ago. They call it Chinsegut,
name which only Robinses and
Eskimo understand. So cold is the
Klondike that 1000 frozen horses,
abandoned by miners were taken
out in building railroad through
Whitehorse Pass. The tundra is al
ways frozen to great depth, except
when summer thaws it out for a
few feet. The grave of Sir John
Franklin, at PIT. Barrow, is the
point farthest north. A chair made
from his ruined ship, given by
Queen Victoria, adorns our White
House.
Mount Mckinley, highest noun
tain on the continent, 10000 feet
high, was scaled by detail of SOL
diers, few weeks ago. Airplanes
dropt food, tools and clothing to 16
men on way UP during the months
necessary to climb it. They found
a cache of chicken and pemican,
frozen, and fresh, as when left 10
years ago. Experiment revealed
that padded clothing is not so good
as many layers of thin clothing.
These may be put on, or off, to suit
the changing weather.-Howard H.
Cn0ft