Review of reviews and world's work . Valdez, and Seward, and then, ifhe would see Alaska, his journey is but wellbegun. For the gold-fields of Fairbankswould lie 400 miles to the north, while thoseof Nome would be as distant as New Yorkis from Chicago. Nor does this express would be a still greater distance to thefog-bound seal rookeries of the PribilofIslands and the great tundras of the north,with their herds of wild reindeer and theirlonely Eskimo igloos, while to reach thewesternmost Aleutian Island from Sewardwould require a journey half as long as thatfrom New York to Seattle. Sho
Review of reviews and world's work . Valdez, and Seward, and then, ifhe would see Alaska, his journey is but wellbegun. For the gold-fields of Fairbankswould lie 400 miles to the north, while thoseof Nome would be as distant as New Yorkis from Chicago. Nor does this express would be a still greater distance to thefog-bound seal rookeries of the PribilofIslands and the great tundras of the north,with their herds of wild reindeer and theirlonely Eskimo igloos, while to reach thewesternmost Aleutian Island from Sewardwould require a journey half as long as thatfrom New York to Seattle. Should the tour-ist retrace his steps to Skag\vay, cross theWhite Pass, and follow the mighty Yukonfor 2000 miles to Bering Sea, his knowledgeof Alaska, while much enlarged, would stillbe incomplete. Nor is this strange, for, assaid before, this country is continental in itsdimensions and in the variet)^ of its is the important factor which shoulddetermine our attitude toward Alaska, ourmost valuable outlying FREIGHTING UP THE YUKON RIVER. SPECIAL CROPS OF THE PACIFIC COAST. BY CLARKXCi: K. EDWOKDS. ANCIENT alchemy was dominatcil bythe theory that somewhere existed theelement necessary to transmute baser metalsinto gold, and history is filled with storiesof efforts of students of olden times to dis-cover the secret Nature was so carefullyhiding. Modern alchemy, on the westerncoast of the United States, has discoveredthe missing element, and the baser element,—grain,—is being changed into golden fruit bythe application of life-giving water, tricklingthrough thousands of irrigating canals* Fifteen years ago Californias wheat cropaveraged from a million and a quarter to amillion and a half tons every year, at a prox-imate total value of from $35,000,000 to$45,000,000, at best conditions of qaalityand price the value reaching as high as $60,-000,000. The wheat crop of the State for1908 amounted to 250,000 tons, at an ap-proximate value of $10,000,000, a
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