THE TOW 



KODIAK, ALASKA, AFTER TITJC ERUPTION 



The town is ioo miles from the volcano. Note the heavy deposits of white ashes covering 

 hillsides and town. Dust fell as far away as Juneau. Ketchikan, and the Yukon Valley, 

 distant 750, 900, and 600 miles, respectively, from the volcano. 



owes its climate, as does Ireland, to the 

 tropical ocean current which bathes its 

 shores. It is indeed a hundred and fifty 

 miles farther north than Ireland, but this 

 is more than counterbalanced by the pro- 

 tection from the Arctic Ocean afforded 

 by the mainland. 



Many people will no doubt be aston- 

 ished to learn that the winter of Boston 

 is far more severe than that of Kodiak, 

 which more nearly resembles that of 

 Washington, D. C. Indeed, an old lady, 

 who had lived all her life in Kansas, 

 found on returning there after two or 

 three winters in Kodiak that the climate 

 was almost unbearable and has been anx- 



ious ever since to return to the mild 

 climate of Kodiak. 



The eastern half of the island is occu- 

 pied by a dense forest of spruce, whose 

 trees reach a great size. Beyond the for- 

 est it is covered by a luxuriant grass land, 

 which, in the abundance and fine quality 

 of its hay and forage, surpasses any 

 grazing lands in the United States proper 

 and finds a parallel only in the "guinea- 

 grass" pastures of the tropics. 



At present this country is lying almost 

 entirely neglected, but as Alaska passes 

 from the stage of exploitation to that of 

 development, these lands are destined to 

 be much sougfht after for stock-raising. 



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