Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 December 1891 — Unbroken Forests of Alaska. [ARTICLE]

Unbroken Forests of Alaska.

Owing to the moisture of the atmosphere and the carpet of moss, which Spreads over the entire surface of the numerous islands belonging to Alaska, says a traveler, it is impossible that f forest fire should ever devastate them Trees have fallen, of veritable old age for centuries probably. One can thrust a stick down through decaying logs to the depth of ton feet before reaching the real earth The gr wth is so d; n-e, and the underbrush such an impenetrable tangle, that it is next to impossible for one who has i ever seen it, to realize how difficult and traveling would be in this country. It is said, and no doubt correctly, that there are not a dozen miles of wagon road in the entire territory of Alaska And this immense forest extending from Washington away north beyond J uneau at least is practically unbroken by an ax. Pabis publishes 1,998 papers, of which 105 are illustrated Journals and twentyone are devoted to the theaters. Fresh Fruits, Nuts aud Candies At King’s.