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Telegraphic Reports
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YUKON IS FIFTH
LARGEST RIVER
The Yukon river In Alaska is one
’ of the great rivers of the North
American continent. A brief report
on the discharge of Yukon river nt
Eagle. Alaska, by E. A. Porter and
It. W. Davenport, has just been is
sued by the United States Geologlcol
Survey ns Water-Supply Pnper 345-F.
Probably few people have an adequate
conception of the size of this river
nnd characteristics of its flow. A. H.
Brooks, of the Geological Survey,
gives the Yukon fifth place nmong the
large rivers In North America nnd es
timates Its drainnge area at about
330.000 square miles, its length, in
cluding the Lewis and Teslln rivers,
Is given In the report at 3,200 miles.
This may be compared with 6,000
miles for the Mississippi and Missouri,
2, 868 miles for the Mackenzie, 2,000
for the Colorado combined with Green
river, and 1,300 for the Ohio combined
with the Allegheny.
The discharge of the Yukon varies
from a maximum of 254,000 to a
minimum of 10,100 cubic feet a sec
ond, or an estimated average flow of
73,200 cubic feet. This is a relatively
small discharge, the average flow of
the Mississippi being 695,000, that of
the Ohio 300,000, and that of the Col
orado 23,300 second-feet. The Nile,
'Vlth a drainage of 1,262,000 square
miles, haR an average of 116.000 cubic'
feet a second. The flow of the Yukon
Is therefore relatively small as related
to Its drainage area, nnd this apparent
anomaly is accounted for by the fact
that the interior of Alaska has the
small rainfall “characteristic of that
portion of the United States which lies
between the Slrra Nevada and the
Rocky Mountains, north of the lati
tude of Salt Lnk» nitt,
Navigation on the Yukon has so
Important a bearing on transportation
In Interior Alaska that it has given
rise to a general recognition of two
seasons the “closed season," when
the Yukon is either filled with float
Ing Ico or frozen over, and the “open
season.'' The break-up of the Ice
usually occurs about the middle of
May. after which the river is open to
ransportation for five or six months,
or a little longer. The breakup is not
only an event of great economic signi
ficance to tne inhabitants In the interi
or of Alaska, but it presents features
of great dramatic Interest as well. One
who has not witnessed It, according to
the auhors of the Survey report, can
hardly Imagine the impressiveness
of the spectacle. Fram bank to bank
the surface of the river Is a Bolltl inaBs
of huge moving Ice cakes, which are
constantly grinding and disinte
grating with an awe inspiring exhibi
tion of resistless force.
The freezeup Is less spectacular.
With the Increasing cold of the aut
umn slush ice forms in the river, and
as the cold becomes more intense the
Ice increases in volume until Anally It
la sufficient to bridge the entire
stream. This means the termination
of navigation on the Yukon until the
following Mav
The Geological Survey’s measure
ments of stream flow near Eagle were
made during the winter at a point 2
miles above the town, where the river
is 1,600 feet wide, by cutting holes
through the ice at intervals of 50 feet
and making soundings. In this way
the exposed section of the river was
determined, and the velocity of the
stream at each hole was determined
by a Price current meter. During
the period of breakup discharge meas
urements were made by means of ice
floats. In the open season the flow
was determined by the same method
•iB on any large river.
The maximum discharge measured
in 1911 was on May 22, when the vol
ume was 253,000 second-feet. The
width of the water surface at the
measuring section was 1,645 feet, and
the greatest depth of the river was
28.7 feet. The average surface velo
city was 5.8 miles an hour.
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GOVERNORS CONFER
FOR UNIFORM LAWS
innuai Msaiing Held Inis Year
at Madison, WIs.
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Between forty and fifty governors, I
fnvernors elect and ex-governors of I
various atatea of the Union bavo been j
mooting In a five days’ conference
nt Madison. WIs These conferences
if governors, held annually, have
made for greater uniformity In slate
legislation, greater co-operntlou be
tween state and nation and greuter ef
■th leticy In state administration While
the governors' conference exercises no
legislative power, yet It Is an instilu
lion of great political Influence. Kspo
'Inlly us a promoter of uniform laws
In the various states It has been par
tlculnrly successful.
The first conference of governors
was called by President Roosevelt and
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OOVRBNOBS AT COSVKVTION
v/ns held hi Washington In 11X18. The
purpose of the meeting was to discuss
uniform legislation for the conservu
tion of national resources This meet
lug showed to the governors present
the hfjr results (hat would accrue
through yearly conference Plans
were made for another meeting which
was held In the early part of 1010 and
although held at Washington, was en
tlrely and Independently a governors
conference Two more meetings were
held before the conference became per
manently organized at Richmond. Va.
In 1012 The officers of the organiza
tlon consist of an executive committee
of three members, a secretary and a
treasurer Membership In the organ!
zation Is restricted to governors, gov
ernors elect and former governors.
SAILOR OF MANY TALENTS.
Admiral CradocU Won Distinction as
Naval Officer. Author and Horseman
Rem Admiral Sir Christopher Crn
dock who went down with his dag
ship the Good Hope, in u battle with
the German Herd under Admiral von
Spec oil the t on t of Chile, was a man
trf remarkable attainments He was
horn In 1802 amt was a lieutenant Ht
twenty eight and a rear admiral at
forty eight. Ills career was unusually
varied lu nature and distinguished In
character Bvi n as a writer he was
known as the author of ^‘Sporting
Notes lu the I'ar Bust,' "Wrinkles In
Seamanship" and "Whispers Prom the
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BEAU ADMIRAL Alls CHHISTI lit OHA
DOOR ICESTRill
Fleet.’’ fie was also au accomplished
, horseman, both as a followet ot the
hounds ami a gentleman jockey win
nlng several steeplechases
He served In the Sudan with disttne
Cion In 1891 and In Chinn in 1900. re
celving special recognition for tils serv
ices In the relief of I’eking Later tie
was placed In command of the British
fleet li> the southern I’acitlc. wiuj com
umnder of the Atlantic Meet from 1911
until Inst September, when he t<«k the
Good Hope Monmouth and Glasgow
through the strait ot Magellan luto
the I’acltlc. presumably to put a stop
to the depredations ot tin- Schnmhorst.
Gncisenau und other German warships
m the I’nelllc
In ttie recent Mexican troll lyes Hear
Admiral Cr-doi k commanded the Brit
tsli stpimlmii that operutisl between
Vela Cm.’ aid I’ampleu A few days
ifte: the AnierieMn capture of Vera
Cruz tie sel l n detachment ot marlnes
fnrt> miles inland from Tampico to
resein eight Americans
MarlttHi reductions in staple gro
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