Show i COPPER RIVERS BOOM Governments Labors Are Already Bearing Fruit in Good Production Seattle Wash Dec De 14 Major W WR WR WH R H Abercromble Abercrombie who for four fOUl years has been supervising ing and directing the United States government develop development development development ment and exploration work in the Cop Copper Copper CopPer per River valley arrived here from Alaska yesterday He went north a captain and returns a major assigned to the command of the Thirteenth in infantry infantry infantry fantry in the Philippines As a result of his work the town of Valdes has sprung sprong into existence from which point the military road has been constructed to the Tanana river miles to the Interior A Agap gap of seventy miles south uth of Eagle City will be closed early next summer as all an the bridges on the road have been con constructed constructed n A stretch of 17 T miles of tf 1 telegraph from Valdes to the interior is up in working order and the theline theline line will be completed through by b next September In the construction of this lean Ican highway to the Yukon Yuk Ob the govern overn government g ment mont has expended expend and already I gold to the value of or 1 0 00 has been takeR taken out by the people Major Abercrombie Abercromble says there Is every reason to believe that there is an almost inexhaustible supply oT df copper ore in that section of Alaska that it jt is i also rich in other oth r minerals and ag agricultural a agricultural resources He also states he be heis beis heIs is confident that a railroad will soon be built to develop these riches If |