Show A 1 GOOD LAND LAD foit FOIL tit r SAINTS hAIMS when secretary purchased alaska teri ten mitody itoi y of the ilia rasa stan government for the um of I 1 4 I 1 acquired lilt addition of real a a estate t it 0 to our boundaries but tile the value of the acquisition was not high highly lit at the tune lee ico tall anil indiana were considered its mail pro dupla 0 and 1 tt a already had plenty of these native articles without going to near to tile the rolar polar regions to fulti to out our stores nut bat later hiiter in information r 0 I 1 a lionshows tion shows that itras it has more available available sources of wealth slid and yankee anso A vi hen bell hard put to it inny ct find alaska A land rich in wonders it ia upwards of ef ten dpn years sinco since the cession AN anns as it man made b ile RusA russian irin govern government anon and uny I 1 secretary a tic y 1 I wiman will beat out edor G Morr of cal nia ilia to look over ilia alic purchase pu pui ichaso chase it lias hall re remained an link colva I 1 counie to ice americans has enado LIS lih tour of inspection and is now in washington vi having submitted his bis reflect to congress from this we that after the treaty was ratified by the lano potters and the old cession inalle general Roll ascilla wits was sent to the territory with a largo large body of troops in naval vessels to limico the purchase flione ilia vu Kire sian iia authorities possession taken the top rito I 1 ly y was garrisoned by several nips dies of infantry at posts selected by genat general al hallack there positions were marked out ont by general I 1 lal look if at his in sun suit francisco without a 1 survey of the groland lu at ing in been made lit hi only guide baing a map I 1 which lich major morris has fecund faund to bo be far from col As A ft a consequence 1116 lie posts were located at points either cither totally inaccessible or difficult to reah reach and felicie it was to supply the tiocka subsequently all these pots were abandoned by order of the lie war department except two sitta sitka arid and fort cl on oil winn wian kel kalb island billand ani and ilia of the territory turned over to the treasury the secretary placed the control in the hands of the collector of Cub customs tarris and b his Is deputies A ho he were via visited by a cutter buttliere but Butt these liese officials being out only I 1 authorized ly T law to 0 collect ie government they have was mas usurped bat they do not appear to have exceeded their poa ers to tiny any great client exten tand and as a result was no go at all tile the n natives at ives a abc I 1 a described as of t two we classes the ilia coast bage and the inferior tribes tile the falater lives in I 1 villas cs and subsists on fh he is patti partially ally civilized from intercourse with wl th alio tt lutes and does some little lading hading odthe of the litter latter but little is known being vailike and dangerous on they allow no strangers to enter their domain find anil only have in kelcourse fel eico course ursa with the coast indians bogli aretino ire mole teof of an asiatic type thanoor own oun aborigines and cleady show their hartai harlac augin the repel t describes the ture 0 alaska as similar to that of oregon at the mouth of ortho the columbia river this mald nasis bess uess is owing toabe to the warm wai m cm ant which A lich flows front from japan known a the japanese gulf stream tholly the humidity of the be air is more to be feared than ill hi cold cut but vest of the aleutian ale autian islands tho the entire e count country ry is barren and inhospitable alula is well supplied with livers livera illers illera the principal one being the yu iten zone which flows through central alaska and empties into boiton ton sound it has never liever been thoroughly 11 navigated avi gabA although captain my mond ase ascended ended it a diblasi distance nee of 6 two 0 thousand thOU MIld miles but it is i believed to be larger than the mississippi or the amazon it is frozen over during them the v inter season and its ila breaking up is agran dand sight the th teri itoiz holds great min cis cial wealth and its fisheries etc aie met mote a valuable than those of oregon coal abound its atop pings cart can be seen in all directions the best coal for steaming put poses 3 is 5 found near nanaimo la and aethra cito cilo is known to exist As we have no on the I 1 13 slope the development of this ruin mineral cral will alove piove a fortune for somebody gold silver iron copper and platinum uk have also ako been found in pacing pa ing quantities but none of the mines have ever been prospected or developed owing to the hostility of the na natives lives la in caiar district brit iba columbia ellich is annually visited v by thousand miners miner vi a ho he have to pass lues nough bough alaska the mines have yielded millions millio nf of ullars Ul dollars Jars of surface gold numerous lOrous I 1 ich deposits have been in ill ft fiut pill i or of the teri atory is fl lich is now BOW in dis dispute puts between tho the united states and great britain tho indians wear gold ornaments which is a proof that thal gold is ii found but they ate aio very reticent relic cut as to its locality 1 major hoiris dolris advances advani aa it as his that alaska will mill eventually supply all appy the world with ulmon salmon our oar oregon are re giving out oat from froin the mouth of the columbia below astoria ate aie stretched sti sitt etched across the fc river every night for forty miles lurlei seine after aate r seine seine w lich prevents tile balmon balm on getting getling up the river to spa it cut but the alaska kahei ie are arc inexhaustible loland and a catch of from froin 1000 to salmon with one haul of tho the seine is declared a common occurrence two wealthy sin francisco hoube have started can apt los 11 up p in alaska adiska Ai iska still and lafot year acar thoy they sent hm 10 n between still and aset raset r the timber ofAl asla macabio bu bc como the abc immense 1 pi of 3 ellow ceder which is ii 1111 1 foi fat building purposes white while sallee is also alo quite abrin abundant dariL by this showing we cannot c coin of plain pain that we bave aavo got nothing 1 fol fu our money as alahna ilia may y lt cl prove one of our luot buot weal wealth th plo pio iier it contains SW I 1 aio tie about one tenth the ilia a CA of tile the united states ii gild and ha bu a 0 lea coast extending 2000 ini leaor 01 01 ol all the e oat t of the united tates bide b ide at present thero there is ia no gOVer government nuie nc thew hei no person can acquine tl title 11 a to properly fur tacio is ij to no liw law to enforce th tho 0 collection of debts or to perfect tho the conveyance of dededi wills or other instruments A matil rosin 1 can neither vote hold property nor enjoy the doubtful privilege of a trial rial by jury why wouldn 1 it aliis i be 10 a fi firt rt i ate place for the saints it if the Latte lat ter vday diya to lo build up it a kingdom |