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Show \ y : i yAM AMtt tt ttSTART , AMERICAN AM ERIOAN FAMILIES Will WiLLr r q ALASKAq START LIFE AMEW ANEW IN 9N Al AlI ALASKA ALASKAt ALASKAM ALASKAal 4 \ l t M 1 -I I " - t ; al al 1 Emeigency EJUelgency Emergency Relief Commission COJluuission to Supply Work WorkAnimals Animals Aninrals ninutls and Necessaiy NecessalY Necessary Faim Falin Faun Tools foi fOl for This This4 ; tv Sensational Pioneering Adventure . ! < ! / WILLIAM ILLIAM C UTLEYIBABI.Y UTLEY UTLEYBABLY 1 iBABI.y iBABIy ) ? BABLY . countle countless < ; s times sInceI sIncepressIon since I ) presslon pressIon presslon and drouth struck struckto struckifo struckifomarginal to % marginal ] ' lands 1'1nds 11nds ands and poor poorming poorfining mlng ming countr country ; , farmers f'1rmers f1rmers ' poorI and andIahles andrallies I Iahles , Dl11es , , discournoCd dJccourncd discouraged ; ; and In some someth someInstitute : th thstltute t st1tute stltute , h'l\e h'l hl e lease 1m ' \ e prated prayed pr'1 pr1 ' ctl for aketo a ato I keto lo to go a\\ai a ai away a \ \ \ L1 somen someliliere-any someliliere any somewhere here-1ny here 1ny - - ' anyNind 1nd nd start all 0\ 0 o\cr o cr 0cr oscr \ cr again ng'lID nglID ' , , with with1f110re withmore withunore ] 1f110re more perhaps perhap than th'1n th1n ' the strength strengtha.hands strengthahands 1 1hands thands . hands and a few fundamental Cund'1mentaJ Cund1mentaJ Cund'1mentaJtr fundamentalif ' tr if equipment , , , but with "Ith Ith ss " itli a 1 q ' cleanfl cleanII cleand clean II d an equal footing footmg for 1 ' all ] ) : i c of ot the Ute most 8pect'1cul 8pect1cul spectacular ' r ex ea eabIs ex\is ex is : I bIs \ Es the Drain Dram Brain ' Irust ] rust h Ins IS yet et dee de del dele ; e Federal Fcdernl Emcrgcnn Bmergenc Emcrgencl , TIdIef Rclief RcliefLIon RUletIon OD Is trJ try trying Ing Inn to lletermine determine determinea lletermineI lleterminea determineI I LIon [ a literal meral answer ans\\er ans er anssser \ to tint th'1t th1t that ' prayer prayerafter prayerifter : ilfter after all aU , the solution to the theipught 4 4plight ipught plight 1 > nght In manan many man\ man \ ' an advancedk advancedconomic advanced advancedeconomic k e e1pJ economic conomic collapse coll'1pSC coll1pSC collapseJTSRA ' : J'DRA JDRA 1pJ ' : JTSRA RA Is taking tal.ing taling . : ' LOO :00 00 00 famllles families famlllesI familiesGuth familiesyuth I Guth uth ; sfrlcken etricken stricken farms f'1rms f1rms firms ' in northern northerntf northernr northernI r I tf a , . Wisconsin WlsconeIn ; and " ] "Michigan Michigan "IIIchlgn IIIchlgn " ' ! , , who had just about given up uptot upof upof tot of e\ e es eer e \ er again ng'1In ng1In ag'iln agiln ' ' ' . ' 'making making mal.mg malmg . a go go'eir goeir ' lelr ear farms farme ; , , herding herdlDg them and n a nthe1r atheir atheir IWhO the1r their effects elTects Into a 1 ' i boat and andr andthem andf andthem andthem r f : them awa'v awav awa\ awa awas awato \ ' to a brand br'1nd br1nd ' ac\\d ac d nen new nend newd \ \ d a new llfe-In llfe In life-n life n life - - ! In Alaskas Alaskais Alaska } is [ 3 s a * land which to most of ofJ ofone ofone ofone J one so cold that ice cre'1.m cre1.m cre1m cream creamp creamnamed creamnamed ' . I Iwho p , named after It ft , so wild v.1ld v1ld . that thatI'tbe that.the thatthe " ' .the the . life consists of EskImos Eskimosind , and grizzled gr1zz1ed piospectors ospectors prospectors pi p'1n p1n pan pangold panBold ' I IgoJd goJd gold "the the " But they the ; cjre care not rot I'or Ior I'orIs Fo-It Fo It ' ' ' - I IIs I'tbe Itbe Is the land of new hope , and andyare andy andf yare y are going to build a Utopia UtopiawIlderness Utopiawilderness Utopiawilderness wIlderness , where everybody everybodyom om scratch and where , they theylain theyIn 1 lain LIn ! , , reward will wlll come In actual actualon actualon on n to sweat and nnd sincerity of.aodus of ot ofI"bxodus I"bxodus Ibxodus tOduS " .aodus aodus . has , In newspaper acFomewhat acomewhat ac Fomewhat omewhat colored , been caned called calledIng calledSine Ing Dg of families to bleak bJCllk terrl- terrl terr- terr tern- tern - ! - " 4 ( 2 ' to ' h hY4 + Y4 Y4to to tit . t ( k Jt JtK JtF 4 i A kr r K 4yt w w4y 4y F A - . t , t tr 'k k 'keq ' eq eqt eqi t i 4 n nr + r is isslid r slid slidt slidt slida t t a + t ta tn tt S a if t i- i - ii _ _ - $ ai + ' n _ _ _ _ _ _ a \ i N ' /p p / pif e wy wyt wyD t * ' D l + h NiOAltt l " ' d 2 4 4W 4f p W f 4 ' I 4 4M ' M tkdsa s ' , as These Pioneers In the Gold Rush Days of ' 98 Set Forth to Conquer the Wilderness , Will 200 American AmericanFamilies Families Seek a New Start in Alaska This Summer . utposts iutposts . R\ R ' . \ Rutposts , " Inferring a p'1rallel p1rallel parallel parallelle parallelxlle ' | le of Rushlan llus.hn llushn Russlin : . peasants pea'5ants pea5ants ' Into IntoIt intoIt IntoBit It Is not nor like JIl.e JIle . that th'1t th1t ' at all No NoI Noto Noto Noi to go who doesn't doesnt ' w \ want 1nt ant ' to- to tobody tobody to - - lIe p'1rallellIe ybody body In 1n the party part ; seems to toto toto tofl I to death of the chancelecting chance chancejelecting jelecting lectlng lecting the Company Company.Jg CompanyJg . e 1 > past 3st few months FERA rInA FL'RA FLRA rInA011 : ' \\011 011 sloth slothbeen \ woikH \ . * been gOlDg going coinz about quIetly quietlya oulctiv ' a ' 'member member members of the comp'1ny comp1ny comp'1nyI company comp'1nyt companyI comp'1nyjo'been companyMbeen ' I t I j\o'been j o'been obeen Mbeen \ ' .Deen Deen . an e exacting ' = 1ctIng ' ' task t'lsl tlsl . , for forpurest forpurest ! purest American farming farming1 farmingI i farmingi I 1 be allowed to settle in m the thecolony I Iolony 1 1oiony olony oiony ' They .rhey rhey . must also bel berid be be"Gmd : l "Gmd Gmd " nd rid nde11 \ well \\e11 e11 \ equipped 1 > pliysiciily pliysiciilytoneer physicallygploneer h slt'llly sltllly ' I . loneer toneer life Bre and temperaturesetimes temperatures temperaturesffyaaetiacs ffyaaetiacs chmes etimes fall to 40 degrees be beI beMOf bes beSfcMost I s MOf Most > t or of o ( them are familiesi fnmUlesI familiesT fnmUles families familiesbeen I T " ' , been enthcl cntiic4 entirely deflendent dependent dependentgovernment dependentrgovernment government 'overnment overnment for their e eetstth esjst eetst lst th the 200 families fam111es , , 100 tOO sin sinCC sinCC sinSCO CC worke workers , are being sent sentthe senti ' } ) the hard work worl . of starting startingr startingI | r I . Utopia Utoplu ' They 'rhey rhey will w111 help In Ing ing InC | g of ot government go.ernment goernment . land l.1n(1 l.1n1 l1n1 lanil . ( and In Ing ing inPC g which will wll1 be bc l1eeef necessary necessaryally necessary'mlly necessarymlly > sar ' ally Uy Is I allowed to take but butds butds butds ? ds of belongings belongmgs . . Many M'lny Mlny ' an anItself anItself anitself Itself carrICdVCf carried carrICd \VCf VCf \ west > t In nn an nnby anby nnf by an nn earlier e'1rl1er e1rl1er ' pioneer , Is Isbehind is1 % behind , , making way for forthat forthat forIthat that will wl1J be of greater value'life value valuenife nife 'life life ' me There I ] Is s not room tor for torary forary fornary ary pound- pound poundLive . - . Live stock andme andare and andnrc nrc me are being disposed of , for forof { forof or orot ot of their journey these t11ese tam- tam fam tamet fam-et fam et - ( et tools and equipment betto betto bet beto to o Alaskan climate cHmate and tera teea ter- ter tee- tee tera - - a few heartaches may bes be - s some treasured possession possessionsnUmental , nt1mental ntlmental but no practical practicalsed practicalsed practicaldssed sed good by . But then then thenr , , 6 6is Is alway always a house cleana cleann clean n essentials essentialsage 1 1age age ge family famIJy making the trIp trIpembers tripembers tripnembers embers . . , Each Dach family famlly wl1J will wl1Jnefit willrefit willirieOt nefit refit of a government draw- draw drawt draw-t draw t - . t of $3,000 3000 $ , , which must be beJD beIn 0 0n JD n 30 year years * with 3 per cent cento centFo o finance the project the thet t has h33 set aside asldo $500 500 $500000 500000 $ 000 . In InLers .1 1 . .1ers ers rs It hu had lias been suggested suggestedminion suggestedtt ' minion million dollars might be bespent bespent bef spent In buying these peo pea- pea peab peaa - b a ple pIe plc new farm lun land lands . , In tlie the U11Ited United UnitedStates UnitedStares I IStares Stares States proper proller This T111c : offlcialb official officials : . dltl'1red dltl1red declared dltl'1redI dltl'1redwould declaredwould declaredwould ' I would be simple slmpl simply hnn handing ln out ' alms 1lms aims , and andone andone andone one of the objects of tlie the entu entll enht e a e expert expertwent experiment , = perl perlment ment went Is to nnd flnd find out " whether hether euth such ; uch fam famUfes ( famllles am amflies Ufes flies can be icscucd 1escued rescued without almsThe alms almsThe The came : ame officials admitted that th'1t th1t ' the thepn thepas thepayment pas pn ment of the pa passage < ; s'1ge s1ge ' in ifacif It.elf Itelf itself : . con constltuted constituted constituted stltuted stituted almc nlmc aim " : , but thcv ther they claimed that thatthe thatthe thatIhe the situation was W'1S W1S ' modified conslder'1 conslder1 consideribly considerablybv consideriblyby ' lv lvbv bv by nn an agreement agrecment tint th'1t th1t tliit ' the money w1l1 will w1l1be willbe willbe be paid back bad , when .hen hen . the new farm farmland farmland farmland land produces more morp than a Ihing 11Ing litiing 11\ 11 \ Ing for forIts forIts forIts Its people , ! If f It e e.er eer . , er doee loec ( doe : . . Be'ldes Beldes Besides Be'ldesth1 Besidesthis Besidesthis : ' th1 this < : ; , It Is argued , the colonist colonlst colonists < : ; ' ; will wll ! h.1ve h1ve have havea h.1vea . a ne new " mental meut'll meutll ' outlook ouUool . they could ne\ ne nes neer ne\erattain ne erattain \ er erattfiln erattain attfiln attain \ weie were ele their nen new ne homes estab estabHshed establisped establlshed Hshed lisped In one of the states state < : ; The moe mole molemeat mo\ mo moment movemcnt \ e ment meat " will "Ill Ill f111 tuithel fuithet thel serve a n useful Ilseful pur purpose purpose purposa pose by helping to build up AlaskaBound Alaska Alas1 AlaskaBound ! . ' Bound for SewardOn Scward Seward ScwardOn On steel r'111e r111e rills rall ' ; , over tlie the Oregon n'1ll n1ll tlvl tlvlfamed tiailfamed ' I Ifamed famed in plonceiing pioneellng ploneering hlctolY history hl : toiy , . , the ad ad"enturers adventurers adventurers \"enturers "enturers enturers venturers \ " and their the1r me1er mea mender . ' , ; er accoutre accoutrements accoutrements ! ments will go to Seattle , \ where here they theywlll theywill wlll \ J11 board a steamer for Sev Seward SewardVlaska . 1rd 1rdlask'1 ' , \lask'1 lask'1 lask1 'ilaski ilaski \ ' ' Some of them thcm are alre'1d alre1d already alreadyon ' on their W.t Wt was . ' as 'IS IS you read thisPerhaps this thisPerhaps Perhaps n a good share of the&e thee the.e these & : . pco peo tG o t . ' C a ai i 05lT 0 ) 5lT OF NEW D Vl FARM PROJECT , oJJ r rWHEATNGQLDj WHEATNGQLDj REINDEER REINDEERBERING BERING BERINGKEMbOGKsPR15G s KEMbOGKsPR15G KEMbOGKsPR15GR R I Z ZSEA SEA SEASILvERCOAAG iv 1iv SILvERCOAAG ' , PNG O OWi1R0 OQ OQCgt Cgt , , t Wi1R0 Wi1R0Coo rCO QI ? 1 1U , U COO CooPACIFIC PACIFIC PACIFICOCEAN OCEAN pie will sill " J11 never nevcr again pass s south south uth of oftheIr oftheir oftheir theIr point of entry Into the .Alask'1n .Alask1n Alask1n Alaskan Alaskanpeninsula . Alaskanpeninsula .Alask'1npeninsula ' peninsula At any rate , they will never neverug neveragain neveraglin ug again lID return to the farms they the ; hae hale haleleft ha\ ha haleft haveleft \ e left . , for these , in accordance accord'1nce accord1nce ' with withilie withthe withthe ilie the FEIIA rCUA PEItA : plan phn of relocation of dest destl destltute destitute ! tute farm families f.1mihes f1mihes . in many sectionsof sectIons sectIonsof sectionsof of the United Umted States \ will 111 be furned turned furnedInto turnedInto turnedinto Into bird refuges , wild life JIfe preser\ preser preseres preserses preservesforests \ es , forests and other adaptations ad'1ptat1ons ad1ptat1ons ' , but wIll wIllne willnever willncier neer never ne\ ne \ er ag again again . n be farms farmc farmsUp farmsUp ; Up in this tMs rugged rug"cd rugcd ruged : " , country Arcttc Arctic Arcticwinds Arcticwinds winds \ mds chill chili the climate cllm'1te cllm1te ' but at the thesame thesame thesame same timearm time warm \\arm arm \ Pacific currents from fromTap'ln fromTapin fromTapan Tap'ln Tapln Tapin ' temper it It ] Is 1s s not really as asbad asbad asbud bad as a'S ' Imagined hU.1glned hU1glned . b\ b by b bthose \ tho those < ; e not Camlllar familiar familiarwltli familiarwith wltli \ ah Alaska The winters wlDters are not notreaIIy notreally notreally reaIIy really much more : . beveie .e\ele .eele .e e ele aesete \ than tllan those of ofm'1ny ofmany ofmany m'1ny m1ny many ' well populated populale parts p.1rts p1rts . of C1nada Canada Canadaand , and the summers are quite comparable comparableto to those of the Middle West , although althoughtbe althoughthe althoughthe tbe the \ winters Inters are longer and the .summers summers .summerssl1ortu summersshorter . summersshorter sl1ortu shorter . From rrom Seward Sev.ard Sevard . the little band b.md bmd . v.111 v111 will v.111pa willpass . willpass pa pass % , onward on"ard onard " thiough tluough through Anchorage , whIch whIchIs whichis whichIs Is tlie the southern fcate\va\ fcate va bate1 gateway bate\\ bate fcatevato \ \ 1 ' \ to tlie the rich rich'latunu richMatanuska richMatunuska 'latunu latunu Matanuska ' l.a la . v illey llley They will wJ11 travel tr.tvel trtvel . by bytIaIn bytraln bytiain tIaIn traln to Palmer , a little village 150 150mIle 150miles 150miles mIle miles : . , north It Is in the wild country countryne countryneir ne lr tr Palmer that their theJr new plots of of11nd ofland ofland 11nd land will wJl1 be staked stal.ed staled . outI out outI I e.td etd cader caller . < . > r of the party Is Don L Irwin Irwinson , son of a man who was among the lead leader'J leadere leaden er'J erJ ere ' In the Oklahoma Olclahomn land rush He 1 Is Issuperintendent issuperintendent < : ; superintendent of < . colonization .olonl.lllUon olonl.lllUon olonllllUon t.olonicatlon tolonicatlon . . in Alas AlasI.a Alaska Alaska I.a Ia ka . The organization itself Is knon known knownas kno\\ kno knoas knownas \ n as the Alaska Colonhation CQlonI7atIon Colonlratlon corpora corpora11on corporatlon corporatlon 11on tlon . Draw for Locations . Not unUl1t until It has reached Palmer P.tlmer Ptlmer . wt11 will wt11the willthe willthe the party settle the question of loca loca- location loca- loca location location - - tion of ot Individual Indvldaa ( ] farms There a adrawing adrawing adrawlne drawing will wlll be held which will assura assure assurathe assurethe assurethe the dispensation lSpensatlon of ot land with tomplete complete ImpnrtIallty Impartiality completeImpartiality tompleteImpnrtIallty to allSUps alL alLSlips . Slips SUps of paper , numbered , . ulll v.J1l vJ1l aill be bemixed bemLaed bemixed mixed mLaed up in a hat hat , , Ju ju&t jut just & t as at a raffle raffle.The raffleThe . . The number on each e.lch elch . slip of paper will willcorrespond willcorrespond willcorrespond correspond with the number of a plot plotot plotof plotof ot of 40 acres of unsettled , wooded land landl landFor landFor l ! For or temporary dwellings the Alaska AlaskaColonization AlaskaColonization AlaskaColonization Colonization corporation will w1l1 have set setup setup setup up a tent on each ploc plot . . Each famlJy family familywhen , when It draws a number , |