| Show L j I ALASKA LASA I NO LONGER A fl LONE LAND ND OF ICE r DOgo inn J t iDOl i t n oa cc 4 c s un h fi fit t iI t 6 k k 1 k i E 3 I r p e PT 4 a tJ w M D ATM a C 3 t v rv 4 II I e A tt i M t ti al j f ir R R W t A i t r 1 r f r 1 1 it itt t t 4 1 i tl ra HI y t l if i ir r i S v l J t MA ul ro Lt ti S y t ty y 1 A a iy I t a I I I i I I nig II the lono nano land lant lantI landl l I 1 T boars and andna A AI I na p F though Is 11 II Ire fro there to crip Ines f t the world J 1 lilI I for whirr whir whirr a t i J r f d I rt cr r paid pail r nt et in an n ncr Rr 11 It h ls Sr r Il 1 i aw w firms I m with modern t n 1 i q p d I lil 1 lilac products other lither dr talks business I i 10 y 1 and n 1 J Iq In to communication a 1 i to n II r nations ot or oft I t 1 1 c carry I II In and In I t r th ri rrt summer nt nr re are aro no railroad r nd nl the malls are aro con conI I hi hh r little Mats boats and ca en can c I n IHS of Inland Ickes Mind q nid ft open to welcome I II l I yield Iehl delicacies I In r n i I l the yards vard are full i in n phi cri h hes fragrance frn ash RS RSM tat M t t one In Inhales In Inri 1 Y ri mates Even In win winI I 1 p r In some of or thee the thet t n I i n 1 on nn average aera e I Ir r t an N ti in eastern cast ern cities on tho the thoa thea a f r fw w an cars r ago nl the Alaska r r 1 eI was opened a till a II Ii h u i red dred miles Tho The water r t II t N roid r d Is le on Resurrect n I li in t t I atral Alaska open all nil alls s rInd r t ml i 1 ren on of the warm t 1 s corn curr of t Since this opening I ra i ill II I 10 MI pushed 11 US miles milese x e 1 1 i t 11 i to and endI I II I r i t h I f i 1011 on Por Ivor I ai ih j r I I the h nuter water dons does not r q tl EO sir severs ns as I II I v v I des 11 or night Tho The Thos 9 s I l I ill Jil in I three months r con i i the n will III be Americas I Ie licked 1 by one ono orl t il 1 d i v of tho the Worl I III i 1 I i 1 rather Ither side Ido by vast vastI t tr I r coal coat gold old and tin till l I ii Tu u nl ur j h country are I II I 1 ton tel g and lefty I mountains i iM M M 1 t feet ard ird One On may Ina Y now go from Seat Sea t tF i ir r F a i pretty city with all allro allm I Im m ro n pr In four days nt atI t 0 1 v 1 lU I I II I L The and anil Copper river vale val valleys al allos los leys promise to become great grumt rles rIel By Uy comparison It Is 18 shown that thata a 1 hundred aero acre farm n Alaska pro produces duces a larger revenue than then a thou thousand thousand thousand sand acre farm fern In Wisconsin Tho The oil district has b been en denned defined over an arM area Milieu miles long and thirty in mil miles lie wide wid In n which besides the prolific oil all bearing sands are aro lakes Iks and springs of or oil one lake being of greet great else elK Race Between Telegraph and Railroad While the old fashioned I Iron hors horv has haft been Ien pushing Its lis way up UI valleys and along streams tho the telegraph has h It and accomplished won uon wonders ders derA In 1 n 1994 1 19 it more mar a than th w n 1416 IU miles mile n nt Alaska cable had been laid Tel Tele Telegraph graph wires wired overland nave navo been con constructed constructed Into countries where a n few joara ago no man mun had over oer been I I I seen scon Since 1901 more than 2000 miles of telegraph and cable have been built by United States Interests and 2000 J miles of or Canadian government lines have been constructed from tho the into Inter International national boundary beyond Dawson and every town of more than COO inhabitants Inhabitants Inhabit Inhabitants ants lots has Its telephone service Railroads are the forerunners ot or ch civilization In oil nfl new countries The first flat railroad was begun In south and the British Yukon In 1898 18 8 Work orl was started by an English syn ayn syndicate on what Is now known as tho the White Pass l ass and Yukon railway ox ex extending extend tending tend I from In III Alaska to White Horse HorM Yukon territory and was 11 miles mile long It 11 was first constructed construct ed od to afford access to ho gold fields nelds but since thAn limn It has Imi hn been made n a link linkIn linkIn linkin In tho the continuous rail roll nd river saute lute J to northwestern lern Alaska and Seward peninsula The road read was a committed to tot t lie parse Horst In 1900 at al a cost co t of or D and ant Ile III two years afterward It paid geld nearly i P oil From hrom White liars Horse to 10 Daw l son mile is III made mad by hy earners In summer and rt t 1 four Lora In winter Another iU t us as It bu bul I In InIN IN from West to 10 Stewart river ft a distance of df f miles Still a another alloth not Mar r frum Crum North Da Dakota Dakota kota Is ba I under which wilt will liar 1111 Fort lort Churchill as Its It Two standard Kau gauge e lines line are art auw bu 10 lilt Ing oon from tho the bord to the 1 lie Interior 1 the r tint Int ul us 0 ch Leing Dawson 1 awson Ir lr I a modeM city ity In III ISO Its It p ne nonet and Its realty tente amounted to and order orden to the value of f were sold The streets era are electrically lIht ed there Is le a n modern system of ot wa waterworks 0 and there a Roe steamboats and amI trolley trolly lines In 1809 It was Willi living on dried and anti canned meats meat Now I has ha vegetables from gardens It has fresh meats and Us Its It business Is under the supervision of a cham her of commerce This Thill la Is a n sample of the way In which Alaska Is III growing crowIng The Tho capital of Is lo located located rated on n a low strip of r land west of ot Island Mount an nn extinct volcano of feet opposite the town Is one of the landmarks of the tho capital population In IStO 1810 0 was wn nearly 2000 Other wn of note and prosperity ere are Juneau l City Kenul enal I St Ht Paul Hani St Bt Michael Seward ward and Circle City All Ail hear thaM th ae J I In the lh gold old enters centers and nd have up tu to dun meats They long lone since i rd d to be bo mining camps S Wonders of Copper River RiverA A Of oC I 11 It till I Il nov I HV Ir that known as HS the Copper COll r il II r II y yIt It Is le traversed by one of ur numerous railroad II road The rhe river r drain drains Y square 1 mil ull ft s o and lid lt It Is la In a bed hell of or long Irl tending grga or canyons varying in Iu width from Crom a hid hh mil mile to several mlle miles l It II abounds abound III In game me that must eventually lure the hunt hunter r Its It walls wall range rane from 90 to IROD 1603 feet above the th sea ea In early times timet It USIM used to he Iw mid said that tint only God and the th Indians Indiana knew of or It 1 its hidden wealth When HU heo I this country over oer to th tl the United States the theof legend of the he river was all that It had tad Its It sources source In a n mountain of or pure Imre copper a No Ko white whit tHan peen at that time had hd seen It and lived to tell tan about It astIOn KM t tIn Ion thus far shows that the legend about the river Bringing from a II of copper Is nut lot very ery for far Note Nol all tat but has IMS been heen written slut and told about Alaska Aluk little M ll yet known except by geographer and scientists of or Its It vast vt area areu With Its 1 outlying Islands It covers coven square miles If Ir I you ou will figure this up and compare It with Iowa for ex ox example x ample you ou will discover that Alaska 1 Is ten tea te times larger than the nake e eStAte State Slate As AI n unit It luis has an Independent shape sh larger than all the states dor dering on the Pacific ocean with Arl Arlona Au ona Iona and Nevada thrown In for goo coo oo measure UH Its It bays inlets Inlet Indentation In the coast and anil Its It Islands Island give gl It a coast count line lino of K OO miles In 1998 1908 It Its population UMI wu to be stout about am and this consisted of whites The Ph Indian H II use B never been definitely estimated soy say noe d x Kr i i e Ifa IGAl 9 anay Yo elf f t t Mi t II r II S t o in 1111 o The i he r t n xi nn for Cor til li II In I 1 net II in tin Ihl h act that I el fV ti v years vian i a new tribe a of r Wille there Ihra had i d veer tit no ao 0 1 10 The guilt gold product of ot flasks Marku in III HP lint I was This was WMS III In HitS 1908 In tellY the induct duct hues lias been bt 11 Th T rte gold Bold l hear bear hearIng bearIng r rIng Ing creeks In the lIe f 1000 miles from Nome are aMI many i 1 test l beneath benth the Hit he surface u o 1 the earth und ann I I i the tile entire depth Is III ground and i i gravel Kravel How slow can an It be Iu what 1 Iti III lite ble I e bidden JOn JOHN A CON CONN J |
