Show r 14 foriest foxiest F 1 I 0 st service wants blant s alaska a state 41 0 A 1 WANT I 1 A for tant part of alaska jv f angl south or of the arctic circle and eggl cast of f the meridian of lang longitude liture 6 advocated by col william 11 greely 46 calef forester of the united states Ett ites in a report to the secretary sec retno of tn ln which lie that from tile the of the national forest and develop nent no happier step could be hilan t jhan ithan of that part of the territory to the full rights of on nil american r Ita cenis to le ie generally accepted 14 ahn n f te territory us a whole Is not ready for statehood says colnnel nl but unquestionably that part alt east cast of the morl meridian dian and eiith othe o the circle lias has tile the eco noal ii wealth and the stable law abid ing population which according to our historic policies and precedents have always been recognized by by c congress ris na entitling continental territory anil and people to self government it Is becoming evident the solution of the problem Is local self government app apparently antly the people of alaska Aliis kii want Is not tile the power to run the governments business or pr property in fit alaska but power to run their own business in short what alaska wants Is not that lint tile alio union should bo ousted from the territory but that alaska should be admitted to tile the union given by the he deportment of agriculture through the forest service and bureau of public roads in building up ull tin nn export lumber trade the basic worl going forward to the ment of the pulp ant and paper industry and the large burse expenditures which tire lire being mode made on forest rends together with a local tion colonel freeley says vire contributing on largely to td the growth und and prosperity tV of the territory |