Show ALASKA 11 I 1 I 1 LE KNOWN au 01 OP FUR TIff ST PAINTS mw urn itt kihun SAYS PH HIS HIN ir 1 1111 OP 01 GOV ast 1st IS INQ PROS rinh UH ASI AND HOLDING MCK BACK BY SCOTT U C GOVERNOR OV OP ALASIA editors C of if alaska lomeii his northen nort heri home with ft a gleat it eat passioni ho be lioves tit in it aud and what is more to thi alu point for or tho the reader reactor lie ho knows it in ill the following lie tells telis ot at main things lit in connection with hla his homo home land that aro are to the averail mail and also gives voice to hopu that may gleat things thing not for Altis tita but for the entire as 06 well fow few people kno alaska fewer still comprehend it lu lit jil all its gic Ala shans in ili majol num boto have seen scon little of alaska light eight out alit ot of ton tali of them havi glimpsed only dinall sections Bec llana of thi th loin err tory 11 ilia lie average citizen of tho the populous along the coast thinks of Alit alaska fika in ili of 0 Ketch ketchian kan junold Jut teat cordova Cordo valdez anti and seward to bilm this average alaska citizen I 1 alaska its HB it a whole la is almost as aa unknown as it is to tile tha average citizen or of tile tho outside world llie ilio tourist who visits thosa these shores shares Is overwhelmed with tile tho actinic every tilde rilde from dixons entrance Ent ranco through tho the inside pas sago to skagway nt at tile head ot of lynn canal and perchance por chanco on over tho the while lansa lit in tho the yukon territory to orso tint if hla hill jo journo rno ands there lie doaa not flat know alaska ile iio has soon only tho the beginning of Al alaska tala alaska lies iles beyond of great tho the magnitude of alaska square miles or nearly ono one kittil tin the of the american union tit in the unopened a 0 tile tho territory the possibility ot of a goll gen ebal an and it knowledge ol 01 alanga 1 illustrative 0 of tile tho prevailing min information la Is tho instance of at thi th tin 1 young soldier who returning from overseas visited ft a school friend it i doston boston and nt at a social gathering wat pointed out ng as li hailing alling faoul alaska does docs speak Eng english liall aske asked d miss highbrow highbrown High brow adjusting her glasses anu anti inspecting him interestedly edly Sto fanson college bred Is all an illuminating discussion ol of tho the north that never was gives approval to the irloa me 1 I of a cambridge prod pru thor achor that eliat tile tho country needs a national university of bohte unlearning himself would nt fit into tho the alaskan chair of tile tho institution ution or otili equally ally so eo dr alfred brocha tile geologist goolo glat or major J C gotwals practical road ballder who has haa the terri tory and knows it from A to Z SO profound pio found a statesman as daup danil who americas tu fu ture tuie could see aeo nothing worthy of at consideration west ot at the rocky mountains therefore Thero toro we may ina be 10 patient with a twentieth centura denseness den that still ignorantly visualizes alaska alaila as a country of ice and snow ts mountains and bills ellla laden with precious metals and its glacial scenery unsurpassed but really fitted for habitation only by polar bears choso 31 Misconception long 3 something more potential with tho the than a national university of polite unlearning Is required to correct and dispel cheso ridiculous popular misconceptions about alaska and force upon the public mini mind a fair and accurate knowledge knowl edgo of this groat great northland alaska la is not a monumental leborg or glacier it Is not snowbound and in the grip ot of bitter biting ele elements mento it 8 not cut oft from tile the world it its ports save those in tho region of tho the artie artac circle are open tho the year around its lit in abo ili hi tenor tit in midwinter mid winter Is no more yo he yoro than in fit tile tho Nor ihorn nil and far western status states ltd its climate on oil the k is generally and chimblo citi alile vita ingilli rainfall ruin dill but to tile climate of portland jortland and seattle blizzards such lucli ali ago lugo I in minne tho the dakotas and montana and occasionally lit in now new yuri aik oik and tho the abt uro are sometimes od in ill liu lie northernmost pirt part ol of thu borri ory but art aio if nn 1111 to lu coastal alaska Alii bita and A lasita AH a whole millions ol of pomplo live happily and brive tit in awl und and tit sections Botio iia ot our om own country under kinder atio conditions no lio allore favor ulo iulo if not niom olvero than tile tho iono lal ellin of alaska AHia liua 8 ceib ill a ILI cally und and on oil the chast coat beigl and il ind atlon hut hot lit in tile anu tom erat niu ranging from 80 to oi 90 acua la is ui fit tile rde circle tile thu loin ury ory flowers and barrios grow in ili pro nio llull long diya days aa wnm still give htiu dy gUV LII to pliant afo fe 1 la Is a vunia blo lloil kwoi 0 v 01 in jubil july jut anti august file li tillight suit still on oil tile la is wortie traveling uc of miles lu seo spec lully klitin it mt all I 1 htiu iu peak ut of inu morleA ii continent diw punning Lit liquids ildi al alaska aku iuliu iv squair alle of agricultural lanas huma and loua hundreds of occupied homesteads in III bin ail mil ill of i ft f were grown sold ill lie lilli Tal uini lalla alloy alono tho patit fotr actor yo our ir i 18 in ia leasing cultivation how flow uio are these theao and kindled truths alaska to bo be firmly planted in ili lie ho popular anil and tho oid tile the halt half ti truths atlis forever boradt fated CA ted flow Is tile the roil real alaska to bo be re 10 front froni tile or of rancy fancy alii shod upun upon it 11 nod foundation ot of tact fact uy by opening alaska tri tn settlement y inviting capital cipiti il anti pouolo t ome in ili and milking making it t nay easy for foi ilioiu gain a foothold by unlocking its iti iles awl and fre frecking cling the territory om rod red tapo tape rulo rale by aini vini 1111 of 0 of 1 ballias nima bored ed by and iilo tho the los and alli ests tie ho it bottling up alasau nd ad whose aloas hao been beco impett vuly vely tried and clearly fluid foil yd want is ig by proceeding wall wali tile tho dovelio lent ent of alaska as a I 1 big lo position by tile foolish demagogical fear that any tf 0 blell tury avor cun call or in ver iver will gobble up 1111 so sa lingo hugo it a laim lait i I 1 a 3 alaska or at a material section tewo f r and finally by realizing lat alaska mid alid gifun ill an ionest chanco chance will imset I 1 lid go ahead and wrt wax opulent aidi evolor grandly gi andl and luxuriously just t is a tile the western dolli alli ot of tile the u I 1 I 1 spite ot daniel websters We Web batera oters ou seurt islon and durk dark foreboding furo boding eased and pros nud gaw afew into tates tales anti and added bright to ohl lory jory than and all liot hot until thou then wilt will aaita 1 become known to tile corli woi li nd tile tho truths nebout alaska anil and endure for ull all time As a ilist step toward all this uncle um lit lias haa complo completed ted tile tha tali 1011 of a railroad rail roid from tile hie cuza to aisi ane ito ato tile the interior djoni coward tu ti tit at a I 1 cost of fifty odd ml llona lions and lie ho has 1118 leon been spending addi lional millions lit in tile thu building ur of loans auit anti trails tha means tit the opening up of masha alaska that it a 8 nu to bo be tee Moi cover undo uncle sam la Is proposing through congrow Congio Con grom aa to substitute n 1 workable bystol I 1 of all al ill I 1 in alaska tor fur the unworkable halting Inelli ine clont and utterly impossible system of bureaucratic |