Show possibility of new U S territory ry to separate first judicial I 1 district from the rest of alaska washington the possibility of tile iho united states having a now flow territory pro presents itself by the announcement mot the ali proposal to separate alir first judicial district front from tile the rest of alaska received a majority vote lit in the november territorial elections alaska in the minds ot of most citizens of the ho united states Is n country of mountains mines rigid now know similar clin llor throughout Ilo however wever that section which recently hns hits voted to become a separate territory Is separated from the rest of alaska by a wall of fee no living man it 11 to er crossed ased explains a bulletin from the national I 1 geographic society how would tile map of lot alaan be changed by the formation of a new territory land tall of miles alaska presents a groat great square block wedged cornerwise between north america anti and siberia obstructing au an open channel of the pacific ocean to ilia hie north pole on the lie southernmost corner of tho the square block Is a tall of land extending down don the tha coast in tile the direction of seattle it runs southward for WO COO miles from tho the longitude boundary between een alaska proper and canada tills section reaches back from tho coast to tho the watershed of the canadian idock les fes a distance varying from 50 to miles it Is known as tho the first judicial district or tho ilia juneau district of the ilia four judicial districts of alaska the first has the largest population of white men and in most re ou the others although the third division along the southern reaches of the peninsula looms larger in many important commercial factors of four alaskan cities which had a population of more than 1000 in 1020 juneau ketchikan anti and sitka the former capital of alaska are located in the first division while fairbanks which has hag a population only one fifth as great as the combined populations of juneau and ketchikan Is located on the tanana river in the fourth judicial district ice separates districts the wall of ice which separates lower alaska from upper alaska Is made up of hundreds of glaciers moving down the steep sides of the rocky mountains which tower above the inland passage this passage Is an arm of the sea forming a breakwater between the ocean and the mainland so ruggedly mountainous and wild Is this section of the coast particularly between skagway and the copper river section in the third judicial district that no explorer has traveled by land entirely over american territory from juneau or skagway to the other district wire communication between the two parts of alaska is maintained by submarine cable and by a telegraph line through canada down tile the yukon valley but physical communication Is either by boat across the gulf of alaska or through the skagway gate to the yukon and thence to central alaska even the shortest journey from juneau roseward to Seward takes all of two days a longer trip than from new york to kansas city population distribution bears upon the recommendation of the alaska citizens of the first judicial district the whole territory hris has now a population ot of half of which are natives lower alaska claims of this total but it has whites to natives juneau lit in lower alaska Is the present capital of the territory and the residence of the governor the conception that alaska Is it a country of mountains Is as erroneous as the conception that it Is as cold as greenland at juneau the temperature pera ture seldom goes below zero heat prostrations Prost rations in alaska at fairbanks which Is lit in the same latitude as iceland three men were prostrated by the heat last summer Fali brinks Is the lie center of a great section which would surprise the in dIvI duril who expected only mountains in alanda away from tile the south const the country brick back of the barrier of mountain ranges lies broadly fog 11 irrena inland plateau rolling gently north to the reaches of the bering sert sen tanana and fairbanks are centers of a growing crowing agricultural Is in liming success in producing crops the big inland plain Is in cited let chiefly ly by huge herds of reindeer relm leer carded by native owners hobt of the minerdt mIne miner mt for chich alaska 14 noted gold silver and copper are found in both upper and lower alaska tie the juneau distri district I 1 t produces three times na m much gold cold na as the rest of al iska find it hits hils some of the great copper mines of if tile the country A further contrast between the two see sec tiong Is s found in statistics while 1618 1518 gelpi cleared lit fit the fishing alth port of only clear logs inga were mere reported for all other oilier alaskan ports in 1022 lower alaska lone lias been the object ive of most of the tourists aho visit to o american switzerland tit alie ninga maga nitle ent scenery of the inland focused much interest but aitla the completion of the great tanana river bridge on the seward eward I fairbanks rull gitil road past year many visitors are pushing on across the gulf oi of alaska to see the beauties and wonders of the interior as did the late president and big party |