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Show NOT OPTIMISTIC OYER ALASKA Philadelphia, Sept. 9. President James McCrea, of the Pennsylvania railroad company, vho returned a tew days agolfrom Alaska, js not so optimistic about the Sramediato future of that grcat territory as are ;ome other persons,' He sjiys that the value val-ue of Alaska lies in Us mineral resources re-sources and rishorloij, and, on account of topography and climatic conditions, condi-tions, a largo part of the territory cannot for a Jong time come to bo seir-suf;talning from an agricultural standpoint. |