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Show plNNElOlRR I BOOSTS ALASKA M "The Industrial awakoning o Alas- Ha is at hand." said Konnoth Kerr, ho arrhfld from Seattle yesterday. "Tho proscilt season will shew the H CTcntcst results In several lines of in-H in-H SuBtrj- ever known to tho territory. H This showing will bo largely due to B"tho new copper mines being doveloped Hin Prince William sound and along tho H'linc of tho now ''Copper River & M Northwestern rallwav. H "Prospectors -for quartz mines have been scouring this new region and some good flndB aro being reported. H "A large number of now salmon canneries will be erected in south- eastern Alnskn this summer. Last H rear was the best on record for the salmon Industry, but the present year will show still greater results. "With tho new gold and copper H output, tho added salmon canneries H and declopmont In lumbering and H agriculture, the total value of Alaska products for 1912 will, it is expected, roach tho sum of $50,000,000, which H considering the small population wllu H-fto remarkable. -Juneau, tho capital, Is having an H industrial boom and much mining ac- tivity is seen in that district. H "Our steamship and railroad lines H aro using every effort to aid In tho H industrial development and tho out-H out-H look scorns very bright." BL Mr. Kerr is the industrial agent for H tfe-Alaska Steamship company and H tho Copper River route and Is rnak-H rnak-H jng a lour of tho interraountain conn,-H conn,-H try establishing agencies and outlin-H outlin-H Jng a general colonization plan for H the especial development of tho vast H areas susceptible to agricultural uses. |