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Show LIGHTS FOR ALASKA'S COAST. fH Fourteen shipwrecks in northern itl I v.nters since 1908, tho Iosk of good lll I vessels and thoir cargoes and the losi ll I of many liven, is a solemn reminder' Hl j lhat the federal government has been hl woefully remiss in not providing Il proper and adequate aids to naIga- 'ill lion on the coast of Alaska ' I The loss of the Ramona noar Span .M j ish islands Is merely a repetition of wbat has been happening for some il I yoars In Alaska waters. Fortunately IH J no lives wero lost when the Ramona ' jlH sank, but a considerable amount of H property went down with the vessel ll Tho wreck of tho Ramona and the jH wreck of other vessels on the Alaska ( coast could and would have been IH avoided if tho federal government IH j ha?l provfded proper and necessarv jH aids to navigation on the coast of il i Alaska. The Ramona was lost main- H h, if .not altogether because there H ' were no lights on tho coast at the , jH 1 point where tho vessel sought to pass l H between Cape Decision and Spanish M I islands Lights at that point would M -have 'saved the ship from the rocks A H i It Is little short of criminal for iH the federal government longer to nog- ' ', lect the manifest needs of naxigation H ' In northern waters. Commerce be- H tweon Alaska and the states is read- H Uy increasing. Every year more men jH ! and women visit the northern country H on business and pleasure . jH i Travel between points in Alaska ? H ' and points south should be made safe jil j Travel will nover be what It ought H to be until the federal government H meets its obligations In this matter. H Nor can we hope fullv to develop the r H commerce between Alaska and this ' H section until wo piovide more ade- H quate safeguards for vessels that po H Into northern waters. Shins are not ii H built to be sont to the bottom of the ' M Enough treasure has been lost In J H Alaska waterB to havo provided for I H tho northern coast aids to navigation H equal in efficiency to those maintains 1 tM 1 on tho Atlantic coast, and it Is noth- j ing to the credit of the government l B 1 that these losses are directly due to H the governments failure to do the jH square thing by tho ooople and Inter- H enLs of the North Pacific coast. In l H the Interoat of human life, no loss -j H than In tho Interest of property rights 4 M It is timo for the federal governmenf j M to put adequate aids to navigation on 1 M Alaska's coast lino. H |