Show WHEN ALASKA WAS PURCHASED With each cach the fore foresight foresight sight of the man who gave Alaska to this country becomes more generally understood mul For that matter long ago the tho purchase of Alas Alasha lea ha was recognized as a profitable deal for fOl the tho United States says sas the Butte DUlle As development pro proceeds coeds an and It it IH rapidly wonder will grow Into a amazement that Secretary poll policy C In respect to the tho acquisition of the tho territory could have hac been had It iu I oled many times the actual outlay on the lie part o of this country There I Iare are still living many who remember tho Elto bitter bittor attacks brought on the oc ec rotary of war for advocating the pur e of Alaska from RussIa So Sa bit bitter I Iter ter were some sarno of those attacks that i ithe the they reverted upon those who ho made mado 1 them fo 01 Seward lived rI long enough to make maleo sure that there thero was no reason to regret the of rich richest est cst colonial possession Since the tho discovery of gold ill In the Klondike Alaska has been attracting ng public attention as before For Forthe Forthe the of gold In Canadian tern tor tory led to important discoveries on the tho American side The presence of gold Id In that fara faraway n land had harl been known for tor many years before the dill dl cove covery of the tho Ion For morn than thana a decade a flood of gold has haa been corn com coming cornIng ing to the states from Alaska and In recent years other Industries have been boen prominence The Tue ad advertising the has received through the Seattle fair doubtless I will accelerate development Yet af after after ter nil all Alaska Is but In its ts infancy |