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Show GOVERNMENT AND RAILROAD IN ALASKA. Tho Ogdenitcs who have Journeyed to Alaska agree that tho territory Is In need of railroad development, which, hy virtue of the present land laws of the United States, ns applied to Alaska, cannot be made possible un less the federal government Itself goes into railroad construction We see nothing wrong with the conservation policy in Alaska. Some such protection was necessary' to pro-vent pro-vent tho entire territory from being turned over to a few men to be ex plolted But with conservation should ,to government development Railroads should be built Into the coal fields the Interior agricultural lands and tho forest regions, and then the home builder should be Invited to mine the coal, till the soil and cut the trees the government exacting a toll only sufficiently large to cover Inter est. on the outlay, In addition to tho cost of upkeep, the profits to go to the bona fide settler The Wilson administration is committed com-mitted to a policy of development, according ac-cording to Secretary- of the Interior Franklin K Lane, who made this announcement an-nouncement yesterday: "I firmly believe that Alaska should I be aided as far as pssible In opening up her Immense resources. In time there will be a railroad or direct railroad rail-road communication between Chicago and Alaska Alaska pays $18 a cord for wood and Alaskan products in Chicago Chi-cago cost double what they should. "The first step will be a government-owned road to the seaboard from the coal fields. The next stop that 1 shall advocate Will he a government coaling station In one of those splen did land-locked Alaska harbors, where our Pacific fleet can be provisioned for a world cruise "But there must be quick action Alaska has 65.000.00tt acres of land where the grass grows waist high in summer It Is a tillable country There are 40.000 6elf supporting acres of moss growing wild. There la no reason why with proper transportation transporta-tion facilities, Alaska should not supply sup-ply this country and the world, for that matter, with a meat that Is more tasty and more nourishing than beef "Let congress appropriate money c-nouRii ror tnis ursi vinsKan nuiruau and there will be In the next two years a colonization movement to Alaska that will pale Into Insignificance Insignifi-cance the rush to the government lands within this country. Already the Canadian railroads have started a survey through the Peace river country to furnish a connecting link with the American northwest and direct di-rect railroad tickets from Chicago to Fairbanks are more than a posslblll ty." oo Young men and women should call and interview Mr H. L. Carl, at Reed Hotel. In Ogden. July 20, concerning appointments to civil service. rt |