Show WHAT ALASKA IS GOOD POP A correspondent of a I 1 itts bur pa per bivs IV hat of alaska lirag and grazing purposes it is worth nothing for timber but little ita mineral resources may be great b t these are et to be ascertained and developed it is nali however in furs and 1 sh and these cannot be exhausted td for to come it has a num her of canneries lor c inning and the largest lish oil plant in tl i world its tish silmon halibut and cod it is slid are superior to any others redoubt this business will be 1 irtely extended it will never grow into statehood but always be i tern tory a distant out of the way colony its greatest value to the citizens or the union will be as a s resort and for this it is worth tl e 87 paid for 11 1 have visited most of the places in the united baates and re nar kable for thur natural scenery I 1 h ave never seen any thing aquil to tie trip from to sitka it its vast stretch of waters it is not abely named the mediterranean of america 0 o sich s ich body of water is elsewhere to be seen on the earth in patches of low ground and beautiful green islands it resembles the bt law rence and the ault ate mane river ex ceede them in the number of narrow winding passages in occasional broad sweeps of waters with out stretching ocean view s it rivals the great lakes in high precipitous mountains ins erous inlets and fiorda fiords it is like the west coast of norway in bare naked rocks rising up perpendicularly for thousands of ctet the abysses be low it is greated than the saginaw in loftly snowcapped snow capped mountains it is but little inferior to the alps while it far exceeds them in the number and size of its glaciers V ith such a combination of rous scenery there is not an hour scarcely animate when the attention is not called to something new and attract alve I 1 here is no monotony no sameness in addition to the natural seen cry of land and water there are the charm and variety ct ammal life the sweep of eagle ou the mountain sides ja ens and crow s on the lower lulls pulls in the air ducks and snipes in the water the lep of salmon tie roll of dolphins and the spouting of whales the waters aie teeming with life not an hour i asses but locks of ducks may be senor of fash i laying and sporting in the water sometimes bome times a dozen dolphins will lace the bolt for half a mile or so and I 1 have seen a school of whales of twenty or more blow ing at the same time |