THE NOME DAILY NUGGET
GEO. S. MAYNARD. Editor
RUSSELL G. MAYNARD, Manager.
Published every evening except Sunday by the NOME PUBLISHING
COMPANY, Nome, Alaska.
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YOUNG ALASKA'S OPPORTUNITY
(Anchorage Daily Times)
Floods of letters are coming into Anchorage by each
mail asking information regarding Alaska. They come
from every part of the United States, especially from west
ern and mid-western states.
Many of the letters are addressed to the Anchorage
chamber of Commerce, others to the general office of the
Alaska railroad, others to the mayor and other members of
the city council, some to the Times and some to various busi
ness houses and cities.
Innumerable questions are asked in respect to the coun
try. The offices receiving the letters are hard pressed to
give all the information and to answer all the questions
asked.
The suggestion has been put up to the superintendent
and staff of the Anchorage schools that the students of the
higher classes, especially in the high school, write to the
persons making the inquiries, answering in detail each and
every writer. Here is an opportunity for every student to
practice writing and at the same time distribute information
on Alaska to eager seekers.
If the suggestion be followed, every precaution against
inducing pepole to come to Alaska who might become strand
ed and become public charges—but with proper safeguards
and check by older persons there is much real interest the
young writer can cover.
Any letters written must first of all be accurate. The
writers must be cautious to make no erroneous statements
and not to paint too rosy a picture, and not to induce people
to come here who are not properly equipped and prepared to
meet the Alaska conditions. This could all be provided
against in carefully supervised letters. The letters could be
scanned and edited by older and more experienced persons,
says the officers and the members of the chamber of com
merce and others. The city of Fairbanks recently publish
ed a circular for sending out to the people writing there for
information and especially to those of the job-seeking class,
warning them against rushing into the country hoping to
find work and not coming properly prepared to meet and
cope with conditions. Anchorage might prepare and issue
a circular of the same character to be enclosed with each
letter written by students. The recipient of the replies then
would be fully warned and know what to expect.
The government project for colonizing the Matanuska
area has caused many to write to this area for information.
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They ask a thousand and one questions and no two letters
are alike. This necessitates an individual letter in reply
to every inquiry. This is where student letters may well
fit in together with a blanket precaution.
The student, in gathering data for his letter, would
learn to be accurate and thorough, and will be required to
make a careful detailed summary of conditions about him.
This should be highly educative. The youth of Alaska
should know their Alaska and know it in every detail. In
replying to the average letter of inquiry they must know
about the climate, the length of productive seasons, the
manner of acquiring property, farm lands or mineral lands,
something about fishing, farming and other conditions. All
this could be attractively embraced in letters, and there is
no reason why several letters could not be sent from several
writers to each inquirer. If each letter so sent out bore the
(). K. of a responsible older person of standing in the com
munity, the epistle no doubt would be helpful to the re
leipient.
Often time letters come from prospective tourists, hunt
ers and travelers as well as the prospective settlers. Some
are interested in flowers—and it would be difficult to sum
marize all the phases of northern life in which the inquir
ers are interested. Each letter sent out should and could
be made attractive as well as scrupulously truthful. In
some instances profitable exchange of correspondence may
be established.
Older heads here are inclined to take up the suggestion
and act upon it. Others in the Territory might act similar
ly in respect to letters to their sections. The whole prop
osition opens a field of exploitation that may prove profit
able to Alaskans as a whole and to the young people who en
;eavor to do their part in telling the true story of Alaska.
THE FAIRER COURSE
Speedy passage of the entire “social security program”
of the administration is urged upon Congress so that State
Legislatures now in session may at once enact such laws as
may be required for cooperation and participation. The
olea is plausible, in a way, since it is obviously impossible
for the states to act until they know what is expected of
them. On the other hand, the administration program in
dudes many items, not all closely related to one another.
The fairer course would be to segregate consideration; and
i he chances are that speedier results would thus be attained
than by trying to jam the program through as an undigested
and indigestible whole.—Seattle Times.
Many merchants are filled with admiration for the
merchandise they sell. They should be. But self-admir
ation won’t sell goods. If they don’t use newsppaer adver
tising they will find the object of their admiration getting
nowhere—likewise their business.
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