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NEW FRONTIERS
Alaska, it is true, is essentially a frontier. Unquestion
ably, despite the pessimism of Alaskans themselves, the
Territory can in time support a population of millions.
But, as Dr. Raymond Moley points out in his magazine,
Today, Alaska is after all a part of the old frontier. It is a
part of the great west that was settled as pioneers pushed on
and one. Now they must push on—or be pushed on—to Al
aska.
But Dr. Moley sees a new frontier. He points out that
the migration of families to Matanuska Valley “probably re
ceived more publicity than all the combined efforts of the
government to transfer marginal families. That,’’ he ex
plained, “is easily understood. Alaska is about all that is
left of the old frontier, while the new frontier all around us
has yet to be dramatized.”
'He adds that “the conquest of this new frontier will
consist of reorienting ourselves to changes in markets, chan
ges in soils, perhaps even changes in climate. Pressing
social and economic needs make necessary the resettlement
of considerable parts of our much neglected domain, the
moving of hundreds of thousands of families from worn-out
lands to new , . . Perhaps the biggest long-time job that
we face in this country is resettlement and all that it im
plies. We are just beginning to tackle it, realizing as Am
erica must that instead of vainly wailing for foreign trade
it should gird up its loins and make a nation out of the re
sources that lie on every hand. ’
Still, while Alaska is essentially of the old frontier, it
also is of the new. The Territory has been sparsely popu
lated. Its land is nearly 100 per cent under control of the
federal government. If the government does actually em
bark on a thorough and far-seeing program of rehabilitation,
Alaska must benefit.
Here in the Territory are many opportunities for pro
gress through the development of natural resources. Our
forests, ideal for playgrounds, for the manufacture of lum
ber, and for the manufacture of newsprint, are as yet almost
wholly untapped. Our fisheries still are capable of devel
opment through improved use of waste and various new
methods of preparation for the consumer. Our mineral re
sources are many and varied, awaiting ultimate develop
ment to prove their true worth. Our agricultural resources
have scarcely been more than realized.
Indeed, taken from the premise that “America must . .
. . gird up its loins and make a nation out of the resources
that lie on every hand,” Alaska may well consider itself
fortunate. For it combines all the elements of the new
frontier with that of the old.
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The remains of 28 bodies were
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From the graves also came numer
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with the dead. An old sewing ma
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Grafting on Eye
Gives Patient His
Return To Sight)
Cornea of Dead Baby Has Enabled
- Man to See With Both Eyes
(By The Associated Press)
New York, June —Fremont H.
Clark of Wadena, Iowa, who had
the cornea of a still-born infant’s
eye grafted into his left eye, blind
ed two years ago, was discharged
from the eye institute of the Colum
bia Presbyterian Medical center.
Doctors said the operation enab
les him to distinguish the movement
of a hand at a distance of two feet.
Clark will remain in attendance!
at the hospital clinic two or three
months more, during which time it
will be established whether the
transplanted portion of the cornea
will clear sufficiently to give him
useful vision.
Clark, a construction foreman,
lost his sight when cement splash
ed into his eyes. On April 3 Dr.
Ramon Castroviejo, Spanish sur
geon, performed the delicate opera
tion. When the stitches were re
moved Clark said he could see dim
ly
Doctors doubted him, explaining
“there is a subjective stimulant
which may have given him the sen
sation of sight, such as stars seen af
ter a punch in the eye." They de
clared another two or three weeks
would be required to determine
whether the operation had accom
plished even a part of its purpose.
Those weeks have passed and the
doctors admit Clark can see after a
fashion. The transplanted cornea
has taken root in the man’s eye.
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