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Saturday Oct. 15th. 1921.
ALASKA DAY
Alaska Day, October 18th,
marks the fifty-fourth annivers
ary of the transfer of what is
now the Territory of Alaska
from Russia to the United States
This vast Empire containing
approximately 600,000 square
miles of territory was purchas
ed for $/,200,000, representing
less than two cents per acre.
The total mineral production
of Alaska, from the date of pin
chase to the year 1920, was more
than sixty times the purchase
price.
The fisheries during the last
decade alone have yielded more
than forty times the amount of
the purchase price.
There is every reason to believe
that neither of these great ind
ustries has reached the peak of
production. The coal and
oil fields are practically unex
plored. Those who know,
state that the coal fields of the
Matanuskaand the Nenana riv
er valleys are more than equal
in extent to the original coal
fields of West Virginia and Penn
sylvania.
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Timber for use in tbo paper
and pulp industry is being util
ized for the first time in the
history of the Territory
Billions of cords of such wood
I are situated at points which
jure readily accessible to present
l or possible mill sites. Willinm
j H. Seward certainly caused Unc
le Sam to sow seed which was
destined to bring forth many an
hundred fold when he urged and
consummated the purchase of
Alaska.
But Alaska day should have a
broader significance than as the
j anniversary of the addition <»f a
| vast amount of wealth to the Un
ited States.
As we celebrate the day we
should see beyond the territory’
beyond immediate and future
treasu re.
The observance of the day
should inspire in i very woman,
every boy and girl, a love far
and loyalty to this great North
land and to the nation of which
we are a part, and should make
each realize anew what it means
to be under the influence of Am
erican ideals and a citizen of the
greatest republic in the world.
— Alaska School Bulletin —
Marshal Foch Is Training In
Readiness For His Visit To
The United States
Marshal Foch is expected to
Seattle and Spokane next month
'according to information receiv
ed by the Strte Department of
the American,
Advices from France state
the Marshal had gone into one
! month’s training for the round
of banquets when he visits the
| United States Fochdeclnr
eel that when Marshal Fa.volle re
| turned from tlm United States,
| he was on the verge of dyspepsia
“If the Americans insist on
j banqueting me,” said Marshal
Foch, “I am afraid the Battle
of America will be my undoing.
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