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For President—Col. Theodore Roosevelt.
For Delegate to Congress—James Wickersham
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, TUESDAY, MAY 23, 1916.
THE NEED OF MORE TRAILS.
While railroad transportation is the great problem in Al
aska, which is now lieing solved by the government, the build
ing of roads and trails, especially wagon roads for the trans
portation of machinery and supplies to the different mining
camps, is of great importance. In a country of such magnifi
cent distances as prevail in Alaska, the expense of constructing
highways L quite an item. And the system of construction so
far emploved has been piece-meal, as the Alaska Road Commis
sion has been handicapped for funds with which to do the nec
essary work to meet the demands of settlements in all parts ol
the territory.
The fact remains, however, that the development of the
mines are almost entirely dependent upon the building of trails
and some of the money appropriation for this purpose should
be expended in constructing feeders for the railroad, which
Uncle Sam is expending so much money on to open up the ter
ritory. The demand for more roads and the maintenance ol
those the miners themselves have built in this section is strong
and continuous. There is a big mining section adjacent to the
road which starts from Anchorage, which is being developed by
a sturdy mixture of the best elements of the Oaucassiali race.
In other words, the people of Alaska are of the same stock as
those who built Oregon, Washington and California, that stur
dy class which has ever been in the forefront of pioneering
since the days of Plymouth Rock.
These people ln\ve expended vast sums of money in the
blazing and staking of trails in order to he able to work their
claims, hut the fact remains that the greatest obstacle to the
progress of this northland is still the lack of transportation.
While the government is rendering a valuable service in the
building of a railroad we insist that Col. Richardson lias a duty
to perform in furnishing feeders for the “iron trail,’’ aud be
lieve that when the needs of this section are properly brought
to the attention of the chairman Qf the Alaska Road Commis
sion that he will give them the careful consideration that they
deserve. Aud having done this the work that is needed will
necessarily follow.
ALASKAN WOMEN PIONEERS.
We hear a great deal about pioneering and pioneers.
Rarely, however, do we see anything in song, verse or prose
alxnit the part played by women. Yet, when we come to think
of it, they are the real pioneers, for the home influence above
everything else, stands for permanency, progress and educa
tion.
In Alaska today there are many women whose lives have
been a living sacrifice in the great cause of human progress.
It must be remembered that Alaska was, and is today to a large
extent, a man’s country, rather than the habitation for women.
Man’s part haw been the active part, with the zest of the
game an absorbing task requiring all of his faculties. Woman’s
part has been a dull routine, a daily denial and self-sacrifice
of the many little things which are absolute necessities for
her comfort and happiness.
But they have played their part uncomplainingly. True,
some of them worn out with the secret heart-hunger that
found no audible expression; have found the rest that knows
no awakening, at leasfin this world of ours, and others have
been compelled to seek rest in sanitariums outside; yet, all
alike, those who have gone and those who remain, have left
their testimonials in the home like conditions, the schools, the
churches, the women’s club-, the native sons and daughters,
and the home comforts found in nearly every Alaskan com
munity today. Let us all reverence the work of these women
pioneers.
The bill of Congressman Houston for the policing of this
section of Alaska, during the construction of the government
railway, does not meet with favor by the residents of Anchor
age, as expressed at a mass meeting held the other night. A
vigorous protest against the passage of this measure has been
sent to Washington, nmd as there are some good friends of
this northland in both the House and Senate it is believed that
the proposed bill will meet with considerable opposition in
the committee rooms and also on the floor of Congress if it
gains sufficient momentum to get that far.
Anchorage extends greetings to Cordova and congratulates
its live Chamber of Commerce on the intelligent and persistent
wray in which it is going about to have the government build
a branch line from the Copper River railway to the Bering
river coal fields. That our neighboring town may be success
ful in its efforts is the wish of the Pioneer and people of this
section of the territory.
It is understood that Congress has not seen fit to increase
its educational appropriation for the unincorporated towns of
Alaska, and for that reason a number of the schools in out
lying districts, where there are many children who need tutor
age and instruction, must remain closed for another year.
The Pioneer’s suggestion that a company of the national
guard be raised in Anchorage has met with much favor and it
is hoped that the movement will grow until results are accom
plished.
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