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ENGLISH SUFFRAGETTES
CEASE AGITATION
LONDON, April 2.—After ten years'
continuous existence as the organ of
woman’s suffrage in England, the peri
odical “Votes for Woman” has ceased
publication.
“The time for an exclusively suf
frage journal has gone by.” it says in
its valedictory. “ ‘Votes for Women1
did its work for ten years; it was a
pioneer among women’s papers. It
comes to an end at a dramatic mo
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HIGH POSSIBILITIES OF ALASKA
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Uncle Sam picked, up a bargain
'bout half a century ago that may
lelp to settle many “high-cost-of-liv
ng” problems developed by the big
var. It is only within a comparatively
ihort time that the possibilities of our
lorthern territory of Alaska have been
:onsidered as a serious factor in our
ives, but recently a flour-mill has been
;stablished there, and it is now ac
tually grinding Alaska wheat. It is
estimated that there are 64,01)0,000
reres of land suitable for farming and
grazing, and if it had not been for the
demands made upon the soil by the
war, they might have lain idle for
years to come. For Alaska, while al
ways regarded as rich in minerals, has
never appealed as a tempting proposi
tion to the general farmer.
Aside from her agricultural possibil
ities, Alaska is rich in coal deposits,
and with the completion of the new
government railroad the United States
should be assured against another ruel
fainine in the near future. Here are
a few of the possibilities of Uncle
Sam's bargain as enumerated by the
Los Angeles Times, and which are the
result of a two months’ tour of the
far-north country by F. R. Feitshans,
a mining engineer of Los Angeles, who
predicts:
/ The reindeer ranches of the Far
North are destined to settle the meat
question for the United States.
The fisheries of the north coast
waters will be able to furnish practi
cally all the sea-food for the entire
country within the next century.
The gold, copper, and other valu
able mines of Alaska have scarcely
been scratched, and the next few years
will see an Alaskan boom not now
dreamed of by the most optimistic bus
iness men of the United States.
Of I'dlirsp fiftv vPiire cnri\ little uacs
known of Alaska by the people of the
United States, who regarded it as a
wild, barren country, and the little
price tag of $7,200,000 which Russia
had tied to it didn’t then look much
like a bargain-counter sale. In fact
President Andrew Johnson and Secre
tary of State Seward had a good bit of
explaining to do, for the purchase was
generally regarded by those who could
not foresee the future of the country
as an extravagant waste of public
funds. Some idea of the wealth of
our once lightly regarded “bargain”
may be gained from the following
article by the Washington correspon
dent of the Philadelphia Public
Ledger:
To attempt to visualize the Alaska
of the future is to indulge in dreams
of empire, because Alaska is fashioned
in a titanic way. So vast are her mm.
eral deposits that despite a yearly out
put of more than $32,000,000 it Is per
missible exaggeration to say that her
mineral resources have not been
touched. Her fisheries are yielding a
return of $20,000,000 a year and her
04,000,000 acres of land capable ot be
ing turned to agricultural uses ought
to support a rural population of at
least 10,000,000.
What will the development of this
storehouse of wealth and natural beau
ty mean to the people of the United
States? Mr. Meyer (assistant secre
tary of the interior), just returned
from an inspection of the railroad, out
lined for me some of the things now
being done there—things that are lit
tle known to the public generally. The
opening up of the mineral deposits is
lot the greatest thing the government
s doing, he said, but the development
>f the soil promises in time to make
Uaska the Mecca of ad\*inced farm
ing.
“The impression has been altogether
too prevalent that Alaska is a land of
snow, icebergs, and polar bears,” he
said to me. ‘‘We are just beginning
to realize what a wonderful storehouse
it is, and that its climate is, in many
respects, superior to that found in
many portions of the United States.
Vegetables of all kinds may be raised
in abundance. Recently a farmer in
Alaska announced that he had raised
seventeen tons of potatoes per acre
on his farm. At Fairbanks nine hun
dred tons of potatoes were produced
during the summer or 1915, and last
year the experimental farm of the
department of agriculture tested fif
teen different varieties. Much of the
agricultural land is of volcanic ash,
which is a proved advantage in the
growing of potatoes. Beets, cabbages,
carrots, and turnips are also raised. A
farmer living at Haines made this re
port recently to the government:
" ‘1 had about four acres under cul
tivation and I raised about three hun
dred sacks of turnips, about one hun
dred sack of rutabagas, one honored
fifty sacks of potatoes, and about WO
pounds of cabbage. I also raised eight
Hubbard squash that weighed twenty
pounds each, all ripe, and I had ten
pumpkins that weighed sixteen pounds
each, that were also ripe. I would
like to have sblne of your currlints.
gooseberries, and some grapes to try
i next year.’
“Since waiting that letter, Mr. Mc
Guire (the farmer) has more than
| doubled his acreage, and it would be
j interesting to hear his opinion of the
people who still persist in speaking of
his country as the ‘frozen North.’
“Another industry that is fast be
coming far-reaching is the raising of
reindeer. From a small beginning in
1892 these herds have increased to
more than 70,000, and reindeer meat
is now being exported to the states
and becoming an important part of
our food supply.
"More men each year are taking
their families to Alaska and locating
homesteads, knowing that they can
educate their children in Alaskan
schools, feed them with Alaskan meat
and vegetables, and pay their bills
with Alaskan gold. There is a market
for everything that can be grown, and
the increased population brought by
the railroad enlarges this market very
considerably. It is estimated that
there are 100,000 square miles suit
able for farming and grazing alone.
A scant 65,000 people are living there.
There is room for more, and the gov
ernment encourages the taking up of
homesteads by people in the states
who wish to make Alaska their home.”
“ ‘The flame of the Yukon’ burns for
all,” declared Mr. Feitsham upon his
return from Alaska. "It is no longer
the 'call of the wild’ that lures ad
venturers to that great empire of
wealth, and ‘the law of the North’ has
become the law of a prosperous and
civilized people. One of the richest
sections, if indeed not the richest of
United States territory, has hardly
been touched.”
Of the government railroad he says
in the Los Angeles Times:
While in the north I spent some ‘
time at Seward, the southern terminus
from which the new government rail
road is being built north to Fairbanks.
This is the road authorized by Presi
dent Wilson, and which has »een in
course of constructon since 1914. It
is a significant fact that this road was
begun in the year that saw the'begin
ning of the great war. The bill au
thorized the construction of one thou
sand miles of railroad, which, when
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