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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1920
ALASKA NEEDS ONLY FRIENDLY
HELP TO GROW
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An effort will be made during this
•ession of congress to concentrate all
Alaska administrative affairs in the
department of the interior.
The department contemplates the
formation of a special bureau to deal
with territorial matters, with a view
to the speeding up of their disposi
tion.
At the present time this control is
exercised by three departments—in
terior, agriculture and commerce.
One deals with public lands, an
other with forests, and still another
with the waters of Alaska.
A reform originating in one depart
ment may have to travel through all
three before it can be made effective.
The remedying of an evil situation
may call for joint effort on the part
of bureau chiefs obeying the instruc
tions of three cabinet officers.
Centralization of authority is neces
sary if Alaska is to get anywhere.
Aetion is essential if the resources of
the country are to be made available
- and population is to be attracted
to it.
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it not possessed so much of readily
©btained wealth, the territory today
would possess only a fraction of its
- present white .population.
And that population, at this mo
ment, is but at, small part of the total
which it could and would support
were the administration of its af
fairs more intelligent and were the
utilization of its riches systematically
atteempted.
Alaska needs only friendly help to
grow. It possesses eveervthing pos
sessed by Norway and Sweden in the
way of climate and agricultural pos
sibilities. Its coastal sections enjoy
a climate milder than that of the
American Middle West—milder, in
fact, than that of Washington, D. C.
Its mineral resources have been
only scratched. Of metals, it possesses
a seemingly inexhaustible store, while
coal is plentiful, forests are extensive
and water power is abundant.
Alaska’s lack of development is due
solely to the failure of the govern
ment to attempt its energetic devel
opment.
Centralization of administrative au
thority in a single department in a
single bureau unquestionably would
be of immediate and far-reaching ben
efit to the country and, through the
utilization of its wealth, to the United
States.—Seattle Times.
VOICE OF THE ALASKA PRESS
They say that when peace-time duty
calls the navy is deaf in the daytime
—that the sailors only waken and be
come active at night. That may be
why the navy wireless between Cor
dova and Nulato is not working today.
The only two messages we have re
ceived in the past twenty-four hours
are good ones, however—the Nome
Nugget hasn’t suspended, and Lloyd
George is jazzing his young life away.
—Fairbanks News-Miner.
After having had the matter up for
discussion a number of times during
fehe past year, the Nenana Commercial
Club has placed itself squarely on rec
ard as favoring an immediate and
substantial increase in wages paid to
•mployes of the Alaskan engineering
commission in the Northern division.
The sentiments of the members were
freely expressed at a meeting of the
organization held last night, and there
was not one present who opposed the
plan to take up the wage question.—
Nenana News,
Senator Smoot’s bill permitting
homestead entries on coal, oil and gas
lands in Alaska ought to pass. There
have been lands reserved on account
of the known presence of coal which
have been so reserved for many years,
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that are suitable for agricultural pur
poses. The presence on them of coal
suitable for commercial purposes 'in
quantity that would make their opera
tion practicable may not be estab
lished for many years, or never at
all. The Smoot bill would allow
homesteaders to enter such lands and
make them productive whenever they
so desired. The bill should pass.
There are lands in Alaska that would
now be furnishing homes and employ
ment for peopel that are idle and may
always remain idle if some such meas
ure as this is not passed, or the res
ervations abolished.—Juneau Empire.
This is the time of the year when
the prospector lies in his bunk, and
lies and lies—in his bunk. And thei
sometimes he goes out and peddlei
the bunk. If it were not for the pros
pector there would be no mines. S<
that makes him the world’s greates
benefactor. He is also the champioi
romancer of ancient and moderi
times. What a pity it is that hi!
romances might not every one comi
true—what a wonderful world i
would be! All power to this noble ad
venturer. May his overalls never be
beyond patching, and his bean poi
never go empty. Nine times but o:
ten he believes everything he says
and the rest of us are not compelled
to share his fine delusions, though we
are fortunate in being able to enjoy
their telling. The prospector is a
grown-up child, living in a delightful
land of make-believe—and we all love
him.—Hyder Miner.
Full Price Paid for the Secrets of the Air;
We Must Not Pay Again
PRESIDENT PAINLEVE, French Air Commission
Flying is the true heir to the war. Onr heroic youth in the air by
their incredible daring, by their lives and deaths, have taught the world
more than it could have learned in 50 or 100 years of peace flying.
It is for us to see that the world does not lose this precious, precarious
knowledge.
The present generation of pilots, war-trained, is much the most im
portant there will ever be. Tl*ey are the bearers of a precious knowledge
which if lost will take decades of toil and risk equal to those already past,
to bring it back to the same level again. We have paid the full price for
the secrets of the air; we must see that at all costs this terrible price does
not have to be paid again.
Left to itself, commercial flying, as it is at present, would perhaps
sink to the level of a holiday sideshow—five-mile trips at so much per
head. Governments must back it with money and encouragement so that
the young pilots may not be lost to the art in opening up new lines and
methods for its expansion.
The country which will do this courageously, in spite of the burden
the war has laid upon it, will reap an enormous advantage.
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REINDEER IS THE MEAT OF THE FUTURE j
Fresh meat yearly to the amount
of 1,^50,000,000 pounds at a production
cost of 1 cent a pound—utilizing noth
ing but lands which at the present
time are considered unproductive.
That is one of the aims of Vilhjalmur
Stefansson, arctic explorer.
“Reindeer constitute the future
meat supply of the world—or a major
ity of it. Twelve years ago the rein
deer industry was put on a commercial
basis with 1,200 head. Today~ there
are over 200,000. No females are be
ing killed, only the surplus males—
80,000 head this year. "•
“The reindeer and caribou are the
same ; the reindeer is domesticated and
the caribou wild. The reindeer, which
was domesticated before history be
gan, can grow fat where cattle would
starve to death.
In Alaska there are 100,000 square
miles of land suitable for grazing pur
poses. In northern Canada there are
l,000,00t>. The supply of reindeer will double every three years. In 20 years
Alaska alone will be able to ship 5,000,000 carcasses a year.
“These can be delivered at Seattle for $4 a head. The hide alone is now
bringing better than that. And reindeer meat is sold on the market for 29%
cents a pound. The average weight per carcass is 150 pounds.”
Stefansson gained deserved fame by first showing that civilized man can
travel in the arctic and live on the country.
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TRAPPERS TRADERS
SHIP TO
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DEALER IN
RAW FURS
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Alaska Building 127 W. 27th St.
Ship direct to New York for highest prices paid for Raw
Furs. Your shipments are handled by expert graders and New York
market prices are paid on correct grading the day received. If de
sired, your shipments will be kept separate, in order that our prices
may be approved by you. Providing that our valuation does not prove
satisfactory, the Furs will be returned to you, transportation charges
prepaid. Ship by Insured Parcel Post or Express. Ship in a dry
condition. Always inclose an itemized list of contents with name and
address. All payments are made by check on the Seattle National
Bank, or in any other manner desired. Special instructions, if any, to
accompany shipment.
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THOROUGHLY MODERN. NEAREST TO EVERYTHING
POPULAR PRICES
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Corner First Avenue and Pine Street
Seattle, Wash.
J. A. FARNHAM and E. TAYLOR, Proprietors.
4 Headquarters for Alaskans
Ted Taylor, formerly chief steward S. S. Alaska.
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Jerry Perry
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THREE PRIZES
FIRST—SUIT OF CLOTHES
SECOND—PAIR OF SHOES
THIRD—STETSON HAT
A New Shipment of
FRIESHER’S
BLACK
KNITTING
YARN
Just Received at
Aunty Keating’s
Wee Shop
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Socks, Sweaters and Caps Made ’
to Order
PEYSER
THE TAILOR
Opposite Kenny
Holden’s
Phone 188
SHOE REPAIRING'
DIMON NICKALOFF
Currier Building,
C Street. P. O. Box ®85.
Keist Furniture
Company
Is the Place to Buy
New and Second-Hand
Household Goods
OUR PRICES ARE RIGHT
We Sell Goods 4n Commission
Next door to Alaska S. S. Office
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LIVE CHICKENS
Good Roasters
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Phone 22
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