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ALASKA—WONDERLAND
(Seattle Chamber of Commerce ii
Seattle Times.)
Alaska—What memories that wore
awakes!
When I was still a young man the
world first heard of Alaska as the
Golc-onda of the New World.
In 1897 there came the Klondike
“strike,” and like wildfire ran the
-word: “Billions of free gold ii
Alaska!”
Then came the elays of ’98, the his
toric epochal days, of the Klondike
rush, when the trail of ’98 was blacl
with struggling men, boys, women
horses and mules, when from Seattle
swept an argosy of steamers and sail
ing vessels, loaded to their extreme
capacity, fought wind and water in :
mad race to rush the frenzied golc
seekerB to the treasure land of prom
is«.
Those were the days when “Alas
ka” and “gold” were the words on the
lips of everyone, when men and boys
in every rank and station in life
dropped everything, made every sac
rifice, to get to the creeks of Dawson
Fairbanks, the Yukon, the Iditarod, o
to the shot-with-gold sands of Nome
Alaska, was the magic land, thi
land of promise to which the work
looked. And through Seattle pouree
the throngs of gold-seekers, stopping
here to outfit and buy supplies. Bad
to Seattle the treasure ships begai
to come, weighted with their rich car
goes. And almost over-night Seatth
leaped from a “raw” town into a bust
ling, busy city, teeming with life an<
industry, and rich values soaring
ever upward.
in tnose aays AiasKa was tnougnt o;
only as a vast region of snow and ic<
from which gold could be wrested i
the gold-seeker had the hardihood am
courage to fight. Gold was the om
and only thing sought for, the onb
thing Alaskans believed worth striv
ing for.
Then gradually the gold creeks am
gola sands began to be worked out
Modern machinery began to supplan
the old sluice boxes of early days
huge dredges made “pikers” out o
tl:e hardy "sourdoughs” who bravei
pneumonia on the Nome beaches. Om
by one the “camps” that, mushroom
like, sprang up after a stampede, be
gan to be deserted, the wild, free
joyous days of the dance hall, gamb
ling "joint,” of midnight stampedes
of epic dog races slowly died out ai
the "camps” began to be deserted
And the “old-timers,” shaking thei:
heads, started saying that Alaska wai
worked out.
But about that time the pioneei
prospectors and frontier builders were
discovering that free gold was no
Alaska’s only source of wealth. Thej
were learning through them thai
vast treasures of coal were locked ui
in her snow-clad hills, that oil fields
rich beyond dreams, were there, thai
untold millions in copper were tuned
1 in the mountainous coast region. Ana,
of course, billions of dollars worm oi
halibut, salmon and cod were given
thought.
So about the time when the pion
eers of ’9< and ’98 were regretfully
maiting plans to make a trip “outside '
1 for the last time and say farewell
to their beloved treasurer land, Amer
ican capital was laying plans for the
■ development of Alaska along scien
tific, businesslike lines, ine Copper
I
River Railroad was one of the first
ones. Such vast mining operations
as the Treadwell mines were begun,
the ill-fated railroad that was o make
Seward the metropolis of the north
was financed and work was actually
started. And the “outside" wras be
ginning to learn when the free gold
had been taken out Alaska had been
but barely scratched, that with the
proper aid and encouragement “Sew
ard’s Folly” could be developed into
one of the most magnificent empires
under the American flag.
Soon after the United States begun
to learn that “Alaska” was no* a word
to be used synonomously with “North
Pole,” dow'n here in Seattle we began
to see some of the products of the
Alaskan farms and to learn that
Alaska had summers and winters,
just as did Seattle, and that the idea
that the whole vast empire was a
region of snow and ice was a mistake.
Then began the agitation that fin
ally resulted in the project of the
government railroad from Anchorage
to Fairbanks, and the men whose
heart and soul were wrapped up in
the development of Alaska believed
that the country’s future was asurred.
But delay after delay, restriction
after restriction has kept the country
back. The prospectors could not get
the financial assistance to develop
their discoveries. Capitalists found
themselves hindered in their efforts
at development. No frontier empire
can be developed under a policy of
restriction. In order to make the
wonderful empire what it should be,
the government must adopt a more
liberal policy, must encourage home
building, must make every effort to
attract to Alaska a class of citizens
who will build the country up, and
L the government must offer the en
couragement and aid necessary to all
frontier development.
Few people realize just how big
' j Alaska is, what is the value of her
! i products, even under a hampering
policy that prevents fuller develop
ment. In 1919 alone Alaska’s imports
totaled $38,957,259, her exports $70,
L 695,080, a total Alaska trade of $109,
652,339. And that figure^ would be
' | trebled, yes, and more, were Alaska
31 given a fuller aid, allowed more free
:; dom. Think what a trade of over
’j three hundred million a year from
just one country would mean to
" Seattle.
Since 1867 the value of the gold
1 shipped from Alaska was $311,238,961.
Other Alaska minerals brought the
j total value of her minerals to $437,
465,930. But, on the other hand, the
'; fish, whalebone, oil and other pro
1 ducts shipped from Alaska were worth
’ $413,749,223—and the common impres
! sion of Alaska is that gold, and gold
alone, is the only thing up there.
’ Outside cf the above mentioned ex
ports Alaska has sent to the outside
• world furs valued at $84,704,428, and
2 the fur industry is but one of the
F minor ones.
Alaska is rightly called an empire.
> Her area of 590.884 square miles, is
: greater than that of the thirteen
1 original states plus the area cf
- Maine, Vermont, Ohio, Indiana, Ten
2 nesee, Kentucky and Michigan. Ger
- many, France and Spain have a total
l area of but little more than Alaska
> Alaska is rightly named an empire,
i wonderful, rich, with resources and
: -possibilities that make its future se
; cure.
L oeattie, and ail this great North
l west, should be as jealous of any pol
^ icy that hampers or restricts Alaska
r as she would be of a policy that re
tards or injures the Northwest.
Alaska made Seattle in one sense of
L the word, and though the early
. “boom” days of the Klondike rush
t are over, though today the water
, front is not lined with cheering
CI thousands to greet the arrival of
I i another gold ship that sails in to the
3 shrieking of whistles, Alaskan gold is
- still making many of the wheels of
- industry in Seattle go ’round, Alas
, kans ships drop anchor in Elliott bay
- with rich cargoes in many cases
, nearly as rich as the cargoes of free
; gold of early days, and Alaskan trade
. rolls up a tidy sum of over one hun
’ dred million annually.
i Gold, silver, copper, tin, lead, anti
mony, tungsten, coal, platinum, palla
• dium, marble, gypsum and petroleum
- ccme down from Alaska each year.
; Salmon halibut, cod, berring, clams,
■ crabs, whalebone, fertilizer, oil, furs,
; and ivory pour into the United
> States from that huge country,—
Alaska is still producing millions.
Alaska is still the land of promise,
I and the land, also, of fulfillment.
Seattle residents can still look to the
northward and be grateful that Sec
retary Seward had the courage to
defy popular opinion and buy Alaska.
And above all, Seattle must make
every effort to have a broad, con
structive governmental policy towards
Alaska that will eventually result in
that empire in the making being in
a condition whereby it actually is in
the making, not about to-be-in the
making. Seattle says, and has al
ways said and will continue to say
and work to accomplish^- that the re
sources of Alaska should and must
be utilized in creating local indus
tries that will encourage settlement
by men and women to whom Alaska
will be home, Seattle’s responsibility
—Alaska’s welfare.
JONES OPPOSED
FISH CONTROL
BY BUREAU
That the fisheries of Alaska should
be put under the control of a com
mission, either such a commission as
that proposed in the so-called Alaska
Development Board Bill or a separ
ate commission which would report
directly to the president and not to
a cabinet officer, is the opinion of
Col. E. Lester Jones, Director of the
Coast and Geodetic Survey, who in
vestigated the Alaska Fisheries seven
years ago and made a report upon
them.
Col. Jones was asked for his opin
ion because of the fact that he made
the investigation referred to and has
been deeply interested in Alaskan de
velopment. In his report Col. Jones
warned the people that unless‘ some
thing was done to protect the fish
eries industry it would be destroyed.
Col. Jones says a commission or
development board would not be
worth much to the people if appeal
could be made to a cabinet officer.
He says in that case the cabinet of
ficer would report the matter to the
bureau for report, just as at present
and Alaska woulc^ be in the same pre
| dicament as it is now in. It would
! mean only the addition of another
j link to the chain of red tape.
BIRTHPLACE OF
WASHINGTON IS
INACCESSIBLE
—
WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Every year congress
grants $100 for the repair of fences
and for cleaning up and maintaining
the 13-acre reservation at Wakefield,
| Va., where George Washington was
born.
There is no dwelling on the place,
but a monument marks the place of
; nativity of “the father of his country.”
j Wakefield is 110 miles from Washing
! ton, and is not often visited because it
| is not easily accessible. It is a mile
and a half from the Potomac and pil
grims going by water must also trudge
overland to reach it. Excursion steam
ers no longer stop, the old government
wharf having been partly carried away
by ice and floods and never repaired.
WEIRD HOG STORY
FROM OLD KENTUCKY
‘
i WHITESBURG,- Ky., Aug. 10 (by As
I sociated Press).—A drove of intoxi
| cated hogs has given prohibition offi
cers the clew that led to seizure of
a giant still and arrest of two men in
Letcher county, Ken. The offiecers,
operating out of here, report the
destruction of six stills. The hogs,
according to one of the prohibition en
forcers, were found on top of a moun
tain and were “cutting weird capers.”
A search and discovery of the still fol
lowed.
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LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE
To Clarence Henry Golden, his
heirs, assigns, administrator and to
all whom it may concern.
You and each of you are hereby
notified that the undersigned co-own
er of Clarence Henry Golden in the
Alsac, Amazon, Francisco, Pelly, Mc
Kenzie, Columbia and Yukon claims,
situate on the left bank of Chokosna
river, about eight miles from the Cop
per River Railway at Mile 158, and
found in the records of the Valdez
Mining and Recording district at
Valdez, Alaska, has expended in labor
and improvements upon said claims
the sum of $1400 during the years
1913 and 1914, and that Clarence
Henry Golden being the owner of a
one-third interest in the above named
claims, and having failed to do or per
form any labor, or expend any money
for the same, there is’ now due and
owing from you, your heirs or assigns,
one-third of $1400, as your proportion
of the amount necessary to he ex
pended for the years 1913-1914, to
hold possessory right and title to
the said claims under the provision of
seccion 2324 of the revised statutes
of the United States and the amend
ments thereto.
And if within ninety days after
this notice by publication is com
pleted you fail or refuse to con
tribute your proportion of such
expense as before stated, your inter
est in the aforementioned claims will
become the property of the subscrib
er hereto, and under the section of
the law above mentioned which gov
erns assessment wmrk on lode mining
claims.
TOM KINNEY.
First publication Aug. 4, 1920.
Last publication Nov. 3, 1920.
SUMMONS
In the District Court for the Territory
of Alaska, Third Division.—Louise
Dorothy Hegg, Plaintiff, vs. Roy Ed
ward Hegg, Defendant. No. 1047.
Summons.
The President of the United States of
America, Greeting—To the Above
Named Defendant:
You are hereby required to appear
in the District Court for the Territory
of Alaska, Third Division, within thirty
days after the completion of the pub
lication of this summons, to-wit, within
thirty days after the 12th day of
August, 1920, and answer the com
plaint of the above named plaintiff in
the above entitled action, wherein said
plaintiff prays that she be granted a
decree of absolute divorce from you,
the said defendant, forever dissolving
the bonds of matrimony now existing
between you and said plaintiff.
And unless you so appear and
answer the said plaintiff will take
judgment against you for want thereof
and will apply to the Court for the
relief demanded in her complaint as
hereinabove set out.
The date of the order for service by
publication herein is June 30, 1920, and
such order was duty made and entered
and filed herein on said date.
The date of the first publication of
this summons is July 1st, 1920, and the
date of its last publication is August
12th, 1920.
Witness: The HONORABLE FRED
M. BROWN, Judge of said Coftrt and
the seal of said Court on this 1st day
of July, 1920.
(Seal) ARTHUR LANG,
Clerk of the District Court for the
Territory of Alaska, Third Division.
By Thos. S. Scott, Deputy.
Donohoe & Dimond, Attorneys for
Plaintiff.
First publication, July 1, 1920.
Last publication, August 12, 1920.
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