BIG TRAVEL TO ALASKA IS
PREDICTED FOR NEXT SPRING
The Alaska Publicity Bureau in its
Bi-Monthly Bulletin publishes the fol
lowing information:
Spring Rush Indicated
For more than twenty years, the
trend of travel has been from Alaska
*to the outside. This winter the
order is reversed and even now there
is a heavier passenger traffic from
the outside to Alaska than the other
way and present indications point to
the largest movement northward next
spring than has been witnessed since
the boom days several years ago.
There is a reason for this condition
and it lies in the fact that Alaska is
coming back and is coming strong.
Thousands of Alaskans have gone out
side within the past three years and
they have not found the smooth sled
ding they hoped for. The flowery
beds of ease they expected to find
there proved mythical. Valiently they
have endeavored to turn deaf ears to
the call of the north but that call has
been so insistent that many are heed
ing it and that accounts for the pre
sent increase in northbound travel.
All the oldtimers know just what they
can do in Alaska and just what Alas
ka will do for them. They know that
the same efforts expended here will
yield larger and more satisfactory re
turns than if expended in the states
and besides, the lure of the north is
in their systems and they just natur
ally yearn to get back. Not only are
the old-time Alaskans returning but at
no time within nearly a score of years
have so many new people been inter
ested in this country as at present.
Farmers, mechanics, laborers; profes
sional men and women, stenographers
and school teachers of both sexes,
clerks and bookkeepers by the hun
dreds, nurses, housekeepers, cooks—
in fact, representatives of all callings
and avocations in life—are crowding
the mails with letters requesting in
formation concerning Alaska. And
Alaska can and will provide for many
of them. She has the resources and
population is her greatest need.
Alaska’s Greatest Asset
While famed throughout the world
as a country of opportuntities in a
great many lines. Alaska’s greatest
claim to fame is based on her fisher
ies and fish resources. The fishing
industry of the Territory has grown!
year by year until the value of her
annual exportations has reached the
enormous sum of fifty million dollars
and, except for salmon, this industry
is yet in its infancy. Of the upward
of three hundred and fifty million
dollars that has been added to the
wealth of the nation within the past
twenty years by Alaska’s fish, nine
tenths of that amount has been pro
duce!' by the salmon industry alone.
And yet the easy money and the
quick money is made by the halibut
fishermen. Only the day before this
was written a halibut fishing boat
operated on the eo-operatifre plan re
turned to Juneau after being out four
days and when the catch was sold
the share of each man was $600.
Halibut abound generally in Alaskan
waters and but small capital -is
necessary to engage in halibut fish
ing. The herring industry is anoth
-> er most alluring one and bids fair to
almost outrival that of salmon in the
near future. The waters of and con
tiguous to Resurrection Bay, close to
ihe thriving town of Seward, are pro
nounced by experts and those who
have closely investigated that field
tc offe» unequalled inducements to
those who may contemplate engaging
in herring fishing. Hjon. John Noon,
of Seward, member of the third and
fourth Territoriay legislatures, is an
authority on the advantages and pos
sibilities of the fishing industries—
salmon, halibut, herring and cod—of
the Resurrection Bay country and
communication with him will elicit
valuable information for those inter
ested. With all her mineral wealth,
the fact remains that fish are Alas
ka’s greatest and most valuable as
set.
The Kuskokwim Valley
Mr. D. E. Stubbs of Aniak, Alaska,
writes the Bi-Monthly Bulletin as fol
lows: “The Kuskokwim valley is the
richest, most highly mineralized, has
the best game and fish, best climate,
largest reindeer herds, is the great
est fur producer, has the greatest
agricultural possibilities, is the least
known and most accessible (if we
only had ocetn trahsportation) spot in
the known world today. That takes
in considerable territory but I am go
ing to stay with the statement.”
Small but Growing
The output of platinum, palladium
and other metals of the platinum
group in Alaska in 1918 is estimated
at 284 ounces, valued at $36,690, ac
cording to the United States Geologi
cal Survey. Platinum was recovered
from the gold placers in some dis
tricts in larger amounts than last
year. One of the most interesting
events of the year in connection with
Alaska mining is the recovery of sub
stantial amounts of palladium and of
some platinum from the copper ore of
the Salt Chuck mine, near Ketchikan.
Timber Good for Pulp
In an article descriptive of the tim
ber resources of Alaska Mr. W. F.
Weigle, former superintendent *of
Alaska National Forests and now su
perintendent of the Snoqualmie, Wash
ington, National forest, says:
“The timber in Alaska is much
more suitable for wood pulp and pa
rer than it is for saw timber. Conse
quently, on account of the unlimited
amount of cheap wood and immense
quantities of cheaply installed water
power with deep water transportation
to the doors of the world, Southeast
Alaska in the compartively near fu
ture must become one of the great
paper centers of the world.”
Which
Direction?
In morals, are you nearer your ideal
than a year ago? Some people float
with the moral current or follow fhe
crowd, seldom making an effort to
heed their conscience. Give your con
science a chance in 1920! Follow
your best impulses and attend church
for at least six months and see if you
don’t get a new grip on the worth
while things of. life. Begin now and
attend the homelike church, the
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
"The Church with a Message”
11 a. m. 8 p. m.
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS
SUMMONS
No. C-170
In the District Court for the Territory
of Alaska, Third Division.—Auralee
P. Pritchard, plaintiff, vs. Carl A.
Pritchard, defendant.
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 23d day
of January, 1920, to answer the com
plaint of the above-named plaintiff in
the above-entitled action, wherein
said plaintiff prays that she be given
an absolute decree of divorce from
you forever dissolving the bonds of
matrimony heretofore existing be
tween you and said plaintiff.
And unless you so appear and an
swer, the plaintiff will take Judgment
against you for want thereof and will
apply to the court for the relief de
manded in her said complaint as here
inabove set out.
The date of the order for service
by publication herein is December 8,
1919, and such order was duly made
and entered and filed herein on said
date.
The date of the first publication of
this summons is December 9, 1919,
and the date of its last publication is
January 22, 1920.
Witness: The Honorable CHARLES
E. BUNNELL, Judge of the said
Court, and the seal of said Court,
on this 8th day of December, 1919.
(Seal) ARTHUR LANG,
Clerk of the District Court for
the Territory of Alaska,
Third Division.
By JOHN B. MILLER, Deputy.
R. H. L. Noakes, Attorney for
Plaintiff.
First publication, Dec. 9, 1919.
Last publication, Jan. 6, 1920.
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Visit San Francisco and Stop with
MarkJC. Thompson
at his new hotel in the heart of the city between
• . Powell and Mason Streets.
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140 ELLIS 8TREET
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Big Variety of Pastries and Cakes, Always Fresh
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Alaska
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Regular Sailings Between 8eattle,
Ketchikan, Juneau, Cordova, Valdez,
Ellamar, Liscum, Latouche, Seward
FROM SEATTLE— SAILS SOUTH
| DEC. 20. ALASKA DEC 28
DEC. 30. NORTHWESTERN ....... JAN. 8
JAN. 10. ALASKA JANf’ 1S
JAN. 20. ALAMEDA jAN 2S
JAN. 30. ALA8KA EEB. 8
Frequent sailings of freighters carrying explosives.
This schedule subject to change without notice.
F. B. TRACY, Agent
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DEC. 29. WATSON . JAN. 5
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Trains leave Cordova for Chitina Monday and Thursday.
Trains leave Chitina for Kennecott Tuesday and Friday.
I Trains leave Kennecott for Chitina Sunday and Thursday.
Trains leave Chitina for Cordova Tuesday and Friday.
Dining Car in Conneotion with all Regular
Passenger Trains between Cordova and Chitina.
Freight received and delivered at Cordova
Wharf from 9 a. m. to 5 p- m., except Sundays.
Tickets ou sale at Second Street Depot office
oik* hour before departure of trains.
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D. L. LEATON, Ticket Agent
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