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CORDOVA, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 23,1915.
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DELEGATE ASKED TO MAKE FIGHT
FOR FULL TERRITORIAL GOVERNMENT
THERE is no good' reason why Delegate Wickersham
should not introduce and secure the passage by Con
gress of a bill providing for a wide expansion of tin
powers of the Alaska local government says the Juneau Em
pire. The election which we had in November cannot be said
to have shown that the people of Alaska are opposed to a “full
Territorial form of government.” Nearly all of the men who
were elected to the Legislature were chosen on platforms tie
daring for it, and the only convention that endorsed the can
didacy of Delegate Wickersham resoluted in its favor. Amono
the platforms promulgated last year only that which Delegate
Wickersham put forth all by himself failed to approve it. H<
was sucessful in spite of that omission and not because of it.
The President has declared that he favors a full Territorial
form of government for Alaska, and the history of the country
is one long precedent for such legislation. There should he n<
difficulty' in securing the passage of the greatly needed statute
An amendment of the Organic Act under which the Terri
tory of Alaska is blundering along as a child in swaddling
clothes would solve most of the legislation desired for this Terri
tory, and it would relieve Congress of a lot of matters that <h
not properly come within the scope of the duties of the National
law making body of a country whose affairs are more multitud
iness than those of any other Nation.
It is unfair to ask the Senators and Representatives of tin
Nation, selected from all sections of the country to attend t<
National affairs, to consume time that belongs to all of the peo
pie while they act as a local Legislature for the consideration ot
local law's and regulations for Alaska. And it is unfair to tin
people of this Territory to compel them to go without needed
legislation until the Senators and Representatives Massachu
setts and Georgia and' Michigan and.Texas and New York and
California and the other States can find convenient time to con
aider local laws for a country that they have never seen
A “full Territorial form of government” would be a very
simple and very satis factory solution of most of Alaska’s gov
ernmental troubles. Delegate Wickersham could not do mon
to add to his fame by' securing it than he could do in any othei
other manner.
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WONDERFUL DEVELOPMENT PREDICTED
IN NEW RAILROAD PROJECT
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T HE DEVLOPMENT of Alaska, which is now occupying
the attention of the United States Government, will
benefit British Columbia very considerably’ say experts
according to the Toronto Globe.
Indeed, the Pacific Coast Province is looking forward to tin
time when the main line of the Grand Trunk Pacific will Ik
linked up to the system of Alaskan railways, about to be buill
by the United States, thus providing a new northern avenue <>!
commerce for the production of the Canadian farmer and manu
facturer.
The Grand Trunk Pacific, with its through service to tin
coast, has already brought Alaska nearer to the big traffic eon
ters of the United States. From Prince Rupert the Alaskai
boundary can be reached by a steamship trip of forty miles, and
the traveller returning from the land of the Northern Light*
can be well on his way to Chicago over the new' transcontinenta
route before he would reach Seattle by the older method ot
travelling down the cast by steamship.
uovernor nirong or Aiasxa m ms annual report, just pun
lislied, says that “everything done in Finland in‘population
wealth and material development is possible in Alaska on ;
much larger scale.” With a climate very like that of Alnski
and with one-fourth Alaska’s area Finland supports two mil
lion seven hundred and fifty thousand people; she has ovei
three million head of livestock; she produces annually sonu
nine hundred thousand tons of grain and legumes. This de
velopment is in part a result of good roads, canals and a rail
way system aggregating two thousand five hundred miles ol
line. The new railways and wagon roads building in Britisl
Columbia and the Yukon will diminish Alaska’s severe handi
cap in transportation matters, and as Alaska’s fishing, mining
and farming opportunities are much greater than those of Fin
land, British Columbia’s northern neighbor lias obviously <1
bright future.
During 15)15 Alaska will be visited' by thousands of tourists,
for a side-trip through its scenic wonders will lie one of tin
features of the Grand Trunk Pacific route to the exposition of
San Francisco and San Diego.
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The people of Alaska resent the general impression that
that territory is outside of Alaska and unfit as a place of abode.
A writer familiar with its climate and resources says: “Then
are large areas in Alaska which are comparable with the most
agreeable sections of the states. The proposed government
railway is going to open up the country to other than gold
hunters, in his opinion; to people who will have an eye and a
thought for its agricultural resources and its home-making
possibilities. Over immense tracts of the country which the
line is expected to penetrate the white men is seldom seen now.
However, the pioneer is not wanting in many parts of the terri
tory far from the mining camps and fishing ground's, and where
ever he has settled down may be found evidences of Alaska’s
ability to support an immense population with the fruit of its
own fields.”—Ventura Cal. Democrat.
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INSIDE PASSAQX.
Sails frcm Salts from Cordova—
January 16.ALAMEDA . January 23
| January 24.MARIPOSA.January 31
Regular freight aervlce for Ketchikan. Juneau, Sheep Creek,
Treadwell, Douglas, Cordova, Ellamar, Valdez and Latouche. Expios
Ives, S. 8. 8eward. 8. 8. Seward, 5th; 8. 8. Latouche, 15th; S. S.
Cordova, 25th of each month.
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Tickets on sale at uptown office Alaska Steamship Bldg. Baggage
or freight will not be received at the dock later than one hour before
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Next sailing from Seattle will be*
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ADMIRAL WATSON, February 5, Through to Kodiak.
Via the INSIDE PASSAGE for Ketchikan, Juneau, Yakutat,
Katalla, Cordova, Valdez, Seward, Cook Inlet points and Kodiak
Island.
Seattle-San Francisco connecting with steamers Yale and Har
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' Schedule subject to change without Notice.
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Copper River &
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