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RAILROAD TO KUSKOKWIM
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It is just about time, believes the I
Seattla Alaska Dispatch, to begin
agitation having for its purpose the
building of a branch line railroad,
leading out from the trunk line rail
way system in Alaska, to the Kus
fcokwim country, with the terminus
at McGrath, on the Kuskokwim
river, or some other convenient point.
According to present indications,
the trunk line system, leading from
Seward to Nenana, will be entirely
completed by the fall of 1922.
To build a branch line into the
Kuskokwim valley, continues Editor
Shaw, with a complete railroad or
ganization and equipment available
for the purpose on the ground, would '
not he a difficult undertaking, and ,
would not De prohibitive as to cost.!
Roughly speaking, such a line could j
be constructed for about $15,000,000, j
an insignificant sum as compared to
the big results that would be obtain
ed by the opening of the great re- !
sources of the Kuskokwim valley.
The material benefits that wmuld
follow from the building of this
branch line would far outweigh the
financial expenditure incident to its
construction. Such a line would
•pen to settlement and development
a vast region, known to be rich in
mineral and other resources. The
minerals of the upper Kuskokwim
valley are of large extent. There
are low-grade placer fields.- gold
tuartz veins, silver and lead, quick- !
silver, and valuable minerals and ;
metals of commercial importance,
that can only be developed by rail
transportation, so remote are they
from water or other means of ingress
and egress. Just recently the Alaska
Dispatch published the news of a big
discovery of gold quartz on Nixon
creek, in that region. The richness
of the veins exposed on the surface
justifies a belief that they will make
» good producing mines w^hen they are
developed.
Given railway lines from the south
ern coast of Alaska to the Yukon
river and the Kuskokwim river, with
branch lines leading out to the var
ious camps and settlements along the
routes. Alaska will be fairly wrell
equipped in the matter of rail trans
portation. But until this Kuskokwim
branch is built, an important part of
the territory will remain, as now,
wholly undeveloped.
Hence, the Alaska Dispatch takes
this occassion to urge Alaskans, and
especially those living or interested
in the Kuskokwim valley, to get busy
and begin to boost for this proposed
railroad line. Two years ago the
writer of these lines took up this
matter with Secretary of the Interior
Lane. The Secretary assured us
that he would be glad to recommend
the building of this important, branch
h'ne, w^hen the trunk line ravroad was
completed. Much to the regret of ail
Alaskans, the able secretary of the
interior has retired from office, so
we shall have to educate the new
secretary as to Alaska’s needs and
necessities.—Nenana News.
VOICE OF THE ALASKA PRESS
The letter from the Kantishna print
ed In the Empire, which says Tom
Aitken is producing ore that will run
from $500 to $1,000 a ton, and that
he will have ore for shipment in the
spring that will be worth from $400,000
4© $500,000, is indicative of the greatp
possibilities of Interior Alaska.—Ju
\neau Empire.
One darned thing after another
tells to us here in our town that the
more we depend upon our own ef
forts the better we are off; that we
can’t count upon others coming in and
“doing for” us, in mining or railroad
furnishing, just as we need or want
them; that safety first would seem to
be for our town to watch every op
portunity to better it’s condition, and
when we see the opportunity to get
out and do it. Lord! What a lot of
opportunities in this line have we
overlooked; whot a lot of construction
work we have left undone.—Fairbanks
News-Miner.
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Some of our citizens would like to
know a little more about the bone
dry law, and the intricate workings
of the Volstad Act. We think it de
pends upon the time, the place and
the girl.—McCarthy News.
A bill will be introduced in the next
territorial legislature that will have
for its object the increasing of the
population of the territory by giving
relief to men with large families.
It is proposed to give each family
$12.50 per month for each child born
in Alaska of parents that are citi
zens or have declared their intentions
to become such, and under the age
of sixteen years. »That is the bill will
include all children now born and who
have not arrived at the age of six
teen and the future generation. The
money is to be paid only while the
parents of the children reside in the
territory, in case of the death of the
parent the money may be paid to the
duly appointed guardian of the child.
This will not include native children
born under tribal relations.—Valdez
'finer.
MEDITATION
Christian democracy applied to in
dustry means the development of co
operative relationship. Day of power
for the laboring classes has dawned,
but with its power comes danger. To
return evil for evil, exact more than
their due, use their strenegth for op
pression and outlaw the capitalist and
employer must eventually spell defeat
Self-interest is too weak and short
sighted to help society. The unselfish
spirit found in the Golden Rule and
Sermon on the Mount must be prao
ticed bv all, if a lasting new era is to
be realized. “Bear ye one another's
burdens and so fulfill the law of
Christ.” Hear the sermons at the
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
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