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ANCHORAGE. — Formal action
has been taken by tiie Anchorage
; Chamber of Commerce in support
of the proposal that Congress should
entrust to the Alaskan Engineering i
'commission funds for the building
| of trails and wagon roads as feeders J
for the government railroad. The:
Anchorage Chamber does not ask,
that any moneys which usually have
been expended by either the Federal :
Road Commission or the Territorial
Road commission should be diverted
to the Engineering commission. The
Chamber’s plan is to obtain the
appropriation of special and addi
tional funds, which it argues, can
i be handled by experienced railroad'
1
men more effectively than by any
body else when the desired end is j
the creation and promotion of bus-j
| iness for the government railroadj
j The Chamber’s action in the mat
ter is in the form of resolutions,
which have been mailed to Secre
tary of the Interior Franklin K. [
Lane, Secretary of War Newton I).
Baker, senators and representatives i
in congress and the commercial bod- j
ies of cities in states on the Pa- j
cific coast, .and of all places in j
Alaska. In view of the fact that j
the government railroad with its j
i proposed tributary trails and wagon
| roads will benefit, directly or in !
| directly, all parts of the territory j
j the commercial organization in every
[other Alaskan city is expected to'
j endorse the request of the Anchor-j
| age Chamber for trail and wagon
j road funds for the federal trans
portation system.
T p y f nf Rpftnlutioni,
I The resolutions of the Anchorage
Chamber follow:
“To Congress of the United
j States, and to the departments of
the interior and of war:
“The petition of the Anchorage
i Chamber of Commerce and the
people of the Cook Inlet country
respectfully shows:
“1. That the country along the
j line and tributary to the govern
1 ment railroad in Alaska is rich in
j gold and other minerals, coal and
! building material, which, on account
of the want of roads, cannot be suc
cessfully mined.
“2. That there are more than
200 homesteads located in the coun
try through which, the government
railroad runs and on which the
j settlers have proved the fertility
| of the soil and the practicability of
} producing crops of vegetables anil
| grains; that during the last two
j years large crops of potatoes, cab
i bages, rutabagas and other vege
tables, together with oats, barley
| and wheat have been successfully
raised but were of no value because
there was no means of getting them
to the railroad and to mraket. Suffi
cient potatoes were raised in the
j valley of the Matanuska river alone
| to supply all the towns along the
Alaska coast if there had been roads
and ships.
“2. That both the miners and
homesteaders are becoming dis
i couraged and are leaving the coun
j try.
Approve Secretary Lane's Report
“4. That we heartily approve
Secretary Lane’s report of Decern
ber 14, 1 !> 1S, favoring Alaska’s de
velopment, and urge its considera
tion and adoption by the congress.
“5. That Alaska is entitled to
the consideration of her industrial
needs.
“During the past she has been
treated by congress and the govern
ment like an ill-favored step-child.
She has been denied adequate aids
to navigation and especially lights
on her coast. She has been denied
the enjoyment of her own reven
iues; her industries have been re-’
fused encouragement. Not only
! that, but they have been smothered
| by bureaucracy, red tape gnd re
| sefvations. She has been denied
i roads to her mines and her farms,
|and her settlers on t.he public lands,
j under the present homestead laws
jand industrial conditions are ob
j liged to spend $3000 in money at
j the least, besides continuous resi
| dence for three years in order to
ret title to their lands. Nowhere
n the States was so much ever re
quired of the homesteader.
Exceeded Quota in Men and Money
“In marked contrast to this treat
men has been Alaska’s attitude dur
ing the world war, now happily at j
an end. The burdens imposed upon
her have been in proportion to those
borne by richer and more favored
communities, but in every instance i
she has exceeded her quota, whether
of men or money. She has given j
freely of her sons and her wealth, j
giving more than asked in every!
instance, notwithstanding that dur
ing the past three years she has
lost at least 50 per cent of her;
white population. She subscribed
153 per cent of her quota to the
Fourth Liberty Loan, and of the
units of the Twelfth division was
the first to go over the top and
was first in the amount subscribed.
“For neglect Alaska has returned
love and loyalty; for indifference
wholehearted support.
“Alaska needs many things, but
most of all does she need roads. j
“That the development of the re-1
sources of the country, the success
of the railroad, both financially and
commercially, and the encourage- j
ment of emigration to the territory, j
depend in large measure upon the,
immediate construction of good
roads connecting the towns, mines
and industrial centers adjacent to
the line of the railroad; and this
work should not await the comple
tion of the railroad, but should be
carried out contemporaneously with
it.
Work of Great Magnitude
“That this work is of great mag-!
nitude and importance as to make
it second only to the railroad itself.;
and that it is beyond the revenues
of the territory to finance, to the
ability of private agencies to
supply.
“That the government is the only ^
agency which can adequately and
successfully connect the great trunk
line railroad, which it is building
through Alaska, with the sources of
freight and traffic in the towns,
mines, farms and industrial centers
of this new and undeveloped terri
tory. i
“Build roads for us and we will
build an empire for you.
“Let the government expend
money for roads to our mines and
our fields and we will return the
outlay a thousand fold.
“Wherefore, your petitioners pray
Cooney motel
Not Better Than the Best,
But Better than the Rest.”
NENANA .... - ALASKA
Eat Your
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Ketooroky & Co.
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SPECIAL COMFORTS FOR PASSENGERS
FOR RESERVATIONS, APPLY AT THE PORTLAND
CARRYING U. S. MAIL
that the congress will, by proper |
enactment, give the Alaskan Kngin- j
eering commission the power and :
authority to survey and build roads,
throughout the mining and farm
ing communities adjacent to the |
line of the government railroad, and j
will appropriate for such work an
adequate sum of money.
“Anchorage Chamber of Commerce.'j
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CAN and WILL pay you more
for your furs than any other
fur buyer In town
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