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“Al Itrl_OI1R FROKTIFR
WONDERLAND.”
‘•Alaska—Our Frontier Wonder
land,” is the title of a bookie
which has just been issued and i:
being distributed under the aus
pices of the Alaska bureau of th<
Seattle Chamber of Commerce, tha
live, progressive commercial body
that is now doing so much towart
aiding and encouraging the devel
opment of the potential latent re
sources of this vast territory. “De
velop Alaska,’.’ is the slogan em
ployed on the front page, upon
which is also shown a comparative
map of the United States and Alas
ka. The legend underneath reads
“Alaska is one-fifth the size of the
United States, nine times as large
as the state of Washington, anc
twelve times as large as the state
of New York.”
The booklet contains a fund oi
valuable information about Alaska
and its resources, dealing particu
larly with mining, fishing, fur and
other industries.
Under the head of “Alaska’s
Needs," the booklet recites:
“Alaska’s growth and prosperity
is dependent, like all other coun
tries, on people—men and women
who will be attached to the country
by home and business ties. The
country7 has proven so rich in nat
ural resources, both of the land anc:
sea, as to assure a strong and sta
ble population; but such people wii
be attracted to Alaska only through
a policy of encouragement.
“The adoption of a broad con
structive policy that will make foi
the rational development of Alaska
through the peopling of the country
by men and women equipped t<.
combat the trials and hardships o!
the northern frontier, and such i
people attached to Alaska by home
and business ties, is the only foun
dation on which may be built s
prosperous and progressive North
land that will be a source o:
strength to the nation.
“The early inauguration of sucl
a policy is the goal to which a!
true friends of Alaska should per
sistentlv labor.”
In summing up, the booklet says
“It is only with the constructioi
of at least three great transcon
tinental railroads reaching fron
open harbors on tidewater into th<
vast Interior of Alaska, with numer
ous branches as feeders, that thi
wonderful resources of Alaska cai
be economically developed and madi
to serve the uses of man.
“With the construction of th<
roads and the building of the nu
merous branches as feeders, an<
with a liberal policy of inducemen
and a spirit of encouragement to
ward the pioneer and pioneer capi
tal, Alaska •Rill pour into the laj
of our people a stream of wealth
not only of gold, copper and th<
precious metals, but also of fish
agricultural products, meats, furs
and coal, that will have no com
peer.
“Alaska has a future that cannoi
be pictured by the most enthusi
astic optimists. A country that ha:
made such a showing with a men
handful of men, under the most ad
verse and restrictive conditions, of
fers untold possibilities. The con
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struction of three trunk railway
lines will result in the opening up
of an empire nine times as great
as the state of Washington, and
over nine times as rich in natural
resources. Its extent and wealth
have never been approached by any
frontier land. Hers should be a
future of the greatest prosperity,
and it is the duty of our people to
see that she secures the national de
, velopment which she has so long
been denied.
“Our united efforts will be crown
ed with a success that will mean an
awakened empire of the North—
Alaska. Our Frontier Wonderland.”
EMIGRANTS LEAVING THE U. S.
For the moment, it is pointed
out in the July issue of the World’s
Work, the historic position of the
United States as a magnet for im
migration has changed; the reports
of the immigration commission show
that we have become an emigrating
instead of an immigrating country.
For the decade preceding the world
war, American ports attracted about
a million immigrants a year, an in
vasion that alarmed the majority of
Americans, and led Congress to pass.
) over President Wilson’s veto.
measure which was intended to keep
the least desirable of these new
comers at home. The war almost
stopped the influx; in 1918, about
110,000 immigrant aliens arrived at
our ports, but, since nearly 95,000
emigrants left during the same peri
od for their European homes, the
net gain to our population was not
more than 15,000. The signing of
the armistice immediately turned the
balance still farther in the other
direction; at once resident aliens
began to depart for their ancient
homes at the rate of about 15.000
a month; a rate that would amount
to 180,000 a year. More than 90
per cent of these emigrants are
Italians, and there is a scattering
of Greeks, Spaniards, and Portu
jguese. For the most part they
i represent a new kind of war prof
iteer. They have spent the last
; four years working in munition
; plants, shipyards, and other indus
: tris relating to the hostilities in
Europe; they have acquired what
represents a competence in the coun
i tries of their origin, and have re
i turned with the expectation of
spending the rest of their lives in
i leisure. For the most part, it has
i been necessary to stop these gen
i tlemen on the piers at embarkation
and collect their income taxes, a
■ ceremony which has disclosed that
most are taking back at least 81,
, 500, and some as much as $7,500, a
: neat profit for their few years’ so
journ in this country.
Is this change in the immigration
i situation likely to be permanent?
, Congress has under consideration a
bill stopping immigration for four
, years; are natural developments
, likely to make this measure super
^fluous? A considerable part of
Europe, in its housings and its in
dustries, must be reconstructed in
the next few years; the losses of
war have caused a scarcity of la
borers; and for this reason it may
be taken for granted that the Euro
pean governments will make emigra
tion as difficult as possible, and that,
| indeed, they may prohibit it alto
gether. On the other hand, par
;ticular conditions will tend to pre
jcipitate a considerable influx. Enor
!mous taxes in themselves shoulc
prove a strong incentive to hom<
leaving, and general living condi
tions and industrial depressior
should have a similar result. Thi
i Italians who are now departing wit!:
what they regard as fortunes maj
[find, when they reach the othei
j side, that the purchasing power oi
money is not much greater in theii
| homeland than in the United States
and not improbably the tide mat
once*more turn westward. The fac"
is that the general economic confu
jsion that exists all over the work
jis reflected also in our immigratior
istatistics; and precisely how the
[new conditions will affect our alier
I problem is not vet apparent. Whal
|
jis apparent, however, is that we hac
taken in a great many thousands oi
people whom we had not assimilated
and who formed a menace to oui
government, institutions, and socie
ty, and that whether immigrants
wish to come in large numbers ot
not we should subject their cominc
to the most careful scrutiny. Even
if we suffer from a lack of labor
it is better than suffering from a
lack of political cohesion. We need
to work hard on Americanization,
and to be rigid in our exclusion
of those who do not assimilate easi
ly, certainly until we have amalga
mated all the foreign elements now
within our borders.
TOWARD SIBERIA
CORDOVA. — Alaskan oldtimers,
living up to their old slogan of
“mush on,” are looking across the
Bering sea to Siberia with a view
of going into that country in num
bers and washing Siberian sands for
gold and trading with Siberian na
tives for profit.
“Siberia is a second Alaska, rich
in minerals, timber and furs,” J. L.
McPherson, manager of the Alaska
bureau of the Seattle Chamber of
Commerce, has been quoted as say
ing. “There is a big country lying
across the Bering sea awaiting Am
erican men and *money.”
Reports from Nome say a num
ber of oldtimers of the Seward pen
insula are thinking of crossing to
Siberia. Until the Allies restored
order and government at Vladivos
tok, however, the unsettled state of
affairs in Siberia kept the Ameri
cans out.
Twelve pioneer Alaskans are num
bered among the stockholders of the
recently organized Siberian Com
mercial company, which recently
bought the steamship Gedney and
started for St. Lawrence bay. Si
beria, to establish a trading post.
Aboard the Gedney when it left
Seattle for Siberia were 25 stock
holders, who intended trying their
luck washing the sands of St. Law
rence for gold. Next fall the new
company plans to send a representa
tive to Vladivostok as the first step
in enlarging its sphere of opera
tions.
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Seattle No. 3, up Yoyukuk, 9:30
p. m., 20th.
Washburn, up Holy Cross foj
Dikeman, 17 th.
Kotlik, up Marshall, 11 p. m..
ISth.
Davis, at St. Michael.
Jacobs and Sibilla, at Gibbon.
Yukon, up Eagle, 6:30 p. m., 19th.
Alaska, up Gibbon for Dawson, 4
p. m., 20th.
Reliance, up Hot Springs, 8 a. m.
Julia B, at St. Michael.
F-e»h garden teed*, ju*t arrived,
Fowler & Morris.
WANT ADS
i
VICTROLA FOR SALE, with forty
record. Inquire at Waechter
Bros.’ market. k23
•FIFTEEN MEN~WANTElP~ttT"cut
wood. Five dollars per cord;
good timber. A. G. Vachon, Tan
ana. k8-16
j FOR SALE—My entire holdings,
j consisting of Lot 6. Block 10,
three-room log house, finely fin
ished and partially furnished, to
gether with provisions and wood.
Also my half interest in Nenana
Steam Laundry. A bargain, ;f
taken before August first. Must
go Outside on urgent business is
reason for sacrifice. Mrs. Clara
Allred, Nenana, Alaska. k7-28
I FOR SALE — Showcase, SH fee*
long. Practically new. Cheap,
j Inquire Mrs. Herman Rosburg.
• .
L. C. ISABEL
BARBER
SOUTHERN HOTEL
BUILDING
NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given that, pur
suant to an act of the territorial
legislature, there is hereby made,
imposed and levied upon each male
person, except soldiers, sailors in
the navy or revenue cutter service,
volunteer firemen, paupers, insane
persons, or territorial charges, with
! in the Terriotry of Alaska or the
waters thereof, over the age of
twenty-one years and under the age
of fifty years, an annual tax in the
sum of five ($5.00) dollars, to be
paid and coll&jted in the manner
provided by law, and deposited by
the treasurer of the Territory of
Alaska in a separate fund called the
“school fund,” and used for no
other than school purposes.
Said tax is now due and payable
|'and becomes delinquent 10 days aft
er demand by the tax collector or
on the first Monday in the month
of August of each year.
All persons subject to this tax are
hereby notified to pay said tax to
the school tax collector, and in case
of failure to do so, the penalties
provided in Sections 5 and 6 of
Chapter 29 of the session laws of
Alaska will be imposed.
J. A. SLIPPERN,
School Tax Collector.
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NENANA LODGE No. 1193
L. 0. 0. M.
MEETS AT MOOSE HALL
FOURTH AND B STREETS
On Second a“d Fourth Tuesdays
At 8 P. M.
ALEX FOWLER M. V. TYLER,
Secretary Dictator.
Department of the Interior
Alaskan Engineering Commission
NOTICE
Passengers leaving on the train
for any point on the line south ef
town are required to purchase
tickets before entering the train.
Tickets can be purchased from
the station agent, whose office is
in the employment office, on the
ground floor of the genera! office -*
building, Alaskan Engineering com
mission.
Tickets will be on sale at any
time during office hours, and can
be purchased in sufficient time be
fore the departure of the trains.
Regular trains leave the foot of
A street on Wednesdays and Satur
days at 8 p. m. »
On and after july 15th the freight
on the North side of the river at
Camp 413 dock will be shipped out
Tuesday and Friday of each week,
leaving at 7 a. m., until further
notice.
Dr. J. R. 80WEN
DENTIST
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THE BOWEN BUILDING
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POOL CANDIES CIGARS
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WARM COMFORTABLE ROOMS
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desired, your shipments will be kept separate in order that our
prices may be approved by you. Providing that our valuation
does not prove satisfactory, the Furs will be returned to you,
transportation charges prepaid. Ship by Insured Parcel Post or
Express. Ship in dry condition. Always enclose an itemized
list of contents with name and address. Also place duplicate
list on the outside of package or bale. All payments are made
by check on the Seattle National Bank, or in any other manner
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