The daily morning Alaskan. (Skagway, Alaska) 1899-1904, 1902-08-24
ALASKA GETS ANOTHER BLOW

The creation Of a forss, reservation oui
Of the principal minsrll-beiring Stands Of
Southeastern Alaska Is one OF the most
severe Of the blightng blows our govern
msnt har delivered upon the vsv vItlls Of
Alaska. Until gu: people shall be able to
,aiols The government to remove this last
OF the many burdens Q, has heaped upon
our people the prevailing condition 10 the
southeastern portion Of this district will
be stagna,lOn. The prospectOr and the
homebullisr will be turned elsewhere and
hundreds Of the mines already located will
be permitted to lapse unless this last act
Of the government shall he withdrawn.
The prohibition Of further locations will,
Of course. cause the proSpector to cease his
Labor, BOO 90 those prolidc fields on Prince
CT Wales and other Islands. No man will
waste time prospecting when he cannot Sc
cure title to the mineral ptoyertlss he dis
, cogers. And manv Of the properties al
ready located will not be worked because
Of solution and the lack Of cooperation.
Whenever a claim shall be permitted to
hpss tor any cause it will cease to be open
Tor Reelection under the provisions OF the
proclamation Of the president.
Il seems too bad that jus, as iav seemed
TO be breaking for AlaskL just at a time
when powerful friends ant influences had
been invoked ior our aId 10 securing ter
u,orlll government, the chief executive Of
the nation should deliver a blow so sev,Ts
as TO cause most Of our other lbs to seem
Insignificant.
OF course this reservation will no, Be
permitted to stand. Alaska Is getting
mlnv friends Throughout, the c'untrv and
Roosevelt wants another term, Such a
row will be made that the president will
be glli Of an opportunity to undo what
he has done, bet 90 this will require en-
srgy that should be directed TO securing
the rightIng Of wrongs from which We
were already suffering. u IS unfair that
we should Be compelled to guilt the battles
we have been waglng because Of a flank
attaek from the president Of the nation.
Those who are familiar with fores, res
srva,ions need no, be TOLD Of the blight
they cast upon 90 the country 10 their We
cInltv. Prssiten, Cleveland set aside all
the INDICATED PORTIONS Of the Olympic
peulnsullln Washington state as reserve.
and during The five 90 six wears that u re-
luIrsi to get the aston modified thousands
Of people were forced to ssh their property
for almost nothing and leave the country.
When any action Is taken ina, absolutely
precluies the possibility Of growth In any
country that country Is practically de-
sroyeI. PeopI. leave for many reasons.
The eiIct goes forth to IN; lonely set
tier that he is to have no nsIgh6ors, which
means mo- schools no help 20 build roads,
TO ssure p5>toHi,es, none Of those things
tina, society has iscrssj 70 be the fune-
tons o. the community, and which are
necessary 70 The ioymsnt and happiness,
IS well as the prosperity Of any one, be he
MINER logger or flrmsr He quits In dss-
piE.
The slow ,,uSst by On presidents proc
hamilton will fall hslvier upon Ketehikan
and other portions Of the district than Il
will upon Sklgwly, bu'. as Iwavs, Skag-
way Stands ready to hslg To- the 6ght that
must follow.