New-York tribune., 1902-08-17
PROSPERITY ~ ALASKA.
WARNER MILLER's OBSERVATIONS THERE
AND IN THE NORTHWEST.

Ex-United States Senator Warner Miller has Jus.
returned from Alaska. He said TO a Tribune re-
porter yesterday:
went TO Seattle over the Great Northern Rail-
Northern Pacac thus seeing verv large mart Of
the NORTHWEST found both the railroads in in fine
IN &c
kota%s % Would be the largest ever harves1ed
-four found Seattle very busy and PROSPEROUS city
but its growth since was last thersthrss years rs
Seattle seat 6eeTe bat the city is to become the ceie1
R9T5 gPon the gaec via SGas eysa s s san
from Seattle Win Is o'''' ''''e"'
The trip through Alaska Is most interesting
skagway was the furthest point north reached.
Il was originally the point of entrance into the
pass over the mountain and where many gold seek
e6s lost tRe t lives the there 59ay g b s, T b
to the head waters OF the Yukon River. from
made IN steamers with every comfort OF modern
tgaweing M sRagway wh9h b Is the d. head Of the the
claim to- It should never. under any circum-
h o It a6rs to II The 1t rsed m saes S be much
as any portion of the territory that we obtained
The distance, from Seattle to skagway is little
locked that is to say II is separated from the Pa
sS OCEAN NIB, by ouyng Islands For % .at the Whole
clad mountains. rot only upon the mainland but
The extent OF Alaska is little known or appre-
cated by our own people The furthest west Of the
than two thousand miles beyond Sitka, which
the capital Of Alaska when held by Russia Aaska
but. Notwithstanding II has very great resources
way Of commerce The principal industry now is
the salmon fishing and canning This INDUSTRY has
There to be no limit to the salmon catch
bnf in fhg nv mig imdeen sTe destned to be
come much larger. Quartz mining has not been
hdSRtfd saR a to s & which
largest stamp mills n the EoFld r,C IN timber pop
many of the islands and upon the river bottoms
the timber shall been exhausted IN the States
of Washington and Oregon there VIII 5tli Sdd 9e Pc
Alaska. Very little has been done, as yet IN me
way OF tbat he United States Government has
done substantially nothing for Alaska In the way
Of Of b her land SzsRs ams Of e Ged States
been extended to Alaska but thus far no SuTneys b
fore the people goirS In are unable Die 10 oota k any my
Bitterly against Congress for its failure to see
1t 1h4t IN Condition so that titles may be had
The m oranS TRIP Sas and over the northern Pacific
Ind re efopping at various places OF interest day
spent r, at Of Pneariy Atty thousand population
It's wealth derived largely from the mines "Tfn b
aTs mines aTe not in the immediate vicinity Of the
town but sppctIan Of the country Some idea
be had OF the prosperity OF oP6sa 6 retrns Of its
thaee prncipa banks showed deposits OF over FL
600 @ Everywhere on both o. 1nfS was at told
% tbe nfciais that during the last sPrtng.March
III wav and June-about 15ooo irnnllgr ants "eiII
ApIh, 80 Western country over these two ROADS
OF course all OF these ep users
b raiIroads and large producers OF @ wneat ai9 40
other crops which will go 10 s"' LEG
the roads. A., ,oa+ cron In the great North
Ss,1e grown in belt would n ndca1e the ngoda e
DeiIs viii be the banner year IN tle Pio1uI, 3.
TINS ytai III cereals In the United states ana II
ha,,S si"n he guarantee that the present p,ospeiS
81 ~ ha continued for some time 10 come.
we may congratulate ourselves on q the e re tb
"se,asTs from Russia. 1t certainly Is one OF thG
or Alasha AlashastabIa bargains We ever made, and
Consider Alaska worth great dea rnSrftcE Gre o w w
S@r.rd who was Assistant secretary GL So - t
the time Alaska was bought, Siiu He of course
us yerv much Interested In the Tip ana h heay
ia "a see that purchase whlch NAG n q ptn tS
nade bv his father had turned out so wen io' tue
United States
Mr. Miller said in closing: 'As my heal'h mas
haan fnlIv restored a result Of my Trip 10 t,t
west | propose. after few days rest 10 a!i Ia re
another trip down to Mexico, to nc gone " h'''e
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