The daily morning Alaskan., 1903-03-24
ALASKA Isa Country of Tremendous
 Resources.


 erowdirg its thousands ot rivers 'o th' still more countless millions ot gsms birds in tue cover ot her imitle's forests and plains. the broad land is hie sus- tsipiug from the Pacific to the Arctic ocean, from the great lakes at the head ofthe Yukon Co the Behring sea.
 Volumes could be written on the sub lee, of the inexhaus,ible resources oi the country. and were a man 70 do justice @ Che whole subject, some of the stories would sound like the congregations oi a person suffering from su abuormally de- veloped imagination.
 Principally tbe salmon ean7e1ies of Alaska produce st the present dmr more than 6o per cent. of au 'he salmon csun.d iu ,bc whole world, aud 'he inc dusty is suu iu us infancy. With tbe rapid development of the salmon hatchcres and a more rational manage meu,. the whole catch of the rest Of the world will be equal Co only fraction oi the annual ou,pu. oi Alaska.
 Bu; salmou Is no, the only fish school ing oa the Alaskan coast and i,s outly- ing bsrks. The output oi the herring 6sherirs. th,t were started ouly two or three yeafs ago, has already reached a maguidceat proportion and will iu ,he near future le second Co none in the world. thc .rems sutcus uelsiug hsbeiics of Norway 70, excepted
 Ever, body has heard something ot the col fsarrics oi Newiouud aud or uI Dogser banks of Lai,djeu iu No way Bot s1ue dty there vii he reports 'rom Ai,,kau c.G banks tha, ~i. reduce these now hmou, fishing g-ouuls Co comparative iusiguihcance.
 Reports of vast scaoo.s of macs rc', Iareer ard richer ,h,u those cfuzht iu Che Atlantic, a', now coming i1 'tcu ,le we.twsri. and Amercsa enterprise VII ,o1a take advantage ot th.s us~ i-,d.
 The imme7,i-y oi th. Alaskan ha'ib1t banks IS almost beyond conception. Upou them a 6shing schooner can be loaded iu few hours. 0 ly lack o' rapid transit ,o ;he markets ot the world has kep, ,he shipping ot ha,i5u; from be.ug great wli li.d-wiie industry.
 The fame oi A'ssss ss a game con try IS world vide While the costly tur bearing animals are DOW becoming scarce iu thr morr se,u,d parts, ,aere are s'iil lag. s-eas where they abound. The deer ou thr islands of the coast are s,tu plentiful. iu spite oi the enormous numbers N.i-d every year. ard ia ,he interior thr caribou and moose are sIl common. Bears of seyersi varieties are very plentiful 'n wilder portions oi the country. Bands o' mountain goats range tae higher upland,. O fur aui- mals. the fox. lyux, msrteu. beaver, ot- Ger, mink and many other species, are s,ill eauglJ each year iu la-ge numbers.
 Alotg the Alaskan coast the sea Is alive with schools oi oolcan. bass. many vsri,ies Of cod, dacr, trout founders and soles. The rivers and lakes of all tte country are full of trout, ,be spo,,iye grayling; the vorscious pike aud deli- cious large whi,e6sh.
 Through the enactment of an effec- tive game law, fur and fowl and meat and the invigorating sport of the chase will be saved for future generations.
 Alaska has limitless forests of red and yellow cedar, spruce, hemlock, birch, cottonwood and alder. Some of the trees grow % a large size and will scale on Che average better than the timber iu the eastern forests. In Alas kais the reserve supply for American lumbermen.
 What can be done in the line Of iarm- ing has been treated in another arti-le in this issue. The people of the States will with wonder see proofs of what Alaska can produce at the Worl 's Fair in S,. Louis next summer. This coun- try can exhibit garden produce that ia incompatible in growth and quality.
 Evidences oi mineral wealth are ob- servable everywhere throughout the country. Few Of Che splendid prospects have been exploited. though there are many paying mines of gold and copper in various parts of the country. The millions that have been mined from Tod ,s and p.acers is as nothing com pared Co the certain output of the fu' ture. The time will come that Alaska will lead the world in producing copper and gold. Tbi5 has been found in Che far North. Beds Of iron are plentiful but receive no atteati n, coal abound, throughout the Co inlet country while along the coast of the Peninsula of Alaska coal oil has heen discovered in a number Of places. ft is a land o signal promise for mnc investors, min CTS anu prosPectors.
 New Llcs Curtains at E. R. Peoples.