Arizona republican., 1903-04-27

canned m the whole world, ana the industry is still in its infancy With l the rapid development of the salmon hatcheries and a more rational man.
 agement the whole catch of the rest of
 the world will be equal to only a frac-
 tfon of the annual output of Alaska.
 But salmon is not the only fish
 outlying banks. The output of the herring fisheries that were started only
 two or threee years ago, has already
 reached a magnificent proportion and
 will in the near future be second to
 none in the world, the tremendous
 herring fisheries of Norway not ex-
 cepted.
 Everybody has heard something of
 the cod fisheries of Newfoundland or of Dogger banks of Lofoden, in Norway. But some day there will be reports
 from Alaskan cod banks that will re-
 duce these now famous fishing grounds
 to comparative insignificance. Reports of vast schools of mackerel
 larger and richer than those caught in
 the westward. and American enterprise
 will soon take advantage of this new
 field.
 The immensity of the Alaskan hali-
 but banks is almost beyond conception. Upon them a fishing schooner can be | loaded in few hours. Only lack of rapid transit to the markets of the
 world has kept the shipping of halibut from being a great worldwide indus try. The fame of Alaska as a game coun-
 try is worldwide. While the costly fur-bearing animals are now becoming scarce in the more settled parts, there are still large areas where they abound The deer on the islands of the enormous numbers killed every year, in the interior the caribou and moose are still common. Bears of several va rieties are very plentiful in wilder DOT | tons of the country. Bands of mount ain goats range the higher uplands. Of fur animals, the fox, lynx, marten,
 beaver. otter, mink, and many other species are still caught each year in large numbers.
 Along the Alaskan coast the sea is alive with schools of oolican. bass. many varieties of cod, dace. trout. founders and soles. The rivers an1 lakes of all the country are full of trout, the sportive grayling, the vora- | cious pike and delicious large white | fish.
 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 to large size and will scale on the average better than the timber in the eastern forests. In Alaska is the reserve supply for Amer ican lumbermen. Hundreds of miles north of Skagway the attempts at gar dening and farming have been surpris- now cultivated at Dawson. Good gar dens at Eagle City and at other places along the Yukon are reported. For years successful culture has been prac- hn Vn kon.
 The great river valleys like Yukon, Panama and Copper river, embrace cul- tivable areas large enough for good sized states. The people of the states will with wonder see proofs of what Alaska can produce at the worlds fair in St. Louis next summer. This coun- try can exhibit garden produce that is incomparable in growth and quality.
 Evidences of mineral wealth are ob- servable everywhere throughout the country. Few of the splendid pros poets 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 lodes and placers are as nothing compared to the cer- tain output of the future. The time will come that Alaska will lead the world in producing copper and gole. These have been found in the far north. Beds of iron are plentiful, but receive no attention; coal abounds throughout the Cook inlet country, while along the coast of the peninsula of Alaska coal oil has been discovered in a number of places. It is land of signal promise for mine investors. miners and prospectors.