The daily morning Alaskan., 1903-03-23
READY IN ALASKA
The Land Laws Extended to Alaska Permit Entry of Three Hundred and Twenty
 Acre Homesteads to Settlers.

and immense 6eld for the hundreds os thouauds Of homeseekers that yearly come to our country in quest ot a chance to improve their conditions or life.
 A great many people in the United states are still laboring under the i'm pression that Alaska is barren coun- try, covered by eternal snow and ice bergs, while we know that the agricul- tural possibilities of this country can not even be oyerestimated by the most extensive stretch of imagination.
 To the tourist this southeastern part oi Alaska may appear as a continued stretch oi forest-clad mountains with a small chance for the tillers ot the sod. But the tourist sees only those SC ep mountains which bound the deepest channels, and even there the distances irom the shore to the mountains are de- captive. Very frequently miles oi gen tly sloping valleys intervene where ap- parently the very rocks meet the beach.
 Both private enterprise and govern ment experiments have proven that both soil and climate In Alaska are eN- tremely favorable Co a varied culuva- ton, and that almost any crop will grow and ripen during our short bus wonderful summer.
 What applies Co Southeastern AlaaSa also apphes Co almost any part oi the country, with the only difference tha' vast stretches of meadow lands, broad valleys and hmitless prairies can be iouud, where at no distant time count less herds of fat cattle vii, take the place Of those almost lmi.less myriads of caribou that now roam through the country.
 The new land laws open up all these 6elds for the homeseeker. whie in Sbe great future mining population the coming farmer will find consumers of his surplus products at such prices as hardly ever were fouRd in any place of the known world.
 With with great abundance of timber both for building and other purposes, with such advantages as fishing and hunting at the very doors oi the future farms in Alaska. it should become quite easy Co dnd homes for thousands of families.
 Add thereto the fne, heal.hy climate, a summer more beautiful than tn any other country in the world, a weather surprisingly mild for the high altitude. iuvigoraung and strengtaenu E, with plenty ot snow to facilitate lumbering
 The land laws are very liberal. In the first place, it gives every person the the right Co acquire S2O acres Of land, loo ot which may be patented after only fourteen months of residence, the balance can be finally secured after Ave years Of occupation and residence.
 Besides that. l6O acres ot land may be obtained by application oi Soldiers Additional Homestead Scrip.
 The entries can be made on unsur- veyed as we'll as on surveyed lands, pre- vided certain conditions as Co ihe form of the land filed upon and the recording of settling upon the homestead, a de- scription oi which must go with the record, be complied with.
 The public survey of Alaska will begin next summer. an area of the rich, fertile valley of the Copper river being the ground selected for the first survey.
 Of course, Alaska is SO tremendous in its extent that a complete public survey can only be accomplished in the distant future.
 but as all lands except mineral and coal lands) are open fer entry, oppor- tunities are now offered homeseekers to acquire property that in the near future will represent considerable value.
 The broad expanse oi land bordering on the Panama comprise some o' the best agricultural sections of Alaska.
 The timber Is fine an- large. In the summer the whole country Is covered by rich bunchgrass. afording pasture for all the cattle that could be trans ported in there for a long time to come,
 The American military authorities have male quite complete experiments with the natural hay ant have declared themselves more than sAtisied
 With the certainty of the speedy opening of these new goldfelds, which will bring thousands of people Co this section alone, the inducement for en- terprising farmers 10 go into this par ticular section and lake up land are ex- eeptionally great.
 With the prices obtaining in a hus- ting. lively and wealthy mining camp, there should be not only competence but big money in farming ventures in the new Eldorado.
 The text of the law ss approved by the president is as follows:
 ''Tha, all the provisions of the home stead laws of the United States not in