The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-04-25
IN PROLIFIC ALASKA.
SECTION PRODUCTIVE IN FISH,
 GAME
And Ores and Promising iH AgrIcuI-
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And Ores and Promising iH AgrICuI-
 Alaska is teeming with animal life. From She countless millions of fish crowding it's thousands of rivers to the still more countless millions of game birds in the cover of her limitless for ests and plains, the broad land is life sustaining from the Pacific to the Arc tic ocean, from the great lakes at the head of the Yukon to the Boring sea.
 Principally the salmon canneries of Alaska produce at the present time more than sixty per cent. of all the sal mon canned in the whole world, and the industry is still in its infancy. With the rapid development of the sal mon hatcheries and more rational management the whole catch of the rest of the world will be equal to only a fraction of the annual output of Alaska.
 But salmon is not the only fish schooling on the Alaskan coast and its outlying banks. The output of the her ring fisheries, that were stated only two or three years ago, has already reached a magnificent proportion and will in the near future be second to none in the world. the tremendous her. ring fisheries of Norway not excepted.
 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 codbanks that will re- duce these now famous fishing grounds to comparative insigniicance.
 Reports, of vast schools of mackerel larger and richer than those caught in the, Atlantic are now coming in from the westward, and American enter prise win soon take advantage of this new field.
 The immensity of the Alaskan hali- but banks Is almost beyond conception. Upon them fishing schooner can be loaded in a few hours Only lack of rapid transit to the markets of the j 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 coast are still plentiful, in spite of the enormous numbers killed every year, and in the interior the caribou and moose are still common. Bears of several varieties are very plentiful in wilder portions of the country. Bands of mountain goats range the higher uplands. Of fur anil malls, the fox, lynx, marten, beaver, ot- ter, mink and many other species are still caught each year in large numbers.
 Along the Alaskan coast the sea is alive with schools of pelican. bass, many varieties of cod, dace, trout, founders and soles. The rivers and 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 ilvigorating sport of the chase will be saved for future generations.
 Alaska has linitless forests of red and yellow cedar, spruce, hemlock, 5. birch, cottonwood and alder. Some of the trees grow to large size and will scale on the average better than the timber 5in the eastern forests. Tn Alas ka is the reserve supply for American lumber1nen. Hundreds of miles north of SkagWay the attempts at gardening and farming have been surprisingly successful. Finest vegetables are now cultivated at Dawson. Good fardens at Eagle City and at other places along the Yukon are reported. For years successful culture has been practiced at Holy Cross mission, on the Yukon.
 7 The great river valleys like Yukon, Tanana 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 ain St. Louis next summer. This coun- try can exhibit garden produce that is inconaparable in growth and quality.
 Evidences of mineral wealth are ob- SSEfdUiS4 CVcIy WlltIe LilC country Few of the 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 lodes and placers are as nothing com- pared to the certain output of the fu- ture The time will come that Alaska will lead the world in producing copper and gold. These have been found in the far north. Beds of iron are plenti- ful, 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 a land of signal promise for mine in- vestors, miners and prospectors.- skagway Alaska) Alaskan.
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