The Ketchikan miner., 1908-12-12
OTHER THAN MINERAL RE.
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 Col. ]. F. i. Strong recently print d iu his katalla Herald a pen pIc- eure of Alaska which as having refer erce 10 those resources of the terri soFy otber than mineral is calculated
 10 cause creduIous people Of the states
 70 sit up straight and take particular notice. Egely now and then. says : Col. Strong. We are reminded that ai- together Alaska has been 3 ''posses-
 sion" 0: inc United States for forty one years. the ignorance regarding il in nearly every portion oi the nation
 ss little short Of collossal. To most oi our compa.riIs in the states 1T is still Stewards ice chest" because the name still sticks. and is to them proof ss strong as holy writ that the apgelstiou is deserved. We confess 10 feeling Of weariness at times be- cause of the general ignorance con- cerring this rich and potentially great country. l. will take many years 10 clear away the cobHebs Of ig noEance which befog the minds O. even intelligent people. But these
 misconceptions will one day De disrel- lsd and Alaska will De known ana ap- Orecis,ed as she deserves. Therefore lss Is take courage.
 That nature in the larger half Of Alasaa has been truly beneGcieut is shown by her works. and we will rot refer 10 the mineral or forest wealth. nut 70 those things which nature has placed ready ss hand. so to speak, for the sastensuce of man. l. is
 land Of siriIe life and activity in the season between May and November. and the great white sileuceH of the region farther north is mostly un- aDo~n. When spring begins to pu. forth her tender buds, the gulls begin 70 nest, and their eggs in thousands may be gathered upon nearby islands CT neadlands. Those ho have eaten them say they are as pslsLable as eggs of the dom es,ic duck: the sea parrots egg. perfectly white in color, and slightly lager than hens egg. are delicious. as well as plentiful. Wild foGi. iccluGing geese and ducks. gold sn ployer. snipe ard ptsfmigan, are as thick curing spring and fall as the 'leages that strew the streets in Vallzmbroas. T and here iu 4 Isska the hu1ter finds his paradise. In the mouutaiDoUs country, not far even from the coast the hunter may kill bear and mountain sseep and goat- until he is a-Aeary Oi the spells of the chase.
 The msny streams literally teem with various kinds of iEoot. and the sea sields the roble king and other species of Ssin.on, and the halibUf, eDIachon and black and red cod, ard herring and other yarieties of food fish, for the taking. Among tbe cfDstazesns is tne crab, large and de- leacEabie, and of the sbel,Gsh family hBct< E1 ktb- fIyU rBSaP- CltfU. duD the language ot Captain John Smith, of PocsboDtss fame. ''you shall scarce find any bay or shaIloH shore or cove of sand. where you may not take many clamps at your pleasure. '' For when the tide is o0. the table is spread.
 The Alaska straw berry is sui gen. eris: it has deIlcacy of Aagor which iie brother of ihe south lacks or has lost. IL is large, l. is luscious, aud leaves lingering regret behind A regret that it is pOi perennial. And then sbere is the wild raspberry, richer in flavor by far than tbat Of southern chimes: and now here can ! you find 2 bIoeberry that appeals to the palate az does the bIueberry Of the ! Alaska eiJds. Then sbe great red 1 and yellow salmon berries make the ] woods in late sumner place Of beauty. and the fruit joy that can fye ''Ureseryedr for winter, The black |