The daily Alaskan., 1909-06-18
ALASKAN PIONEER IN NEW
 YORK WRITES LONG LETTER

For several months as regular as the clock, The Daily Alaskan reaches my address. Notwithstanding the fat that several of the New York Dailies are part of my reading matter, no pa Der is read more thoroughly than the Little One Bit" Publication from the far north. True the news is a little old, when l get it, but not stale, be- cause of your way of serving it. At tractiye headings, clear print and fine quality of paper used Truly, with out naming some of the Daily and Weekly or Sunday editions, published in New York City, any of which edi- lions are in size almost as large as the annual output of the Daily Alas kan if compressed into book form, might well take pattern from your paper. In clear condensed reading matter. and especially in the better quality of paper upon which it is printcd. l am more and more inter Cstcd as l read each new issue and when read not destroyed, but given to some of my friends to peruse. To me it is a gerater surprise than to others, but I trust a treat to to all to whom I send it, assure you.
 Some of your issues have reached the Canal Zonc,So that the heat tortured
 reighbors, cool themselves in reading the weather observations as recorded
 from Moore's wharf. l certainly have enjoyed the receipt of your paper; it comes in bundles of two or three about two weeks after leaving your rcss. and believe me. my friends and other readers likewise enjoy it. The ads are to me interesting and bring 10 memory incidents of long ago.
 Just think. if you will, what my own
 !. collections are of your town are-an Indian village. a natural land without any sign to indicate that ever man
 had been there except the Indian, and then to read and know from living lips. Broadway. Fifth Avenue, yes C,cn Limirick Alley. are being extend
 ed north to the pole. other enterprise
 as set forth in your columns to at tract notice and trade, go to prove the fact that the American pioneer comes from all parts of the world, a experimentation of nationaliueS tha carry with them and plant, when To- caled in distant quarters of the globe something in either name, mark or suggestion showing their ancestry or native land. It goes to prove, blood will tell'-Your Board of Trade, hold
 forth in LimiriCk Alley, which is pos tive proof to me that there is nothin
 too good even in Alaska for the Irish
 ! sincerely hope their luck will con tinue. and also extend to all other races ,or nationalities, who by their labors. hardships and struggles over come, have advanced our civilization SO far. These interesting facts may by your historians be considered worthy of note: the first white child horn in Sitka late in 1867, was of Irish parents, O'Conncll, a girl, the daughter of a bugler, U. s. Army, Q; a woman l spoke to her a couple years ago in New york City; the first death after the annexation of the territory, late in 'G7 or early in '6S, whose remains lie inferred in the bur, ying ground beyond the government l hospital at Sitka are those of a bright, happy soul, as I recall him in memory, standing next me in rank, sleeping in the next bunk and answer ! ing his name, when called at asSembl
 "McGinniS,' was an Irish lad; also the second body inferred in the same | cemetary was that of a son of the old sod, by name Coulter" one of the bravest of the brave, had passed a through the great battles of the Civil war, a member of the Irish brig, ade, under Hancock in the 2nd army corps. These spots may be oblter, a,ed or unmarked. I know not. and only refer to them to remind your readers and citizens and future inhab
 itants that the mother earth of Alas, lta is not alone rich in minerals, etc.
 but also holds beneath it's sods await
 ing the last trumpet's sound, some of the humble men who risked their lives and shed their blood, that the nation might live. Alaska, although denied as yet all it is entitled to as rart of this great nation, will some day in the near future, hope, be accorded statehood, when these facts 9. set forth can be verified from the official government records. The first white blood shed in Alaska af