The Ketchikan miner., 1909-08-07

may he seen the swiftly flowing streams widening and deepening on its down. Warsi course. as if hurrying to meet the great waters, it goes pouring and ioaming over the rugged rocks, mak ing roaring noise which increases in sound and volume as it rushes into the still waters below. A tourist trip gives one but slight idea of the beauty and strangeness of this wild, rugged region. To appreciate the country one has to live there sum. mer and winter.
 Alaska's resources are numerous ard cannot all be mentioned in this short space, It is thought by many that Alaska produces nothing but gold and fish. but copper. silver, coal, petrol sum and many other products are found in abundance. The marble quar- ries rank among the finest and largest in the world. Large quantities are quarried And shipped every year. Tin iron. sulpher ard many other minerals are found, while furs are one of her principal products. Game is abundant and Alaska is called sportsman's paradise. Large sawmills may be seen in nearly every town. Some of the most beautiful houses are finished inside with native lumber. showing it's natural beauty and color.
 Nesting close to the mountains that skirt the shores of southeastern Alaska about 670 miles north of Seat tie, is the coming city of Alaska. Ketchikan. Three large general mer- chandise stores which also do much wholesale business with the stores of smalesr and more remote towns, and other good sized stores, carrying a large variety of goods where the miner and prospector can be supplied at a cost little if any in advance of the prices in the northwestern states, mahe it great trading center.
 One feature of interest. especially to the trourists. is the fish at spawn ing time endeavoring 70 ascend the rivers and creeks. Interesting accounts Of this would fill pages. Some of the largest fish canneries in the world are in Alaska, the annual output of canned fish being enormous. There are also fish saIteries in nearly every town and many places where there are 10 towns, where salted fish are sert to all the world
 The New England fish company, said to be the largest of the kind in the world, has nearly completed plant in Ketchikau, the main build ings of which cost about quarter Of million dollars. All kinds 0: fish will be purchased at all seasons of the year, giving steady employment to a great army of people. Halibut as long as eight or nine feet and as wide as three and three and one-half feet, weighing over four hundred pounds are caught in these waters.
 We would not close this article without speaking of the Exposition being held at Seattle. The people of Seattle, Alaska and elsewhere have been preparing for this exposition for years. Men and women have organ ized clubs all through A Alaska to collect curios and other interesting matter for this fair. Of much interest to visitors will be the exposition momu- ment standing in the piazza in front of the L. 5. government building. It wll be entirely covered with gold from Alaska and Yukon, aud worth about s7. 0oO.
 The foreign exhibit palace contains exhibits from more than two dozen foreign countries. Hawaii, Philippine and other countries have their natives there with demonstrations of their handicrafi and 10 tell thei" stories. Several of the nations have their nay ies represented. The city has one of the finest harbors in the world. The grounds border on two lovely lakes. Three ranges of noun tains are visible from the grounds the highest mountain in the United States. Seattle's equsble climate is well adapted for such a gathering. There could not be pre- sented a location more conducive to the success of such an exhibition.
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