The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-04-25

of our country have no idea Of the
vastness of her borders, the extent Of
her domain, the grandeur Of bel
scenery, the salubrity OF her climate
the greatness of her mountains, the
length of her rivers, the limitless pos
sibilities of her fisheries, her forests
her grazing advantage for sheep and
cattle, her splendid agricultural re
sources. her incalculable mineral
wealth and her homes for the multi.
tude in the land up there, that spells
opportunity for the earnest worker
and the brave pioneer.
Alaska would make AZ states Of the
size of Rhode Island. She has the
greatest gold and copper and lead and
coal and tin deposits in North Ameri-
ca. Alaska has 599,446 square miles
of territory-more. than 3S3,645 acres
of land-and the greatest fishing wa
tiers in all the world, teeming with
the best food fish on earth. Alaska
Is you GUILTY.
Alaska is over twice the size Of the
German empire IA times the size Of
the state of New York, and has more
copper known today than Michigan
and Arizona combined. She Is one
! fiith the size of the entire United
States; has paid for herself five
/ times over in money actually collected
I in Alaska and deposited in the fed
/ eral treasury. Alaska was purchased
from Russia for $7,2OO,OOO, less than
Z two cents an acre, and has produced
in gold and silver alone more than 20
times what she 'cost4the cheapest
bargain in land In the annals of time.
According to the geological reports.
Alaska has known coal-bearlng area
larger than all the rest of the coal.
bearing area in the United States.
Alaska has the. greatest cattle and
sheep ranges now In the north, and
agricultural possibilities beyond the
Imagination of the finite mind a
mighty empire that welcomes heroic
man.
What does Alaska want? Alaska
demands home rule-the right of her
people to govern themselves-an in
herent msrican right that congress
has never denied to any OF our people
In any part of our domain in all our
past and which We should no longer
deny to the heroic men who have
gone to the northland and made their
homes in Alaska. The Alaskans
want territorial government. They
want the right that every other ter.
ritory in the Union had-the right
to make their own local laws, to levy
their own local taxes, to regulate
their own internal affairs and TO
spend the money gathered by the
tax collector for their own use for
their own schools, for their own char
table institutions, for their own mu-
nicipal affairs, for their own trails
and dirt roads, and for their own
peace and happiness. This is not
asking too much, in my opinion. Ii
is fundamental right. 1t seems to
me II is only fair and just and prop
er. Alaska has a population at the
present time of upward of 10000 bona
fide citizens. 1t is true they are scat
tered over vast territory, but II is
also true that they are an honest,
brave, sober, manly, Godfearing peo'
pie who are our kin, and who ought
to be treated as American citizens.
Here is the map of Alaska. Look
at IL. Study it. If you take this map
in actual area and put II on the map
OF the United States proper, one part
of Alaska will be in the Atlantic
ocean opposite Charleston; another
part of Alaska will be in the Gulf OF
Mexico south of New Orleans; and
another part OF Alaska will be in
Canada north of the Great Lakes. AS
a general proposition people have no
conception concerning the vastness
of this territory, and there has been
disseminated throughout this coun-
try for several years past more misln-
formation regarding Alaska and her
resources and her people than about
any other matter of public moment In
the recent history OF our country.
Let us examine this map. This
part of Alaska (ndicating) is called
southeastern Alaska, this part OF
Alaska (ndicating) is called south
western Alaska. These divisions
marked on this map are the natural
divisions of Alaska. Nature made
them Congress can not change them