The Alaska citizen., 1912-06-03

can citizens engaged in the settlement of new dis
 For years tae people Alaska nave been asking for ths boon For years has been wrongfulIy denied them Al last i, appears [ me. if | any judge popular opinion. thar the Alaskans are going to get gmitorial government by practically unanimous vote iii this house, and when this bill passes. l hope so will the senate will pass and he president will sign it Then half the Alaska problem will be solved HII\ d her troubles will be reduced minimum. and Alaska will and prosper more ill the next te" years than she has in all the sad years the
 MT Chairman. in addition to territorial government Alaska needs two other very important things One is Letter lighthouse serEioe-more navigati lights. Go nothing like as much for our territory Alaska ss the Canadian government does British Columbia. From Cape Chacon. Alaska. down 10 the state Of Washington. is all Canadian territory. called British Columbia. Along t>s coast is the inside passage, go- ing 10 and coming from Alaska All ships from fHIe sound that go | southeastern Alaska and many Of the vessels that southwestern Alaska take this inside passage. and beauty. for recreation for health and pleasure s the grandcs water Nay on all this earth
 The inside passage through Norway 70 the x rth tare. and the inside passage through Straits of Magellan combined grand and beautiful as the inside passage from Puget Sound head of Lynn Canal. distance wa,or as calm as a mill pond for than thousand mlss People who haN= uaHeled all the world. Wno seen all the wonders Of nature hold t.eir breath in silent mla'on wh.r they see the scenic wonders of ;he n- st1- passage Alaska. As panorama changing scenes grandeur il is glorious beyond description. Thousands and thousands of tourists this trip every sumner. Yet our government s derelict in hat tos Eot furnish for Alaska proper lights and light houses 10 safeguard navigation and pr life and mefec along Alaskan shores Every year there are t"o or rhre wrecks; there lives lost. and all for want of navigation safeguards
 ". ll,.l greates marine disasters ill all history. The tragedy ol the Titanic appalls Us. We speec les in th m Of this awful catastrophe More han a thous- and lives down into depths of the sea with hardly moments warning when he Titanic struck Tn horr of il all is ndescribalIe. The people of the world mourn
 But ship that makes this trip through the inside passage and from Alaska loaded with human freight tourists health seekers pleasure ekers friends rela ives, and reishbors. lack of prOp5r safeguards is liable strike hidden rock or run upon iceberg. collide with sister ship in the fog. Ii is criminal for the longer neglect the mstalla ion of lights the Alas kan
 Alaska has tremendous coast line The coast line of the United States the Atlantic. the gulf and C Ae Pacific, is a little less than 5000 miles Our coast line in Alaska Cape Chacon ar und to He:sce el island in 'he Arctic Ocean, is have a light safeguard to navi&ation This is crying and l hope the committee appropriations will heed insistent appropriations in the future give Alaska lights along her coasts.
 MT. Chairman another important thing the people of Alaska need better transporaticn n facilities How