The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-04-25
HOME RULE FOR ALASKA A I, r:.rsn
N0N-PARTISAN PATRIOTIC BILL
Representative Suer Of New York Points Out the to do
The Right Thing by Alaska Alaska is Gods Country.

some extent by the CUR stream. In
climate on the Alaskan coast is gov
erned almost entirely by the wonder
ful Japan Current, and the Japar
Current is much greater than th'
Gulf Stream. Southeastern Alaskt
has mild climate. The mean TEN
perature at Sitka is the same as the
mean temperature at Charleston, 8. G
Southeastern Alaska has a climate
similar to the climate of southern Can
ada. North of the Yukon river to the
Arctic ocean Alaska has a cold eli
mate. Southeastern Alaska Is com
posed largely of beautiful islands. II
is mineral and fishing country, rich
now and destined to become more so.
Some of these islands In southeastern
Alaska are very heavily timbered with
pine, spruce, hemlock and red and
yellow cedar.
The timber resources of these Is
lands in southeastern Alaska are in.
valuable, and thus far they have new
er known the sound of the woodmans
axe. They are virgin forests. The
fishing industries in southeastern
Alaska are becoming the greatest In
the world. According to the govern
ment report, there are over 80 diff
ferent kinds OF food fishes, and only
last simmer the United States Fish
commission boat the Albatross, found
the habitat % these fish on the great
banks soff the coast of Alaskaurtbe
home Of the salmon and the halibw
and the herring and the fhackerel.
This part OF Alaska viii furnish TOR
years and years to come enough food
fish to supply the wants Of the peo-
pie OF, the United States. Southeast
ern Alaska will never ,be an agricul-
tural country, because 1T Is too
II has no valleys, aud
no rivers. but II has an ideal climate,
and 1t is going to be the sportsman B
and the poor mans and the sick
mans paradise. 1t Is a saying up
there, That when the. tide is out the
table is set" because no poor man
need so hungry in southeastern Alas
ka unless he wants to do so, He can
live on tie products of the sea. G.
Southwestern Alaska, from the in.
ternational boundary line to the Aleu-
tian Islands, is wonderful country
and quite different from southeastern
Alaska. THIS part of Alaska is rich
in mineral wealth; wonderful in It's
possibilities Tor cattle and agricultural.
and part of it is well timbered and
exceedingly fertile. There are great
valleys in this part of Alaska-the
Copper River valley, the Susitna val
ley, the Yetna valley, the Tanana val
ley and the valley of the Kuskokwim--
all awaiting development. It is ,esti-
mated that In this section of Alaska
there is at least half as much coal
as there is in all the rest of the
United States. and within its gcon-
fines are the greatest cattle. and sheep
ranges under the American flag
Here is the land for the immigrant
Here is the place for the home seek
er In these valleys arevast stretches
OF arabic lands much greater In area
than some of the states of the union
and this part of Alaska alone, 1t is
said by those who are competent u
testify and who have made a thor
ough investigation, can support peo
pie larger than the population of Nor
way and Sweden and Finland and
Denmark combined.
Look again on the map. On the
hills here Indicating on map are
great cattle ranges, and here in abun
dance grows what is called buffalo
grass-grass that stands five or SIX
feet high, rich with good saccharine
matter; and the cattle Craze out here
all the year long without any protec
ton from the weather. 1t Is a su
perior country for cattle grazing tC
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