The Alaska citizen., 1912-06-03

~ in The Cni.ed States to Il. come better acQuaii
 Nj Alaska. ani especially that favored par territory known the Tanaua valley this spe eltion at he Alaskan Cttizer is published for the Ia-o f,lItng rhe in ending ter or tourist what may expec 10 find on r ac@ing this Aaska's grea gold camp
 To tell with any par.ulariy of detail what Ala whole has offer The homesceker would ne s. a,e very m1ch more han Ike space al command ih= Elaboration of taose qualified 10 write of it's ious sectioE- A fair idea of tae wealth of the ct ry. however, may be obtained from the statement Alaska stands first in the ted States in her ou of ifs. and second only 10 Colorado in her output gold Among her natural elements of wealth sae n"re gold than Caliion ,a and Colorado; more coal than r,n@s> harta. W.st Virginia and Ohio; more copper than Arizona and N ntana. and fish an all oh American waters. And the greater pan ct these immense resources await he coming cf men win courage and mon 10 develop hem. lhere is DO place under the flag of our country WEe}e tsere is go Il opportunity for capital 1o assist ill th, deyoopmont Of American territory with grel profit to itself as in Alaska nor does Oll Glory wave over any territory hat offers bet r,urr to the ahoss capital is sum- mel up in eool health and willingness work. That there i- room for all k indca ed by the fact laa the present density of white population is ahout one wht person to nine.een square miles.
 Il is undoubtedly he that the settlement of Alaska has been mucI retarded by reason of the erroneous as-ump ion prevalent in the Sta.es, that the climate is gXtremcy gorous and so many hard s,ips have he endured hat only the most hardy survive the struggle If t1e territory contiguous the states sush mlsappreha ansions could no, cXf- and would be but a shor, time before the greater part its area would be popu- lated at lcast well much of the great South west. Travellers alos, however. psrAaps more than its reno eress. have been responsible for the dis gcnna ion o1 wrong ideas egarding the territory, anI the harm wrought by these will be continuing until tha newspapers of the sates r regard person who has just come from Alas ka one who has survived terrible deal and entitled a column of space where in Q detail a string of imaginary experiences In exag ated erms such would put Murchausen to the blus
 Nothing better than brief statement of its poss ties for agriculture could refute the mlsconcepton Alaska Is country f continuous cold weather, and this statement will have the stamp of au hority. i culleG direct from ,he report of the governor of ka for the year 19l1 This is a par of what Gove Clark has O say under the heading "Agriculture":
 "Ihe possibilities of agriculture admitted Cny a few persons-even Of those familiar with l condions-1o or 12 years There were many disbcEtved then who have themselves recently der straed he feasibility of raising gard crops and of the grains. AS carly as l9o6 gardening had come throughout tie terri ry. in som the settlements nor,h of the Arctic circle Al pre- doubt Is expressed by anybody ill Alaska as to 'possibi es agriculture and the local pride of dents everywhere in their gardens and small farm! one rf .ae significant facts impr ssed upon the m Cf visitors from the states The general discus of the subjecj this time has narrowed down 5o question, of adaptability of climate and soil formerly the case, but of the extent to which farr may pr fably be carried on interior transportation markets being considered The feasibility of raj wheat except in a small experimental way is still a
 of doubt, but the successful raising of barley hay, vegetables and live stock has been demonsra . All the vegetables which commonly ralse New England and the Middle States thrive in Ala even in the region, Al Fairbanks, Whc In the latitude Middle Norway agricult fair was held last month exhibits being made c