Valdez daily prospector., 1912-05-23

c Un the part of the govsrnn1en, n l"ettcr transportation facilltie = twill give Alaska cheap native coa 3 ahd cheap coal will mako it pos SibSe' to develop much lOw-gratk : ore which is now wasted becaus, ;: is nbt possible to smelt it pro. titably.
 For tf1H improvement of trans. portati0n conditions the plar
 generally agreed upon and finding
 favor with the administration
 forces. with congress and witt,
 thc officers nf thc National Con-
 s"rNatmn association, provides
 fr's th" construction of a gnv.rn- .
 m"rt-owncd railroad.
 Secretary FiShcs' nf tAr ER-
 parthens of inc Ihtcrior, and
 Clifford; Pfuchnl on behalf of the NatioIta'f Conservation. assecia-
 lion, have proposed a aDvrrnnsrnt,
 owned rad'lroad to- ruh from taie
 coast to the coal fields and thcapc
 to the rit'ti agricultural! valleys
 and stock rangas beyon'I!. Wish adequate sranspgrt ation facilities
 there Is q 4eneoaI demand fUr qulck actiOR' more inSiSteIp!I than at any time since Nov. 25,. 1878
 10 years aftsfS th,. purchase. from Russia. whcm WilIsurn Gouvcrne,lr Morris, Specaa1i aIent of the !IreaSury deras4mcms. wrote. his famous rrpCTt. oSqDa!ining thc needs of the 9lma,A northwest country. An iilsa m5 how Iii sIe. haS been done a.E' MAIha is gais,l "d in thr rradiNss- of hlhat rcpnl1. Tor tfir govern 1,enL .aS.nt thcrk "utIIhrf io JOhIr Shnrm:lL,, srcrr- tary ns thc irra .stlry, .u pt.ndilioIs {, '@t affaar- which rs rsranm.AIt as ba,Ij t"day. 3i years I;s!er. i,
 In l'epr"Sing ,rIprrH,ir"ui in ! | fm rashr"iad faciIi;iGS 0! the irr- 1 r'IhrH. ihn adnIiIIisillI Isrn forces ! a'"t nifm"rS of the Naii.,,litt Con- @"r\hii"n a$$ociatss,n aeu.r on 'nhth a sN-LcGUi of lcaxin~ ;iib. right ." IIIiIss' the coal ii"irIs fcp' p gov rIlInrnI-nWNed I'd iirl,au. lsrac- .nally aLl persons rGLIcrcIiNd in Ifln welfare mr Ala -ita al +.a, agree ,flat LaH LearGtUry r-pg4L Ix.. ..iyen some iILLl E't EinIitceh Srlf-gl,Srrn- LL9nL,.. HIIIlitEr. to tho tcruiilgsial 5ovrrnInrnt which tuu rOuiincn- al 2IEed StatrS h3tl DGfurr ad- nlsSN'iL inip. the Uni.An- Thnaw is 'JlSht IlttrTfne" of .l,inI,m on ,olnr nf tlae Legis Iai ;yu. prt.niecd. h f"c inStancr whesher tia, urcw shals br operfsBU as Sela as bluilt Ivy the. guvnr1nlent. Eh'eEe is @ilch suppsrL for a. plan Ter a. government nWnna and JiLItl railroad which will be: u.ased f"s private npcrat iGn. AhsAans Are favorable. tO aug, plaza which Mhll pr"Nlde fair freight rasbS and encourage development.
 While the immediate .:pl.ur of Alaskan coal and SoIh fsr avrr- shadows the present.. asIinriltural of thg- iNrrar,T., the permauent prospHriiy of ihr ] country drprndS, !nr2rM ~m .ihr | development of faGms aJM on d ! greater interest iD: tbn sImfk raiS- i ing industry. Tharc aSr m,w rich valleys where abe Glll3latc per. mits farming and agricultural experts estimate that the agri- cultural rcSOuR9eS alGhtGe will Slep- port a popul adiom Wf murr than. 3,OO0, LOGO peaple. The tertiary now has nnIy 65.aAa iu all ipIus-. tries.
 Development Of the rich. min cral resOuf&es, in line with apub- lie policy to encourage tlsIUugh utilization. will bring th,usalltss of srttleuS into Alaska each year. and wihh a contrnted I,pulal ion
 living an,lrr some kiInE of Srtf-
 goverHmeni, il is prsIigicd that
 the country will aIIaiN the placr
 it deserves among hr places gnv- rrned by the Cnii'Nii States. Alaska has a QliInat. which
 surprises tn" average person, rs-
 pcrially if Inc bail from the EaSI.
 or the south. who visits the irr- rilnIy for ihe first time. Mauv i think of Cncir Sau'S norlhreu-
 most poSSc~SiOn as a land of per-
 pctual SHOW, with glaciers rn rv-
 cry hand and icebrrgs in all the
 wal"rS along the coast. The irr-
 rilnry does have cuid wrath cr nll thr ycar Ihrongh in conn,