The Alaska daily empire., 1913-04-11
WOMEN WANT TO
 COME TO ALASKA

Alaska is getting publicity out of the passage of the woman suffrage bill if nothing else. The New York and Chicago papers have had long ar ticles and editorials on the question, and they are being republished all ov- CT the country.
 These stories have made many of the women of the country believe that the chief thing that concerns the AL aska legislature is a desire to get wo- men to come to this country. Yes terday President l.. V. Ray, of the Senate, received letter from lady in Butte, containing a clipping from the Butte Miner intimating that Al aska needs women and needs them badly, and saying that if that is the true condition that she would like to correspond with a gentleman who would assist her to reach this coun- try.
 The clipping from the Miner bore Seattle date line, and was as fol lows:
 Alaska needs more women. In or der to stimulate the disire of the fair sex to move to Alaskka, the first leg islature now sitting at Juneau, unan- imously passed a very liberal equal suffrage law, giving women in the ter ritory the right to vote,
 One reason why the law was pass ed is so that it may bring more wo- men to Alaska. Alaska has wealth beyond the avaricious dreams, and abundance of gold, coal, timber and fish, but what do all these riches amount to when the country is short of women.
 The Northerners can get along with out coal and timber until the ultra conservationists feel really ready to let them help themselves. They don't mind 50 below zero without fire. but Christmas in the mining camps without women is a heart-breaking af- fair.
 At Ruby, last fall, there were 2,OOO men, S5 women and 12 children. The miners planned an Xmas tree, and the few children were loaded with pres ents of gold and money
 Want To Share Wealth.
 What was the use of the gold dust, the timber fishes, birds and the wild flowers if there were no women with whom they could share and enjoy that opulence of natural resources.
 Not one of the 16 representatives and eight senators to the first legis- lature is married and there is natur- ally feeling of sympathy for women. Gov. w. E. Clark has intimated that he doesn't care sourdough flapjack about equal suffrage, but if he dares to veto the measure his life would not be worth a moments purchase.
 While many married men find work in Alaska and provide good homes for their families, the majority, in fact, four.fifths of the male population is composed of young, single men, min- CTS, bankers, merchants, fishers, steamship men and federal employees. and laborers.
 Ketchikan is reported to have 400 young men who have come from ev- cry state, but can induce no girls to come to the finest little coast village in Alaska,
 Seward has 400 single men, Valdez at least 500, and Cordova, Wrangell, Juneau, Sitka, Seldovia, Panama, Cop per Center are unable to hold dances without the married women having to be generous enough to be partners for the unmarried men for the evening.
 All these prospectors, hard-working good-hearted, generous, handsome, healthy and temperate young Hleh would be eager to see an equal num- Der of unmarried young women come north to their future helpmeets.
 With this end in view the bachelor legislature began work right away and passed favorable suffrage law. 9th CT good measures to aid women as an eight.hour law, pure food, anti-liquor and anti-gambling and others will surely follow.
 Alaska is the future end of the rain bow for educated and deserving wo- men and no doubt many will turn their steps northward.