The Nome daily nugget., 1914-03-28
ON GUARD FOR NORTH

4 new scout line Is thrown out f" the Northland. The young "f th''
 realm temporarily South for hnish"'' 1 ctlu..ttions incidentiy have gone "" inc arercssivc to carry the gospel oi
 Yukon and 4 Iaska into the strong
 holds of the populous Cheechacolnn1
 A Sourdough club has been organized
 ftrty strong. among the students "f the University of Washington. The object is to encourage lectures by
 prominent Northerners hefore tn" faculty and student body of that uni versity. with its enrollment of two to three thousand.
 A nerve worthy the sons and dauRh-
 ters nf tho North is auickened. Thc energy Is to be well applied. I'm"
 scope will enlarge. \ line Of similar
 c,ubs should exist from San Diego C"
 Rupert.
 Coast cities are not averse |" help ing the North. They perhaps know that hundreds of millions have poured from this region into the coast centers vitniIxing them In times of poverty end stress. and making them four ish. But they are not acting In ali h stances up to the opportunities. They fail to have sufficient nf their people keep informed on the North Mnd to keep cuitivating this rich field which inevitably must share it's wealth with all the Pacific coast. Th. Scurtlpugh club Is movement ln th" right direction. It's organization is timely lt is born out of loyalty C" th. North. and the benefits will re- q, und to the South as well ns 10 thc North
 Too much ignorance exists right In the coast cities dealing most directly with Alaska and Yukon. Little won Ger then. Is it that legislators and nen of influence tn distant n"ids often are prejudiced against the Northiand. The students of the Sour d"uRh club have opened channel which should be worked thoroughly. Tho publicity and education which will come through the movement Of tho one club in Seattle cannot hut bring more people and greater allow anccs to the North.
 It will he well if the SourdouGh club persuade students and members If tho faculty at the university l., r me North during the summer vaca lion.
 The teachers in particular should take the trip. lt would be an cduca- ton as well as recreation for them ard they would have an invaluable fund of information 10 impart to their students year after year. Only by !, isitinE this region can any educator or other outsider thoroughly enjoy the advantages of the country Trans- :"r'ation companies should make tt special inducernent to have educators :" ne north.
 Dawson m ... cr cities having students Ut the university will do well to keep them informed of the prog rtss of their home towns .and to thus keep them and the friends they make ai the university attached to this region.
 With the promise of n government railway for Alaska within n short t:me and wti the agitation for q railway [" span British Columbia |" .,hsk.. the likelihood Is that millions '. ill be spent in these regions on those vast projects alone within the next few years.
 No doubt the North will receive :, tremendous advertising when tho government railway project reaches the point Of actual contraction. and material begins to come this way. Thcn will the clubs. bureaus and other agencies for the isscmination of tho ruth respecting the Yukon an1 Alaska Do most scrvlccablc. The dawn ot tho new cm for the North is ;. ho ,,A - Ev