Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1914-01-21

dogs are quite common. The iO0-milc
spring dog race from Nome Co Candle
and return every year is great event
and no horse race WIS ever more OK
citing. II lasts nearly week, and
the towns people almost sit up night
and day 10 hear the news as Co the
different teams Prizes as hgh as
81. 600 are competed for. Mrs. Darl-
ing. lady pootoss Of Nome and san
Francisco owns team. and her
driver Scotty Allan won the race srv-
crai dimes. They must bring hoirc
every dog they start with. dead or
alive In tho great swocpstako, accord
ing 10 the rules.
statement.
The arguments / used when tnlking
with the Alaskans WIS along those
lines:
Tint there are only between "a
coo and $4,000 people Ia tho who.o
vast territory during the winter.
That the government is psyinr out
and has paid out for two gcnorations
vast sums Of money annually out of
the national treasury ga pay their
bills. That this sum varies FROM
something less than Two millions OF
dollars "a year to more than three mi.
Hons That these payments. incluG-
| ing the purchase price Of the disiri1'
/ In 1867 and since, would foot a.
probably more than one hundred and
ruy millions
That the people pay no tax at All,
save what they pay in towns 60 them.
selves That all licenses they pay
comes back 60 them. ana that the gOv-
eminent of the United States has
never made cent out Of Alaska.
That an the gold, copper. FISH and fur
that comes out of Il, comes out as
| private property without tax. That
20 argue that such things so Go tho
| country. ~ no more true than that TOO
| crops in the states so 10 the national
government, etc.
| ! pointed out 10 them. that the ma
t'onal government, pays practically
| every public bill In Alaska IL pays
the salaries of their representative In
congress their governor, their four
judges, United states attorneys, mar
| shals and an their clerks. assistants
and deputies, and an jurors and mile
ages, That Il sends their mail TO them
ia steamboats, ana dog slcds az "A cost
that would run a whole state govern
ment In some of the smaller states.
That IL keeps light houses on their
coasts. life saving stations, quarantine
forces, land Office forces. and that In
| fact Onc-third OF the whole pOpula-
! ton nearly is made up of public OF
hcials and those depending on them.
All paid by the government That II
takes care OF the insane and the In
dlanB, and spends a fortune annually
IN educating the natives. etc, etc.
4 pointed out, that In my opinion,
there Is nothing al all the matter VAN
| Alaska, that 1t ia the pettcd child OF
the nation, ana that they ala no. know
when they were we'll treated, and That
as patriotic oitisens they should praise
the government Instead OF complain
ing OF Il as many OF them were
doing.
| 1 showed them my mining nil. now
pcnding before the house OF repre-
lhsntailFeH. How h amended tho
mining laws, SO aH 20 abolish the
| "fiatchot and Pencil Man, and make
/ prospectOrH work their claims or give
them up, and cured every defect In the
existing system.
Most Of them agrecd with me, that
% the mining laws are amended, ana
the coal turned loose on a leasing
system throwing Il open In small
tracts aud the Tide Water Yukon
railroad built, and the codes amended
Ia a few particulars the territory viii
have had everything done FOR h that
needs 90 be done. except Tor the gOy-
eminent Co continue paying the hilla
a. heretofore.
believe my talks did IA lOi Of good.
Ou the other hand I pointed out the
good things about Alaska. what a
healthy BOT of people were In a. what
untold mineral resources u had. What
fortunes la sold, copper. tin, silver
ana other metals Il would yet pro.
duce. ana how its coal supply would
nll the Pacific markets How the
opening up OF the country. when
transportation. mining laws and other
matters were settled would take Pic ee
and pointed out the henenoenco OF The