The Alaska daily empire., 1915-03-24
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 As Indicated in the dispatch from the Seattle correspondent of the Mug. get. the glst of which Is published elsewhere. a concerted effort of tre- mendous importance to the people ol Alaska is now rapidly assuming deii- mite oppression and it behooves the0 good people of the Territory to lend ar possible aid in iurthering what is probably the greatest opportunity ever offered Co new and little un derstood country to exploit its in, heriteut resources.
 For years this great Northland @ land teeming with incalculable poteu tiahtles and possessing 9 grandeur so superlahve in its- s-outward aspects as to be beyond compare. has re- mained veritable tierra incogniti to the world Not until the hand of yon- turesome man had riven its majestic bosom disclosing to the eyes of an astonished world store Of wealth 80 vast as to be beyond conception, did the startled world realize that hereN was Q wonderland whose peer was hardly to be found. And, even then, because of it's remoteness from theI beaten paths. the world knew not that 1t was other than frozen waste, wrapped In desolate and overwhelm- ing solitude. which. to enter dared the courage of evon tho hardest. With the revelations of the passing years the earlier ideas have been somewhat dissipated yet despite the efforts of those who sought to toll, the world has little knowledge Of the truth concerning this great domain To the average person it is still 8 awesome mystery, a frozen tragedy a land beyond the moon.
 With the promised influx of tourists the real facts concerning Alaska will be disseminated, and. into those cham nels where the knowledge of such facts will be of the utmost benefit to the country The people who will form by far the largest part of the prospective sightseers wlll be of the leisured ciassesi in part of those whom Che present war has diverted from che customary pilgrimage toN Europe and it is to such as those possessed Of ample means, that peo pies of the Territory must prelorce look for the further and future de- relopment of it's resources. Next to a proper understanding Of its possl bilities the country requires capital and without which 1t win continue to languish indefinitely. Situation in life considered, almost each and ev- cry one Of the promised sightseers is a potential investor or Is at least in position to influence by his im-l pressions of the possibilities of in- vesunent. those who are In like situ- aton with himself.
 Let them come; we need them, and the more Of them we can attract to our shores just so much more VIII the chances Of benefit be increased. That we or Seward Peninsula should share in some degree in those chances isI hardly to be doubted The greatest obstacle 10 be overcome before we can even hope to benefit from the coming Of these birds Of passage lies in the fact that VIC do not possess the advantages Of our Southeastern neiehbors in the line of topograDhi- cal attractions. Seward Peninsula is little known and has few features of interest to draw the tourist to our shores. yet. such as we have are de- hghtfully unique and. to those who are not like ourselves, habituated, so to say, would probably be of absorb ing interest
 It is good guess to say that if we can induce the tourists to extend their Journey to our own kindly disposed shores. he she win feel them selves amply rewarded in seeing the very unusual features which we have to offer
 The strange and bizarre frequently appeals more than the coIossally sublime and besides we should not be over nice in our distinctions of what the tourists want
 However, as before remarked, ifl we are to share in the possible bene- fits Of their coming we must find ways and means to induce them to come. Advertising seems the onlql way to secure this result, hence, ifl we seek to profit by what is offered us. -it Is up to us to literally employ the methods suggested in the trlte and homely phrase: "Get Busy."- Nome NnreaEl