The Alaska daily empire., 1915-05-24
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 APPEARS IN SUNSET

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 The Interesting Westerners' de' partment of Sunset Magazine for May contains au Interesting article on Gov J. F A. Strong by Prank Carleton Tocls. newsnaperman poet and au' thor and al present secretary or ipe Por, Angeles Washe Commercial Club. With the article is an eNcel' lent iml page halrtone picture or Gov Stroug In the executive otilce at J0' mean.
 The article appears under tAe neaa' ing "The First Alaskan and IS as follows
 He is typical of the Northlond- white crowned like its mountains straight and rugged Ike its ever greens. He IS typical of Che aggress- i've and optimistic citizenship Of the new orthlnd-vigorous in mind and body, keeneyed and clear-headea There's nothing commonplace about J. F. 4. Strong. che first Alaskan gov ernor of Alaska-hc looks and acts the part
 But neither is there anything aus tere or aloof about him. As a genial proposition he is as common and min. gling as muckluck He is one or the most approachable and engaging of men. and therefore no one is more popular than he among the mushers and sourdoughs of Alaska. who have known him as one of them for the last seventeen years, or among the newspaper toilers of the Pacific coast who have recognized him as worthy fellow worker for more than a guar ter Of a century
 Governor Strong has mushed, dog sledded, prospected picked and show eled and windlassed his way in var ious gold districts Of Alaska Just about an the sourdoughs know him well, from snowy.outcrop to bedrock His personal acquaintance among them is remarkably general They all address him with genial but respect fm familiarity as Major and his personality fits tho title so patty de- spite civilian raiment that even the dullest imagination readily supplies the gold cord, epaulets and chapeau of militant romance.
 Born in Kentucky, of old New Eng land stock. practically all his life has been spent in Che newspaper business in cities and towns from St. Paul westward. He was always a success ful reporter, a fluent aud graphic writ CT. and in the last twenty years skilled and forceful editorial conn mentor. Mrs. Strong is a native Of Nevada City. California, but most of her life has been spent in Seattle, European educational centers and in Alaska She is an alumnus of the Berlin Conservatory of Music. a post graduate piano pupil of the great Hen rich Earth, and prior to her marriage, she was superintendent of the depart ment Of music in the University of Washington. Although a lady of the highest refinement and culture Mrs. Strong. accompanied her husband stur- dily and cheerfully in all his trips ov- CT the northern trails and torrential streams. and she always says that she enjoyed every hour of it.
 Early in 1898 Mr. strong worked a promising lay at Gold Bottom creek. He worked hard at the job. cutting wood. mucking. running the windlass, and doing an other things that fall to the lot of Che rough placer miner. In the following Spring the cleanup showed only fair returns, but during this experience the future governor dug up S24 nugget He has never been broke since, for he has it still
 During 1910 Mir. and Mrs Strong travelled much, visiting New York, the West Indies. Central and South America. After returning to the north west. Mir. Strong established and pun- lished the lditarod Nugget, until 1912, when he removed the plant to Juneau. In October. 1912, he established the Alaska Daily Empire at Juneau sev- en, column, four page paper This pa per soon became @ significant power for good in Southeastern Alaska, and is stin influential and authorative Mir. Strong was appointed Governor of Alaska by President Wilson in April 1913. succeeding Walter D. Clark