The Alaska daily empire., 1915-01-01

paradise for the willing citizen who is not afraid to work. There are vast stretches of Alaska yet uncxplored but enough is known to insure the statement that millions of happy peo- pie will some day make their homes in Alaska. Great cities will be built on our vast plains and mountain slopes. The roar of wasted water falls will give way to the grind of mills and factories. The millions of for foreign markets will be consumed at home. The vast coal fields will furnish heat to make Alaska warmer
 Our copper and gold mines will fur nish employment to thousands for cen turies to come and our forests will supply the whole world with pulp and lumber for many generations. Juneau is blessed with its share of all these possibilities notwithstanding the fact that Hammond's Home and Office At las of the World for 1915 distributed by the Leslie-Judge Company of New York has this to say:
 Juneau. Capital of Alaska has a considerable trade in furs and blank cts and a woolen mill"
 We are now entering a new era of prosperity which is destined to con- tinue in magnitude until all other gold producing communities are eclipsed. We have mountains of gold producing quartz at our door. Many well known mining experts have said that mining will be carried on one hundred years hence in the Juneau gold belt on a larger scale than can now be contem plated. Juneau now bears the dis tinction of being the metropolis of AL aska. It may not always be so. but we will see our city advance with other sections of Alaska, for it is the key to Stewards Ice Chest" geograph. ically, and our mines make our busi- ness more stable than conditions Tn factory town. The whole world is seeking our products regardless of market conditions, which insures us permanent payroll.
 A trip to Alaska along the inland passage Is inspiring. Nowhere In the world has nature provided such lux ury for the sightseer. A trip cover ing more than 800 miles where the waters are as smooth as the proverb- ial millpond, dotted here and there with small islands, protected from the ocean swells by a continuous chain of larger islands reaching from Cape Flattery in the South to Cape of beautiful bays and inlets; a sports. mans paradise. From every noun. tain slope beautiful streams are seen, their waters glistening through the wooded slopes, disappearing now and then, only to reappear at some turn as the steamer proudly ploughs her way onward at last losing themselves in the ocean waters. These streams are without exception teeming with various species of trout, the larger riyulets affording spawning grounds for the myriads of salmon and other food fishes.
 One is impressed with the beauties of Taku and other glaciers along the way which are fast recedIng: with the snow.capped peaks, the beau. tiful shore lines and the extensive forests, but very few have given thought to what this will all be in a few years. Gastineau Channel a few years ago appeared just as ma. jestic. Today 1t has the appearance of an active commercial center. Noun. tains are being torn asunder to make room for mills; extensive tunnels are being driven to reach tho gold laden ores. and the shore line Is being broken with wharves and other de. delopments, yet we have the outline