The daily progressive-miner., 1916-01-05
ALASKAN VISITORS
 TELL OF THE NORTH
DOCTORS DICKINSON GAVE AN
 INTERVIEW TO REPORTER

Dr. George Dickinson and wife, of Ketchikan, Alaska, are in the city spending a few days with Dr. and Mrs. J. L. Yolton, of East Jeffer- son street. Mrs. Dickinson was a former schoolmate of Mrs. Yolton, the two having attended the same medical school. The Dickinsons brought with them to the city all the enthusiasm of the thriving north country and the stories which they delineate, including first-hand de- scriptions of the country furnish book full of thrills to those of us who have not ventured outside the bounds of the middle west.
 Ketchikan, their home, is situat- ed on a beautiful island of Gigedo, just west of Prince of Wales is land, in the extreme southern part of Alaska. It is at this place that gold seekers make their first stop before taking the long trip to White Horse and thence across the divide to Dawson and the Klon- dike region. For this reason, and because of this environment, no DOT tion of the territory lends more color to the whole Alaskan scene than does the southern.
 Mrs. Dickinson was asked if Alas ka contained many women. "Alas- ka is a paradise for women," she said. "Why, We have suffrage, and it is wonderful the courtesy which is shown the women by the men there. One would think that in such a country, drawing so many men who are compelled to live hard lives, women would be treated with less consideration than other places. The fact is that it is just the opposite. No man ever thinks of seeing women stand in street car and in every way they are shown every atten-
 and courtesy which could be asked for. It's paradise for women."
 Asked about the industries Dr. Dickinson remarked that, though gold was thought to be the great source of wealth of Alaska, the fact was that many other fields of wealth were being opened every year. The copper mines are among the best in the country, while the fisheries furnished employment for thousands. Doctor Dickinson has interested himself in a quarry of marble which the United States geologists after an examination, stated to be of a quality even bet ter than that of the famous stone of Italy. Many thousands of dol lars have been invested in this new found source fwealth. The stone is shipped on board vessels to the United States and distributed throughout the country.
 Romantic stories are told which rival the most thrilling of those of the story books; in fact the doctor knew and had dealings with the currupt judge and the preacher about whom was woven the great story of Alaska by Rex Beach. Dr, Dickinson, in his seventeen years residence in the north, has staked many poor down-and-outer who went to the Klondike to return no more. A few miles from where he lives man whom he staked at one time holds claim which is unique in that the owner and help CT ere all that are needed to work It. At one time he had an oppor- tunity to sell out for $100,000 and now works the mine only when he needs the money. He is waiting for big price. This man crushes his own rock, washes the gold himself and thinks nothing of getting from three hundred to a thousand dol lars worth of the golden metal in a very short time.
 Dr. Dickinson says that descrip- tion fails t odo justice to Alaska, and that the country will be one of the greatest resorts in the world one of these days. The fishing, hunting and recreation which the country affords can be duplicated in no other spot on the globe and that the unlimited resources which lie untouched in the bosom of the territory will furnish the means of building the country into great commercial state.
 Dr. and Mrs. Dickinson will re- main in the city for a few days, after which they will return to the home of Mrs. Dickinson's parents in