The Alaska daily empire., 1918-09-05
Alaska Assists Nation in War.
(Elizabeth, N. J., Journal. )

(Elizabeth, N. J., Journal)
 From Point Barrow and Kotzebue Sound the word comes, Were strong for the war. There is no such thing halfway measure with "the che chako' of the Far North. Let him once express his approval of policy and you can be sure he's all for it. Alaska is bearing her full burden of the war, and hers is no tottering support.
 War funds oversubscribed in Alaska. Re- turns from the third Liberty Loan shows the terri tory is 240 per cent American This is the highest in the twelfth district, Arizona following with 201 percent. of the assessed amount
 People in the land of the northern lights get ex- cited over buying bonds They go for them enthus- iasticaly if they were tickets for the Fourth of they crowded to the banks the first morning of the loan Five minutes after the windows opened the incorporated city in the United States, took out five times it's quota in Liberty Bonds.
 Red Cross membership 80 per cent. of the 50,000 whites, and the fund drive raised $147,- 000-over seven times their estimated share. At the Government coal mines many of the laborers have pledged monthly contributions to the Neuilly Hospital.
 Mere distance fails to daunt the ever-active Food Administration. Alaska affixed less to as many days as New York City. Also there has been strong voluntary movement to lessen the imports of food from the States Clubs and organizations have pledged themselves to eat meat but that of Alas kan animals. They dine on moose caribou and noun tain sheep
 War gardens dot the arabic land At each of the native schools small Indians bend over their gardens Their products and the interest their success has aroused in the adults will far toward relieving the problem of food for the native population. A shortage in the fish supply created hardshps among the fishermen. Fur-bearing animals have been Through the schools the Bureau of Education is try ing to teach the natives the value of raising food stufs. not only for themselves, but for the miners and others in the vicinity
 In Alaska the has transferred energy from certain fields to others closely allied with the war. Stagnation has resulted in some industries, a tremendous speeding up in others Any direction of labor to territory of small a population is very noticeable The number of drawn into the Army will be small. Aaskas quota in the first, called this spring. was only 696. But volunteers, like contributions of money, have been numerous.
 One young man eager to reach the front. He travelled to New York at his own expense-$6O0 was more certain than at Alaskan post.
 Aaskas principal contribution is in material re- sources. The mines and fisheries work at top speed today.
 The salmon industry is expanding and the clam increasing their output. A law of 1917 authorizes territorial fish commission, which will construct fish hatcheries protect the natural spawning grounds and otherwise increase the import ant Alaskan fish trade.
 Copper mines supply the greatest contribution from the Territory in materials. The output of these mines has greatly increased to supply the demands of the Allies since the outbreak of the The high price of copper and the activities in the mines have attracted there from the gold mines Gold is of supreme importance The country needs vast supply to back loans and it's credit, Secre tary McAdoo that the supply of gold after muni tions and food is the most important problem of the Nation So the great gold fields of Alaska are one of the financial securities of the United States.
 Deposits of metals, tin, antimony and tung- sten being developed. Chrome, formerly shipped at expense of much tonnage from New Caledonia. is mined in Alaska now. The Geological Survey is con- it's investigation of mineral to these of value in the
 Valuable spruce forests contracted to the Gov ernment for aeroplane manufacture
 Alaska is country rich in valuable resources. The scattered population is engaged in rushing them to the places of consumption for the war. In the meanwhile they are making every effort not to call upon the States unnecessarily except for ,news. The Alaskans always eager for that They prove that 1t takes more than climate to freeze the patriotism or