The Alaska daily empire., 1918-11-09
Alaska Day.
Dawson News.)

raising the Stars and Stripes the land. The day was celebrated in Alaska and in places in the States.
 The American cousins have good reason for cele bratng Alaska's birthday. They had far more reason for such a celebration yesterday than before Alaska proved her intrinsic worth in the time oi peace She has proved in the time of war.
 Alaska is doing mans part in this war Though but youth, she is sharing the highest honors in Un cle Sam's great family. With domain that is of em pre dimensions, she is measuring up to the .man sized standards.
 From Bering Sea to Ketchkan, and from the crest of the Rockies to Attu-the farthest flung of the Aleuts Alaskas sons have rallied in common with their brothers of the great republic and of the Allied nations Today hundreds of those stalwart northern the waters helping sweep the map clean of the plague of autocracy. Hundreds of others are enroute Other hundreds are being enrolled and will when the signal comes.
 Despite her isolation Alaska is doing a splendid part in contributions in money. Red Cross supplies and all essential services of the war. While some other sections of the nation find it slow sedding in getting up their allotted subscriptions in the re peated Liberty loans, Alaska is going the top with rush. She is exceng herself in this re spect and otherwise many times, and pluckily doing despite she is suffering painfully by req son of the fact her great product-gold-is reduced by the fortunes of to onehalf it's normal value The spirit is heroic It is characteriscaly northern it is Alaskanesque-it is Yukonese
 Yukon and Alaska take pride in the advancement of each other. They complementary territories -one complement of the other-one combining with the other in completing territorial realm that might we'll be designated land of enchantment
 That singular something which is akin akin between ,h 
 agencies of drew the Anglo-American ties into close contact
 Klondike in the Yukon, was the lodestone which when discovered drew tens of thousands North The lure brought a and hardy population which over ran Yukon and spread throughout Alaska. The Alas kaY Yukon twins became the exposure of the world for years and together they expanded into stalwart manhood and the sentiment of No Boundary Line here gave the free lances of this Arctic comrade- hood feeling of freedom to roam large anywhere in the two vast territories in development of their limtless resources.
 tba ad VnkO hpip n der the British colors, plunged first into the fight and hundreds of to war, and broke all records in cash and Red Cross services. Alaska now comes apace with the same Yukon enthusiasm and unreserved sacrifice.
 Not alone in monies and men and the toll of the daughters of the Northland do these two countries contribute. They pouring out a wealth of min which indispensable in stabzing the Allied currency and credit they producing abundantly the sort of metals without which the Allied prowess in would be negligible; they are sending ship loads of foods quantities of airplane timber tons priceless sphagnum moss-that merc1ful agency Ill dressing the wounds of the sufering-and many an other bOuntful gift.
 Alaska contributes some of these articles in major portion because they peculiarly coast product, and Yukon glad to know that out of the Northland is being sent such timely shipments of essentials. In other respects Yukon excels.
 After the is over, Alaska, like Yukon, will with open to welcome the veterans of the tuition and love of the great outdoors and or new ex- ploitations When they come they will find the land rich with opportunity
 The entire Northand is open field for the miner. It likewise is a land of lure to the agriculturalst. The agricultural bureau announces:
 There is agricultural land in Tanana valley than now under cultivation in the corresponding re- zion of Norway Sweden, Finland and the three north provinces of Russia, and all the crops which be raised in country be raised in the other The total tillable and pasture land of Alaska is es mated at 64,O0O, 900 acres" Yukon is similarly blessed.
 In fisheries Alaska is startling the .world-and the possibilities are she will rival the world in the yield of her rivers and fsheres. Her resources her generosity and her progressive attributes legion
 Alaska you are a great country. Alaskans, you are a great people. Yukon admires you, and gives you her hand your ffy-frst and greatest anniversary