The Alaska daily empire., 1919-02-10
Where Can You Find Better?
Fairbanks Citizen

The Alps of Europe have long been the rendezvous of tourists and mountain lovers. Their preciptous heights have lured the hardy climbers Their beau ty has attracted all people who love nature and en- joy superb scenery Romance Alas played no small part in bringing the multitudes to the Alpine coun- tries for the quaintness of the native costume, the charm of the mountain habitations and the lure or the mountains themselves have played upon the imagination until the region has become one of fas- cination
 For years Americans have steadily visited the Alps carrying with them millions of dollars Did they get their moneys worth? They have seen those hills called the Alps They have paid exorbant prices the willy European shop and hotel keepers, who planning on letting America pay the burden which has thrust upon them, with exorbitant prices They have been car ried the Atlantic by European ship companies notably German. And what have they really seen, compared with that which exists in the world-and that at very doors? The famous Alps pale into insignifcance when compared with Alaskan noun tans The far-famed Matterhorn and Mont Blanc merely hills when compared with the sturdy giants of the North The facts are astonishing
 The effect of water foreground and distant noun tans in the background is without rival along the the St. Elias rangethe Alps of Alaska, which rise directly from level heights far above the high miles of coast line which outrank the European re- sorts of similar nature. Perhaps this scenery at home has been too accessible and too easy to reach and people desire the possibility of a hardy climb that they may what others cannot. Let such ambitious turn to the Alaskan range, with the Mt Mckinley group. There they may be in their element-literay on the roof of the continent With Mt Mckinley, in all it's grandeur, the eliminating point, the hardy mountain climbers may attempt the highest climb above line in the world The only mountains that be compared with it the totally inaccessible Andes and Hmaayas with their great peaks, yet they offer nothing in parison with the 5000 foot climb above the line of Mt. Mckinley. So far the European Alps are concerned, they are out of considerations the climb above line alone Mckinley being al most equal in altitude to the total height of the highest of these mountains.
 Mt. Mckinley, the most imposing mountain of he tO he one huge mound of granite, symbolical and charac terstic of American sturdness that it should be the Mecca of all American travellers, and should come last well first in following the slogan, 'See America first"
 It is time that Alaskans awoke to the possibilities of their empire. The completion of the railroad opens it to the world The fjords of Norway surpassed in the inland The greatest mountain climbs are made readily possible for the busy of the eastern United States. For those who attracted by the romantic nature of a country, what is there that can beat the gold felds the of the his toric stampedes the midnight sun, the wonderful salmon runs? The secret of the European success has been advertising together with all possible forts for the travellers Now that Aaskas wonders becoming accessible her scenic must be capitalized, and above all else, the world must be told of them.
 It has been well known to certain wise of the country that the most wonderful scenery in the world is to be found in North America. Just as the money market has gradually moved from Europe tourist will also lead westward, then it is up to Alaska to be ready to for the traffic that is bound to come with the recognition of her scenic wonders.