Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1919-11-14

interests? Personally, for many strong
reasons, most emphatically empha-
size that the British government
should be asked by the world powers
ut the peace conference to exercise
its rights not only as heir to the Brit
ish rights and titles as defined and de-
clared by Fotherby and Bafiin In
1914, but also for the protection of
subjects of other nations who have
some, but not exclusive, rights there.
Spitzbergen will soon be recognized
as the goose with the golden egg LET
Spitzbergen develop" In Spltzbergen
we find the finest coal in the world,
equal to the best Welsh steam coal
Extensive iron ore deposits are re-
ported by the Northern Exploration
company of London. Oil deposits are
known and claimed by the Scottish
Spitzbergen syndicate, as well as very
extensive deposits of some of the finest
gypsum In the world, while there are
indications of other valuable minerals,
which will require skilled investlga-
ton and handling by expert mining
biologists and engineers.
Furs and Fisheries.
Besides minerals there are fur-bear-
ing animals which would provide
sport and fur If properly protected by
| the British government, and not al
| lowed to be massacred and even extern
slvely poisoned by northern hunters.
Let these animals be bred and only
| legally killed with discretion, and there
| x,stlI h..
| from them. Valuable foxes and rein
deer still exist in considerable num-
bers in spite of the indlscriminate
| slaughter that has taken place. There
are seals, whales, and porpoises. The
walrus can be re-established as well
as the polar bear. Fisheries, too,
might also be organized, and all these
animals could produce large revenue
If properly handled and properly pro-
! tected by an organized and unselflsh
| government.
Then there are the beauties and
wonders of this arctic land of prom
Use, besides these wonderful mineral
and animal resources mentioned.
Think of the birds, many in their mil
| lions, and many of economic value,
notably the elder duck, and some
very edible birds and eggs-geese,
ducks, and others. One may scan
acres, even miles, of purple saxifrage,
like purple heather. One may wade
through luXuriant beds Of sulphur but
tercups, and find brilliant patches of
arctic poppies and other plants, thriv-
| ing even ut great and exposed alti-
| tudes. Many brilliantly-colored lich-
ems etch out almost every rock,
swampy bits uxuriate with the richest
MOSES, liverworts, and interesting
algae, and pools teen with crusta-
cean and other animal and vegetable
life; even the remnants of snow are
colOred with red, yellow, green, and
other colored algae known over CEN
| turtles.
SpitzbCrgen, besides mineral, animal
and plant resources, has n large series
of beautiful harbors and anchOrages
so what with these and the Gulf
stream there is every possible facility
to get there comfortably and safely.
Let our shell-shOck patients and other
wounded heroes thoroughly recover In
Spitzbergen In proper sanatoria in the
healthlest climate in the world, where
you can't get cold or fever because
there are no germs-a sterile, wonder
full, and translucent atmosphere suf-
fuses this land where the sun never
sets all the summer and consequently
the plants never cease to grow, and
where everything is more wonderful
and beautiful than in any inhabited
part of the world from pole to pole,