The Cordova daily times., 1919-02-13

 can be obtained at intervals through the year and where schools and other advantages exist, is very desirable.
 Educational-The Alaska govern ment is remarkably liberal in the mat ter of establishing and maintaining schools and any community that has half dozen school children is gen. erally provided with educational fa- cilities. Practically every. town in Alaska has high school that will rank with those of towns of even greater proportion in the states and none but competent instructors are employed Nearly all the high schools in Alaska are on the accredited lists of the leading colleges and universi- ties of the United. States. At Fair banks the Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines has just been completed at cost to the territory of $60,000 It will be opened this fall with a complete. equipment and full corps of instructors. The federal government maintains this institu tion, $5o,0oo per year having been ap- propriated for that purpose.
 Returned Soldiers and Sailors Of the nearly 5000 men who enlisted or were drafted from Alaska into the army and navy it is conservative to assume that fully 80 per cent of them will return to Alaska In the case of nearly every man who needed the call of his country from here his for mer position will be open to him on his return. Many others released from the service are considering com ing to this country and every effort will be made to place them in some profitable and steady employment, but returned Alaskans will be considered and provided for first. Within sixty days there is no doubt but that many former residents of the territory who have been in the service will have re- turned and many others who come with them will be. absorbed by the various industries of the country. There is sentiment here favorable| to those who offered their lives in de- fense of their country and returning soldiers and sailors will be well treat ed in Alaska
 Climatic Conditions. The climatic conditions of Alaska are varied, but when it is considered that the area of Alaska is more than twice that of the fourteen original states, variations of climate may be expected. It all de- bends on the location. In Southeastern Alaska and along the Gulf of Alaska the mean average temperature is prac- tically the same as that. of Kansas City, Mo. Thus far the preasnt winter the coldest weather sf ienced in Southeastern Alaska M Msiy 10 de grees above zero. m the interior of the territory 40 degrees below zero has been experienced. There is con siderable rainfall on the coast at all seasons of the year but in the interior there is seldom any rain between the middle of October and the middle of April following.
 Business Opportunities. Alaska presents broad field for business op- portunities and investment. Her min eral resources having been merely scratched" the. field for prospectors is unlimited so far as both placer and quartz is concerned. Here the pros- pector can always obtain work in some developed mine while acquiring a "grubstake" and game abounds to supply his wants while in the hills. Capital is seeking investment and once promising discovery is made, little difficulty is experienced in elicit ing both interest and money for it's development. Also every city, town