Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-05-25
ALASKA KEEPS EYE
UPON Foreigners
Naturalization Is Assuming Form
of Serious Judicial Func-
ton There.
UNITED STATES COURTS BUSY
Starched Collars Are Never Seen
Outside of the Settle
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UNITED STATES COURTS BUSY

DENlART. ALASKA. May 24-Thc
DECENTRALIZATION Of Foreigners, heretofore
largely a Formally in Alaska. promises
10 become a serious Judicial junction.
Tho attitude OF many Of our foreign
born residents during the last wa
vas at least questionable. In many
cases II was distinctly hostile.
Meantime, the United States courts
ar" busiIy. and likewise eNpcditiuusly.
canccling the declarations. or nr.t
papers. Of those foreign friends ana
brothers who aforctilnc ycarncd to be-
come good and loyal American citi-
zcns until the cxiEencics Of war cooled
their ardor and led them TO disavow
all interest save in the cmolunents
wherewith We rewarded their civil en-
Payments.
For military labors the late unpleas-
ant occasion amply proved they had
no liking and. Judging by our Alaskan
experience, mo stomach"
Experience has taught Alaska that
homeseekers coming with erroneous or
inadequate IDEAS Of what ALASKA really
ls are not valuable asset TOO many
come 10 lind only bitter disappoin,-
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AIaskn Raw Frontier
In truth Alaska is a raw frontier.
country of boots and flannel shirts a
region where roads are but frequently
used trails. to follow which requires
the craft OF the woodsman in many
cases.
Outside the settlements starched
collar is never seen. nor any building
ConNeniences arc few. and those gen
orally the product of a jackknife and
other simple tools
Mining, fishing and trading are the
only industries extant. In the first
Two. mining. and fishing. the oppor-
tunities are limited only by the capital
and capacity OF the man enaged in
them.
an else is in the future. We, to be
created and developed, and according
to experienced residents of the coun-
~ l.aFy . is.s.1
cording to Washington city bureaus
chiefs imminent, unequaled, fascinat-
ing and certain.
The bureau chiefs may be right Old
time Alaska residents hold other views.
There is no division OF opinion o,
point that Alaska no longer offers a
Grafton. 70 him who seeks only "A
cabin, squaw and fishing wheel"
EskImon Only One Breed.
SOME recent visitors in writing Of
Alaska for popular publication. leave
The distinct Impression tina; the Eskimo
is the only type OF Alaska native, or
the only one worthy of mention at all
events, and that ali Fisk are OF a
.tlaska has eighteen separate and
distinct tribes OF l2skimos. most OF
them speaking different languages and
is Northern Alaska near the coast.
extending TO the Bri,ish-American line
\ more numerous class OF natives is
the Tinneh or AtuabasCS,ns. who live
mostly in the interior from Central
Alaska southwark and westward.
The second class numerically is the
Thlinket or Totem Pole Indians. con-
sisting of twelve separate and dis
tinct tribes, and residing along the
coast Of Southeastern Alaska and ex-
tending TO the neighborhood OF the
Copper River.
The fourth class. numericaliv. is the
Aleut. supposed to be of Oriental ex-
traction. who live on the Aleutian
Islands. The aggregate native poou-
alton OF Alaska is reported 10 be near
Mining Ventures Open.
That the ending of the war has per
united revival of interest in Alaska
mining ventures IS evidenced by the
numerous advertising circulars solicit
ing capital for their development
Probably many persons invest di
rcci!y on the strength OF such adver-
uScments. otherwise they would not
flourish perpetUany ALASKA mining
Is a gam le in sense; albeit the his
tory OF the industry proves i, req
sohabie one. or the mining Industry
would not exist.
The offer OF huge returns does not
necessarily raise a Presumption OF,
Intended fraud in Alaska Indeed.
such returns are common. but rarely
cIua 10 the risk originally taken nv
inc investor These advertising cir
culars are all based on prospectinp,
vGnt ures or partially developed mines:
All mighty speculative risks