The Alaska daily empire., 1919-10-27
Alaska Day
(Skagway Alaskan)

tSkagway Alaskan)
 Well may we celebrate it. Well may keep it. Just now but a few cabins and igloos in the north will observe the idaY,j but Ithe time will come when people, which may be called nation will celebrate
 The time will come when shore line and islands will be the habitation of numerous and virie people, when rivers and our plans our northern coast and tundras will be the home or
 Many things have initiated against this north land in the past years Things have hindered rather than helped to make place wnere bere peepe m go fortune with the thought of making it in a year or two then the realization of the dream of man sion ranch in the states, wehre they could spend their fortune like lord. Some have done it, and instead of helping the land of the north have hurt been and still prevails go north and make stake, go south and spend it. Live like the native while
 There is doubt thought cannot quote fi- kans spend more money per capita on travelling than people anywhere in the States.
 laborer in the states thinks he is doing well if he permits his wife to visit her mother once in two years at expense of five or ten dollars Men in Alaska send their whole families to the states to see mother. at expense of from two to five hun dred dollars.
 But the mothers and fathers in Alaska that is what the country needs. homes, homes, and more homes. People who to stay people who come to build homes as they build them in the States for their childrens children to possess There too much of the migratory. much of the spirit of q am going to stay here few years and then go south too much of the idea of l am a pilgrim here, the states is my home. Too much of the inn ported labor for the summer which with the season and goes away with the fish pack It stimu- lates the necessarily restless spirit which prevails
 People decry the expenditure of fifty-two million dollars for the Alaskan railroad and they will cry loudly when the government spends yearly such amounts may seem necessary to keep the road in running shape there will be those who will urge the government to sell the road to private poration and wash its hands of the whole business And it may be they will prevail, but Alaska merits the expenditure of at least much the original cost of the road it's upkeep for fifteen years in order to give the country chance to grow and develop. The road, furnishing stable of livelihood for goodly number of will make for permanence along it's whole line. Tourists are struck with the number of homes and children in Skagway in proportion to it's population.
 They will not believe you if you tell them that with than hundred children in Skagway, we have had but two deaths among children for ten years We have homes here, because have work. have children, healthy fine, bright. and eager strong children. We have clean, intelligent, capable and industrious population This wffl follow at Anchorage and Nenana, and the other towns along the line of the government railroad Better days coming, and we hail them in prospect on this Alas ka day. hetf"'r tel
 Some day the voice of Alaska will be heard in the Halls of Congress of the United States and who have no conception of what this land is, will wake up to the fact that Alaska's interests tre 1 mendous important to herself and to the country of which she is not foreign part.