The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1919-01-13
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r. G. Barnum. who showed THE
Birth of a Nation" and Intolerance
in Cordova, as well as in other towns
throughout the territory, is enthusi-
astic over his reception throughout
Alaska, as the following interview with
him shows:
Il can we'll understand now what
Service meant when he spoke of the
hold that this country gets on many
people. | have only been in the terri
tory about three months. yet am very
reluctant to leave it, and am making
plans to come back here in a very
short time and try to get a small
share of the immense prosperity that
this country is bound to come into.
1t may be The Call OF the Yukon or
it may be only that | think | see the
big opportunities that are present here
az III no other place on the continent,
but nevertheless | plan on returning
Il would not have missed the trip
for anything, and have enjoyed every
minute of the time and every mile of
the trip. | am very confident that a
majority of the people that were go
ing Outside last year with the expec-
tation of lettering their condition
| financially will be back this year and
bring their friends with them Thay
will find when they get Outside that
conditions are not as rosy as they
have been painted and that Alaska is
still the best bet.
The people of this territory. espe-
cia'Iy Inside. are the most liberal.
honest and fari-minded class ri cit;.
Z5rS that | ever came in cOntacI with
! Yves made to feel at home in every
toWE; every club was open to ne;
and the old sourdoughs were more
thar pleased at spending their tine
III ''!'inh me stories of the DAYS ..
| IS The tales of the old.timers
| Will never forget. and | have a list
OF over hundred of those '9S STAN
/ peders that | would not lose for a lot
ITO my mind the story of Alaska
has never been told Service. Beach
and other smaller writer's have done
creditably. and have aroused a great
deal OF interest in the country. but
some time some writer is coming into
those old mining camps and get ma
teriai for line of stories that will ex-
Gel anything ever attempted before.
me material is there just waiting to
be prospected and developed.
From what | could hear and bova
seen OF the resources, they are un-
Inter and after the war will ATTRACT
/ unlimited capital for prospecting and
ue'eiopment. | personally am inter
eSted In one of Alaska's resources al.
ready, and have several moneved man
mat am confident will 20 in with
me in developing some territory
FROM Seattle the scenery was
grand. was too late to see the mid.
night sun, but did have the pleasure
OF seeing the most beautiful ,ftor.
e''"' 'naI ever expect to see in any
SKY. Although after leaving Dawson
u'u not have much fresh fruit, vet
was amazed at the vegetables grown
IN the Interior, and surely did relish
'he moose and caribou steaks I got
uaiiy' not forgetting the roast duck
ana Dest of ALL had some roast moun.
tam sheep in several of the roadhouses
"neh coming out over the trail. It
was the best and finest meat avor
tasted
10 the westward found copdi.
'ioiS more like the Outside, vet in.
'pifeu by that indescribable some.
tnihg' feeling that one finds only
IN Alaska, so far as nv expariarca
| extends