Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-03-21

uitlclo on AllNkd mas Urcn pltpaIeu
hy Hon Geo. W. Pennington, mem
her NJ the House OF Representative
IN Alaska, but now n resident uf th'E
city. MIR. Permission spent more
than tWenty.thrpr years az his NJ"
IN Alaska and is well acquainted
With conditions IN that section
At this time he is connected Win
the Dixon Greek oil company ~ this
city and viii likely make Amarillo
his home In the future Other ar-
tlcles viii appear from time To time,
did you know. that Alaska om.
braces five hundred aud six thou.
sand four hundred one ,'N6. l0li
square miles OF territory, or more
than three hundred seventy five mIi-
lion $3.50 acres OF land?
That seven million two hundred
thousand dollars. tS1,20O,0OOl the
price paid by Uncle sam" 20 Rur-
sta Tor Alaska. IN lNG1, WAS less hfn
two cents per acr" for that tcmnrh-
able province
That Alaska today Is tac most
valuable territorial possession t,vr
owned by any nation IN EARTH
That homeslcadcrs may secure un2
hundred sixty tl60l acres ut land
there after fourteen months resi-
uence by the payment VI Sl.5 per
acre.
THAT Alaska IL nearly tw;ce the
size of our thirteen original stdtq'
That h, embraces more territory
than England ireland, scotland,
Norway, Sweden, AMI Finland ,om-
hlnod9
That after Five hundred thousand
$500. 0O0l farms at 100 acres each
have been taken M In Alaska, there
viii be as many more lett, tot those
who come later
That the exports Of Alaska ale
nearly one hundred million dollars
$500 600 O0Ol per year"
That Alaska IL dotted w,ih
churches, and her schools are rs up
tn.datc. and ~ good AZ the schools
IN any other part Of these great
United StatCs'
That the very highcNl standard Of
citizenship H. taught there. and ah
ordinary politician would not uare
to approach u citizen IN Alaska Tor
IN. purpose OF inilucning his 'o'"
because. every sturdy resident Of
that far north land, regards hts
right Of franchise as his dearest pos
session?
Did YOU know. that women vote
In Alaska. that woman suffrage has
reen tried Oul there, testcu. &c iis
last analysis and proven Of the
greatest benefit To- the territory, both
pnlitically and economically
Did you know. that Alaska has
tha prOud distinction Of having on
her statute hooks. "A Hone Dry Pro-
hibltion law" that the has been
carefully trying out that law for the
Iasi two years, aud found Y ~ behc.
fetal In every way, thai even former
habitnal drinkers who dwell tharc,
wonld feel like RISING IN open rebol.
lion. n tho liquor interest or any
other interest should nv 10 abto'
rnie. set aside. ~ modify that law
MA YOU lnnw. that when Nnska
wns hnurhi nom Russia Ia 1851, hy
out distinguished secretary NJ state,
liam. Wm. n seward. the reaction
my mind IN politics Ia New York,
washington nnd other eastern cities
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