Douglas Island news., 1920-01-23
ENTHUSIASTIC
 OVER RAILROAD
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snclos and delays Che road should bc completed. with Che exception Of Che crossing of thc Tonma river by tho end Of l92l Thh win require .thc employment of over A00O men during Che working season or Che next two years.
 Whom completed thc main line from Seward Go Fairbanks win be t7l miles lonr The Matanuaka branch narrow mueol now com- plotc. Is hry-c.eht miles long, and hc Chauuka and Cinema branches narrow rauecl hayo % total length of hutyaeycn miles. a total of 5i6 miles of main limo and branches. i'm addition Co which thcro win be afty-dyo miles of terminal tracks and sduw or total or 60l miles of racks
 This project win bc success only to Che extent in which Che tributary country n pcopcd and local ndus-
 tries established To this end au necessary announcement and aid must be extended che pioneer during bs years ol uonnrolucuon. and roads
 suitable for truck hau'aee and pack and sled trails must be made into
 bc adjacent mining regions The region directly tributary to Che rail- load has produced m mineral wealth total in cNocss of sl10.OO0OOO.
 This rich output mas bccu rocoy- cred under tho most was.eful and un- economic conditions. which made 10 possible to work only Che richer placer gold deposits The railroad whom completed win so greatly rel ducc costs ol operation u Che A'as- Ea interior as to mako possible Che profitable working of many low grade deposits and many quartz and lode deposits that under present cone duous arc not profitable to work
 This great development should be. .o directed as to result I'm thc bu.ld- ue ol local industries and a perma- nml population Agriculture n N-. asba .s now demonstrated to beprac- uobIc. n win bc successful only m 0l. .tou. to which local markets ore available. or Che settler H m nsbcd uac necessary aid to permit him to cueare n diversified farm me and stock raising This can bo| done Gooe fully In any Of Almkaa srca. valleys
 AI uaI Is necessary is Che hardy typo of p.oncer and such aid and ou- .uaeomu, as he may need until Inc become. producer This Is Che method s1 success fully used by Can- ada resulting in Che great barren plains or Alberta. Saskatchewan and Manitoba which wcrc a few years Ieo barren wastes now being among Che worlds greatest sources of food
 supply
 The winter conditions In th.s soc- aon ol Canada are Wuo. if any, df- orwt from those Iu thc interior of. AaM During Che middle of De- .ob.r Isla che temperature feu to| l5 degrees below zero at Edmonton. 0u hc ttud day ot November 1919. m, temperature at Winnipeg was z degrees below zero. Such low tem- poumrc at chat season of thc year a unknown m Alaska. except In tho. Arctic regions
 Canada does not encourage eyery- body m Che settlement Of her nou- ueu She picks only those dt u ever, way to combat Che tr.ols and harlsh.ns Of frontier nfc and those to whom Che cold winter Is no ter- ror. and thcu Canada extends thom an necessary aid financial and 0th- ervae and encouragement to aa- sure hc.r making a livelihood dur ius thcr pioneer years and ultimate iy becoming con.ea.el prosperous ctlms And through such a wise. constructive policy Canada Is today .mnr a development, chat promises untold wealth for ho future
 With Che adoption of such a policy for Alaska. WIG can in a few years bring about the settlement of that country by Che type Of pioneer who win develop and utilize One rich re- sources or Che country in Che croa- uon Of local industries and tho. building ol % prosperous Alaskan ciu- frury