The Alaska daily empire., 1920-12-04
NOT A "BOOMER," BUT A BOOSTER"

A more or less .pessmistice correspondent accuses The Empire of being Juneau Boomer ana says it is again trying to boom from which there win be=a reaction'"as sure as guns No' that IS d nitstakes Ehe Empire is not boomer and never has heen It is very apprecative booster TOT Juhe@" and hss been since it's beginning but boomer never, T has found that Juneau needed boom of I boomer" Juneau has gone ahead some times fost4 tbar otbers-sometimes she slipped back a litle-bai the general trend always has been 1or- ward she has grown from the small mining camp of Tong to very prosperous little metropohs' and the er6tqth has been always on merit People have come here because there always has been some thing eane here for. Juneau has missed some things. because therc was cooperative effort II totne for chem and she has overlooked opportuniue i,st as other towns have. That was where she ha failed to make the most of what nature and develop uent lrsye.epe for her tfhe Empire has never since if. e5 Glishment than eight years ago. ceased to ,rs stoperative effort in Juneaus progress, and there has always been good deal of co-operatloH On the part of her people. The war and the Treadweli disaster caused temporary set back For time the n bile and co-operave activities of the people were eepter4d on,yrasing money for the Red Cross, for ibe5sy dnsesnd other war enterprises, and for Iaunero s sbsnanitaran projects and the afflicted a &M thk strain that for d time she neglected boosting .td community effort flor her own az .raedizsaeSt aaI profit
 Ttfe tfmna has Come again when the people take a tbe ldShsgehsof community progress, the old fam liar pre-war Stride profit by previous mistakes and atone for them by not again overlooking anything The cold storage project which she is now engaged n aiding put is but incident in the more or less continuous program of advancement tha' must be continued until the end. It is an importan incident and that is being handled with char acteristc Juneau enterprise It is an enterprls' which should finally result in giving this city the leading place which she is entitled in the hshero industry just as she leads in mining, trade ana Guance.
 There are two other great industries that promis bic tAings for Southeastern Alaskathe tourist trad and wood pulp and paper manufacturing Junea ll45st make the most of these
 The tourist trade already is considerable iten in the North and will become greater as time zoe an Janeau on account of her pre-eminence anon. slaskan communities. the attractive scenery and tn opportunities sportsmen in the country of whic ahe is the center and her advantages in Tansporta ion and accommodations should lead in this industry and she should overlook anything that would dd her profits from being the center of the North Summer Play Ground
 We are just at the inception of the wood pulp anf paper industry and Juneau has the advantage in thf race as the gun cracks She should push that ad vantage for all it is worth She should do it, not b, Lindering the other communities, but by doing al within her power 10 get capital centered here to the development of the industry
 fine foundation for large and very prosperou city has been laid here during the course of tn years that have gone. We have good stores, stron banks, strategca geographical position and fine Ippy prosperous soeiable and progressive population
 Let the people exercise the same fine cooperation in making the of their opportunities they dit in supfort of activities and we will have city Iere tGat H1 sdd wealth to those who have choser il a- iher d5nce. It is not at all necessary to ,tar < oeo1 ar 10 be a boomer" It is yer; r.s---et t3 hes= and everybody should be oooster