The Cordova daily times., 1921-08-13
Secretary FdU's
 Plans fOr AlUsku
HEAD OF INTERIOR DEPARTMENT SAYS ABSOLUTE AUTORITY CENTRALIZED IN PRESIDENT IS NEEDED

but we do know that oil of a high
 quality is now being produced in linn.
 tied quantities in the far north
 of the peninsula.
 Then, of course. there are the
 wonderful forests of Alaska. with
 we hope, a future that is bright for
 the wood pulp and paper industries
 Already there are a number of pulp
 mill propositions before the depart
 ment When we recall the troubles
 of the newspapers of the last few
 years due to the pulp and paper
 problem in this country and in Canada, we can appreciate what the pulp and paper possibilities of Alas ka mean to the newspaper and other paper users of the United States. Then. of course. there are the lum. Der possibilities that form another item Of no mean proportions. Some of the greatest fir and spruce for asts in the world are to be found in Alaska, and go per cent of these forests are still in their virgin state
 From an agricultural standpoint the Alaskan problem should be most carefully approached. IL has been estimated that of the total area of the territory of a little more than 59O,OOO square miles that probably 100000 square miles are capable of agricultural development. The prin- cipal areas where it is believed that agriculture may be conducted are in the valleys of the Yukon and Panama rivers. in the interior of the country, the valley of the Susitna and Matanuska. which go into the interior from Cook inlet; the west ern part of the Kenai peninsula and sections of the Copper river and it's tributaries.
 FARMING IN ALASKA
 Grit and perseverance are prime i tNotHlldlS III Nllt ultht-up ol iubot who would become farmers in Alaska. | Reports to the department are to the ! effect that the men best suited to | make Alaska farm land are small l farmers and farm-laborers. who are not afraid of hard work and who have the physique and stamina to stand the climatic conditions that l must be met. Agricultural expert | ments have been going on for many years under the direction of the ex- perts of the department of agricul- 1 ture. the results in many instances | being really wonderful. In some parts they grow vegetables, cab bages, turnips. potatoes and carrots, l that in size make some of the sam ! ples displayed in our home markets I look like midget varieties. Wheat and rye of the winter varieties can be successfully grown in those in- terior sections where the snowfall is sufficiently deep to protect the grain from the extreme temperatures. Oats and barley have also been success 1 fully grown in parts of the interior, while hay is made every year from native grasses and grains sown for that purpose.
 "The agricultural future of Alaska is. however, speaking broadly and with that conservatism that should be the keynote of all Alaskan pro- jects, still a matter largely of ex- perimentation, although results al- ready attained have, as I have point ed out, proved very successful in great many instances. Also in some parts of Alaska fine cattle and hogs are raised, though up to the present not in imposing numbers. This is another interesting feature of the
 problem that is worthy of careful