The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-03-30

Washinton, March 30 - Untold millions in natural resources lie in United States territory under the glare of Alaskan skies
 Up in Northern Alaska where the summers are but 35 or 40 days old, where in the dead of the long Arctic winter the mercury registers 60 OF 70 degrees below zero, and where the ground is frozen 40 feet deep, oil and coz abound
 Undeveloped barren wastes in a surprisingly fertile and productive country promise before Iong to echo their dog teams on to stake out'' claims that hold in the offing the goal of unlimited wealth.
 That's the country the United States is preparing to develop, ac- cord1ng to Secretary of Interior Fall, who now has under consideration de- velopment plans that call for eXten- sion of transportation facilities to bring out the wealth of resources the Harding administration has every reason to believe exists.
 Geologist to Inspect
 pr. Alfred Brooks, eminent geolo- gist, who knows Alaska. will go to the Far Northern American posses sion to conduct further inquiries and probe deep beneath the earth crust i or the oil seepage and the coal veins that prospectors claim exist.
 Already, according to information obtained today from the Interior De- partment, California interests are planning immediate invasion of the new fields.
 The wealth hidden under the Arctic region dS not a dream. It is a reality of startling dimensions, according to Governor Scott C. Bone, whose do- main is Alaska
 'Tt's there; we know it," declared the Governor. who is in Washington seeking Congressional favor on joint freight S1d ha oF the government railroad into the in terior of the country.
 "Cndeveloped Alaska Is Rfch.''
 Alaska has it. The undeveIoped part of Alaska is rich, just as is the developed part. People generally have a misconception of Alaska. I have eaten lettuce grown in our own gardens. We have wonderful produc- country, and we want the people of the United States to know it'
 c. w. Smith, a prospector, who has spent many years back of a dog-tehm, Alaska during the short Summers and the dreary, cold Winters, is also in Washington demanding Govern ment recognition of the Far North country He backs up everything that Governor Bone says of it.
 Alaska needs dapitaL'' declared Governor Bone today Alaska needs people. Its natural advantages are ODN1OuS. US resources are apparent and~real- Its opportunities are in v1tlng and manifold.
 'But a chaotic system of Govern ment has repelled capital and retard- ed growth and population. Liberal Ized laws for Alaska and more fIexi- ble rules and regulations under such laws with "a concentration. of authori- ty and responsibility and an admins trat1on co-Ordinated and brought closer home, and clearly needed to speed the progress and development of the territory. "Has Ridden in Vain"
 Far removed from the seat of the Federal Government, a1oof, compari- lively unknown save for it's scenery and gold, Alaska has bidden in vain for fair recognition and just treat ment for the fifty-odd years since its purchase from Russia for the m oldest sum of $7,2o0,OOO.
 Every Governor of Alaska has presented it's needs, often in pie turesque terms, and some of those needs have been me through piece meal legislation. But the paramount need of a coherent, constructive, up- building Federal policy for Alaska has gone unheeded.'
 Governor Bone summarized the needs of Alaska as follows:
 A co-ordinated and simplified sys- .em of government, with bureaus having a Jurisdiction in Alaska, con ,olidated under one department head It Washington.
 Each essential bureau exercising administrative functions in Alaska to station an authorized agent at Juneau ng Federal policy, and a centraliza-