The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1922-07-27

! Billiards such as rage in Minnesota
the Dakotas and Montana and occa-
sionaIly in New York and the east. are
sometimes experienced in the north
ernmost part of the territory but are
uncommon, If not unknown, TO coastal
Alaska and Alaska as a whole.
Millions of people live happily and
thrive in Norway and Sweden and in
sections of our country under climatic
conditions no more favorable if not
more severe, than the general climatic
conditions of Alaska.
Alaskas summers are ideally pleas
ant and delightful on the coast and
gloriously bright and beautiful and
often hot in the interior Tempera-
ture ranging from so to 80 degrees is
frequently encountered in the Arctic
circle. Throughout the territory flow
ers and berries grow in profusion.
Long days and warm sunshine give
sturdy growth to plant life. Fairbanks
is veritable floral bower in June,
July and August.
The midnight sun on the Yukon is
worth travelling thousands of miles to
see. especially when it Eliminates Mt.
Mckinley, the towering peak of the
American continent. SO. likewise, the
aurora borealis with its columns Of
dancing lights which may be seen in
Alaska in more magnificent display
than anywhere else in the world.
How are the truths about Alaska to
be firmly planted in the popular mind
and the untruths and half-truths for
ever eradicated? How is the real
Alaska to be removed from the realm
of fancy and established upon a fixed
foundation Of fact?
The job is up to Uncle Sam. He,
and he alone, is equal to the task.
How is Uncle Sam to do it? BY
opening Alaska to settlement; by in
viting people to come in and making
it easy for them to gain a. foothold;
by unlocking its resources and freeing
the territory from red tape rule; by
unreserving millions Of acres of for
est lands senselessly reserved; by sill
encing and shunting aside the vision
aries and theorists who succeeded in
boiling up Alaska and whose ideas
have been extensively tried and clear
ly found wanting; by proceeding with
the development of Alaska as a big
business proposition; by dismissing
the foolish demagogical fear that any
so called predatory interests ever can
or ever will gobble up so huge a land
as Alaska or a material section there
of. and, finally by tardily realizing
that Alaska. unfettered and given an
honest chance, will populate itself and
go ahead and wax opulent and devel-
op grandly and gloriously just as the
western domain of the Union, in spite
of Daniel Webster's obscure vision
and dark foreboding. progressed and
and grew into states and
added bright stars to Old Glory. Then.
an not until then. will Alaska become
known to the world and the truths
about Alaska prevail undisputed and
endure for all time.
As a first step toward all this Uncle
Sam has just completed the construc-
lion of railroad from the coast into
the interior from Seward to Fair |
banks at a cost of fifty-six millions
eight times the original purchase price |
IF Alaska-and he is spending addi- I
ional millions in the building OF /
'oads and trails. But the fund for |
Dad building is inadequate. Roads |
md roads and still more roads, all /
through the territory. must constitute
he major part of the development
policy. This will mean the opening up
# Alaska and that it will be no long
II Theoretically sealed.
Moreover Uncle Sam must prevail
70 congress. and without delay, to
ubstitute a workable system of ad-
in Alaska for the cum
ersome, unavoidable hating ineffi-
lent and utterly impossible system
f bureaucratic government now fast
ned upon the territory. He must not
How conservation politics to stand in
he way of Alaska. Bending to his
eavy and costly task and keeping at
Uncle Sam will be duly rewarded
$ the years roll on.
President Harding is coming to 6
laska. He is taking a deep interest =
the territory and determined to
eet its administrative and construc-
We needs. He is manifesting the
ks spirit toward Alaska and is
admitted to a policy of development.
this fact is to be found the most Il
assuring sign for the northland. It
potent with substantial promise. u
A true Alaska greeting awaits the
ming of Mr. Harding. His visit will
to this frontierland the most mem o
abb eand historic event since the
ward purchase. He will be the first
esident to set foot upon the soil of n
aska. This should mark the begin B
ng of new era for Alaska. won az
rful experience is in store for him. V, W
ne magnitude of the land will over ~