The Cordova daily times., 1922-08-11
FRIDAY, AUGUST Il, 1922
YOU CAN'T BEAT IT

Alaska is truly a land of wonders. The ex- tent of those wonders Is unknown and lmpos- sible to guess greater frontier than has been, vast Empire mostly unexplored, the Lord seems to have his arms around the peo- pie who in Alaska go up against the unknown, unprepared, and come out of the experience in better condition than they were In when they started out upon the great adventure.
 Take the case of Aviator Prest cheechaco He started by airship through an unknown country; started without food or fire, ''Just to see what he could see,'' and came to griet in a swamp of Niggerheads, his airship bot tomside-up, stuck for fair and, according tC the rules of the game, he was food for the mosquitoes and due to die horrible death He was probably pinned underneath his ma chine when it landed, and all the people eo1 interior Alaska suffered with him for three whole days, while money and men were turn ed loose without limit to try and recover the remains. 1t was another one of those ''Irag edes of the Northland,' ,'' most of which never happened.
 What happened to Prest? The Lord had his arms around him and was paving the way fol him to the Beautiful Isles of Experience. IT that Niggerhead swamp the Lord had "herdeC herd of caribou, and Prest's machine landed right in the middle of the herd. In the min ute of landing the foodless man had a thou sand pounds of fresh meat on his hands, just killed and sufficient to last him for months The Green Grass Grew All Around, flowers hoomed therein and berries for dessert abounded, while the leaves of the trees or the edge of the swamp furnished him with ;cbo +,o ip6a of tho mer without once having to wash dish. The gentle rain fell and fell and fell until no mos quito could exist in Prest's vicinity unless il wore goloshes and a macintosh and was belted with a cork life preserver. The Gladi ator who started out to make Roman Hol day for the populace of Alaska landed square lv in the middle of the Northern picnic, ant the only guest at the party Can you beat it?
 They wire us that Prest is "undaunted and will "try it again next year." We can set why he should be ''undaunted,'' and we car see why he should try it again every year He has tried it two years in succession, ant has lost an airship each year, but look at th experience he has had! The first time the gales wrecked his ship the thoughtful gale wrecked it in wet Territory, at Prince Rupert British Columbia just before he would hi the 'ar1d belt of Alaska.'' The second tlm( his airship killed caribou in Alaska in thc closed season, and no law canAtouch him fol that! The next time his airship will probably knock the top off Mt. Mckinley and create flat site for a summer hotel which will bt priceless as an investment; or, if he takes the lower attitudes and lands in ditch where the Hammon dredges will be working next year, he will come out of the ditch so encrust ed with gold that he will be worth fortune to any rich collector of rare and beautiful objects of virtue!
 Alaska is great country As Lou Dock stadter used to phrase it in 1908, you awaker here on summer morning and find ton o1 ice on your doorstep, and you didn't order it and it doesn't cost you cent. On the impos sible outside what you would get the same morning would be wet spot on the sidewalk and bill for $l0.-Fairbanks News-M