The daily Alaskan., 1922-07-18
SHERMAN ROGERS IS HERE
 TO STUDY ILLS OF ALASk.

Realizing that tLsre Is something radically wrong with Alaska as the result of mismauagement, misunder- standing. transformation or mistak- en t,eories, or all of them, the Out, look Magazine, winch Ntself had hand in locking up the resources of the Northland to the extent of giv- ing support to the conservation pol icy of Clifford PincFot. has set about learning the real facts concerning Alaska. and sherman Rogers is here to get the desired information first hand. After he has made a thor ough investigation of conditions In The principal sections of the terri tory. he will give his views public ity through the pages of the Outlook Magazine. And he s making the in vastfgation with tie understanding that his views will be printed Just as he writes them. Tle editors of Out look are anxious to tell the truth about Alaska and they have put it up to Sherman Rogers to do the telling,
 u his own rorceIu! language.
 Mr. Rogers. whose rise to fame as writer and orator has been phenom
 uaI. arrived from ;he coast on Sat urday. aboard the business car of the Alaska Railroad, after leisurely trip from Seattle. He made frequent stops along the way to make a close up study of conditions and he has found that the yiewJ of Alaskans and his own are in accord on the ques- tion of cOuservatioX-that there is too much of it for the country's good.
 MT. Rogers does not believe that 1. it will be possible to throw the ter rftory wide open, as it was before the resources were withdrawn by executive order and congressional restriction. but he believes that 1 conservation. like prohibition can be made over in.J a workable safeguard that will continue 10 conserve but without preventing development
 Nr. Rogers says that his observa- tions thus far have convinced him that the territory Is rich in natural resources. so tich and so vast that there is nothing to fear from an in vasion of capital. But he says the people of the States, including some l in high authority, have an eXagger- ated notion about Alaska's riches and are inclined to discuss the op- portuuiues rather loosely. Too many ! Outsiders have the idea that gold nuggets can be fCInd clinging to every grass root
 There is plenty of capital avail able in the States Mir. Rogers says, | for the development of Alaska pro | fects But it will require educational campaigning to ges it and the re- movaI or modification of restrc l tious. Mr. Rogers suggests that one i way to interest capital in Alaska 1 is 10 persuade wealthy Fasteners
 to visit the territory during the 1 hunting season. They would enjoy bagging moose and other big game and their visits might naturally re suit in the acquisition of minng and other interests. AIr. Rogers hopes to
 be able to induce some of his East ern friends to visit the territory be-
 fore the end of tre present year
 and he is sure they will enjoy the
 outing more than they do their an,
 nuaI hunts in the Maine and other
 northorn woods.
 1 Mr. Rogers is known as the "Lum,
 berjack oraotr." He lived in the l West until a very short time age
 and worked in the lumber woods .where he gathered original ideas 1 regarding the all-important labor
 problem which has since brought
 him prominently before the natior
 as a writer and lecturer.