The Cordova daily times., 1922-03-04

These and countless other attractions may be advertised and the incomparable glory of them cannot be exaggerated. Language is inadequate for a description of them. All that Alaska needs to do is to present par tial list of the wonders that lie on every side "a new world of inconceivable beauty, gran deur and undeveloped wealth,
 The government railroad from Seward to Fairbanks, now completed, ill 1925 probably will be conveying vast tonnage of coal and minerals to the ports for shipment to the mar l1ets of the Pacific coast. Ample equipment and facilities will be available for capacity op- erations Improvements now projected will have been completed. All along the line of the railroads hotel and other facilities will be ready for the tourist travel, assuring every comfort and enjoyment.
 Cordova naturally is the place for a great Alaska fair. From scenic point of view, the Childs and Miles glaciers alone are worth a trip from any distance to see. Cordova IS the fishing center of the Northland, the prem fer copper port of the world, with matchess harbor. It has great salmon canneries and clam plants. It is the gateway to the richest mineraized secton It is the ocean terminus of the Copper River and Northwestern rail road It offers many side trips to places of unrivaled interest It is ideal from every standpoint as the starting place for tourists to see the sights of Alaska, and every facility can be provided here for a worlds fair, Tn un- ity with the government and the territory.
 Alaska's unexampled lure was the secret of the brilliant sucsess of the "Alaska- Yukon Pacific Exposition at Seattle about fifteen years ago. It will be even more magical ln its drawing power if connected with the Ore son exposition at Portland in 1925, for this would be an offering of ste]er attractions, in deed The financial managers of the Oregon fair will see the merit of this proposal with out argument. They probably will welcome such cooperation and rejoice in their oppor t2nIty.
 Alaska can build a worlds fair, by united effort, without the great expense requisite II other sections. Nature has lavishly provided the scenic erandeu, the natural wonders. Al that man has to do it to provide for access tC them and adequate arrangements for trans portation and entertainment.
 Alaska's legitimate and laudabc object il giving such fair would be to open the eyes O the world to the undeveloped resources of tht territory, revealing universally the inquest tionable fact that this is a new empire of op portunity-a land naturally rich beyond cal culation, offering homes for multitudes of peo ple In the attainment of this object the gov crnment would cooperate to any reasonable extent, for the fact is recognized that the op cning of Alaska's wealth means prosperity fol America, as we'll as national safety through the development of the Northwest.
 A thousand good and sufficient reasons could be given for a worlds fair in Alaska and for it's logical location at Cordova The aim now merely is to emphasize the proposal first made by the Cordova Times a day ol two ago. Expression of opinion will follow inside and outside of the territory, and the necessary team work should result.
 The Times now would make the further pro posal that the directors of the Oregon expo sition, giving favorable consideration to the idea, send commission to Alaska for the purpose of making plans for cooperation. The party should include Mir. Julius Meier, the president of the Oregon enterprise, who { ready is we'll known as a booster for Alaskan development.
 President Harding himself probably will bt the most earnest and enthusiastic supporter of the Alaskan worlds fair proposal, after his visit to the territory in the coming summer.