The Alaska daily empire., 1923-06-20
CELEBRATING KLONDIKE RUSH.

The June Number of the Railway and Marine News of scJtale Is devoted to Alaska in celebration os the twonty-ffh anniversary of the famous kon dike rufh of 1s9Sa rush, by the way, that starie' n 1897 but reached its heighth twenty-five years ag this year Nearly the entire number is given over u Ala ka and Yukon and it contains lot of interestin AlaeRa illustrations.
 An optimistic mesaage written by Gov. Scott Bone and printed under the heading, Greetings fror Alaska," is a sort of foreword for the number. Il the Heart of the Yukon" describing trip iron Skagway to Atlin and Whitehorse; "Alaskas Tw Centuries of Transportation briefly sketchng tn transition of transportation methods and facilities il the North; Uncle Sams New Alaska Railroad "l Ton of Gold from the Yukon;" History of Alash Mining" and numerous shorter articles. including the histories of the Aaskd and Pacific Coast Steam ship Companies, stephen Birch and man others including several editorials Alaska, com pete the edition.
 Governor Bones article follows:
 Transformed and tranfoming. Alaska of to-day is not the Alaska of the days of the Klondike Rueh of 1898. A complete change has about and greater changes inn pending There were more people in Alaska quarter of century ago. but the popula ton of Alaska-fxed populaion-s greater today than then. Camps and communities that sprang into being ever night during the famous stampede have dwndled passed; but in their stead have become penmanency and here to stay. The Territory not i withstanding the many obstacles 1t has cOuntcred, has steadily, if too slowly, made advancement. It's progress has been hindered by adverse conditions and lack of better fystom of administ ration and laws to speed deyecpment, but never wholly checked long interrupted, whatever the obstacles and handicaps.
 Today the great Northland, better under stood and receiving more enlightened atten- ton, is actually entering upon The decade to come will certainly reveal more substantial growth and material pansion than ever before recorded in all the history of the Territory since the Seward purchase
 l not prophet nor the son of prophet, but this prediction is made with knowledge Of facts and the utmost confidence, based upon those facts, in the abundant realization and eventuation of that predic- tcn. Mark it well!
 Above and beyond all other considera- ticns, the completion of the Alaska Rail- road built by Uncle sam at a cost of fifty six millions of dollars, the future Of Alaska. No longer is the Territory dramatically sealed. The driving of the last fpike-to be commemorated by a golden ' arske-wqll occur shortly in the Year of Our Lord. 1923, and its meaning is no less significant than the memorable and far-reach- Ing bargain eonsummated with Russia in 1867.
 Aacka is land of tradition. or land of tomorrow, but, thanks to government enterprise already vindicated a land of today.
 In the opening up of interior Alaska, With Ns millions of acres of land as prcms- Ing in agricultural possibilities as were the DlKctas of forty years ago; with large min eral districts made accessible by rail and road and trail; with pulp and paper indus tries made feasible in the twenty million acres of reserved forests along the sea coast ana with the fisheries conserved and regulated as they should have been conserved and regulated long ago-wth these combined ac- compartments Alaska is surely destined to go ahead and thrive as never before
 The completion of the railroad hastens me foiuton of kindred transportation prob ieins and difficulties that have beset Alaska on every side will asuredly be overcome Nexatious problems of the past will solve themselves, in large measure with the per- manency and stability of increasing popula- tiOn.
 In the rational discussion of questions aHectnig Alaska the Railway and Marine News mas rendered real service and with this optimistic word of greeting convey lo you my congratulations and good wishes