The Holly chieftain., 1923-10-04

fully grown In the interior of Alaska wherever
the snowfall is deep enough to protect the grain
from severe winter temperatures, say, from thirty
to forty inches Hay is successfully made every
season from native grasses and from grain sown
for the purpose.
"Of the agricultural land tributary to the govern
ment railroad In the Cook inlet and Susitna region
1t is estimated that 296 600 acres suitable for
farming without costly drainage. This area would
provide S.1OO farms of 1eO acres each.
Homestead claim may be initiated by any per-
son having the qualifications required Of an appli-
cant for land in the United States. and home
stead entry made In the United States does not
operate to disqualify him."
]. ]. Underwood says in alaska an Empire in
the Making:
1.-THE cOast-line of Alaska measuring around all
of the islands, is approximately 26.0OO miles long,
more than the distance around the world.
"The gross Of Alaska Is 59O,SO4 square
miles, more than the combined area of Maine
New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode
Island Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Penn
= sylvania Delaware, Maryland West Virginia.
North Carolina South Carolina, Georgia, Florida,
Mississippi and Tennessee.
"The Yukon river has total length of nearly
three thousand miles, and 1t Is about the fifth
largest stream In the world. 1t is navigable for
river vessels for distance of about twenty-four
hundred miles.
according to the estimates of competent engi-
neers and geologists. the con In Alaska Is sufh-
for $500 years at the present rate Of consumption.
ALASKA contains about twenty active volcanoes.
1.-THE cod banks of Alaska are said by the United
States fish commission to be among the finest In
the world. The same is true of the halibut banks.
statistics show that In Alaska there Is less
crime per capita than In any state in the Union"
Andrew J. Stone writes in the Century:
ALASKA has in active operation the largest cop
per mine In the world.
'"The territorys extent of latitude and cOastine
and the warming influence of the Japan current
have combined to give 1t almost as much climatic
variety as California claims to possess.
Alaska has pasturage for 30,0O0O00 reindeer.
from which 9OO000,000 pounds of the choicest and
most delicious meat could annually be marketed.
In addition the territory has 65OOO.0OO acres of
choice grazing ground.
"The soil has the same qualities that make the
wheat of Manitoba famous"
The New International Year Book" says:
under the conservative methods adopted by the
government, the Pribilof islands, seal herds In
creased from 2l5,13S animals nA1912 to. 04.791
in 1922 The sealskins secured In 1921 numbered
236s1, and at st. Louis during 1922. 22978 of
these skins were sold for S722,O60. The skins of
l139 blue and white foxes caught on the Phbilof
islands during the season 192021 were sold for
$1O9,39s.
"Although the fiscal year 1922 was one of marked
depression in Alaska. 1S000,0OO board feet OF
lumber were cut for commercial use
1.-THE value Of furs shipped from the territory
in 1921 was S762,297
FOX farming in Alaska is increasing 76 fox
farms now being in operation
"over the United States Signal corps system OF
o7O3 miles of cables and 705 miles Of land lines
there were transmitted in 1921 messages, govern
ment and commercial. whose tariffs amounted te
s221 ,7s1."
A report of the governor emphasizes. as tn,
paramount need. llberalized laws and fex
ible rules and regulations hereunder, with con
centration of authority and responsibility and al
administration co-ordinated and brought close'
home.