Evening star., 1926-08-29

acres, or a little less than per cent
of the total area of the Territory. Es.
Inmates of the actual merChantable
timber standing in these forests run
around rs billion board feet. consist
ing mostly of hemlock. spruce. red
cedar and yellow cypress. Conserva-
ton of the tremendous resources of
these stretches of timber land Is con-
sidered an important national policy
that must be decided. as experts esti
mate the growth on these forests. un-
der careful management will support
permanently pulp and paper manu-
featuring industry with an output
equal To one-third of the present con-
sumption of pulp products in the
United States.
Gov. Parks has worked out a plan
for pulp production that he hopes will
interest sufficient capital to provide
full development of AlSka'S pulp re-
sources always with future considera-
tiOns in mind.
Tourist travel to Alaska which
gained impetus by the visit of Presi-
dent Harding III 1928. has become a
considerable item in the Terrtory's
income. Alaska has within it's bor-
| ders one national park and three ma
tional monuments. Mount Mckinley
| ~
| in 1917, ranks as the second largest
national park i'm the United States. II
| comprises an area of 2,645 square
miles, or 1.692,S0O acres, with its
| dominating feature the SnoW-clad peak
of Mount Mckinley. towering 20,300
| feet above sea level, the highest
| mountain in North America. Down
it's southern and eastern slopes flow
| glaciers of enormous size. but north
/ tvvs to
| grassy valleys only 5000 feet in alti-
| tude.
| From it's valleys visitors may look
| up to II 900 feet of mountain, a spec
/ tacle unequaled even by those who
climb the Himalayas. although the
peaks Of the backbone of the world
| in Asia. rise beyond the height of
| Mount Mckinley from sea level. The
Sitka National Monument. of 81 acres.
Is in southeastern Alaska and was the
| scene of massacre of Russians by In
Glians In 1902. katmai National Mon
ument, containing within it's area the
| Valley Of Ten Thousand Smokes. was
created in 1918 and contains 1.088,0
acres. Old Kasaan National Monu-
met, 3S acres of land on the east coast
of Prince Of Wales Island, covers the
abandoned Indian village Of Old
| Kasaan, formerly occupied by the
Four distinct races of natives oc-
cupy Alaska. They include the Eski-
mos. dwelling along the Arctic and
| Behring Sea shores; the Aleuts. in
habiting the Aleutian Island chain:
the Thlingits. living on the mainland
and the islands of the southern coast.
and the AthabascanS. occupying the
great valleys of the interior. They re-
side largely in small. scattered vii.
lages, some Of them on remote islands
or beside the frozen ocean. many miles
from civilization. From these settle
ments they go out to fish and hunt for
their livelihood.
Many of them live by maintaining
herds of reindeer. which have flour
ished extensively in Alaska since their
introduction in 1891 at the instance OF
DIR. Sheldon Jackson, then United
States general agent of education In
Alaska, who discovered that in ST.
IBERIA, across Behring Strait. the rein
deer supported thousands of natives.
The reindeer herd of Alaska now
numbers nearly 300, 900 and is expect.
ed to expand to about 100000.
Alaska is doing quite well. but she
: can do better. When Congress passes
the necessary authorization Alaska
, will do better. but for the present she
does quite well. t...