The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-06-16
MAKERS OF ALASKA

refreshing tang of other days permeates Ju- neau; of times when went out into the hills after gold. carrying often a meager grubstake but alive with hope and exuberant with undaunted soul that knew such thing defeat It like the habringer of spring with the annual arrival of John Two Step Jake" Hrsh of Tenakee Inlet.
 At 84 the blood of life courses through the veins of Two Step Jake with the zest for living full up to the hilt as it did 50 years ago rough gray shirt and flowing whiskers hides in this grand old indvidualist undying spirit; virile, potent cour age that not be quenched either by age change. Two Step Jake emanates in glowing colors a real picture of the men who made Alaska men who knew no turning back but always carried forward men who some day will be given the credit they deserve for starting the Territory the road to Statehood Their efforts have been stayed in recent years by change in thought and the swing toward conservation, but just as it swung against them the pendulum must go the other way. It is the record of history And in those days of genuine individualst advancement the message and courage left by the early pioneers will again dominate the Alaska picture in its strides forward to its rightful heritage.
 How many of us at 84 would still be looking ahead to another bonanza? But that's what Jake Hirsh is doing. He sees prospects for placer devel- opment in his region well hard rock mining. This trip in town he IS promoting the idea of port age between Tenakee Inlet and Port Frederick a distance of about 200 feet that transportation by water from his district would be accessible to Hoonah as to Tenakee It is absolutely necessary if the district to go ahead it should the old pioneer believes and he furnishes strong argument to off cials in behalf of his contention Regardless of the merit of such program consider the undimmed vigor of in his eighties battling ever for greater Alaska.
 There is haze in the mind of a man who can rattle off the of those of another day Swift water Bill, Tom Kale the Terrtory's first Delegate Pack Train Brooks, M J. Heeney, Powerful Joe the Malamute Kid Dr. DeSoto Lucky Swede Anderson, Falcoln Josyn and score of others as readily as Step Jake doesn't stop there He goes on to tell you of the men he considers among the Makers of Alas ka." He names General Richardson, Frank Roberts Ed Carmichael Jack Stast Gov John w. Troy, Ed Griffin, Secretary of Alaska, Judge James Wicker sham, George Parks, Frank Boyle, B. D. Stewart Dan Sutherland, Harry Watson, Engineer Hawkins who with Heeney on the White Pass and Yukon Louie Lane Bill Sherman, Skookum Jim, and others until your pencil wears down to the wood. He tells you of those pioneer clergy who played such big role in the early history of the Territory Bishop Rowe. Father Jetty, Father Kashnvaroff, Father Monroe, Father Duncan and Fathers Van Hicks and Rossi at Holy Cross. And of the medical who attended those courageous pioneers: Whiting Dawes Brockman Beeson, Smith DeSoto Council and Romig
 And Jake adds further romantic flavor by naming of the boys who worked over the card tables Sam Bonfields, L Golden Panhandle Tex Bunco Nels One-Eyed Riley, The Gambling Ghost who was