The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-11-13

the coast seeing such cities Ketchikan Petersburg Ska and Juneau All of them small but inter estng and all resemble cities Even the people like the rest of many coming from the states The Indian population gives the idea that he might have dropped in Oklahoma town. At first opportunity take a look at the map. See how far south Juneau, the capital, lies Then note many miles yet it would be to Anchorage, Dawson, Fairbanks Point Barrow, where our own Will Rogers perished.
 Put Alaska down as being a vast undeveloped country with great resources much of them probably unknown. Also put it down country that would be difficult defend and one that perhaps needs little defense
 Every island we is covered with virgin timber, reaching up timber line and dropping down to meet the sea The islands are really tops of mountains, prortuding up out of the sea- They offer few and only narrow beaches and such cottages and villages as on sees seem be clinging to the mountain side Agriculture as we know it is unknown, and must remain unknown.
 The vast resources of timber will some day be
 put to work The trees old overgrown, some dying from full maturity The timber would be better if planned cutting had begun years ago. But the pos abilities of paper pulp and other celluose products are enormous. They will in time be utilized. In Alaska fishing is big business. There is cannery in every city and village, and some have
 
 two
 Along with many others, thought of Alaska
 and gold together these two being nseparable Today there is little gold. The mines are still there but the known rich about exhausted Hard rock ores cannot compete with foreign production due to wages and other costs, placer mining on the decline, and so most of the mines are closed down, closed until the price of gold goes up to point to make mining profitable.
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 There are more jobs than workers, and, strangely enough more women than men, about i've to one we were told. We do not vouch for this statistic.
 Near of the ptes, especially around Juneau, some of the beaches being claimed from the Here small grains and hay being raised Juneau boasts of growing dairy business with three good herds of dairy cattle Enough feed raised for five months and the remainder must be imported for the winter. Alfalfa sells high S100 per ton
 Milk of good quality is 31 cents. The undeveloped and undiscovered resources in
 Alaska challenge to industry. It will seek out the country when closer possibilities have been ex plotted. In the meantime Alaska will be expense to government, not asset. Many of the persons one meets directly indirectly employed by government. This discovery to one quite
 shock, until he recalls the extent of federal employ ment in the states.
 After brief view of one little corner of this great territory we convinced that we made
 good deal when gave Russia S7500000 for it, and that Russia made a bad one. Yes. we recommend keeping it. and keeping it well defended. Publisher Muchmore and party of friends spent
 two weeks the charter yacht Manana, bagged three bear and plan to come back to Alaska for another hunt In the meantime he will probably send other travellers and hunters, interested in his stories of Alaska to the territory to see for themselves the fabulous land of which he writes