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NOME. ALASKA. SEPT. 11. 1916.
I'ht repented references to roads by
ibe speakers at the republican rally is
. n •xceilent indication that the public
are at last waking up to the fact that
loads are the first essential io the de
velopment of this section of the ter
ritory- "hen the politicians commence
to dilate upon a subject, whether it
be roads or anything else, at the rate
the republican speakers did the other
night, it is pretty nearly certain that
the public are demanding something
of that sort. The wise politician notes
wry carefully the way the breeze is
Mowing and. as a usual thing, he will
be found guiding his political bark
pretty close into the wind of popular
demand, especially when it gets
around voting time.
The vote seeker is not slow when
it qomes to feeling the public
pulse or picking out a popular slogan
to inscribe upon Mb banner. Without
exception, the republican speakers
placed themselves on record as favor
ing more and better roads and also
pledged ihemselws to devote their
best efforts to securing them. As the
remarks of the various candidates at
tested, roads, roads and more roads
are needed. Without them there can
».<• little in the way of further develop
ment and without an increase in de
Wlopinent ihe already decadent pros
perity must grow still more decadent.
Without an increase in the develop
ment of the primary resources, the
country must inevitably remain in
exactly the same state as at present,
if it does not lapse into a condition
where the wealth production will not
support even the present small popu
lation.
The terutory is rich in mineral
wealth but, under present conditions,
its profitable extraction is practically1
impossible. Hold, copper, tin, iron
and a variety of other minerals are
found in commercial quantities
throughout the peninsula. Thousands
of acres of proven gold bearing ground
exist In the Kougarok district; the
York section abounds in tin; high
grado copper ore is found in numer
ous places in the interior and along
the northern coast. Iron, lead, silver,
graphite and antimony are found in
dozens of places while gold quartz
containing excellent values exists in
practically every section. An almost
incalculable wealth is lying on every
side but because of the almost com
plete absence of highways of commun
ication its extraction is impossible.
Without open channels for the trans
portation of mining commodities and
the proceeds of that industry all this
vast mineral wealth might Just as
well be located on the moon for all
the benefit it will be to ourselves.
itoads we must have, for it is only
through their acquisition that we may
advance and prosper. To get them we
must work. Not by kicking at the
road commission, as has been the un
generous habit of the past, but by as
sisting the commission to extend its
activities through lending bur efforts
toward securing appropriations from
congress.
The road commission is a costly and
not altogether efficient system but
kicking will not improve It in the
slightest degree. As long as the na
tional government retains control of
Alaska it is practically certain that
its roud building activities will be
administered by the road commission.
Considering that it is a permanent
itxttire, it were much better that we
turned our energies to assisting it to
secure the necessary funds to accom
plish what we desire.
For instance, we might profitably
adopt the methods of the Fairbanks
automobile club which wants to turn
itie \ aides-Fairbanks road into a
boulevard.
The road is already one of the best
nu the territory. As compared to
anything we have on Seward penin
sula it is as tine a road as could be
desired. But, they want to make it
better. Because it is not in the con
dition that the Fairbanks organization
wants it to be at present, they are
doing no kicking about it. They don't
spend their time in yelping about what
a bad road it is or how many chuck
noli s they lilt in every mile. Instead
ilu-> are devoting their time to the
much more profitable task of assist
ing the road commission to secure
further appropriations. In this way
they are not only expending their en
ergies in a practical manner but are
also encouraging the road commission
to give its best efforts to supplying
that which fs desired. Instead of
antagonizing the commission by con
tinually knocking its efforts and lab
ors, they get in and help it to accom
plish what is wanted. The example
is one that can undoubtedly be fol
lowed with profit by ourselves. Some
of us ar« commencing to realize it
but most of our citizens prefer kick
ing to putting their shoulder to the
wheel. In all the twenty odd thousand
square miles of Seward peninsula
there are less than seventy five miles
of good road and we want hundreds.
Furthermore we must have them or
it is up to us to move in the not dis
tant future. Knocking the road com- -
mission won't get them though we
exert our well practiced capacities to
the utmost. If we get them it must
be by sensible and energetic labor.
The politicians arc furnishing us an
excellent tip to start with by boosting
for good roads by way of making
votes for themselves. If we have the
least bit of gumption we will go and
do likewise. Boost the infant good
roads movement, already started by a
few discerning citizens, boost the road
commission, boost everything that will
'help the work of securing appropria
tions. That is the only kind of activ
ity that will secure the results de
sired.
•w*.
ALASKA
NOTES
(Frvoi our Rich*nan )
There are now 81 inmates of the
Pioneer's Home at Sitka.
The Juneau city council has voted
to levy a 20 mill tax this year.
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Juneau golf enthusiasts are plan
ing ,» golf course at that city.
Frank Cannon, a pioneer resident
of Knik, was recently stricken by par
alysis.
The Anchorage Chamber of Cost
ni rce has taken up the Good f-o-ids
movement.
A University of Washington alumni
Club has been formed by residents of
Skagway.
The Juneau Dispatch reports both
blueberries and salmonberrie* rip; in
that section.
Cordova has started a movement (or
the closing of all stores on Sunday
afternoons.
The mill at the Mabel mine at Wil
low creek is reported to be working
on $250 ore.
The Moose lodge at Fairbanks held
a picnic at Chatanlka recently which
was largely attended.
John Honan and Bennett James are
operating an arastra at their claim
near Moose pass.
The Tanana Valley railroad has in
creased its rates on ore shipments $1
per ton from all points on the line.
Kuby is short of meat and the peo
ple are blaming the A. T. N. Co. for
its indtfference to getting shipments
through.
Word has been received at Juneau
of the birth of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
G. Shoup of a ten pound hoy at San
Francisco.
The sale of the Ballalne lota in the
Seward tbwnslte by auction has com
menced and a number were sold at
good prices.
The schooner Comet arrived In !
Ketchikan recently with 147,000
pounds of halibut, the result of a six
teen day trip.
An organistion of boys and girls
of Douglas, known as the Loyal Tem
perance League, was recently effected
at that place.
A Matanuska farmer is authority
for the statement that land In that
section will raise three tons of tim
othy hay to the acre.
Operations on l'edro creek in the
Fairbanks district, arc busy with their
open-cut work, with weather condi
tions and water favorable.
The colored folks of the Gastineau
Channel towns gave a picnic recently
at Taku. There nr. 56 negro residents
of Juneau alone.
Government Fur Warden William
P. Hemenway, stationed at Tanana,
has been summoned to Washington.
IX C., on official business.
The shortage of men for railroad
work at Seward is so acute that the
commission placed signs on the wharf
to attract men from the steamers.
Robert Hunter has sold the An
chorage Alaskan plant to John S.
Hickey. John W. Frame will have
the editorial management of the pub
lication.
The new Presby terian church at
Anchorage was dedicated recently
with appropriate ceremonies. Rev. J.
L. McBride, formerly of Cordova, is
the pastor.
A telephone line, coveting th. dis
tance of 38 miles between Haines and
Porcupine is being erected by Col. W.
L. Stevenson and N". O. Hardy ..f
Skagway.
The youngest employe of the Alas
ka Engineering Commission is Mel
ville Steil. of N'enana, who holds the
responsible position of water boy. If*'
is 11 rears old.
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