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AMERICA ARMS
Eight hundred thousand men under arms and drill
ing in less than three months after the declaration of war
is an indication that America is awake, but fortune is
with us, for what happened to Belgium and France would
have happened to a considerable section of New England
had this war commenced under other conditions.
Never again until a universal system of police or some
other well tried plan shall insure world peace, should
America allow herself to be as unprepared as during the
past 15 years.
Always at peace, yet instantly ready, should be the
watchword, but in the meantime we are facing a long,
rough road of war. The first call of a million through
draft will bring our army close to 2,000,000 men, but the
end is not in sight.
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BOOSTING ALASKA
In the most recent government publication on “Alas
ka, the Empire of the Future." issued by the department
of interior, an eifort is made to arouse interest suffi
cient to bring further inquiries from prospective settlers.
It says in part:
“In 1867 William H. Seward insisted that the United
States government buy Alaska. The price paid was 87,
200,000. People scoffed and railed and jeered at “Sew
ard’s ice box.”
"Last year the territory exported twice her purchase
price in gol dalone, six times her purchase price in cop
per, and three times her purchase price in fish. Her total
commerce for the year approached 8120,000.000.
“And still Alaska is a land of thrills. She has scarce
ly stepped across the threshold of the vast prosperity that
will be hers. The half billion of dollars she has given
these United States during the course of the last half cen
tury will be doubled many times before the century is
closed. ,, jQ&quiik1
“And now they teli us that the farming area alone of
Alaska is as large as the combined area of Pennsylvania,
Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massa
chusetts, Vermont and New Hampshire. We are told
that Matanuska potatoes weigh a pound and a half. We
are shown rutabagas that weigh from twelve to fourteen
pounds apiece. \\ e are fed lettuce and strawberries that
might have been grown in Virginia.
is tins reward s ice box, ‘Seward s folly, Seward’s
Arctic polar bear preserve?’
“Alaska is no longer a formidable wilderness.
Thoughful men and women realize that though it is cold
in winter it is warm in summer. Reports of actual weath
er conditions show that it was milder at Seward this win
ter than it was at New York or Boston.
“We cannot speak of Alaska as a whole any more
than we can speak of the Pacific slope as a whole. It is
just as misleading to speak of the Matanuska valley and
Point Barrow in the same breath as it is to infer that
pomegranates will mature in Vancouver just because that
island happens to be circled by the same sea that laps the
beach of Coronado.
“A map of Alaska superimposed upon a chart of the
United States shows a spread of territory extending from
the Atlantic ocean at Charleston to the Pacific at Los
Angeles, from Canada to Lake Superior to the state of
Sonora. Her 586,000 square miles comprise a domain one
fifth as large as the United States and quite as varied,
both in climate and resources.
“Why, then, did Alaska lie so long ‘undiscovered?’
Lack of concrete knowledge, prejudice born of ignorance,
have retarded the development of the territory up to a
very recent date. The effect on the country has been
psychological rather than intention, but the results have
l>een the same.
“Government surveyors have disclosed vast riches
WATCHING THE PERISCOPES.
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— Rohse in New York World.
and the government railroad is fast opening up the coun
try. Her coal is declared to be equal to the world s best,
her soil is fertile and her people industrious.
“What better foundation could a candidate for state
hood have in its race for future prosperity?”
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PAY, PRAY ANI) PEG AWAY
In a Long Island village there used to he and still is
a group of people who thought a great deal of each other
in spite of what they said, which was frequently of an
unsympathetic nature. The group existed under various
self-imposed names and had a semi-humorous motto which
ran: “Pay, pray and peg away.1'
All the members of this little association are still alive,
kicking and good natured.
Now seems an apt time to suggest that their motto
be made public and urged for more general adoption.—
(New York Sun.)______________________
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Sewa :d
The Gateway of
Alaska
The Place Where Sails Meet Rails
TERMINUS U. S. GOVERNMENT RAILROAD
Best Harbor on the Alaska Coast
Big Game Paradise of all Alaska
Future Fishing Center of Alaska
Gateway and Distributing Point for Central Alaska
Completely endowed and equipped with Public
School, Hospital and Churches
If You Are Looking for a Place
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These Facts:
SEWARD is the inevitable metropolis of Alaska; has a first class
Public School System; is the principal city on the Kenai Penin
sula; the outfitting point for all big game parties; the natural
Gateway to all of Interior Alaska; has the finest harbor on the
coast—bar none; the most advantageously located townsite in
Alaska; a fishing industry that alone will make a wealthy town;
a modern and complete cold storage plant and cannery; will have
one of the finest Radio Stations in the North Pacific.
SEWARD has a first-class gravity water system, modern electric
light and power plant, has twosolid financial institutions and is
the selected site for the North Coast Government Coaling Station,
the SALT WATER TERMINUS of the Government-built railroad,
the nearest port to the GREATEST HALIBUT BANKS in Alaska
and is tributary to the great mining districts of Alaska.
For further information regard Seward, Alaska, or
your own particular business, address
THE SEWARD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE