The 49th State?
Land of superlatives- • •
In scenery and grandeur. . .
In resources and raw malen
In*homes. happiness and
friendliness. . .
Do Frontiersmen
Desire Full Freedom?
That question will be an
swered in the Referendum on
Statehood in Alaska October
8, 1946. The photo at the right
shows one of Alaska's fron
tier cities, Fairbanks. Though
located within 100 miles of
the Arctic circle and boasting
that it's the last stronghold of
the gold rush stampeder,
Fairbanks has plane, highway
and road facilities, the Uni
versity of Alaska, Alaska’s
finest radio transmitter and
lots of college graduates.
49th State Would
Be Biggest of All
In olden days when i
son asked another: “
the state of Alaska?"
ply was generally—
But. Americans now
that Alaska has a v
healthful climate, the
mountains and water
North America, fjords]
er than Norway’s ana
room for new inhabits
a state, Alaska’s !
square miles would h
twice Texas’ 267.339. ft
coastline is about 26,00
long, that of Texas 4C
Lone Star state could,
be buried deep in the h
Alaska. At left is Le
bay near glacier of th
name. (Phqto by C. 1
Baltzo. Engravings, o
the Alaska Sportsman
Distance Lends Enchant
ment Except in Govern
ment
hi say Alaskans who love the
of the wide open
spaces but object to having
tiem all under control of fed
eral officials in Washington,
D C„ 4000 to 6000 miles
away. Statehood would bring
much of ihe forest, oil and
mineral reserve and other
public land under Alaskan
control. At left Ls a herd of
reindeer in McKinley national
park near North America's
highest peak.