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I], L. Sampson gave* an interest
ing address before (lie Ketchikan
Commercial Club in line with the
program for 1 lie observance of For
est Week, during' which he said:
“We are all aware that (he great
natural wealth of the forests re
quires a dual activity in realizing
upon it —that of its use, and that
o'- its perpetuation. In this the
for sts do not differ from that oth
er great Alaskan source of wealth,
the salmon and halibut fisheries.
“Air. O’Malley, before this club
at a luncheon last season, uttered
a remarkable and profound Iruth
and fact. Me said. “There are jusv
s< many fish.” How many there ar*
mist be determined in order that
the business of the taking of tis.i
liiiiv not be expanded beyond their
number, and in order that exploita
tion may not be at that point within
that number, that will perpetuate
the supply.
“This applies to the forests as
well. In the case of this Tougass
forest that number has been de
fu.i'ely determined. II is 7S.500.
000.000 feet board measure. Now
r, S,500,000,000 board feet is a quan
tity not commonly used nor compre
hended. For comparison, a mill o£
the capacity of that of the Ketchi
kan Spruce Mills, in a year of mod
erate activity, will cut about 15,
00ft.000 feet, and 100 such mills
will cut 1,500,000,000 feet. In about
50 years those 100 mills, at that
vale would cut approximately 7S,
500,000,00ft feet.
‘Southeastern Alaska is one of
the great virgin forests of the
railed States, for use and perpetu
al ion. Of this 7S,500,000,000 feet
po per cent is spruce, a variety of
P’W'en value and varied use in ah
of its grades. Some 5 per cent of
lies 20 per cent that is spruce, finds
\eiy advantageous market in ex
port from Alaska. Tint the sub
stantial market for the Alaskan
fi»v«-sts as lumber, will he in Alaska
‘When we once make up our
u inds that Alaska is a place to li •
CHARLES BENJAMIN
Headquarters For
Fishermens Supplies of All Kinds
Wrangell, Alaska
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of Ketchikan
Established in 1906
if:, there will be a tremendous ex
pansion in the profitable use of
Alaskan forests. We all live here
am! die here, but we don’t expert
t.. But the spirit of home build
ins and permanence of residence,
is rapidly supplanting the stampede
spirit of earlier days. Alaska and
this applies especially to Southeast
ern Alaska, has natural resources
tv,at will support the population of
a state. They will be used for that
purpose as the spirit of Alaska-as a
piice-to-live-in further develops.
Co istruction will be for perma
nonce. But the great advantage
from Alaska-a'.s-a-place-to-1 i v e-i n
v. Sil come when that spirit results
in homing her industries within her
own boundaries, instead of 650 and
m<>e miles distant, and resultant
greater year-around Alaskan em
ployment in them.
“Seventy-three per cent of the
7S.ii00,000,000 feet of this Alaskan
forest is hemlock. Do you know
that up to 1S20 the great treeless
prairies of what is now the cen
fal states of the United States,
were considered worthless? They
wouldn't grow trees. Then there
came a change of idea and those
states of the union developed. Just
si ch a change of idea is occurring
r?ght now in the use of Alaskan
lit mlock. It is found to have great
val le, when properly seasoned, min
ed and stored, for interior finish
and flooring. Witness the full-page
ad ertisements running lately by
the Weyerhatiser company advocat
ing hemlock flooring for the moder
ate priced homes. The Alaska Rail
rot d is using hemlock cross-ties.
Sheldon Jackson
School
SITKA, ALASKA"
High School
and]
Industrial Training
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