gas taxes or toll gates to cover
the necessary construction with
little or no burden on the people
of the province. It is expected
that the Yukon Territory section
will be built by the Canadian
government.
“In Alaska there are funds a
vailable annually for road build
ing, and if additional funds are
needed to extend or improve the
existing Alaskan road system
i ndoubtedly Congress would ap
propriate the money, as a few
dollars spent to construct this
highway will be repaid many
fold in the increased valuation
cf Alaskan property, most of
which is at present in Federal
ownership.
“If left to itself, this road
would no doubt be built by na
tural piecemeal extension in the
next 20 years, but with a little
concerted action and cooperation
at this time it is possible to put
it through within the next few
years. The Pacific International
Highway will open un.to’d miner
al resources of Alaska. Hundreds
of miles of heavily mineralised
zones lie spread over three great
mountain ranges. Tin, antimony,
silver, copper and gold and an
thracite await the influx of
prospectors and capital which
will come quickly via the motor
route. The completion of this
highway to Alaska will in a very
few years add a hundred thou
sand eastern people to the pop
ulation of Alaska and several
hundred thousand to British
Columbia. This highway to Alas
ka will be the greatest single
drawing card the Pacific Coast
will have for the motorist of
America.
“Alaska scenic attractions ate
unsurpassed. Thousands will
wish to travel from their own
doorstep to the Land of the
Midnight Sun. The Arctic Circle
will be crossed and re crossed,
and the Aurora Borealis will be
come a by-word. Dawson, Klon
dike and the Yukon River will
draw the curious, and the unex -
celled climate of Fairbanks ana
Anchorage will hold the home
steader. Mount McKinley, the
highest mountain in the world
above its base, will claim many
admirers. The better class of
tourists will no doubt go north
from Los Angeles, San Francisco,
Portland and Seattle, via motor,
and will return from Alaska via
boat through that fairy land of
inside passages. Alaska, “The
Great Land,” has been an island.
This highway will produce a rich
powerful American State in a
tremendously strategic position,
halfway across the Pacific, a
keystone to trade and commerce.
“This Pacific Foreign Trade
Council should definitely endorse
the project and assist in its
promotion to early completion
Each member of the Council
should investigate the resources
and opportunities of our last
frontier, and should consider its
tourist possibilities. Of all the
world, Alaska in our own back
yard, stands supreme in scenic
attractions.”
Fur Farmers
To Hold Show
Fur farmers of the Anchorage
district will hold another fur
shew during the winter. Plans
for the exposition were formu
lated at a meeting of the Kenai
and Susitna Valley Fur Breeders
association held at the office of
Dr. Kendrick Pierce and the ar -
rangements for the show will be
made by a general committee
consisting of Ray Lockhead, C. F.
Peterson and F. L. Everett. The
show will be held at Anchorage
on December 18 and 19.
The association held its first
show last winter at the Com
munity building and it will be
the aim of the organization to
bring together this winter a
larger number of fur bearers
than were exhibited last year
and to present an unusually at
tractive program of entertain
ment.—Anchorage Times.
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LYNX FARM IS LATEST
FUR VENTURE
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According to the Whitehorse
Star, George Simmons, a fur
farmer of Carcross is promoting
a new wrinkle in fur farming,
the first of its kind in existence.
Despite the fact that he has
550 minks to care for and feed,
George has in a wooden corral
close to his home ten live lynxes
which he trapped and brought in
to captivity. The lynxes are kept
in individual cages inside the
corral and seem to like the do
mestic life. Their owner says
they are so tame now that he
can feed them as he would a pet
dog.
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FISHING BOAT WILL
HAVE CHAPEL
—-X
A 126-foot fishing schooner
which is under construction at
the Lake Union Dry Dock and
Machine Works, Seattle, for
Portuguese fishermen will have
a chapel in which the men may
pray when storms threaten.
The Portuguese will not brave
the dangers of roaring storms
cn the fishing banks without a
definite place in which they may
raise their supplications for
divine protection. The chapel
will contain an altar and is to be
constructed on the upper deck
back of the pilot house. The ves
sel will operate on the tuna
banks off Lower California and
will represent an investment of
$100,000.