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WHAT \I5»>1 1 AI-ASK.1
Governor Boue's report oil tire conditions of Alaska for the last fiscal •
year lias become a veritable bone of contention iti governmental depart
ments at Washington. He says the territory is suffering from misgovern
uient, that its natural resources are undeveloped by reason of a false econ-1
oray and that federal Interference has become a barrier to progress. The !
condition as he views it is epitomized In the following paragraph of his re-1
port. I
Alaska needs capital. Maska needs people. Its resources are I
appareut and real Its opportunities are Inviting and manifold,
hut a chaotic system of government has repelled capital and re- |
tarded the territory's growth and population. I
It is somewhat startling to read such a statement In the official report
of a ,«irt of the territory o fthe l ulled States. It seems more applicable
to conditions in Russia or those that formerly existed south of the Itio
Grande. We have heard a great deal from "progressive" sources during !
the last ten years about conservation of natural resources In Alaska. The
arguments were plausible enough but the application of those theories has |
served only to retard development. Private capital was barred from Alas- |
ka by federal legislatioi d the government lias not been in position to '
do the constructive work mere that would have been performed by private j
interests but for federal interference
Gov. Bone protests against e further use of Alaska as an experiment
al station for faddists and theorists. He writes that the pioneer spirit that
developed the rest of the west has been stilled In Alaska by bureaucratic
red tape, that the system of non-resident government has been all a mis
take.
Conserving natural resources is an alluring phrase: but its practice of
ten ^mounts to keeping a talent buried in the earth. Undeveloped resourc
es have no present worth. Soil that is unculi vated is as nonproductive as
though it were barren. Coal that is not mined is of no more present value
than so much rock. Forests untouched by the ax might us well be so much
desert land. i
I
In his report Gov [lime draws a er:ip c contrast net ween .uastia as 11 i
is and Alaska as it would have been if there had not been so much expert- .
mentation with theories that are economically unsound. Alaska is a Pro
rethus bound to the rock of Inactivity by bureaucratic tape. It contains ,
territory and resources to form half a dozen slates and not enough popula- j
tion for one. Those natural resources would attract capital if capital could j
b« freed from present exacting restriction Population without capital is,
a liability. The whole of the face of Alaska is covered with "forbidden." j
According to the federal census reports the population of Alaska fell (
off twenty per cent, during the last ten years. That statement of fact re- |
futes in itself all the arguments advanced by ihe faddists that keeping cap-1
ital oui of Alaska would keep the territory open for the common people. '
It reaffirms the truth written on <o many pages of history that where there
is no capital there is no employment and where there is no employment a |
population cannot long exist. With all its vast wealth in agricultural I
land, mines, forests and fisheries. Alaska is going back. I
tlov. Bone both states a cond tiou and suggests a remedy. He says that j
the federal government must gel into more systematic touch with this vast j
territory, that it must encourage the development of latent resources by i
hardy pioneers, that the investment of private capital in Alaskan enter
prises must be stimulated, not nndulv restricted.
The Alaska of the future, visualized by Governor Bone is a rich, well cul
tivated territory to form three or four states: with its miu«s producing and ^
the trees of its forests converted into thousands of business and residen
tial structures. This vision is especially alluring to us of the Pacific coast.
It means extended markets for the Los Angeles industrial district. Tour
states carved out of the present territory of Alaska would mean eight addi
tional senators and fifty new members of the house of repiesentatives from
ffte Pacific area.
Such a reformation cannot he accomplished over night. There will
probably be fifty years of time between t'e beginning and the sompletion
of that development. It is grandiose but practical: but it will not be ac-j
cotuplished uutll a beginning is made. If t:.e theorists are permitted to ,
have their way. the agricultural areas of Alaska will lie uncultivated for
another fifty years aud its mineral resources will still be locked in the
earth. It Is high time that a fixed constructive policy was adopted for the
development of Alaska along the lines that led to the winning of the rest
of the west from the desert and the wilderness.
Keeping private capital out of Alaska means keeping out populatiou
and retarding growth. Twenty years of so fallacious a policy should be
enough.—Los Angeles Times.
It I* not very difficult to tell which
*ay a man N i^illlg. mni what his dcstl
nation Is. When a man has driven li s
life to destruction the climax may
come suddenly. the tragedy may come
In a moment, but you know that he
has probably been facing in that direc
tion for a long time. It is a aeanlilng
question for each one of us. What ;*
the attitude of my life? When It
cauie titne for our Lord's passion ami
death we read that "He steadfastly
set His face to go to Jerusalem."
jfr'ythiiig awajed U jfl ;_uoUiiu^ could
rum Mini it»li!e. Our pilgrimage may
nor hp nn easy mad. but whether we
go through difficulty, trial, or sorrow,
whether our lot be poverty or wealth,
or vUie.iier pleasure or pain pre
dominate. let us always travel life's
way with our faces to the City of God. 1
t
A Ked census of Europe fives the
number of wild boys as 2.800.U00. We
suppose their cases are Incurable, as
there is no way to convince thera of
the happiness and comfort to be
achieved through sanity, aanitatioo
and wuik,
The Voice
of the Pack
By Edison Marshall
(Oopjright, 1D3U, UlUa, Brown & Compinj)
Bushy-tall was not particularly
■frald of the human beings that
passed up anil down the park, because
he hn<l learned by experience that they
usually attempted no harm to him.
But. nevertheless, he had his Instincts.
He didn't entirely trust them. After
several generations, probably the
squirrels of this park would climb all
over Us visitors aud sniff Id their ears
and investigate the back of their
necks. But this wasn't the way of
Bushy-tall. He had come too recent
ly from the wild places. And he won
dered, most Intensely, whether this
tall, forked creature had a pocket full
of nuts. He swung down on the
grass to see.
"Why, you little devil!" Dnn said
In a whisper. His eyes suddenly
"Why, You Little Devil!" Dan Said
in a Whisper.
sparkled with del I eh t. And hi* fnrc.it
all about the doctor's words and his
own prospects In his hitler ret rets
thai he hud not brought a pocketful
of outs.
And then Pan did a curious thing.
Kven later, he didn't know why lie <11
It. or what cave him tile Idea that tie
could decoy the squirrel up to him by
doing It. That was his only purpose—
Just to see how close the squirrel
would come to him. He thought he
would like to look Into the bright ey• <
a' close range. A -I he did w:is sin!
d'-nly to freeze l:«to one posltlou— in
an Instant rendered as motionless :is
the rather questionable-looking stone
stork that was perched on the fouo
tain.
Tlif squirrel was very close to h!m.
and Pan seemed to know by Instinct
that the movement of a single muscle
would give hlni awav So he sat a» if
he were posing before a photogra
pher's camera. The fact that he «"•
able to do It Is In itself Important It
Is considerably easier to exerc'se
with dumb bells for five minutes th:in
to sit absolutely .vlthout motion 'or
the same length .>f time. Huntf«
anil naturalists in quire tile art »
tniliiiiis. It was therefore rather cu
rlous that Pan succeeded so well the
first time he tried It. He had sense
enough to relax first, before he froze.
Thus he didn't put such a severe
strain on his muscles.
elapsed, stood on his haunches to see
better. First he looked a long time
with bis left eye. Then he turned his
bead and looked very carefully with
his right. Theu he backed off a short
distance and tried to set a focus with
bulb. Then be came some half-dozen
steps nearer.
A moment before he had been cer
tain that a living creature—in fact
one of the most terrible and powerful
living creatures in the world—had
been sitting on the park heneh Xmv
his poor little hraln was completely
addled. He was entirely ready to !>e
lieve that his eyes had deceived htm.
Bushy-tall drew off a little further,
fully convinced at last that his hopes
of n nut from a child's hand were
blasted. Hut he turned to look once
more. The figure still sat utterly in
ert. And all at once he forgot his de
vouring hunger in the face of an over
whelming curiosity.
He came somewhat nearer and
looked a long time. Then he made a
half-circle about the bench, turning
his head as he moved. He was more
puzzled than ever, but he was no
longer afraid. His curiosity had be
come so intense that no room for fear
was left. And then ke sprang upon
the park bench.
Dsn moved then. The movement
consisted of a sudden heightening of
Uie lUUit U) Ui> wea. U.ui jiit
r<»T didn't see It. It takes * mnscumr
response to lie visible to the rves of
the wild things.
T.ie squirrel crept slowly along tlte
bench, stopping to sniff, stopping to
autre with one eye and another, Just
devoured 'mm head to tail with curi
osity. Am] then he it'njkm] on 1 fun's
knee.
lie was quite convinced, hy now.
tlmt this wnrni perch on which he
stood wnii the most singular nnd In
teresting object of his young IUe. It
wns tnie ihnt he was faintly worried
hy tile smell that reached his nostrils.
But nil It tvnlly did was further to in
cite his curiosity. He followed the
lee up to the hip and then perched on
the elbow. And an Instant more he
was poking a cold nose Into Pan't
neck.
Kilt ir tne sqwrrpi wns excne<i mj
all those developments, Its nmareincnt
wiis nothing compared to Pan's. It
had been the must astounding Inci
dent In the man's life. He sat still, j
tingling with delisht. And In n single
flash of Inspiration he knew he had
eome anions his own people at last. He
knew where he would spend Ills last
six months of life.
Ills own grandfather had been a
hunter and tnipper and frontiersman
In a certain vast hut little known Ore
gon forest. His son had moved to the
eastern cities, but In Dan's garret
there used 10 he old mementoes and
curios from these savage days—a few
claws ami teeth, and a fragment of in
old diary. The call had come to lilm
nt last. Tenderfoot though he was.
Pan would go hack to those forests,
to spend his last six months of life
among the wild creatures that made
them their home.
CHAPTER II.
The dinner hour found Dan FM'Inc
in tlic pnlilii library of (iitchoa|<nlls.
asking the clrl who sal behind the
desk If he misht hnik at map* of Ore
gon. llr remembered that his crand
fallier li:t<l lived In southern Orepnn.
Ili" look • I along the bottom of his map
ntid "HmovitihI a whole empire, rang
Int; from Ki-^itilic sag<» plain* to the
en>t to '1i n«' forests alone the Pa
cific 'in Me In-pin to search for
I.lnkvi •*.
Time «r.s when l.lnkville <vas one
of thf p-tin- pal towns of Oregon. Pan
remett' •"Vil the place because some
01 ll:e t 'io a ell.iv.« ' letter* In* Grand
father li.nl sent him had heen mailed
ai a trivn tliat Inne this name Bnt
he cou'du*t find l.inkville on the map.
He Couiar't h ina lihkvi ic on inc
Later ho was to know the reason- |
tI:hi the town, half-way between tht ■
sap* plains and tho monntalns. ha<'
prospered jinil i i snsred its name H<'
remembered that it was located or
■>ne of those treat fresh-water lakes
<if southern iton; so. givinc up thai
-oareh. br hecan to look for lakes. He I
them In plenty—vast, tramcas I
ur«'<J lnke< tfint «eemed to be a'.strftv
oted without re.*i>on or sense over the |
whole souiliem e: d of the state. Near
the Klamath lakes, seem In fly the
most Imposing of all the fresh-water
lake* that the map revea'ed. he found
a city nannsi Klamath Falls. He put
tlie name down in his notebook. i
The map showed a particularly |
hluh, far-spreadii:jr rantre of moun
tains due west of the city. Of course
they »ere the Cascades; the map said
so very plainly. Then Pan knew he
was getting h-me. His prandfather
had lived and trapped and died In
these sutne wooded hills. Finally he
located and recorded the name of the j
largest city on the main railroad line |
that was adjacent to the Cascades. (
I ne preparnt on ior nis uqvnure |
took many days. He read many books
on tlnrn and fauna. He bougbt sport- |
ing equipment. Knowing tbe usual 1
rntio between the respective pleasures I
of ant1< Ipatiiwi and realization, he did
not hurry himself at all. And one i
midnight he boarded a west-bound I
train.
He snt for a lone time In the vesti
bule of the sleeping car, thinking In !
anticipation of this final adventure of i
his life. Hp was m'her tremulous and |
exultant as be sunk down into bis i
berth.
He saw to it that at least a meas- i
ure of preparation was made for bis .
coining. That night a long wit* went J
out to the Chamber of Commerce of I
one of the larger southern Oregon j
cities. In It. he told the date of his <
aruutl iiud iiaked jlirecUon*.
| Tie wanted to know the name of aom?
mountain rancher wherr posMhly h«
miphi flnrt board and mom for the re
mainder of the summer and the fall. ,
The further hark from the pnlhs of
men. he wrote, the creator would he
[ Jits pleasure. And he slen»d the wire
wlth hi* fall name: Pan Kalllnc *10)
a Henry in the middle, and a HI" ai
the end.
He usually didnt «1m his name In !
quite this manner. TI* people of
filtcheapoll* dirt not have iwirtlcular
It vivid memories of Dan'* jrranrtfit
ther. But It mlpht he that a lepenrt I
of Ihe pray, stralrht frontiersman who
was his ancestor hart still survived In
tln-se remote Oregon wllrts. The us»>
of the full name would do no harm.
Instead of hnrtlne. It wa« a positive
Inspiration. TT>e Chamber of Com
merce of the busy little Ore con dry
was not nsnally exceptionally Inter
ested In stray hunters that wanted a
lioardlne place for the summer. Its
business was flndtnc country homes
for orebardlsts In the pleasant river
valleys. Pnt It happened that ihe re
cipient of the wire was one of the old
est residents, a frontlenmnan himself,
and It was one of the traditions of the
Old West that friendship* were not
soon forcoiten. I>an FBllInc I had
been a lecenrt In the old trappine anrt
shoorlnc days when this mm wa«
Tonne Po It ca-ne ahont that wl en
Pan's train stopped at Cheyenne, he
fonnrt a telerram waltlnc him:
"Any relation to I»an Falling 01 inp
fmpqufi divide?"
Dan had nprpr hpprd of the Crop
qna divide. hnt he eontdn"t doirtrt hnt
that the sender of the wire rpferred
to his frandfather Re wired lr the
aflirmatlvp The hpail of thp '"Tinnier
of Commerce received thp wire. rood
It thrust It into his desk. and In thp
faop of a really Important piece of
bnslnesj proceeded to force! *11 ihont
It. Thn« It runif nhom that. eTcep'
for ot>o thine. r>an Falllnc wonld have
pr»hnhly stepped off thp train iit h!«
destination wholly unheralded and mv
mot. Thp one thine that chanted his
destlnv was that at a nvernc of a
certain widelv known fraternal order
thp nort nicht. thp Chamber of Cote
tnprop rrov-so<1 trails with hp !*"op»*pt
In 'hp person of another old resM-'n'
who had his home In thp farthest |
reaches of <he rmpqoa dlvid<- The
Inrter asfcod thp former to ••ome nr
for a fe« days' ahootlnc—th-- «teer ho i
Inc fatter and more nninerr-:« »har
anv previous season since thp days of
'ho cr'Tx'les.
"T"o husr. rtn a'rald." *he Cham '
her of Commerce had rep'led "Hi
l.ennoT—that reminds me. Do yo'i
WHH*W old Onn p»niwrT"
(Continued on Thursday)
Finds Swarm of Bres and
Honey in Porch Pillar
Middleman. N. T.—ftniii;
Hugh Rrou-ne, proprietor of
Rrownleich Park at rtosher
where he lives, having been ar
utivcrt by hfH's about tils housi*
ook down ow of the porch pi!
!ar«nnd disooretvri a tarpe quan
tity of flne honey and a hie
-«arni of l«*a. It is believed the
'<e«-s huve made their hemlqoar
'crs then; for several year*
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