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SEEN BV I>K.>ALFRED HROOKS
In the lust .nticl'e ever prepared by
h!1 late Dr. Alfred H. Brooks chief
A tesk.-i.. geologi for many years, it
is predict' d that “thfe time'will in me
when Alaska will support a populn
irfn o* tii.fhk* pennle ” • The *r
tide was prepared hy Dr. Brooks as
lecture enthicd. “The,* Future of Alas
ka'.’’ and a-s-s ti -»t made, public last
December in the- Annals of the Asso
■idti'in of American;-Geographers.
It had Heejv r»r>*RrBnks'Vintpntio».
icfcordirtf!'. *-<> F. R, Ga"pp«; acting chief
Ahiska.n g< losi-t and .a close friend
if1 the form, r-fot rhanv >-<»ArK, to de
liver thr* )s‘.a h-cfun-. ■* Hit* sudden
leiith T-i-wtit I -r And the.-- article
.vds turned >vi ■ u the Assbciatibtt of
Vmei lean, ih aet pners : for publica
tion.
I’oasisdilti s -Not tVfhmoen
In a>rint rj,d". riop to-the artktte Or.
Brooks wrote:
“Ii ; rni ■ 11 toe ipubUtdcy that
-\htsK-t -rum . ii -it *i fruitr • tie 1 wb---2&
;ehm:-r >»«oesi ilE’-ies, ;ir* nrffc yet
fathortiefi, of iesi thati half of its
territory* has been Surveyed. A fore
aM of She future-<xf. this sparsely
populated bun must at- the present
idle he. based, art information now in
s otnplete but which i> fiickftasing rap
idly t h.i ughvth-swork - of both the sci
erttists and the pioneers who are seek
ing- financial betterment in the North
iadd. Because-p- -this n -is- certain
hat the surmises which have long
been circulated; in regard to its future
will soon give ■ wh-y-to ( pinions sut>
onrteil by many very definite facts.
Though Alaska W is disccovetea in
1741 by Vitus Bering, a Dane in the
Russian-- nasty,- in is indy the present
geftiernty n. -hr».--Jh.*.s>-g ■ ined any true
•otic* pfib*. or. The'Teri itoi y; In the
earlier days it was considered' a bar
reti poi tf -ianflt -daiuahle only -for its
furs.
Recalls Early Experiences
“It -is well n- recall that many of
Eastern WtneriCfi 'were 'unfavorable;
The desperate, struggle for lift- that
was experienced hy many of the first
settlers on the Atlantic. seaboard by
no1 means convinced Europeans that
the new land was suitable for settle
ment by the whrte -rae-. Tire operr
enCe of the jiidneers. -m the st; Law
rence, Maasaeb-iwseft; >t«mestowtr»ud
Gtllf of AlcVH-ij i.au afeta serious-,
dolibts wnotnt- -V -itn v nerica includ
ed1 anything Btrt a ■ cropioal, k wr
stricken zone ro the south and n bar
ren polar zone to the north. This pes
simism about, the value of the Atlan
tic seaboard, < xhil itinp the ignorance
of three o nUirios agp, suggests, some
of the presetT upuiianjs.'otv Alaska.
< tri odtc is- Milrter
“Had the 1’ilgrimJFatkLers settled at
Sitka, Alaska, insteadof at Plymouth,
: they would have found milder climate,
better soil and timber, and more
game, furs and fish. Indeed, pioneer
life in South* astern Alaska was so
! much easier than on the New Eupland
'Coast, the question might be seriously
j tassed .»iiether the hard." enterprise
'of Puritan stock might have been de
veloped under these nior< favorable
conditions.
“Alaska, discovered when George
Washington v.ts-still a boy, was first
settl'd at the close of our Revolution.
The -Russians' found their traits-Pacific
| colony difficult n> administer e id fullji
! recognized i' - ■ militant weakness in
time- of war. Therefore the.', gladly
j accepted Secretary Sewa'il’s (Ter of
47,200,000 for the supjwvsed polar land
and surrt ndet ed it to it- in ISP,7
Eurs Only Predart
‘Huring the SO odd years of Rus
sian occupation the Territory yielded
1 nothing hut furs, and. indeed, no
i source of wealth except furs, was be
I lieved to exist, For many years we
! held the same opinion. The country
i was so generally assumed to he a
j barren polar wvdnHTistHfor it quarter
of a century no real administration'Of
its affairs was undertaken. It -was
not until the great stream of placer
gold from the Klondike , located in
Canada, near the Alaskan gorder.
stirred the world that the qtiblic Re
gan to realize that our northern pos
session might he of value. This was
j in since which time we have
gained most of our knowledge of
| Alaska-. -
“The American people haye, in. my
opinion, been rat her-fed up on the ad
venture anti hardship supposed to
| characterize all life in Alaska-, ft is
J indeed, true that no other part of the
j continent has witnessed any great dis
play of endurance- and heroism than
that involved in the exploration and
industrial development of ou>- North
ern Territory. Yet, in the emphasis
on the dramatic phases of Alaskan
life, its industrial significance, which
js of much greater importance, is
often entirely neglected. Be it re
membered that less then one.-thied of
Alaska can, by location and vegeta
tion in -ytiy sense be classed as a
polar land, and even this part "is not
without value to the human race Most ]
; Alaskans obtain their first view of
polar adventures in 'be moving pic
turns.”
A -Comprehensive Statement.
The article in chie1' deals with vir
tually every aspect of the Territory.
While necessarily not detailed, it con
tained Valuable informatibn o>. many
subjects, including: The physiography*
of the Territory; metahod and routes]
of troveJ; glaciers; revipiuttion. in j
eluding snow and re hi-all; '-etnpera-!
turesi, snowing three major divisions; I
the size and position of the Terri
tory; the kind tand-varieties ot vege
tation-, mining,- fi.she ie . -agciculture.
Comparison ot Resources
In conclusion. D - Brooks wrote:
“* * In- for rrring an estimate of
Ataseka’s value one usually compares
it with the most favorable parts of
the United States. There can be no
question that Alaska i.- less valuable
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than the States, for the climate is in- 1
ferior to that of California; there are
better (Train lands in the Northwest;
more coal in Pennsylvania; and other
similar comparisons to the Northern
Territory may be made.’’ '
He then compared the Territory
with Finland and Sweden, giving fig-1
ures for the various resources, and
said:
“It sthows that the area of Alaska
is three times that of Sweden and
four times that of Finland. If we
compare the agricultural lands, we
find there are much larger areas than
in either Sweden or Finland. You
will notice also that- the mineral re
sources are larger than those of
Northern Kuripe. It has waterpower
comparable to either Sweden or Fin
land. A capful study of this table
will convince anyone, from the stand
point of both resources and climate,1
we are justified in believing that
Alaska will maintain a population per
square mile at least as great as that
of Finland. In fact, we may confi
dently expet that the time will come
when Alaska will support a popula
tion o' 10,000,000 people.’7
CAP IT RE OP VVil.D
\NIMALS DEPLORED
Any .lUfitei or amateur collector
who has visions of graining; renown by1
capturing viId- animals and present
ing them t.. s. me zoological collection
well may tuk a second thought be
fore setting nut upon the project. Of ;
the capture of adult wild animals for j
exhibition purposes William T. Horn
! aday, vet -a: zoologist jmuI director
of the \ew York zoological- gardens,
has decided opinions. In his newest
1 book. A it ihi Animal Ko«md-Urj,”
recenily issued, Mr. Horna-day-makes
the following emphatic statement:
‘ i trust l have said enough to con
vince every amateur animal man of 1
the positive inadvisability -'t-captur- ,
ing adult wild animals for zoological I
park purposes. Such animals are un- j
welcome gifts, uncomfortable tenants 1
and all-around bad risks. Their wild i
ideas of self-preservation and - inde-]
pendent subsistence naturally and in
evitably unli! them for the artificial i
life of public exhibits. It- is unfair to I
bring into captivity an animal that !
fights against it until it dies. A hu- I
mane keeper deplores the sight and
the company of an animal that really j
pines for the wild home from which it I
was taken by force. With the eage
reared young animal it is quite differ
ent.’'
Some kinds of animals accept cap
tivity with much better grace than
others; even-some individualsiof the
same kind are more amenable to I
changed conditions than are others.
Reptiles, being less highly organized
than many other forms of animal life,
reconcile themselves nui'e readily to
■confinement. “Every tortoise,” writes
Mr. Homaday, “accepts captivity as
if he loved it and had been waiting
for it to come along.” On the other
hand, the snapping turtle is suspi
cious, retiring and dangerous if it1
gets a* opportunity to bite.
Of the mammals the elephant, espe-:
cially the species found in India, has
the most philosophical turn of mind
regarding captivity. Usually after a
few days of confinement, during
which he fights valiantly for free
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dom, he seems to come to the conclu
sion that he, despite his huge bulk
and great physical strength, can not
cope with man’s superior skill. In
most cases he quickly accepts his1
fate, becomes docile and learns read
ily the tasks he is taught to perform.
Lions, tigers, leopards and. other
members of the cat family, the apes,
which include , rillas, chimpanzees,
orang-outangs and gibbons, and many
other highly-organized animals, sel
dom thrive in captivity if captured
after they are full grown. “Fortu
nately,” says Mr. Hornaday, “such
captures are very rare and sometimes
not more than live per cent of the,I
whole numb' i of zoo animals.”
BUTLER l)t.\Ul NCES
ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE,
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New York. Nicholas Murray But
ler, president of Columbia University,
of this city, dec bared last night that
the Anti-Saloon League was the most
pernicious enemy of the republic “that
has been produced in my lifetime.”
Speaking at the annual dinner of the
Psi Upsilon Cluli, he said the League
Tias United States senators and repre
sentative*.on its payroll, and the $35,
000,000 they boasted about in Wash
ington the other- day- paid their ex
penses in transporting them about the
country to speak in favor of prohibi
tion.
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