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MORMON ELDER HAS WON
DERFUL VISION OF MATA
NUSKA VALLEY DISTRICT I
(Anchorage Times.)
The Mormon elders who visited
Alaska during the summer are con
vinced that the Matanuska valley has
a great future, according to Heber J.
Meeks, chief officer of the Kanab
Stake Presidency, who was a member
of the visiting delegation. The state
menti.was made in a letter addressed
to Attorney A. G. Thompson, presi
. dent-oL, the Anchorage Chamber of
. Commerce, in answer to a direct ques
- tion
‘.‘Y*<u ask our opinion of the Mata
r.~mska valley. Our united judgment
i.is it. has a great future,” the elder
writes. “Where in all the world,” he
casks, “is a more favorable setting for
ca, great industrial and beautiful city,
i. between the mountains and the sea,
.than in the Matanuska valley? With
, moderate, .climate, railroad passing-!
. through it from coast to interior, deep
i rich soil of glacial sand loam, timber,
i coal, abundance of water for culinary,
..light.and power, and surrounded by
eland and water of untold resources
. undeveloped, there appears not an es
sential lacking, unless it is the vision,
brain. and brawn, the manhood and
t. womanhood.
“Imagine a city of 250,000 inhabit-’
awsts in the Matanuska valley and j
1 yourself in the roof garden on top the
.-leading hotel. Look at the farms in
, directions, how green and well culti-1
rated. Look at the business section;
. .see.'.the foundries, mills and factories.
. Notice the activity at the docks and
i railroad stations; see the wealth of
.the Territory pouring into the great j
industrial center. Cast your eye upon
i.thex mountains and look at those
lofty peaks and let your gaze follow I
the genttly sloping landscape to the
> water’s edge, and watch the sun lose
itself in the bosom of the distant
waters, un, tnose magmncem sun
sets, so glorious and inspiring!
. Now you have my vision of the;
Matanuska valley, say fifty y ears!
. hence. I realize that lal this must'
. come from a very small beginning, i
but wo confident am I that the future
■will, .justify these statements that I j
..am,filing in my family record a copy|
of .this letter, so that my children,!
-. visiting Alaska 50 or 75 years from j
now, can take this letter and as they j
read it and look over the valley, de
termine whether their sire looked into j
.the future of the valley with a pro
. phetic eye.
“I can think of no more worthy un
dertaking thaan a group of young
men with their families to dedicate
their lives to this high and noble pur-1
pose. There is honor and glory in:
such achievement. There is every re-;
. source to make it successful.
“An appeal should be made to
; young Americans, especially those1
vwho are renting farms. The Govern
■ ment should encourage and assist;
-< worthy persons who would become j
: bona fide residents of the district. |
There is a fascination in pioneering!
that appeals to young men and j
women. There is a worthy accam- j
plishment in making two blades of j
grass grow where one grew before, j
and there is satisfaction and a high
purpose in making thriving communi
ties take the place of the wilderness.
“I arrived home September 4, hav- \
ing spent a most profitable and inter-!
esting summer. Before leaving Alas-!
ka Elder Blower joined our party and
he and Elder Plowman will remain in!
the Territory all winter, spending
most of their time at Juneau. In the
spring they will be joined by other;
elders who will visit Anchorage and
interior towns during the summer and
some of them may spend the winter
there.
“Returning home, Elder Englestad,
.and I spent a week in Portland, Ore-;
gon, .at mission headjuarters, and!
wrote :a detailed history of our travels
and labors in Alaska fo rthe historical
record -M the church. Leaving Port
land, we drove down the coast of Ore
14P>n.rand California to Los Angeles,
and then cast over the Arrowhead
trail to our home in Southern Utah.
“The quarterly conjerence of the
Kanab Stake of Zion convened Sept.
8, at which about five hundred repre
sentative people of our communities
were present. At the first session of
the conference I made a brief report
of our work in Alaska, and at the last
session Elder Englestad spoke at
some length on our experiences there,
and considerable interest is manifest
among the people. We also spoke in
Vancouver, Seattle and Portland, on
our way home, to large audiences and
aroused considerable interest in
Alaska.
“Elder Englestad intends to return
to Alaska in the spring and visit the
country to the westward. I may not
visit Alaska again, unless it be for
some special service, but I deem it a
great privilege to mingle so closely
with the splendid people of Alaska, to
become familiar with their problems
and acquainted in small measure with
the resources of that great land. I
have an abiding faith in the country,
and shall watch its growth and de
velopment with great interest.”
The writer of this interesting letter
was one of a delegation of four elders
who spent the greater-part of the
summer in Alaska, visiting Anchor
age, Matanuska valley, Fairbanks and
various places along the coast.
How It Started.
Wife—Oh, you needn’t think you’re
so wonderful. The night you pro
posed to me you looked absolutely
silly!
Husband—A coincidence. The fact
is, I was absolutely silly!—Tit-Bits.
Anxious Wife—Abie, have you done
anything about that Black Hand let-,
ter?
Abie—Oh, ain’t I, though? I turned
it over to my insurance company.
They got §20,000 tied up in me; let
them worry.
Professor—Why don’t you answer
me ?
Student—I did, professor. I shook
my head.
Professor—But you didn’t expect
me to hear it rattle away up here, did
you ? j
ORDER AND
NOTICE OF ELECTION
To Be Held On
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1928
In the Office of the United States
Commissioner at Ophir, Alaska,
Fourth Judicial Division.
Now, on this day, pursuant to an
At of Congress approved May 7,1906,
entitled “An Act Providing for the
Election of a Delegate to the House
of Representatives from the Territory
of Alaskd,’ and an Act of Congress,
approved August 24, 1912, entitled
“An Act to Create a Legislative As
sembly in the Territory of Alaska, te
Confer Legislative Powers Thereon,
and for Other Purposes,” and in con
formity therewith,
It is hereby ordered that for the
purposes of the general election to be
held on November 6, 1928, all the ter
ritory in the Recording District
known as Innoko Recording District,
outside of incorporated towns, is here
by divided into voting precincts in
each of which a polling place is here
by specified.
The said voting precincts are desig
nated, described and bounded as fol
lows:
1. Ophir Voting Precinct: Em
bracing all that portion of the Innoko
Recording District south of and in
cluding the watershed of Beaver
Creek, with polling place at Paulson’s
Roadhouse, in the town of Ophir.
2. Cripple Voting Precinct: Em
bracing all the not otherwise included
portion of the Innoko Recording Dis
trict, with polling place at Peterson’s
Roadhouse, in the town of Cripple.
Notice is hereby given that a gen
eral election will be held on Tuesday,
November 6, 1928, for the purpose of
electing the following officers, to-wit:
A Governor for the Territory of
Alaska, j
A Delegate to House of Repre
sentatives from the Territory of
Alaska, v
An Attorney General for the Ter
ritory of Alaska,
One Member of the Senate of the
Territory of Alaska
Four Members of the House of
Representatives of the Territory of j
Alaska,
Two Road Commissioners for Road
District No. 4.
The election will be held in the vot
ing precincts above named and at the
polling places therein specified. The
said polling places will be open be
tween the hours of eight o’clock a. m.
and seven o’clock p. m. of said day.
Dated at Ophir, Alaska, September
30th, 1928. j
CHRISTIAN BOLGEN, I
U. S. Commissioner for the Innoko
Recording District/ Fourth Divi
sion, Territory of Alaska.
Southwest Corner.
Attorney—Where was the defend
ant milking the cow?
Witness—It’s hard to describe,
judge, but if you will bring in a cow
I’ll show you the exact place.—Ex.
“Offi.cJhcr, you’d better lock me- uf .
.Jush hit my wife over the head witt
a club.”
“Did you kill her?”
“Don’t think sho. Thaan why 1
want to he locked up.”—-Humor.
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Republican
Candidate for Re-election 'far
ress
He has served you four terms, faithfully,
conscientiously, and his record proves
him an Alaskan who works for Alaska
Keep him there. Show your appre
ciation of his efforts—do this-on
Elecfon Day, Tuesday, Nov. 6,1928
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Paid Advt.
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