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T.vk»#ijd• Alaskh, June-8, 1929.
DELEGATE SUTHERLAND
aids'jen Roosting inter
TTdNAL HIGHWAY. PROJECT
The projected' international high-*
is being enthusiastically support
ed %>y Delegate^ Dan Sutherland at
Washington. Tn Tesponse to request
seiA hfrtk ftj- the Anchorage Chamber
of ‘Commerce,- the -Delegate repre
ad Hhat Organization-- at the • annual
meeting Of the Chirmber of Commerce
of the United States for the purpose
of fenlistiligChe support of that influ
ential body‘for-the highway. Dele
gate Sutherland issued a statement
previous to the meeting in which he
explained-tHe purpose^ of the highway
nd advanced a strong argument in
pivbr of its construction. This state
appeared in the- United? States
, as follows^
few years ago the proposal to
necfi the Territory of Alaska with
Jmtod States proper i fay highway
ren by railroad seemed visionary.
“Today the proposition to complete
a Highway from Puget Sound to the
interior of the Northland is not only
accepted as a most practical matter,
but? inasmuch as the major part of
the1 distance is already- traversed by
•?x*Allent> highway, the dtemand now
iorties from residents of Alaska, Yu
fcod Territory f Canadajf ’and the* State
of Washington for early construction
‘ tractions 'tr froad that will link the
laska and- British Columbia roads
pte one-uon tight*}- highway front the
to, fllrifa.,
‘British Go&utfbia has already pro
hei'.rbad'system northward" Un
hsur reached a p»int about 25
fes north\ofBaztlton, or somewhat
half the* length- of the Provindev
■ Atlin, abeufc-MO miles ef roadway
has .--been constructed /in-, a southerly
direction* .
“Int Yukon Territory, just north of
the British Columbia line, from
WKitehdnfcv north, for a distance of
mik1*? th^re is a partially con
structed wrad which is easily trav
ersed by automobiles and wagons, but
which will require considerable im
provement to make it a suitable high
way fbr tourist travel.
“However; this section of country,
at!" the way to the Alaska boundary
i liner is excellently adapted to inex
| pensive road building. The present
Alaska roads- ysteni includes ' asplen
' did highway extending front Valdez
; on the l*acific to- Circle City on the
Yukon river; a distance of over 500
utiles.
‘ “The miles of roadway required' to
i connect the Alaska system with Yu
! Ron Territory at the international,
boundtoy would he about 135; ap
proximately 275 miles of construction
in Yukon Territory-and 30CT miles in
British Columbia- would be required?
in connecting up a trunk' line.
“Through Yukon Territory the,
: work would be comparatively' ‘easy,
j through level country, with constnuc
I tion material close at hand. /’
: The. British -.i» -ofUmbta >* section
i would traverse a uiowitsdfvous region
which will present'*tsome engineering
difficulties..
“It‘may appear '•from this presenta
tion of the international highway pro
ject that I, an .American citizen, am
! arranging with the Government of
j Canada to build a read Idr the b
] of Americans, of an American Terri
tory., We do not Know what, the Ga*
nadian reaction to tiuch a proposal
will be, but we do know that in. the
past the Dominion-has* been very lib
eral jn the. construction of roads for
her far northern- Mining camps, and
■ it is quite possible that her general
development plans for the future in
clude the construction Of the present
British. Columbia highway northward
into Yukon Territory.. This would
appear to be- a Y^ical conjecture.
“Furthermore^ Northern British
Columbia-i and* Yukon . Territory are
known as. the -tourists^ and- hunters’ >
paradise, and beyond Hcs Al.tsknwitb
its majestic.mototaina.and-. rivers, its!
<-plair.s and forests abounding ihr all
varieties of game, while- its- rivers a*ickj
lakes, provide the tost sport ’fishing |
> in the world. Consider the pleasure'
of an automobile tour ftom -the States
• into remote Alaska, away front thai
intense summer heat of southern -lati- |
tudes - into the region of continuous
daylight during the summer months.
' “But* the -proposed- highway -would
not be ^considered wholly from the
•^rtewpoHit «of tourist'-, huhters and
fishermen,. as consideration of its
Commercial utility as an ’aid-to de
velopment;-of the-great mineral re-.
hh.m
& Sr
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McGrath; July 4th
Boat Races—-Outboarcfc- and1 Inboard;
Men-’st Woman’s and Children’s'. Foot >
Races.
All kinds of- Kuhhing and- Standing. :
Jumps, o1
Hammer> Throwing.
Pntatoo Baee for.’ -Ladies..
Apple Diving Contests- for the : *
Kiddies. ~
Mhlty Sports* of.-All Kinds—Too -No- *
merous to mention.
PRIZES FOR EVERYBODY!
Bid DANCE IN THE EVENINCTf - '•
fair One Come All
A Grand Time-Assured
Ml
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sources that lie along the route,' both
in Canada and Alaska, call to mind.|’
opportunities for the prospector and
miner to enter that almost unlimited:'
field for their activities.
“It is quite possible that, the roach i
building program which Alaska con
templates is a projection of the in
terior roadway to the Seward Penin
sula and thence to Cape Prince of
Wales on the ma?'gin of Bering
Straits. For years people have |
dreamed of a railway northward:
through Canada across to Bering
Straits and thence by tunnel, on to
Siberia. The proposed connection of
international highways of which I
write may hring about a somewhat
similar result. • •
“Within the next decade ones: may
perhaps equip.touring.automobiles at
New York or Philadelphia or Miami.!
and drive with his family and friends
to Cape Prince of Wales, where, ac-.
cording to fiction. >tbe Wandering Jew
stood and gazed across the waters
toward the Asiatic shore.. And what
then? Well, beyond the Straits lies
Russia with its thousands of miles of
steppes and .possibilities of a highway
to Petrograd,• Berlin, Paris, and,. of
course, by tunnel to London.” •
■CORBETT, CORNERED,
HURDLEI) OPPONENT
NE WYORK.—William Muldooiv'
New York’s grand old man of box
ing, believes that Jini Corbett, .the',
wily dancing master from San, Fran
cisco, had the most endurance of the
oldtime heavyweights.
“Corbett, moving fast alL the •time/’’
he says, “gave the greatest exhibition
of sustained speed and endurance I
ever saw in thd'til -round match with
Jackson in the early 90’s.
_ “About the fortyfifth round' Jack
son, dragging gn .'injured leg behind
him, finally drove Jim a corner;,
whee rhe wanted him, hut Corbett
jumped clear -over the- negro’s shoul- ;
der. And that., was.after two -hours- \
qf righting;
“Jim was so. relieved vit fcettiftg ont
of that -tight place' that he laughed
hysterically to himself foe two whole
founds;- '.Cotbett- pn>hably. would -have
regained the heavyweight ftitle • from,
itim Jeffries at Coney Island in 1909.
but fen his- theatrical f riendsvftt <- the
Ringside. They applauded him con
stantly, shooting ‘Great boy,’ ‘He’s. a.
Wondfer/- until'Jim. alwaya.'listening
for words' of praiee, turned once too
often to- smile.
“J^tF-landed-one*, left boift on the
head. That one was. enough;" "
ANDORRA.^—Andorra, the- small
est republic inithe World, has granted
a roulette concession to a. Frenchman,
iirho until -recently was connected; with j
the 'Monte Canto casino in Monac >,!
smallest, of 'principalities. Roulette j
Is forbidden at Frehoir-resorts on the!
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