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DELEGATE jlll^OND BOOSTS^..
INTERACTIONAL HIGHWAY
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(Delegate Dimond of Alaska deliv
ered an excellent address * in the
House of Representatives on Sew.ard’s
Day, An outstanding, .portion of it
was that pertaining to the construc
tion of the proposed International
Highway, in which Mr. Dimond spoke
as follows.1) '
Air. Speaker, there^is one great pro
ject 1 hope during my lifetime to see
accomplished for toe territory ot
Alaska to aid in its material and spir
itual devlopriint. We all know that
at the very foundation of any civil
ized' life lie'means, of ready trave.
Theije have been some ‘great dreams,
and. I hope you will'not call me a
dreamer although it may be that I
am, and, f so, T am( not ashamed of
it, because if we", go back in our own
history or in the'history of this coun
try, all great things that were worth:
, while, all great things that lech to the
colonisation and development of the
country, came from, things in the
minds of men. Therefore the man
who confers the greatest benefit upon
his fjellowmen is he who can dream
wisely, he who has vision, and he who
can make his dreams come true. I
have’ had a dream—not I first, hut
others have had it, too, and before I j
leave Congress I shall ask you to help,
make this ..dream come true—and that
is the building of a highway from the
United States to Alaska.
The gentleman from Colorado has
been, in Alaska, and I know he will
understand the need, because he sym
pathizes with th easparktiohs of the
people of Alaaska; j but unless you
have:; been in Alaska. you.,cannot im
agine what a benefit and boon it
would be to our people and the people
of the United States to have a high
way starting in the'United States—in
the jjtate of Washington, I- suppose—
and running north through British
Columbia and the Yukon Territory
into Vhe Territory of Alaska. Tlien
we would: see people come In there;,
then it would be easy for them ;to
come; and in. these tough time^.ivtr,
Speaker, it is very important have
a ready means, and a cheap,means of
access to any territory ; if it" is to be
developed. " ' 1 ’ s
I was struck with one thipg, in the
President’s inaugural message. With
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. out pretendin gto quote it exactly, the
President said, “Where there is no
1 vision the people perish.” We of
Alaska hope this vision can be made
: to come true.
Mr. Speaker, if there is one pro
iect more than another that ought to
stir the imagination of the American
people and appeal at once to their de
sire for the betterment, oi . economic
conditions and to the love of adven
ture traditional in the race, it is the
■project of building a highway front
the United States through the Domin
ion of Canada to Alaska. Of course,
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it is already built far up into British
Columbia, bu there remains to be con
structed a considerable portion of it
through northern British Columbia,
through the Yukon Territory and into
Alaska to connect with the internal
, road system of Alaska. After all, we
Jjnow by experience and by history
tba all great things of this nature
have been the accomplishment, of men
of broad vision, of far-reaching men
tal grasp; men wh^ drearped greatly
This can be said of those w^o crossed
and made their dreams come true,
the Appalachian Mountains, who set
tled the Mississippi Valley ,who built
the great transcontinental, railroads
and who discovered and developed
Alaska. This spirit was manifested,
in the bui'djng. of the Alaska Rail
road. But ond thing further at this
time is particularly needed, and that
>is a great highway open to all direct
from the United States to Alaska.
The fathe rof this idea in the Ter
ritory of. Alaska, a man who has
spent his waking- and, I almost be
lieve, his sleeping moments in pro
moung 11, is my friend, Donald Mac
Donald, of Fairbanks. He has recent
ly pre oared a statement of the bene
fits of the road, and ransmitteld this
statement to the Territorial Legisla
ture with the suggestion that it be
incorporated in a legislative memorial
urging the construction of he road.
Mr. MacDonald suggests the follow
ing.
First. Expanding; frontier markets
have been a chifef factor in the con
tinuing prosperity*of North America.
Only in Alaska and. the Canadian
north does the opportunity for the
development of such a market exist
at present. In this connection it is
Worthy of note that the per capita
consumption of goods is greater in.
Alasck than in any other country in
the world.
Second. In all previous periods of
depressio nan increase in gold protion
has helped materially to provide the
stimulus which restored normal con
ditions. A mineral zone, highly au
riferous, parallels the route of the
proposed highway through British
Columbia, Yukon Territory, and Alas
ka, and this zone only awaits trans
portation to become productive. Alas
ka at the present ime produces ap
proximately $150 in gold per annum,
fo revey man, woman and child'in the
Territory. There are 400,000 acres
of known gold-bearing gravels and
quartz within the Territory of Alaska
alone.
Third. The situation of the unem
ployed in all previous depressions has
been, relieved by the natural employ
ment furnished by firee land and free
natural opportunity, in connection
with the land and the' development
thereof,. The proposed Pacific Yukon
Jiighway^pr,. as it is frequently called,
the International Highway, renders
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accessible a vast region of free oppor
tunity.
Fourth. Disturbed, turbulent con
ditions exist in the Far East, the con
sequences of wliirh no man rah fore
see. Alaska is in a highly critical
and strategic position as ap air base,
and thus the proposed projection of
ihe Pacific Yukon highway and air
way is of transcendent importance.
The “ribbon" of the highway not only
furnishes an accurate guide; its series
ol' connected air fields, that,, will bo
built.s^ong it will not. oply be essen
tial in the, development of aerial, traf
fic, but in the event of an emergency
the speed of surface transport cutting
the trave time in half between the
supply depqts of the. United States
and, Alaska may well he a deciding
factor.
Fifth. The project will afford ai>
immediate stimulus., to the greatest
producing and 'manufacturing inter
ests of North America, the automo
tive, gas, oil, rubber, and accessory
business, which exert very great
economic influence., This is evidenced
not only by the appeal of the mineral
ar.d agricultural resources of an un
developed country, bu by the stirring
attraction of those resources of
scenery and game. The highway
stretches north through the last fron
tier to the Land of che Midnight Sun,
passing back of the greatest moun
tain ranges on the North American
continent, peak after peak of tran
scendent beauty, tremendous glaciers
still grinding out the Creator’s work,
smoking volcanoes still attesting that
this is literally a land in the making?
the game everywhere existing in its
primitive abundance; caribou, moose
and sheep by the uncounted thou
sand; myriads of. lakes that are full
of. fish and have never known the
touch of an artificial lure—all this
would stir the minds of the adventur
ous and mobile population of the
United States. Not only would , the
Alaskan problem be solved by brings
ing such a market to the country, but
a great stimulus would be given the
interests aforementioned,
Sixth. As early as 1907, E. H.. Har
riman, the American vnancier, pro
posed the constuction of the. Trans
Alaska-Siberian Railway Company*,
which contemplated . the construction
of a railroad through, Canada, Alas
ka, and Siberia, with a tunnel under
the Bering Strait. The justly famous
J. A. L. Waddell, originator of the
modern steel railway bridge,, was
chief engineer. This project was de
feated not because of the lack of eco
nomic resource but because of inter
national complications. It is submit
ted that there are many times the
reasons for such a project now than
there were at that early date. It is
further submitted that the evolution
of automatic traffic will continue. It
is probable that' in ten years such
transportation means will be as econ
omically efficient as a railroad and
that for a fraction of the expense
such high form of transportation win
result over the proposed highway. It
is not to be forgotten that the inter
national highway and airway con
templates the ultimate development
of a world’s highway.
Seventh. The total cost of this
projected enterprise has been carefut
ly estimated from reliable data tew be
$14,000,000. Of its total length af
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In the Probate Court for Often Ifte*
cuict, Fourth. Division, Territory of
Alaska.
In the matter of the Estate of Carl
Alfred Johnson, deceased
Notice of Hearing of Final Account.
Notice is hereby given that the Ad
ministrator of the above; entitled'
estate has filed His final*, report in the
Probate Court above named and that
said report will be heard before the
said Probate Court for Otter Precinet
at Flat, Alaska, oh Thursday, the
20th day of July, 1933, afe*2,..o'clock
p. m. of said day, at whichjfcme and
place all persons interestedjpay ap
Sear and show cause, If they
ave, why said report shqi^cpjgiet be
approved and confirmed.,.,*,!
HARRY DON$EELEY,
31 Administrator...
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