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Entered u<-. seeona-ciass matter Au- ‘
gfust 29th, 1923, at the postoffice at j
Tokotna. Alaska, under the Act
31 arch S, 1879.
J ahotiia, rUaska, October ill, 1931
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JvKEl 1. S I AH HALE AUIOSS
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miles to the port of Seward. Seward,;
<on Resurrection Bay, lies directly in
,tho path .between Ban Francisco and
,the Orient. .From San Francisco to
Alanila via Honolulu it is 7,“00 miles,
hut via .Seward it is 7,300 miles.
“Alaska today is an island. JRadio,
airplanes and ships are the only
gneans of communication. California
•even in 18.40 could b e reached .by ox
team. Alaska, .82 years .later, is still
impossible for the modern caravan.
Civilization fallows the sword, but
population and prosperity now follow
Ahc* motor car. The United States has
.20,f>Oil,00.0 motor curs.
■'‘Three million miles of highway
have made these ears tributary to the
.successful development of the Pacific
Coast States. Seventy million tour
ists are now coming to California via
motor every month. From Tia Juana
to Vancouver stretches today the
Jongesl paved highway iri the world.
-Billions have Been -spent to develop
•Use area contiguous to that highway.
Tforth ward from Vancouver for 75
years the pathfinders of British Co
lumbia have been extending their
highways. In 1853 British Columbia
had u gold strike. Two hundred mil
lion dollars was taken from the Cari
bou district, and Her Majesty Queen
Victoria sent a detachment of' her
•own Boy a] Engineers to the Fraser
River to buih| a highway. The rock
wajls build by those engineers rernain
In use lojay, evidence of the inten
tion of perhianence and engineering
akill. Bast year the various Jinks of
that road system through the scenic
Fraser river were completed and de
clared open to the public. Today tliou
.sands of motors are rolling over per
fect paved a .d gravel roads that lead
750 miles fro mVancouver through
the Band of the Bolden Twilight to
the delightful village oif Uazelton.
•On July -f, 1331, over 150,000 people
in 33,140 motor rars crossed and re
erossed the Canadian boundary line
«n (he Pacific Highway, f’his gives
some idea of fhe possible traffic of the
near future with our northern neigh
bors. It has been my privilege to
drive over the road to Hazelfon, and
I wish I could show you pictures of
the great bridges across the Fraser,
the beautiful timber e nroute, the vast
cattle country of the Bella C ool a and ( i
the .age brush am! cactus of the of j t
the desert section. The lovely un- (i
spoiled resorts of silence, fishiug and (j
good food. Grizzly bear and moose ..
aiv in the hills and real fish are in t
the streams and lakes. Colorful hill-, i
sides where pigments are now being t
mined for paint manufactures. Bight ;
hundred and fifty miles a beautiful i
vacation land and ummer resort of s
the immediate future. : 1
"British Columbia now has &J,uuO i
miles of highway. . filiO.UGO people, J
ami still the north one-third of Brit
ish Columbia lias no rroads. British 1
Columbia is larger than California, '
Oregon and Wushu of ton combined. I
“Pr,emier Simon Fraser Tolruie of
that great provitpc is the leader in )
promotion of the extension of the Pa- r •
cifie International Highway nurth and,'
westward up through the Yukon Ter-H
ritory to the Lane of the Midnight i
Sun.
“The largest and most promising iJ
mineral zom of au Canada lies on the .1
eastern shuts of 1 u roast rtinpp in i 1
the one-third of British Columbia»1
which is now landlocked by the pan-1 *
handle of Southeastern Alaska. The j1
famous Casslar gold district, the Sti
kine and the Mass will be upened and
developed by th< northen extension 1
of this highway. This summer the 1
aerial surveys have been completed J
from Hazelton to beautiful Lake At- 11
lin—500 miles through a virgin coun- J
try of trappers, explorers and scat- ^
tend prospectors; a land where mil-!1
lions of waterpower is now rushing j
wasted behind the great pulp and j1
timber sections of Southeastern j
Alaska. Canadian engineers have ex- ‘
tended those surveys up through the ‘
hills to the famous Klondike river
and romantic Dawson, along the j1
banks of the Yukon where the tour- 1
ists will revel in miles of gorgeous j
fireweed and scenir river views, past
the great silver deposits and up to j *"
the Alaskan boundary west of Daw- 1
son. The Yukon surveys state that | *
that section can be built with a good j1
gravel surface for about $7,Odd per ‘
mile. The Yukon river would be
crossed at Dawson by a ferry which „
is already in local operation.
“The Alaska highway system which j
radiates from Kairbanks now leads t
north to the village of Circle on the j
Yukon and south to the port of Val- j ^
dez op the Pacific coast. There are .
in the immediate sy stem at present j .
approximately fidd miles of excellent!
gravel road traversing pot only a j
magnificent scenic mineral section, ; .
but passing through millions of acres j t
of future wheat and barley land. The j
surveys made in Alaska this summer t
show the Pacific International main
line can no doubt connect advantage- ^
ously with the existing Alaskan sys
tem at a point about 110 miles from
Fairbanks. This new 200-mile Alas- j
kan section will pass through a rich l
placer country as well as a section J
where every tourist will see caribou
herds of countless thousands.
“On October Id a meeting will be ^
held in Victoria when American and
Canadian representatives will exam- {
ine the reports and recommendations ^
of the various engineering parties. A ^
preliminary survey of Um mforma- .
lion shows that the final located.line t
will have easy grades uud alignments
and the passes will be below 3,000
feet. The entire route from Vancou
ver to Fairbanks is pro lee ted from (
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FIRE INSURANCE
\ ou should carry a liberal amount of lire insurance,
for the sake of your credit and your peace of mind.
Needless to say this insuaanee should be of the very
highest quality.
That’* the Kind Written Ujr
Alaska Insurance Agency
FAIBJBANKS, ALASKA
bupUre a£ Kueko Times.
n' L amg'g BlUSJl'W1 W
be heavy coastal nuns and snow- by
he coast, range of mountains. An
lutd rainfall in Fairbanks b* tody 12
lie lies. This route is Xrte from fog
ind follows the .natural dying route
o the Orient. The .road to ilaxclton
at present used theyear round and
he 2,0110 motor cars in Alaska oper- 1
ite throughout the .winter in .the vi
inity of the towns. Whenever Leafin'
rarrants, the Alaskan road cart be
.ept open the year around just as is
tow dune unde: -similar .winter di
uatic conditions in the .States
"An er.ed.ieo gravel road to.Fair
tanks could be completed ami in ser
ice in less than live years from the
hue the money 4s -available .it is
idievod that 410JOOO per nub .would
tut through ^passable gravel road,
.'he driving distance .from ban Fcan
isco to Fairbanks .will .be.about .\s*K> •
nilcs, o fwhicii only L/lOO remains Ui
le cumpietuii <
“The Fro vines of .iiritrsh kkjhiuibia. 9
vill no doubt i.iitl .a financing plan of
uncessions, gas taxes .or .toll ..gatas
o cover tin- necessary construction i
v itii little or no burden on the people i
if the Province. .It .is expected that. ■:
he Yukon Territory section will be
'“In Alaska there an .fund- avail
ible annually -for .road building, and
f additional f units are needed to ex
end or invproue the .existing Alaskan .
nad system undoubtedly fjougre.%
could appropriate the money, as a
op dollars; -spout 4o -construct this
nghway will he repaid many fold in
he increased valuation of Alaskan
iroparty, moat of which is at present
c Federal ow.airship.
“if left to itself, this road would no
kiuht he huilt hy natural piecemeal
Jitenaiun ut .the next twenty .year*,
iut with a litl* concerted action and
ooperation at this time it is possible
0 put it through within the next few
ear*. The Pacific International,
lighway will open untold mineral re
ources of Alaska. Hundreds, of unier
1 heavily mute-rained rones, he
pread over three great mountain
anges. Tic, antimony, stiver, copper 1
mi gold and anthracite await the m
ux of projectors and capital which
.ill come quickly via the motor route,
he completion of this highway to
.Jaaka will in a .very few years add a
undred thousand Eastern people to
he population of Alaska and several
undred thousand to Email t'ebraa
ha. This highway to Alaska will he
he greatest single drawing-card the
’acific coast will have for the mutt*
>t of America.
“Alaska scenic attractions are uo
urpassed. Thousands will wish to
ravel from their own doorstep to the
and of tfie Midnight Sun. The Arc
roused and the Aurora Borealis will
ccoine a Byword. Dawson, Klondike
lid lit Yukon river will draw the
urious, and the unexcelled climate of
airhauks and Anchorage will bold
be homesteader, iluuut McKinley,
be highest mountain in the world
hove its base, will claim many ad
aiters. The belter class at tourists
nil no doubt go north from Los An
gles, San Francisco, Portland and
Seattle via motor, and will return
rom Alaska via boat through that
airy land uf inside passages. Alaska,
The tireat fumd," has been aa
slaad. This highway will produce a
ieh, powerful American State, in a
remendously strategic position, half
vay across the Pacific, a keystone of
rade and commerce.
“The Pacific Foreign Trade Council
ihouki definitely endorse the project
rnd assist in its promotion to early
lompletion. fcach member of the
Council should investigate the re
sources and opportunities of our last
irontiex and should consider the tour
st possibilities. Of all the world,
Alaska in our own back yank stands
>upreme in scenic attractions.”
O.vsterpuif—iio you’re setting your
>oy up in the bakery business?
Fogg—Yes, he’s been so keen for
lough and such a swell loafer it
ooks as if be would rise in the bush
ress.
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