Canada Would Welcome Alaska Rail Connection Proposal
Premier Richard McBride of British Columbia favors closer U S Canada rail links across the Alaska boundary. He envisions government and private line cooperation to extend Canadian transcontinental routes toward New York and beyond, creating a practical all-rail outlet to eastern markets.
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Canada
Sam
New York
Alaska
Victoria
B.C
Richard McBride
United States
United
Aide
Northwest States
British Columbia
Uncle Sam
New Orleans
Chicago
MecHride
Great Britain
McBride
Sir Richard McBride
Alaska’s Port Growth Tied to Large Lard and Meat Exports
The article notes large quantities of lard mutton bacon bam and other meats shipped in Alaska last year with figures totaling in the hundreds of thousands of pounds and dollars. It identifies Alaska as a customs district with its first port of entry at Ketchikan and a second at Juneau, plus Fairbanks designated a port of entry in 1913 and multiple subports including Sulzer Wrangel Skagway Nome St Michael Cordova Unalaska Eagle Forty Mile and Fairbanks.
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Alaska
Ketchikan
Juneau
Fairbanks
Sulzer
Wrangel
Skagway
Nome
St. Michael
Cordova
Unabaska
Eagle
Forty Mile
Fairbanke
The Lure of the North in The Heart of the Sourdough
A rugged ballad by Robert W. Service chronicles craving for wild frontier life. The speaker, packed for travel, rejects refined comforts and embraces the perilous North in a vow to conquer nature even as death looms.
Alaska Wealth and Public Property A National Asset
H. O. Smith reports Alaska as vast public property with untapped minerals water power and forests. The Klondike era and Guggenheim influence boosted exploration while concerns over monopolies and fair use shaped debates on resource distribution for the many, not the few.
Alaska Central Plateau Dominates Tillage Area
Four-fifths of Alaska’s arable land lies in the Central Plateau, with the Tanana Valley as the leading farming prospect. Cook Inlet holds 3 000 square miles, Copper River drainage 2 000 square miles, and about 1 000 square miles lie along the south coast including the southeastern and southwestern projects.
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Alaska
Tanana Valley
Cook Inlet
Copper River
Onions Ship 11023 Bushels to Alaska from Seattle
The report notes 11,023 bushels of onions were sent to Alaska from Seattle last year at a total cost of 11,201 dollars. The figures highlight the scale of agricultural shipments and regional trade in produce.
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Alaska
Seattle
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Edward Stern & Co. Inc
United States Land Offices
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Frank A. Boyle
John Sundback
E. E. Jordan
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J. T. Erwin
Alanka
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Texas
Mississippi
Pac
Peter the Great
Vitas Hering
Pacific
Siberia
Bering
Sitka
Klondike
Guggenheims
Republic
Clarence Cunningham
H. O. Smith
Bureau of Fisheries
Pete
Pierre Brussard
Treadwell
Lord Rothschild
Ogden Mills
Herman Linset Wm
C. Nelson
the Monogram Cafe
Linset & Nelson
Occidental Av
Pacific Block
Cor
Yesler Way
Occidental
Elliott
Seattle, Wash
Seattle Brewing & Malting CO
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