Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 187, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 August 1917 — Fascination In Alaskan Life. [ARTICLE]

Fascination In Alaskan Life.

There is a fascination about Alaskan life, which, despite its privations, makes inen loath to leave and eager to return. There is no fear of starvation nor even of destitution. The rivers and woods supply salmon and the venison of moose and caribou sufficient to meet the wants of all. A hole In the ground makes a refrigerator which will keep meat fresh throughout the hottest summers, without recourse to pemmlcan. And, if a white man is too lazy to hunt or fish himself, he can always obtain a living from a squaw and a fishwheel. As soon as suitable means of transporta* tlon exist, the country should be more crowded With visitors than was Switserland before the war, and must also enjoy business prosperity.