Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 163, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 July 1920 — GIRLS PLAN RUSH TO ALASKA [ARTICLE]

GIRLS PLAN RUSH TO ALASKA

Mayor of Juneau and Other Officials Advised of Proposed Hegira From States. Juneau, Alaska. —Girls from the states evidently are planning to stampede to Alaska this spring. J. L. Gray, mayor of Juneau, and several other Alaska officials have received letters from dozens of young women asking about the northern territory. The letters came from Minnesota, Texas, lowa, Washington, Colorado and Canada. All the writers expressed the hope that they would be able to find work here so they could come north. - Positions wanted by the girls Included school teaching, bookkeeping, typewriting and clerking. One or two of the girls hinted at matrimony and asked for Information about Alaska’s “ellgibles."