The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 2, 1914, Page 9

This is the first of a series of supplements The second supple- a ment of the Seattle- comprising the Seattle- Alaska edition will Alaska edition of The follow May 9, dealing St io be blished in more detail with the Oh agli atreteng wonderful opportuni- during the month of . Hes which Alain May. offers. N° EO LEGEND | Pleasant Journeys ewes SEANSHID LINES @m (CQ AELQS to Alaska Ports SATURDAY, MAY 2, 1914 SUPPLEMENT No. 1 OQ Gab FIELDS xX TN LOTS @ MRCURY DEPOSITS ecting vessel which to the ports in ¢ a month Steamship Com- s through o service further 1 sailing dates | usually fa veen those of the | Alaska Steamship Company, thus giving ports as far west as Seward about a | four or five-day service throughout the e a av year. JAHANA : } The service of these two companies, together with those of the Pacific Coast, Humboldt and Northland Steam- ship Companies, give the towns of southeast Alaska, from Ketchikan to Skagway, a service of about every three Bo LS ° INSIDE AGRICULTURE PASSAGE / All points be- 4 Pyy tween Seattle e and Skagway a 7 Nome and St. Michaels are served direct from Seattle by the open ocean route from about the middle of May to on what is known y as the Inside a Passage, through the Alexander Archipelago, a network of deep waterways, be- tween the main- land and the tree-clad islands, through which there are num- erous excursions during the months of June, July and August. All other places to the westward are reached by the open ocean at all seasons of the year, except in three cases of minor — import- ance. The idea of frozen Alaska, so far as steam- ship connection with the outside world is con- cerned, is abso lutely incorrect. \ the end of October, there being usually one vessel from San Francisco at the opening of navigation, in addition to the Seattle service. Sailings are approximately about every two weeks through the season. ~ o whe 2 EO OULF SOF ALASHA ar ASSCa - PCESSCa-WA.SSCa -O85 Ca Passenger rates on the southwest coast of the Alaska peninsula between local points vary con- siderably, owing to the time lost in making land- ings, amount of travel and local surr oundings. "en a "See wee) ee ew ewe oe Seattle and Alaskan Empire United by Eternal Bonds of Good mie and the towering glaciers; he saw the “silver horde” of he found new flowers of vari-colored Alaska! | splendor of the majestic mountains, the rushing river fish; he hunted the wild goat and killed the monster bear of the Kodia Seattle! | hue. He saw Alaska in all her different moods and grandeur. He has learned to love her as a land of ro- | mance and wealth and real folks, like which there is no other. ‘Two ma names bound together by strong bonds of good will and commercial friendliness that time will | The Seattle man has been the rounds up in the north and that is why the city and the empire understand cement more strongly and+no foe can ever break | each other so well and have come to realize that one is essential to the other. Seattle couldn’t get along with- You thi northern ports you are always bound for Seattle. The combination is inevitable of Alaska as the land you reach by taking the steamer from Seattle. And when you leave the } out Alaska, and the sourdoughs would be lost if there were no Seattle to come to when the trip “outside” is 5 made When the rush to the Klondike was on, Seattle was the outfitting station for the The sky line of the city was last in their memory as they sailed away to the land of golden h last one—the Shushana—which lured its qu Seattle and Alaska have grown together. It has been a rugged, exciting, invigorating history—this story xe. It has been of the city and empire. When Seattle was just a mere landing place on the muddy shore line of Elliott bay and | the same in all the other stampedes, down through the list to the ota of men on the search after yellow dust and nuggets, Seattle has smiled at the enthusiasm of the tenderfoot of the early days imagined Alaska a glittering ice and wished him “good luck” along with the veteran Alaskan. Seattle always has been and always will be the ch of wealth and adventure. Both were found in | gateway to the land of gold and opportunities. Seattle citizens worked vigorously along with Alaskans in the struggle for recognition by the government and the railway bill was the result. Everybody in the city rejoiced with Alaskans when the news was flashed i over the wires that the bill had been passed and the long dream was at last reality Alaska was the “great white unknown,” the friendly feeling and bond of affection was started between the two place Seattleites dared the “frigid dangers” of the north—peo: and snow waste—and ventured farther and farther in the quantities that have amazed the world, Vast fortunes have been taken from our northland, and a thankless na- st, failed to realize the importance of the territory. The adventures of the tion, up until a short time a ung by scores of poets and authors, who won tlfeir fame by their sojourn in the country of land have beer en on in the right way. They The Seattleites forgot business and held a jubilee because Alaska was at la sa jul : ce : i | were glad because they realized that the railroad is just the first of a great plan of advancement and de Alaska is a synonym for riches. The riches, to be sure, are not easily gained. But the great treasure house velopment in Alaska. The north country, as Seattle well knows, has been hindered for years by greedy land has a reward for all who are willing to brave the hardships of a new, rugged land and the thrilling experiences | grabbers and mopopolists, who sought to make it the looting place of seliish interests. Seattle was glad when JS laspiabeaapeatinatect rf vik Sao gat “si: inegere aod. wea hate Mae tld bate ioe 8 ] the government railway bill passed, as it meant one step ahead in the fight against this greed r kind have done on the frontiers of the past. On 50,000,000 acres of land there are home sites for those who Seattle has a duty in her relationship with Alaska that cannot well be overlooked, She must always Wats no Racy the life of Me-noseh end who: place conlidence in.tts futuse stand guard against the man who would despoil the wonderful country and bottle it up for the gain of a o one knows better than the Seattle millionaire, who “struck it rich’ while a prospector, the charm few. Alaska is for all the people. The way has been opened and the real friends of the empire will see he has built tall skyscrapers with the gold he got and now till holds reverence for the country which schooled him from and worth of Alaska. Althougt mokes fragrant Havanas in magnificent office to it that nothing shall hinder this start toward progress The Star has always fought with men who demanded the greatest and best development of Alaska and fascinat a haple tenderfoot into a seasoned sourdou The Star rejoiced when the first real recognition came in the railroad. With all Seattle, The Star believes It was the man from Seattle ho told the world the beauties of the inside passage. He found the fertile that the day of the open door, as strongly urged by President Wilson, is at hand, and that good things for 4] plains, where days the crops of grain are growing. He was in the rush to the gold fields; he viewed the i the neglected sister of the north will be the program of the future fa ie PS oe wg ARS