Our country and its resources; . rce, and news-papers. Fine lawns and well-fur-nished homes are not lacking, andthe town is equipped with a goodwater supply and electric light. Some 27,000,000 acres of the Ter-ritory is covered by timber—cedar,hemlock, spruce, and fir. Alaskancedar is admirable for shipbuilding,cabinet work, and interior finish : itis close-textured, and wonderfullydurable under exacting its odor is so suggestive of san-dalwood that it has been shippedto Japan, made into ornamentalboxes and fans, and sold as genuinesandalwood. Of the fishing industries, that ofs
Our country and its resources; . rce, and news-papers. Fine lawns and well-fur-nished homes are not lacking, andthe town is equipped with a goodwater supply and electric light. Some 27,000,000 acres of the Ter-ritory is covered by timber—cedar,hemlock, spruce, and fir. Alaskancedar is admirable for shipbuilding,cabinet work, and interior finish : itis close-textured, and wonderfullydurable under exacting its odor is so suggestive of san-dalwood that it has been shippedto Japan, made into ornamentalboxes and fans, and sold as genuinesandalwood. Of the fishing industries, that ofsalmon is of commanding import-ance, the worth of the annual catchmay be roughly placed at $15,000, May. the China boss brings tothe canneries a horde of , South Americans, andFilipinos. Men, women and littlechildren work at top speed duringthe canning season, twelve and four-teen hours a day and seven days aweek. Fish poisoning is conditions are unspeakablybad. In catching salmon, there are. 330 (Hi; COUNTRY AND ITS RESOURCES no restrictions ns to method, and thetrap system menaces the life of theIndustry. The days catch of onefisherman, during a particularlyheavy run. was 3,000 salmon. Na-tives an- asking for remedial legis-lation, the enforcement of the lawsgoverning restraint of trade, and theregulation <»f child labor. Anotherurgenl need of Alaska is more light-houses along her dangerous is under a Governor ap-pointed by the President for a four-year term. Since 1912 it has had aLegislature of two Houses. The Ter-ritory is in the Ninth Circuit of theSupreme Court, with its four judi-cial divisions at Juneau, Fairbanks,Valdez, and Nome. Each divisionelect-- two members for the Senateand four for the House, the Senate thus consisting of eight members and the House of sixteen. One dele-gate is sent to Congress from theTerritory. Business licenses furnish most ofthe revenue, which is approximately$1,000,000. In 1!top ther
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