Alaska and the Panama canal . f the United States Government will permitthem to develop their local resources. There is a largequantity of spruce and pine in the vicinity suitable for pulpwood. When I was there the tide was out and the beach wascovered with crabs and the smell of dead fish and refuse fromthe canneries was everywhere. There are many nice peopleliving in Wrangell for whom one cannot help feeling Stikine River comes in at this point, furnishing splendidsalmon fishing during the season. Petersburg, our next stop north, is headquarters for halibutfishing. Large canneries
Alaska and the Panama canal . f the United States Government will permitthem to develop their local resources. There is a largequantity of spruce and pine in the vicinity suitable for pulpwood. When I was there the tide was out and the beach wascovered with crabs and the smell of dead fish and refuse fromthe canneries was everywhere. There are many nice peopleliving in Wrangell for whom one cannot help feeling Stikine River comes in at this point, furnishing splendidsalmon fishing during the season. Petersburg, our next stop north, is headquarters for halibutfishing. Large canneries have been established there. Theyalso have a sawmill which runs the year around. The besttime for halilnit fishing is during the winter months. Muchof the halibut served in Chicago and New York hotels comesfrom Alaskan waters. In a single day over 1,000,000 poundsof halibut has been landed on the docks at Seattle from population of Petersburg is about 1,000. The next port north is Juneau, the new capital of THE GOVERNOR S MANSION AT JUNEAU. ,>4 «f»- ,r ,/? c
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