National Affairs: Alaskan Porridge

Some like it hot, some like it cold, and some like it in the pot nine days old. All Alaskans have their likings, their wants, their plans for solving the problems of the Territory, but in nearly every case two sets of opposite demands were presented to the President.

Among the leading questions brought to his attention were the depletion of the Panhandle salmon fisheries, the lack of good roads, the need of markets for agricultural products. The first question might be solved by the creation of a national fish preserve, but this would...

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