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INTERESTING DATA GATHERED ON ALASKA ~"?he general ignorance of the enormous value- of Alaska to the United States is nothing short of amazing. Alaska, with, its 599,466 square miles is nearly three times as large as Germany, one-fifth the size of the United States proper, 4T0 times as large as Rhode Island, 14 times the size of New York State, and larger thdn all the states north of the Ohio and Potomac rivers and east of the Mississippi. Alaska today is the richest of the world's great undeveloped rcIt was purchased from Russia in 1867, at the insistence of Secretary of State Seward. The Aiuericart public hooted the purchase as a bad investment, called it "Seward's ice box," and yet — We paid Russia only»-$7,200,000 for Alaska. It has paid for itself 20 times over in fish alone. It has returned its purchase price 25 times over in-gold and silver. And this was Seward's "bad investment "-t»-which cost the United States less thfifc two cents an acre!. Alaska has more gold than California, njfSfe coal than Pennsylvania, the greatest fishing waters in the world, more copper than Michigan and Arizona, the greatest cattle and sheep ranges under the American • flag and the only tin mines in the United States. Some of tftir best mining engineers claim that Alaska lias Ss much coal as all the United States. | And remember that we got all this for less t^an two cents an aCre jIany people who know all about Alaska's natural resources still = frown .on it in the belief that it is one vast glacier. This belief is still another reason for the "See America First" movement. Alaska is in the same latitude as Sweden, Norway and Finland, has a much better climate, more arable ground, and, by the way, is much larger than all three of these countries — which have a total population of over ten million people. ' - • , . The southern part of Alaska, westward to Cook Inlet, has a climate similar to that of the northwest coast of the United States, while to the westward and northward of this region, the winters are longer and more severe. The souhern section, better kpown as the Panhandle lias a mean annual temperature of around 55 deforces ; winter Vets in about the first of December and snow is gone by the first of May, except in the mountains. It is rarely below Zero in the Panhandle, with wet autumns and winters and rather dry summers. Westward, toward the Aleutian Islands, the temperature is a trifle lower. A peculiar. climatic condition iaJJiat up near the Klondike, along the Yukon at the international boundary (halfkray across Alaska going north), the mean temperature of .the warmest monWris higher than at Sitka, 500 miles to the south. ITere in the upper valley, summer averages from 60 to 70 degrees. Obviously, Alaskglias it cold regions; there are many glaciers, the most notable being the slalaspinn with .its gorgeous extent of 1.500 square miles. There arc many such glacicra, and when vou climb the 20.:100 feet of Mt. McKinley, .loftiest peak m : North America, take your furs. Qn the other hand, ALska lias over n dozen active volcanoes. Russia was. glad to get rid of Alaska back in 1867, even though it brought less than two cents an acr&-~ It was too far from Russia's seat of government, and in those days-there was no railroad across Siberia. Then, also, the Russians knew no more «f Alaska s hidden natural resources than did the Americans who derided Seward's purchase. It is even suspected that Seward himself did not know exactly what he was getting — posSihly had a private opinion that Alaska was a great white elephant, and tlie- real reason for the purchase of Alaska probably was • to reward Russia for her friendship to us during the Civil \\ ar. ^ Alaska" is a corruption of a native word meaning "peninsula or mainland." It was known in the early diwAas Russian America. Russia claimed it by right of discovery in 1741, b> riglii of exploration, and by a settlement begun in 1784. j . \ The Russian exploration in 1741 wns by Captain \ ltus Bering, whose name has endured on the Ik?;ing Sea ; they explored the coast only. Their expedition was followed by hosts of private vessels manned bv trappers and traders. Russian companies built up a Huge fur business. Shipyards, foundries, machine shops and a naval sta- ^ • tion were constructed along the const.- Ocean trade fvns established from Alaskn-with the Mexicans along MgW°; s west coast and in California. "When gold was discovered in CWomin in 1848, the people. of Alaska sold huge stocks of supplies 'to fhc boomers who centered in han Fr^ArHnteresting vcture of those days," and about which no details can be secured after tha. flight of years, is that m.l8.»4 a California company imported ice from Alaska. Ten years later an ciitcrprismg American company secured a grant from the Russian government to build an overland telegraph line from tha Amur nver in Siberm to " Bering Strait, and through Alaska to British Columbia Messages would have lieen sent across Bering Straits by bapt or over theme. In this way, it was hoped, America could have telegraphic eompdMi witti •Enfope and Asia. The success of the Atlantic cable stoppeuthis Siberian telegraph before it was well under way. It was the people of Oregofi and California who first saw the great » value of Alaska's fisheries and mineral products and began to urge its purchase. When the Russians first explored the coast of Alaska, Spain - was still a great colonizing power and in 1774-1775 Spanish expeditions "N made trips t<* Alaska's southeastern coast, but .Spain never got a foothold on "Seward's ice box"— which, as was stated before is well worth repeating, cost us less" than two cents an acre. In order, to >pen up" Alaska, the United .States, government nf building a railroad from Seward to Fairbanks, through Broad Pass in the Alaska range close to Mt. McKinley— a total of 1:000 miles of track which, is is estimated, will cost *26,800 a mile. This road. . part of which' is alreadv constructed and a part of which was taken over by a private railroad company, will open up many new coal and gold fields, bring the fur industry in much closer touch with the. market, and enable a comparatively poor man -to try his luck at gold. Previous to August, 1900. when-tjie White Pass and Yukon Railroad froin-Skagwav to White Horse, Canada, (100 miles of track) , was "opened, Alaska had no railroads. All transportation to Abe interior had been by men and pack animals. The road through White Pass decreased carriage charges 90 per cent Railroads open the arteries of commerce. wl . • >• r • Bnal.-A .

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SCHEDULE FOR GIRLS' BASKET BALL LEAGUE Miss Ethel Bloodgood, directress of physical training in theWildwood public schools and .secretary of the physical training teachers' association , of Cape May County has announced the - following schedule for the girls' has- - ket-hall league of Cape May County' for the season of 1920-1921: Feb. 25__Wildwood vs. Cape May, Cape May. Ocean City vs. Court House, Ocean City. Mar. 4__Tuckahoe vs. Wildwood, Wild- - wood. Mar. 11_1 Wildwood vs. Ocean City, Wildwood. Mar. 18__Tuckahoe vs. Cape May, Cape May. , Mar 25 Tuckahoe vs. Ooean City, Tuckahoe. -All, games will be. played Friday afternoons at 3 o'clock. The Sabbath was intended for a day of rest, but misguided reformers would make it a day of arrest.

WHEN THE WARM DAYS COME When the warm days come an' the Ifoney bees hum, An' the trees put on green dresses, An the songbirds sing an ' the hoses fling Their sweet breath like caresses. When the ripplin' stream runs like a dream -Through the meadows in its joy' Then the old heart yearns, with longin' hums, ' For the days of girl an' boy. When the warm days come ifliy you can't /eel glum But you must he up an' doin* — Leap 'cross the sod where the cattails nod Damtf Nature to he wooin'. Pn the grapevine swing your heels you fling As you live the old days over, All" the world looks good just as it should An' you 're" just , a happy rover. — Phil IT. Armstrong. SHERMAN S. SHARP Contractor and (Buildei 5 859 WASHINGTON ST. CAPE MAT, N. J. I Estimates Given | Keystone Phono ttt [ _J

S BUILDERS' HARDWARE I We hove a Tall Stoefi of Hardware for every Builder '* need ' * Tools of the Best Quality AT MODERATE PRICES •» GET/«»-rRrcEs 0 - Complete Operation* / j » >.fgl * / i • St. H. WARM i i_ » | 516 Washington Street TAPE MAY, N. J. ^ t ... ,i ^ I n DELIVERIES IN is ANY QUANTITY OF ' fr"lP5 ' LUMBER in any Imgth, width or thickkneaa for is any purpose whatever — that's the ofn fer we make you today. We must k have ample stocks of seasoned, measif lired timbers in our yard to be able to make such a broad offer. We have I s. S And our prices will save you money. 1- Aak for eatimates. 1 GEORGE OGDEN & SON CAPE MAY, N. J.

JaA A RELIABLE BUILD^P~ Otis M. Townsend 215 Ocean St. Cape May, N. J. IN VIEW of th'e possible resizing of anthracite coal, we will 'accept orders subject to our ability to deliver the sizes ordered — and subject to price at / the time of delivery. CAPE MAY COAL & ICE CO.' S| Both Phones H. E. SETTLE, Prop, 9] s COLUMBIA LAUNDRY I ffi 314 Congress Street, Cape May, N. J. W S ,-DQWN GOES THE PRICE j| I r°Ha£rs 4c each 1 I. ^ uf f s " | S Let us wash your Rag Carpets and Pillows ~ " S All other classes of LAliNDRY WORK jtl Cape May Electric Shoe Repairing Shop A. SUDAK Shoe Repairing in All Its Branches - NEOLIN SOLES AND RUBBER HEELS A SPECIALTY . We Make a Specialty of REPAIRING SHOES WHILE YOU WAIT Bootblack in Building for Ladies and Gentlemen. Shoe Sundries and All Kinds of Polishes for Sale. 505 Washington Street Cape May. N. J. KEYSTONE PHONES CAPE MAY 1-73— WlLDWOOD l-7i Konowitch Brothers .GROCERIES, MEATS, PROVISIONS ' Butter — Eggs — Fruit — Produce — Etc. Orders Promptly Delivered ■ 408-10 Washington Street " 2405-07 Pacific Avenue J CAPE MAY WILDWOOD STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION OF

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RESOURCES and_^emand Loans, §2,016,417.49 Bonds ana Mortgages 256.025.39 Stocks and Bonds 1,788.513.11. Overdrafts 13.29 Banking Houses, Camden, Gloucester and Cape May 123,000.00 and War Stamps 189.72 Cosh and Reserve 281,697.81 §4,465,856.81 10

LIABILITIES 19 Capital —4—- — - §100,000.00 19 Surplus *220,000.00 ' ■X Undivided Profits • 18,136.34 !9 Deposits i--; 4,120,720.47 Dividend : . ■ T 7,000.00 !2 C ' .. 11 ' ' J1 §4,466,85o2i"'

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