And my way of preventing it is different from yours." He stared into the fire, watching the embers flare up and die.

"I'm not proud of the States," he went on, as if speaking to something which he saw in the flames.

"I can't be, after the ruin their unintelligent propaganda and legislation have brought upon Alaska.

But they're our salvation and conditions are improving.

I concede we have factions in Alaska and we are not at all unanimous in what we want.