If you put it down on the face of the United States, the city of Juneau would be in St.Augustine, Florida, and Unalaska would be in Los Angeles.

That's how big it is, and the geographical center of our country isn't Omaha or Sioux City, but exactly San Francisco, California." "Good for you, sonny," came a quiet voice from beyond the group.

"Your geography is correct.

And you might add for the education of your people that Alaska is only thirty-seven miles from Bolshevik Siberia, and wireless messages are sent into Alaska by the Bolsheviks urging our people to rise against the Washington government.

We've asked Washington for a few guns and a few men to guard Nome, but they laugh at us.