In the United States marshal at Fairbanks, to me the other day: "The people here are the most generous on earth. It is no trick to raise money to send a sick man or woman outside. Only a few months ago a man was taken outside with a trained nurse, and enough money was sent along to pay his hospital expenses in Seattle. I have lived in Alaska eighteen years, and in all that time I have not seen one person begging. We have, you know, many unsuccessful men," the marshal continued. 