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us to prescribe for some ill or ache. This in
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broken heart.
While we are familiar with the functional per
1 formances of the medicines we sell—we are
not diagnosticians.
If you have been using a certain medicine or a
compound and it has helped you, and you want
more, there is satisfaction in buying from us
because “If the Cordova Drug Co. sells it, it’s
pure.’’
Or, if we can suggest something which we
think will possibly be more effective than the
| article you call for—other than a physician’s
| prescription—our experienced pharmacists
will gladly mention this fact for you.
But if you feel the need for medical attention
and to know what is the matter with you—see
| your doctor.
Then send your prescriptions to us to be care
fully compounded by one of our registered
pharmacists.
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CONGRESS
The recent attempt to abolish the
office of surveyor general in the West
ern states and Alaska was frustrated
by the united front opposed by the
Western congressmen to the proposal
of the appropriations committee. Spe
j cial dispatches to the Seattle papers
credited Delegate Grigsby of Alaska
with having made a telling argument,
which had much to do with the re
sult. His remarks on that occasion,
taken from the Congressional Record
of February 27, were as follows:
Mr. Grigsby. Mr. Chairman and gen
tlemen of the committee, I have lis
tened with interest to the statements
of the representatives from the West
ern states calling to the attention of
the committee the number of millions
of acres of unsurveyed land that they
have in their respective states, and
I must say that everything that they
have said applies with a great deal
more force to the territory of Alaska,
where we have over 300,000,000 acres
of unsurveyed lands, and the most
important office that we have in that
^territory, the office that is of most as
sistance to the people as homestead
ers or miners seeking patents, is the
office of the surveyor general.
Mr. Wood of Indiana. Is the gentle
man aware of the fact that if this pro
vision is adopted it will not take a
single bit of the machinery away from
Alaska or one of these states, so far
as the surveys are concerned?
Mr. Grigsby. I understand from the
reading of the bill that the entire
machinery and all the clerical force
will be removed.
Mr. Wood of Indiana. All the ma
chinery for the surveys now provided
will remain there as long as there is
any seeming necessity for it.
Mr. Mays. Why should the gentle
man from Indiana treat Alaska that
way and not treat other states in that
I way? If there is surveying needed,
why not leave the surveyors there?
Mr. Wood of Indiana. It will not
change the surveying in a single state.
Mr. Grigsby. Is there any difference
in that regard between Alaska and the
states?
Mr. Wood of Indiana. No. The
surveyor shall remain the secretary
J of the territory.
Mr. Grigsby. The provisions of the
bill are that the entire clerical force
shall be removed to Washington, and
all the plats and records shall be re
moved from the offices.
Mr. Wood of Indiana. That is in
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the discretion of the secretary of the
j interior.
j Mr. Grigsby. I understand that the
! bill is mandatory in that respect. I
did not hear that question raised
when any other gentleman was talk
ing.
I have had an office across the hall
from the surveyor general of Alaska
for two years, and his is the busiest
office conducted in Alaska.
We have over 500,000 square miles
of unsurveyed lands. The business is
conducted with that office. Whenever
» a man wants to get a homestead, when
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! ever he wants to get a patent for a j
mining claim, he has to do business !
with that office. Almost all the busi
ness we have today up there is done
in connection with the bureaus down
here in Washington, and we have to
come down here enough as it is. Now,
if I want to get a survey for a patent
for a mining claim in Alaska, I have
to employ a deputy mineral surveyor.
They are scarcer than hen’s teeth. I
can find a surveyor or a civil engineer
in Alaska, but he is not a deputy min
eral surveyor. I can make ah appli
cation to the surveyor general of
Alaska and get him appointed, but un
der the terms of this bill I have got
to come down here to Washington to ;
have it done. He has to apply to the
commissioner of the land office, and
the commissioner does not know him
or his character or qualifications. The
surveyor general in Alaska knows ev
ery surveyor in the territory, and can
pass on his qualifications. We can
not do business in Alaska, 6,000 away,
with a surveyor general’s office con
ducted here in Washington, especially
in the winter time, when it takes from
two to four months for mail to make
the round trip. We must have a sur
veyor general there on the ground (ap
plause) ; especially since the passage
of the oil-leasing bill it is necessary
that that office be maintained. What
we want in Alaska is more govern
ment in Alaska and less in the bu
reaus in Washington. The forest re
serves are already administered here,
the fish and game are regulated here;
everything is reserved from entry ex
cept mining and homestead land. If
the office of the surveyor general is
to be transferred to Washington, the
governor of Alaska, the federal judges
and court officials might as well be.
removed here, too, and there will no
longer be any excuse for anybody liv
nig up there.
The surveyor general is ex officio
secretary of the territory of Alaska.
This bill continues the salary of $4,000
for the secretary of Alaska, but does
I not create such an office nor provide
1 for filling it. A surveyor general is
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| appointed by the President, by and
with the advice and consent of the
senate; the bill contains no authority
for the appointment of a secretary of
the territory. The surveyor general
of Alaska is also a member of the
territorial canvassing board, which
canvasses the returns of the elections
for delegate for congress and the ter
ritorial officers. If you abolish the
office of surveyor general you will
leave us without a canvassing board;
possibly the committee thought that
inasmuch as Alaska elections are gen
erallv decided here in congress, we
| do not need any (laughter); but we
j do need a surveyor general, and need
: him on the ground (applause).
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