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Governor Strong, In his annual re
port, says that more funds arc needed
for the schools of the territory, and
treats the subject as follows:
"Twenty-five per cent of the Alaska j
fund is set aside each year for the
support of schools outside of incorpor
ated towns. The schools within in
corporated towns are maintained in
part by license, taxes laid by the fed
eral government, and covered Into the
- municipal treasuries for the use of
the municipalities and in part by lo
i cal taxation. The amount received
i from the Alaska fund for the support
i of schools depends upon what, the
! business of trade licenses produce
i each year; it Is therefore variable.
\ Hitherto the sum accruing from that
| source for the use of the schools has
1 been ample to maintain them. The
1 nvernsum needed to maintain a
'Ischool outside of incorporated towns
! is $2,000. There were 31 of these
!|schools in the school year 191415, en
! | tailing an expenditure of $61,426.92.
I Twenty-five per cent of the Alaska
fund may produce $60,000 annuajly,
; or it may not. During the present
► school year there wilT be at least' 38
schools requiring expenditures of ap
proximately $76,000. There promises,
•; then, to be a deficit in the amoitift
i; necessary for their maintenance, and
•: unless this deficiency can be supplied
•j the only alternative left will be to
j: dose some of the schools or shorten
i; the school term, which is now nine
if months. There will be available,
;; however, for schools of the kind un
•: der discussion the sum of approxi
j: mately $10,000 appropriated for
j; school purposes by the territorial leg
islature from territorial funds; but
V even with this addition there will be
a deficiency in the sum required. 1
therefore recommend that the per
centage of the Alaska fund set aside
for the maintenance of schools in
| Alaska be increased to 50 per cent,
ij If this is done, there will still remain
40 per cent of thp fund to be used
for road purposes and 10 per cent for
the Alaska indigent fund, it is with
reluctance that 1 am compelled by
exlgiency of the situation to recom
mend that the road fund percentage
be reduced. But the education of the
children who are growing up in Alas
ka should be considered a matter of
first importance. The American pub
lic school is an institution that if dear
to the heart of every genuine Ameri
can, and that it is the duty of the
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state to educate the children of the
— state is axiomatic; and this is espec
ially true as applied to the children
of Alaska. They are growing up here
and it is here that they will assume
the full duties and responsibilities of
citizenship, and they should be pre
' pared for it through education as com
pletely as possible. An increase of
; the allotment for school purposes
should appeal to Congress without the
necessity for extended argument. The
Congress annually appropriates a cer
tain sum to be used, through the war
department, for constructing and
maintaining military roads and trails
in Alaska. This appropriation may
well be increased to a sufficient ex
tent to make up what will be lost by
diverting the additional 25 per cent
to the Alaska fund for the education
of the children of the territory.
‘‘The territorial legislature at its
1915 session enacted two laws per
taining to the schools of Alaska. One
of these laws provides for the cre
ation of a board of education to be
composed of the governor of the ter
ritory, who is ex-officio sutferintctid
i, ent of public instruction, the treasurer
of the territory, and the assistant su
perintendent of public instruction.
Provision is also made for the latter,
whose salary, office and other expen
ses are to be paid from territorial
funds. Another provision requires
the introduction of a uniform course
of study in all the public schools of
the territory. Twenty-five f>er cent
of the moneys received by the terri
tory from the forest reserves are to
be used for school purposes, and cre
ation of new school districts by
United States commissioners instead
of the cle.ks of courts of different
judicial divisions Is authorized, and
the number of children of school age
necessary to constitute a school dis
trict is reduced from 20, the number
required under the federal law, to 10.
It will be noticed lhat this law amends
In some Important particulars the fed
eral law relating to schools in Alaska.
The solicitor for the interfor depart
ment in n rerent opinion has held that
no action looking to the execution of,
these two acts should be taken until i
they have been reported to and favor-j
ably acted upon by Congress, as pro
vided in section 20 of the act of Aug
ust 24, 1912 (33 Stat., 116), If such
action is taken when they are so re
ported.
“In two preceding annual reports I
have endeavored to point out that the ]
sum of $1,000 allowed for the con
struction and equipment of school i
buildings in Alaska is entirely inade
quate, and it should be Increased to
$2,000. It has also been urged that
the number of children residing in a I
community which it Is sought to or
ganize Into a school district should
be reduced from 20 to 15 in order
that the children of communities hav
ing the lesser number of school age
should not be compelled to grow to
manhood or womanhood yithout edu
cational advantages."
SUPPRESSION OF
OXFORD, Eng., Jan. 15. — The Ox
ford Union* the debating society of
the university, has decided by a vote
of 39 to 34 that the safety of Europe
does not require the suppression of
Germany from her place as a first
class power.
The question as it was proposed for
debate, was: “Resolved, that Europe
will not enjoy a secure peace at th'f
end of this war if Germany remains a
first class 'power.”
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FORMERLY RESIDED AT VALDEZ.
Investigation has shown that John
l\ Byard, who was killed in a recent
mine accident at Thane, is the man
who was arrested in Valdez in 1914,
on a complaint sworn out by his wife,
whom he had left in the east when
he brought another young woman to
the north. He was convicted at Sew
ard on a statutory charge and sen
tenced to one year at McNeil’s Island,
and was discharged last August after
serving his sentence.
A SIMPLE TEST FOR TUNGSTEN
ORE.
The discovery of a vein of tungsten
ores in interior Alaska has stimulated
a search for this mineral in other sec
tions of the territory. The principal
ores of this mineral are Scheelite and
Wolframite, the former varying from
colorless grey, yellow or brown, with
a white streak and containing about
80 per cent tungstic acid. The latter
varies in color from brownish black
to reddish brown, with similar streak.
In a recent issue of the Mining and
Scientific Press the following simple
test for tungsten is given: Treat a
small quantity of the pow'dered ore
with hydrochloric acid in a test tube.
If the metal is present a canary yel
low will be seen. To make sure of the
test add a scrap of tin, which will give
a blue coloration.
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Job work of all descriptions turned
out in the most workmanlike style at
the Daily Times office.
NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS.
Notice is hereby Riven that the
taxes on real and personal property
within the corporate limits of the
Town of Cordova for the year 1915.
are now due and payable at my of
fice, on First Street, Cordova, Alaska.
The said taxes shall be deliqueut
at 6 p. m. on the second Monday in
February, 1916, and unless paid pr^or
thereto 5 per cent will be added to
the amount thereof.
H. 1. O’NEILL, Town Treasurer.
Cordova, Alaska, December 22, 1915.
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