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SECRETARY LANE’S BILL MEANS
HOME RULE FOR ALASKA
RESPONDING to a toast, “Alaska Railways,” at a ban
quet recently given at the annual meeting of the Pacifit
society of Engineers, .1. L. McPherson, secretary of tin
Alaska bureau of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce, said
“It is population that Alaska need's, and the vast treason
territory must gain freedom from the too cramping inlluenct
of the bureaus at Washington, who guide her interests thous
ands of miles away, and gain the degree of home rule tliul
Secretary Lane so wisely advocates.
“Alaska must have combative men to win the treasure?
of the North, so jealously guarded by nature, men who car
bear the sting of the Arctic winter and the long, dreary night?
and the trails. It needs a government of men conversant
with the needs of the territory- Now there are eleven different
bureaus in four government departments to superintend' tin
development of Alaska. This division of responsibility cause?
delay and exasperating red tape, fickleness in looking aftei
Alaska’s needs and results in partly stopping the phenome
nal development that is sure to come with the passage ol
Lane’s program.
“Alaska and the Northwest owe a great debt to President
Wilson and Secretary Lane.”
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COLONEL RICHARDSON ENTITLED
TO LARGER APPROPRIATIONS
THE recommendation of Col. Wilds I*. Richardson, head
of the Alaska Board of Road Commissioners, that Con
gress add to the appropriations for Alaska wagon roads
and trails this year should be followed literally. The road
development in Alaska has been such that nearly all the funds
received by the road commission for the past few years has
been required for the maintenances of roads already built,
There has been very little money for the extension of the road
system, and the time is here when there should be extension.
The building of a railroad increases rather than decreases
the necessity for wagon roads. The railroad will need feed
ers if it is to be a profitable investment. Wagon roads are
necessary in order to provide it with the tonnage that will be
necessary to meet its operating expenses. A wagon road
system should be well under way by the time the railroad is
ready to carry freight. That would require time, and the
work should begin at once.
Further, Alaska is a great country, and only a portion of
it will be opened up by the construction of railroads by the
government. There are many sections of Alaska where the
people will be unable to use the railroads, that need wagon
roads, and the need is great and pressing. Some of these se j
tions are in the Third judicial division- Others are in each
of the other judicial divisions, and all of them are worthy of
government aid because in all of them most of the natural
resources will be still owned by the government.
Col. Richardson should have help to secure the fruition of
his just recommendation.
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The latest information from Washington is to the effect
that the Alaska Engineering Commission will submit its report
to President W ilson wnthin two wekes and that Secretary Lane
will make his recommendations, based on the report, a week
later. This would indicate that by this time next month tin*
selection ot the route of tin* new government trunk line will be
definitely settled and actual constructnion work started in the
spring.
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All over the country is heard the demand, “Less charity,
and more work.” In some manner we must solve this problem
The waste in giving is scandalous. It must be centralized and
minimized. If it is centralized it will be minimized as a matter
ot course. But norman men and women do not want charity.
They want work.
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Charles T. Conover has an interesting article in a recent
number of Leslie’s Weekly, entitled “The National Honor and
Alaska, which is one of the most thoughtful documents yet
published covering the new coal leasing law and all the mis
management of the coal lands of Alaska, leading up to the
passage of that law.
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Here’s a tip: Keep your eye on Italy. Wait until the big
battler# get weak and groggy and badly in need of aid. Watch
which way she swings her support at that telling time and see if j
she dosen’t emerge from the fray with the biggest bag of spoils
—all she wants, in fact
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The disastrous earthquake in Italy was thoroughly cover
ed by The Times, due to the fact of the excellent service furnish
ed by the Associated Press, which can always be depended
upon to cover the news field of the world.
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1 lie Americari Association for the Advancement of Science
is appealing for the brains of high brows to be used for experi
mental purposes. If you think you are one, you probably ain’t.
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The president of Paraguay is on a vacation. His loving
constituents have thrown him in jail. They say he has been
overworking—the tyranny stunt.
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A C hicago man has been indicted for dodging taxes. Is
that a crimef We thought it long ago had become one of the
mere petty vices.
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Sails from Ss*ttt>-~ Sails from Cordova—
January 1. ALAMEDA .January 0
January 8 .— MARIPOSA.January 16
Regular freight service for Ketchikan, Juneau, Sheep Creek
Treadwell, Douglas, Cordova, Ellamar, Valdez and Latouche. Explos
ives, 8. 8. Seward. 8. 8. Seward, 5th; S. 8. Latouche, 15th; S. S
Cordova, 25th of each month.
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or freight will not be received at the dock later than one hour before
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ADMIRAL EVANS, January 25, To Seward only
Via the INSIDE PASSAGE for Ketchikan, Juneau, Yakutat,
Katalla, Cordova, Valdez, Seward, Cook Inlet points and Kodiak
Island.
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