Alaska sentinel., 1906-12-13
GOVERNOR HOGCATT'S
 REPORT
Recommends Legislation For 4 Revision of Alaska
 Code
(P.-I. Dec. 8, l906)

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 The appointment of a special commit tee to revise the code of laws for Alaska is one of the leading recommendations in the annual report of Governor Hog gait to the secretary of the interior. The matter had already been discussed with some of the leading officials of the government, and there is some prospect that the appointment of the committee will be authorized.
 The governors report is business like pocument of nineteen printed pages and there is an entire absence of fub- dub such as characterized this report in former years. This is MT. Hoggatt's first report. The most essential recon. mendations, btsides that for a code com mission, are for division of the Third judicial district, the appointment of an additional federal judge, increased ap. propriation for lighthouses, with the creation of separate lighthouse district for Alaska, ana further special appro. priations for the construction of roads and trails.
 The report comments on the recent election of the first delegate to congress, saying that this election was conducted in an orderly md quiet manner, and adding that 1t Is to be hoped that Alaska will be benefited by duly elected rep resentative of its people, and that the hopes of those who have been asking for representation in congress for many years may be fully realized.
 Governor Hoggatt estimates the net increase in the permant white popula, tion in Alaska during the last year at $500, placing the total at 33.000, dis tributed as follows: First judicial di- vision, 5000; second division, 12,000; third division, l2,000. He adds, how ever, that there is a moving population of about 6,000 more, who are employed in mines and various industries during tho surnme-. Ths repcrtsays that there was no decided increase in the valuation of property in Alaska towns during last year, but very material gain in indus trial property scattered about the dis trict, that commerce has increased very largely; that railroad building is active, promising large developments; that the most serious needs of natives is for med ical aid in times of epidemics, but that he has not been able to learn that the condition of the natives generally is growing worse.
 There is full discussion of mining prospects, which is entirely favorable to the country. Development of copper in southeastern Alaska and in the Prince William country, the governor says, ab- solutely assures the future of these re. gions.
 He recommends that smaller agricul. tural experiment stations be abolished, as it has been demonstrated absolutely that garden vegetables can be raised, and that the attention of the agricul- tural department be turned to the in terior of the country with . view to seeing what can be done toward raising hay, grain and stock on a profitable scale. This, he thinks, is vital to the permanent prosperity of the interior.
 Governor Hoggatt is not in favor of absolute restriction of coal development, but recommend, that the present law be modified so as to prevent frauds in acquiring title. This is of particular significance in view of the fact that the president recently ordered all coal lands in Alaska be withdrawn from entry.
 The governor recommends that the number of pupils requisite for the es- tablishment of school be reduced to fifteen and that natives should Le ena- bled to acquire all kinds of property and transmit it to their descendants the same az other citizens; that suitable buildings be erected at Juneau for all the general offices of the territory that the sale ot liquor be prohibited within a radius of five miles of any railroad con- struction camp or other construction en- terprise employing 100 men or more, except in incorporated towns; that the boundary line along the eleventh merid- ian be marked at once, and that the work of the coast and geodetic survey be continued.