The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-23

philippine islands If roru
ue ouiit from the coast OF Alasto %
'he Yukon val ey. it win no mo "
sars 1or the government 10 hos
part OF the burden of expense 90
eration Tor 10 or Is years afton W
construction, which period win =. ~
CURED for the development 90 ~ re-
error Oh Alaska to such an ex,an,
as TO make the railroad se,f-sustaI"
ing. Inc money now paid for
extensive mail service, if naia -!
railroad when built, woud 90
way toward its maintenance ,as
therefore, to urge that a hoard
army and railroad engineers be An
pointed Tor the purpose outlines
ABOVE II the government does ~.
assume a part of the burden ~ -
terror transportation we will have :.
wait for a permanent develonmar, =,
the interior of Alaska until sucb t;,s1
as discoveries of phenomena minero,
deposits will justify private canitai
In the construction of railroads
Need of Railway Great.
IF a railroad is built to tho No
tanuska coal feds, it will estabysh
permanent community north os tba
Coast Range of mountains wboro
man will have an opportunity to earn
livelihood throughout the wear and
establish a base from which they car
prospect for radius of 100 or 2OO
miles, within which in al probability
something will be found which will
justify the extension of the railroad
still farther toward the interior
Gold mining is being successfully
carried on throughout the whole dis
trict," says Governor Hoggatt. 1.-THE
development Of recent discoveries of
veins carrying high grade ore have
been very encouraging, and there
seems to be a revival of interest in
gold quartz mining throughout south
eastern Alaska. Discoveries of quartz
carrying high values have been made
in the Fairbanks mining districts, and
a limited amount of deve Opment work
has been done with encouraging re-
suits. High-grad gold ores have
been discovered on the Kenai penin-
su'a near Moose Pass and on Willow
creek and the best of these prospects
are being developed. Placer mining
continues in a small way in south
eastern Alaska and the beach at Cape
Yakiag and in Cook Inlet This
character of mining continues
throughout the Yukon valley, and
activities in the Fairbanks district
continue undated. Increased interest
is shown in the prospecting in the
Susitna and Kuskokwim valleys and
encouraging reports are made of these
districts. A large number of pros
pectOrs and miners are in these dis
tricts, and it is hoped that develop
ments in the new territory will be
sufficiently rapid to maintain the
production of gold for several years.
On the Seward peninsula drift mining
draulic mining"
Law for PAGER Claims.
Governor Hoggatt recommends a
law to diminish the controversies over
the ownership of placer Gains or to
diminish the evils which have grown
up under the practice of stalking un-
limited numbers of claims by individ-
uals or through power Of attorney,
and providing that eight times the
amount of work to be performed upon
a single claim to continue ownership
for one year should be performed on
each association claim during the
year.
Regarding the Recommendation he
makes to change the governor OF
from the control Of the de-
partment of the interior to the depart
ment Of justice. Governor Hoggau
says: 1.-The provisions of the act Tor
a civil government for Alaska pro-
vides that the governor shall have
to see that the laws of the
district are enforced and to require
the faithful discharge of their duties
by the officials appointed to admins
ter the same. The officials charged
with the administration of the laws
are under control Of the department
Of justice, and it wou appear that
if one Of the principal duties OF the
governor is to see that the officials
perform their duties, he should also
be an official Of the department OF
justice 1 have. therefore, to recon-
mend that legislation to this end DC
enacted. Such a change in the Id"
viii prevent conflict Of authority tenn
to the establishment Of a UNIFORM
policy for the enforcement of law
and lead to better administrator
Of the affairs of the territory"
A general law providing for lhe
sale of townsites, under supervisor
Of the secretary Of the interior, WIN
proper reservation of harbor areas
and lands for public purposes GOV,
ernor Hoggatt says shou be passed.
Without such a law" he points gu"
congress and the interior department
will be called upon to support PR
vate bills for the purchase Of to"h-
sites. every one Of which will nave
a lobby in Washington attempting "
secure its passage"