The Prescott daily news., 1910-02-21
o,oe;dent Has Declared Intention If Making a Visit to Terri
 tory of Alaska.
MEANT TO GO LAST SUMMER
u,. Taft's Illness Alone Preventeo rrIn at That Time-Ex-President ooosevelt's Plans - Three
 Senators in Trouble.

 in the passage of an act to slmpiily and to strengthen the government or the Territory of Alaska. Senator Bev- aridga is the sponsor for the measure ,n tbe senate and Representative Hamilton is it's sponsor in the house. president Taft has studied the pro- nosed legislation carefully and if it soas through without too many emendments he will affix his sigma ture.
 Last summer keen disappointment came to the president because he could not visit the northern territory of the United States. The illness Of Mrs Taft forbade the long journey, but within a day or two the president has said that he has made up his mind to make the trip to the land of gold next summer.
 Every delegate who has come to congress from Alaska since 1t was made a territory has insisted that the Alaska country and the Alaska people have been misunderstood. Alaska al ways has wanted a greater share in the work of governing itself than has been given to it. In the bill now be- fore congress there are provisions for commissioners who shall in sense form the cabinet of Walter E. Clark, formerly a Washington newspaper correspondent and now the governor of Alaska.
 Special Agents Kept Busy. The special agents of the land office which is bureau of the interior department have their hands full just at present Investigating Alaska min- ing claims The law is intended to prevent the securing of great quan- tity of mining land by different indi- yiduals who intend after securing it to form themselves together in a great company, and thus to secure as far as they can monopoly. All kinds of schemes have been worked to hood wink, and while many of them have been discovered and turned to the light there are men always ready to try 1t again.
 At the present time special agents are Investigating the working of a company which has one hundred and seventy-three members. The combi- nation was made, on the face of it. not TOT the purpose of getting mining land collectively so that it might all DC thrown together and worked by corporation, but for greater conve- hlehce In entering claims and proving up on them. The government has be- come suspicious that all may not be rlsht and the agents of the depart ment are at work trying to ferret out the truth
 Aiter the legislation which congress putting through this winter on be- nalt or Alaska has been given a trial the president will judge of results and VIII make further recommendation 'or laws Tor the territory. In the ueahtime he will go to Alaska him.
 sell to look the land and the people over p0p'0 e&Presdent RooseveIt's Plans.
 friends of former President Roose. ,e" HOW say it is definitely
 se',ued that he will go to Eng.
 .uuu s,u m May and from there return
 h,. neo,iy to New York, giving over
 u'S banned trip to Paris and Berlin n 'uis Is the case the talk about
 ,ne ae around the world trip and the land n III San Francisco and a journey ,0usn ,s ou the heart of his beloved west
 all talk for talks sake only. dora.ee ie seems to be general misun-
 s,r,s'anaing co,,. as to the nature of the
 .o.. s''ion which Col. Roosevelt has
 wa a. to the Smithsonian institution in
 s,,.,., ,,asalngton The officials of the in. evos' ol say that visitors come there erons uay expecting to see great Iors oi African animals, elephants,
 ro.a as' 'eopards. buffalos. gnus. rhinoce. and s ana other creatures all grouped ductiona mounted among repro ronns,n ns oi their native African sur. welt o,, pe,iectly true that the Roose- upon hpeuition .hn has sent thousands Smiths ousands of specimens to the thera sonian institution. but where 5oO sn, are ten large animals there are collectioa ohes' The species in the mosorita range from the size of and u who lo the size of an elephant, speciman u Is said that thousands of mean .ns .ha have been sent 1t does not and ,ha '. col. Roosevelt and his son been s,, rest of the expedition have Animals thousands of great game There are more mice in the