Valdez daily prospector., 1912-04-03
PLATFORM ADOPTED BY
 THE CORDOVA CONVENTION
ASKS FOR FULL TERRITORIAL GOVERNMENT, OPENING OF THE COAL AND LANDS, LIBERAL APPRoPRIA-
 TONS FOR ALASKA BY CONGRESS AND OTHER RELIEF

II. We favor the extension by law of t!Ic jurisdiction of the in- ter slate commerce commission 1 throughout Alaska.
 t2. We recommend that the government provide a board of hcallr and charity, with power to enforce adequate quarantine and sanitary regulations, establish hospitals, care for destitute In :iians, and also to provide rcgu- latlons for vital statistics. We rug" the asscmblagc of certain needy tribes on small rcSrrva- tions, and the establishment of industries for their support.
 i3. We recommend the cree tjrn and maintenance by the government of a suitable home in Alaska for the care of bona fidc prospcctOrs, who, by reason Of age or the consequences of their exposure and hardshipS, in this territory, arc unable to pro vice fit and proper shelter for themselves.
 ti. We urge that a sufficient fund be placed at the disposal of the governor of Alaska to be used as occasion demands in search ing for and rcScuing and aiding mlncrS, prospcctOrs, travellers and lndlGenIS who have become lost, wounded or sick. and for whose rescue and aid there is now no provision made by law.
 l5. We recommend that the existing law regarding the sale of intoxicating liquors t0 Indians should be so amended as to make Inc nffcnse a misdcncanor in or der that the local commissioner may have Jurisdiction thereof and that said law should be fur thcr amended so as to make it a misdemeanOr for an Indian to of fer to purchase or acquire intOx- icaiing liquor.
 iG. IL is the duty of the fed cral government to provide such protection to the salmon in the waters of Alaska as will result in the conservation and perpetual lion of this source Of great ma tural wealth. and to that end we demand:
 a. That inc present law be so amended as to prohibit the rrrc- lion or maintrnanr" of traps in the fresh water streams of Alas ka. and io prohibit the taking nf fish from said streams by any other method than ordinary gill nriS.
 b. That haichrricS shall be erected. maintained and uprrat- cd by the federal government. and that the present inadequate lax upon the ranncry product he in- creased, and the proceeds thereof De placed in fund for the main tcnancc of said hatchery and Olh- CT territorial purposes. iI. We urge that the present mining laws in SD far as they apply io Alaska. shall be SO amended as to prevent existing abuses of stalking mining claims by agent or power of attorney, and that the location of aSs0cia- iion placer mining claims shall hereafter bc prohibited or that the annual assessment work re- | quircd for said claims shall be increased so that Sl00 worth of work shall bc required for each 20 acres of said claims.
 IS. We urge the establishment of a land office in the Third di- vision of Alaska. with the same service as in the other thrcr di- visions.
 10. We recommend that the fee system now in force for the compensation of United States commissioners bc abolished and said commissioners be paid q sal ary for their services.
 We hereby pledge our candi- date for delegate to use his besI cndcavOr to carry out the above platform.