The daily Alaskan., 1913-02-18

around tho country trying to land political jobs for themselves, it is. a pleasure to learn that at least one man o5 that honorable body Is giving attention to the duties that the people elected him Co perform and that IS Senator Rode1 Of the. Fourth division. He has asked the people to come forward through the. newspapers and give him all the in. formation and advice they can, that he may use it in the formation Of just laws for Alaska He is maS- iug a study Of conditions and needs. He is doing what the Alaskans elected him to do. In a Fairbanks paper ot Feb. 25 he says.
 As a member og the Alaskan legislature. I, for one. should de sire to get an expression ot opinion concerning some Of the matters that wul uuouestiouabIy come up for consideration and action by the leg fsrature Many CC the questions tbat will present themselves are new and there are no prccedeuts by which Co be guided AS far as have basu able to ascertain, no other territory within the bouudar- {es of the United States has ever been in a position similar to the one in which Alaska nov is They all have had some sort of county administration. which we Ia k, and many powers were delegated to the ofncers og the county.
 Probably the first question for consideration win be the raising of revenue. Some money must be raised. if for no other purpose than Go take care of those un.oT- tunate indigeuts who are now ar rested and convicted as vagrauts when they should be taken care ot in a hospital Where shall we place the taxes At present the busi- ness man pays a federal license and. fa incorporated towns, a muni- cipsl tax Shall we. in addition thereto. impose a territorial tax. whom he fs already payiuE more than he can afford2 Shau we place the tax upon thc miners output, as has been suggested by some. Per souaIIy ! am opposed Go such a course My present idea is Go sug- rast the IevyinE Of a tax against all foreigu corporations, that is, cor poratious which are not organized under the laws of Alaska and are doing business in Alaska. ! have not determined Co my own satis- faction on what basis such a tax should be levied, that Is, whether on their capital stock or on their property valuation. Perhaps the imposition oJ an annual franchise tax computed upon the basis of the amount co capital employed iu the ter-torv would be fair and would be paid by those who exploit the territory and leave nothing behind except that which they cannot car " off
 Another matter of importance IS legislation that may affect the min ing industry. Personally | have a few faults to find with the recently enacted mining laws. think they cause much confusion, some eN- pense and open the door wide to fraud and perjury.
 Under Ce present law the re cordinE Of a location notice is un- necessary and a locator will not lose his claim for failure to re- cord The question: Where shall ve take ofI the fractione' has been and stul is the source Of much trouble and always will be untu settled by legislative act Un-. der the new law the written power of attorney must be executed with great legal precision and formal iuss. it must be acknowledged be- fare a notary public and may be. recorded 5n any recording office in. the division In other words, your partner may locate a claim for you in the Tendertoot country and rel cord his power of attorney at To-I kotna or Georgetown, in the Kusko- svim valley; or he may stake you claim in the Aniak country andI record the power of attorney at| Caro- in the Chandlsr. Win not. that make much business for theI 1avverss There are a number oti other fmpracticable propositions inI the new law. one of which is iheI doing Of one hundred dollars worth