The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-11-21

Nd , lutuTc, pONtIuOT d. II {. n. ottOh6
in his annual report submitted to-
day to Secretary Lane, urged that
that the government exercise closer
supervision for the conservation of
the territory's wealth of fisheries,
pointed out the need for the con-
struction of a system of wagon
roads and trails to supplement gov
eminent railroads and declared
means must be taken to stamp out
disease among the native popula-
ton.
with the promise that the future
holds" said Governor Strong, land
the exact knowledge of the extent
and variety of the great mineral
pied with the new broad policy of
development which the government
has inaugurated, Alaska, it is con-
fidently believed, will hereafter oc-
cupy an important place in the min
ing. industrial and economic his
tory of the United States"
1t is estimated that there are now
$4,000 white people in the territory,
an increase of 5000 owe last years
estimate. The total value of the 1913
mineral output was $19,470,336, and
the total value of the products of
the Alaskan fisheries was $751;
139,06S. Both showed some de-
clines from the preceding year.. The
tarritory'c morca in tho lact fiS-
cal year showed eXpots of more than
SCI .OOO, 000-a decrease because of
lesser gold production, while the
United States sold merchandise
worth $21,929,1G0 to the territory.
Alaska's mineral esources. Gov
ernor Strong said, awaited develop
ments to restore some of the for
eign supplies cut off by the Euro
pean war. Lack of an adequate
coal supply, he said, had retarded
recently passed a leading bill to
open the coal fields in the far north
ern territory.
'Alaska's copper production said
GOVERNOR Strong, lis now important
and promises to increase largely
within the coming years. Given a
supply of coke which cannot now be
lad at prices which make it avail
able for industrial use, the copper
industry would be greatly stimu-
tied by the erection of smelters for
he treatment of the ores"
The governor said that the agri-
cultural possibilities of the territory
ire beginning to be appreciated.
There are probably $4,000, 600 acres
of land suitable for agricultural pur-
poses, he said, and millions Of acres
adapted for cattle raising and dairy
ing. Outlining other sources of nat
1ral riches in minerals and forests,
the governor said the territory must
present an inviting field for the
homo-seeker, for capital and for Ia
Dor, lor men of brain and Drawn
such as have caused the great west
to bloom and blossom
The construction of railroads by
the government the governor add
ed, will be a means of opening to
development a vast extent of terri
tory now practically inaccessible,
but which is known to possess great
possibilities from a mineral and
agricultural point of view.
L wish to emphasize here however
that supplementary to railroads,
and as producers of added tonnage
for railroad transportation. there
should be a largely increased ap-
preparation by congress for the con
suction and maintenance of
roads and trails"
Health conditions among white
people of Alaska, said Governor
Strong, continue to be excellent.
Among the native population, how
ever, diseases of various kinds are
widespread this being especially true
in remote sections, in some parts
of southwestern Alaska and the
eastern shore of Boring sea where
such things as sanitation and hy-
giene are unknown, " he added.
"TuberculOsis is the principal dis
ease, and there is no doubt that if
not eradicated, in the near future,
it will exterminate the natives well
within the present century,
Governor Strong said that during
the summer, the Rev. j. II. Condit,
an Alaskan missionary, visited Ia
tive villages of southwestern Alas
la and the eastern coast of Bering
sea. s'r
"He described conditions among
re natives in those sections as lit
the short of HORRIBLE the govern
or said. Disease, suffering and
death are everywhere apparent,
neither age nor sex being exempt.
Sanitation and hygiene in any form
are absolutely unknown, little medi-