Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1914-11-14
THE FUTURE OF
ALASKA PAINTED
IN BRIGHT C0LORS
GOVERNOR STRONG SUBMITTED
ANNUAL REPORT TO sEcHE'
TARY LANE.
NEEDS or THE TERRITORY

" ~ fEFNiff ~ lNfN ~ ~
optimistic pictufr ~ Alaska's future.
Governor D. y a. strong 40 hlr an
nnai report submitted today 20 secrt-
fnry Lane urged that the government
exercise cinnef sul ervlrion fer the
conservation ~ the terriiprys wealth
II fisheries. pointed out the need Tor
the cofstruciion ~ . system ~ wagon
roads and trails ~ supplement gov
eminent rniiroadn and declared means
niue. be- taken a. stamp out disease
among ~. native population.
with the promise inst the future
holds" said Gov strong and the *
act knaNledp. ~ The extent and sari.
cty ~ the great mineral and other ~.
sources q: Alnsk1 coupled with the
new broad policy ~ development which
the government ha5 inuuguritod Aiaer
ka. u b. nonfdcntl believed. viii d'fe
after occupy an important place in ,he
mining. industrial tui economic hif-
tory ol tho Uuife statrr'
u b. estimated nat ta"Fs are now
aa.0D0 white people in 40 tr1iory.
on Increase 81 3.t,o t'sr mGt ,cas's
estimate Tho totsi vaiAo nf ihe 1915
mineral output WIS go f7osie, sn TIE
total value " The products ~ che .finH-
hnn fishcfira WIZ lii,1tsfl Ioth
shoWed some declines fium iiin prsccd-
ing yrnr The lrrisr,s commerce in
the last fiscal year showed r,rq,fa -
more than sol 100000 dNeina De- p
cause ~ leHsof gold tfc'iuc con-. aIiie
the United States sold n,erohandiae
worth go ,g2p 400 10 DE- territory
AiarltRH mineral n4snnreeA q vernon
strong said. awaited cryolupus ~ to
RESTORE aomr ~ thr foreifa supplies
rnt ~ by the European var l.tet ~
an adequate coal fnppl' he s4ii .lad
retarded Industrial ieyei iuueui orn-
rress recently passed fclsins hill 90
open the coal ficlda ln lhe Ca teithrin
territory
"AlaHka'a copper production" said
Governor Strung "iH now important
and promises 60 increase largely within
Use coming years Given supply az
coke which cannot npW ho had JAG
prices which matte 10 available frf ine
duHtral gae. tho copper iuduafY would
be greatly stimulated hy the erection
of smrltera for the treatment uf thr
ores
Tho Governor said that tho ssficul-
iurai possibilities ~ the territory are
beginning Co hc appreciated. Their,
lnrr probably 10000 GOO aereh of land
suitable Tor agricultural purpoaoa "a,
aaid and millions az nercn ADAPTED fui
cattle niaing ana dairvinr Outlining
other sources ~ natural riches "a min
Gratis aud forests tho t.ovprnur said IA,
territory NUT present an inviting fi~ii
FOR the home ucvkcr for capital nn'
} Tor labor. Tor mon ~ brain aud hr,wi
: fnCh a. have caused the great ives
} 10 hloUni nnd hloaaom
!. "rhn construction ~ r,ilroads b.
!, tine government tho Governor add
ed, "will be "a means of opening % de
velopmcnt 81 vast extent q tvrrltor
s NOW practically maccenalhlv but While
4 ID knowa 90 posHcss sraat pnsainilltle
. from mineral and agricultural poin
= of view wish a. emphasize hcr'
however What upplcmcniArS Go rail
, ruAdH and M producers ~ add,d ton
;, mage Eos railroad transportation, thcr
q should bu a largely increased npgrnpri
4 atiun by ongfens Tor the CougtyuCtio
ana maintenance of now roads an
3 traits"
Health conditions amonk the whit
Ia pooplo ~ Alaska. said Governor Strun
H. continue 60 he excellent "Among a.
in native population, however, disr.ss'
pr ~ various kinda are widespread. th
helnE especially true in remote ari
NJ lions, Ia aunio parts " soulhwcsiel
ht Alaska ana the eastern shore of ncrir
Sca where aurh thingA aA sanitnti'
he AMI hygiene are unknown" he Rddc
he "Tuhercuiosla II tho principal disea'
dc and there h NO doubt that " not cr
Dictated, in the near future u win e
nt terminate thn natives well within 4
he present ccnyary"
Governor strona said that duri
~ the summer, the Rev ! ~. Condit.
'm Alaskan missionary visited native v
'"N lagos ~ southwestern Aihai,a and
eastern coeni % Herring Sea,
'iie described conditions among
natives in those sections as little sh
et horrible the governor said ~
ease, suttrrng and death alo cvol
wherp apparent. neither age coz
RI heiug exempt sanitation and hyni,
I'll in any form are absolutely unknov
IL little medical rcllof can hc obtain
NOT are thsre ho-ritals as crrc Tor
sick and discussed IN condn 10,
Ur children four and five Years old "
N had never Learned ca walk they "
Victims az disease aud neglect OF hl
ser hirst aud epld"
u.s Missionary soyitler could not G,
hAs with those conditions tsesrfnpr STR
.aie saia he urged the ostahl,shmen,
,mo weli-eguippea hospitals and the eda
ding tion NJ the native iu sanitation any
glene
The Fisheries industry. srccnd IN
portanoc a. miuing IN thc tcrrit,
~, "cails loudly tor the protcciina cars
~. The fcdcuu government" gov~r
~, strung declared "a has been and
nv, IL the victim, ~ neglect and this
slcct Il titcctlA attributable 20 tho
~, auflicirney ~ funds 90 employ the
~, crttarN personnel a. enforce the Il
and regulations Tor the protection
49,, tho flshcrlsa ana fcr their proper
~, prrsaNlor and extension fiaErant
~ latious II thcee lasH on the part
,,l fisheries operators are common
NJ. curence ana attempts To preses
!, known Nloiptofs have hecn anly 4
I al TALLY successful Tho waste ~
~. az mpny ~ the canneries Is cNcessi
-. Governor Str,ng declared that