The Alaska citizen., 1915-12-06

in Alaska (except scientific re- search work) shall be transferred to the Alaska Administrative Com mission"
 stations shall be under the juris- diction of inc Alaska Administra tive Commission"
 Sec. 13 and IA Fur Seal and Sa'- mon fishe ics-All duty and au thority now exercised over the fur seal ard salmon fisheries in Alaska by the Secretary of Com rcrcs shalt be transferred to the s. retary of the Interior" See. 2f. Provides that the Sec rctary of the Interior shall have general supervisory appellate DOW er and jurisdiction over the Alas k Administrative Commission and all its subordinate departments" Sec 2. These shall be appointed r. the President of the United 2, N!li llit tI itt anu to''- sent of the senate, an Attorney General for the Territory of Alas ka whose term of office shall be four years. unless sooner removed by the President, and he shall be tHe legal adviser of the Alaska
 administrative Commission, the Governor and other officials, and staI maintain his office in the
 Capital of Alaska.
 pecially set apart.
 Sec. 30 reads: All money received by the Alaska Administrative Com mission other than from appropria- tions made by congress. shall be deposited in the Treasury of the
 United States and there set apart in an Alaska fund. and this fund shall be under the direction and control of the Governor of Alaska of the Alaska Administrative Com
 mission and all of said fund shaU be used fo.' the development and
 welfare of Alaska, subject to rules and regulations adopted by the Secretary of the Interior"
 The above Is a condensed though fairly intelligible outline of the changes contemplated the authority conferred, and the work cut out for the Alaska Administrative Commits sion. Now let us see what these changes and various notifications of the system now in vogue will mean to Alaska
 We have at the present time:
 The Alaska Board of Road Com missioners under the jurisdiction of the War Department.
 The Government Telegraph and Ca ble line, under the War Department
 The Navy Radio Stations under the Navy Department.
 A Commissioner of Indian Affairs
 A Commissioner of the Bureau of Education.
 Director Of the Bureau of Mines
 Commissioner of the General Land Office under the Secretary of the Interior.
 A Commissioner of the Forest Ser vice.
 A Biological Survey Bureau.
 Agricultural experiment stations un- der the Secretary of Agriculture,
 Fur Seal and Salmon Fisheries
 Commissioner of Fish and Fish cries.
 A Division of Alaska Fisheries.
 Alaska Fisheries Service under the Secretary of Commerce, and so on ad infinitum.
 Here we have from fourteen to twenty useless departments; the official duties of these departments are continually overlapping, and the authority exercised by each of them has many times been in jealous clash to the delay of justice and the detriment of business in our territory. It has been stated that we have twenty separate and dis tinct governments in Alaska
 There is a government of forests, a government of fisheries, a govern ment of public lands and forests, an other for other lands and forests, and independent in their operation The heads of these various depart ment are long-distance officials who know very little, if anything, of Alaska. They are each intent upon their own particular business, jea!- ous of it's success and of their pre- negatives, and more often than not they lose sight of the important fact that they all represent one general purpose, which is the wise develop a,ent and welfare of Alaska.
 Now these very objectionable con ditions can readily be simplified and improved by the adoption of the plan proposed by Hon, Franklin K Lane.
 An Alaska Administrative Com mission will reduce these numerous and conflicting departments to one competent executive body having