The Alaska daily empire., 1916-11-28
BANDIT VTTLA HAS CAPTURED MEXICAN
 CITY AND DEFACTO FORCES FLEEING
THE ALASKA FUND AND THE
 TERRITORY

Should expressed will of the people Of AaSks be given effect by Congress wn reference to the enactment o pn important aeeruing to the neorpora.ed towns from ouor licenses Ths will generally conceded may be replaced without adding directly present volume of taxation in incorporated com ountIes becomes matter of more than ordinary pecially to the citizens the various Alaska towns
 That the Territory should eear portion of the municipal just and equtabe way found through operation o known the Alaska Fund This fund is derived from trade and license taxes by government incorporated paid directly into treasury, apportoned toow5 % per cent to the the support Of white schools incorporated and 10 cent for ind The total of this fund for the fiscal year 1916 was S24s43239
 Now, there would seem legitimate why the absolute should be placed in the Legislature appropriated by that body for the support of white without incorporated and indsent and the residue any could be applied to rOadbudng purposes as at present
 s is evident controlled by the Territory Federal government the Alaska road fund might be deprived Of certain amount money e@'n year by the amount aeerun9 to the Federal fund for the fiscal 1916 which was S'64o4 5U this might part at ast be made up by direct increase appropriation supplemented by appropaon Legislature any that would remain the Alaska fund after the Territorial white s9n00S naa pee" provided for ,,.,--. . eorp0raed towns oi the Territory at tne pssn u 0u" % outside incorporated towns S62s5sis This sum insufficient maintain these schools the amount required present year 197 being approximately S95so The available for ndsent purposes from the aSa ono the fiscal 1910 S2+s2s2s distributed among the equal amounts.
 Territorial control, after pro- vdne say OOOOO support of schools within incorporated the maintenance of white schools outside incorporated allowing s25ooo for Federal in purposes, approximately s35ooO woud be avail purposes estimate being based total of the fiscal 196
 probably practicable to the muneipa' proportion of the moneys needed for the support direct taxation thus permitting
 larger proportion to be used for road pur roses the Alaska Read Commission as present. suggested the deficiency could we'll supplied by annual appropriation by Con qress for purposes in the Territory
 by Congress control of the Alaska fund 70 Territory legislation by Congress as we'll notoriOusy inadequate and in efficient system desirable t the children Territory with the best eduea facilities procured for them In all Of the she school fund prOrad them according to school population, similar system be devised for Alaska
 day will large fund derived from school 3s township will be set aside for purposes the public land states of the West Of eaPse before school fund from this source available and, the meantime, other means must be maintain the schools of Alaoka.
 plan above, it submitted is merely tentative and is subject Empire believes to be wholly practicable believed that the control oi the Alaska by the Territory concerted action be by especially those of the incorporated towns ~ho necessary point out Vitay concerned in rhs directly affects the maintenance of good schools without large the volume of their local taxation