The Alaska citizen., 1916-12-25
OUR NEW SCHOOL.

OUR NEW SCHOOL.
 We speak of it as "our new school" because it can be ours with httl, work and exertion We refer to the prospective college of agricul ture and school of mines at the gov ernment farm, the cornerstone fol which has already been laid. It is not yet an actuality, however, al though money for it's maintenance is assured by the United States government under the act providing for $50000 per year for such pur poses in each state and territory after it is established, as it remain for the territorial legislature to ap propriate a sufficient amount for tn, construction of the necessary builG ings and to start it going.
 And here is where we" come in By we" We mean the residents 0 Fairbanks and vicinity For it i up to us to boot for the appropri5 ton of a sum of money commen surate with the need of the eStah lishment of the agricultural collegC and school of mines. The legisla ture meets in March. and if we arr going to do anything toward gettins an appropriation for the school pass ed at that time, it is time for us tC be up and doing.
 To Delegate from Alaska Jame. Wickersham belongs the credit fol the authority to establish an agri- cultural college and school of mine here. For. although congress Ions ago passed the act providing main tenance for such institutions, oncC they were established, 1t remainej for the delegate to get bill passed by congress providing for the set ting aside of certain sections of Ian in each township for the mainten- ance of the school in addition tC the amount of money guaranteed b! the government On one of these sections, that on which the govern ment farm stands, for the govern ment farm will some day be par and parcel of the agricultural col lege, the cornerstone of the new school was laid several years ago
 The time is now ripe for asking the territorial legislature to ap propriate the amount needed for the | construction of the agricultural col lege and school of mines. It be longs to Fairbanks, and we might as well have it now as any time And unless we get it now it will be two more years before the matter can again be brought to the atten tion of the territorial legislature. It is a well known fact that all of the legislators from the Fourth | division will boost for the appropria- tion for the college At least it Is believed that they will do so. Some i l,, -, J here that the legislators from other divisions will also help the matter along as far as they can, although it is understood that considerable opposition to the pas age of a bill providing funds for such a purpose will become manifest when the mat ter is brought up for legislation. l It is understood, however, that i some of the other divisions also have l favors to ask of the territorial legis 1 lature In this event the Fourth l divi- ion legislators can handle the matter to the advantage of both For the policy of trading" among | legislators is an old one and one which has secured the ambitions of many an embryonic representative of | the people.
 But regardless of the fact that the | legislators from this division may be able to trade" with others and get what we want in the way of an appropriation, 1t is up to the people of Fairbanks to get busy and boo [ | for our agricultural college, just to show that we need it and want it | The Fairbanks Commercial club has already taken the matter in hand and is pushing it along, but indi- viduals also could help out if they would try by writing to, or seeing personally, the representatives and senators from other diviGions with whom they may happen to be ac- quainted.
 BOB AND JOHN.
 Some years ago. in what is now