The Alaska daily empire., 1916-09-08

 official statements of that State and the reports issued bv the U S. Government Here follow extracts from official reports:)
 The United States Government discontinued postoffices in 76 towns in Kansas during the year 1914.-Page S1 State Auditors Report
 Tventv-five counties in Kansas show de- ficiency in school land funds of S36,o9Ofo- Page 5. State Auditors Report.
 The State Board of Health have but five inspectors to cover the whole state; nan the time they cannot go out to inspect on account of no funds for their eXpenSeS.-Page (, otate Auditors Report.
 On account of lack of funds barber inspec- tors have been abohShed-Page 8, State Audl- tors Report
 State Auditor recommends doing away with four of the six State inspectors, there oelng no funds for them-Page 8, State Auditors Report
 The Board of Correction, from an economi- cal standpoint, should be abohshed.-State Au- ditor's Report
 Take our penitentiary and reformatory out of p0liticS-they have long enough been the football of politics-State Auditors Report, page
 To save S4,2OO year, suggest doing away with the State oil inspector and assistants, as the work can be done by stenographer-State Auditors Report page g.
 To save money, l recommend abolishing the State Fire Marshal. - Auditors Report page g.
 suggest a direct tax upon the people, as under present conditions we are not sure Of the f~ adm Auditors Report, page 10.
 The scramble of the different boards and heads of institutions for funds keeps the Leg isiature and people in constant turmou.-otaJe Auditors Report page 10.
 Our institutions do not know what funds will be available for any period beyond the eX- tending biennium. and we are unable to plan for the future.-( Auditors Report, page U.
 The fees collected for conviction of viola ti0ns of the liquor law are now kept by the Attorney-General and not turned over to the State as they need to be.-Auditors Report page D.
 It is not intended to imply that county Offi- cers endeavOring tO raise funds and who double and enormously tax the people and their person al property Intentionally fail tO report the full amounts, but when they do there is no way to
 
 Taxes are collected by collector and then marked NOT FOUND and there is no way of detecting the fraud.-State Auditors Report page 13
 Not quite eight million dollars was realized from the sale of lands donated for the support of the common schools whereas some twenty four millions should have been realized-StatC Auditors Report, page l3.
 There are now no lands belonging to the State, upon which a settler can make living.-State Auditors Report page 14 (Poor Bleeding Kansas)
 Land that was sold by the State at SIP an acre and forfeited is now sold at SIPS an acre. State Auditors Report page l4.
 Because of lack of money Governor Capper will not occupy the executive residence; there fore do not include an appropriation for main tenance of the executive residence-AuditOrs Report page 19.
 The appropriation for the upkeep of the capitol is not enough to do very much repair ing-State Auditors Report, page 22.
 More janitors are needed for the State House as the Memorial building can not afford ianitors and the executive council has been loan ing them State House janitors.-State Auditors Report, Page %
 The Adjutant-General wants his salary raised from S2OOO to $2,50O-it cant be done.- State Auditors Report, page 23.