The daily Alaskan., 1917-01-19
PROHIBITION
 NOT DECIDED

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 with the wishes of the voters eT pressed at the last general cleo, tion, and whether there will be available some $500,OOO awarded territory from license taxes by q decision of the Federal Court in Al aska and concurred in by the cir cult court of appeals at San Fran cisco are two subjects of vital in- terest to Alaskans just now, says the Seattle Times Of January g. Beth of those have to do with the support and maintenance of the schools in the Territory.
 George B. Grigsby, newly elect ed attorney general of Alaska, who is new in Seattle on his way north, declined today to give an expres- sion, but said, however ,that the tax cases are now before the United States Supreme Court on application for writs of certiorari.
 The Alaska Legislature will con- Yene March 5. At present all the money from the saloon licenses in incorporated towns goes to the sup port of the schols therein. Some Alaskans assert that the Legislature has the power to ratify the vote of the people and enact a dry law, while others declare that the Leg islature has no power over liquor licenses and that it will be neces- sary to obtain an aet of congress before Alaska can be made dry on January 1, 1918. l.
 No matter by which process Alaska is made dry, however, the problem of raising money from Uth- CT sources for the support of the schools In the incorporated towns, 1t is said, will remain. Under the present system schools outside of in corporated towns are maintained by -He federal government, 30 per cent of the federal occupation tax going into the Alaska school fund for that purpose. Last year the Territorial Legislature passed uniform schoo law" which was declared void by the United States attorney general as in conflict with the federal school law, outside of incorporated towns.
 The Legislature also passed a revenue law levying occupation fax es against all canneries and mines and other industries, which Judge Jennings, of Juneau, in the federal division, declared valid, and 1t is this act, which Is now up before the United States supreme court, and which. if upheld, will give the Ter ritory more than $500,0O0 for the supoolt of schools, the building Of roads, and other purposes.
 Mir. GrlgsDy said he did not be- lieve there would be much mining legislation this coming session. The March term will be the tirst time there has been an attorney general to work with and advise the Legts- lature.
 The United Statse Supreme Court will uphold the law passed by the Alaskan Legislature assessing a h- cense tax on industries for Territor- iaI revenue in the belief of George B. Grigsby, newly elected attorney general of the Territory. MT. Grigs- by, who has been spending the holi- days in San Francisco, is at the Seattle Hotel, on his way to Ju- neau, says the Seattle Post Intelli- gencer of January 9th.
 When he Alaskan legislature be- gan looking around for means Of raising revenue 1t found that equit- able assessment Df the vast lands would be virtually impossible, and decided to tax industry, as did the United states government for fed eral revenue. Certain interests, however, attacked the measure and carried it to the supreme court. If this method is decided illegal AL aska will have to levy on her real and personal property.
 The Alaskan canTasstng board will meet to determine definitely whether Charles A. sulZer, Demo crat, has been elected over James Wickersham, between JanuaEy 16 and January 20, according to MT. Grigsby. At last reports MT. Suizer was leading by & Sew votes, with severaI Drecfncte vet to come in. -