The Stroller's weekly and Douglas Island news., 1921-12-10
INEFFICIENT GOVERNMENT

Administration at long range is tedious inefficient and unsatisfactory, at thc very best. Washington IS eight days distant from Juneau by closest mail couucc- tiou. Iu average of time consumed m communication. save by wirc thc National aud Territorial capitals are a .ortuieht apart An expeditions administration of ai- fairs necessarily becomes impossible Hence t is not only advisable but absolutely necessary, with the pro- posed consolidation ot bureau, under ouc directing head, to administer thc affairs o. Alaska in Alaska to the u.l- ost cNtcu. consistent with continued governmental super vision.
 Even with tlc administration of its affairs brought closer homc thc difficulties will still bc great because o ,hc uagmtulc of thc Territory aj its widely divergent interests For example Nome is even farther removed from Juneau m point o ,uc than is Washington, and Fairbauks thc terminus O.. thc railroad u thc interior is also far away The colossal size of Alaska points con cusveIv toa division of thc domain, in due cou'Sc o tmc into two or more territories. preliminary to state bood Under present conditions. u thc very nature oi rhueS administration s aud win continue to be hcSet with dcay> and difficulties In view of thc shorncss of thc ,ca~ou especially m thc uortUcumo>t part of thc Territory aud interior such delays often entail actual IarjSIp> Where rrd tape is curomtrgd at every turn through divided wd dIdc.mcd authority these hud ships arc intensified
 Obstruction. met by capital seeking investment md bv ue0u'. m quest o. Iomcsfcd~ plainly account for Che slow development of thc Territory. These obstacles hav, been c,>.ucd somcvha, uroccu years, bu by mo means removed
 Capital and people need ouI, caucc-a fair chance -to Io their part m tle development ol Alaska. Botl arc entitled to have ac path made easier than 1t has cvcl been u tbc past.
 eom,r, uat unopened and handicapped heavily m many ways. has nevertheless produced ouI of ts na uraI resources wealth apnroNuatug a billion dollars certainly t, country worth 'oo<u- after and engaging thc constructive attention o thc Govcmcut- ENtrUc from advance sheets of Governor Bones muua. report
 From the foregoing [ win be seen tlat Governor Bouc during tlc few mour ot his administration as gov tuor of Alaska. has ob-augd comprehensive kuowl edge of conditions as they oN, m the Territory and as they must necessarily c>is, until such legislation as will remedy existing evils is enacted at Washington. Tn, remainder .thc -ovcwors report shows thorough knowledge or thc resources of Alaska, as we'll what is required In order that those resources may be developed and realized upon.
 It Is to bc sincerely hoped that thc suggestions SC clearly indicated m Governor Bones report will b. speedily acted upon a Wasuetou and that thc mist, incident to rod tape auj 'ars O.. information concerning Alaska viI. soon bc d~peIud aud forever swept away Then only then aud uo. until then. win Amcricas Ias iroutcramca to that spirit of adventure and harlihooo that ba, characterized \mcTcgus since thc vanguard o what i, now more than our hundred millions of people planted -lc banner of Freedom aud scfrcimcc ou th, then mhoSpabIo shores O. th> country mo the last quar- tcrof tIc fifteenth century