The Alaska daily empire., 1921-12-10
OFFICIALS ARE
 AGAIN ELECTED
 BY ASSOCIATION
Historical Association Re- elects Old Oficers-Re-
 port of Secretary.

All the retiring officers of the Al aska Historical Association were re- elected for another year at the an nual election meeting of that or ganization held at A. B. Hall last evening. Those reelected were Dr. D. s. Neuman. vice president; Rev. A. P. Kashevaroff, secretary; John Reck, treasurer.
 E. J White and James Russell, whose terms on the Board ol Man agers had expired. were reelected to serve another term. Charles D. Gar field was elected on the same board in place of Mrs. Josephine Valentine, who recently resigned.
 Governor In Chair
 Governor Scott C. Bone, ex-officio President, presided for the first time over a regular meeting of the associ- ation He made short talk, ex pressing his interest in the work of the organization, which he declared to be an asset to the country. He assured the members that he would do everything in his power to secure a safe and suitable home for the Al aska Museum and Library. mo- tion was adopted following such a recommendation, by Secretary Rash evaroff, to name a standing commit tee on membership. Governor Bone announced that he would make his appointments within a short time.
 Report of Secretary
 The annual report of Secretary Kashevaroff, covering the activities of the association and the work of the Alaska Museum, was well written and gave in detail much information of valuA It was accepted with vote of thanks by the membership.
 It gave a short history of the in ception of the movemnt for organiza tion under the leadership of former Governor Thomas Riggs, Dr. D. s. Neuman and Rev. kashevaroff
 Increase In Membership
 During the past year. according to the report, there was an increase Of 175 members. Commenting on this, Rev. Kashevaroff stated: "The gain in membership was largely due to the cooperation of the members of the Juneau Commercial Association.
 The present membership is divided into the following classes:
 Fellows, 8; Honorary Fellows. 1 Life Member, 1; Active Members, 190; Associates, IF; Honorary 4 total, 316. as compared to total membership of Al members on De cember r, 1920
 Local Membership Large
 Out of the total membership of 316, Juneau leads with 1S7, or more than all the other sections of tn Territory combined. Other towns hold memberships in the following named order:
 Juneau 1S7, Anchorage 24, Ketchi- kan Il, Cordova ,, Nome 4, Skagway 3, Fairbanks 2, Seward 2, Haines 2, l Tenakee 2. Petersburg g. Katalla 1. Valdez 1, Loring l. Sitka 1, Nenana l, Wassila 1, St. Michaels 1, Unalas. ka 1, Sanak l, Fortuna Ledge 1, 1 Windham 1 From the States 61.
 uC ocCl ttdIy diSO Cdllbu attention to the fact that the oldest towns in the Territory. Wrangell and Kodiak, are not represented in the member. ship list, while Sitka has but one member.
 Finances In Good Shape Alaska has felt the general de- pression in the business world as keenly as any other section," said the report. but the response from most of the localities was satisfac- tory" A detailed statement of re. ceipts and expenditures was included in the report showing a total balance in the treasury of s1,205.65
 Museum Shows Progress
 Satisfactory progress was reported in the work of the Alaska Museum for the year. A total of 1878 visi tors registered at the Museum during the four months of the tourist sea son, July and August being the ban. ner months. Tn June 30S registered July 7Ss, August TIT and September 164. Many visitors did not register, consequently the numbers reported do not represent the actual number of visitors.
 Needs of Museum
 The pressing need of the Museum. 1t was stated. is more space. AL