The Alaska daily empire., 1921-10-28
PARTITION NOT
 ASKED FOR YET,
 SAYS GOVERNOR
Denies Report from Anchor age that Has Recommend
 ed Division oi Alaska.

by Gov. Scott c. Bone that he will recommend to Congress in his an- nual report the division of Alaska into two Territories as was recently stated in special despatch from Anhhorage to the Seattle Times. sI have made 10 surh recommendation in my annual report, nor do know where such report could have or iginated," he said.
 Gov Bone said that in talking at various places since coming to Al aska he had remarked that even- tually 1t is probable that the Ter ritory would have to be divided into two territories or states but that he had never intimated that he would recommend such action at this time. Gov. Bone completed his annual re- port several weeks ago but it has not been released for publication. This will be done by Secretary Fall and until this has been done, it is impossible, he said. for him to dis cuss it's contents.
 Report from Anchorage. The special despatch to the Times. under an Anchorage date line of October 18th, follows:
 Among the recommendations Gov. Scott c. Bone will make to Con- gress on the matter of co-ordinating government in the Territory under one board, will be the division of the Territory into two commonwealths. Governor Bone believes this will be necessary owing to the great dis tances now existing between points, entailing great loss in time in se- curing needed legislation and trans acting business. aJ5
 Should such step be taken, in all likelihood Seward will become being accessible by water from all Coast points and the terminus of the United States Railroad, which gives acess to the north and crosses the Nanana and Panama Rivers, which are the main arteries of summer tral Alaska to all points north as far as Nome and the Arctic.
 Railroad Dividing Line.
 This plan would give Alaska western territory embracing approxi-. mateily 390,000 square miles, with the old territory, with Juneau, as the capital, containing 100000 square miles, providing the division was made from Seward north, using the route of the United States rail- road as a dividing line. a.
 Accessibility to Juneau from the that portion of the territory lying along the Kuskokwim, now entails great hardship and consumes many weeks. It is proposed to so divide the territory as to give access to the capital to the westward by all from the interior which is now most af- fected by matters having to do with settlement and governmental devel- opment.
 Giving Juneau the panhandle with it's timber and fisheries and island and coast mines. the new territory would embrace the coal and mineral resources and farming lands.
 Plans to Initiate Matter.
 It has been suggested that the capital be removed from Juneau to Seward or Anchorage, but this plan will Tyeet with strong opposition in Southeastern Alaska and serve as basis for another Alaskan fratricidal fight. To meet the needsfor changed conditions and obviate a contentious situation, Governor Bone plans to initiate the matter of territorial di- vision. Alaska, having an area of 59O. .8S4 square miles, is too unwieldly for ex- peditious government, and its re- sources are so diversified that great hardship is imposed upon large portion of, its population.
 In reaching the new capital from the north and northwest the Yukon and Panama will serve to connect Nome, while the railroad will serve all the territory between Seward and Eairbanks and tO the north