Douglas Island news., 1921-04-22
MANY MEASURES
 ARE CONSIDERED
Bills. Memorials and Resolutions Being Threshed Out in Terri
 torial Legislature

WHICH I'HIHIN.INN NNN'N n. |NNI" duccl m Che Territorial Lcrslamr, without consent of throo-fourths oi . Che members. and many measure. wore brought In chat day.
 Representative Cochran Intro. duccd bu to make Che offices of Che Territorial Treasurer Mine lu- srcc.or and Commissioner of Educe- uou olcrdyc. and alao a biu to ape point an auditor for Che Territory
 Representative Rickort intro. duccI Joint Memorial No. 18. which |s petition asking Congress for enough funds for thc establishment of an Insane asylum iu Che Tcrri- tory. and Mr. Frame introduced a memorial asking Chat the Legislature bc given many additional powers and having for iu objective pract- calIy mu Territorial government Ho also introduced four other mem- orla.s asking for geological and for- est uyeya anl the erection Of ad- diuonal lighthouses iu Alaskan waters
 Many more biils Of but slight im- por,auca locally were introduced in Che House chat day.
 The bI introduced some time ago by Representative Cole for on ape nroprauon by Che Territory of Sl5- NUU fo buy Che Neumau collection of Eskimo raIIcs for Che Alaska Museum passed Che house chat day. Mr. eo'oa bm to appropriate $3.000 for ho entertainment Of President Harding and Secretary or Interior Fan also passed hat day.
 Tho livestock bm passed its soc- 1nd reading in Che House tho same day. carrying with It payment for
 slaughtered cattle Of flo0 per COW u ho Tut Division. S2OO in thc Second and Third and S250 tn Che Fourth
 In Che Senate ou Che same day. .hc nrN-0ub day Of che iou. cyca hu wore introduced. three Of them by Mr. Price, being introduced by uua ouly
 On Friday of a.t wcok what is known as One Ross road b1 passed Inc House. This bm changes thc manner of distribution of Che work of One Territorial road commission Tho appropriation b1l giving to thc NasNa Agricultural College and and School of Mines Sil.o0o for thc next two ycr' operations passed ,ho Hou.. aIso The CotchcI e.sht- hour bu passed thc House che af.cr- noon previous and is now m hc bands of tuc Seuato
 Ou Friday night at a join, session 1r uc Mays and Mems Committees ol both houses Che fish trap matter was thoroughly gone into and ,hc yearly uccuae ou each trap fixed a. s2OO. It was estimated chat 800 trap licenses would bc taken out this yor At Che same moctue a li- cons fee Of 80 was fixed for non-rcs. don. fishermen
 On Saturday Che Senate bIu abol- abnr Che Publicity Bureau was ro- ported out Of committee Chat it pass
 On Monday Representative Brown introduced a memorial asking taat Alaska bc allowed Co elect its own governor On Che same day Mr. Trnp introduced iu ,ho House Q bin Go give oIuos Che right Co license and regulate certain business to inc cludc .oft drink plr.ors billiard halls and other institutions.
 The library board bll Che pct maasm. of many Of Che Womons CIubs Of Che Territory. was los, upon vote I'm ho Senate Che same day.
 Senators Price and ChamberIn introduced joint memorial asking uat Che capital of Alaska be moved from Juneau Co Seward Those iu-
 roducur thc measure said chat Che government alroady owns a building at Seward capable of housing Che ex- ceuuyc offices The memorial goes on to say that as Alaska benefited from Che romovel Of Che capital from sIuu Co Juneau in 1906. ao now ,he Territory would benefit by a fmthor change. "Tbc immortal expression Westward Che star Of Empire takes it way is as true now as whom ut- tered moro than half Q century ago and which reference was Go AmoH- cas broad domain west of Che Mise sIaiuI river. only now it is taking its way Go Western Alaska tho center of which Is Seward. Che mlt water terminal of Che government railroad Che gateway to thc Interior and caIl nr port for steamers passing through Un.mak Pass Go and from Che North Pacific Ocean. Che Gulf o. Alaska, Boring soa Che Siberian