The Alaska daily empire., 1921-02-03
GREAT PROMISE FOR ALASKA IS
 CITED BY PARKS
lnterdepartmental Boare Chairman Says All Recom-
 mcndations Accepted.

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 vinccd will aid largely in the deVel- opment of the coal fields of Alaska It provides for the issuance of pros pCcting permits covering 2,5b0 acres of coal lands to applicants. These permits permit prospecting opera tions for a period of four yeHrs by applica nts, and at the end Of that time it is provided that the holder can lease any or all of the ground covered by the prospecting permit if it is so desired" After this measure had been prepared by the Baord and introduced in both houses, the Board was in receipt of requests from Alaskan sources that it recom- mend a measure of similar nature.
 Aleutian Coaling Station.
 MT. Parks enumerated a number of questions now being investigated by the Board which it is hoped will be in shape to be submitted to Congress at it's next session. Among these is the proposal for a big coal ing station base on the Aleutlan Peninsula. The Board has been in structed to report as to whether or not it is at this time practicable and desirable to establish the sta ton which would serve trans-Pacific shipping and the canning industry in Southwestern Alaska If, in the opinion of the Board, the project is feasible it is asked to recommend how the object can be best effected report is expected in short time.
 Encourage Oil Industry.
 "The Board, recognizing that the present oil lands leasing act while giving liberal terms to persons in terested in fields contiguous to the sea coast does not offer sufficient inducement to people with capital to enter more remote regions Of Alaska, such as the Arctic slope, or in fact anywhere north of the Alaska range of mountains, has taken under consideration the prep aration of a new measure to meet the conditions" said MT Parks.
 A tentative plan, he saiG, has been outlined and the matter taken up with interested persons This pro- vides for the division of Alaska into two districts by line extending from the international boundary line along the summit of the Alaska Range to point down 1liamna River to Lake Iiamna and through of the Kvichak River; thence down the center of this river to the Boring Sea; all the Territory north and west of this line to be placed under a new law allowing greater acreage and a longer time for prospecting. The Canadian Government and some of the South American republics have laws similar for similar ter ritOry Some large oil companies will be asked for their ideas as to effort will be made to draft bill suitable for such a territory and one that will invite prospecting. MT Parks said it was estimated that it would require an investment of ap- proximately $5OO,0OO to undertake any real prospecting in the remoter regions of the Territory.
 The Board, he said, had taken into consideration encouragement of Judicial Boundaries in Alaska, but learning that Judge Charles E. Bunnell and the Department of Jus tice had looked after the matter, the Board discontinued its ccnsid- era ation.
 Alaska Game Laws.
 Alaska game laws were the ob- iect of several conferences between representatives of the Biological Sur vey, Charles Sheldon, other promin- ent members of famous Eastern sportsmen's organizations who are interested in the matter and my self" said MT Parks. Tt has been tentatively agreed that the law against the killing of Alaskan brown bear and the sale of game in cer- tain localities shall be recommend ed for repeal, It is desired, he added, that Alaskans frame pro- position embodying their ideas of a suitable game law for the Territory which will be supported.
 Describes Method of Work.
 For the Mobilization of it's work the Board was divided into four groups, to which various subjects are referred as they come into the Boards hands. Group 1, has charge Of matters pertaining to transpor- tatiOn, communications and mails;