The Alaska daily empire., 1921-08-13

to the work of the commission and the progress of construction work on the Government Railroad. Colonel Mears expects to have steel con nected to the Interior early next year and Governor Bone said that he was sure it would be linked up by spring. Engineer-in-Charge F. D. Browne, of the Interior Division of the road. is closing up his work rap idly and will probably leave about October. The commission has begun to shut down it's subsidiary activi- ties in the Interior. In this connec- tion it has discontinued it's operation of the big government hospital at Nenana, transferring it's medical and surgical headquarters to Fairbanks where a large private hospital is available; it is also discontinuing it's operation of the light, power and .-water system at Nenana, which ii has offered to the town of Nenana. Negotiations for the transfer are. noA in progress. r.-. .t
 Meets With Regents
 While in Fairbanks Governor Bone met with the Board of Regents oi the Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines, visiting the institu tion and hearing a report of the plans for it's opening this fall. While no definite choice of a president for the college had been made at thc time, of the Gosernor's visit, the mat tier. had been under serious discussion The board expected to make it's an pointment in short time. A. R Heiig, a member of the Board ol Regents, who will remove from the Territory this fall to reside in the States, presented his resignation t Governor Bone. The latter said thi- morning that he had made no ap pointment yet but would probably dc so in short time
 Visits Farms
 Governor Bone visited the Govern ment Agricultural Station near Fair banks and a nalnber of the farms around the town. zone would natur ally expect to see good crops at the experim station. but the achieve ments of the farmers were revela tion," declared sGoyernor Bone. "On2 man, MT. Mcintyre, has 150 acres in wheat, and all of the homestead CTS are raising grain successfully. A good wheat crop is assured for this year" he said. "The Tanana Valley tis a wonderful country. Give it a market for what it can produce and its future is assured. Although not as extensive as it was some years ago, there is some mining going on in the district 4
 ! Sponsor at Christening
 ! Governor Bone; Mir. Thiele and ItArchdeacon Jenkins left Fairbanks Monday. August ?, for Chitina. At Paxson, just south of Isab Pass Governor Bone was godfather at the christening of the little son of MT and Mrs. Nichols, of the .Paxson roadhouse, the boy being christened as Frank Bone Nichols. Arrange made as the party went north. The ceremony was performed by Arch deacon Jenkins, whose overalls and trail clothing served as ministerial garments, Governor Bone in similar garments acting as godfather.
 The trip on into Chitina was made in good time From Chitina the party went to Kennecott and Me Carthy At the latter place the Gov. ernor met the business men and talked over conditions and listened to their views of the immediate dis trict From there the party went to Cordova, where it remained six days awaiting a boat for Juneau. While in Cordova the Governor addressed a public meeting. was the guest at sev, eral functions and visited the Ter ritorial Fish Hatchery at Eyak Lake Operations there are being launched by A. J. Sprague, Superintendent of Hatcheries, all equipment being in stalled
 Praises Road Commission
 The. Governor praised highly the work of the Alaska Road Commis sion on the Richardson Highway Both Colonel Steese and Colonel Got walls. he said. are demonstrating their ability as practical road build CTS. The highway is in excellent