The Cordova daily times., 1922-12-09
coRDov4 DAILY I1AEs SATURDAY, DECEMBER g. 1922 2
Fall Ignores Alnska
 M Annual Report

mended in the report, in order that the Government, which is forced to sell its oil royalties monthly, may take advantage of better markets by hold ing back it's stocks. Provision for more storage tanks, such as private companies have, in the fields, Is ab- solutely necessary, it was said. Under this system, MT. Fall stated, the Gov erenment's oils tend to beat down the prices in periods of depression, to the i injury of the consumer, to the extent that the Government is obliged to take part in business, it should thru it's influence toward stabilization | rather than toward demoralization of the industry, he said.
 | Pointing out the Government takes it's royalties from oil land leases in the form of crude oil, Mir. Fall said returns from this source during the year amounted to s7,SO0,000, while in the fiscal year s22,5o0, ,ooo was received by the Indian tribes from royalties on oil produced from Indian owned lands.
 Reports of the Governors of Alaska and Hawaii, summarized in the h. terior report, review the progress of the two territories during the year.
 Goverono Bone, of Alaska, noted that steady increase in exports and imports foreshadowed returning pros- perity and said that with encourage ment strong tide of immigration might have set in. He added that, however, u1ltt, mining was inaugu- rated on larage scale and industries started the population could not be expected to increase greatly. The Governor submitted long list of rec concentrations urging that Jurisdiction over the whole of Alaska excepting the fisheries be vested in the Interior Department; that branch lines and spurs be built to the Alaska Railroad; that control of the fisheries be taken over by the Bureau of Fisheries of the Department of Commerce, and the formulation of colonization plan. Governor Harrington, of Hawaii, re- ported that during the twelve months ended last June the Pacific territory passed through one of the most criti- cal financial periods in it's history and that while general business conditions had improved the agricultural labor situation still was serious. One of the foremost of his recommendations was passage by Congress of the Ha- waii emergency labor resolution or some similar legislation to provide workers and at the same time bring the racial population of the territory more nearly into balance.
 Production of helium, the non-in- flammable gas substitute for hydrogen in lighter-than-air craft, is under the : Jurisdiction of the Interior Department and under legislation notable progress has been made by the Bureau of Mines in perfecting methods of separating helium from natural gas, in which it occurs. 1 ... ea
 The most serious situation facing the Department is the low scale Of salaries, the Secretary asserted. One of the bureaus of the department was organized in 1912 and another in 1882 and since those dates the salary schedule for employees has not been revised. Because employees can earn more in other departments and in out side industries, the loss and turnover has become demoralizing? Speedy legislation to increase salaries is sore ly needed, he said.