The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-07-22
GOVERNMENTS COST
IN RUNNING ALASKA
Total Of $1O,467,O64 Was
Spent Last Year.

Of $1O,46T.O64 was spent in the fed
eral administration Of the territory Of
AIaska. last year, and that control Of
these expenditures was divided be-
sWeen nine Of the ten executive depart
ments Of the government. APPROX
mately twenty-five different bureaus
within these departments expended
appropriations made by congress for
the 125 various government activities
in Alaska.
The figures also indicate that.
based on the white population of 1880
now residing in the territory, the cost
Of federal administration is $3.50 per
white person, while the amount spent
By the government for the entire pOpu-
latiOn, including 1880 EskimOs,
Aleuts and Indians, was $50 per cap
tia. In this connection Secretary
Weeks stated that 5000, or more
than One-tenth Of Alaska's white pop
ulation, is at present in the govern
ment employ in some capacity or
other.
Spends the Most.
The largest expenditure Of any one
OF the executive branches for federal
administration in Alaska was made by
the Department Of the Interior last
year, the amount being $4,134O28. This
represented expenditures for the ter
ritOrial government, including the gov
ernOr; supervision Of Alaska's public
lands, comprising the issuing Of min
ing, oil, coal and other mineral per-
mits and leases; sale Of town and man
u%facturing sites; operation Of the gov
eminent railroad; the national parks
and monuments, providing schools and
hospitals for the natives; propagation
Of the reindeer industry /; topographic
mineral and geographic surveys; sup
preston Of traffic in intoxicating
liquor, and the protection Of game.
These expenditures include also $780,
600 paid to the Agricultural and Me
! chanical college at Fairbanks, Alaska,
annually by the government, and $751;
! $50 for the care of the native Indian
pupils at the school at Chemawa, Sa-
lem, Ore.
The second largest expenditure in
Alaska was made by the Department
Of War, the amount expended during
the last fiscal year being S2,O76,687.
The operation Of the cable and tele-
graph lines in the territory, the main
tenance of army posts and military
reserves, improvement Of it's rivers and
harbOrs and other navigable streams,
and the construction Of trails and
roads through the Alaskan road com
mission. OF the total amount expend-
ed only S637,S13 was for military &C
tivity, while S~1,438,s73 was for non
military purposes.
Third on the list is the Department
Of Commerce, its annual expenditure
amounting to S1,3S9,397 f~or4federal ad
m~inistratiOn in Alaska. The largest par
Of this sum was expended for the
protection and supervision Of the hsl
industry. Other expenditures under
the jurisdiction Of the Commerce
department included the maintenance,
Of lighthouses and other aids to navl
cation along the Alaskan coast ant
enforcement of the maritime law
through the coast and geOdetic survey
Spent for Agriculture.
The Department Of Agriculture ex
pended $S79,362 in Alaska, its actlvitie.
consisting Of the supervision over tn,
national forests in the territory, thu
%Rur-bearing animal life, the weathe
bureaus located there, the publ
roads, migratory birds, and agricuI
tural development through the opera
tfOn Of experimental stations. The mex
largest sum amounted to S82491e
spent by the POst-Ofice department Il
the operation Of mail service, pOsta
routes and post offices. OF this amour
S1S2,305 was returned to the govern
ment through postal receipts. Tn
Treasury departments expenditure Il
Alaska last year was S48O.559 for th
collection Of customs, guarding tn
( coast from smuggling, collection Of fec
eral taxes, supervision Of natiOna
banks, registry Of ships, maintenance
, Of quarantine stations AMI hospital.
= protection Of the public health an
other activities.
The Department Of Justice, throug
the maintenance Of federal courts
e four judicial districts IN Alaska wit
marshals to arrest viOlators Of the feC
eral and criminal laws. including tn
necessary machinery. spent S6SS.1S
last year, Of which S374,52O was r,
turned through revenues received frol
fines, forfeitures and license fees Th
Navy departments expenditure (
: $176,792 for the operation Of radio sti
It lions in the territory included th
Y maintenance Of a naval patrol alon
its coast and supervision over nav,
coal and oil reserves. The Labor d
partment expended S11.138 ln col
controlling immigration to the teri
tory.
The Department Of State is the on
executive branch Of the governmei
not shown on the ~tabulation as hayiI
activities and functions In Alaska r
Quiring federal expenditures for a
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