The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-12-06

E many villages. ln many cases
 where local facilities were ie-
 adequate the patients were seni
 to Seattle for special treatment.
 Industrial schools have been
 established at Qanakanak and Blk luina, in the third judicial divi.
 sion, and White Mountain, in the
 second judicial division. These
 institutions receive and care for
 the native children and the re-
 suits achieved more than justlfg
 the expenditures. The facilities
 for medical service and hospitall-
 zation are inadequate and every
 effort should be made ito improve
 them. The hospital boat on the
 Yukon River was placed in com- l mission about the 1st of June and
 started on the trip down the fa-
 kon River. Prior to June 20, s52
 patients were treated. This boa
 furnishes a service that can no.
 be supplied in any other manner
 and ample funds should be pro-
 vided for it's maintenance. The buildings al Panama formerly oe. cupied by the United States Army were transferred to the Bureau of Education. A hospital has been N established and plans should be made for developing this station | SO that ultimately it will be equip ped with isolation wards for in- bercular patients, a home for de fective children. an industrial school, and headquarters for the hospital boat Panama is sita. ated at strategic point for such development. During the summer it is accessible by water transpo = tation from all parts of the Yu. kon drainage basin and during the winter there are well-definei trails leading to nearly every sec ton of the interior that is tribd- tary 10 the river system. The other hospitals that are maintain ed by the Bureau of Education af- ford excellent facilities but they are all inadequate in that they are without isolation wards for fubercular patients or patients with contagious diseases. In most places these accommodations could be supplied at comparative 1y small expense and the value of the institutions would he greaf. ly increased The hospital al Jul
 neau. especially, is in need of an isolation ward.
 Reindeer Grazing Act
 Last year Congress authorized the Secretary of the Interior to allocate and lease grazing lands in Alaska. This is of utmost inn portance to the industry Approx imafely two-thirds of the reindeer belong to the natives and the herds are increasing so rapidly that some steps must be taken to protect the ranges from overgraz- ing. The most serious problem confronting the industry is that of disposing of the surplus ami mals. Recently one of the rein deer companies has developed . plan for the shipment of the best parts of the meat to market in cold storage and of canning the remainder. If this is successful, it will help solve the problem. "The Alaska Agricultural Col lege and School of Mines receives s56,00o each year from the Fed eral Government. and in addition to this tlre Territory has appro- priated $36O.360 since 1917. Ex- cellent courses of study are offer ed in agriculture, mining. business administration, chemistry, civil engineering, general science and home economies. Last year 157 students were enrolled and : graduated.
 "The United States Bureau of Mines maintains an ore-testins laboratory in conjunction with the college, and the United Statc Biological Survey has established an experimental station on the campus for the study of reindeer and caribou.
 Forest Development
 The possibility of utilizing the extensive coastal forests of Alas ka in the manufacture of paper has been known for many years :; in fact. small pulp mill was constructed ill southeastern Alas ka several years ago. but until last year. when the Forest Serv- ice undertook to bring the situa- tion 10 the attention of manufac- ttirers and consumers throughout the country, practically no prog ress was made in the development of the industry It is estimated that tlle national forests of tha Territory are capable of produc- fnG 1.s00 900 tons of newsprint an- nuaIly in perpetuity and that
 there is approximately 500, 900
 available horsepower in the unde.
 ya1opetl power projects.