The Kusko times., 1930-01-11
advantage to the institution and to the patientns.

the patientns.
 Aviation.
 Commercial aviation inn Alaska be- gan about seven years ago when the first contract for. carrying United States mail between Fairbanks and McGrath was awarded in Fairbanks. SSince that date rapid progress has been made in this method of trans portation. The Territorial govern ment expends annually 30 per cent of the road appropriation for the con- struction of landing fields, and there are at the present time 67 fields situ- ated in strategic places in the mt erior ofthe :rerrltory. The economic value of this nlethod of transportation and the resulting benefits in the develop ment of the Territory can not be ver-est!nated. The feasibility and p1 acticabIIlty of flying at all 5easons of the year has been demons .r:,t4d ncyond question. Practically all Gt the pioneer work in aviation in Alas ka has been done by prvate interests. The Territory occupies a strategic po- sition on the proposed air routies from Europe and Asia, and the Fed eral Government should provide an airport for the use of the Army and Navy.
 Education.
 The school sf Alaska are support ed bf tn eFederal Government by di- rect apprpriatin and by the Terri torial government from Territorial repenues. For the biennium 1929-30 the Legislature appropriated S1,074,- 3u0 for mo maintenance of Territorial schools anu the Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines. The schools arc classified in three divi- sions, namely, namely, S.. ools in in- school districts, schools outside of in corpoorated' cities but in established school olstricts, ana special or co-op- erative schools which are maintained Tn communities where the number of children of school age does not meet the territorial requirement for the creation of egular school district lese schools are supplemented by schools maintained under direction of the governor out of Federal funds derived from taxes and other soources in Alaska. In the interest of efficient administration these last mentioned schools are placed in charye of the commissioner of education of the Territory. During the last year 15 high schools and 89 elementary schools were maintained; 235 teachers were employed for 5,O32 pupils, at a cost of $541, ,772.09.
 The Federal Government, through the Office of Educa..on, with head quarters at Seattle, supervises the education, medical relief, industrial traininy, and relief of destitution among the natives in Alaska. Dur ing the year 97 schools with an en- rollment of 3,882 pupils, employed TIT teachers. Medical relief was ren- dered in several hospitals, by nurses at many stations, and along the Yu- kon river by floating hospital. In addition to the hospitals conducted by the bureau, contractst were made with many privately owned hospitals and sanitariums in Alaska and; Se- ! attle. Three industrial schools were maintained, and in each the. program for training was improved. The float ing hospital on the Yukon river serves a most useful purpose but the present boat and, equipment are not adequate for the service. A new boat should, be provided. The tuberucular 1 hospital at Tanana. is too small and should be enlarged. The present in- ! ct; hoe demonstrated fbo% o