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NOME, ALASKA, NOV. 16, 1815.
Tlie plan of governmental control of
Alaska by placing the affairs of the
territory in the hands of one man, big
enough and broad enough to carry
on the work of administration to the
advantage of all sections, as suggested
by hlditor John A. Sleicher of Leslie's,
seems in many ways the most eom
menuble of all the dozen and one pro
posals offered as possible substitutes
lor the present hopelessly ineffective
bureaucratic form of federal adminis
tration and control.
Under the systeip now in vogue, with
a half dozen administrative heads all
working more or less at variance with
one another and with little knowledge
of the country or the practical needs
of either the territory as a whole or
o any one of the individual sections,
but little can be accomplished in the
way of development. At best it means
that a whole lot of good money will be
spent in procuring results that will be
but little better than negligible owing
lo a lack of co-ordination of plans and
purposes.
That this is not the fault of the
department heads, goes without saying
as it has been demonstrated time and
again that all of them who possess
any interest in the territory in an of
ficial way are doing their best to assist
in its development by every means at
iheir command. Yet, withal, the fact
that they are not working in unity
and with an accurate knowledge of
the needs of the territory and of what
is being done by the other departments
sharing in the general work of admin
istration is hound to mitigate against
speedy and comprehensive develop
ment
In a way the system of controlling I
Alaska greatly resembles an attempt
to run a large department store with
out a general manager or other con
i rolling head whose sole business it is
to see that each department is run
to the best advantage and in unity
with every other department. Also it
is suggestive of not only attempting
to run a business without a controll
ing head but also is verily like at
tempting to run without managers who
are not thoroughly acquainted with the
conditions and requirements of their
department.
one could not reasonably expect a
business to progress and develop great
ly under such conditions and how
much less a great territory containing
a thousand diversified interests in each
section and in no two of which the
same conditions and needs obtain?
That is exactly the situation Alaska
is in at present. We are not only
lacking in the matter of comprehen
sive direction of effort owing to the
absence of a general overseer with
complete control but are also under a
half dozen sub-managers who, al
though perfectly willing to do, are but
imperfectly equipped with the requisite
knowledge of what to do or how things
should be run to obtain the best re
sults.
AH this could be easily obviated by
centralizing control; either by bringing
the direction of affairs under the ad
ministration or one or two departments
having nothing else to do but see that
things were run to the best advantage
or else by placing the entire territory
under a general manager who could
mire the sole direction of affairs with
out Interference lrom any of the vari
ous branches of the central govern
ment. li we must be governed from
without it appears to be the best plan
to place the full control of admin
istrative affairs under one man who
thoroughly understands the conditions
of each and every section and can
therefore direct all matters so that
there shall be no lost or misplaced ef
tort und the development shall be
equally distributed and to the general
advantage of the whole territory.
Alaskaus generally may object to a
plan of this character because of the
belief that Alaska should have the
i iglit and privilege of controlling Its
own affairs. This cannot be at present
and even if it were possible it is hard
iy desirable as the territory has not
yet reached the stage of development
where it can afford an independent
government.
However, in the absence of home
government it is Infinitely more pre
* erable that we should be under one
competent head rather than under a
naif dozen or more, none of whom can
reasonably be expected to give the
■ rilory more than a tritie of their
.line and attention regardless of their
interest.
THE WORLD'S GOLD SUPPLY.
(Mining ami Scientific Press.)
Four hundred million dollars, it is
i eported, is to be added to this coun
try s swelling store of gold by further
shipments of bullion from London to
New York. Last year the world's pro
duction was $460,000,00(1. Of this, 63
per cent was produced in the British
dominions, 21 per cent in the United
states, and 6 per cent in Kussia. The
Austro-German territories contributed
1 per cent only. The world's stock of
gold, in banks, public treasuries, and
in circulation at the outbreak of the
European war was estimated at $8,
800,000,000, of which 80 per cent was
neld within the belligerent countries,
their colonies, and the United States,
ihe Teutonic allies possessed $1,280,
JOO.OOO, the British empire, $1,600,000
jOO the United States $1,871,000,000,
while France and Kussia were credited
with a little over $1,000,000,000 each,
including Italy, the allies held $3,941,
j oOO.OOO. During the year of war the
risible supply of gold in Great Britain
nas increased $256,000,000, which is no
more than the actual output of the
.nines tributary to the London market,
.t has been stated by the Annalist, for
example, to which we are indebted for
most of our figures, that the premium
on gold has stimulated production, not
ably in South Africa; but this is In
correct, for no sign of increased pro
ductivity is to be observed. In 1914
ihe Transvaal yielded $172,602,160, as
against $181,268,800 in 1913. During
he first six month of 1915 the output
has been $90,812,370. In July, it is
true, the yield rose to $15,870,450,
which is the largest since May, 1913,
hut the increase is attributable not to
the effect of any premium on gold but
to the larger supply of labor, due to
he idleness of the diamond mines. On
the contrary, the absence of marked
change in the world’s gold output is
he most notable fact. Owing to the
geographic distribution of the princi
pal districts, all of which are outside
the war area, and the reduction of the
ire at the mines or near them, to
gether with the availability of the
necessary supplies, this fundamental
industry has suffered but little, except
in Mexico. It Is quite probable that
in the wreck of international credit,
ind the adjustment of debts at the
■lose of the war, the production of gold
will prove of immense importance.
ALASKA
NOTES
Reports from Cordova indicate that
the quartz mines in the Port Wells
district are looking better than ever
before.
During the hot spell along the coast
at the head of the Yukon river, the Ice
cream dealers of Whitehorse disposed
of $85 worth of the precious refresh
ment in one day.
Ed Allen, 36 years of age, was killed
at the Granby Bay Smelting Com
pany’s plant, In Anyox, B. C„ about a
month ago. A water bucket fell on
him. The deceased was a well known
old timer of the north.
Fairbanks. — Searching parties are
-till looking for the bodies of Patrick
McHugh and George McFaun, axemen
in a survey party of the engineering
commission, who were drowned in the
Nenana river. The accident occurred
on September 16. Both men were old
timers, but had no relatives here. Not
ification of their death has been sent
to their former homes. McHugh came
from Fondulac, Wis., and McFaun from
Victoria, B. C. This brings the num
ber of fatalities in connection with the
work to four, one mon^heing drowned
from a scow at K^j,k arm and an
other crushed by a trod* while clearing
the Anchorage townaifc.
Arthur G. Shoup, of' Sitka, member
of the lower house of the Alaska legis
lature for two consecutive terms, and
father of the bill giving northern wo
men the right to vote, was married
recently to Miss Rose Kemp, of Cali
fornia. This is the second matrimonial
venture of the Alaska legislator.
Fairbanks—According to a wire re
ceived by Henry T. Ray, secretary of
the Fairbanks Igloo of Pioneers, Will
iam Thomas, an old ttnm r of the north
and an early settler of the Circle dis
trict, died recently at Circle. He had
been ailing for some time, and the
pioneers expected to send him out
side in the near future for treatment.
A record for the other small boys
of Fairbanks to try to outdo is that
established by Bertram Moody during
this summer says the Times. By pick
ing berries alone, he has tarned exact
ly {50. In making the record, Bertram
lot few mornings go by without rising
larly and reaching th<■ berry patch
while the berries were fresh with the
morning dew.
While In the Tolovana district, Fal
con Joslin located a power site in the
yvest fork of the Tolovana river upon
which a central power plant may be
constructed at some time. The rail
road man thinks that a hydro-electric
power plant located on the site could
develop 10,000 horsepower. This would
be sufficient to furnish all the electri
- it v necessary for the new camp, for
Fairbanks, and for the Hot Springs
country.-—Fairbanks Times.
Prof. C. C. Georgeson, head of the
government experimental agricultural
stations in Alaska, declares that the
interior of Alaska will rival Canada
ard tlie western grain states when the
territory has been settled. "L,et the
right kind of people settle in Alaska
nd you will st-e production of grain
and farm products that wiil be aston
ishing,’’ he told a Seattle newspaper
man before leaving for Alaska on the
last trip of the Northwestern.
in speaking of the experimental sta
tions in interior Alaska, l’rof. George
son said:
"Our worn tins year nas oeen very
successful and wheat, barley, oats and
rye have made very heavy yields and
have ripened successfully where
evei planted. The vast interior re
gions of Alaska are suited for the
various valuable grains and for gen
eral farming lias been proven. The
oast regions are better fitted fur the
raising of stock, feed and vegetables.
The coast would also make a great
dairying country, and the government
dairy farm started on Kodiak island
is doing well. Although this has been
the dryest season we have ever experi
enced, the experimental fanning has
been very successful. In the Interior
the grain grew short straw but on
the other hand bore a heavy yield of
the grain itself.”
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