Washington, D. C., Dec. 24—Gov.
Hoggatt of.'Alaska has submitted his
annual message to*j his immediate
superior officer, the"seeretary _ of the
interior. The message* is *a Jcompre
hensive document, dealing with mat
%
tars germaine to the territory, and
some advisable changes are sug
gested and remedial legislation asked
for. The governor places himself on
recorda3 favoring a fourth judicial dis
trict in Alaska. Heretofore, he has
been regarded as being against an
other division. He also takes a fall
out of that cumbersome, misshapen
document known as the Alaska code.
He dilates upon the mining'laws and
makes recommendations io regard
thereto. The governor estimates the
bona fide population of Alaska at
31,000.
The message, in brief, is as follows:
Urge3 the creation of a fourth judi
cial district; recommends the revi
sion of the Alaska code; wants legis
lation to assist in developing the im
mense ccal fields of the Territory;
asks for larger appropriations from
the federal government for the
erection of lighthouses and aids to
navigation, necessary because of the
rapidly growing maritime business of
the north; urges compulsory educa
tion cf children of school age; says
the white whiskey peddler is the
worst enemy of the native population,
sr.d wants put ishment for this crime
re re severe, r.d ft f g sis n cdifica
tions in the game laws.
In the mining laws, the message
recommends an amendment thereto,
making the area, instead of the
boundary, the feature of locations;
wants eight times as much work done
on association claims of one hundred
and sixty acres, as on one single claim
nual assessment work; wants thc|af£
davit of assessment work to say in ex
press terms what kind of work was per
formed by defining length of tunnel
or depth of shaft, and says the loose
method of staking claims and main
taining titles is responsible for nearly
all of the litigation which ensues.
The governor estimates the popu
lation of Alaska at 31,000, exclusive of
7,COO of mixed nativity, employed at
canneries, railroads and mining.
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