GOVERNOR BONE’S REPORT
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Few prospectors are in the hills and
periodical rumors of placer strikes in
this remote region have failed of
realization.
The Official Roster
The government of Alaska, Federal
and Territorial, gives employment to
3.227 persons, or approximately one
ninth of the white population. This
includes all officials the employees
of The Alaska Railroad, approxi
mately 1,000 in number, and the
rosters of the bureaus. Of the ag
gregate the Territorial government
conducted with the utmost simplicity
and economy, numbers only 259. Over
nine-tenths of those on the combined
official payrolls are bonafide Alas
kans, long identified with the Terri
tory and interested in its up-building.
Administration is necessarily ex
pensive because of distances and
the great area covered. Closer co
operation between the various bu
reaus charged with duties in the
Territory is attained year after year
and gradually the administration of
affairs is being centralized in Alaska.
Exports and Imports
During the fiscal year ended June
30, 1924, total shipments of mer
chandise to the United States
amounted to $53,821,239.00. an in
crease over the preceding fiscal year
of $836,964.00.
The value of gold and silvei
shipped during the fiscal year ended
June 30, 1924, amounted to $6,183,
241.00 or a decrease of $1,313 336.00,
making a net total decrease in shin
ments of all products of $476 372.00.
The increase in merchandise ship
ments is represented primarily in the
canned salmon industry. Other minor
industries such as frozen fish, shell
fish, fish oil, furs, marbV, etc., re
mained about the same as the pre
ceding fiscal year.
The value of canned salmon ship
ped from the Territory during the
past fiscal year, $31,173,975.00, is
greater than all other products of
Alaska put together, intending gold
and silver. The value of fish and
fish products together, $36 852 075.00
constituted over 61 per cent of the
shipments from the Territory.
Total imports into Aiaska from
the United States for the 11 months
ended May 31, 1924, amounted to
$28,125,128.00, an increase over the
corresponding period ending Mav 31,
1923, of $4,034,565.
The Alaska Railroad
The Governor expressed renewed
confidence in the ultimate success
of The Alaska Railroad which has
already demonstrated great useful
ness in opening up the interior of
Alaska. Its operating revenues for
the fiscal year were $907,173.88, as
compared with $758,031.38 for the
preceding fiscal year, denoting an
increase of $149,142.50. This increase
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stable condition, economically, in the
so-called “railroad belt” of the Ter
ritory. The gross expenses of the
railroad operation and maintenance
for the fiscal year were $2 608 587.47
and of the river steamers $119,025.26
making a total outlay of $2,727,612,
73.
Recommendations
The Governor makes the follow
ing recommendations:
“That the surplus revenue from
the Pribilof Islands be covered an
nually into the Alaska fund as pro
vided in a bill passed by the Senate
in the first session of the Sixty
eighth Congress.
“That the sum of $150,000 here
tofore authorized for a capitol or
administrative building at Juneau be
made available in order to provide
safe and proper quarters for the
transaction of Federal and Territor
ial business and protect official rec
ords, and save the heavy rentals of
scattered quarters, the old structure
on government ground now serving
as Governor’s offices having been
condemned as unfit for further re
pairs or occupancy.
“That the Federal Highway Act
be extended to Alaska with such
modifications as to classification of
roads in the Territory as to make
the act workable therein.
“That Congress enact a law grant
ing to each Alaskan who served in
the World war 160 acres of land
in Alaska, which would not cover
one-half of one per cent of the un
occupied public land subject to home
stead entry, and that no requirement
of settlement, cultivation, labor or
improvements be imposed on the
grantee.
“That anually hereafter all ap
propriations required for Alaska, re
gardless of the departments or agem
cies under which they are to be ex
pended, be combined and consolidated
in an Alaska Budget, to be submit
ted to Congress through the Federal
Bureau of the Budget, thus present
ing Alaskan requirements under one
heading and obviating the necessity
of appropriations by piecemeal
through various departmental bud
gets. It is believed that such pro
cedure will be conducive to better
understanding of the Territory’s
needs and simplify and facilitate
the work of Congress and its com
mittees.
“That continued adequate provis
ion be made for the upkeep and
operation of The Alaska Railroad,
which in its initial stages is demon
strating its benefit in opening up the
interior, and for the carrying for
ward without interruption of the
comprehensive plan of road and trail
building in co-operation with the
Territory.’'
A. N. B. OFFICERS
The Koonah Convention of the Al
aska Native Brotherhood elected the
following officers for the ensuing
year: Grand President, Peter Simp
son; Vice-President, Eli Katinook;
Treasurer, Ralph Young; Grand Sec
retary, Louis F. Paul.
The new officers of the Sitka
Camp are as follows: President,
Frank Price; Vice-President, Mark
Jacobs; Secretary, Andrew Hope;
Councilmen: George Lewis, Billy
Williams and Peter Simpson.
ELECTION RETURNS
Returns from the second division
and also the fourth division are still
incomplete. The last report coming
from the second division, indicates
the following votes: Cole 303, Su
therland 567, Boyle 155, Rustgard
487, Roden 167.
Senators—Brown 403, Welch 266,
Jacobsgaard 95.
Representatives—Nyland 437, Jen
sen 346, Elliott 335, Sundquist 326,
Wright 320, Rice 311, O’Connor 260
and Chidester 179.
Ira M. Frank has received ap
pointment from John Frame as Di
visional Chairman of the Second Di
vision succeeding A1 Nicholson. The
change is considered a big victory
for the warring Republican factions.
The last word received indicates
that H. H. Ross was leading Dan
Callahan by four votes in the race
for the House of Representatives.
Yakutat Gives Paul 44 Votes
After keeping the citizens in sus
pense for several weeks the offi
cial returns from Yakutat finally
gave Paul the fourth place over Con
ners in the race for a seat in the
House of Representatives. The Di
visional score of votes is as follows:
For Senator, Hunt 2360, Walker
2103. For Representatives, William
D. Grant 2371, C. B. Ferguson 2171,
William L. Paul 2094, N. O. Hardy
2075, J. J. Connors 2060, Perry M.
Hern 2036.
Illegal Votes
Anyone who has read the litera
ture of the Democratic party during
the past campaign would think the
supporters of that party were as
pure and law-abiding as a new born
babe. For their information we
print one or two exceptions to these
Simon pure Democrats. Notable
among these is J. R. Heckman, who
brought four Filipinos to Ketchikan
Precinct Number one and voted
them. He brought a second batch
but was stopped by Forrest J. Hunt.
This second bunch of Filipinos were*
about to vote, and the judges, all
strong partisans of the Democratic
candidates, were going to let them
vote for they knew that whatever
J. R. Heckman brought was safe but
on challenge the Filipinos did not
vote. The same J. R. Heckman
brought two residents from Stewart,
British Columbia, and he voted them.
These people on the .first visit of
Mr. Heckman, who was acting as
Democratic Campaign Manager, re
fused to vote because they had not
been in this Precinct one month, but
on the second call of the Democratic
Manager they went to Precinct Num
ber one and voted, and left town on
the British boat the next day.
One of the leading Democrats of