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SECRETARY LANE.
The dispatches inform' ns that there is some likelihood
that Secretary of tlifi Interior Franklin K. Lane is to be ap
pointed an associate justice of the United States supreme
court, to take the place made vacant by the resignation of
Justice Hughes, and that Francis ,1. Heney is to be appointed
secretary of the interior. Of course, this is but conjecture on
the part of some politicians, but it may prove true, neverthe
less. Alaskans lived in the hope that the big secretary of the
interior would remain on the job until at least the great Alaska
project was completed. Secretary Lane is generally regarded
as among the ablest, if not the ablest, member of the president’s
official family, and he has well earned a promotion to the high
est tribunal in the land. It is quite possible tlmt if the position
on the bench were tendered him, he wouldt accept, as it is the
ambition of most lawyers to wind up the’h\$afeers in a high
judicial position. And Secretary Lane would add strength and
virility to the United States supreme court, as he has added
strength and efficiency to the administration in his present
position.
If it should prove true that Secretary Lane will give way
to Francis .1. Heney, it is possible that the present policy ot the
interior department—a policy that has stood for progressive
ness and a high regard for the interests of the people—will be
continued. Mr. Heney is no stranger to the newspaper readers.
He has been in tin* public eye for the past decade. He is a
western man, with big, progressive, constructive western ideas,
and should make a fitting successor to the man whom he may
succeed. If Secretary Lane must go, it is well to have a Fran
cis ,1. Heney as his successor. But we sincerely hope, for the
benefit of Alaska, that there will be no change, for we are
persuaded that Mr. Heney, however capable and efficient lie
may be, cannot surpass the record of achievements of Secre
tary Lane, and there is always the chance that things will be
different with us under a new man. Alaska needs Secretary
Lane.
CABINET CHANGES.
It is possible that there will be several changes in I’rcsi
dcnt Wilson’s cabinet at the beginning of liis next term. Sec
retary of Commerce Red field, it is believed by those who as
sume to know something about sneli things, will have to retire,
and his place will probably be tendered to Henry Morganthnu.
formerly IT. S. ambassador to Turkey. Secretary of State Hail
sing, reports state, is indifferent about remaining at the head
of this important department, and if he goes his logical suc
cessor will be Counsellor I'olk. of the state department, who
now acts in the absence of Lansing. The president has a very,
high .opinion of the ability and efficiency of Polk. Secretary
of the Navy Daniels has been the most criticised man of the
president’s cabinet. He lias been termed as being nothing but
a “country editor.” This means nothing, however, as the
greafesjt secretary of the navy the country ever had, Gideon
Wells,, was a country editor when summoned to take a seat in
Lincoln’s cabinet. Secretary of Labor Wilson has a cinch on
reappointment, if he wishes it—and lit* probably does. Attorney
General Gregory can remain, it is said ,if he so. desires. Post
master-General Burleson, the past master in the art of poli
tics in the president’s official family and the one whom the
chief executive consults with respect to things political, can
have a re-appointment for the asking. Secretary of Agricul-1
tore Houston is one of tin* strong men of the cabinet and has
made good. Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo, now the pres
ident;^ son-in-law, has been an acceptable official and is held
in high esteem by the president. It is believed that Secretary
of War tlaker will voluntarily retire, although he may remain
if he wishes to. If he goes, Vance McCormick,'chairman of the
< emocratic national committee, will be tendered the position.
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c If '** THE PROSPECTOR
• ■ ■ • •
Without the prospector, as stated at the mining congress
convention, mining soon declines. As was also stated, the
prospector is purely a “product” of tin* United States. The
gold mines of Australia-;, apd of South America and of Africa
and every foreign country have been pioneered by the Ameri
can prospector. He roams'the world in search of mineral, but
soon quits the game where too many burdens are imposed and
when .is taken away the main incentive for discovering gold.
The prospector is now most numerous in Alaska and the
west. He still endures untold hardships in his restless search
for gold. He never gives up hope. It requires rare optimism
to lie a prospector. The next hole may uncover the pay-streak
or the,next nliot may show the pay ore., Scientific mining and
professional’"trained ineri can never talce the place of the pros
pector.
Bqt should plans carry for the leasing of all mineral, and
the incentive of the reward for making a discovery he taken
away, the American prospector would soon become as extinct
as the American bison. No genuine prospector will long work
in harness, lie will not work for a salary. He even doesn’t
like the grubstake proposition, and accepts it only after all of
the bacon and beans are gone and there is no other ready
means of earning a stake. Let us honor the American prospec
tor and do nothing further to discourage his real service to
mankind. i
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Loussac’s Daily Gossip
MONDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1916.
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George B. Grigsby, democratic candidate for attorney-:
general, is swept into office by the rousing plurality of some j
1,500 votes over George B. Schofield, so-called republican can
didate for the office. The town of Anchorage is entitled to
much credit for the election of Mr. Grigsby. We gave him
the handsome plurality of .'50(> votes over Cobb, his nearest
competitor here, and a plurality of 400 votes over Schofield,
his nearest opponent in the race in the territory. These 400
votes which he gained over Schofield in Anchorage insured his
election beyond the peradventure of a doubt. Anchorage gave
Grigsby a bigger vote than any other Alaska town. The new
attorney-general ought to like this town.
PRESENT PRICES
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15. — (By
Mail.)—President Wilson blamed mid
dlemen for the high cost of food
stuffs here last night in a speech
welcoming to Washington the conven
tion of the Nutional Orange, the first i
formal speech he has delivered since i
the election. Urging that farmers in
crease their output, the presidertt said:!
“We ought to raise such big craps
that circumstances like the present •
can never recur, when men can make1
sis if the supply was so-short that
the middleman could charge for it
what he pleased. It will not do to
he niggardly with the rest of the,
world in respect to its food supply.”
The president did not mention re-1
cent petitions asking him to declare an
embargo on the exportation of food-;
stuffs from the United States to the.
rest of the world, and he did not ref el
even indirectly to the outcome of the
presidential election. His address was
interrupted frequently by applause
from the farmers attending the fifti
eth anniversary celebration of the
founding of the grange.
Interesting Problems.
“It seems to -me,” said the president,
“that some of the most interesting
problems of our life and of the life of
the world lie before us, problems in
connection with which the farmers of
the. United States will play a part sueh
as they have never played before.
“In the future we have got to bring
more of the area of the United States
under cultivation than is under culti
vation now. We have got to increase
the product at every point where it ,
is susceptible of being increased.
“One of the things that has most in- j
terested me about what has been done
recently by legislation for the benefit
of the farmer is the question why it
was not done long before. It is as
tonishing that the assets, the valuable
available assets, the visible assets of
the farm should not have been avail
able as a basis of credit in the banks
on the same terms as the assets of I
commercial undertaking and manufac- j
turing industry. Cattle are just a>!
visible and tangible as goods in ware- i
houses and goods on trains.
“Wp have liberated the credits of
the banks and we have mobilized
through the department of agriculture
the scientific intelligence of the world.
Witk' that combination, every nation
in the world ought to come to us to
learn how to raise big crops. We
ought to raise such big crops that cir
cumstances like the present can nevei
recur, when men can make iis if the
supply was so short that the middle
men could charge for it what he pleas
ed. It will not do to be nigardly wit)
the world in respect to its food sup
ply.”
WEATHER REPORT
7 a. m. Dec. 4, 1916. 1
Station Temp. Day Wind Trail Snow
Anchrge -27 Clear Calm Good 4 in
Summit .-5 Clear Calm Good 20 in
Kern Crk -4 Clear Calm Good 5 in '
Mile 52 .-19 Clear Calm Good 18 in i
Seward . k 7 Clear N’rth Good 4 in. i
Matnska -28 Clear N’rth .... 4 in ’
King Rv -24 Clear East .... 5 in
This Monday, December 4
RICHARD CARLE, Supported by
JESSIE RALPH and MARIE WAYNE In ri
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