Show Alaska and the and Lam WASHINGTON January 20Henry W Elliott agent in this city of the Alaska Commercial Company says the published pub-lished statement credited to Governor Swineford of Alaska to the effect that the Alaska Commercial Company has opposed the extension of the land laws to that Territory is without founda tion The Alaska Commercial Company Com-pany he says does not desire to exercise exer-cise and has not exercised any influence influ-ence either for or against the extension of the land laws to the Territory but he hjmself has favored such extension because from his knowledge of Alaska he believed it to be as Governor Swine ford also believed it to be necessajy to the development and settlement of the country |