Show OF ALASKA alaska haa also been visited by the census enumerators and a bulletin issued by the census department shows that there is a total tion of persons of whom 13 are males the native population is the white mixed 1568 the black 82 and the t chinese 2125 A full count will probably show more all the chinese were employed in the salmon canneries 1901 whites beins similarly employed what attention the government has bestowed upon fe alaska has so far been confined ta what is technically described as the first census district about square miles in tho southeastern part its accessibility is greater than that of any other district and its population is more than a third of the to the territory there are 1755 children of school age in this first district and the school j attendance is 1094 a remarkable showing considering the character of the population widely scattered in small settlements tho white element in population y j has a transient prevalence in the first district though no explanation of the fact offered is in this district there are 2272 who speak english of i the indians who can read and write there are males and of the native and males and ga females of the foreign born this is rather a poor showing all things taken into account but were alaska granted a representative government there are only males of qu alifier voting ag native born or naturals iced the number of possible vot ers in all other districts of alaska y covering an area of more than square miles will not exceed nevertheless alaska should with all reasonable promptness be admitted r r to the rights and privileges enjoyed by other territories the numeric r strength oi population having noth ing to do with its political equities which should be as sacred in the matter of ten as in ten thousand er More overrepresentation is anim basis of development and there is good material to work on in t alaska |