Show ILLI G M Mf V f O T O AL Tells of Conditions Resources And Aud Legislative Needs Of The Tile Territory COUNTY NEEDS WAGON WACON ROADS Fish a 1 Source Sotire of or Equal to Gold GoldMan Many In Alum Under The Mining lIning Law ham Wi loom tho ho committee on out territories Introduced In the th senate today loday the he ic to port ut or a subcommittee consisting of ot Senators Nelson Nel on anti and which Alaska during the time last nun made mado a it 1 thorough Investigation of or existing con condition COl resources und cutal 1111 legislative needs of ot tho the territory The Time committee visited vl 1111 Fort Kort ort Juneau Island then their Tread well mines l aIS mission where tho government Is IR now nol establIshing u n military post White hito lass PUM lu t Lake l eves flyer Dawes St Michael Eagle I City Fort Kort Yukon Clr dr do clo City CI Hall arl Fort Kort Gibbon Noine ome Ht Paul Island tIme tho of or I time the sealing Industry Dutch Harbor and Valdez und Ind AH R a I result of at the Inquiries this tho committee has hus made Inalle trinity many recommend to 10 Congress A statement ot of receipts annul expect of ot the tho general government since Alaska part of or the United States Halel shows a I profit to the govern government gover ment of ot nearly learly a n million milon dollars SALMON SA IO INDUSTRY I The Tho report says 1185 SH that tha t In 1302 the out output outPUt output put of ot canned solomon salmon from Alaska was 2 cases COseR valued nt lt about O front from which the lImo til government derived a it I of ot The TIme committee roc rec oll IK that bitt some pome provisIon be he made lallo fur or propagating salmon In II to 10 Insure the tho of ot the lao supply TIme The he present law requiting tho thin establishment of oC a n hatchery hatcher by b each company on time the planting of or 10 red salmon for each rod red salmon caught tho report says cannot he be enforced without great disproportionate expense an expense greater realer thou than the ho olis of ot tIme tho s will wi warrant warrant U it 1 Is It sug suggested that hatcheries be he established hed by U Utho the tho general government at II u 18 as many places HH an may be b found round necessary time the great groat penso to bo be laid laud on those In the tho salmon Industry In proportion to 10 time the amount of or tho timo respective product of C Coach each concern COD COU AND AD A D m Tho The report says a l that the great wealth to 10 be derived In the tho cod coli herring tumid and Ind halibut fisheries rles of ot Alaskan coast CI Is 18 little li le comprehended because few rl havo sought Rought It Thus The committee predicts that thc annual catch of oC cod COIl can COl bo be 10 made mudo to exceed that thai of oC New J or 01 any an other part of or tho the world worM Whether the Iho lie climatic conditions of 0 the lie 11 legion which militate against cur cite clr Ing of ot fish can be overcome huts hRs not been fully ruly determined PRODUCTION OF GOLD GOD The rice production of ot gold In ho Alaska with wih sonic some fluctuation has steadily Increased since ISIS 1898 when It I amounted to tn only DIlly In 1002 1902 It reached tho eum sian of 01 Sliver Silver has lias not been HIer ben pro jiro produced pr only Dill In limited and aut other oilier mineral pi white while wh reported ed cd lOIVO h vo not nt yet ot been extensively exploit exploited Tho Thin most mORt unfortunate ot or cht 11 the Iho ex et existing I faulty aulty conditions In lIt 1 Alaska tho Iho Ito round report rays Is the tho poor Jr transportation facilities I Tho Jho committee calls colls attention to the tho fact act lint I Congress COI has hafl provided a n good government for or the lie district of oC Alaska Alaska hut but bil substantial legislation calculated to 10 aid tho Iho people In the lie development of oC great greal areas of or gold go I and copper pro turn production ducton territory Is I needed Outside the time few t scattered settlements fi 11 I I called caled most of or hl h are arc ale only tho the centers of oC mining Interests there thoro Is I not nl to 10 bo be found a 1 single ln lo public wagon llon road ennuI over Ocr which vehicles can con b li be drawn summer or winter In lit that connection tim tho committee sas DEVELOPMENT CONTINGENT CO Wr Time The fh development of ot Alaska depends moro on ott Oi I flue he Improvement of or trans traIls transportation facilities than on any nn other othel out one Ol Instrumentality Substantially everything consumed by the tho people and all required to carry cam on bUil ness nes must lu t be brought In from Coin the time out Olt Hide Id The Inactivity of ot our govern government ment mont Is II manifest It 1 lain has lone done noth nothing lug ing to 10 relieve this condition The Tho no ILe tion lon of or the dominion government has haa his been contrast to 10 the Inaction of ct time the United States Stales As A soon OH as gold goll was vas l discovered In III inho the tho ho region of the thc 1 lolI kl the Ice Domin Dominion ion government Immediately began tho construction of or roads leading front from on to tho the camps It I now liOtt hIM haa IO 26 26 miles nulles of or thoroughly built buit over oer which the thu heaviest est eat freighting Is done Tho I are indicated by hy tho tIme fait that hunt In 1902 when the tue muter miner mine could have delivered to him at 11 s per UI lO pounds pound time the American miner at nt Chick Chicken en Ill creek crek had to 10 pay 1 ha 32 3 In lim the thu sum icier of oC 1103 when tho tIme Canadians paid luald for tor his hla Hour our his huts American friend as paying 18 8 Tho difference In Ill tho the price of ot ham and bAcon In II the lie two places were nearly 23 cents cent per pound Ioune Tho rlue price of ot was wait WI doubled to the time Americans the tho same saints MiO wan waa true tre tru of or onions while tho the of oC potatoes was three times as 18 great to tolie tho lie American What Is erie of or this district Is II equally true of oC the copper liver ll r valley aleY the the time Koyukuk and anil other gold goll Melds V before etor men mentioned SYSTEM OK OF O The Thu committee Is Ii ot of the opinion that I great obligation rests 1 t on Oil Ut United UnIte States Slates to adopt a a system of or for fI tie the relief of minors miners In lit Ito tho Anion Ameri American can atm territory It 11 says os a well Veli el construct ul uth I should connect the thu wat sat waters satera ers era or ur the acile with wih those of oC tho Iho ho Yukon river at Rt Kagle Tho Ihie distance Is IH about miles mil With this his Ihl road 01 built Kagle Iagle by b recruit reason of or her locution location should ho IM the thur distributing point for American goods basin for or a I great gf ol portion of or the Yukon MINING n INa LAW LAW fhe The report rennet says so ito 10 many and al vary I I lag ing In ora aro ae time tho abuses practised under the mining laws that the committee made mado madea a 1 general Investigation of or complaints and 1111 tumid recommend l amendments to tIle the laws latin Among monh tho tIme Important changes Is that hunt there be he required u us L eec cef talc tain amount of assessment IH work on each ench mining claim staked out as 11 a pre lure prerequisite lie requisite to 10 the Iho Ice right lo to have hac the tho claim caIm recorded that thai tho the assessment work trunk to 10 be bt done clone on each dl claim during shall b ho each cach calendar year largely larol Increased In II amount lucid and Ind that no lii 11 shall hul be allowed t 10 td out or locate or hold haiti except by b purchase moro mono mor than one une mining claim on the Iho name creel cieck Tho fur rUI seal ell Industry Is treated ex cx extensively x len by b the time committee hulL but hil thu an announcement 11 a t In hI made that tima t this Ii Is Industry I imul will wi be bo given hen consideration It I In la that tho tim govern government oer ment Improve the he harbor at al St Michael MichaelIn In order orter to permit unobstructed passage to 10 the tim mouth of or tho the Yukon also alao that Ulal be made at nt the lie Ile mouth of ot the Ihl Snake ciser In lii order to 10 permit I tIme the onto Dare landing of to Nome Noine lAlm TO m Alaska Is II divided 1111 Into three judicial districts The rho committee says that on account of oC the Ire grout great size izo ot of these ills IA t riots aol poor por trun t facilities ties It I i Is 10 Impossible In hit II some seams lome sections to 10 get Bet A fourth leL Justice ju judicial Judicini dicini district 11 Is 11 recommended tIme The committee says ras time the general chili Ion among nil ul classes rH Is I hunt Alaska All kl should be he represented l by hy a a delegate lo loII In iii II Congress Con In Jut a I number of ot of ot Alaska AI Ia the tho committee encountered agitation for or time the establishment of ot territorial gov government gw and ami 11 tho lio election of ot nn ul assem assembly lily bly bl This Thil Is II not hot recommended by b tho thus committee however ns os from coin the tho best dna data It 11 obtained the ho 11 committee be lie believes permanent whIte population of ot Alaska today will wil not nt exceed Tin Thin fl necessity of ot rendering some come 1010 nip 1111 port to 10 lie tho native population Is iii I felt felth by h the tho committee which says of oC liens the o oJ J and amid ld Indians CONDITION C OF OP INDIANS S Hunters I by b nature habit and rumi 1111 ahto and willing heror tint the Influx of or ortie the lie tie whites to rare care for rO themselves they flU nio 1 through tho thue gimo I laws lal wholly hl do ulo II of ot their chief means nt of main maintenance Why h luy they tIme should be bt deprived of or their Immemorial night light to 10 hunt at Bt atwill will 1 passes parses thus tho of oC the committee The fist nr t for fui 0 the hut relief lot of o a f tho ito natives lint particularly vail to ii lan lie t ami Aleuts should las I tIme tho absolute repeal of ot the lie game glO laws In InHO HO MO tar far as nit 1 their provisions prohibit hunt hunting hUlt hUltIn ing In and trapping by IW ii Aborigines natives nail and 1111 the lie sale sil of or skins FO so taken tikon limo Tho deplorable condition of hem class classes l caps es S 5 Is Ia such at II to 10 demand other and fur further ther tier inlet at It the Ule hands of ot Congress A MANS M S Time Hie MIl business of of Alaska Is 18 carried on nit al by citizens cit of ot tho tIm United Un Slates It ItIs I Is itt 11 clammed claimed by hy them lucia to now nw be 11 n a 1 white mans lImOS country COU lIt ri To nil ni ai I latent Intents a toni and 9 such Is tIme tho fuel fact In Ill every O Over contest conlest tot for fol gout the tho man hits has been bren the gainer Poverty and pitiably pitiable among the Ii e natives an I ea and develops their tendency to in Death Is l ever evee present at lIt their door Justice and humanity alike demand legislation for or bolt Ih h relief reler |