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Show H; ' The Attorney-General of Oregon, recently re- tBpijjjn ; turned from Alaska, reports a shameful state of Hj Wm affairs in that great Territory, due entirely to the Hj ijra criminal negligence tf Congress in failing to estab- BJWfl if llsl1 anything like an efficient government there. 8 li The courts are so overworked that they cannot be- S f gin to perform their duties; the postal service is M j altogether inadequate; there is really no govern- jH ; ment at all over four-fifths of the vast area. 5 ; Alaska is becoming a most important region and h ji'H j ' deserves civilized treatment |