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Show FEDERAL OFFICERS OFF TO EXPLORE ALASKA SAN FRANCISCO. July 6 Secretary Secre-tary Daniels of the navy. Secretarv 1 Payne of the interior department, anu Governor Riggs of Alaska, will leave Seattle next Friday or Saturday on a destroyer to Investigate navy coal and possibly oil land3 In Alaska. Mr Daniels Is to leave here touiorruw on the battloshlp New Mexico and will be Joined at Seattle by Secretary Payne and Alaska's governor. 'We have an approprl-V. on of fl,-000.000 fl,-000.000 for development iff the Mat-anuska Mat-anuska coal fields for nava. purposes," said Berrotary Daniels, and v.e also believe it possible that productive oil fields may be developed The oil. however. Is only a possibility, bU5 WS will look into it." |