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that of Lewis and Clark. His men slept in pup tents and received no leaves or furloughs until the completion of the Road. At the completion of the road, soldiers and equipment reached Fair- banks, Alaska, in 80 hours from Edmonton, which formerly took nine days by sea and rail. The cost of the road can be compared to less than the cost of a battleship, which seems almost nothing compared to the real value. Not only during war times will this road be profitable but after peace is again restored in this World people and families from Mis- souri, Texas, Florida, Maryland and from all over will be able to go to Alaska to live. There is plenty of free land in Alaska and after we can come into Contact with it more easily it will be more than just the place of the Eskimosf' BETTY RODERMUND. wr ea we f.3r J X 115- .Lv 1 X H e iv X A X FRAncu:ij1ls'i 'Y-R X X X ka navsml ..1 vp A A pf, png N 4,1 . jf.. .A .41 f xx h LN ,Tx X WAT ' I i 'lf MODEL KTANANLX H Siiiqax X O X Lwex Pos X Q X . Ps vw l U A if TESLIN f Ps wi,-gyfi REEK ,Q OSUNZ7 i 4 Q I X l L' Q, X, u lx dmclwt X Q Pt ,fi gk- ncsmn X 'Y Q , i Qcnxvuvm ixxvh A 5 F Qh X V T A Q .INN V PEL .q i ' ,F 4 gb O ceoaue fl S- Xu C1 rm o 1, SX , Zz -sg, 4 V X 9 X, A va R v O X xv , -YY. ..- 5 -A -' - ff- if ,ir A fs A a + Q41 1 -,IL 1 anti -1 A i ,flli 4 Ili 41 Q Anil , M- fm Tw W- 'VH 'TQ Wi U71 Ni' Wi nl Ilflargic Nazrght

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Z8 Q7l!8l lfLl'VL8IfLf 0!.!4!6L:5L6L In 1912 an old, very weak government of Alaska was terminated and a new, stronger government was established under that Organic Act of 1912. This changed Alaska from a district to a territory. This territory is controlled by the Federal government and its powers over Alaska are unlimited. Some of these powers are: the control of the public health, the care of the insane, the educational programs, the ad- ministration of order, and the control of natural resources. The President, with the consent of the Senate, appoints the Governor for a four-year term. The present governor is Ernest Gruening. Other ofiicers appointed by the President are: the secretary of Alaska, four dis- trict judges, four U. S. Marshals, and four district attorneys, each term lasting four years. The four courts of Alaska are at Juneau, Nome, Vil- dem, and at Fairbanks. The officers are divided up to ofliciate in these courts. Some of the duties of the Governor are to appoint a Board of Edu- cation and a Commissioner of Health. Besides the above-mentioned offi- cers there are twenty-four members of the Legislature. All laws passed by the Legislature must be approved by the United States Congress. One delegate is sent to the House of Representatives for a two-year term, but he is not permitted to participate in the voting of the House. In Alaska some of the qualifications of the voters are: to be able to write English and to be able to read the Constitution of the United States in English. RUTH BECKMEIER. S H 1 ,f '- gg 1- gf' : 55? -,f