678 Presidential Addresses 



cation and secure patent under methods kindred to 

 those now prescribed for homestead and mineral 

 entrymen. Salmon hatcheries, exclusively under 

 government control, should be established. The 

 cable should be extended from Sitka westward. 

 Wagon roads and trails should be built, and the 

 building of railroads promoted in all legitimate 

 ways. Light-houses should be built along the coast. 

 Attention should be paid to the needs of the Alaska 

 Indians; provision should be made for an officer, 

 with deputies, to study their needs, relieve their 

 immediate wants, and help them, adapt themselves 

 to the new conditions. 



The commission appointed to investigate, during 

 the season of 1903, the condition and needs of the 

 Alaskan salmon fisheries, has finished its work in the 

 field, and is preparing a detailed report thereon. A 

 preliminary report reciting the measures immediate- 

 ly required for the protection and preservation of the 

 salmon industry has already been submitted to the 

 Secretary of Commerce and Labor for his attention 

 and for the needed action. 



I recommend that an appropriation be made for 

 building light-houses in Hawaii, and taking pos- 

 session of those already built. The Territory should 

 be reimbursed for whatever amounts it has already 

 expended for light-houses. The Governor should be 

 empowered to suspend or remove any official ap- 

 pointed by him, without submitting the matter to 

 the legislature. 



