Though he was anxious to see the new baby, when it was shown him, he marked "I'm afraid," and said, "I'm afraid." Well, Marshall Erwin is called upon, and stated that he had a great deal of work in Alaska. He is to keep order in a district half a mile apart, and be does this with the aid of a large number of deputies. In the number of assistants employed, he tells his marshalship is second to the district of the United States. The first is Southern New York State, including New York City and Brooklyn. Its population is millions, and the marshal there has twenty-six deputies, who aid him in spending the $26,000 incurred for his duties. The second is this part of Alaska. The district has only 20,000 population, but these are so scattered that twenty deputies are required to watch over them, and the annual expenses are $23,000. The amount per capita is high, but as to area, it is not $1 per square mile. The deputies are scattered over the whole country running from the Canadian boundary near Eagle to the Russian mission on the Lower Yukon and from the Arctic Circle to the edge of the Kuskokwim region. I have already written how well the mounted police keep order in the Yukon territory adjoining.  Alaska. Its men have the right to arrest criminals, investigate crimes and settle disputes on the ground. Here in Alaska, the marshals and their deputies have to refer almost everything to Washington before they can act. When a crime is committed, not a cent can be spent to detect the criminal without authority from the Attorney General, five or six. 