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Plenty of excellent music is prom
ised. and the affair, open to the
public, is semi-formal.
Monies derived from the dance
will be turned in to the scholarship
fund for the benefit of a worthy
scholar short of funds.
President of the Polaris Summer
Dance is Mrs. Norvella Huey.
G.O.P. PICNIC
Grand Old Party members will
hold their Annual Republican Picnic
tonight at Rainbow Valley Ranch,
starting at 6 p.m. Republican can
didates in the August primary will
be present to meet and talk with
those attending the picnic. Fried
chicken, hot dogs, and beverages
will be furnished at SI.50 per per
son by the 16th District Committee.
MAN-OF-TIIE-MONTH
Garth L. DeWater, national sales
leader in Fairbanks for the Frank
lin Life Insurance Company. Spring
field. Illinois, has been named hi;
company’s “Man of the Month." ac
cording to an announcement b>
President F. J. Budinger. C.L.U.
Selected from among some 300(
field representatives, DeWater was
cited for exceptional sales achieve
ment in May. He recorded a sub
mitted business volume of $301,465
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June 25, a special Interior Depart
ment task force will be present. The
task force, which includes W. W.
Keeler of Bartlesville, Oklahoma,
principal chief of the Cherokee
tribal organization; Hugh J. Wade.
Alaskan Secretary of State; and
James E. Officer, associate commis
sioner of the Bureau of Indian Af
fairs; is in, Alaska to examine the
policies and operations of the Bu
reau of Indian Affairs in Alaska.
To assist in financing the various
chiefs’ transportation to Tanana,
the Association of American Indian
Affairs, upon the request of the
Alaska Native Rights Association,
offered to put up between $600 and
$800. This money will be used to
help the villages send their chiefs
and delegates to Tanana for the
meeting.
Members of the Alaska Native
Rights Association stated that all
the money received from the AAIA
will go to pay for delegates’ trans
portation, as they (the association
members) will be paying their own
way.
Delegates to the meeting arriving
in Fairbanks should call Ditmann
Enterprises, GL G-7466, to arrange
for transportation to Tanana, an as
sociation member said.
DeWater joined the company in
1959 and was promoted to General
Agent in Fairbanks in 1960.
LOWELLS VISIT
Mr. and Mrs. Stacy Lowell are in
Fairbanks this summer visiting with
Lowell's brother Theodore. The ;
Lowells, who live in Tacoma, have
spent previous visits here.
Theodore Lowell is head jailer
here, and his wife Ethel is deputy
U.S. marshal.
OFFICIAL OPENING
The official opening of the Re
organized Latter Day Saints Church
in the McGrath Road area will be
Sunday, June 24. at 11:00 a.m. The
speaker will be Charles R. Hield of
Independence. Missouri, who is the
nresident of the Council of Twelve
Apostles of the Reorganized Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
The public is cordially invited to
■he service and to a potluck dinner
:-t the church.
Until the completion of the perm
anent road to the church, entry is
made through the Town and Coun
try Trailer Court Road, through the
courtesy of Mr. and Mrs. Gene How
land.
Former Alaskan
Bert Stimple Is
Author Of Book
Fun on the Farm in Alaska is an
amusing little book written by a
former longtime Fairbanks resident
Bert Stimple. now retired and liv
ing in Arkansas.
The book recounts the trials and
tribulations of the Stimple family
while developing a farm in the
Tanana Valley. Stimple describes
many of the unforgettable people
he met, many of whom are still
living in the area.
An extremely true-to-life picture
of farming in Alaska, well spiced
with humor, the book is sure to
appeal to many.
Publication date on the book
was June 4, and copies should soon
be available at Adler’s Eook Shop.
Caribou Late In
Steese Crossing
A recent flight over the caribou
calving grounds located north of
the Steese Highway revealed that
no caribou had returned by late
May. In all probability the Steese
40 Mile caribou herd will not be
available to photographers and tour
ists along the Steese Highway in
mid June. Normally the caribou
, cross the Steese Highway in mid
| June at Eagle Summit as they head
toward summer range.
FLOOD FUN FOR SOME — These youngsters from Nenana had lots of fun during the latest over
flow to strike the interior community. Meanwhile, their parents were seeking means of coping with the
troublesome flood waters that cut off most means otransportation to and through the community.
STATE TRUCKS PAY HUGE 1960 TAX BILL
A lot of factual mtormation is
contained in “Motor Trucks In
Alaska.” a five-page paper prepared
by the statistical department of the
Automobile Manufacturers Associa
tion. Inc., of Detroit.
It is rather surprising to note
that in a period of two years there
was a decided drop in new motor
truck registrations. as follows:
1959—1,322, 1960—1,117, 1961—1.024.
Yet, on the other hand, there was
a decided increase in 1960 over
1959 in overall private and com
mercial motor trucks as well as
state county and municipal, 660 in
’59 and 1.269 in '60.
The only branch to show a drop
was federal, 1,058 in '59 and 1,008
in ’60.
Source of these figures is U.S.
Bureau of Public Roads.
Tax Breakdown
The figures on annual taxes per
vehicle in Alaska are certainly of
interest to the public in general:
Total annual tax charge—federal
and state—for a medium passenger,
car, $106.10; 5,000 pound pickup
truck, $106.63; 19,000 pound van
truck. $293.65: 40,000 pound 3-axle
tractor semi-trailer, $1,130.75; 55,000
pound 4-axle tractor semi-trailer.
$1,654.62: and for a 72,000 pound
5-axle tractor semi-trailer, $2,323.20
a year tax.
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about $4 to $395.30 less than federal
taxes, per year.
These figures, too, are based on
data from the BPR.
Alaska trucks, 24 per cent of ,
state's vehicles, pay 36 per cent of
state user taxes. The word “user” is
a little difficult to understand by
the average reader.
In summing up, the total state and
federal taxes on motor trucks in
Alaska in 1960 was $2,955,000.
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