“HOW MUCH WILL STATEHOOD COST ME?”
The following atricle has been
prepared by three well-known
valley residents Miss V. Louise
Kellogg, Mrs. Dorothy Haaland,
and James Hurley and is being
published as a public service by
this newspaper. The publishing
of this article does not necessarily
indicate the thinking or beliefs
of this newspaper.
Previous articles in this series
have shown that we can afford
statehood. In fact, we cannot af
ford to defeat statehood. If we
should turn down statehood, a
most unlikely possibility, we
would still have a Territorial
government, but it would not be
the same as it is now, or as it has
been in the past. We would be a
people stripped of the advantages’
that made our territorial status
bearable if not desirable. These
advantages were the sympathy of
our friends in Congress, and the
admiration and support of the
general U. S. public. A defeat of
statehood would show two things
(1) that we do not appreciate^ as
do mature American citizens; the
right of self-government (2) that;
we don’t know our own minds,
since we voted overwhelmingly
for statehood on two previous Oc
casions. Our problems in the past
have resulted largely from our
•dependence upon a Congress too
■often indifferent to our needs.
What help could the Territory
expect if dependent upon a Con
gress not only indifferent to us
but also disgusted with us. We
would be in a mess and Congress
would let us stew in it.
More than this we cannot af
ford to turn down the many ad
vantages statehood offers. We
shall have voting representatives
in Congress to protect our inter
ests and to give us a voice in
national and international affairs*
Congress will no longer be able
to discriminate against Alaska,
because, under the Constitution,
all states must be treated alike.
A more adequate court system
shall result in prompter, and
hence, more real justice. The ex
perience of every western state
has shown that industry, and
with it increased population, will
come with statehood.
There are other advantages
that apply especially to the Ma
tanuska Valley. For the first
time this area, as well as other
less populated areas, will be as
sured of representation, in the
Baked and Canned
Goods Must Be
Entered Thursday
All persons planning to make
entries in the baked goods and
canning departments of the Val
ley Fair this year are asked to
read the following announcement
made by Mrs. Lila Newville.
dopart ment superintendent.
“An error has been made in the
Fair Book in the baked goods
•department (page 55) which
should read as follows: “Entries
will be accepted from 12 noon
to 8 p.m. on Thursday, August
28'. Entries in the canned goods
division will be accepted during
the same hours”.
The canning division is not in
cluded in this year’s issue of
the Fair book and persons plan
ning entries are asked to refer to
the 1957 fair book for regulations
and requirements.
Mrs. Newville pointed out that
judging will start at 9 a.m. and
continue until noon on Friday,
August 29. Doors will open for
viewing at noon.
Exhibitors who wish to do so
may remove their displays any
time after 7 p.m. on September 1.
“Let’s all make a special effort
this year to show our visitors
what wonderful canners and bak
ers we have in the valley”, the
superintendent said.
Needlecraft, Handcraft
Exhibitors Referred
To 58 Fair Book
All persons planning to enter
articles in the needlecraft or
handcraft divisions of the 1958
Valley Fair are requested to re
fer to the new fair book and
check all entries in Department
F, handcraft, on page 38 and De
partment G. needlework, on page
42. #
Karla Duff, superintendent of
the two departments, stated this
week that articles to be entered
in the fair should be taken to the
fairgrounds on Thursday, August
28, from 1:00 to 8:00 p.m. during
which time they will be entered.
Judging for these departments
will be held Friday morning,
August 29 from 9 a.m. to noon,
with the doors open to the public
at noon.
legislature at Juneau. Increased
population will mean increased
markets for the farmers’ pro
ducts. All federal farm programs
automatically become applicable
to Alaska, but archaic federal
land laws, so silly for modern
agriculture, will not apply to the
103 million acres which the State
j chooses under the statehood land
I grant,
Of course, the greatest advan
tage of statehood for all Alas
, kans is the right of self-govern-.
ment. This is the greatest right
we can have as Americans. In
many countries of the world to
day people are giving their lives
j in an attempt to gain that right.
I Congress has offered it to Al
askans, and we have only to ac
cept it. This we do by going to
the polls on August 26, and vot
ing yes on all three propositions.
Palmer Precinct Voter
c/o The Weekly Frontiersman
Palmer, Alaska
Dear Neighbor:
So you’re an Alaskan Elector!
Lucky You!
You were born too late to sign
the Declaration of Independence.
You haven’t even had a chance
to vote for President since resid
ing in this Territory. But on Aug
ust 26, right here in Alaska—in
Palmer, Alaska—you have your
chance!
Out of 175,000,000 United Stat
es Citizens, YOU are one of the
few who will have the opportun
ity to vote on the question of
creating a new state, the 49th
STATE, the greatest state in the
Union, the first new state to be
created in our generation.
Even more important in this
our time is the question of ex
tending complete democratic self
government to an area bigger
than Hungary, bigger than Po
land, than Czechoslovakia, Bui-,
garia, Rumania, Yugoslavia, Leb
anon, Jordon, Syria, Iraq or even
Egypt—and to the individual cit
izen of this Great Land, the high
est regard for human dignity, un
* limited reach for the human
spirit.
It is a unique privilege to be
one of the few to make these
great decisions. Your vote will
be an act of historic importance.
The Provisional League of Women
1 Voters of Palmer invites YOU,
THE PALMER PRECINCT VO
TER, on August 26 at the PAL
MER PRECINCT POLLS, to re
cord the fact that YOU WERE
THERE, that you cast your vote
on the historic occasion of the
Alaska Statehood Referendum.
YOU are invited to sign your
name, in the order in which you
register at the polls, to the PAL
I MER PRECINCT STATEHOOD
REFERENDUM REGISTER, a
: parchment scroll which will be
t given an honored place in the
! Palmer High School, where it
will be proudly noticed by your
children, your children’s child
: ren and by later*generations still
j to come.
We’ll see you at the polls on
August 26.
The Provisional League of
Women Voters of Palmer
Pd. Adv.
NATIONAL MAGAZINE
CARRIES ARTICLE
BY LOCAL WOMAN
The August issue of “Quarter
Horse Journal’', a monthly pub
lication printed in Amarilla, Tex
as, carries an article written by a j
valley resident.
“Quarter Horses in Alaska”,
was written by Mrs. Lena Caudill
of Palmer who has already receiv
ed a number of inquiries regard
ing her article from interested
horsemen. Mrs. Caudill is plan
ning a second article which will
be published in the same maga
zine in the near future. Mrs. Cau
'dill invites any quarter horse
owners in Alaska to submit ma
terial to her that they would like
to have included in the article.
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Roads Named in
Springer System
Roads in Springer System area,
south of Palmer, have been
named.
A group of residents from that
area met at Grange Hall August
18 and decided upon the names,
in the hope that it will help peo
ple unacquainted with the area
when in that section of the val
ley. Names decided upon were as
follows:
Springer Road, from hay dryer
crossing to Clifton Grover pro
perty.
Hoskins Road from second
crossing to intersect with Spring
er Road.
McCleod Road, from the third
crossing to William Smith pro
perty.
Lover Road, from intersection
with Springer Road past Harlan
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Hamilton property and Joseph
Loyer property to intersect with
McCleod Road.
A letter and a map of the area
has been sent to the Bureau of
Public RoacLs Anchorage office
It is hoped tihat some action wu
be taken soon to have the roads
posted with the names.
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REPUBLICAN
stiff© Horn© of R8pfss©nSafi¥©s
DISTRICT 9
Serving Palmer - Wasilla - Talkeetna
Mrs. Doris McKinley is a long-time resident of this area
and will serve District 9 and all Alaska, honestly and
faithfully
Vote 'Yes' for Statehood
Tuesday, August 26
(Pd. Political Adv).