TNE FRONTIERSMAN
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j NEWSLETTER
Hundreds of thousands of dol
lars would be available to Alas
ka from coal, oil and gas sales,
royalties, bonuses and rentals if
Delegate Bartlett’s bill which
passed the House this week is en
acted into law.
Under a 1914 * law revenue^
from coal lands in Alaska go into
the treasury of the United States
to reimburse the federal govern
ment for expenditures in rail
road construction in the Territory.
Under the Mineral Leasing Act
of 1920, 62% percent of the rev
enues from oil and gas in Al
aska go to the federal treasury,
while 37% percent goes to Jfae
Territory for roads and schools.
Delegate Bartlett’s bill would re
turn 90 percent of coal revenues
to the Territory for disposition by
the legislature and return 10
percent to the federal govern
ment. Revenues from oil and gas
would be divided so that 37%
percent would continue to go to
the Territory for schools and
roads, 10 percent to the federal
government and 52% percent to
the Territory for disposition by
the territorial legislature.
The States now receive, in ad
sdition to the 37% percent from
*oaI, gas and oil revenues for
school and road purposes, 5<2%
percent of such revenues which
go to their reclamation funds
Hinder a law not applicable to
Alaska.
.During the 1956 fiscal year oil
sand gas revenues in Alaska
v-amounted to $468,616.25 and coal
revenues $65,834.35. If 90 percent
trad been returned to the Terri
tory under the formula set out
an Delegate Bartlett’s bill, Alaska
would have received $481,005.53
leather than the $175,731 received
ifrom 37% percent of the oil and
gas revenues. It has been esti
mated by Department of Interior
officials that the revenues from
• «*£ and gas in the 1957 fiscal year
may double.
Alaska Statehood
.hearings on Alaska
statehood legislation by the ter
ritories subcommittee of the
House Interior and Insular Af-,
fairs Committee were concluded
March 29 “subject to a contrary
decision” when the subcommittee
meets this week.
<Dhairman O’Brien gavelled the
IbeaiEings to a close after three
' weeks of hearings with the stipu
lation that the request of Con
gressman Pillion of New York
fhat witnesses from a number of
•executive departments be called
^Jbesfore the subcomittee would be
tpiit to a vote at the next meeting
•if the subcommittee. Congress
man Saylor of Pennsylvania, in
stating that he defied anyone to
3$k>w him statehood hearings “that
have been as fair and impartial
as the ones just concluded,” re
marked that “Our genial coliea-!
gue from New York (Mr. Pillion)
would never be satisfied to grant
statehood to anybody until they
had 16 million people, or more*
than the State of New York.”
During the final day of the
Shearing, the members of the sub
committee heard Congressman
Felly of Washington call for
.'commonwealth rather than state
hood for Alaska and urge an
amendment to the statehood leg
islation deferring until 10 years
-after statehood the transfer of
control of fish and game to the
state from the federal govern
reoent.
Under questioning by Delegate
Bartlett, Mr. Pelly stated, “I
really doubt very much whether
we could get support among rep
resentatives of the other States
€© eliminate federal taxation, and
I do not favor commonwealth
.status without eliminating the
federal tax income.” Dr. Miller
• «sf Nebraska, who asked for a
l»ll in Alaska on the question of
statehod, in stating that much of
&is mail in opposition coming
from Juneau mentioned common
wealth “by the businessmen who
i&sink it might be of some advan
tage to them,” declared, “I doubt
af they could get away from many
^of the tax burdens they have
through commonwealth rather
#h»n statehood.” He further said
lie could not “see too much ad
vantage myself” to common weal
i Ih.
Congressman Pelly stated that
I “even in the face of assurance
that adequate protection of non
residents (in the fishing industry
in Alaska) already exists, I would
hope a specific clause in the en
abling act would be included so
as to clearly require that the new
state be bound against future dis
crimination on this point.” Con
gressman Pillion pointed out that
the Constitution requires that
states be admitted on an equal
footing and said, in commenting
on the Pelly proposal for continu
ed federal control of fish and
game for 10 years after state
hood, “I am very much afraid
that such a restriction would be
come a nullity under a Supreme
Court decision, which would say
you cannot.”
Delegate Bartlett brought out
in the questioning that it was his
recollection Oregon bars all non
residents except Washingtonians
from fishing in the Columbia
River and that the Washington
State Legislature this year enact
ed a law dividing the fishing wat
ers of the state into four licensing
areas under a formula which
finds an Alaska fisherman paying
as much as $225 to fish as com
pared with $15 for a resident of
the State of Washington.
EXTENSION NEWS
AND NOTES
Out of the 22 persons who
signed up for the tailoring work
shop which started on Tuesday of
this week, only six showed up.
It’s not yet too late to get started
in this workshop which is being
conducted by Mrs. Carol Winey,
home demonstration agent in An
chorage. Workshops are held each
afternoon, starting at 1:30 and
each evening, starting at 7:30 on
the following dates: April 15, 16„
22, 23, 29, and 30. Interested per
sons are invited to sign up and
attend the workshops.
The hat workshop, scheduled
to start this past Wednesday, was
not held because of illness of the
demonstrator. A new date will be
announced.
The dressmaking workshop will
start April 18 and will be con
ducted by the local home demon
stration agent. This workshop
also will have afternoon and even
ing sessions and will be held
April 18, 19, 24, 25, 26, May 2 and
3.
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Seek Bids for
Nike Site
Electrical System
Contractors have been invited
to submit competitive bids on
construction of an electrical dis
tribution system for an Army
Nike guided missile site in the
Fort Richardson area.
The Alaska District Corps of
Engineers has issued an invita
tion (Inv. 57-75) for construction
of a 7,200-volt primary overhead
line, to run from the Fort Rich
ardson heat and power plant a
distance of approximately seven
miles.
Bids on the project will be
opened at 2 p.m. 30 April in the
Seattle Branch Office of the Al
aska District, at 4735 E. Marginal
Way, Seattle 4. Completion date
for the project is 30 April 1958.
1 IN AND OUT AT THE
VALLEY
PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL
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Patients in ihe Valley Presby
terian Hospital this week include
Mrs. Paul McGiboney and infant
son, Mrs. Carlos McKnight and
infant son, Jasper Skok, Ole
Johnson, Billy J. Smith 15, Har
vey Anderson, James Stewart,
Pamela Adams, 2, Bonnie Marie
France, 2, Mrs. Arch Browning,
Irene Chilligan, 2, and Clay Prew
itt.
Patients hospitalized but now
out include Mrs. Phillip McRae
and infant daughter, Mrs. Fred
Cottrill, Eska, Ernest Kirsch,
Broad Pass, Jerry Combs, Mrs.
Harold Loomis and infant son,
John A. Momer, Glenallen, John
LaVan, 2, Theodore Marple, Don
ald Benson, 5, Mrs. Paul Ubert>
Mrs. Ernest Dennison and infant
DISTRICT GOES HARD HAT
| “Hard Hats” will be in style
this summer on construction jobs
throughout the territory of Alas
ka. A new safety regulation of
the Alaska District Corps of En
gineers provides that all field,
maintenance and operations em
ployees of the District will wear
the protective headgear known as
hard hats at all times while on
duty in construction or operating
areas.
son, Brenda Watts, 7, Mrs. Ken
neth Hoeldt, Mrs. Robert Clark,
Wasilla, Rose Kucera, 16, Bernard
R. Bouwens, Derel Parker, Thom
as Newby, and Mary Ann Gales
hoff.
VIVIAN SHAVER
HEADS BSP COUNCIL
Vivian Shaver, Eta chapter
member, has been named presi
dent of the Beta Sigma Phi City
Council for the coming year.
Serving with her will be Frances
Hulbert, Xi Eta, vice-president;
Joyce Billot, Theta Chapter, sec
retary; and Betty Rice, Xi Eta,
treasurer.
The Beta Sigma Phi City Coun
cil consists of three representa
tives from each chapter in the
city and conducts correlating
work for joint projects and un
dertakings such as the annual
BSP style show, operation of the
booth at the fairgrounds, and
similar events.
The next meeting of the Coun
cil will be May 8 at the home of
Joyce Billot.
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