Scire people have been telling us that we gotta "eat crow11 now that
Statehood is in-, hell wo refuse to eat crow for an honest opinion,
and the fact that we have Statehood does not change that opinion. The
only difference is that since the -majority put it over according to
voteVa, good old American Custom), we will support this here state
and give it our best and keep our fingers crossed. Alaska can't secede
now so it is"for better or for worse11. Here is hoping for the better.
. Met a.fellow the other day that reminded me of something B. Franklin
once said? In the course of my observation, the disputing, contradict
ing and confuting people are generally unfortunate in their affairs.
They get victory sometimes, but they never get goodwill, which would
be of much more use to them.
toe see from the election results that our good men Bob Korn and
Bob Logan ran a close race for the State Senate in thi3 district,
he were very sad indeed to lose ’’Kernel'’Korn but-are happily con
soled with the fact that his good-friend tfob Logan won the candidacy
and believe he is a very honest, capable and far sighted man, and will
undoubtedly win the Senate seat in the November election.
It is too bad wo could not have the benefit of electing both those
men and are hoping the ’’Kernel^ will not give up his prospective
political carreer in the future and we are giving Logan our wholeheart
ed support. -
Aiiiorada, Richfield, Humble, and several other oil Companies have been
snooping around these old hills with their Helecopters, and Geologists
this summer. Bet we are sitting on-a whole bunch of ‘'black gold".
Bo one has started digging yet though.- maybe next woek
Tho recent attack on two hunters from Kentucky by a grizzly bear is
just one more reason that the Alaskan Guides should be reinstated.
THiJ OLD CYNIC’S COLUMN
By: O.A. Nelson
^Tho fishermen in Alaska naturally want the traps outlawed so there
will be better fishing for thorn. To rationalize this desire to get
rid of the trap competition the fishermen,.Vehonenntely point out
that it is the traps that are reducing the- number of fi3h, 1/i/hen the
red run in Cordova was a failure thi3 year they pointed out that this
proved the traps were eliminating the fish. Then comes along an un
pr ,c...dented run of pinks and the the traps had to be loft opon becauso
tno canneries could not handle the fish the fishermen brot in. Now
old this phonominal run indicate that the traps do not necessarily
eliminate the salmon. Vvell, not by a hell of a lot, it proves nothing
to a fishermen who does not want trap competition. You might as well
argue with a fish as with a. fisherman.
Nearly every person elected to the first State Legislature will be
elected. because he advocates tie . abolition of fish traps by prohibitory
taxes or most any way. host every one who has ever been elected to the"
Territorial .Legislature had headed hi3 campaign platform with "aboli
tion of fish, traps*'. But invariably in the past when these legisla
tors huv-j gotten down to Juno they have done nothing to abolish the
traps because they have found that to abolish the traps will cut into
the territory’s revenues, it is the traps that pay the taxes. It re
mains to bo seen what the State Legislature does about these wicked
fish traps.
Alaska 3earns to have great oil perhapsabilities. One thing that the
oil geologists point out is that this oil wealth i3 two miles down in
the earth and several years into the future.
(cent. P 4)