WASHINGTON
By Mary Lae Council, Secret
ary to E* L* (Bob) Bartlett,
Delegate in Congress from Al
aska*
HOADS ‘
By a vote of 292 to 123
the House this week defeated
the highway construction bill
which called for increased
use taxes which would apply
in Alaska without correspond
ing benefits to the Territory
by of additional roads*
The treasure was brought up
under a House rule precluding
amendments to the tax provi
sions* In a speech made pri
or to the vote on the bill,
Delegate Bartlett pointed out
that the taxing provisions
were unfair to Alaskans since
no authorization would be
created for V increased roads
in tlie Territory* ’ ”1 do
think/’ he declared, ”it is
important that the interests
Of moi\e than 200,000 people
In Alaska be recognised even
though the main consideration
has to do with more than 160
million highway users else
wbe re • ”
W*m HEALTH '
Debate, often becoming ac
rimonious, preceded an af
firmative vote this week by
the tfouse Interior and Insul
ar Affairs Committee author
izing the chairman to call on
the General Accounting Office
to make- an audit of the books
of the Morningside Company at
Portland^, Oregon, where Alas
ka’s mentally ill are hospit- .
alized. The resolutionp
first • offered weeks ago by
Representative Edith Green of
Portland but always put aside
before, ms presented by her
again at one of the last
inlet ings of the committee
during this congressional
session.
1 It was brought out that no
extract between the federal
government and the operating
cofapany has ever provided for ..
audit. Once an auditing pro-^
vision was inserted but re
moved at the request of the ■
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company’s owners# In testi
fying earlier before the com
mittee, Wayne Coe, company
president, said he would now
have no objection tox an exam
ination of his books*
Representative A« L* Mil
ler, ranking minority member
of the committee, took notice
of the campaign said to have
been launched by a group of
Fairbanksans which included
sending radio tapes to the
RepresefciatiVe * s Nebraska
district for broadcasting*
Dr* Miller complained of
newspaper articles published
in Alaska newspapers- about
his actions in connection
with the mental health bill*
Likewise, he blasted Delegate
Bartlett on a personal basis
implying that the campaign
aimed against him had origin
ated in the Delegate’s office
Dr. Miller hinted he might
make a speech before • the
House of Representatives on
the subject on the basis of
personal privilege*
Meantime, de c i sion wa3
made not to press for a rule
on the mental health bill un
til after Congress reconvenes
in January# Since the next
session trill be a continua
tion of the 84th Congress, it
will not be necessary to re
introduce the legislation.
The bill, introduced by Rep
resentative Green, was re
ported out of committee re
cently by a vote of 14-11.
It appeared that it would
be difficult to obtain a rule
during the hectic closing
days of the present session#
ALASKA LEGISLATION
Delegate Bartlettfs bill
to abolish the present re
quirement that there be a
reservation of 80 rods, or
one-quarter of a mile, be
tween every entry on public
land along navigable waters
in Alaska and his measure to
allow Alaska Railroad leases
for.55 years have gone to the
'irtiito House having cleared
Congress this week#
The socond bill was amend
ed in the Senate, an amend
ment adopted later in the
week by the House # Senator
*
Mdrse of Oregon had original
ly opposed the bill stating
his belief that the bill in
extending the present 20-year
period for leasing railroad
property to 55 years would
also extend the right to
lease the railroad itself1 to
55 years. T7hen the measure
ms taken up the second tl&o
in tho Senate, tho Oregon
legislator proposed an amend
ment, -later adopted -by the
Senate and approved by the
House, to confine the leasing
of the railroad itself to 20
years while permitting tho
leasing of other railroad
property for such purposes as
industrial warehouse sites
for 55 years#
mi TS-iGHSR ARRIVES
Mr# and Mrs*1 Bill;Lukey
and daughter arrived in Homer
Tuosday from Sacramento, Cal
ifornia# Bill will touch in
the Homer Territorial school
this coming year#
Hr, is a graduate of Sacra
mento State College and has
been teaching in the Elk
Grove elemontary school dur
ing the past year# Elk Grove
is a suburb of Sacramento#
SCHOOL TEACHER BACK
Madalone Baasett, . Homer
school teacher, haB returned
from a visit ,to Desr.. M6ines,
Iowa end , is working for the
Borg Construction firm*
J0N$5-GABLSCN REUNION HELD
, About 30 members of the
Jones, Carlson tand related<
families held their second
annual reunion Sunday fct
Green Timber on the Spit. In
addition to c. fine feed the
folks engaged in a baseball
game, horseback riding and
other sports._
GARBAGE DISPOSAL
Making weekly pickups for
GARBAGE DISPOSAL
See Lonnie Scroggs on
Ohlson Lane
In business for over three
years
L & W TRANSFER
FUNT PATHOLOGISTS VISIT »
Dr. Logsdon, of the Palmer
Experiment Station and Dr.
Loach of the University of
^rest Virginia* spent last
Thursday looking over the po
tato crop on the Peninsula*
The fields of 7 certified
seed potato ’growers wore in
spected with excellent re
sults* according to Ed Lei
hcnthal who accompanied them
on their trip*
The fields inspected u>tq
those of Gust Lofgren, Cecil
%ant, Rudio Ogren, Denny
Bell, Archie .MeLsnc, Joe
Faye and Larry Lancashire*
Dr* Leach said that they
would bo envious of having
such clean seed anywhere in
the states* Dr* Logsdop
again urged local gardonera
and farmers to buy the if
seed from a certified grower
on the Peninsula rather than
bringing in outside potatoes,
RETAIL FOOD PRICES DROP
Alaskan retail food prices
have declined since Junoi
19541 say economists at th<$
Alaska Agricultural Experi
ment Station, and they are
more likely to decline than
to increase, they say#
Sample prices for the
quarterly Alaskan retail food,
price survey are re obtained
from three to six stores in
oach of six cities—Ketchikan
Sitka, Juneau, Anchorage,
Palmer and Fairbanks and
comparisons with Seattle re
tail prices were made for 25
food items# These items
could have been purchased in
Seattle for 09*84 but would
have cost $12*74 in Ketchikan
013*46 in Sitka, $13.10 in
Juneau, $14.10 in Anchorage,
$13*58 in Palmer, and $16*01
in Fairbanks*
PRICED RIGHT
You will always find that
the prices at the Yah Sure
Liquor Store are always
right. And it is open 24
hours a day just for you.
YAH SURE
IN THE PROMTS COURT FOR THE TERRITORY OF ALASKA
THIRD DIVISION, HOMER PRECINCT
In the Matter of the Estate ) f
) No._
of Joseph Alonzo* Deceased ) " . ,
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned, Thomas H. Tice, was on the 22 day
of July, 1955, by an order of ths above entitled Court appointed administrator of
the estate of Joseph Alonzo, deceased; and that he thereupon qualified as such admin
istrator in the manner required by law, and all creditors of, and persons having
claims against said decedent are hereby required to present their claims, with the
necessary vouohers, within six months from the date hereof, to the undersigned ad
ministrator at Homer, Alaska, which office the undersigned hereby designates as his
place of bysiness in all matters connected with the said estate.
DATED at Homer, Alaska, this 22 day of July, 1955.
signed: Thomas H. Tice
Administrator of the Estate ef
Joseph Alonzo, deceased