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and treatment and would pro
vide modem hospitalization
and commitment procedures#
TIMBER BILL
Legislation returning to
the Territory for roads and
schools 35 percent of the
proceeds from the sale of
timber of lands within the
Tongass National Forest from
the special fund set up in
1947 by Congress was among
the bills sponsored by Dele
gate Bartlett# The so-called
Tongass Timber Act of 1947
allowing the Forest Service
to enter into contracts for
cutting of timber in the for
est in connection with pulp
mill development provided
that receipts would- be main
tained in a special account
in the Treasury until final
determination of land and
timber rights. At the end of
September of last year the
deposits in the fund totalled
$1^428,663, with the fund
being built up at an approxi
mate rate of $65,000 a month.
Delegate Bartlett’s bill
would treat these receipts as
usualN national forest re
ceipts which would return to
Alaska 25 percent of the
funds for the benefit of pub
lic schools and public roads
and 10 percent for construc
tion and maintenance of roads
and trails within the for
est. The remaining 65 per
cent would continue to go in
to the fund#
PASSENGER SHIPS
Passengers could be car
ried on Canadian sMps be
tween all ports in,southeast
OUR CASE
LOT SALES
SAVE YOU$$
HOMER
FOOD CENTER
ern Alaska until June 30 of
next year under the terns of
another hill introduced by
Delegate Bartlett# For the
past several years the Con
gress has from year to year
passed laws permitting the
carriage of passengers be
tween Haines and other Alaska
ports, betneon Skagway and
other points in Alaska and
freight and passengers be
tween Hyder and Alaska ports
and ports in the continental
United States. Delegate
Bartlettrs bill this year,
however, would expand the
right to Canadian vessels to
carry passengers between all
Southeastern ports since
there is no American passen
ger service.
OTHEH PUBLIC BILLS
Of the 41 bills introduced
by Dolegate Bartlett, 16 are
so-called private relief mea
sures for individuals in Al
aska, while 25 are known as
public bills. Among others
in the latter group are bills
to transfer the control of
the fisheries from the Inter
ior Department to the Terri
tory,. #vto extend the Federal
Import Milk Act to Alaska; to
authorize Labor Department to
report to Congress every two
years on labor conditions,
including cost of livir^ in
urban areas; to extend Alas^*
ka * s wo rkmen * s c ompens ation
laws to persons working on
federal property; to elimin
ate Alaska from the provision
of the Immigration and Na
tionality Act which requires
screening of all persons ar
riving in the States from Al
aska; to abolish fish traps
in Alaska for 55 years in
stead of 10 years as nor; per
GARBAGE DISPOSAL
Weekly Pickups Made
Phone 55
Or Sec Lonnie Scroggs
L & 17 TRANSFER
on Ohlson Lane
In business for over
Three Years
MOO NLIGHTERS”
STARRING
BARBARA SmmJCK -- FRED Me MURRAY
PLUS
ALASKAN SHORT
Friday Saturday Sunday
ONE SHOW NIGHTLYr
8 KM
SKYWAY THEATER
mittcd; to permit the sale of
gold on tho opon market and
to allow the exportation of
gold without duty, excise
taxes and permits; two mea
sures to allow the Court of
Claims to hear overtimo com
pensation suits of Alaska
Rond Commission and otter
government employees; to a
mend a law passed last year
redefining tho boundary be
tween tho Second and Fourth
Divisions; to eliminate 80
rod reserved spaces between
land claims on shore waters
in tho Territory; to allow
payment of transportation of
families and household and
personal effects of now fed
eral appointees resident in
Alaska who are employed to
work in other parts of tho
Territory; to pemit tho Sec
retary of the Interior to
provide public facilities
near the Canada-Alaskan bor
der on the Alaska Highway for'
use as offices of various
federal agencios there and to
provide facilities for the
comfort of travellers over
the highway; to allow the Al
aska Road Commission to con
struct roads, highways and
bridges through towns in Al
aska; to allow tho University
of Alaska to select mineral
lands, if desired, in connec
tion with the land grant
right allowed by Congress in
1929; to revise tho boundary
of Mount Mclvinloy National
Park to eliminate certain
storage and other undcalr**
able areas; and to permit
mining in ICotmai National
Park*
COMMUNITY CHORUS
.ILL PRACTICE 3V7CRY MONDAY
The Community Chorus ~ill
continue to prectico every
Monday evening at 7:30, ac
cording to Marian Kboppcl,
ehoir director# They Trill bo
-.7 or king on Sastor numbers as
noil as other special songs
for future use on special oc
casions# She said that three
non singers ucre present at
last Monday’s mooting of the
group#
HOMER
CLEANERS
OPEN 8 TO 5 DAILY
PHONE 56
SECOND GRADERS
ASSIST PARENTS
by Dorothy Johnson
Patty Stutes,Dennis OfCon
nor, Dorothy Hatfield, Ron
nie Parks, Sue Enzler, Marvin
Bellamy, Mike Pate, Georgia
Petersen, Dorothy Johnson,
Tommy Grogoire, Virgin**
Choate, Roald Ost,Tommy Tice,
Brad Nixon, Pom Waddell,
Bo tty Gjosund, Lissa Moc,
BCi.nl o Thompson, David Cho
quette, and June Harrington
helped their r.ommics and dad
dies this wookojsS by doing
such jobs as cashing dishes,
scooping and carrying water.
larry Slone is lucky to
have so many sisters# All he
did was play over the week
end#
All of us are reading li
brary books.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Homer Ne^s
Homer, Alaska
Dear Mr. Raver:
Will you please change our
mailing address from 1008
Western Ave», Seattle 4 to
•618J Union, Seattle 1, effec
tive immediately? The Alaska
Weekly#
I read every rort* of your
December 9 issue#••that hos
pital problem is surely a
"hot potato"»•.hope a satis
factory adjustment can be
made#.*•HEALTH is the main
thing... it* s the song that
counts, and not the sijager,
said the old Sourdough!
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Lulu M# Fairbanks
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Mr. and Mrs# Ralph Nichols
of Anchorage visited Mr# and
Airs. Burt Bachman over the
weekend#
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