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UJE'REOIG SELOGVIfi'S SIDE
Ther j has b^en a good djal of misunder
standing recently because of certain editor
ials which have appeared in The Frontiersman
during the past three months, i^s the result
of those editorials, we repeatedly are ques
tioned as to whose "side" we are on in this
community.
The Frontiersman has never been aware of
any "sides” in Seldovia. It seems to us
that there are just groups of people here,
as there are in any community, who agree or
disagree on issues as they arise. The
thought that there is a division of'interest
in Seldovia between industry and Workers is
pure poppycock. There are plans a-browing
which will be of-benefit to Seldovia as a_
unit,' -not to any special group within the
city, and any d-ivision of opinion on those
plans falls along the line o& individual di
fferences and not any group differences.
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W0 still fail to recognize how any indi
vidual or any industry in this town can be
so short-sighted as to dismiss a new plan
for improvement with the remark, "It won’t
help me any, so I don’t care, one way .or the
other." That attitude, and it does exist in
a far greater percentage of minds than v/o
like to think about, is the biggest obstacle
.to Seldovia’s 'advancement today* ,
Until we can begin to think in the "wo"
and "us", terms instead of the "f frame of
mind, we’re not - going to get Very far in
Seldovia.
Th<* Frontiersman believes, and will con
tinue to believe, that the*only criterion by
which any * new project should bo judged is
"Will it be of benefit ‘to Seldovia? Is it
something that will help to improve the
town?" nnd if the answer “ is yes, then The
Frontiersman will go to any length to push
that project into a finished plan.
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The Frontiersman has been criticized for
its short-sightedness in editorial policy.
People have declared that policy can result
in nothing good, and ib the end will be re
flected in loss of advertising, good will
and subscribers# May
be so, but The Fron
tiersman still feels
itself enough of a
part of the city of
Seldovia that we canft
help but think that
something which is
good for the city, in
the end will be good
for us, V/o want Sel
dovia to be a bettor
city* We would like
to see it advance and
' progress. Of course,'
wefd 'also like to ^
sell enough papers i
and advertising to
pay the rent .‘and >oat .
three times a day,
but we*re optimistic
enoiigh to believe
that if we can help
Seldovia get these
better things, then
better things will
come to us..
In conclusion, wo
would ^spjcially like
to have it remembered
-that Tho Frontiersman
novel* takes "sides"
against people* Wo
•have| and willj lino
up for or against any
. issue which crops up
■ in Soldovia. But
that doesn1t moan tho
very people wo may
fight in a garbage
issue? won?t bo stand
ing shoulder to shou
lder with us in a
combined effort to
get an improved power
or water system for
Soldovia.
, Wo1re doing tho
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