AGRICULTURE A^RCTRIATION FOR
ALASKA
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The program set dem by the House for ag
riculture renoarch in Alaska has boon en
tirely revamped by the Senate Appropriate
Committee in reporting out'the 1948 Agri
culture Appropriation bill, although tho
or aunt of tho appropriation remains ap
proximately the sane.
Vre ill ar voted upon by the ilouso in
cluded a single appropriation of $144,940 |
for agriculture research in Alaska, in
cluding .’42,500 horotofcrc appropriated foj,
experiment station rork under the nuner
vicion of the University of Alaska and
Alaska’s share'of the Research and liarkct
irr Act of )l2,noo. The louse version
stipulated that the experiment station vorl |
mould be taken over by the Secretary of Ag- 1
riculture from, the operation vy the Ur.ivcr- '
sity of Alaska and that unexpended funds aj}j?
prepriated by the territorial legislature
for the experiment- station undertakings
mould be transferred to the Secretary of *
Agriculture.
The Senate has acted to maintain the ex- ||
pcrir..ent station rork under the supervisin' j
of the University by appropriating '42,500 i •
for tl is rork. In addition, it has rcc- • |
amended the appropriation of $100,000 to •;
enable the Secretary of Agriculture, throm !!
any agency of the Departnont of Apr icultur- |
he ray dosignato, "to establish and main
tain a program for research into the basic
agriculture! needs end problems'of the Ter
ritcry of Alaska!’ In so acting, the Sen
ate committee agreed mit-h the ritnos*os
mho apncared before it that the Congress
should not legislate to transfer terri
torial funds to a federal department. 1
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CUTOFF
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Transportation into the Interior by true]- i
has begun. A Trading Test located about j
125 miles up the Cut-off from uainos re
ceived a shipment of freight recently. It 1
.as brought Aj 'ho Cn"ad5an Pacific Steam
ship Cor ncmiy, landed at the Port Chilkoot
dock at H. ines and trucked over the high
’ay. The Cut-off is in c:d shape
A' the present t io.o the ’’orthland Trans
portation Company’s ’’Alaska’7 makes a rogu
1c: call every two weeks. Canadian Fac
boats also stop froouontly.
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the secret of education lies in res
pecting the pupil, it is not for you to
chocr.o what ho shall know and what ho shai;
do. Tt is chosen and foreordained, and he
c . y nolds oho key to his own ~ccrot.
—Sacra or
T'o host education in the world is that
pot by struggling to got a livir .
’Tor.doll Phillips
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