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Ser^te Bil3. 48, the measure which would
hKVe financed the construction of Seldovia’s
airport, died in committee before the, legis
lature adjourned, as you read last week.
Accounts of the last-minute work on the
bill reported that three separate times a
committee "/as appointed to draft a compro
mise measure which would include enabling
legislation necessary before cities in the
territory can make use of Federal funds.
But because "tempers were short in the
closiny hours of the legislative session" as
one riporter put it, no agreement was reach
ed a*3d Seldovia, as well as anchorage, Dill
ingham, Palmer and Seward, to name only a
fe':* of the Alaskan cities which had'hoped to
build an airport with Federal money, are the
losers•
The 11 short tempers*’ of members of th8
legislature cheated the territory of an est
imated ten to fifteen million dollars in air
port improvements for this year alone, as
well as the additional business and commerce
brought into the territory by the developed
fields, which would have meant a 1 a^ge fi
nancial boost for Alaska, both now and in
the years ahead.
T”hen the tempers of a do-nothing legis
lature, such as the one which met in Juneau
this year, can rob the territory of millions
of dollars, it would seem a good idea to
select candidates with a little less expen
sive character traits when election time
rolls around again.
*
In fact, it would be a mighty good idea
for every Seldovian to keep a little mental
file tabbed airport, and inside that file to
list the names of-Barnett, •MeCuteheon, Sni
der, Gill, Bgan, Huntley, Pollard, 2nge
breth, Coffey, Rivers and Brownell for fu
ture reference# It ought to help us place
our marks in the proper boxes when that next
election comes off#
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DICKIE H TESTS
COOK INLET ON
ANCHORAGE RON
The first Seldovia
small boat to test
the icy waters of
Cook Inlet this year
left the city on the
morning tide last
Monday#
The boat was Harry
Kreuthfs Dickie II,
which left the waters
of Seldovia Bay at
4 ofclock Monday mor
ning •
The Dickie II was
expected to reach An
chorage late that af
ternoon. Passengers
for the initial trip
of 1947 were:
Chaplain Raymond
Mattheson, K. C. Pat
ton, Mrs. Lowell
Thorsness and Mrs. C. t
E. Epps.