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THE GOVERNOR'S VISIT
. he believe that most of the folks who took part in the
visit of Governor Heintzleman last Saturday enjdf\d them
selves« The Governor is a rather quiet man who is apparently
not given to politicking bi+t who has, for many years', served
the various departments of his government to ipJieJpe.st of his
ability* '
In all of his meetings with the various gffgups and at
the public reception the Governor said little that we did not
already know from reading the papers or from discussions with
other Territorial offi cials
However, he dvd make two remarks ^worthy of note,
At the Chamber of Commerce meeting the Governor lamented
the failure a.f Congress to pass the Republican sponsored
mental health (fill* [It was to him a tragedy that Alaska had
not been able~to get the 900,000 acres of land of their own
choosing offered by the bill- After worrying over the loss
of the bill for a while• the Governor went on to reflect that
if the Territory now owied the 200,000 acres and someone came
along wishing to establish^ 9 cattle industry in the Territory,
the Territory could sell him 5000 acres of land to help him
get a start, We wonder^ How many of our reader£ would sell
5000 choice acres of Alaskan land to someone to range a few
cows on* V>e wouldn’t, and neither would anyone else with a
sense of land values*
M the HbA board of Uirectors Meeting later he >toi,a wnaz
a sad mistake\.it was to have ever built the Eklutna project.
He paid that foresight was not used and that the power avail
able from the project was already sold, It would have been
better, he said, to have put the money into a larger project
somewhere else, Frankly, we believe that the people of An
chorage are mighty happy to have even Eklutna« We see by the
Anchorage papers that poorer consumers in that city will save
$475,000 next year because of Eklutna power The sum stated
does not apply to Chugach Electric Association consumers who
are now receiving a similar break in lower power rates, In
light of these cuts the Governor's words seemed rather hollow,
The Governor did say that it would be almost impossible
to put a hydro-electric development at Tustemena Lake because
of the Fish and Wildlife Service, The Lake is, it seems, a
major spawning ground for the salmon« This is rather a pec-\
uliar twist* of fate, The FWS seems determined to seriously
injure our fishing industry on the one hand by knocking out a
large percentage of the sjtnetters and on the other hand they
refuse to allow a hydro-electric project to be placed on one
of the finest sites in Alaska, No setnets, no fish; no power,
.no industry,
The Governor seemed to 4njoy his tour of the area, and
we understand, like most of the rest of us he was a bit frigh
tened Sunday morning when the earthquake awakened him from a
sound sleep. We hope that he wasn't frightened to the point ,
ithat he won't come back again for a visit<
DEMOS WILL WIN
'Next Tuesday the registered voters of the Territory will.
trek to the polls to elect their Territorial officers. By
that date most of the candidates of both parties will have
visited Homer at least once during the campaign, We'll go
along with Bob Bartlett who has predicted a "landslide vic
tory" for the Democrats,
We think that the people of the Territory will be able
tn that disunity is rampant in the ranks of the GOP, We
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think that the people will remember the ,promises made by the
GOP in ig52>and how they have failed to.carry them out,
However, there is one candidate, a Republican, who me
think deserves the support of all of the voters on the Kwnai
Peninsula, The candidate we refer to t s, of course, Jim Haw
kins of R ir.il chi k,':a -candidate for the House of Representa
tives* Re believe Jim Hawkins to be a Sincere and intelli
gent young man who knows the needs of the Peninsula and who
will fight for them* Jim 'Hawkins is a fisherman and has
assured us that he is very much opposed to the FWS rulings on
setnetters and will do everything possible to get those ru
lings changed,
Re would like to suggest when you go to the polls, first
go down the list of Democratic.candidates and take your choice
of any nine of the ten candidates listed there, They are all
qualified and will work for the good of the people of Alaska•
Then for you? tenth vote, cross over to. the Republican side
and check Jim Hawkins name.
One more thing. Ho matter how you vote next Tuesday,
please vote. A heavy vote represents the true voice of the
pttople. A Poor vote represents the voice of a powerful
m v i is * jf-%
TAKE OVER HOTEL
Hr. and tors* At Heady have
taken over the*'operation of
the Heady hoteli- last week
from Hr and Mrs- Alex Wright
who have been leasing it for
the past year * Alex is now
working * for PH A..' and ytors*
Ifright has flown to the states
for a visit* Al Heady, who has
been in the states, expects to
be back in Homer by October
to* . a- .
Mr* and tors* Ervin Becker
of Wadena, Minnesota are going,
to be employed at theu hotel
to assist the Headys*
SMITH FAMILY EXPECTED ...
The Bill Smith family is
expected to arrive in Homer
this week from Naknek, accor
ding to Jim Reynolds who sold
the Jack Mills place to the
Smiths. They have five child
ren.
ON BUSINESS TRIP l
Matt Thome expects to leave
this week for a seven-week
tour around the Territory*
Last week he visited Kodiak,
He is the Alaska distributor
for several stateside firms*
CANDIDATES HERE
Four Republican candidates
for public office were Homer
visitors over the weekend♦
They were Mrs. John Gorsuch,
Paul Robison, Gerrit Snider,
and Jim Hawkins«
Homer
Electric
Association
ALL BlLtS DUE
OCTOBER 10
SHIP SAILINGS DROPPED
The following announcement
concerning ship failings has
been received by Hythe & Son,
agents for the Alaska Steam
ship company:
*Calls at Homer and Seldovia
will be made once a month
through December, After a
Christmas (Ship to these ports
service will be discontinued
until early Spring unless
there is sufficient cargo of
fered to warrant special
calls♦
VISITS SEHARD
Jack LundeenAHEA engineer,
made a trip to Seward Friday
and returned to Homer Satur
day*
BONN FROM FOX RIVER
Dorothy Clifton from Fox
River was in town last week
visiting friends and taking
care of business♦
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