fOU KNOW.
i'Vf BEtN THINKING‘
4 story is told of a moth
er ifao became impatient with
fesr young son who often fell
out of bed, and she asked him
why it had become 30 common*
He said, "~ell, I guess I
just stay too close to the
getting-in place,," Doesn’t
that remind us of a lot of
church members?
Mr, "Meant-To” has a com
rade,
And his name is fDidn’t
Do’».
Have you ever chanced to
meet them?
Did they ever call on you?
These two fellows live to
gether . /
In the house of "Never
win..* ■ . v- \\
And Ifnr; told that * it is
haunted *' 'V*:: 1
By the ghost of "Might
Have-Been.-"1
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A thought fbr the week;
Many people* "Itch" , to have
things, bat they don’t have
the ambition to "scratch"'fat
them. v /
Bay Green, Church of Christ*
&EAVS3 FOR STATES ‘
Mrs*•-Erwin Becker., left
Homer Sunday 'for the States*
After a brief visit in- Liv
ingston, Montana she will
proceed to Minneapolis4 ere
she! will .receive medical at
tention. -’‘‘Mr. Becker and* son
Bruce expect to leeve Homer
in -Sopfeember ‘to join Mrs#
Becker^ They have been' oper^
ating’tbe ^eady" Hotel for the
past year* ;
WASHINGTON NEWSLETTER
By %ry Lee Council, Secre
tary to E. (Bob), Bartlett,
Delegate in Congress from
Alaska*
ALASKA ILGIilAHON
-Congressional action was
completed this week on two of
Delegate Bartlett’s bills,
one permitting members of the
territorial legislature to be
candidates for the state con
st! tut i oral co nvent ion and
the 8attend ailow! r.g t he Alas
ka Hoad Commis3:‘.on to con
struct roads tnrou^t munici-?
polities, in Alaska when such
roads vso.uld be part of the*
highway system^ v ..
Besides the two measures
, wh ieh have'gen© to the *White
House9 eight „ of Delegate
. Bartlett’s b'ills, were approv*
e'd by the House this week,
three of his measures were
reported to the House by the
Interior end Inailar..Affairs
Committee, one House*-approved
bill passed the Senate with
an. amendment, and three ad
ditional bills sponsored by
Delegate Bex fciett were re
ported to ‘the full Interior
Committee fcy its* ’territories'
. sub commit tee* .
k bill, - sponsored by.Gong**
ressmqn 0?BrieiT of ^ew York, •
receiving * -committee approval'
would give- a p'Seference tight
to the present ’ ’ holders of
land . adjoining . the present
highway withdrawals when such
withdrawn land' is restored to
entry*, .. The Interior Depart
ment,. #pending passage of the
legislation, has drawn up an
order abolishing tho 150
foot withdraws on each side
of the highways in Alaska and
tho O’Brien bill would estab
lish an easement or right-of
ray to* the government if de
sired on any of tho land
which would thus be rostored
to entry,, The contemplated
order in addition would re-'
duce the 300-foot withdrawal
on each side of the Alaska
Highway, thus restoring this
land to entry but reserving a
right-of-way to the 150-foot
stretches on each side of the
center line, in conformity
with the widths on the other
highways*.
COMMITTEE TRIP TO AIA3KA '
^t is likely that members
of the Territories subcommit**
tee on the House Interior and
Insular Affairs Committee■■
will travel to Alaska later
in the summer* r * *
Chairman Engle'has author
ized such a trip end sched
ules are to be arranged soon;’’
The committee* tfiich has more’
to do with Alaska legislative*
matters than any other, ■ will''
inquire into matters, under
its jurisdiction.. .Formal'
\ hearings will * probably be *
held,. at a number of points. *
It is believed tbs party will*'
reach Alaska about the first
of -September or shortly be
fore then.
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION .► '
CHARGES " . - •
Parties charged this week
in two complaints by the Fed
eral Trade Commission in
^conspiracies to restrain
competition" by fixing and
maintaining the price of crab
and crabmeat have been given
30 days to file answers xrlth
hearings to be held by the
3TC in Seattle on September
27 and 28,
The 6 anplai nts were filed
against fisheimen and canners
in the king crab and crabmeat
industry in the Kodiak area
and the Dungeness crab indus
try in the Cordovr region and
the following parties were
cited: ambers of the United
Fishermen of Alaska, -members
of Kodiak Fish Producers As
sociation, Island Seafoods,
Inc., of Seattle; King Crab*
Inc., of Kodiak; Kodiak 3ea
Foods labking Company of Kod
iak; Cordova District Fisher
ies Union; Copper Delta Sea
Food Co,, Cordova; Cordova
Fi*. afcfi Cold Storage Co.,
San Francisco; and H, M*
Parks Company, Seattle,
MILITARY PUBLIC UOS&S
Tne Senate agreed with the
House in approving military
public works construction in
1 ‘Aia^l® In the amount of
‘’$58,,6,95,100 in passing this
' •peek the authorization bill
'covering Army, Navy and iir
#orce ins taxations inside
' and .outside the continental
United States.
Included in Army projects
'was #469,000 for Yildwood
Station at Kauai and $>356,000
for,the Air Force to be spent
at kenai*
MOOSE SEASON is coming* Find
out ha: you can trin a moose
rifle at Sporter Anns Co,
4.
1
ALL OVER THE TERRITORY ..
ALASKANS'- ARE WAKING UP
TO THE BENEFITS OF
TRADING AT-HOME
Yes, all over the Territory ’pco'plc. ,arc making up to the ben
efits of trading at'home. They Jmyc learned the value of
keeping Alaskan dollars ‘ in Alaska*. , And Aloskan merchants
4'are.working harder to keop'th: ir stocks as'Complete and up
to-date as possible.
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By working together, as they are learning to do, the buyer
and the merchant both stand to profit personally and col
.lectivoly; they are»rcorking to make Alaska a'hotter place in
flhich to .livo and nt the same «time making the Territory
economically sound. ’’ .
Before you place your next order aith a Seattle or Portland
mail order houso, bo sure . tha t you "Have, cheeked the local. ,
•stores first for your needs.'* Your local merchant 'is your A*
neighbor - give him a chance to holp you first.
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