Alaska’s Ship Of State Put To Sea
Shows Progress In Trial Runs-Wade
Alaska s State government is
making good progress in adminis
tering the affairs of the new State
during the transition period from
a territory, according to Hugh J.
Wade, Secretary of State, in a
speech delivered before the State
convention of the Loyal Order of
Moose, last Wednesday.
‘Alaska’s ship of state has been
launched and is now undergoing
a period of trial runs during which
the designers and crew are iron
ing out those areas of rough or
imperfect performance, much as
occurs when a new ship puts to
sea on its initial run.” Wade fur
ther .stated: “For the first time
all elements in Alaska's govern
ment are moving with dose co
operation, and responsiveness from
all anits.”
wade contrasted this with what
prevailed up to the time that state
hood came to Alaska. Udder ter
ritorial status, the legislators based
•their concept of government poli
ce/ on eluding the autherityjvested
in the governor, in whose selection
the people of Alaska had no voice.
"Our territorial government was
in the honds of a hodge-podge of
boards, commissions, and agen
cies,” Wade said, “bearing no re
spor db^ity to the chief executive,
and :n many cases, to no one, with
regard to policy or decision, fiscal
or otherwise. The re. ult was a
duplication of effort, inefficiency
and overlapping regulations.”
Wade called the Organic Act, of
1912 one of the most restrictive
ever imposed on a territory under
the American flag. “We could not
initiate county government; the
creation of a court system, how
ever nebulous, was forbidden; we
w$re not allowed to legislate with
regard to natural resources, fish,
game, or otherwise. Any plans for
a progessive state-wide building
program were still-born—stifled by
impossible restrictions on terri
torial bonding authority.”
The legislators had to start from
scratch in many cases, in meeting
these problems, he said. In out
lining the achievements to date,
Wade stated the Department of
Fish and Game fortunately was
organized before, and will be ready
to assume jurisdiction of this re
source January 1 ,1960. “The re
building of that (fisheries) re
source into a healthy and perpetual
status is a most challenging one,”
he said.
“Roads will be built by the De
partment of Public Works next
year at a rate more than double
that which prevailed under terri
torial status . . . Airports, their
construction and maintenance, are
now largely the concern of the
Public Works Department.”
Wade said he thought the legis
ators should be congratulated foi
achieving a balanced budget for
the first year of statehood—with
out the imposition of new or in
creased taxes . . . “Quarterly re
ceipts from withholding taxes have
held up and are ahead of esti
mates in spite of the industrial
blow experienced from the pro
longed construction tie-up this
summer.”
“Alaskans can feel an increasing
pride in a state government based
on the broad concept of what has
been rated the best constitution
in any of our 50 states,” Wade
said. “Alaska will achieve that ex
alted position in our Union which
destiny has reserved for us.”
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SOVIET ROCKET CHART—Dia
gram indicates how latest Soviet
moon rocket may get into orbit.
Soviet scientists are predicting it
will come within 4350 miles of the
moon. If it continues as scheduled,
it would pass around the moon and
head back towards earth and is
expected to come no closer than
1240 miles from the earth.
(AP Wirephoto)
3 Men Bag 2
A party of three men brought in
two elk from Raspberry Straits
last week.
The three men, John Bettes, Bill
Torsen and W. V/. (Bill) Stone,
found their elk “up very high.”
It took three days to pack out the
meat. They saw a herd of ap
proximately one hundred. They
were aboard the Parks 21.
DRIVING WITHOUT CONSENT
OF OWNER BRINGS SENTENCE
Deciderio Gloria was fined $50
and given a 5 day sentence which
Was suspended, for driving a motor
vehicle without the owners con
sent. '
pther arrests this week included
Willie Shugak, who was released
on $25 bail, which was forfeited,
on a drunk charge; Ted Panamari
off, on a drunk charge. He was
fined $50. Julia C'harliaga was
fined $25 which was suspended,
when she appeared before the City
Magistrate on a drunk charge.
4ih Is Son
A fourth child, Rodney Paul,
was born to Margaret Sarah and
Wesley Russell Smith, AC1, USN,
on September 30 at the Naval Sta
tion Hospital. The baby weighed
6 lbs., 13 ozs.
The Smith family is residing at
1634 Hemlock Street, Aleutian
Homes.
OUR THANKS
AND
APPRECIATION
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For The Many Acts of Kindness,
^ Hospitality and Co-operation
Expended by the
Good People of Kodiak
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Daring the State Elks Convention
The Kodiak Elks Lodge No. 1772
Training Program
For Den Mothers
The first of two Cub Scout Den
Mothers’ training programs will
be held Monday, October 12, at
7:30 in the National Guard Ar
mory.
All Den Mothers, Den Dads, par
ents of Cub Scouts, and all per
sons interested in Cub Scouting
are urged to attend the meeting.
Detailed instructions will be given
for Cub Scout programs, projects,
and adult leadership.
Optimism
The mistake of optimistic peo
ple is not in expecting too much
of the future, but in exacting too
little from the present.
First A Girl
Their first child, a daughter,
was born to Bonnie Rae and Lee
Melvin Onstott, SN, USN, on Oc
tober 2 at the Naval Station Hos
pital. The baby, who weighed 8
lbs. at birth, has been named
Terry Lee.
The family is residing at Bay
View Lane.
If everyone would have an an
nual chest x-ray much greater pro
gress against tuberculosis could
be made here in Alaska. Be fair to
yourself, your family, and your
neighbor. Have a chest x-ray when
the Alaska Department of Health
X-ray Unit visits Kodiak the week
of October 12.
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ST. MARY’S CHURCH
Rev. Raymond L. Talbott, S. J.
MASSES:
Sunday Hospital Chapel 6:30 AAI.
Church 8:30 and 10:30 AJd.
Holydays Hospital Chapel 6:30 A.M.
Church 7:15 and 8:00 A.M.
Daily Hospital Chapel 6:30 AM.
ROSARY AND BENEDICTION:
Sunday and Friday 7:30 A M,
HOLY HOUR:
Saturday Hospital Chape' 1:00 to 2:00 P.M.
CONFESSIONS:
Saturday Church 7:00 to 8:00 P.M.
Also daily before Masses
BAPTISMS:
Sunday 9-nn p m
SUNDAY SCHOOL:_ io:oo X.M.
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