^friter Urges Long-range View
In Preserving Alaska’s Wildlife
National Wildlife Week ends to
day. It probably passed unoticed
by the majority of Alaskan^ as
well as Americans generally.
Specifically Alaska had much to
gain from its observance, especi
ally if the heritage that is ours is
borne in mind every day of the
year and in the years to come.
The following remarks are
from the pen of Dr. Olaus J.
Murie, nationally known biologist,
naturalist,, artist, writer and out
doorsman, who has lived and tra
velled extensively in this vast
State. The views expressed are
particularly appropriate at this
time because of Statehood when
we will bear more and more the
responsibility of preserving this
heritage, and the opportunities
we have in doing so.
Alaska still has, m a great mea
sure, the wonderful possibilities
of a new country. Fortunately, and
more than in other frontiers, there
are so many of its citizens who
know this, and want so earnestly
to hang on to the frontier values
inherent in this “great country.”
There are the deer of the south
ern coast, the mountain goats, the
Alaska brown bear, the sea otter
and other marine animals. There
are the unique mountain sheep,
the great caribou h*rds, the
mOose, the grizzlies of the interior;
the foxes and all the other carni
vores. And the richness of the
bird life—and the salmon runs
Nowhere on this continent do
we now have this richness of wild
life still remaining. And, what is
more important, we still have the
beautiful environment in which all
these animals live.
A stuffed animal is of some
interest as showing what was once
alive. But it does not compare with
the human experience of climbing
a mountain, or packing into back
country and finding there the
mountain sheep, caribou and griz
zly roaming freely and making
their lives as they have always
done. And think of the grayling
fishing in a lake back among the
mountains!
Through carelessness and pre
occupation with other things we
have allowed all these intangible
wildlife values to be destroyed in
so many of our states. We have
laid waste so much of our land.
As we of the more southern
states, at this late date, are now
viewing the disastrous results of
thoughtless and ignorant exploi
tation centuries ago in the far
eastern countries of the earth,
Alaskans can now take stock,
study the great mistakes we have
made, and still are making, in the
older states; and do better for . the
development of a worthwhile Alas
kan culture. Attention to high
standards of conservation of wild
life, the best ideals for hunting
and fishing, and all kinds erf out
door living, all of* these tend
toward a virile, meaningful way of
.life. * ''If . . '
There are a great many Alas
kans who understand these things.
They are waking progress in pub
lic understanding of these intangi
ble wildlife values. We can only
hope that those people, individuals
as well as organiaztions„ can be
heard, and that their unselfish
and well informed programs will
be given careful attention in this
new state so that the wildlife
administrators may be non-politi
cal and objective for the perpetu
ation of real Alaskan values.
May Alaska always remain
Alaska.
The Community Baptist Church
“The Big White Church on the Hill”
REV. JOHN MOLLETTI, PASTOR
Sunday School—9:45 a.m.
Morning Worship—11:00 a.m.
Youth Fellowship Groups—6:30 p.m.
Evening Worship—7:30 p.m.
Mid Week Service—7:30 p.m., Wednesday
“Holding Forth the Word of Life”
ST, MARY’S CHURCH
Rev. Raymond L Talbott, S. J.
MAKSES:
Sunday Hospital Chapel 6:39 A.M.
Church 3:30 and 10:30 A.M.
Hoi yd ays Hospital Chapel 6:30 A.M.
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DaCy Hospitrd Chapel 6:30 A.M.
ROSARY AND BENEDICTION:
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Kim Clark In N. Y.
At Wildlife Conf.
Kim Clark* biologist formerly
with the Fish and Wildlife here,
attended the North American Con
ference in New York recently,
where he read a paper.
He is enroute to Kodiak, and
visited in Washington D. Q. with
Senators Gruening and Bartlett,
NURSES CONFERENCE TO
STUDY MATERNITY AND
INFANT CARE
JUNEAU, MAR. 16, 1959-- Ma
ternity and infant care is to be the
subject of intensive lecture and
demonstration sessions for Alaska
Department of Health nurses
April $ through 10 in Anchorage,
Miss Helen Hartigan, ADH- nur
sing chief,, announced this week.
Tliis will be the first conference
held for ADH nurses since 1951,
Miss Hartigan said, and new tech
niques and information for use in
their work as well as refresher
material will be presented.
Out-of-state consultants on the
program will be Miss Ruth Doran,
Maternity consultant of Washing
ton D. C.„ and Miss Marie Goik,
regional nursing consultant from
San Fr.ancisco, both of the U. S.
Children’s Bureau.
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Q. Are widows or children who
receive Social Security checks re
quired to report their earnings
to the Social Security. Adminis
tration?
A. The are if they earn over
$1230 during the year. This re
quirement applies to everyone to
whom Social Security benefits are
payable.
Q. My husband recently passed
away. Although we had been
married for four years, we had
no child ran. However,'I have two
chi] -run who are under 13, from
a t ww-ms marriage. These child
ren were living with their stop
father at the time of his death,
rr- I 'v oider if I can receive any
Social Security benefits on bis
Social Security account?
children were never adopted by
their step-father.
A. They certainly con. Step
children qualify for survivor hero
fits just the same as natural
children or adopted children. As
suming your husband was insured
at the time cf his death, both
children will be able to receive
a benefit and so will you.
If you have any problems, con
cerning Social Security, contact
our Social Security Administra
tion by writing Box 1331, Juneau,
Alaska or visit Room 519 in the
Juneau Post Office Building.
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