ROAD CONDITIONS
DISCUSSED AT
REPUBLICAN MEETING
At a recent meeting of the"’Re
publican Club held in Mt. View
the group on the present state of
Senator Gerritt Snider spoke to
Alaskan roads—some of fche causes
for the conditions— and future
developments.
The majority of money for road
building in Alaska comes from the
Federal government, he pointed
out. To receive money for these
roads ,a memorial must be sent
to Congress asking for the amopnt
to build or repair territorial roads.
“I have been editor or coreditor
on many memorials asking the
federal government for help,” he
said. We have asked for a road
to Cordova—to the tin mines
around Kotzabue—extension of
the road from Pittman to«Houston
where .there is coal and where
they will soon start drilling for
oil. Now there is agitation because
the federal;gmrernMent saw fit to
•cut the road building budget in
Alaska bysome eight million dol
lars.
The goverpme'nC said this cut
was made, Bni'der reported be-,
cause the 21st Alaskan Legislation i
failed to put on a larger license '•
tax on 60-ton trucks and made n6 '■
increase in the present gas tax i
Snider reported. Both of these 1
taxes are lower than those in any 1
state in the union, he added. “Is 1
it ar.y wonder* the Senators from (
states where truckers pay as high
as $1,000 a year for a license, ask 1
why the people of Alaska want {
Statehood but are tinwilling to a
help defray the cost and mainten- s
FIRE LOSSES —1935 through 1952
Fire losses, when measured in dollars, are at an alt-time high,
as this chart by the National Board of Fire Underwriters shows.
They have increased 3.3 times since 1935, when they amounted
to some $235 million. Cross National Product,’which is the
market value of all the Nation’s goods and services during each
year, at the same time has increased nearly five times—from
$72 billion to an estimated $343 billion.
mfyifiiui
W$:
i AVERAGE U
w 1944.-19.
i $62$, 564,2
MlB*&f A«£
$426,455, 792 ,
AVERAGE LOGS; M
1905-/943; 4.1
ance of Alaskan roads?” he asked.
In the 1953 session of the Alaska
Legislation, Republican Senators
af the Third Division were in faV- j
>r of aft increase .in license tax,1
^specially on the big trucks. A
>ill to. that effect was never pre
sented, Snider said, for it was
seen that it' had no chance of pass
ng. A bill to increase the gas tax
vas tabled against the objection
)f Senators Gorsuch, Robinson,
Jelty and himself, Snider report
ed.
‘‘The man on tne street does not
mow or- care much of what ex
•ired or happened in Juneau. He
rants results. When his car gets j
tuck in the mud he blames the
Road Commission—but mainly the
Republicans for not doing any
thing about it.
“Never before have the roads
ir. the Matanuska Valley been so
bad. Never before has there been
so little done on the roads. Farm
ers, schools, dairies all lost time
and money. It was a hay-day for
the wrecking trucks.
“The farming country is the
back bone of every community,
low can farmers take care of their
orders when they can not trans
port their fertilizer, chicken feed
Dr the many other things needed
on a farm.
“What can we do for these peo
pie who are not here for a short
working season but who have
faith in the soil and in the future
of Alaska—investing everything I
they have, hoping every year that i
maybe this year the roads will |
be better. j,
“Why not give t ehvalley what ■
money is or will be available to J
the ARC. The headquarters of the 1
ARC in Palmer consist of a couple <
of old delapedated fire-trap build
ings, not enough machinery to 1
maintain 217 miles of road and a c
skeleton crew. • j
“I believe we Republicans 1
could help by an investigation and !
organizing a meeting with repre
sentatives from Anchorage, a ,
farmer from Palmer and officials 1
of the Road Commission. Mai)/!
difficulties could be avoided. The
ARC blames the farmer for haul-1
ing fertilizer in the spring when
the roads thaw; the farmer blam
es the Co-Op for not having earl
ier delivery; the Co-Op blames it
on strikes or something else.
In addition to the group meet
ing. Snider proposed starting
school two weeks earlier to keep
the heavy buses off the roads dur
ing break up time.
Remember, he said in closing a
♦**********************.*
1 It Bettis' |
Have yOu noticed how wonder
fully the new cotton T-shirts can
be dressed up with a bit of Jewel
ry and worn with a skirt? The
ultra-fine knit of mercerized cot
ton are smooth and rich-looking—
comfortable to wear, easy to care
for. We have them in both Jan
tzen and Regina.
Another good buy and tops for
this weather, is in the new butcher
linen blouse, trimmed with cot
ton knit. They are in small, medi
um and large, and only $2.50—
:he budget will never notice! !
Our cotton anklet stock is good
jgain, with a fine array of colors
md white, starting with size four
or the very littlest of our Little
3eople, through size 11 for those
>f us with understanding.
If you haven’t yet gotten your
lathing suit and still want one,
lon’t wait too long. The Jantzens
ire going fast. We have a few for
he Sand Pile Set, too.
See you soon,
BETTY
good road is the life line for a
farmer; The road Commission is
doing the best they can with the
funds available.
PCVMTT
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