New Yorker
Would Deny
Us Senator
Alaska would be denied one or
any senator upon reaching
Statehood if a resolution intro
duced in Congress by Frederic
R. Coudert, Jr., of New York,
should pass.
The proposal, in the form of a
constitutional amendment,
would have to be ratified by the
legislatures of threerfourths of
the states.
It provides that in the case of
any state admitted to the union
after the date of the amend
ment that Congress may pro
vide at the time of admission
that such state shall not be rep
resented by one senator, or two
senators.
Congressman Coudert has for
long opposed statehood for Alas
ka and Hawaii.
Illegal Beaver
Confiscated
Peter Cadzow and his son,
Horace, ran afoul of the Fish
and Wild Life Service at Fort
Yukon. On charges brought by
Wildlife Agents Ray Woolford
and Frank Chapados last week,
of taking beaver in the closed
season for Peter and of illegal
possession of beaver for Horace,
each was fined $50 by U. S.
Commissioner Magnus Marks.
ALL FARMERS PLEASE NOTE
Nearly 14.000 of the best ex
amples of Uncle Sam’s printing
ability arrived in the Valley last
week, via the Extension Service
mailbox. The printed paper slips
represent the soil conservation
payments for this year. The line
forms in front of the Extension
Office door, where checks must
be signed for, before they can be
released.
BATTERIES
yw FOR CAR, TRUCK
'AND TRACTOR
Heavy-duty batteries
built for extra starting
and staying power.
Co-Op Garage
Palmer
Highway Travel
Shows Gain Over
Last Year
During March, 678 cars, in
cluding buses, arrived in Alaska
from over the Alaska Highway,
according to the monthly re
port from the U. S. Customs
station at Tok Junction received
by U. S. Customs Inspector Fa
der in Fairbanks. In these 678
vehicles were 1,546 passengers.
In March, 1948. only 461 cars
came in over the highway with
1,212 passengers.
The newcomers, according to
the report, came from all parts
of the States. Their destina
tions were mostly divided be
tween Fairbanks and Anchorage.
Fairbanks Pioneer
Called By Death
George Phillips, Fairbanks and
Iditarod pioneer, who later
moved with his family to Malott,
Wash., where he had a ranch,
died recently, according to the
Alaska Weekly. Phillips, who
was in his early 70’s, made his
last visit to Fairbanks two years
ago when he and Mrs. Phillips
drove in over the Alaska High
way. The past winter he spent
with Mrs. Phillips in California
and had returned home shortly
before his death occurred.
Besides his widow he leaves
two sons, George and William,
and a daughter, Mrs. Oscar
Pitts, all in the Malott area.
Beaver Catch
Unusually Light
Beaver season closed April 1,
and from all indications the
catch was unusually light.
Wildlife Agent Ray Woolford
reports that the Game Com
mission had sealed only about
1,500 skins as compared to more
than 3,000 skins that were sealed
in the same period last year.
Lower fur prices that have
made trapping less attractive,
together with the unusually deep
snow combined to discourage
the taking of beaver this year.
Poppy money aids non-com
pensated Veterans and their
families.
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