T H u • RONTIERSMAN
Pnt*red as §e"On-i c;*?* m*t#r-r on Oct 21. 194" at the post off tee
at Palmer. Alaska, under the Act of March 2 1879
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VIRGINIA GALLANT
News Editor
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SHOWCASE OF ALASKA
The Matanuska Valley has been offered to Alaska
as the s te of the off>cal Alaska State Fair, through bills
«v V , I ave been presented in both the House of Re
presentatives and the Senate.
However, achon in the House was deferred to com
rr.ttee study and n the Senate the biii, although discuss
ed, was tab ed by motion.
With the heavy work load facing the legislators, it
a qu ie possiole tnaf rhe bills will remain "status quo"
unless the residents of the valley make their desires
known immediately.
S?a*e pair could have a permanent, pros
perous, and attractive home in the Matanuska Valley.
Tiie fairgrounds located in the City of Palmer, have each
year, been improved Tents and quonset huts of earlier
fa rs have been replaced with attractive, permanent con
crete and metal buildings. The only paved Go-Kart track
m the State is located on the grounds, as well as a quarter
nine siraight-away and a one half mile oval track for
horse racing. At the close of the 1961 fair, Alaska State
Fair, Inc., had fixed assets of over $250,000.
A state fair, located in the Matanuska Valley would
create year-round employment; would provide a big
boost to the area in tourist trade, and become a project
in which every resident of Alaska, and the valley in
particular, could take pride.
many years ago me rwaranusxa vaiiey ratr naa a
slogan they used, describing the annual Labor Day week
end fair as the "showcase cf the valley." Such a slogan
would soon change to the "Showcase of Alaska," if all
communities of the State would participate. An exhibit
from the King Crab industry of Kodiak; displays from the
oil and gas industries in the Kenai area; Alaskan fur
and ivory crafts from Kotzebue and Nome; gold and coal
industries from the Fairbanks area; the many varied in
dustries from the Anchorage areas; as well as scores of
educational ariu commercial displays from throughout
the state, would provide a centrally-located annual dis
play of Alaska's leading crafts, products, and potentials.
The State Fair, falling on the Labor Day week-end,
be a climax to the summer and harvest seasons.
The Chamber of Commerce, as well as various other
organizations, have many times asked the residents of
the valley to write our legislators, requesting their sup
port of legislature affecting the valley. Once again, resi
dents are urged to write or wire-AT ONCE—requesting
tr.ui .ne proposed bill, which would designate the Ma
tanuska Valley as the site of the Alaska State Fair, be
brought out of committee in the House and brought back
on the floor in the Senate, for action during this session.
It behooves each and every one of us to take a part in
securing the State fair for the valley. This will not be a
selfish gesture, modivated by economics alone, for the
vaney has much to offer as a beautiful site for the "Show
^r>se of Alaska."
ONE TITLE OFFICER
Are you tired? Do you feel awful? Rundown?
Overworked? Perhaps there is a reason why. We have
run across some absolutely irrefutable statistics that show
exactly why you are tired. And brother, it's no wonder
you’re tired. There aren't as many people actually work
,ng as you may think. At least, not according to this sur
vey, recently completed.
The population of the country is 160 million, but
there are 62 million over 60 years of age, leaving 98
million to do the work. People under 21 total 54 million,
which leaves 44 million to Oo rne work. Then, there are
21 million who are employed by the government, and
that leaves 23 million to do the work. Ten million are in
the armed forces, leaving 13 million to do the work.
Deduct 12,800,000 the number in state and city offices,
and that leaves 200,000 to do the work. There are 126,000
r, hospitals, Insane asylums, and other mental institu
tions, and that leaves 74,000 people to do the work.
But 62,000 of these are bums or vagrants who refuse to
work, so that leaves 12,000 to do the job. Now, it may
• nterest you to know that 11,998 people are in jail, so
that leaves just two people to carry the whole load. That
is you and me, pal, and I'm getting tired of doing every
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Letters to the Editor:
Dear Editor:
There are facts about the fin
ancing of the United Nations
that you should not fail to pre
sent.
The UN has three funds. The
i first is the General Fund which
pays ali the regular expenses
The budget last year for this
fund was $69 million. This sum
is collected from ALL of its 104
members in accordance with an
! assessment population, wealth,
1 and ability to earn foreign ex
change. U. S. A. stands at the
top of the list with respect to
the total assessment for this
fund. It is surpassed by Canada
with respect to per capita as
sessment.
Article 19 of the charter pro
; vides that if any nation should
be behind in its payments for
two years that nation will lose
its vote in the General Assem
bly. No nation has ever incur
red this penalty. Bolivia did
pass the two year mark but its
representative stayed away
from the Assembly until the
money had been paid. “China
has been responsible for over
three-quarters of the total ar
j rears. This is not surprising
l since that country continues to
| pay the fifth largest assess
ment, calculated on the basis of
mainland China although its
resources are limited to the is
land of Formosa. But even
China manages to pay before
Article 19 can be invoked.”
Until the two year period has
passed, no nation can be accus
ed of defaulting No nation has
defaulted.
The second fund is made up
of voluntary contributions to
Special Programs, for example
the children’s fund (UNICEF)
and the Expanded Programme
of Technical Assistance
(EPTA). The combined annual
cost of all these programs
amounts to more than twice the
regular budget. This fund is
strictly voluntary and depends
on the generosity of govern
ments and private citizen’s
groups throughout the world,
j Its outgo is limited by its in
| come. Contributions are an
| nounced at annual pledging
! conferences. Any nation may
! pledge any sum or no sum to
, any or all of the services. “The
' Soviet Union and other East
European countries ignored the
voluntary programs completely
until 1953. After the death of
Stalin, they not only joined
some of the specialized agencies
I but began to make contribu
j tions to UNICEF, EPTA, and,
in 1959, to the Special Fund.”
Their contributions have
1 amounted to less than 5% of
! the total, but at least there has
been a change of attitude to
! ward this fund. You may critic
1 ibe them for being niggardly
but you cannot condemn the
UN on this account. You may
give ten dollars to the Cancer
Fund and criticize your neigh
bor for giving none, but you
cannot justly condemn the
Cancer Fund because of him.
The third fund s the cause
of h tepresent difficulty. Twice
of the present difficulty. Twice
sembly has voted to send troops
to trouble spots. The first affair
was at Suez (UNEF) and not
expensive. The second was in
the Congo (ONUC) and very
expensive. Since there was no
fund to take care of this the
Assembly established a Special
Account separate from the
regular budget. There wa
great lack of agreement as to
how the money should be rais
ed. Assessment seemed to be
the best idea but all did not
agree. The Latin American
countries regard this assess
ment as a recommendation and
not a legal obligation. The So
viet bloc and Arab countries in
sist that "the aggressor must
oav”. Some, like Mexico, say
that the BIG FIVE should pav
:t all. Russia and France have
said that they will pay none of
it Most of the members have
taken refuge in ambiguity so
that by the end of 1961 only 25
had paid their UNEF dues in
full and only nine their ONUC
dues in full. Some others had
made part payments and guar
antee the full amount.
“Conscious of the necessity
of devising a more adequate
method of financing peace
keeping operations in the fu
ture. the fifteenth Assembly at
its final plenary meeting, de
cided to place on the agenda of
the sixteenth ssesion ‘as a mat
ter of prime importance and
urgency’ an examination of
methods for covering the cost
of ‘peace-keeping’ operations
and the relationship between
such methods and existing ad
ministrative and budgetary
procedure”.
The assessment system works
well for the regular budget, the
voluntary system for the spec
ial services, but something new
may have to be found for
“peace-keeping operations”.
“In the last analysis, the pro
blem of financing the UN is
not a problem of financing at
| all, but a problem of building
world community.”
I The UN got out of its depth
in the Congo. It now knows it
i cannot tackle military assign
ments until a firm policy is
'established for cost-sharing. II
: is to be hoped that the sixteen
th session will produce tha
policy. If it does not, it wil
have to forego military action
But that still leaves it with twe
HiWAY
CHURCH OF GOD
Rev. M. L. Cowdell. Pastor
Sunday School_10 a.m.
Morn. Church Serv. 11 a.m.
Evening Service—7:45 p.m.
Bible Study, Wed. 8:00 p.m.
Y. P. E. Friday_8:00 p.m.
Phone PI 5-3824
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UP TO $10,0CG " 'COME
Taxpayers having incomes up
to 510,000 may again use the
j simple card " rni 0A in fil
:ng their 1961 Federal inccmc
| tax return, Lewis J. Conrad
Director of I ternal Revenue
' for the Anchorage District, re
| minded today.
Taxpayers who have dnubts
about which form to use ma;
get Document No. 5107, “Filing
Your Tax Returns,” by calling
j BR 7-2151, or writing Box 1500
j Anchorage. Conrad said.
If you have any other ques
i tions about your Federal in
j come tax return, telephone
your local Internal Revenue of
fice at BS 7-2151 he advised.
The District Dire tor wishes
j to again rerm d taxpayers that
! all Federal tax reti-ns fir resi
I dents of Alaska are to be f led
| with the Anchorage ’"istrict of
I fice at 510 F.fth Avenue, An
j eborage.
AGE OF EXPLOSIVES
The manufacture of explos
ives is the oldest industry cf a
strictlv chemical nature in the
U. S. '
budgets financing a power for
j good on the earth.
Where I have made direct
: quotations they are from the
Carnegie report “Financing the
United Nations”.
Margaret Blom
Ed. note: Because of the
timely interest in the above let
ter, we are printing it in it’s
entirety. However, because o!
limited space, letters-to-the-ed
j itor should not exceed 30C
1 words.
Wasilla
Assembly of God
Rev Paul E. Riley.
Pastor
Sun. School 10 a.m.
Morn. Church Serv. 11 a.m.
Even. Serv. 7:30 p.m.
Prayer and Bible
Study, Wednesday 7:30 p.m.
Phone FR-6-3161
Governor Seeking ’49 Tax Refund Aid
Governor William A. Egan
has asked the Leeis'at rc *
prove a bill makim* "Oss c
the refund of a^r-”^-tr1
$65,000 in interest -aid unde’
the 1949 Alaska * f
The bill would era^t e- '
who have paid the
years in W’hich to a
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SET FOR "
All Elks ar ’ th
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for Fr;dav even n
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a at 6 p.r
I and the oyster
f om Kct.hi .
-> a variety f
Wester' mo t c ‘ the
-tates is Cape A
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funds.
In sending the bill to the
Legislature, the Governor not
’d that the Alaska Supreme
Court last year declared the in
terest to be u collectible as a
it arred bv a two-year
st iUte limitations.
;sa. ; the bill, the Gov
error said, “will place those
t avers who paid the inter
<_ • on a par with those who
r not.”
ST. JOHN
LUTHERAN
CHURCH
Rev. R. H. Fritz,
Palmer, Aloszo
Divine Services
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family Robinson
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Symbolic—
that's what I
this picture!
call
THE CHURCH FOR ALL.
ALL FOR THE CHURCH
The Chyrch is the greatest fac
tor on earth for the building of
character and good citizenship. It
is a storehouse of spiritual values.
W ithout a strong Church, neither
democracy nor civilization can
survive. There are four sound
reasons why every person should
attend services regularly and sup
port the Church. They are: (I)
For his own sake. (2) For his
children's sake. (3) For the sake
of his community and nation. (4)
For the sake of the Church itself,
which needs his moral and mate
rial support. Plan to go to
church regularly and read your
Bible daily.
The Robinsons don't go to my church—they
belong to another.
But I’ll tell you there arc no finer people in our
town than Cliff and Berta, and their kids, Polly and
Joe. They’re good neighbors . . . friends who’d stick
by you in trouble . . . people with standards, ideals.
And other folks around town feel the same way
about the Robinsons. Tradepcople say it’s a pleasure
to do business with them. Community leaders admire
the way they pitch in and help.
So I say this picture is symbolic. For if we’d stop
and figure WHAT MAKES FINE PEOPLE LIKE
THE ROBINSONS . . . why this whole town would
be in church next Sunday!
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Sunday
Matthew
5:14-20
Wednesday
Psalms
128:1-6
kursday
Proverbs
5:1-10
Monday
John
10:7-16
Tuesday
Mark
9:33-41
Friday
Romans
6:4-11
Saturday
Romans
6:12-18
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