THE FATANUSKA VALLEY PIONEER
Published Thursdays
at Palmer, Alaska
Jack A1lm&n, Pub1i
sher and Editor
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elsewhere. Eor sale at Bert's
Drug Store, Anchorage.
That historic document, The Con
stitution of the United States ,
guarantees to its citizens religious
freedom, freedom of' speech, and
freedom of the mess.
Since the writer h3s just become
sole proprietor, publisher and edi
tor of the PIOYTTR, it is with the
last of this trilogy of ’freedoms1
that he Principally is concerned.
He annrcaches the task of con
ducting the neper humbly, realizing
full well what the task entails,
A newspace1 is a great many
things in a community, a city, or a
tovTn*. It is e. medium by which its
readers ere made cognizant of the
topics of the day - a trite nhrnse -
but yotor nev.;srae )r1 s duty is to col
lect and disseminate the things of
interest, that occur thousands of
miles away, as well as thos- events
which tahe n1rc 3 on your very door
s t ep s,
Your newspaper, if if is to be a
normal entity in the life, of this
c ommuni ty , m1 s t v.ir in t a i n the hi gh .j s t
standards of thw guild. It must t
...11 times endeavor to > ive its rodd
ers up-to-the-minute news with all
the accuracy possible• It must not
bo partisan in its editorials, md
it must be scrupulously careful in
all the advertising it carries. In
a word, it must adhere strictly to
the initial principles thrt endowed
this f•;rea t country 0f 01rs with the
’freedom of the cress,’ *'nd must
ever zealously yrrd ana protect
this important constitutional right,
given us by tbs. founders of our Re
public .
A nov/ year is now ~t h^-nd uni the
anramount issue before the people of
the United Stubos oroper end its
Territory of Alaska is whether or
not Mr. Roosevelt and the Now Deal
•■•.re going bo survive ns the deter
mining factor in our National end
Territorial oovornreont, or whether
some other political organization
with different idee.Is and a more of
fice clous cure-nil for our economic
and social ills is to prevail.
It is with this thought in mind,
"were us we ore of the fact that the
Mutanuska Valley has now become the
abiding place of hundreds of nev;
citizens, nil of whom will be eligi
ble to vote in the fall elections,
timt wo, boliovine it one of the
essential functions of a newspaper
to rrosont for renders the high
lights of both Nntion.nl and Terri
torial politics, run elsewhere in
this-issue nn article by Howard
Lynn , member of the Alaska Legis
lature ,
The project is still nev's out
side. This lest issue of the Sat
urday Evening Post curries the
somewhat innuendo-laden article by
Arthur Stringer which we hove a
waited since his brief visit here
1 -.st summer.
Arville Schalebon, who come up
with the second contingent of colo
nists , lived with them three busy
months end curried away e clour
cut mind picture of whet it is nil
■ bout, has e piece in this month1s
issue of the American 1'agr zine.
Kr. Schaleben tells in r. quite
readable manner .just whr t happened
luring that first trying neriod of
getting things started, re talks
of persons and circumstances with
w>iich h- is f'.mi 1 iar. ... r bit of
a novelty after wading through c
lot of this other stuff tin t has
boon -.Titten by overnight visitors.
And in the Anchorage Times for
December £6 is a long article by
on Anchorage attorney who minces
no words as he takes issue Tuith
some of the things said by liopre
s- ntative Zion check of Veshington
3V to. It expresses a comprehen
sive viewpoint on the Colony and
should be rend by every person in
terested in the project.
As you null soo by nnge 1,
this -issue of the PIONTSER onbrr.ces
numb c r s 19 and 20, R or son:- Ink
ordered in IIovenbr hus for somo
reason foiled to arrive or boon
mislaid with other freight. T'e mis
sed out on the issue of the 96th,
but try to ruske an by giving you
increased size in this number*
Thunks to the Alaska Railroad
use hem been sbl^ to borrow enough
ink to got :n,r out.
Tod Giblin strays fur from tho
truth in trying to justify his vol
untary return to tho Stotos, end
no doubt there era those who will
boliovo him. Would they if they
hod tho following slant on his in
tegrity?
St. Louis county, Winn., gyve
each resident who became a colonist
' - now r ange, matt r oss o s, bedding
and other household effects.
Giblin sold his non - stove to an
old settlor for £25.00, a trifle
moro that freight cost, saying that
he didnft dare soil the mattresses
as they bore markings which prohib
ited their sale. One St. Louis Co.
stove we know of was tagged £59.50.