THE : ATAETTSIiA VALLEY ^lONEBP.
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Tack Allman, Editor - Publisher
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Because this is a "political
year” and because we circulate, to
a greater degree than any other ra
cer, the largest single group of
new voters to arrive in Alaska in
recent years, v/e have been repeat
edly asked just what our political
stand would be.
We thought we had made that clear
in our January 2 issue when we said,
in cart that we:”....must not be
partisan in our editorials.”
Fy that we did not mean that we
have no nolitice. Tre have. It was
intended to mean that we are not
out to make a 1 hurrahf party paper
of the PIONEER.
We do not consider it partisan
to be - as all Alaskans should -
grateful to the first administra
tion in 20 years which has recog
nized the value of our natural re
souces and made an effort to afford
those without wealth an opportunity
to profit by developing them.
We do not consider it partisan to
lend our support to a bill that will
take special privileges from the big
companies which have been exploiting
these resources. Wore these Repub
lican acts we would have nothing but
words of praise for them.
Delegate Anthony Dimond’s bill to
abolish fish traps is a measure too
important to Alaska to even bear the
semblance of a political issue. Our
former Delegate to Congress, Dan
Sutherland, (Rep) deems it so, and
has testified before the Fousc Com
mittee on Merchant Ferine and Fish
eries in support of the Dirnond bill.
We are not hunting for political
arguments, but so the readers of the
PICNEFR may have both sides of any
question we agree to publish any
communication coming to our desk un
lor the heading of TLetters to the
Editor.f Such articles must of ne
cessity be short and boar the wri
ter’s name. 1 rc , of course, reserve
the right of censorship.
As for our own editorials, what
ever appears under the masthead of
the PIONEER, as long as we arc run
ning it, will bo the expression of
the editor and not dictation from
any political machine, the Alaska
Rural Rehabilitation Corporation or
anyone else.
Our views are cur own...and they
are the honest view's of one who has,
first of all, the best interests of
_laska at heart.
Tnrirw'ihnrmrwTr
V/INTER T'TLLOV:s ^TEPE
55 BELOV: IB T*TE STATES
G. P. Qcarlett, father of Mrs.
Gilford Lemmon of Tract 128, is
from International Falls, Minne
sota, and the day J? announced
over the radio that it was 55 de
grees below zero out there he
mailed home some pussy willows he
nicked near the home of his daugh
ter .
It’s been so darn mild here we
have raid but little attention to
the thermometer, but we did see
42 above all one day last week and
haven’t noticed anything colder
than twenty above.
And won’t this be a tough year
to try and guess when the ice will
move at Nenana? Weather all over
Alaska has been running off form.
Your chance to bet you can
call the day, hour and minute will
be here very shortly for the Ice
Pool tickets will soon be making
their nnearance. Charles °hade,
nonulai sourdough mail driver, has
teen elected manager and now all
that remains is for some lucky nor
son to hit her on the nose.
Last year the net win was A62,
000 and was hauled down by a chee
chako who worked in a Fairbanks
drug store.
And don’t forgot the Dog Derby
Sweepstakes! Sven $2,000 is wort]
winning and the tickets are only
250 anieee. Drop in at the PIO
NEER office and take a few chance,::
Ten per cent, of what you spend
goes' for our Palmer Beauty tueen.
If you don’t win first you may
get in on some of the rest of the
cash nrizes. cecond pays $1,000,
third $500, Starters and non Start
ers are $250 and there are 25 more
prizes of r''10 each.
Come in...buy a tieket...maybe
you’re lucky.
If that delegation of colonistr
who called on us tho other day ov
er come back to me with their urea
osition we’re going to get a load
off our chest*
ceems they had something to no
noso to the editor, but before it
was nut directly uo to us they got
to jangling among themselves as to
whether it was two or three rows
of nerforations they wanted across
each sheet of the PIONEER. There
were a lot of unkind exnressions
about the kind of naner we use,
too.
lust let ’em come back end
sound off. 7.re’ll tell ’em.
Believe it or not, the PIONEER
is a newsnaner, and it isn’t try
ing to compete with the catalog
denartments of Nontgomery h'ard or
Sears and Roebuck,
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