'Page 2 — The Frontiersman Thursday, June 14, 1962
THE FRONTIERSMAN
Entered as second class matter on Oct 21. 1947, at the post office
ai l aimer. Alaska, under the Act of March 3. 1879
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Publisher
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Newt Editor
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VES
A MATTER OF PERSPECTIVE
i Me hullabaloo over the cost of prescription drugs
is a fine example of how perspective can become dan
gerously distorted.
That has been made clear by the Secretary of the
American Pharmaceutical Association. As he put it,
People are willing to pay more to get a hangover than
’or an analgesic to relieve it." Testifying before a Senate
subcommittee, he called, "Per-capita expenditure for
Nquor is 54 annually, for prescribed drugs $12. Because
potent drugs cannot be dispensed on the average, and
because averages flatten people into cold statistics, I
don t put much stock in averages. But these put the prob
lem into perspective."
Pricing a drug is not so simple as the unitiated seem
fo think. For one thing, some of the most important drugs
have a very short life. Unless dispensed quickly they lose
their potency and become worthless. For another, great
numbers of drug research projects lead to exactly nothing,
and at a heavy cost to the producers. Obviously the
successful preparations must pay for the failures if we are
to have new therapeutic developments.
Finally, the proposal for reducing the life of drug
patents to three years, as against the 17 years which now
applies to all patents would, if enacted, be about the
surest way possible to undermine the great drug re
search programs. No one could calculate the grim effects
•of that on the future health of the nation.
STRAWS IN THE WIND
A highly centralized government creeps up on a
people slowly. In the United States it invades the various
states bit by bit. The people accept a gift from Washing
ton and in so doing lose a little more local independence.
Eventually states fall under federal authority in local af
fairs as federal aid extends from the cradle to the grave.
We have federal money loaning, federal housing,
federal planning for our future, federal farm controls,
federal taxes for travel, plans for federal medicine, feder
al electricity, etc., etc. Each one limits individual activities.
Just another straw in the wind of federal control of
the individual is the proposed federal tax on boats and
the elimination of the right to claim a 2-cent per gallon
refund on non-highway gas. The Oregon State Marine
Board claims the federal proposal usurps the prerogative
of states to regulate and license boats.
In the majority of measures which extend federal
authority over states, the people are not aware of what
ts happening to individual and states rights.
The boat license issue brings federal control right
nome to the individual so he can understand it. If it is
right for boats in a state, why not a federal license for
cars, marriage licenses, dog licenses, building permits or
any other -function now under state jurisdiction? It's
something to think about.
Houston News
By Kelly Palmquist
The A1 Nelson family were
gusts at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Basil Bryant on Saturday.
Edward T. “Eddie" Bouens
transferred his employment
with the Alaska Railroad from
the Palmer depot to the Anch
orage freight office. The family
moved from the homestead
near Nancy Lake to their for
mer home in Spenard on Mon
day. June 11.
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley McCut
•~.heon reported fun fishing
>ver the weekend in the Nancy
L,ake-Willow area.
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Mrs. Martha Wood wrote
from Kotzebut that she is pleas
ed with her job as a cook for
Wien Alaska Airlines.
Tom and Diana Nichols were
pressed into emergency service
as cooks at the Willow dance
Saturday night.
ARA PLAN APPROVED
FOR KENAI AREA
Governor William A. Egan
was this week advised of ap
proval by the Area Redevelop
ment Administration of the
over-all economic development
plan submitted for the Kenai
Cook Inlet area.
Word for the approval was
received from William L. Batt,
ARA administrator.
Approval of the over-all plan
is a necessary preliminary to
an area’s qualification for spec
ial assistance offered in the
form of grants and loans.
"THE RE ^ TOO
MUCH FARM LAND /
LETS PAY TO TAKE
SOME OF IT OUT OF
PRODUCTION
WE NEED AN
APPROPRIATION/
GOVERNMENT
IRRIGATION WILL
PROVIDE NEW FARM
LAND IN THE DESERT
— WE NEED AN
APPROPRIATION/
Either way,
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THE AMERICAN WAY
Two-Headed Freak
From National Review: “Add
to the list of prominent Ameri
can critics of recent UN actions:
James F. Byrnes, who belongs
to the group in the Roosevelt!
Administration that first con- i
eeived of the UN. and who was
appointed by President Tru-1
! nan first Secretary of State I
! and then Supreme Court Jus-'
| time. ‘The United Nations of!
! today is not the organization
: we sponsored in 1945,’ he now j
! concludes. The addition of 54 :
| member states since its found- i
j :ng has greatly changed its
■ purposes, Mr. Byrnes believes,
for while it was founded ‘to
maintain international peace!
! and security,’ the new Afro-As- j
! ian states seems to think its j
I primary purpose is to promote i
I colonial independence. If we j
are to continue our UN mem- j
bership. he says, we must en-!
force ‘the provision of the char- j
ter that prohibits the United
Nations from interfering in do
mestic affairs of a state. We
must also place less reliance
upon NATO and other regional
organizations of our allies pled
ged to the preservation of the
independence of free peoples.’ ”
Changes in the farm
program as proposed in
companion bills in Senate
and House, seek to ex
pand opportunities for rec
reation and fish and wildlife
on private lands, according
to the Wildlife Management
Institute. It is estimated that i
new techniques and greater j
efficiency will release about j
51 million acres from crop
production by 1980. The pro
posed Agriculture Act is de
signed to put these lands to i
constructive purposes.
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The American Medical Asso
ciation observes that there is
no cure for poison ivy, and
warns against wasting money
on quack cures. The best pre
caution against poison ivy, it
adds, is to know how to recog
nibe the plants and avoid them.
Any natural history book and
many encyclopedias have pho
tos of the plants. The main
identifying factor is the three
leafed twig.
WASILLA CHURCH OF CHRIST
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June IT to June 29
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IN THE
nun
Thursday, June 19, 1952
The city council telephone
committee was empowered last
night to take immediate steps
to procure a temporary emer
gency “outside” plant and to
obtain the telephone switch
board offered by Anchorage
some months ago.
Construction started this
week on the First Baptist
Church of Palmer with exca
vation at the site on the cor
ner of Matanuska Street and
Gulkana Avenue. Rev. A. V.
Richey is the pastor of the
local congregation, which has
been holding Sunday services
in Carpenter's hall for more
than a year.
* * *
Swift action on the part of
the Palmer School District re
sulted today in the beginning of
a new $26,000 addition to the
present school.
* * *
City council members agreed
last night that the responsibil
ity of the community in polic
ing activities is properly con
fined to the streets and similar
public property. Local bar
roms and saloons are expected
to maintain order within their
establishments. Police Chief
Bernie Bouwens was instructed
to take over only when and if
disturbances overflowed into
the city’s streets.
* * *
A budget for Palmer School
District's fiscal year 1952-53
was approved at last night's
Council meeting despite an
indicated deficit of some $22,
000. The Council voted unan
imously to appropriate $5,000
from the general sales tax
revenues to the School Board
to make up at least a part of
the estimated deficit.
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Members of the St. John's
Lutheran parish had a potluck
lunch following last Sunday’s j
service. It w-as followed by ]
games and contests for the chil
dren.
Scheduled for Sunday. June
29, is the annual United Protes
tant Church picnic, which will
oe neia inis year in ine r iaim
Clark pasture on Lazy Moun
tain.
* * *
Edward Cope, son of Mrs.
Margaret Cope. Palmer, has
received his appointment to
West Point Academy. He will
report ior duty July 1.
* * *
Alba Brooks left Palmer
Monday evening for a flying
trip to Seattle and Portland on
business. He plans to return at
the end of the week.
* * •
The Ed Smith family moved
last week out to the Butte area,
where they have purchased 80
acres of the former Newville
arceage adjacent to the McKin
ley farm.
* * *
The Yukon Presbytery Camp
at King’s Lake this year will
include three camping periods
between the dates of July 3-17.
SPACE AVAILABLE FOR
BUSINESS PARKING
There is still a little parking
I space available to business peo
ple in the alley behind Betty’s
Dress Shop, Betty Mears, pro
prietor, said this week. One
hour parking is now being en
forced on Valley Street.
Stuboorness is more of a
sign of weakness than strength.
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Wasilla
! Assembly of God |
Rev Paul E. Riley,
Pastor
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*Sun. School _10 a.m.J
^Morn. Church Serv. 11 a.m.*
*Even. Serv. 7:30 p.m.*
* Prayer and Bible
J Study. Wednesday 7:30 p.m.;j;
* Phone FR-6-3161 %
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LAND BILL GETS FAVORABLE REPORT
Assistant Secretary of the
Interior Carver submitted a
favorable report this week on
Senator Bartlett’s bill to pro
vide a program of agricultural
land development in Alaska.
The measure, which is pend
ing before the Senate Commit
tee on Agriculture and Fores
try and upon which a favorable
report has been received from
the Agriculture Department,
would provide a $1,250,000 pro
gram for development of farm
land with assistance for such
things as clearing, draining,
shaping and otherwise condi
tioning land for crop and pas
ture production.
“We recognize,” said Secre
tary Carver, “that many diffi
culties impede agricultural de
velopment in Alaska. Studiei
by the Alaska Agricultural Ex
perimental Station indicatt
that the limitations on pro
duction involve, in addition tc
on-the-farm problems, trans
portation, processing, packing
and marketing facilities. The
cost of conditioning land in Al
aska is an expensive operation.
Labor and equipment costs are
very high. Although the pro
gram authorized by the bill
would affect our responsibilit
ies indirectly, we favor full
development of the natural re
sources of Alaska in accordance
with sound conservation princi
ples.’
ST. JOHN
LUTHERAN
CHURCH
Hey. R. H. Fritz, potior
Palmer, Alaska
Divine Services 11:00 A. M.
Sunday School 9:45 A.M.
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Sundiy
Genesis
24:58-67
Monday
Isaiah
61:8-11
Tuesday
Ephesians
6:21-27
Wednesday
Ephesians
6:28-33
Thursday
Proverbs
31:10-20
Friday
Proverbs
31:21-31
Saturday
Revelation
21:1-4
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Tn a moment, the organist will
strike a chord. There will be a sudden
hush in the church, then the strains
of the wedding march will peal forth
and she will take her father’s arm
and start up the aisle, her measured
steps symbolic of the very real hesi
tation she will be feeling.
She would not be human if she
did not hesitate. These steps she is
about to take are the most important
steps of her life. She is poised on
the threshold of another existence in
which the pronoun she uses will be
“We” and not “I” Soon she will
learn to think of another before she
thinks of herself. Presently, she will
come to know fully the meaning of
the word “share.”
As she moves forward, she falters
for just a second. Then her step be
comes sure, her lips curve in a smile.
The church through which she walks
is dear and beloved to her—and so
is the man who stands waiting for
her beside the altar. Her marriage,
blessed by faith, is beginning where
all marriages should begin—in the
Church.
THE CHURCH FOR ALU . . .
ALL FOR THE CHURCH
The Church it the greatest factor
•n earth for the building of char
acter and good citizenship. It it a
storehouse of spiritual values. With
out a strong Church, neither de
mocracy nor civilization can aur
vive. There are four sound reasona
why every person should attend
services regularly and support tha
Church. They are: (1) For hia
own sake. (2) For his children'a
sake. (3) For the sake of his com
munity and nation. (4) For tha
sake of the Church itself, which
needs his moral and material sup
port. Plan to go to church regu
larly and read your Bibla daily.
The Following Business Establishments Are Contributing This Series of Advertisements
the Churches of Matanuska Valley
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