THE FRONTIERSMAN
Entered as second class matter on Oct. 21, 1947, at the post office a*
Palmer, Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
A. J. DeJulio
Editor —
_Owner-Manager
_Virginia Gallant
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Framing A Constitution
For the State *f '’•'ska
By Ben Hitchcock
In spite of efforts to postpone
argument over statehood until
we see what kind of a constitu
tion we will have to vote upon,
the statehood issue will keep
cropping up.
People continue to ask, “But
where do you stand on state
hood?”
I believe that the word “state
hood” in itself is meaningless, un
less it is considered in connection
with a specific constitution and
a specific act of Congress. The
terms and conditions or either of
these could completely alter the
kind of government we might
have under statehood, and its ef
fects upon us as individuals.
No two of the 48 United States
have identical governments.
Therefore, it seems premature to
decide on statehood until we see
what is inside the package.
The next question that comes
up is: “How are we going to pay
for statehood?”
This question is based on the
assumption that statehood auto
YrLati/^allv rest a certain, de
finite amount per year, and can
not be supported for less. Not
necessarily.
The cost of state government
is not fixed. It could vary by
millions of dollars per year, with
out breakdown. It would depend
partly upon the size and charact
er of the structure set up in the
state constitution; partly upon
the number and kind of services
the state government would pro
vide.
With iboth of these factors
firmly within control of the peo
ple, the people could decide for
themselves how much they want
i ed to spend for statehood, de
pending upon their ability to pay.
If we are to have a simple gov
ernment, with control ov£P
spending, it must start with pro
visions in the constitution, such
as initiative and referendum, to
give us a direct vote on issues.
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New Minister
Arrives at
St. John’s Church
The Rev. and Mrs. Einar Bach
and their five children, formerly
of Grangeville, Idaho, arrived in
Palmer Tuesday night and have
taken up residence in the manse
of St. John’s Lutheran Church.
Rev. Bach recently accepted a
call to the local church and will
preach his first sermon Sunday,
August 28 at the 11 a.m. service.
During the afternoon of the
28th a reception for the family
will be held in the church from
2:30 to 4:30 p.m. Cake and coffee
will be served.
Special installation ceremonies
will be held Sunday evening at
8 p.m. with Professor Arthur
Wahlers of Concordia College,
Portland, officiating. All church
members and interested persons
are invited to attend any or all
of the planned Sunday programs.
FALL SEMESTER
OPENS AT UNIVERSITY
SEPTEMBER 14
Fail semester instruction at the
University of Alaska will com
mence Wednesday, Sept. 14, Dr.
Neil W. Hosley, dean, announced
today.
Registration will be from Sept.
12 until noon, Sept. 13. Orienta
tion for all new students is sched
uled at 1 p.m. Sept. 10. Second
semester freshmen who failed to
take the tests when they enrolled
in January, 1955, also are requir
ed to take the tests.
With the right set-up, plus the
federal funds that would be
available to Alaska as a state, but
are now withheld- it might even
be possible to operate a state gov
ernment for less than we now
pay.
Impartial research is needed
on this subject.
We can't avoid coming back
to the point, “What kind of state
hood?” Which means, “What
kind of a constitution?”
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Horticulture Tour
Pronounced Success
Over 100 home gardeners and
truck farmers attended the an
nual horticultural field day at
the Matanuska Experimental
Farm August 17. Few came from
so far away as homesteading
nursuryman Fred Bailey and his
wife, of Kenai. A large number
from Anchorage attended as well
as Valley gardeners from Sutton
to Big Lake, all to view results
of the year’s vegetable produc
tion research.
Great interest was shown in
experiments to control quack
grass in potatoes. Horticulturalist
Curtis Dearborn recommended
seven pounds active ingredient
per acre of the chemical weed
killer, Dalapon. Dr. Dearborn in
dicated that very effective con
trol of the potato grower’s troub
lesome weed pest could be ob
tained by this method.
Commercial growers were im
pressed also with the recom
mended 15-inch spacing of cab
bage plants in rows three feet
rwnrliinaH IipqHc nf
the best size for marketing.
Home gardeners were most in
terested in strawberry breeding
experiments exhibited by Dr.
Richard Foley. Station scientists
have been working to breed a
red-fleshed, winter-hardy straw
berry for Alaskan markets. Work
has been in progress for several
years to improve the hardy Sitka
hybrid strawberry by cross
breeding with red varieties. Fol
ey indicated that he is “very op
timistic” about the chances for
success.
A view of ornamental shrubs
and several apple trees with rip
ening fruit on them completed
the tour.
“A real success,” said Dr. My
ron F. Babb, head of the Station’s
horticulture department, of the
tour.
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SUTTON SALLIES
Flach and Rueffer
Danny Corey, son or Jack Cor
ey of Chickaloon, is in the San
Francisco, California hospital fof
treatment. He has had one oper
ation on his leg and will soon
have another, from the results of
polio.
Mrs. Katie Wade and Mrs. Bea
, trice Huff have just returned
from Hospitalization at vaney
Presbyterian Hospital in Palmer.
We are happy to see them both
up and around.
Noirine and Buddy McPherson
picked strawberries from their
patch to give to Mrs. Mary Shag
inoff who is still in the Anchor
age hospital. Mrs. Shaginoff ap
preciates visitors,. Her son Burt
pulled us off our road as we
were straddled on the edge with
the car.
The early frost in this locality
made quick harvesting of the
beans ,peas, potato s, and A few
outside tomatoes which the ad
venturous had planted.
Mr. and Mrs. Allen Ritchie
came up to our Homestead with
their telescope and viewed sheep
on the Talkeetna mountain range.
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ELECTION SUPPLIES
ARRIVE IN PALMER
Ballots and other forms for the
Territorial special election to be
held September 13, were receiv
ed in Palmer last week. Sample
ballots are among the supplies
and may be viewed at the office
of The Frontiersman, U. S. Com
missioner and other spots in Pal
mer.
Listed on the sample special
election ballot, for the Election
District No. 16—Palmer, Wasilla
and Talkeetna Recording Dis
tricts are three names: HITCH
COCK, Ben, HURLEY, James J.,
and SNODGRASS, M. D. Voters
of District No. 16 will vote for
one to the office as delegate from
Election District No. 16.
Election District 22—The Ter
ritory of Alaska at Large, lists
23 names from which voters will
be asked to chose seven. They
are: ARMSTRONG, R. Rolland,
BAILEY, Eben Gordon, BELTZ,
William E., COFFEY, Edward D.,
DeBRUYN, Jerome L., GILLAM,
Byron, A. GORDON, William J.,
Jr., GREUEL, Richard J., HER
MANN, Mildred R., KEATING,
Clarence P., Jr., LINCK, Alaska
S., McCUTCHEON, Steve, NOD
DALE, Katherine D., PAUL, Wil
liam L.,' RIVERS, Ralph J.,
SHELDON, Robert E., STAB
LER, Howard D., STEPHENS,
Hadley, STUART, Alice, SUN
BORG, George, TAYLOR, War
renA., VAN HOUSEN, J. H. and
WEIR, John M.
In the Third Judicial Division
(Election District, No. 18) 32 nam
es appear on the sample ballot.
Voters will be asked to vote for
12 from the list, which is as fol
lows:
AWES, Dorothy J., BOYKO,
Edgar Paul, BROWN, Harold F.r
BROWN, Herbert E., BUCKA
LEW, Seaborn J., Jr., CLARK,
Jesse M., CRUTHERS, William
S., DAVIS, Edward V., EGAN,
William A., ENCELEWSKI, Mr.
Marion A., ENGREBRETH, Ar
thur L., FISHER, Mrs. E. A. (Hel
en), FISCHER, Victor, FREY,
James D., CERARDY, F. (Jerry),.
HAIK, Vernon E., HARRIS,
Frank W., HELLENTHAL, John
S., HONG, Joseph S., JOHNSON,
Dr. A. Holmes, JONES, George
R., KENDALL, Mrs. Mae, and
KERBY, Elizabeth (Betty). Also:
BANNED, H. J., LeFEVRE,
John S., LIGHTWOOD, Milton
H., Jr., McFARLAND, Mrs. Ro
bert E., MCLAUGHLIN, George
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SMITH, William, MARSTON, M.
R;, MARTIN, Laron P., .MEARS,
Betty, PARKS, Cloyce, POUL
SEN, Chris, RIVERS, Victor C.,
SIMON, Charles L., SORENSEN,
• Frank, STEEBY, Carl H., TAT
RO, Reese, WALTERS; Dorothy
Tyner, WHARTON, Thomas A.,
WHITE, Barrie M., Jr., and WIL
SON, T. Stanton.
Voting in Palmer will take
place September 13 at the Co-Op
club room from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
FRONTIERSMAN CLASSIFIEDS
ALWAYS BRING RESULTS
Forester Urges.
Plowing Fire Line
Now for Spring Burning
All persons planning to do
burning next spring, particularly
around or near buildings, are
urged to get a line plowed npw
around the area to be burned.
William Adams, forester at the
j Palmer Fire Guard Station said
this week that anyone desiring
| advice on this suggestion is in
vited to contact him at the Sta
tion. __
Specials at
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TUNc-UP ALL SIX CYLINDERS $12.50
Includes — clean, re-gap and test plugs,
adjust points, set distributor, dwell and tim
ing; clean fuel pump sediment bowl; check
fuel pump pressure and vacuum; check bat
tery gravity; clean terminals and adjust
valves on all engines with overhead valves
not equipped with hydraulic lifters
V-8 * or STRAIGHT 8 $17.50
Our Service Deportment will be closed
from Friday noon until Monday morning
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