THE FRONTIERSMAN
Entered as second class matter on Oct. 21. 1947, at the post office af
Palmer, Alaska, under the Act of March 3. 1JF79.
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Editor_Virginia Gallant
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j UTTERS Tfl
| THE EDITOR |
Wasilla, Alaska 0
November 5, 1955 ]
Ikiifcr
The Frontiersman
Palmer, Alaska
From your valuable paper we
learn that the meetings of the
League of Alaska Cities is now
past history. One of the main
problems of course was to find
ways and means to prevent the
'cib&rwlonment of certain farm;
roudii in the Matanuska Valley.
Everyone knows that the sur
rounding farming country is the
tarkbone of every city in the
workl—which includes Anchor
age and Palmer; and that it takes
money to build and maintain
roads.
Mr. Niemi suggested to ask for
support in getting Alaska includ
ed in the Highway Act. The .Lea
gue voted to ask Uncle Sam for
annual appropriation of $25,000,
000 for the Alaska Road Commis
sion and another sum of $10,000,
000 for Alaska Public Works. To
be popular and be on. the good
aide is to promise a lot of money
and then find someone to pay the
bill And the goat is the Federal
Government. We have come a
long way, when we lived in a
tent jn the winter with candles
for. light*.
When Alaska first was opened
to settlers at that time a home
stead of 160 acres or more could
be had for the asking. Free seeds
were given the new fanners.
Hoads and a railroad was built by
the* Federal government at the
I cost of millions of dollars to open
I up Alaska.
We were a free and happy peo
ple. But with the advance of civ
ilization we got better roads, elec- j
trie lights, better homes, and sch
ools. Also politicians and taxes.
No one denies the fact that we
have to pay taxes. But the law
tells us that we should put the
taxes on those who best can af
ford to pay them.
One time yours truly proposed
a Bill to put a license tax of
from $500 to $1000 on trucks of
60,000 tons. This Bill never found
the hopper, reason? Impossible
to pass. It was proven that in the
States that much is payed for
trucks of the weight and size
but Alaska charges them $75,
while the farmer who hauls his
own produce pays $25 for a two
ton truck. We howl about road
conditions but are unwilling to
pay for the maintenance of the
roads built by Uncle Sam.
Yet, we want Statehood, re
gardless that we ask for help for
the fishermen and the Indians;
for roads and many other things,
a state should do.
I believe that we could use the
$300,000 (that is wasted on a
Constitutional Convention) for
better and maintenance of roads
in Alaska. And that trucks should
pay license fees according to how
much they haul over the roads. I
said wasted $300,000. I mean just
that. Anytime 55 delegates are
going to make a Constitution I
want to be shown. Too many
cooks spoil the broth. One of
them has already been to the Ha
waii Islands to learn first hand
about the Hawaii Constitution. It
would only cost a six-eent pos
tage stamp to find that out. Mrs.
Snider just handed me the Jun
eau Independent, pointing to the
front page where I read as fol
lows:
‘The Independent learned this
as 55 delegates prepared for the
Constitutional Convention meet
ing that more than one Delegate
to the Convention was described
as ready to push the plan to ‘put
Statehood in effect whether Con
gress passes an enabling act or
not’.”
Handing the paper back to her
I said, “That’s nothing sweet
heart. Some Off the boys that’s
over there now, members of the
Alaska Legislators, voted to suc
ceed from the Union unless we
get Statehood. Lots of big talk,
but if the fencing needs mending
just ask Uncle Sam for the
monev.
GERRIT (HEINIE) SNIDER
Three organizations this week
provided funds for the University
of Alaska to purchase a bond of
the new Traveler’s Inn of Fair
banks with a face value of $11,
430, Dr. Ernest N. Patty, univer
sity president, disclosed today.
Contributors are the Alaska Na
tional Bank of Fairbanks, First
National Bank of Fairbanks, and
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Chevrolet introduced 1956 pas
songer cars November 4. The new
models went on display simul
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across the country. The company
has reported, the line is the most
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the Olympia Brewing Company.
Harold Byrd, university comp
troller, said the gift is a five-year,
five per cent, second mortgage
bond which upon maturity will
be worth $14,290. # ;
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