THE FRONTIERSMAN
Itetomkl as second class matter on Oct. 21, 1947, at the post office at
Palmer, Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
A. M. DeJulio_Owner-Manager
Editor ___-__Virginia Gallant
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NEWSLETTER
Governor's Salary
legislation which would raise
the annual salary of the Gover
nor of Alaska from $15,000 to
$19,066 pased the House prior to
adjournment but the Senate fail
ed to act on the measure to ad
just the rates of compensation of
the heads of the executive depart
ments and of certain other feder
al government officials. The
measure would establish the same
$19,000 salary for the Governors,
of Hawaii, and Virgin Islands and
the Canal Zone.
A tabulation shows that the
lowest-paid state governor is that
for Nevada at the annual rate of
$7,€00 and the highest is for
New York at $50,000, with the
“governors of Illinois and Penn
sylvania receiving $25,000 and
the New Jersey governor $30,000.
Seven hearings will be held in
Alaska by the Fish and Wildlife
Service in September on propos
ed commercial fishery regula
tions for next year.
An additional scheduled hear
ing has already been held in Dil
lingham. The other hearings are
at Ketchikan on September 1;
Petersburg, September 3; Juneau,
the fcth, Sitka, the 10th, Kodiak,
the !3th; Anchorage, the 15th;
and Cordova, the 17th. In addi
tion, Seattle hearings will be held
tm October 19, 20 and 21.
Anyone interested in submit
ting written views on the propos
ed regulations is to submit them
by November 18 to the Director
<of the Fish and Wildlife Service,
Department of the Interior,
Washington 25, D. C.
Transportation Tax
The 10 percent tax on transpor
tation would be eliminated be
tween the United States and Al
aska under certain conditions in
a bill which passed the House
this week. The measure is ex
pected to be considered by the
Senate Committee on Finance
early in the next session.
The 10 percent excise tax pre
sently levied applies only to do
mestic transportation and is not
imposed upon travel which is out
side the United States. However,
the present definition of domestic
transportation covers trips to
Central America, the Caribbean
area, Mexico and Canada. “To
remove this dis/brimination
against our closest neighbors,”
Congressman Cooper, Chairman
of the House Ways and Means
Committee, stated on the floor
of the House, “the bill redefines
domestic transportation to achie
ve the objective of taxing all
transportation which begins and
ends in the United States and
yet not discriminate against the
named countries. Therefore, with
exceptions, domestic transporta
tinon is defined as all transpor
tation beginning and ending in
the United States.”
As pointed out in the commit
tee report, one of the exceptions
would apply to Alaska. In ex
plaining the exception, the re
port states: “The second excep
tion to the definition of domes
tic transportation, where the
transportation begins and ends
in the United States, relates to
cases where a portion of the
transportation is outside of the
United States, as would be true,
for example, in the case of a
trip from Seattle to Anchorage,
Alaska. In such cases, where the
route of the transportation at one
or more points is at least 200
miles from the nearest boundry
of the United States, the portion
of the transportation which is
outside the United States is not
to be considered as domestic
transportation. In the case of
the Seattle to Anchorage trip,
this would have the effect of ex
cluding much of the trip from
tax.”
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WHERE THE MATANUSKA FLOWS
Words and Music by Don L. Irwin
There’s a beautiful vale in Alaska,
Where a laughing river flows,
Framed by the mountains majestic
It’s beauty their grandeur enfolds,
Spring breezes fragrant with wild flow’rs,
Northern lights on winter nights glow,
Alaska my own, beautiful home,
In this happy valley low.
All the tops of the mountains are tinted,
With the summer sunset’s glow,
Softly the hush of the twilight,
Brings quiet contentment below,
The breezes play in the tree tops,
With a rhythm measured and slow,
A warm after glow bathes the valley below,
Where the laughing river flows.
Let me live out my life in this valley,
With it’s peace and beauty blessed,
Then when life’s day shall be ended,
Grant me this one last request,
Bury me out where the mountains,
With their age old mystery deep,
My rest shall watch o’er ’till time is no more,
And the laughing river sleeps.
CHORUS:
I found love’s sweet melody, In this valley,
And each day more lovely it grows,
Beautiful and fair to see, happy valley,
Where the river Matanuska flows.
Cabbage Flavor
By Bob Klem
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I traded a Cabbage for a kiss
The sweetest of love’s tokens
And many more oame after that
But at last my heart was
broken.
Now cabbage fields and broken
■hearts
May bring me ruefhl laughter
But better to love and lose the
girl—
Then blame myself thereafter.
I’ve woo’ed with candy and
bouquet
In competition savage
But memory knows well the day
And the luck I had with
cabbage.
Fond memories of bygone bliss
I bring them back to savor
I’ll recommend—and reminisce
The cabbage patch for flavor.
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TIMELESS WATCHES
Baltimore, Md.—Burglars who
recently smashed a window of a
jewelry store here and took three
watches and three gold-plated
watch bands, are probably won
dering why the watches won’t
run. The reason is that the wat
ches don’t have any works—they
were for display purposes only.
And the watch bands? Well, they
won’t stay on because they are
cut in the middle. They were just
for display purposes, too.
ALASKA STEAMSHIP
SAILINGS
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Serving Alaska Via
Seward or Valdez
MS Coastal Rambler,
Fri., Sept. 9, calling at
Seward only (ARR and
San Juan Docks)
SS IliaSnna, Tuesday,
Sept. 13, calling at Val
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dock)
ALASKA
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HOG CALLING CONTEST
WILL NAME CHAMPION
All hog callers in the Territory
of Alaska have been invited to
enter the championship hog-call
ing contest to be staged at the
Fair on September 3.
A1 Hagen, fair manager, stated
that at least 25 hog callers are
known to be in the Territory and
that the contest would establish
the 1955 champion. It will be
staged at the Fairgrounds early
Saturday afternoon on opening
day of the three-day Fair.
Just to keep things more in
teresting, Hagen announced
there will be a greased pig con
test as well as a greased pole
climb. So get ready Porky’s go
ing to be at the Fair and he'd
make some mighty fine pork
chops for your freezer.
Skim milk or buttermilk con
tains all the nutrients of whole
milk except fat and vitamin A,
yet a cup of skim milk or butter
milk contains only 85 calories as
compared with 165 calories in a
cup of whole milk.
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SEPTEMBER 4 — 11 A.M.
MORNING WORSHIP AND SERMON
Rev. Cleworih Preaching
10:00 Sunday School Classes for All Ages
Rev. Brian H. Cleworth, Minister
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