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_Owner-Manager
Editor_Virginia Gallant
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Framing k Constitution
For the State ot I'l.oka
WHAT'S IN A NAME?
By Ben Hitchcock
We Alaskans may disagree on
many subjects, but fundamental
ly we stand together on one basic
desire: We all want more con
trol over our own government
than we now have, on the Jun
eau level as well as at Wash
ington.
An ynew political status will
be unsatisfactory if it does not
give us control over our own af
fairs.
If we are to get what we want
from any proposed change, we
need to look carefully, not at the
name of the change, but at its
specific provisions and condi
tions. Merely attaining something
called “Statehood” or “New Al
aska Constitution” will guaran
tee us nothing unless the guaran
tees are written into the consti
tution itself.
It is possible to conceive of
satisfactory government in Alas
ka without statehood, under a
good constitution, but it is not
possible to imagine a satisfactory
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a poor constitution.
It has therefore been suggested
that the Fairbanks constitution
might be used as the basis for
some form of government other
than statehood if statehood is not
attained by Alaska. This is a
reasonable idea, but such an al
ternative is not available under
present legislation.
Chapter 46 of 1955 Territorial
laws sets up machinery specifi
cally for preparing a state con
stitution, without provision for
separate approval of the consti
tution iself. The law is so worded
that a vote to ratify the constitu
tion next spring will also be a
vote to ratify statehood. This will
[present a problem for those who
may approve of the constitution
but do not necessarily want
statehood.
At the same time, however, a
completely satisfactory constitu
tion will ersolve the doubts of
many who cannot favor state
hoed without knowing its con
ditions. Few Alaskans want
“statehood at any cost.”
At any rate, the immediate
task is to prepare the best pos
sible constitution. If it becomes
desirable or necessary later on,
we can then seek for the means
for using it under some other
name.
The Frontiersman
Palmer, Alaska
We, the members of the United
Mine Workers of America, lo
cated at Jonesville, Alaska, wish
to state our opposition to point
8 of the Alaska Railroads im
provement program, as reported
in Lhe Anchorage Daily News on
August 11, 1955.
Point 8 Suggests, Conversion of
the power plant at Healy, Alaska,
from coal to oil and suggests
“Savings of about $30,000 per
year”. We object, first, because
this would be a conversion from
an Alaskan produced product to
an imported one.
We object, secondly because,
with coal being produced in the
nearby Suntrana coal mines—
shipped to H lye othnaeETAO
shipped to Healy on the Alaska
Railroad, there is no transporta
tion problem whatsoever.
To encourage the tottering coal
mining industry in Alaska, and
to aid in our economy, we sug
gest that this conversion plan be
abandoned.
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BANDIT RETURNS FOR MORE
Shawnee, Okla.—A filling sta
tion at which Floyd Williams is
an attendant was robbed of $200
on Friday night. On Tuesday
night Williams looked up to see
a familiar man in blue jeans and
sweat shirt confronting him with
a revolver. This time the maul
got the day’s receipts, $60.
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QUEEN CANDIDATES;
RODEO RIDERS
TO BE INTERVIEWED
Matanuska Valley Fair queen
candidates and junior rodeo rid
ers will be introduced to the pub
lic through radio and television
programs today, A1 Hagen, fair
manager has announced. The five
Valley girls who are competing
for the coveted honor of being
named Queen of the 1955 Matan
uska Valley Fair, will appear on
Audrey Davies' KFQD radio
show, “My Lady’s Memo” at 9:30
a.m. They will be interviewed on
Radio Station KBYR during the
afternoon and will be guests on
the KTVA Hostess House tele
vision show. The group will ap
pear again on a Channel 11 pro
gram at 7:15 p.m. as guests on
the “What’s Going On” program.
The queen candidates and rod
eo riders will be accompanied by
Fair officials. The junior riders
will be participating in a three
day junior rodeo during the 1955
Fair.
Additional programs on KENI
TV and Radio Station KENI are
being planned for the following
week, Hagen stated.
31 Persons Enjoy
Scout Sleep Out
Seventeen Cub Scouts, two
guests and 12 Cub Scout fathers
attended the sleep-out held at
Cornelius Lake on August 12 and
reported a wonderful time.
Arriving in the rain didn’t
dampen the youngsters spirits in
the least. Tents were pitched,
camp made and then the boys*
tried their fisherman’s luck. The >
evening was rounded out with a
song fest around a bonfire. Mor
ning came early for the group
and following more fishing, a
breakfast of hot cakes, bacon,
eggs, orange juice and coffee (the
latter was enjoyed by the adults)
camp broke up about 6:30 a.m.
Every Cub caught fish.
Cub Scout leaders expressed
their appreciation to Max Sher
rod and Wendall Lewis for the
use of their property as their
camp site.
Cub Scouts attending were:
Martin and Ted Buzby, Hal Gaza
way, John Foley, David Martin,
Bill Pippel, Martin Sherman,
Jim Frey, Art Brodigan, Stanley
Smith, Chuck Lake. Doug Maze,
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Palmer, Alaska
Gary Seldal, Jerry Rice, Wayne
Eckert, Edward Hanks, and Ran
dell Hamann. Guests were Philip
Frey of Palmer and George Kin
dler of Fairbanks.
Adults attending included:
James Frey, Art Seldal, Lew
Hanks, Paul Martin, Virgil Eck
ert, Harry Rice, Jack Maze, Ed
Smith, Richard Foley, Prent
Gazaway, Dennis Hamann, and
Marty Sherman.
VET REPAYS FAVORS
Houston, Texas—Ann Gordon,
returning from a trip to New
York City, told friends that a
cab driver there found out she
was from Texas and offered to
drive her on a sightseeing tour
for free. The driver explained,
“I was in the Army in Texas and
the folks there were so nice to
me, I’ve been wanting to do
something to pay them back.”
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