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A PERTINENT QUESTION
What would you do and what
would you think, if you wtre in the
place of Mrs. Moyes when she saw
her husband fall dead; when she
lulled the switch, the only com
munication she had with the town;
What would your thonghts be for
the twenty-four hours of waiting
until help arrived.
Rut for the Grace cf God Al
mighty, that man might have been
your husband, father or brother.
Put yourself in the place of the be
reaved mother and daughter, and
say how much you would like the
position.
We are not so calloused as to be
indifferent because the man is not
of our special nationality. He did
his duty, let us respect him and do
ours, even though it is a little late
so that there will not be a recur
rence of grief."
AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION
An ounce of prevention is worth
many pounds of cure. An ounce of
prevention and one family in Peters
burg would not be without loving
husband and kindly father.
* William Moyes passed out of this
world a martyr to his duty. No more
*ould have been asked of him; no
more could have been gotten of any
man.
The investment of the Town of Pe
tersburg in its hydro-electric plant
plant at Blind Slough runs into a
hundred thousand dollars and it has
had only one man, with his family,
with full reshponsibility of caring
for that investment. No other town
w th such a light system in Alaska
maintain less than two men on such
a job. The cost of another man as
assistant at the plant is insurance
against just such an occurrence as
this week and further gives assur
ance to the taxpayers that the invest"
ment has ample care at all tims.
There is a moral obligation that
must not be overlooked—to the
caretaker and to the investor.
Rather than dodge around with
unnecessary expenditures, it is well
t > give consideration to th need of
keeping two men on the job; of
installing a modern up-to-date tele
phone system in place of the present
antiquated and delapidated one thru
which it is practically impossible to
hold intelligible conversation; to
clear the right of way so that the
ln'gh winds will not drive trees over
both high tension and telephone lines
putting the town on an auxiliary tha1
must operate for many hours at a
full hundred percent overload.
THE CONTROLLER BILL
A short time back came through
the mails a pamphlet addressed To
Alaskans which treated on the Con
troller Bill. The pamphlet was
written by Judge James Wickersham
and was a most able presentation of
government of Alaska by Alaskans
versus government of Alaska by
bureaucracy.'
It is time that Alaska were taken
out of the clutches of Federal Bu
rea-us which to the tune of only
thirty dominate and control the af
fairs Alaskan and speak at Washing
ton for Alaskans. We are as much
entitled to participation in our gov
ernment as any State bu£ so long
as we have Federal appointees in I
control of every phase of our gov-jj
ernment, we cannot hope to havel
much to say about that government.
And too often, these ambitious FedT
eral appointees speak for Alaskans
in matters of vital importance.
According to recent figures to
every eleven of our population there
is a bureau man of some sort.
The controller Bill would place
control in the hands of Alaskans.
The Governor and other Federal ap
pointees remaining strictly in Feder
al affairs while the Controller would
dominate the situation Alaskan, with
its many boards and with the dis
pensation of funds allotted by the
Legislature.
With the “super Bureau” now a,
fact in affairs Alaskan, it is time,
that Alaska got in its own Control-!
ler through which the Super Bureau
may work. Those interested in the
passage of the Controller Bill should
write their representatives. It is go
ing to be fought by those interests
which have fought every matter of
vital import to Alaska. They are
united and it is high time that all
Alaskans united forces to the bene-i
lit of the Territory.
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THE COMMUNITY CENTER
A mass meeting of Fairbanks j
residents last Thursday evening ac
cepted articles of incorporation for
a proposed “Fairbanks Community
Center.” A temporary board of
directors was chosen, empowered to
stll stock to the capitalized amount
of $25,000. Shares, which will be
non-profit sharing, are par valued
at $1 in order that every man, wo
man and child in the community
may participate in the enterprise.
The News-Miner heartily endorses
the plan and urges everyone to as
sist in bringing to it success. The
town sorely needs a community
■enter of the nature contemplated
—a place properly constructed and
of adequate size to permit of regula
tion basketball courts and other
athletic housing. Other towns boast
excellent centers for athletic meet
ing, while here even the children
are denied a suitable place for play
indoors.
One suggestion only presents it
self at this time, namely: avoid a
half measure. In earlier meetings
reconstruction of the old armory
was proposed, at a cost of approx
imately $4,500. Such action would
undoubtedly result in a completed
building no more adequate for the
purpose intended than the original
structure, having as a saving grace
only the increased safety factor.
Roominess, required in all three
dimensions, would be lacking.
With the proposed capitalization
subscribed it should be possible to
erect a structure having a ceiling
of sufficient unobstructed height and
floor space, with balconies, adequate
to comfortably seat the attendance
which would be assured if athletic
contests witnessed this season are
any criterion.
The annual fair, which is a grow
ing institution, also is begging for
space in which to extend. The com
munity building easily could become
its home and, we believe, profit as
a result.
Give the board of directors your
financial support, though it be only
to the extent of purchase of one
share, and do not be hesitant in
playing an active part through sug
gestion. Plans are in the making
and it is right now that Constructive
| thought is welcome. When the four
i walls are reared there will be no
j opportunity for alteration.—Fair
i banks News-Miner.
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| HANLEY COACHES
NORTHWESTERN U
Richard “Dick Hanley, football
coach at Haskell Institute, Lawrence,
| Kansas the school which fell heir
! to the football toga qf the famous
j Carlisle Indian School, has been ap
1 pointed as coach of the Northwestern
| University football teams,
j Hanley is a product of Washing
j ton State under the tutelage of Lone
Star Dietz. Lone Star was an apt
pupil under “Pop” Warner at Car
lisle and Hanley is an exponent of
the Warner system.
I During his five years coaching at
Haskell, Hanley’s teams won 52
games, lost 9 and tied 4. This year
his team played from the Atlantic
to the Pacific Coast scoring 558
points t dotheir opponents 63.
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