THE FRONTIERSMAN
Catered as second class matter on Oct. 21, 1947, at the post office at
Palmer, Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
A. J. DeJulio_Owner-Manager
Editor_Virginia Gallant
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Some critics of democracy as
sert that the people are not qual
ified to rule themselves and do
not deserve to. In opposing such
measures for instance, an initia
tive and referendum, they cite
the large percentage of citizens
who fail to vote, or the general
lack of interest in public affairs.
I do not think that failure to
vote, or to study public issues,
is entirely indicative of public
indifference. It is rather, eviden
ce of a basic flaw, a lack of bal
ance ,that has been allowed to
chinery of popular government,
chinry of popular government.
It is not indifference, but a
sense of futility concerning pub
lic matters that keeps many peo
ple away from the polls. We are
too far removed from the impor
tant decisions. Few choices are
offered us at the polls that give
us a sense of participation. Too
often, we must choose from
equally unsatisfactory candida
tes, or platforms and slogans that
do not present the issues we real
ly care about.
Great effort is made at elec
tion time to induce more people
to vote, by urging that “It’s your
duty,” or “your privilege,” etc.
Actually, such scoldings are
pointless. From the viewpoint of
the non-voter, and to many of the
voters themselves, the act of vot
ing is a wasted motion, since we
cannot see our own wishes and
opinions expressed in the actions
that ultimately result.
Government has grown com
plex because our lives and affairs
are more complete than they were
in “town meeting” days. Never
theless, we do not, on that ac-»
count, voluntarily choose to
abandon popular government.
The Constitutional Convention
in Fairbanks should not be al
lowed to be a cut-and-dried en
dorsement of forms that we al
ready believe are not represent
ative enough. It shoud be an ac
tive, serious exploration of all
possible ways to make govern
ment more understandable, more
simple, more responsible to in
dividuals, available to all,—so
the voter may share directly in
government, and get results by
voting.
WILLOW TRACTS
SOLD BY ENGINEER CORPS
Two tracts of land at the Wil
low Air Force Auxiliary Field
near Palmer have been sold to
higest bidders by the Alaska Dis
trict, Corps of Engineers.
Betty L. Douglas of Willow
bought the larger tract 62 % acres
for $962. The other tract of 44.77
acres was bid in by Philip N.
Haweeli of Anchorage for $501.
Other bidders were Rex Ehrhart
of Palmer, Otto Schneider of
Spenard and Fred W. Fossum of
Anchorage.
ALASKA STEAMSHIP
SAILINGS
WEEK
Serving Alaska Via
Seward or Valdez
MS Galena, Friday, Aug.
19, calling at Cordova
and Seward (ARR and
San Juan Docks)
SS ILIAMNA, Tuesday
August 23, calling at
Valdez and Seward
(ARR Dock)
STEAMSHIP COMPANY
House SubcommiHee
To Visit m Painter
Among members of the House
Subcommittee on Territorial and
Insular Affairs who will hold
hearings in Alaska will be Dele
gate E. L. Bartlett. Twelve cate
gories have tentatively been sch
eduled for hearings by the
members.
Their tentative schedule is as
follows Fairbanks, Sept. 15 and
16; Nome, Sept. 19; hearings and
visiting in Anchorage, Palmer,
Seward, Homer, and Cordova
Sept. 20, 21, 22, 23, and 24;
Kodiak, Sept. 26; Juneau Sept.
27, 28 and 29; and Ketchikan,
Oct. 3. Visits will be made to
Barrow, Kotzebue, Dillingham,
Sitka, Wrangell, Petersburg,
Craig, Hydaburg, Klawock and
Metlakatla with the trip to con
clude Oct. 7.
Delegate Bartlett left Wash
ington following adjournment of
the first session of the 84th Con
gress and expects to stay in the
Territory until late in the fall.
The Delegate will join Chair
man Paul Butler of the Democra
tic National Committee and Mrs.
Butler who left for Fairbanks
August 7 for visits there and in
Anchorage, Kodiak, Juneau, Sit
kan, Petersburg, Wrangell and
Ketchikan. Later Del. Bartlett ’
will join the territories subcom
mittee on scheduled hearings and
will later join the group from
the Senate Interstate and Foreign
Commerce Committee which will
hold transportation hearings in
Anchorage and Juneau and pos
sibly Fairbanks.
Mrs. Bartlett and the Bartlett
daughters, Doris Ann and Susan,
are now in Alaska having driv
en over the Alaska Highway ear
lier this summer.
FRONTIERSMAN CLASSIFIEDS
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Notes j
By Marylou Hideout
It’s freezing time again, that
is, freezing of fruits and vege
tables. The Extension Service has
free bulletins “Home Freezing of
Fruits and Vegetables”, also the
“freezing” file is full of material
and suggestions for all types of
freezing problems. May we help
you?
The day before you freeze, all
equipment should be ready, so
there is no delay. Be quick.
Fruits and vegetables must be
gotten into your freezer as fast
as you can. If there is a delay, be
sure the food is put in the re
frigerator.
Be accurate with all measure
ments, time and temperatures.
Be choosey. Select vegetables
that are slighty immature, select
fruit that are fully ripe. Sort
carefully. Be sure to follow freez
ing directions to the letter. Don’t
over load your freezer with too
many packages at any time. Slow
freezing will affect quality.
For freezing strawberries, wash
carefully. Wash no more than
one quart of berries at a time.
Washing in a colander using
spray is best, or drain fruit in a
colander. Never allow fruit to
stand in water. Water-soaked
fruit will not freeze successfully.
Spread waslied fruit on trays
on which are several thicknesses
of absorbent paper toweling.
Stem fruit carefully. Knife is
best to stem strawberries. Larg
er berries should be cut in two.
For dry sugar method: Place
fruit in shallow container. Sprin
kle sugar over fruit, % cup sugar
to 1 quart of berries. Use wood
en Slotted spoon to mix or gen
tly lift with pancake turner to
distribute sugar. Package at once,
leaving V2 inch head space. Let
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Beuhler and Weaver Mounts
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Winchester and Remington Guns.
FOR THE HANDLOADER:
Dupont powders, Hornaday,
Winchester, Seira, and
Remington Bullets.
C and H loading'tools and
dies, Redding scales.
Fabric National, Sako and Husquvarna barreled actions.
Bishop and Guy man plain and carved semi-finished stocks.
7mm; 308; 270; 30-06 300 H&H
Hot bath re-blueing by Lynx-Line process. Good selection
of new and used firearms.
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Sparkling refreshment coming up.
Take a moment to enjoy the satisfying
good taste of t)lympia ...
then carry on, refreshed.
set several hours or overnight in
refrigerator to insure better
penetration of sugar into fruit.
Or, sugar may be sprinkled over
fruit a little at a time as fruit
is packaged. Fill package about
14 full. Sprinkle in 2 tablespoons
of sugar. Continue filling this
way, seal at once. Invert package
several times before freezing for
even distribution of sugar. The
day before you use, make syrup
so it is totally cold when you
use it. The syrup recommended
for most fruits is 40% syrup—
that is —3 cups sugar dissolved
in 4 cups of water.
Most frozen fruit have better
flavor and texture if packaged
in sugar or syrup than if un
sweetened (dry pack). Rhubarb,
currant and cranberries are an
exception to this rule. How the
fruit is to be used determines
which way to pack. Fruit pack
aged in dry sugar or unsweeten
ed is better for pie or other cook
ing because it is less liquid.
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