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WELL ... WHY NOT?
The announcement here this week that a group of local
residents had gotten together and sent a wire to the Secretary
of Interior offering to buy or lease The Alaska Railroad was
greeted with mixed feelings by local groups. Some were inclined
to pooh, pooh the idea, while others were eager to join the
movement and see that it goes through if the government is
willing to get out of business.
At the first look it might seem a little preposterous that any
group of sane individuals would make such a proposal, how
ever when you delve further into the proposition it loses its pipe
dream qualities and becomes a sound business proposal which
is not necessarily out of the question.
While the original proposal has been put forward by
Sewardites, it is not without a possibility that other persons in
railbelt communities will be interested in helping finance the
deal. Once in private hands the Railroad would be a taxpayer
which would pay its own way both to the Territory and federal
government. In the hands of Alaskans, it would also become
more interested in seeing quick development of the resources
of the railbelt area which would tend to expand it further and
make it more of a paying proposition.
During the past year we have heard from the present Man
ager that the road made a profit of $750.(XX). It is not unreason
able to assume that under private ownership a profit could still
be made and the company operating it would be more free to
pursue projects which it believed would bring in better profits
and more economies.
The sale of the railroad to a local group would eliminate
forever the recurring threat of discontinuing the Seward end
of the railroad.
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BY MARY LEE COUNCIL
, Secretary to E. L. (Bob) Bartlett, Delegate to Congress from Alaska
41 bills were introduced by Del
egate Bartlett as the 84th Congress
convened last week.
In June of last year Federal
Judge Folta stated that set nets
are fixed appliances, and the regu
lating agency of Interior Depart
ment interpreted this as requiring
a minimum distance of 1.800 feet
between set nets. Delegate Bart
lett's bills would except set nets,
stake nets and anchored gill nets
from the 1800 foot minimum re
quirement and permit the Fish and
Wildlife Service to fix minimum
distances in accordance with pre
vious years' regulations.
Delegate Bartlett's Alaska state
hood bill would grant, with mineral
rights. 103,050,000 acres of land
to the new state, plus other land
and building grants in the city of
Juneau now used for the Gover
nor's residence, the federal build
ing and the federal jail. Of this
total. 100 million acres would be
selected over a 25-year per i o d
lrom public domain, 400,000 acres
from Alaska's national forests for
community development and re
creational areas, 400,000 acres from
the public domain for the same
purpose, and 2.250,000 for state
institutions. The legislation would
bring Alaska under the federal aid
highway acts and would authorize
road construction funds to the new
state of $17 million for the first
fiscal year after statehood. $13 mil
lion for the second, $9 million for
the third. $5 million for the fourth,
$3 million for the fifth and $1 mil
lion for the sixth. Additional auth
orization is included for mainten
ance funds for roads of $3 million
for each of the first five fiscal
years after statehood. $2 million
for each of the second five fiscal
years and $1 million for each of
the third five fiscal years. Control
of Alaska’s fisheries would be
transferred to the state except the
fur-seal and sea-otter fisheries with
50 percent of the proceeds from
the sale of seal skins and 'sea
otters to go to the state. The
state would assume the care and
treatment of the mentally ill ex
cept that the federal government
would continue this responsibility
for those receiving care and treat
ment at the time Alaska is admit
ted into the Union.
At the present time no proceeds
from royalties and rent from coal
lands in Alaska are returned in
any form to the Territory. The
major portion of proceeds from oil
and gas leases on the public do
main in the Territory are returned
to the federal treasury with Alaska
receiving only 37% per cent for
public schools and roads. Dele
gate Bartlett this week introduced
; a bill which would return to Alas
kn 90 per cent of the mineral pro
ceeds, including coal, gas and oil.
: The Territory would be granted
20,400,000 acres of land, with min
eral rights, under another bill
dropped in the House hopper this
week by Delegate Bartlett. The
lands would be selected by the
Territory within 25 years.
Delegate Bartlett's mental health
bill would .transfer the care of Al
aska's ill from the Department of
the Interior to the Department of
' Health. Education and Welfare. It
, would continue federal responsib
• ility for care and treatment and
' would provide modern hospitaliz
ation and commitment procedures.
Passengers could be carried on
Canadian ships between all ports
in southeastern Alaska until June
j 30 of next year under the terms of
I another bill introduced by Delegate
I Bartlett.
Visitors Association
Requests Delegates
I All individuals and companies
interested in the future develop
ment of the tourist industry in
AJaska are invited to attend the
annual meeting of the Alaska Vis
itors Association at the Baranof
Hotel, in Juneau on Feb. 7th at
1:45 p.m., according to Mr.. Ed.
Coffee, the Association’s president.
Plans will be formulated for
I wide-scale national advertising
and promotion, as well as assitance
to local communities where possi
ble. Any problems pertaining to
tourism in Alaska may be present
I ed, he continued.
Mr. Coffee pointed out that at
j this meeting twelve persons will
j be elected to the Board of Direct
! ors. In accordance with the by
laws, voting is limited to those who
1 hold paid-up, participating mem
! berships. Members unable to be
in Juneau for the meeting may
j designate a representative by pro
j viding a written proxy.
The Association pre s i d e n t i
' strongly urged that all towns send
j a representative to this important
meeting.
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Rev. L. Ruaeell Clapp
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
9- L Carpenter, Paater
Sunday:
Sunday School . 10:00
Morning Worship . 11:00
Baptist Training Union . 6:30
Evening Worship . 7:30
Fellowship . 8:30
Wednesday:
Mid-week Prayer Service _ 7:30
Saturday:
Girl's Auxiliary . 10:00
ASSEMBLY OF GOD
207 Second Avenue
(Church with a Christian Welcome)
Sunday:
Sunday School . 9:30
A class for everyone.
Sunday Evening Service .... 7:30
Wednesday:
Prayer Meeting . 7:30
Friday:
Christ Ambassadors . 7:30
(Young Peoples Services)
Saturday:
Revival Time, KIBH . 9:30
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METHODIST CHURCH
Rev. Charles Malin
Sunday School . 9:45
Morning Service . 11:001
Evening Service . 8:00]
SEWARD LUTHERAN CHURCH
3rd Ave., and Church Streets
Rev. Dwight J. Boe
Sunday School for all ages .... 9:45
Morning Worship Service .... 11:00
Holy Communion Service, first
Sunday morning of each month.
Family Night Pot Luck Supper,
first Sunday evening of each
month at 5:30.
Church Council Meeting, first !
Tuesday of each month at 7:30. |
Ladies Aid. second Monday of each j
month at 8:00.
BAHAI WORLD FAITH
Wednesday:
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Russell Residence at Mile 7y~ j
on the Seward-Anchorage Hiway.
CHURCH OF THE NAZARINE
Rev. L. C. Hopkins
Sunday:
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Morning Worship . 11:00
Young People's Service . 6:30
Evening Evangelistic Service .. 7:30
Wednesday:
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FAITH CHAPEL
Rev. J. Lloyd Dean
Sunday:
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TOWN CRIER
Federa Judge Walter H. Hodge
is in town this week.
Steve Novelli ha srecently re
turned to Seward following a trip
outside.
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Mr. and Mrs. Vern Coumbe have
returned to their home here after
some time spent outside.
U. S. Commissioner Stan Hall
has returned to his duties here
following a Commissioner’s con
ference held last week in Anchor
age.
Capt. Harold E. Bonser was in
Seward this past weekend visit
ing Mr. and Mrs. William Bonser.
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tion to the March of Dimes? Do
it today.
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It not only felt like spring this
week, it really looked like it as
the janitor at the Post Office
scrubbed up the windows around
the office.
Don't forget to go to the Elks
Club Saturday night to give Jack
a good send-off.
Activity at the ‘‘Stork Club" was
non-existant this week in Seward
as the old bird didn’t put in an
appearance here in the past week.
However, another little bird told
us that on January 6th. Mr. and
Mrs. Alan Ingles, formerly of Sew
ard, welcomed a new daughter.
The Ingles now live in Langley
Prairie, B.C.
POET’S CORNER
By Ernest Chaney
Some wise philosophers there are;
Who'd rather hand us jolt and jar
Than cheer us up when we are blue,
And have the heeby-jeebies too.
They say that soon we'll be at war.
And won’t know what we're fight
ing (or.
They say hard times are on the
way.
We'll get two bits a ton for hay
And work (or fifteen cents a day.
The dumbhead guys who run things
now.
Need guys like us to show them
how.
If we'd let him be President,
And let him run the government.
Each man would have a Cadillac,
Each girl a mink coat on her back.
There'd be two chickens in each
pot.
A house on every vacant lot.
And there would be no income tax.
We'd never have to bend our
hacks.
These guys who like to hang the
crepe.
Say things are in an awful shape.
An epidemic's on the way,
And folks are dying every day.
The death rate's hourly growing
worse.
And he is wise who hires a hearse.
The sunshine that we have today
Will disappear and go away.
While blizzards sweep across the
land
And cold winds blow to beat the
band.
We have our sunshine (or today.
Let us enjoy it while we may.
We have our sunshine now you see
And that’s enough (or you and me,
Or should be. as you will agree.
He is a cheap and sordid man
Who won't enjoy it while he can.
Philosophers who are not gay.
Should take their traps and fade
away.
Unless they bring us cheer and
joy.
They only bore us and annoy.
Let us be chipper, gay and blythe,
Til comes the reaper with his
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