THE FROMTIERSMAN
Entered as second class matter on Oct. 21, 1947, at the post office af
Palmer, Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
A. J. DeJulio_ Publisher-Manager
Editor_Virginia Gallant
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WHERE’S THE FIRE?
We have been widely accused of being a nation in a hurry—
and to a great extent, that is true. Unfortunately, as a rule the only
thing our haste gets us is the age-old question, “Where’s the fire?”
There is a literal answer to that question—an answer which
Fire Prevention Week, October 9-15, is designed to provide. Where’s
the fire? In most cases it’s where someone was in a hurry, taking
chances and cutting corners, with no time or interest for safety
precautions.
The National Board of Fire Underwriters estimates that
human carelessness is largely responsible for 90 per cent of the
nearly 900 thousand fires which every year cost our nation some
11,000 lives and close to $1 biUibxi in property damage and destruc
tion.
The fellow who doesn’t take time for safety precautions may
find to his sorrow that the next fire is at HIS house'*.
WASHINGTON
NEWSLETTER
Alaska Legislation
The President has signed one of
Delegate Bartlett’s bills into law,
bringing to a total of 18 measures
sponsored by Alaska’s represent
tative in the House which be
came law during the first session
of the 84th Congress.
Of the 18 congressional acts,
six are so-called public bills and
twelve are measures for private
individuals or organizations. In
cluded in the first category is
legislation eliminating the re
quirement that an 80-rod space
must be reserved between public
land entries on navigable waters
in Alaska; allowing the Alaska
Road Commission to construct
roads through towns; permitting
55-year leases of Alaska Railroad
property; authorizing a yearly
appropriation of $250,000 for
'Bureau of Reclamation investi
gations in the Territory; abol
ishing Old Kasaan National Mon
ument; and making minor chang
es in the northern boundary be
tween the Second and Fourth
Judicial Divisions of Alaska.
The twelve so-called private
bills include legislation to auth
orize the sale of 45 acres of tid<o>
lands six miles south of Wrangell
to the Pacific Northern Timber
Campafey for development -of
sawmill facilities; separate bills
to authorize the acquisition of
land by Joseph Booth of Anch
orage, Robert H. Soyk of Kenai,
Oscar H. Vogel of Anchorage,
Patrick H. Johnson of Anchor
Point, Robert Retherford of An
< chorage, Carl E. Robinson of An
^dmsr Point, John Ekonomos of
Fairbanks and Bert A. Paraday
of Anchor Point; legislation to
allow Miss Gloria Medellin of
Ivetchikan, a national of tire
Philippines, to become a perman
ent resident; a bill to authorize
the Secretary of the Interior to
approve the deeding of certain
land to Mrs. Edith Hollywood
txf Sitka; and the twelfth bill to
reimburse Harold C. Nelson and
Dewey Young, Alaska Road
( Commission employees, for fire
-* losses
3 Four Senate companion bills
to ^measures sponsored by Dele
gate Bartlett in the House be
came law during the first session
authorizing the Fish and Wild
life Service to regulate the dis
tance between set nets in Alaska
waters; permitting travel on Can
adian vessels between ports in
southeastern Alaska and the car
riage of freight and passengers
between Hyder and other Al
aska and United States ports on
Canadian ships until June 30,
1956; allowing members of the
Alaska legislature to run as can
didates for the state constitution
al convention and to serve at the
convention if elected; and auth-,
orizing the Territory to borrow
funds from the federal govern
ment to supplement territorial
unemployment compensation
funds.
Alaska was included in the
provisions of a bill relating to
shipments of cigarettes for tax
purposes in interstate commerce
to persons other than distribu
tors in a measure affecting all the
States. Delegate Bartlett had in
troduced a separate bill for Alas
ka on this, the provisions of
which were included in the gen
eral legislation.
Other legislation of particular
interest to Alaska which became
law in 1955 include a bill auth
orizing the construction of two
Coast and Geodetic Survey ships
for Alaska waters at the cost of
$3,700,000 each and not over 2,500
displacement tons each; a -mea
sure giving the Secretary of
Commerce contract authority for
an expanded four-year airport
improvement program, Alaska’s
share to be $1,125,000 in the
1956 fiscal year and $1,350,000 for
each of the 1957, 1958 and 1959
fiscal years; and a measure to
dispose of an excess $13% million
fund for wildlife restoration, of
which Alaska’s share should be
$75,000 a year for five years.
A number of Delegate Bart
lett’s bills reached the half-way
mark through House passage dur
ing the first session of the 84th
Congress, and it is expected Sen
ate consideration will be given
early in the second session which
convenes in January. These bills
include authorization for leasing
of school lands for 55 years; per
mission for the University of Al
aska to select mineral and un
surveyed land in connection with
a 1929 law allowing the Univer
sity 100,000 acres of non-mineral,
surveyed land; authorization to
establish camp grounds, parking
areas and other public recreation
al facilities in Alaska (excluding
lodges or hotels); authorization
for the Civil Aeronautics Admin
istration to lease the airport land
on Annette Island on a yearly
basis until June 3®,, 1999; relief
bills for P. F. Ciaveau of Anchor
age, William Martin, Justin G.
Maile and Theodore R. Hilbig,
the last three for losses sustained
in fires at Alaska Road Commis
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LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR j
The American Cancer Society
Alaska Division
Juneau, Alaska
Dear Friends:
As the 1955 Cancer Crusade
draws to a close I want to thank
personally those who contributed
to its success. After seven years
and six Crusades for the Alaska
Division of the American Cancer
Society, I continue to be amazed
at the enthusiastic response of
our volunteer workers and the
sense of dedicated service they
bring to their work. It is these
two factors that have made our
Crusade successful. The generos
ity of those who contribute is
much appreciated but it is the
whole-hearted support of our
volunteers which sparks our en
tire program and gives effective
ness to our work.
I truly cannot find words to
express my appreciation to you,
and each of you, who have given
so generously of your time and
energy, your abilities and your
talents to this great life-saving
work. Be assured that you are
making Alaska a safer and better
place in which to live by your
support of this program. It has
been a real team work job and
I’m glad we had you on the team.
Sincerely lyours,
MILDRED R. HERMANN
Commander, Alaska Division
American Cancer Society
sion camps.
Another House-passed bill for
Senate consideration next year
is the measure seeking to elim
inate the 10 percent tax on trans
portation between the United
States and Alaska under certain
conditions which also would ap
ply to trips to Central America,
the Caribbean area, Mexico and
Canada. Senator Magnuson’s bill
to create a commission to study
highway and railroad routes to
Alaska was passed by the Senate
and is now before the House In
terior and Insular Affairs Com
mittee.
House committee consideration
was given to Delegate Bartlett’s
-bill to provide an incentive fc-^
exploration and production of do
mestic tin by authorizing a base
price of $1.20 a pound for placer
tin and $1.35 a pound for lode
tin, and a companion bill in the
Senate was reported prior ad
journment by the mining sub
committee to the full Senate In
terior and Insular Affairs Com
mittee.
GREAT DANGER
HI OIL STOVES
AND HEATERS
Portable oil stoves and space
heaters last year took r terrible
toll of lives.*
With the coming of cold weath
er, when stoves and heaters op
erate full scale, it is very impor
tant to understand that most fires
caused by oil stoves and space
heaters start for one of these rea
sons:
1. Careless handling.
2. Allowing wicks to become
dirty or uneven.
3. Spilling fuel.
4. Tipping or knocking over
heater.
5. Overfilling tanks.
6. Placing heater too close to
combustible material.
There is also the danger of as
phyxiation if the appliance is
used in a tightly closed room.
Arware of the dangers, some
cities have passed ordinances
prohibiting the use of these ap
pliances. Where their use is per
mitted ,the National Board of
Fire Underwriters urges the fol
lowing safety measures be taken:
Thoroughly inspect and clean
the heater or oil stove before put
ting it into operation each season. I
Be sure it is set level. Keep it j
clean * and free of dirt at all
times. Never place it near cur
tains, tablecloths or other hang
ing material, or where such ma
terial may be blown over it.
Place it out of the line of traffic.
Never fill or carry it while it is
lighted. Never use it in a room
with all the doors and windows
shut. Don’t leave a heater unat
tended after it is first lighted. For
at least 15 minutes, watch the
flame and adjust it so that it pro
duces no smoke, because as the
heater warms up its flame often
increases. Refill it outdoors. Keep
the fuel supply outside. Wipe up
all spillage. See that the latch
holding the top part of a tip-over
type heater to the lower part
holds them securely together. Use
the proper grade of oil.
♦Source: National Fire Protec
tion Association.
The territory’s largest profes
sional organization, the Alaska
Education Association, ranked
among the 14 states which ex
ceeded top membership goals in
the National Education Associa
tion for 1954-55. The AEA has in
creased its national membership
goal from 826 to 1031. AEA mem
bers numbered 1203 throughout
Alaska last year.
Extension Service
Participation in
Fire Prevention
Fall is fire inspection time for
Alaskan homes and farms.
He§ting, cooking and other
equipment that is defective or
overheated is the biggest cause
of home fires according to figures
sent Extension Service Associate
Director Arthur S. Buswell. Care
less use of gasoline or kerosene
and defective chimneys and flues
follow closely on the list.
» The Alaska Extension Service
is cooperating with the U. S. De
partment of Agriculture and the
National Fire Protection Associa
tion in national fire prevention
week October 9-15.
Inspection will save farm and
home fire losses, Buswell said. To
help prevent fire, check your
chimneys, heating and cooking
equipment. Be careful with stor
age and use of flammable liquids,
avoid overloading electrical sys
tems, and cultivate careful smok
ing habits. Clean-up day should
include rubbish usually overlook
ed.
Alaskans may get the follow
ing federal fire prevention publi
EMPLOYMENT SERVICE
OFFICE OPENS NEXT
TUES. AT LEGION HALL
Interested persons are remind
ed that a representative of the
Alaska Territorial Employment
Service will be in Palmer Tues
day, October 11. The office is
located in the basement of Le
gion Hall and will be open from
10 a.m. to noon and from 1 p.m.
to 3 p.m. Those persons wishing
to file initial and' continued
claims for unemployment insur
ance and individuals seeking
work should appear at
the office between the men
tioned hours. The office will ser
vice persons living in the Pal
mer, Wasilla, Eska, Jonesville,
Sutton, Butte and other sur
rounding areas, and eliminates
the necessity of those persons
traveling to the Anchorage office.
cations from their nearest Exten
sion Service office :“Fire Safe
guards for the Farm”, Farmers’
Bulletin 1643, and “Safe Use and
Storage of Gasoline and Kesorene
on the Farm”, Farmers’ Bulletin
1678.
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We still have a few 1955 Motoramic Chevro
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If your present car is satisfactory, then let us
tune it and winterize it to perfection for the
winter months ahead.
Remember—Whether its service to your pres
ent car or service to your new car
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Every checkered flag signals a
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competition—not only against its own field
but against many American and foreign
high-priced cars, too!
Let’s translate these victories into
your kind of driving. You’ve got to
have faster acceleration to win on
the tracks. And that means safer
passing on the highways. You’ve
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