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Voter's Apathy Apparent
Voter's Apathy—that’s a disease
not in the medical books. Doctors
don’t have to find a cure for it,
but somebody ought to.
It’s not a new disease, either.
It’s a condition—and it’s fast be
coming chronic with Kodiak vot
ers. 38& votes were cast here in the
last election and, that despite the
fact that perhaps Ihe biggest is
sue Alaskans win ever have to face
was up for a vote. We reter to the
rutiffcafipn of the Constitution.
This is a record vote, we are told,
for Kodiak. What a record! There
ought to have been over a 1000,
at least. The Naval Station alone
should have had that many.
What are we ..-aiting for. Issues?
We had them. What more could
you wish for than the three issues
at hand? There were candidates
running in the territorial race who
otight to have received a slap in
tjie face, figuratively speaking, in
stead of a pat on. the back. If you
sjke Alaska well enough to earn a
living here and live here, you
should take sufficient interest in
elections that affect her future, to
vote in a good candidate and weed
out he bad. r
Alaska will suffer because of
this apathy. Just when the terri
tory. needs those with her interest
at heart to rally to her support,
and choose a government worthy
o£ a future state—that support is
not forthcoming.
389 is. not a good vote. Those who
didn't go to the polls and vote
ought to think that one over. When
we hear some one gripe about the
Alaskan legislature and the laws
it passes and its members, there
is only one question to ask: “Did
you vote in the last election? It
ought to be easy with only 389
votes C3st to single out those who
didn’t vote. How can they justi
fiably criticize?
Lets have a really record vote
in the fall. Apathy at the polls is
an unhealthy condition.
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• Government Spending Scored
■ Each spring booklets explaining
how to compute your income tax
fib your best advantage appear and
are sold in great numbers. This
>(ear a publisher has brought out
<Jne which contains a novel and
jjUiking feature.
, The bulk of the booklet consists
of valuable factual information as
<fo deductions, exemptions, special
■credits, sample filled-in forms, and
bther such matters. The special
feature pages, on the other hand,
are based on the Hoover Commis
sion reports—and show the vast
sums that we, the taxpayers,
would be saved if government
would get out of commercial busi
ness and rid itself of needless
spending in general.
This publisher of how-to-do-it
tax book really has a fine idea. It
is important that we understand
the tax taws ana pay as mue as
is legally required. It is far more
important in the long run, that we
cut the over-all cost of govern
ment—and so make those require
ments less.
Moreover, this goes beyond the
pure dollars-and-cents factor. Hen
ry Hazlitt recently wrote in News
week: "For every additional dol
lar that the Government spends,
the taxpayers have one dollar less
to spend. The situation is worse
than this. Taxation erodes the in
centive to produce and earn. It
penalizes success. In the end it
meets fewer real needs than be
fore. People spend the money they
themselves earn on what they real
ly want. The Government spends
money not*on what the rest of us
want but on what our paternalistic
bureaucrats think is good for us.
Fishing Better In '56
Predicted By Willkie
is Bellingham, (A)—More success
ful fishing operations this summer
In Alaska as compared to last year
are predicted by E. E. Willkie,
•president of the Pacific American
^Fisheries This w.ll be offset by ex
pected smaller salmon runs in the
,Puget Sound area.
. Willkie said in his annual report
;the same plants will be in opera
tion in Alaska as last year. Better
jfshing should be found than last
tyear in some sections, particularly
in the Bristol Bay area and South
-eastern Alaska.
• Canning prices and som£ other
costs have gone up, Willkie indi
cated. Labor negotiations now un
ider way indicate a somewhat high
er wage level this year, he added.
J 'We do not expect a big year but
iat this time we see no reason why
jour operations should not be reas
jonably successful,” he said.
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GRIFFIN MEMORIAL NOTES
Patients at the Griffin Memorial
Hospital this week include: Ralph
Longmiret 7 years old), Alvin Mil
ler, Jr. (2 years old), Edna Ander
son (.14 years old), Mrs. Bernice
Keegan, Mrs. Eunice Neseth, Mrs.
Anna Boskofsky, Mrs. Louanna
Wood. Claudia Heath (3 years old),
Mrs. Helen Schott, Louis Pichette,
Marvin Frost (9 years old), Mrs.
Anna Wickmen, Rasmus Erdhai,
Wanda Reed and Juanita Nerbour.
Patients discharged this week in
clude: Alvin Miller, Jr., Jerry Gib
son, Mrs. Louanna Wood, Mrs.
Elizabeth Renshaw, Mrs. Merle
Heitman Mrs. Rebecca Fathke,
Robert Small (1 year old), Claudia
Heath, Eunice Neseth, Ralph Long
mire. Edna Anderson, Montgomery
Clemmons and Jack Petaja.
LOCAL COUPLE MARRY
Martha Wagner, Kodiak, and
Ronald Fadaoff, Woody Island,
were married Saturday, April 28.
The ceremony was performed by
U. S. Commissioner Mabel Fenner
in the Fenner residence.
INSTALL OFFICERS
AT PTA MEETING
The new elective officers will
be installed at the PTA meeting
which will be held Thursday, May
3. The meeting is scheduled for
8 p. m. at the Kindergarten Toom
in the new school.
The new officers are: Mrs. Stan
Alvine, president; Mrs. Don Law
head, 1st Vice-president; Mrs. H.
F. Fread, 2nd Vice-president, Mrs.
Henry Breckberg, Secretary and
Mr. I. 0. Gilbreath, the new creas
urer.
A tea will be held the following
day, beginning at 3 p. m. for par
ents of children who will be en
rolled next year in the schools
kindergarten. Parents of 1st grade
pupils are also invited.
Helen Hall is Chairman of the
tea, which will be held in the kin
dergarten room.
BEAR SHOT ATOP CLIFF
Hunters returning this week
from Uganik tell of a unique ex
perience while pursuing the Ko
diak bear.
Walter Dupler, Robert Ryan, Ot
to Goeke and R. W. Metzler return
ed this week with Alf Madsen
after he had successfully guided
them to a bear each. The guide de
scribed’ the shooting of the bear
by Ryan, which he witnessed from
the boat off shore.
The bear was shot high atop a
knoll, and rolled over the high
cliff about 350 feet, when he dis
appeared into the deep snow. He
had to be dug out. Walter Pana
maroff was with Ryan at the time.
GORDON JENSEN EMPLOYED
BY KODIAK TELEPHONE CO.
Gordon Jensen of. Anchorage is
being employed by thp Kodiak
Telephone Co. He will assume his
duties May 15.
Jensen has been with the An
chorage Telephone Co. the past
five years. He was in town a few
days this week, and returned to
Anchorage Thursday.
STUDENT^ ADVISED
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Business, H. E. Booth, coordina
tor. Bookeepping and Accounting,
0. K. Kincaid; Insurance, Ernest
Harding; Stenography, Mrs. Mar
garet Neel; General Business and
Banking, H. E. Booth.
Arts and Music, Jules Radinsky,
coordinator. Sculpturing, Fashion
Design and Commercial Art. Paul
Bond; Writer, Bill Lamme; Music,
Jules Radinsky.
The following seniors and many
juniors participated:
Walter Nestell, Floyd Richey,
Buddy Squartsoff, Porkey Sargent,
Charles McLinn, Don Higgins,
chuch Pemberton, Nancy Temple
ton, Dona Van Buren, Arlen®
King, Elizabeth Sautner, Jay Mol
letti, Eleanor Thill,, Mike Fitz
gerald, Brad Poland, Russell Gal
lagher, Irene Hicks, Anita Sund
berg and Ellen Simeonoff.
CIVIL SERVICE WORKERS
WILL NOT LOSE ALLOWANCE
Civil Service employees in Alas
ka will not lose the cost-of-iiving
allowance now granted them, in
the event the territory becomes a
state.
Delegate Bartlett conferred with
officials of the Civil Service Com
mission in Washington, D. C., and
and was advised to this effect. "The
commission sometime ago made a
careful study £s to the legal effect
of statehood on the cost of living
allowance and has determined
there would be no difference what
soever,” Bartlett said.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank the members
of both the Police Department and
the Fire Department "or their
prompt action at the fire in our
store Wednesday morning. We are
very grateful to both departments
for their assistance.
Mr. and Mrs. Lief Norman
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I Am A Bank
I am the BANK OF KODIAK
I have been accused of being a cold
heartless institution. NONSENSE!
I have been making friends long
before Dale Carnegie was heard of.
I have faith, and can be compared
to things human, for like humans
1 have the sublime gift of faith.
I grew because of your faith in my
integrity.
I serve the financial needs of the
people in this community.
Try me. I AM A BANK