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Entered in the Postoffice at Kodiak, Alaska as Second
Class matter under act of Congress of March 3,1878
THE ISLAND PUBLISHING COMPANY
Sig J. Digree, Editor and Publisher
Betha Digree, Executive Secretary
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS ;
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lion of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in
this paper and also the local news published herein.
75 Years Service
Celebration, this week of the
signing of the Civil Service Act,
vhich ortotir’*<vt 7fi years ago,
dablishing the now extended
r.erit system of employing civil
sen/ants, focuses the minds of the
American public on Government
employees—ther work they do,
their selection, and liow .
ious departments of government
* atfect the every day lives of the
’ people of the Nation'.
t, Government, it has been said, is
•Vr«'0” bus:ness. In one way or
y'v work of Federal em
.?• i^yaes every American
every day. Gove workers
print and mint our money, control
narcotics, regulate immigration,
collect and duties. Thaiy
help to conserve land and revita
lfyp lard that is unproductive,
bring electricity into rural homes,
enforce Federal laws, and admin
icle!: social security. They operate
-fcljie atomic energy program, fore
cast the weather, and T^tect
national parks and forests. They
dyncUuct research in physics,
djtemistry, electronics, meterology,
gindogy, metallurgy and other
isHenitific fields, which has far
dwelling effects on the health,
welfare, economy and security of
our Nation. They control the
Nation’s airways, standardize weig
hts and measurements, handle
relations with other countries,
develop flood control measures,
ard perform hundreds of other
services required by the American
people.
The work summary listed above
is done by more than 2,000,000
fellow Americans. As to how well
it is performed, you may or m.;y
not agree. Whether the tremen
dous cost is justified can be argued
again and again. One thing, how
ever, is certain. The merit system,
which the art established, as it
has been developed, assures a
reasonably competent employee.
Civil service workers, on the
whole, perform their work cons
cientiouly and well. President
Eisenhower praised them for their
efficiency, dedication and readi
ness (to work).
Being a civil servant entails a
high obligation, because you are
then in the position of holding a
public trust, and in a sense work
ing for yourself (as a taxpayer).
As such it is necessary for you to
become more efficient,, curb unnec
cessary government spending as
much as possible.
Here There Everywhere
, Once in awhile we run across a
ryi*ws (item that gives a lot of
pleasure to road. In this day and
due of the fast buck and compara
tively easy money that can be earn
£l especially in the entertainment
*erld, a man with literally a fist
ful of talent at his fingertips, who
4mmis it—he makes news. One
Inward Heiss is that man.
I He works, and works hard, ten
ho-a's a day. support his three
children—without the aid of a wife
and mother. A baker bv f ’ irtt?. he
a daughter, Carol Heu», an. 18
>,yoar old world figure skating
champion, and the promoters are
moving in on him to sign her for
aru ice show carnival. It would be
easy for him to say “yes" and end
his days of -ten hours of labor. But
it seems Heiss has some principles
of bis own, and his recognition of
hi; role as father. He wants his
•daughter, and his other two chil
dren) to have an education—that
comes first. The two girls, Carol
and Nancy, both -aine excefllant
skaters, and are training for future
championships. Their views for
tturaiitely coincide with their
fathers’.
He has the prospect ahead of
.sending them both to Paris for the
World Figure skating champion
ships and later to the Nationals ki
Minneapolis in April. It will cost
a lot of money. But expenses,
many of them, Hedss has had since
bis; Wife’s illness, prior to her
death a year ago, travel expenses,
schooling for his 'children.1 and
ii^any others. But he is contend to
myxl: the ten hours ^ day, seven
d^yn a " help nis children
dbhievc i education
(something out of tlmnasetees. In
stead of all the thundering applau
se goir><? to his talented daughter,
Edward TTeiss should come in for
some of it.
* * * The mild weather has
spoiled the ice skating and sled
ding for the young fry and made
it disagreeable underfoot, but it
means that old man winter won’t
be digging his icy fingers into
your flesh for any prolonged per
iod before the Spring breakup. In
fact, some of the boys are again
talking about the fishing days a
head.
' * * Dr. Alfred P. Haake,
Ph.D., writing in the January
issue of “Republican Call,” has
some good points that are well
taken on the present trend of un
limited Government spending and
taxing. Reviewing our present
situation of government competi
tion and unlimited funds to do it
with, he says the “root of the dis
aster lay in the unlimited Income
Tax Amendment (16th) which be
came law on February 25, 1913.”
This unlimited phase of the act
gave subsequent Congresses power
to cross state borders, “delude”
the electorate with “free gifts
from a beneficient federal govern
ment”. “Like dope-ridden addicts
we have come almost to accept as
hopeless a trend that is already
far on the way to destroy our free
dom.”
Debt, inflation, taxation, spend
ing, more debt and more inflation,
with more and more costly federal
aid, is the formula. He cites the
limited 2 percent tax rate promis
ed in 1913, which has grown to a
h^imum of 20 percent and a
maximum of 91 percent, and then
f
A
sAtaffes: “Even Pharaoh and Joseph,
exploiters of ancient Egypt, were
pikers compared to the modern
and more expert exploiters under
the unlimited income tax.”
* * * Repeal of one tax, a very
objectionable wartime measure,
would help the small Alaskan
businessman especially, and that’s
•the 3 percent tax on freight and
the 10 percent on transportation
of passengers. The Seattle Cham
ber of Commerce is seeking its
repeal, and undoubtedly it would
be an excellent project for the
Alaskan Chambers of Commerce.
. Canada discontinued a similar
tax, thereby tempting cross-con
tinent shippers to use Canadian
facilities.
* * * Have you noticed? “To
day’s dollar seems built more for
speed than endurance.”—.Joe W.
Berry.
* * * Publisher Tom Ander
son of Farm and Ranch quips:
“The Russians may beat us to the
moon with a Sputnik. But I’ll bet
we set there first with Foreign
Aid.”
* * * An Editor’s Prayer: “Oh,
Lord, let my words be soft and
sweet, (for tomorrow I may have
to eat them.”—The Anamosa (Io.)
Journal.
* * * Here’s an interesting
table showing the work output of
sources of energy one hundred
years ago and now: Human energy
output 100 years ago 13.0%. Today,
0.9%; Animal energy output, 100
years ago, 52.4, today, 0.6%;
Mechanical energy output, 34.6%
a hundred' years ago. Today,
98.5%: —
With these statistics, we leave
you for this week.
ETERNAL YOUTH
Youth is not entirely a time of
life—it is a state of mind. It’ is
not wholly a matter of ripe cheeks,
red lips, or supple knees. It is. a
temper of the will, a quality of
the imagination, a vigor of the
emotions, a freshness of the deep
springs of life. It means a tem
peramental predominance of cou
rage over timidity, of an appetite
for adventure over love of ease.
Nobody grows old by merely
living a number of years. People
grow old only by deserting their
ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin,
but to give up interest wrinkles
the soul. Worry, doubt, self-dis
1 rust, fear, and despair—these are
the long, long years that bow the
head and turn the growing spirit
Lack to dust.
Whatever your year*:, there is
in every being’s heart the love of
wonder, the undaunted challenge
cf events, the unfailing childlike
appetite for what next, and the
joy and the game of life. You are
as young as your faith, as old as
your doubt; as young as your self
confidence, as old as your fear; as
young as your hope, as old as your
despair. In the central place of
every heart there is a recording
chamber; so long as it receives
messages of beauty, cheer, and
courage, so long are you young.
When the wires are all down
and your heart is covered with the
snows of pessimism and the ice of
cynicism, then, and then only, are
yon grown old.
(The above was written by Doug
las MacArthur and was reprinted
from the Public Power Bulletin,) *
PUBLIC IS INVITED
TO GOSPEL SERVICES
The public is invited to th«
gospel services which are startin j
Sunday afternoon in the Fisher
men’s Union Hall.
L. Sullivan and J. Porterfield
will be in charge of the services,
which will be held Tuesday even
ings at 7:45 and Sunday afternoons
at 3:00. Both ministers are from
Anchorage. The services are In
terdenominational.
Son Born Jan. 12
A son, Robert, weighing 7 lbs.
14% ozs., was born to Nell and
Robert Waage on January 12 iiy
San Franscisco.
Nell’s parents, John and Don
thy Chase, are visiting the Waag-j
family at present.
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