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Re*. 3141
Here There
Everywhere
Tha sales tax ordinance passed
by a narrower margin than we had
in mind when we predicted in this
column last week that it would
pass by a narrow squeak, in fact it
was too close for any would-be
prognosticator to enjoy, especial
ly for one who is as new in the
business as this writer.
* * * * *
We are now thinking of going
into broader fields in prognosicat
ing—this being the presidential
election year. But in view of the
fact that we don’t know if Ike will
pull a Coolige (“I do not choose to
run") thumbs down, or wether
Nixon, Warren or Knowland will
be acceptable to the Elephant
party, or who the Demos selection
will be, we’ll quote High School
Principal Grey. He was asked by
Topics Master John Mansuy at
Toastmasters meeting, “Who will
win the election in 1956?'” Grey
replied, “The candidate who gets
the most votes.”
There again, when you make a
prediction like that, you have to
qualify it. On the result of the
popular vote in 1888, Cleveland
had more votes than Harrison but
the 233 electorial votes cast for
Harrison against the 168 for Cleve
land elected Harrison president.
• * • • •
The sales tax will create new
problems and new duties for many
people—the merchant, the bus
driver, ,’liquor establishments, the
barber, restaurants, and most peo
ple who have a service to offer
the public—but least of all the
man who has to pay it. His contri
bution will be like putting money ’
in the piggy bank—it will hardly I
be noticeable.
* * * * *
Rumor has it the? sales tax ordi
nance did not pass, because it re
quired a 55% of the votes cast to
put it into effect. This territorial
law was changed in 1953, and only
a simple majority is required.
♦ * * * *
A customer was walking through
a local store. He spotted a counter
full of shirts, priced special at
$2.75, and jokingly said to the pro
prietor that if they were $2.50, he’d
buy ten of them. The store owner
promptly stacked up ten shirts.
The customer is now in a position
to give away the “shirt off his
back,” without more than denting
his stock. Business being what it |
is right now, it doesn’t pay to
joke about such things to a harass
ed storekeeper faced with income
taxes, etc.
*****
John Robinson, writing in the
January 25 issue of the Seattle PI.
in his column under the heading
of “Alaska Vignettes,” mentions
the Mirror 'as “a much quoted’
newspaper because of its ads. He
goes on to give excerpts from Stan p
Nelson’s B & B ad, which appears ^
regularly in the Mirror, quoting
liberally some of its famed humor.
* * * * *
Stan Nelson has built himself
up quite a reputation since he
started writing “copy” for the B &
B ad, which has been reprinted re
peatedly throughout the Stales and
Alaska. Justly too, It is the nearest
thing to Alaskan, and particularly
Kodiak, folklore to come out of the
Territory. Reams could be written
about the early days of Kodiak, and
the present series by Stan give
some of the highlights. They’re
authentic too. But folklore history
is daily being made in this famed
bar, where a visitor once remark
ed "This is the old Alaska I’ve
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