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Politicians Tactics or Cheap Politics
* Some candidates receive votes
•despite the manner ol campaign
they conduct. Under our present
party system, few voters vote the
traight ticket, but vote the man.
We wilt go on doing it this way
for some time to come.
Disapproval of the manner of
campaigning will many times
alienate votes, but this is probably
offset by votes gamed from a
gullible public.
We were going to write m edi
tonal about the present political
sit uni ion in Alaska, hut before we
could get our typewriter into high
gear, we 'an across in editorial
in the Am borage Times which
summed op the situation quitti
adequately. We quote freely from
it.. It said, in part?
‘This is the season when can
didates foi public office get po
litical skeletons out of the closet
and try to lay them at the door
of their opponents.
“Some of the skeletons are so
frightening that one wonders how
they could tie hidden mo quietly
for so tong
“The Democrats are making a
major effort this week to embar
rass .Secretary of the Interior
Fred U. Seaton who has come to
Alaska to campaign in behalf of
Republicans
“They laid the fifdi trap issue
at his door as a welcome mat that
was intended to give him the hot
foot It didn’t work
“Fish traps have been a perpet
ual issue in Alaska During all the
years of Democratic administra
!rons and Congresses »n Washing
ton, the Democrats failed to gel
rid of them hi handing the prob
lem to Se rotary Seaton they were
laying D,» own skeleton d his
door.*
The editorial goes to reflect on
the shortcomings of politicians
the discrepancies between what
they promise and what they do
skeletons such as the handling of
the economic problem of the na
tives, small boat harbors, airports,
road building. The editorial asks
the question, “Which party goofed
on the road building program.'
During almost two decades of
Democratic administration, Alaska
got few miles of new roads. ’1 he
new roads that were built were
primarily for the military. The Re
publican administration brought
little change.”
Wo in Kodiak are sensitive to
defections in road building, get
ting few, if any, and only those
dictated by military necessity.
"The two parties might well
point to each other with the finger
of guilt for failure to make the
resource studies that are needed
for Alaskan development,” the
editorial continues. It blames both
parties for failure to tackle the
problem of Japanese fishing in
the Northern Pacific. Thus an
analysis of past deeds and pro
mises reveals a whole closet full
of skeletons. It leaves little to ex
pect from either party- but the
gains will be there, nevertheless.
One of the gains announced in
this campaign is that of the elim
ination of fish traps, a sore spot
to Alaskans for many years. The
issue is now in the open, and the
definite statement made that they,
will be eliminated in 1959
So, dear voter, do not despair
May your hand that marks "X”
on the ballot come election day,
be guided by a thoughtful apprais
al of the candidate, his qualifica
tions and h»s intent.
Veterans Afr.otd
Sunday Services
Mem be ■" if Katmai Post 705fi
and A'lS'i.. . v participated m the
Veteran."- D v Sunday services at
the As embl\ of Cod church on
Mission road on November 9.
well attend, t
“Wo of 1 he post and auxiliary
wish to i xpress our sincere
thanks arid appreciation (o Mrs.
Itirschy ami the members >1 the
Assemble Cod for the gracious
welcome extended to us," Charles
Christoph* sen, post commander,
said.
Veterans Day, November 11,
was well attended by both civic
mid military leaders. In the parade
were representatives of Katmai
Post 705C »nd the Ladies Atixili
ary, the (noties, and American
Legion. Chief Bennett and the
Navy hand long with the Marine
marching un:t were also on hand
4,s were He.i Admiral McKeehnic,
commandant 17th naval district,
ind Cmdr. Unrim. Col towing ser
vices, i i Ik intents were .served
ji the post rooms.
All post and auxiliary members
are reminded that there will be
a birthday party for all who have
November birthdays. 'This party
will be held at the post rooms at
It p in. on Saturday, Nov. 15.
Also an important meeting will
be held on November 1H at H p m.
All members are invited to attend
Children Warned
To Keep Off Ice
Children were cautioned to stay
away from ice having soft spots,
by Chief of Police Vickery. The
word of warning came following
the death of a little boy from
drowning while playing on soft
ice.
Parents of small children a e
particularly warned to keep their
children off ire that has not been
tested. The mild weather at pres
ent has made* the ice ponds hazard
ous.
Vickery stated that iri the event
a child or anyone is pulled out of
a lake, the police department
should be immediately notified In
the meantime artificial respiraton
should be performed.
Here, There and Everywhere
By 8IG DICRKB
Undoubtedly Alaskans are in
dividualists. When we say Alas
kans we are not referring to the
johnny-cornel atelys who would
also fit ir\ the same category, us
ing the term loosely.
But we are referring rather to
that noble breed of men, who
dared to leave the primrose paths
of civilisation, the conveniences
of then modem cities, to take up
their abode in a literal wilderness
that had nothing to offer except
what had to be taken forcefully
am! most times alone. But the true
Alaskan of several years back,
whether he came from New York,
Massachusetts, Chicago or the
states of Iowa or the Dakotas,
proved himself equal to his envir
onment. In most cases he survived.
As Alaska is gradually being
transferred from this wilderness
to veritable miniatures of New
York, Chicago, San Francisco, et
al, and its frontiers are being
pushed* back by man’s progress,
it is refreshing to find a man who
has this trait of individualism, and
practices it! Such a man is Fail
Fleming, hear biologist, photo
grapher, school teacher, stream
watcher, FWS enforcement agent
and trapper.
Bear biology is Fleming’s forte
his passion. As he says, study
ing the habits of bears is as heady
stuff to him as drink is to the
alcoholic. Coupled with photogra
phy, this study can be fascinating,
without a doubt, dangerous, too,
and at the same time requiring un
usual patience. Fleming says he
has spent weeks at a time in one
spot waiting for a bear to appear
and follow through with one of
his known acts. “Bears don’t spend
all their time fishing the streams
as you may have been led to be
lieve from movies," he says. “A
hear giving the appearance of
charging is not always doing just
that,” he said
Earl can tell you a lot about
bears, and he is going to do just
that Saturday, Nov. 22 at the high
school auditorium, in color movies
and by lecture. It will no doubt
be an edifying evening for most
of us armchair nature lovers, who
prefer our hears and other animals
at a little more than arms length,
it is said of Earl that he has even
wrestled with them.
Fleming has been 13 years in
Alaska. Much of it lias been in
Southeastern, and in the interior
of Alaska. A chapter in his life
covering three years or more, lie
was a school teacher. He told of
one experience I believe it was
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at either Ruby Creek, Hughes or
Crooked Creek where he started
a school in an old log building,
with about 25 enrolled, ranging in
age from six to 26. The oldest
pupil, a young Eskimo, would
smoke in school until told that
this was a bad practice because
of fire hazard, etc. He then came
to school chewing tobacco. This
school was started without regu
lation school furniture, using
packing boxes and old crates as
desks and seats.
Fleming works now and then,
and only as a means to an end. He
is the perfect embodiment of
the "You can’t tuke it with you”
philosophy. He works, but mainly
in his chosen field, bear biology,
and as a trapper most of his pur
suits are outdoors — simply that
he might eat and be clothed am1
to buy more photography equip
ment and film. And as most ama
teur photographers know, this can
result in the expenditure of a
small fortune.
His two films, “The Big Hears”
and "The Spring Ice Breakup,”
will give you insight into his ma
jar obsession "bears," and the ice
breakup on the Koskokwin and the
Yukon rivers. Save me a seat
near the front, Earl. It’s probably
as close as I’ll ever get to either
a bear or the other spectacular
event.
HARRIMAN -l^JEST HELD
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at approximately T o'clock. lie
stated be had personally attempt
ed to feed the prisoner, but Ham
man would ‘eat* very little Every
effort, he said, was made to make
him as comfortable as possible.
The prisoner showed the usual
symtoms of the DT’s, he said, and
he thought he was snapping out
of it by Wednesday.
City Mortician Walt Muller
testified Harriman did not have
any other than superficial bruises
on his body, and none to indicate
he was mistreated or beat up.
I)r. Robert Johnson and Dr.
Bruce Keers hurt performed the
autopsy, removing his liver and
part of the stomach, which was
sent to the Mason Clinic at Seattle
for pathological study. The report
from the* clinic indicated a fatty
metamorphoses of the liver. The
liver was again as large as normal.
Dr. Keers stated 10 to 15 percent
of such cases die.
As the final witness called, Ovid
McKinley, U. S. deputy marshal
here, who has his office in the
same building and saw the patient
every day, stated in his opinion
the police had done everything
they could for him. Of fifty cases
similar to this that he had seen
in the past several years, three had
died, he said.
On the jury were Al Hochber
ger, Archie Zehe, John Fletcher,
Tom Frost, Bill Criss and John
Molletti.
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