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VOI* 18 No. 34
KODIAK, ALASKA, AUGUST 23, 1958
PRICE 10 CENTS
Candidates Now In
Biggest Vote In Hi
Aspirants for political offices
are on the home stretch in their
campaigning with the election only
a few clays away. Alaskans go to
the polls Tuesday from 8 a.m. to
8 p.m. The largest vote ever polled
in Alaska is expected.
Alaskans will be given the
opportunity to vote in Statehood
for Alaska, by voting affirmatively
on all three propositions appear
ing on the ballot. Political leaders
of both parties emphasize the
necessity of voting “yes” on each
question.
As there are no contests in the
primary among Republicans seek
ing the five top statewide offices,
Democrats are campaigning the
most loudly and vigorously.
Candidates Here
Several of the candidates have
appeared in Kodiak this past week.
TWo Democrats, William Egan and
Vieter C. Rivers, both seeking
nomination in the primary as
Alaska’s first elected governor,
mere in Kodiak. Egan addressed a
group at the Montmartre Tuesday.
Divers conferred with Democratic
paapfy officials upon his arrival
Wednesday. The Republican candi
date is John Butrovich, Jr. The
•flier Democrat seeking the office
in J. Gerald Williams.
Hugh J. Wade, candidate for
Secretary of State, accompanied
Divers here. Wade is opposed by
Diehard (Dick) Greuel, Demo
cratic candidate from Fairbanks.
Be is territorial treasurer. G~euel
mas speaker of the House in the
Bait session of the Territorial
legislature. The race between the
ton inen is expected to be one of
the closest in the election. K.F.
Dewey is the Republican candidate
fur the office.
Bartlett Campaigning
EJL (Bob) Bartlett is campaign
ing throughout Alaska, although
he is unopposed among the Demo
crats in the primary. His Republi
can opponent is R. E. Robertson,
a Juneau attorney and long resi
dent of Alaska. Both seek office
as U.S. Senator for term “A”.
Keen Contest
Term “B” Senator aspirants are
Kraest Gruening, Democratic can
didate and Mike Stepovich, Re
publican hope for the office. Both
arc former governors of Alaska,
Stepovich the past year and
©rooming from 1939 to 1953. This
promises to be one of the most
keenly fought contests in the
November election.
Two Democrats and a Republi
can seek office as United States
Representative for a two year
Visitors Leave
After Month Stay
Mrs. W. H. Stanger of Colorado
Springs, Colorado, and her 12
year-old grandson, Larry Bass,
who lives in Anchorage, left this
week after spending a month vis
iting at the Wesley Gillilan home
at Island Lake.
Mrs. Stanger, mother of Mrs.
GiQiiaji, stated that she had never
found such frienliness and hospi
tality as that shown her in Kodi
ito Home Stretch;
istory Expected
term. Henry A. Benson is the
Republican candidate. He is at
present Secretary of Labor.
Raymond E. Plummer and
Ralph J. Rivers oppose each other
as Democratic candidates for the
same office. Plummer has lived
in Alaska 14 years, and served as
Assistant U.S. Attorney from 1944
to 1946 and U.S. Attorney from
1946 to 1949. He was Democratic
national committeeman, 1954-56.
member of the territorial House
of Representatives during the 1955
session.
Rivers served 10 years as U.S.
attorney for the. Fourth Division;
four years as attorney general of
Alaska; two years as mayor of
Fairbanks; one session as senator
in the Alaska legislature, and as
a delegate to the Alaska Constitu
tional Convention. He recently re
turned from Washington, D.C.,
where he served the past two
years as representative-elect from
Alaska.
Six Candidates
Vie For Office
Six local candidates will face
defeat or victory at the polls Tues
day. Only two can be voted in.
The candidates as they appear
on the ballot are Kim Clark, Stan
Nelson and William Worth. These
are listed as Republicans. The
four Democrats are Peter Deveau,
John Gibbons, Henry Haag and
Hazel Owen.
Candidates for Senator for the
;„i. a i
Jack Hinckel and A1 Owen. The
former is Republican and the
latter Democrat.
There are four candidates for
Southcentral at-large Senators for
a two-year term. They are I. M.
Anderon (R), Ed. Baldwin (D),
Irene Ryan (D), and Milton Snod
grass (R). Six others seek a four
year term. These are James Frey
(D), Keith Lesh (R), Samuel
Lightwood (Alaska Party), W. R.
Long (D), Ralph Moody (D), and
J. B. (Bob) Smith (D).
Voters may cast their ballot for
only one.
Salmon Pack Up
Half Million Cases
JUNEAU W)—Alaska’s canned
salmon pack this week was more
than a half million cases ahead of
the same period a year ago.
The Bureau of Commercial Fish
eries reported the pack reached
2t697,706 cases, with heavy runs
still under way in lower South
eastern Alaska. The summer sea
son is generally closed in other
areas. The pack, which last week
passed the total 1957 output of
2,442,710 cases is now 582,711
cases ahead of last year at the
same period of the season. Pinks,
back in heavy number after a
poor seaon a year ago, are still
leading the increase. So far this
year, 1,465,544 of 48 pound cases
have been filled with pinks.
What Would Really Happen If the
Statehood Bill Is Defeated?
If Statehood were defeated on August 26th Alaska would become
a “hissing and a by-word” among Americans, and for all time.
More than a hundred and eighty years have passed since Benedict
Arnold’s treason. Yet Benedict Arnold’s name to this day and to the
end of time spells “treason” to every American. He has not been, and
perhaps never will be forgotten or forgiven.
If Alaska were to reject the great gift of full citizenship generous
ly tendered by the Congress, and with the mighty acclaim of the
American people, it would become the Benedict Arnold of States.
History would forevermore record that for the first time a seg
ment of the American people voted:
1. To reject the most basic of all American principles written
into the Declaration of Independence by our forefathers, of
“government by consent of the governed”.
2. To ^assert by their votes that they considered themselves un
fit to govern themselves.
3. To repudiate equality with all other Americans.
If that should happen all the supposedly dire consequences which
the anonymous opponents of Statehood are picturing if Statehood is
voted WOULD REALLY take place:
1. Property values would collate.
2. Hundreds if not thousands of Alaskans would move out. Some
of Alaska’s most substantial citizens have assured me that
should Statehood fail NOW, they would sell everything they
had and get out. One could hardly blame them.
3. Taxes would soar as the dwindling residue of Alaskans would
be called upon to maintain the Territorial government.
4. Help from the federal government would be greatly curtailed,
in many cases cease.
5. Alaska would get no land of its own.
6. The fisheries would remain under federal control forever.
7. Development, progress, new construction, new investment,
and all the happy accompaniments of Statehood, already
visible, would vanish.
8. Materially, the defeat of Statehood would be a disaster affect
ing all Alaskans, from which there would be no recovery with
in the life time of the youngest infant in Alaska.
But there would be even worse. Alaska would become not merely
the Benedict Arnold among the Territories and States, but the Judas
Iscariot. It would have betrayed for less than thirty pieces of silver
the great American heritage for which our forefathers gave “their
lives, their fortunes and their sacred honor”.
Ernest Omening
Four Men Escape
With Their Lives
Four men narrowly escaped
death when a car driven by W.
F. Roemling, swerved from the
base road and careened over the
bank, plunging 200 feet to the
water’s edge. The accident oc
curred Sunday about 7:30 p.m.
There were four occupants in
the car. Two of the men, J R.
Sutton and T. D. Christensen, who
were in the back seat, made the
journey to the bottom of the hill
Roemling and D. R. Stanton were
thrown out of the car along the
way.
Patrolman Tom Sweeney, whc
was on the scene shortly after,
stated it is estimated the car turn
ed over at least five times, before
coming to rest at the water’s edge
Tire marks indicate the car was
heading for the Naval Station. II
swerved to the right into a low
ditch, and then shot across the
road, plunging over the bank. The
accident occurred beyond the Iasi
house before approaching the fori
of the dock road and the new
base road.
The gain in pinks has helped te
offset the losses in red salmon
which is down 473,875 cases fron
last year. The total reds this weel
amounted to only 268,770 cases
The severe losses in reds has made
the Western Alaska district the
only one in the territory with i
pack decline from 1957. The Wes
Minnesota Family
Kodiak Visitors
Mr. and Mrs. Tegland and chil
dren of Alexandria, Minnesota
were visitors in Kodiak this week.
Tegland was stationed hero
with the 215th Coast Artillery
during the war. The Teglands
were visiting the Ole Johnson
family. He and Johnson were in
the same outfit,, made up of men
mainly of Minnesota and nearby
states.
The former Army man was
struck by the progress of Kodiak
since he left here, and its beauty.
In making a tour of the old Army
area, formerly known as Fort
Greeley, Tegland spied the old
barracks of his outfit, with the
sign “215th Coast Artillery” still
intact. Prompted by nostalgic me
mories, the former soldier remov
ed it, carefully wrapped it in tis
sue paper, and carried it away as a
souvenir.
The Teglands are making a lei
surely tour of Alaska, having mo
tored up the Alaska Highway.
They flew to Kodiak from An
chorage for their brief stay.
tern pack, which is normally hea
vy with reds, was off 126,304 cases
, of all types with 1958 total of
421,982 cases.
, The Central district this week
reported a total pack of 1,312,866
cases, an increase of 404,572 over
i the same period a year ago. The
. Southeastern pack neared the mil
t lion mark with a total of 962,858
. cases, up 304,503 from a year ago.
Along The
Waterfront
Last week we reported Bob Von
Scheele on his way after the fish
ing vessel Carmen B, which was
reported in trouble off the Trin
ity Islands. He arrived back with
the vessel last Saturday, after he
pulled it off Tugidak Island, and
towed it into Kodiak.
Repairs were made at the Kodi
ak Boat Works. The rudder, rud
der shoe and propeller were dam
aged. Crew also repaired some
broken valves in the egine, fol
lowing which the vessel departed
for Seattle Thursday morning.
This Big One Didn't (Set Away
While the derby entrants were
picking up the little ones in the
channel, Saturday, Chief Engine
man M. J. Burkholder, USN, hook
ed into a 237-pound halibut „ at'
Mill Bay, and successfully landed
it with the help of two friends^
Chiefs Personnelman R. D. Taylor
and H. D. Ogden.
It proved to be an hour long
struggle, with a borrowed pole
that broke (wouldn't you know)
and on a 65-pound test line. The
big fish was quite a Contrast to
the 13-pounder, which proved
tops for the derby.
•■s.. Closing Up
Local canneries have the bul
toning-up proceedings well in
xieftiivi• xta ijuicwa uiau a
whistle at both HaIfertys and King.
Crab, Inc. Bob Resoff isn’t going
south as reported in this column
last week, and will not until after
the fall fishing.
Stan Alvine’s Marine Repa r if
making permanent repairs on the
PARKS 21, having made earlier
temporary repairs to allow Billy
Torsen to continue fishing. He is
also making repairs to A If Ander
son’s ALF-JIM
Norman Haagland. general sup
erintendent at Halfertys, left Wed
nesday for Seattle. Del Valentine,
accountant for the firm, expects
to leave Wednesday. Winter super
intendent will be Charlie Chris
toff er sen.
The Tatalina left yesterday at
9 a,m. 18,000 cases of fish were
put aboard.
Connelley’s Foot Crusher1
Chuck Connelley, f’WS argent
here, wound up with his foot in a
cast. He caught the foot between
the Service’s plane itui a fishing
boat, when he attempted to pre
vent the plane from hitting the
boat as it was taxiing up to it.
The waterfront isn’t all quiet
these days. Considerable activity
is seen at Walt Mailer’ cold stor
age building, where fhe new crab
cannery is going m About a li
man crewr and a pile driver are
working there this week, extend
ing the wharf out mto the chan-.
nel.
Bids are being sought for the
purchase for salvage jf Roy Ben
nington's plane, the Luscombe
N2370K, now at the City Dock.
Insurance adjusters seeking bids \
are Richard J. Rosemary & Co. of '
Seattle.