THE FRONTIERSMAN
Entered as second c.ass matter on Oct 21, 1947, at tne po«t office
at Palmer. Alaska, under the Act of March 3. 1*79
T. O. SCHMIDTKE
Publisher
MILDRED JOHNSON
News Editor
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NOT SO STAID
The New England states have generally been re
garded as staid places. But now New Hampshire has
pWsed a bill authorizing the sale of sweepstakes tickets
and the governor has signed it. The tickets will be sold
through state-owned liquor stores and at state-controlled
race tracks. The result of certain horse races will decide
who wins the prizes
Lotteries were common in the early days of this
country. They were a major means of raising government \
revenue long before anyone had thought of such devices
as the progressive income tax. But New Hampshire is
the first state to turn to them in this century.
The significance is clear. Most states are desperate
for revenue. They are turning more and more to new
and sometimes odd sources. And the lottery—no matter
what one may think of it on moral or other grounds—
has one built-in virtue. The revenue it provides, through
the percentage cut taken by the state, is voluntarily
paid. No one has to buy a ticket. He buys only if he
wants to. Thus, it falls into the same category as excise
and sales taxes on liquor, tobacco and various other
items. Here is the one kind of revenue source the tax
payer can escape.
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By Dan Halligan \
DEAR HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES: This column is
especially for you who are planning college this fall and still
have a financial problem. I've said it before and I’ll say it
again—college today is possible for anyone with the grades
and the desire Money, believe it or not. should be the least
of your worries. Also repeating myself from other years, there
are hundreds of scholarships returned to foundations, firms, ,
clubs, societies, etc., each year because high school seniors
simply don't apply for them. The reason? I believe it to be lack
of knowledge. You upcoming seniors owe it to yourselves to
check with your guidance counselors and your principals this
fall about such scholarships. They’ll help.
Two S300 college scholarships for which it's not too late
to apply for are being offered by "Under 21.” One scholarship
will go to a 1963 boy high school graduate and one to a girl.
The two winners will be chosen on the basis of financial need,
character and grades. The latter point doesn't mean you had
to have been an honor student. Tell us about yourself in a 1
letter, your ambitions, your hopes and your plans. Tell us about
a friend if you wish. Parents can write in behalf of their
children or the children of friends. Include at least three refer
ences and we'll do the rest.
These two scholarships, as in past years, aren't design
ed to get you through that first year but to help get you
through that first year. Therefore, the funds won’t be
available until November 15 and letters of application will
be accepted through November 1.
The money will be paid directly to your college and
can be used in any manner you and the college see fit.
In the matter of college loans, there are several pos
sibilities for you. Defense Act loans are the least expensive
and are financed jointly by the federal government and
some colleges. You may borrow up to $1,000 a year and
the 3 per cent interest will not begin until a year after
your graduation. You also have 10 years to repay the
loan. Contact the college of your choice right away about
this.
Some colleges also make loans from their own funds,
again with reasonable interest, usually 3 to 4 per cent.
Certain states also offer loans to prospective college
students, These are sometimes guaranteed by the state
but made by local banks.
Another type of loan is that of the United Student
Aid Fund and are usually made by local banks. No loan
payments are required until after graduation but interest
does accrue while the student is in school. Your local
bank can give you more information on this.
There are also bank college loans which can be repaid
immediately on a month-to-month basis. However, you
may take up to six years to repay a four-year plan.
There are other loan plans available but those listed
are the least expensive. Of course, in nearly every commun
ity of any size, P.T.A.’s clubs, societies, etc., offer college
loans but, depending on the size of the loan funds avail
able, these are sometimes limited.
Don’t figure you can earn most of your college tuition
that first year by working—you can’t. Too many colleges
today limit the number of hours freshmen can work be
cause the basic idea is that you're going to college to study
and receive an education. Average college tuition your first
year will be $1,200 to $1,600.
Remember, you can go to college if you have the
desire and the grades. Funds are available if you look long
enough and hard enough. Don’t wait another day. Contact
the college of your choice or your local bank about one
of the loan plans listed and remember the college scholar
ships being offered by “Under 21” too.
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Strange Things
By HEINIE SNIDER
Indians from southeastern
Alaska were master totem
pole makers. Many of these to
tems have the figure of a frog.
The belief among the Indians
is that the Great Spirit can
change itself into any kind of
an animal.
We learn from a legend of
long, long ago that there was
once no winter in Alaska, and
that the Taku River was a
large, wide river, full of fish.
On the sidehills were little
crab apple trees, on which
grew apples as large as orang
es, and just as sweet. Berries
were of the same proportion.
There lived in that country
a Thlinget Indian, Klon-tah by
name. One evening, resting by
his campfire, after a hard day
of fishing, he felt very lonely.
Suddenly a beautiful frog
came up to him and began
speaking to him.
The frog told him that he
was sent by the Great Spirit.
While Klon-tah gazed at him.
the frog was transformed into
a beautiful woman.
He was too astonished to
speak, but when she began to
move away, he begged her to
stay, and told her he would
fish and gather berries for her
all his life.
So Ken-tu (for this was the
woman's name) stayed. Two
sons were born to them. Eika
and Klotch. Eika was big and
strong, but was lazy, lying in
the sun all day and telling his
parents that there was no fish
or game.
Klotch, much smaller than
his brother, brought plenty of
fish and game home, which
made Eika jealous. One day
Klotch, who had just caught a
large number of fish, was
standing looking at the swift
stream when his brother came
up behind him and pushed him
into the river.
When Eika arrived home
with the fish, his father said,
"Where is your brother?”
And Eika replied, “How do
I know?”
That night the weather got
cold, and the wind blew’ from
the north. For 20 days the
w’ind blew without ceasing.
The flowers faded and droop
ed. But Klotch did not return.
After the wind ceased, the
father and mother walked to
the river to find some joy and
comfort, but suddenly the
world had grown dark. The
river, too had been turned in
to solid ice, stretching away
before them—like the future—
cold and hard.
And today, when the fierce
Taku gales blow howling and
wailing from the glacier val
ley across the mountaintops
and into the haunts of men,
the Indians gather around the
fireside with their heads bow
ed in silence, for is this not
the wrath of the Great Spirit,
still crying out for vengeance
upon the woeful deed of their
ancient tribesman?
Strange but true, my read
ers may find a similar story in
the Holy Bible, the fourth
chapter of Genesis—the story
of Cain and Abel
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IN THE
Vf)U£V
Thursday, July 15, 1948
n larinei s rnaiKei, avail
able to any farmer in the Val
ley, will be opened in Anchor
age this season, it was an
nounced this week by Ed Bald
win of Alaska Seed, Inc. The
market is to be located in Mr.
Baldwin's store at Thirteenth
and I street in Anchorage. The
entire store, or any portion of
it, will be made available to
farmers for the establishment
of produce sales booths, Mr.
Baldwin said. There is ample
storage space for products
which can be held with refri
geration, and there will be
cold storage available for those
products which must be refri
gerated during the business
day.
* * *
The Valley Producers As
sociation last week was un
successful in placing a bid
for an Army potato contract.
Tnree parties submitted bids
on the contract, with the
award going to the Matanus
ka Valley Farmers Cooperat
ing Assn, on a flat bid of
$4.18 per hundred.
* * *
Tentative approval of three
new projects of the Matanus
ka Electric Association, Inc.,
was extended at the recent
Rural Electrification Adminis
tration conference at Butte,
Mont., H. G. Bryan, REA re
I piesemauve nere. announceo
| upon his return. Mr. Bryan
emphasized that only prelim
inary approval had been given
the projects, but he said he ex.
pected all three to be authoriz
ed in the near future.
The Valley soon is to be im
mortalized in written word
and in television through the
efforts of writer-photographer
radio announcer Frank Ed
wards of Indianapolis, Ind. Mr.
Edwards, a representative of
the Capper’s Weekly publica
tions, visited here on Tuesday
to secure pictures and mater
ial for his stories. He conferred
with M. D. Snodgrass, from
whom he secured figures and
statistics relative to the pro
production in the Matanuska
Valley.
Men and money are still
the two prime needs—in the
order listed—of the Valley
Volunteer Fire Association,
it was disclosed at Tuesday's
quarterly meeting. More men
are needed to adequately
man the equipment now
owned by the Association,
and more money is needed
to buy still belter equipment,
board chairman A1 Hagen
told the seven Association
members who were in at
tendance at the meeting.
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Rules of World Poetry Day Contest
Announced by Alaska Poetry Society
World Poetry Day on Oct. 15
will be observed in Alaska by
the announcement of the win
i ners of the World Poetry Day
contest, sponsored by the Poet
ry Society of Alaska, Inc.
Any person who has written
a poem is eligible to enter the
contest, in which there will be
three classifications: narrative,
not to exceed 100 lines, any
form; sonnet, any of the forms,
any serious subject; and free
verse or patterned free verse.
30 lines or less. There will be
a prize award in each classifi
cation of $25.
To enter a poem in the con
test, send an original and three
copies to the Contest Commit
tee, Poetry Society of Alaska.
Inc., Box 1106, Juneau, Alaska.
Only one poem may be submit
ted in each category (one nar
rative, one sonnet, one free
verse—not more than three in
all). Do not write your name
on the poem entered. Instead.
McKinley Legion
To Meet Sunday
Mt. McKinley Legion No. 51
will hold its next meeting at
Anchorage Moose Lodge on
Sunday, July 14, at 11 a.m.
prior to the Anchorage Lodge
picnic.
This will be the first meeting
of the fiscal year for the re
cently installed officers, and
regular business and enroll
ment of candidates will be con
ducted.
All Moose members who
have applications in -are re
quested to attend as well as
those who wish to submit an
application. The only require
ments to join the Legion Of
The Moose are six months’
good standing in the lodge and
the desire to advance to a high
er degree of the order. New
applications will be accepted
by the Herder or steward prior
to the meeting.
Roanoke, an Indian word for
white shelled wampum, came
west from Sir Walter Raleigh’s
1585 settlement in Virginia.
on a separate slip of paper,
write your name plus the title
and first line of your entry.
Seal it in an envelope which
is labeled only with the title
and first line of your poem.
i Contestants are warned to
keep a copy of their poem at
home, since entries cannot be
returned.
Entries must be mailed to
the contest committee, and
1 postmarked no later than Aug.
15, 1963. They must not have
j been previously published or
accepted for publication.
Judging will be done by
qualified judges selected by
the Society.
The author of any winning
poem in the contest must agree
to allow the Society to publish
the poem in its journals and to
have it broadcast and publish
ed by various Alaskan news
media. Non-winning poems
I may be chosen for radio, tele
| vision or other uses which will
not prevent their being sub
1 mitted to publications or fu
! ture contests.
St. Bartholomew's
Episcopal Church
Morning Prayer —10 A.M.
Church School-11 A.M.
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THOUGHTS
OF A
LAYMAN
What is a Joke?
At a recent medical ban
quet the chief speaker rat
tled off one smutty story
after the other, and inter
spersed his tales with dam
nation and hellfire. Most of
the audience was doubled up
with laughter. Now real hu
mor is something different
One need not dig down into
the filth to be funny. Real
humor is clean and whole
some, and a mark of keen
wit. Anything else is evi
dence of crudeness and men
tal poverty.
World’s record rod-caught
salmon of 92 lbs. was caught in
B*itish Columbia’s Skeena Riv
er in 1959.
ST. JOHN
LUTHERAN
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In. t. H. Fritz,
Palmer, Alaska
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It is pood to lie down on the grass and look up into the sky. Your
mind starts to wander — the way it always does when you take the time
really to look at it. The heaven is so immense that you can’t find a word
big enough for it. Those thunderheads, building up in the west _ they
are so huge that they dwarf the work of man into total insignificance.
The stars are still up there too. We can’t see them in the daytime
and always this seems strange. But they are just as much there as they
are at night — and you don’t have to see them to know it.
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You don’t have to see God either, to know that He’s there — though
some people seem to feel it’s something that has to be proved. They couldn’t
be more wrong. God’s evidence is everywhere. Just walk into a church
on Sunday and sit down and listen awhile, and then you will know for sure.
THE CHURCH FOR ALL.
The Church is the greatest, factor
on earth for the building of charac
ter and good citizenship. It is a store
house of spiritual values. Without a
strong Church, neither democracy
nor civilization can survive. There
are four sound reasons why every
person should attend services rrgu
al-L for the church
I»rly and support the Church. They
are: < 1) For his own sake. *2) For
his children’s sake. (3 > For the sake
of his community and nation. <4i
For the sake of the Church itself,
which needs his moral and material
support. Plan to go to church regu
larly and read your Bible daily.
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Sunday
I Kings
19:9-18
Monday
Tsalms
104:5-13
Tuesday
Psalms
104:14-23
Wednesday
Psalms
104:24-35
Thursday
John
1:14-18
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Friday
John
14:8-14
Saturday
I Corinthians
2:6-18