1 Reporters—
Notebook
Mrs. Darlene Whitaker, daugh
ter of Clifton Grover and wife
of Marine Captain James Whita
ker is the new secretary in the
Soil Conservation Service office.
She takes the place of Wanda
Wheeler, who resigned this week
because she and her husband
Wayne are moving to Anchorage.
Mrs. Whitaker recently returned
to the Valley from California
when her husband was sent to
Korea.
Lloyd and Pal Lawton and
their two children returned Fri
day from a three-month trip
Outside.
Mrs. Esther Brock and her
two children are Outside for a
few weeks’ visit in the state of
Washington.
A recent visitor at the Matanus
ka Experiment Station was the
mother of Mrs. Winston Laughlin,
Mrs. Nave Fuliehan. who has been
working at Mt. Edgecombe as a
nurse since March.
Mrs. Dorothy Winninghoff.
Territorial representative of the
Logan-Cache Knitting Mills of
Logan, Utah, is at the Matan
uska Hotel this week on her
annual visit to the Valley. With
her are her 84-year-old mother,
Mrs. Ada Ellis, and her four
year-old daughter, Sandra.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Struening
who recently visited the Faith
Hill Home for Children, operated
by their son-in-law and daughter,
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Pinckham,
returned to their home in New
Jersey last week. The couple en
joyed a three week stay in the
Valley visiting various points of
interest. The trip was made in
celebration of their 25th wedding
anniversary.
Bill Bouwens, Verne Donald
son, and Bruce Graham tried
out their new "swamp buggie"
for the first time this week end
on a fishing trip beyond Eure
ka. They were delighted to
learn that the big army six by
six with its enormous wheels
worked fine over the terrain—
better than a weasel in that
country.
Visiting the Elmer LeDucs
this week-end were Mr. and Mrs.
Marvin Wattser of Bristol, South
Dakota, who would like to settle
here permanently. At present
they are living near Anchorage.
Guest at the George Whet
stone home this week-end was
Frank Trainer of the Geologi
cal Survey ground water
branch. He will be located in
Alaska permanently now in
stead of on a seasonal basis.
Mrs. Trainer, the former Mar
tha Collier, will join him early
next month in their newly
found quarters on Government
Hill.
Mr .and Mrs. J. F. Hogin and
their son Butch leave this week
for Juneau, where, after a vaca
tion. the elder Hogins will return
to the Bureau of Reclamation re
gional office. Their leaving will
be a keen disappointment for a
host of model airplane fans.
Ray DePriest. who received his
second lieutenant’s bars for ROTC
ka last month, will leave s^on for
training at the University of Alas
officers’ training school at Fort
tenning, Georgia.
Something new in Experi
ment Station research was ad
ded last week when Dr. Curtis
Dearborn piloted his own plane
down to the Kenai Peninsula
to spray weed-killer solution
on some test plots down there.
He was grounded for several
hours before his homeward
flight by the first thunderstorm
in that area for years and ye***
Bob Crites and daughters Vir
inia and Diana left last Thurs
ay for Columbus. Ohio, where
he Palmer coach will visit hu
amily and attend summer schoo
t Ohio State. The rest of the
amily will join them there aftei
uly 16, when she gets her vaca
ba Brooks of Brook's Feet
Supply returned to Palmei
nesday from a ten day busi
trip to Washington and Ore
Brooks reported satisfactory
ts on feed shipments; be inf
-ed an immediate shipmen
week. While Outside he visit
lany farms, fair grounds anc
_,inn Hatchery.
MASONS TO HEAR
report on grand
LODGE SESSION
he MatanusKa Valley Masoru
lee w*l hold its regular meet
Wednesday evening, July ;
Carpenters Hall,
harles W. Wilson, who ha
returned from the Gram
ge session held at Wenatchee
shington, last week, will giv
;port on the meeting._
Insure today, see Ray.
Better still, SEE BILLU
Visiting Ntwsmsn
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population at rate of 15,000 per
year; even if statehood bill were
passed today the Territory would
have 150,000 population by time
machinery of state government
was placed in operation. Only
now is the Territory beginning to
break the housing bottleneck.
They're all People
Queried about the percentage
of Eskimos and Indians in the
aresent population, the governor
looked his questioner straight in
the eye and said, “As far as I’m
concerned, they're all people.”
The early history of Alaska un
der U. S. rule, said the governor,
was one of complete neglect. “For
nearly 75 years the Territory was
, grossly discriminated against. If
j now we’re being treated more
| generously because of-the nation
: al emergncy, we still have a long
I way to go to catch up with those
! long years of neglect.”
Declaring that the list of dis
criminations against Alaska “is
a mile long,” Gruening cited the
road program which has just be
gun, although Alaska still does
not get its share of road funds.
Each year, the Territory is in con
stant danger of having its vital
agricultural research interrupted
because of a Congressional cut in
appropriations. The Organic Act
j of 1912 under which Alaska is
! governed is extremely restrictive.
• providing for no land laws and no
; local control over the judicial
j system and fish and wildlife.
“We’ve never been adquately
defended in Alaska.” Gruening
added, “and we’re not now!”
Because of this gross neglect of
.Alaskan defense, the Japanese
j were able to win the Battle of the
I Aleutians, the governor insisted.
: With a garrison of 10,000 men,
they were able to immobilize 200,
j 300*of our trained troops. The rea
; son given for the neglect of Alas
| ka’s defenses was pork barrel pol
itics “because we ARE a Terri
tory.
“If there’s one place that’s cru
cial for United States defense, it's
Alaska,” he concluded.
BUI 7S0 Generous
How much of Alaska would be
controlled by the federal govern- ■
ment under the present bill? It
was on the basis of too much fed- 1
eral control that Taft opposed the
bill, Gruening observed. How- :
ever, under statehood the people 1
of Alaska would elect their cwn 1
governor and Alaska would have 1
control of fish and wildlife. Alas
ka would be able to do something 1
about land laws—something that !
Congress has refused to do. Under j
terms of the bill Alaska would be i
offered 22 and one-half million j
acres of her own choosing—an
area larger than Maine or the i
state of West Virginia. This pro
vision is a generous one, the gov
ernor said, comparing most favor- ■
ably with the four sections out of
each township given to New
Mexico and Arizona and the two j
sections given other states. The
inclusion of more land in the bill,
the governor feared, would be too
great a responsibility for the new
state because the cost of survey
ing the land would have to be
borne by the state. Citing the
large number of reservations and
withdrawals adding up to one
third of the entire Territory, the
governor insisted, “We feel that
these withdrawals should stop.
With statehood, we’d have a wea
pon with which to fight further. (
encroachments.
‘‘Long range government is not
very effective.” he concluded, 1
‘‘and bureaucratic control is not
the best type of government.”
Alaska's Industry
In answer to a question about ■
Alaska’s tourist industry, Gruen
ing named it Alaska’s greatest un
developed potential. He declined
to be worried about the shortage
of tourist accomodations. The ex- j
perience of Hawaii demonstrates
the mistake of building in antici
pation. he said; let the tourists
start coming and the accommoda
tion will develop naturally.
Regarding employment in Alas- ;
ka, the governor reminded news-’;
men that most industry in Alaska
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s seasonal. He sited the new pulp
nill in Ketchikan as being the
first attempt at establishing a
rear-around industry. The great
rongass National forest is capable
>f supplying five pulp factories of
which at least one would manu
facture newsprint. He estimated
hat 20 percent of the national
lewsprint needs could be furnish
'd by this factory on a qprmanent
>asis. And with the present high
»rices commanded by newsprint
;hortages, he believed Alaska
:ould compete in price even with
he long freight haul to establish
;d markets.
Neatly parried were the politi
:al questions that might have em
jarrassed a less adroit official
‘Very optimistic” were his views
>n the coming election. When, ir
response to Gruening’s pronounc
ed expectation that Alaska would
attain statehood in the next ses
sion of Congress, a newsman add
ed “Regardless of the coming elec
tion?’\ the governor refused tc
budge. ‘‘I repeat,” he said, “that
[ expect we'll get statehood foi
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[fity Clerk next Tuesday, alreadj
nas set up his office in the Sev
arns building. Next week wil
probably find Kay Pippel In
surance and Accountant Williair
Head moving into their new
luarters in the Neal Wright addi
don.
First floor quarters in the twc
juildings are nearing completion
Within the next few weeks there
should be some interesting chang
:s in Palmer’s fast-growing busi
less area.
Alaska in the next session." When
Kefauver’s statehood views were
questioned. Governor Gruening
elaborated at some length on the
Tennessee Senator’s demonstrated
devotion to the statehood cause.
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Coyly, a newsman observed.
“Then you would favor Kefauver
as the next president.’'
"He would be a very acceptable
candidate.” was the governor’s
bland reply.
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