THE FRONTIERSMAN
Entered as second class matter On Oct. 21. 1947. at the post office
at Palmer. Alaska, under the Act of March 3. 1879
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WITH A CHARY HAND
The late Samuel Gompers is generally referred
to as the father of the organized labor movement in
this country, and he fought to the last ditch for what
he thought the unions had coming. He once had some
thing to say about the Welfare State, though he didn't
use that comparatively new phrase. In his view, "Doing
for people what they can and ought to do for themselves
is a dangerous experiment. In the last analysis, the wel
fare of the workers depends upon their own initiative
Whatever is done under the guise of philanthropy or
social morality which in any way lessens initiative (is)
the greatest crime that can be committed against the
toilers. Let social busybodies and professional 'public
morals experts' in their fads reflect upon the perils they
rashly invite under this pretense of social welfare."
The complexities inevitably accompanying scientific,
social and economic change have necessarily altered the
attitudes that government and labor bring to bear on
controversial problems. These problems are tough econ
omically and politically, involving wages, working con
ditions, protections against adversity, the shifting em
ployment situation, tax policy, and the like. But this is
no excuse for the "let the government fix it" attitude that
has sorely infected so many of us.
We must give power to government with a chary
and reluctant hand, and only when the need is inescap
able. Otherwise we'll create a Welfare State whose pro
per synonym is "dictatorship."
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By Dan Haltigan
DEAR DAN: I like a boy who is a year younger than I
am and I am sure he likes me too. We are mature for our ages
but many people think the boy should be older. Should I let
this relationship go on or stop it?—Born Too Soon.
DEAR BORN TOO SOON: A year's age difference
eilher up or down, should'nt make any difference as
long as you remember you're lhe age you are and not
"mature/'
DEAR DAN: My boy friend is always making fun of me
in front of others and I get very embarrassed. It makes me
wonder if he still cares for me. What can I do to make him stop?
—M.K.
DEAR M.K.: He'll probably stop if you ask him to.
Are you sure you're not confusing teasing with ridi
cule?
DEAR DAN: I have a very serious complexion problem
even though I don't eat anything sweet, wash my face often
and get plenty of sleep. It's quite embarrassing to have boys
ask all of your friends for dates and you have to sit home be
cause of your face. Please help me. I’ll do anything you say.
—One Big Problem.
DEAR ONE BIG PROBLEM: If you've taken all
the ordinary precautions, as you say, your mother
should take you to see your family doctor. He may
be able to help. Most teen-agers have a complexion
problem at one lime or another so don't feel you're
all alone.
DEAR DAN: Early in the school year my girl accepted
a ride home from school several times with her one-time boy
friend. Now she's working at the same drive-in he's employed
at and she rides home with him every night or just about
every night.
Maybe I shouldn't have done it. but I’ve watched them
sit for as long as 30 minutes in front of her house. Does all
this look as if I’m being made a sap by them?—C.C.
DEAR C.C.: I wouldn't say so. I'm a trusting soul
but as long as your girl hasn't given you any reason
to doubt her, why are you doing it? And you'd better
cut out the shadowing too.
• - • *
DEAR DAN: My girl friend and I were at the drug store
the other day when this boy from school came along and sat
down with us. We talked for about 30 minutes and when we
said we had to leave, he offered to pay for our sodas. We
didn’t let him and now we're wondering if we did wrong.
He has a steady job.—Just Wondering.
Dear J.W.: You're right in what you did although
letting the boy pay for the sodas wouldn't have been
wrong. As long as he's working, 20 cents wouldn't have
fractured his bankroll.
* * * *
DEAR DAN: I know this girl I see at the dance every
Friday night likes me but she won’t let me take her home.
I've asked her the last five or six Friday nights and she always
says she’s going home with her girl friends. How am I
supposed to make any time with her if she never wants to be
alone with me?—N.W.B.
DEAR N. W. B.: You could ask the girl for a date,
you know. Even though she may like you as much as
you believe, apparently she's been given orders from
the home front not to accept any rides from the dance.
Most parents would say the same thing.
Paula Bainaka of 1818 Alton, Indianapolis, Ind., says she
would like girl pen pals of 13 and 14. How about it, girls?
(Dan Halligan will answer all questions submitted
by teenagers and children. Address him care of this
paper. For personal replies enclose a stamped,
self-addressed envelope.)
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Strange Things
•y HEINfE SNIDER
The Sourdough pioneer may
well be classified as a vanish-1
ing race. The world has be
come so small that distance is
almost eliminated. Travel by
plane has cut a week's travel
by boat to a couple of hours,
and even the auto has helped
greatly in making Alaska a
place for tourists.
You can consider yourself in
luck to come across a man like
Jack Carson. About 15 years
ago, a report drifted into An
chorage of gold found on Ya
kataga Beach. A friend of the
family, Clyde Dimmick (a pros
pector and miner from Willow
Creek), and the writer board
ed a plane to investigate.
Although we gained lots of
! experience, we found little
| gold; but we had the good for
| tune to meet Ben Watson and
■ his charming wife (who, by
the way, carried my pack,
shovel and pick across the
Yakataga River, Mrs. Watson
is postmaster at Yakataga.
During the gold rush days,
; hampered by food shortage,
wilderness, and no way of
travel but over rough trails,
the way of life was indeed a
hard one; but not so for an
! other newly found friend.
Jack Carson, who lives on
Cape Yakataga. Here he built
a nice home on Little Creek,
where his food swims past his
door. This stream is about 30
miles from the Cape.
Taking advantage of the fish
supply, he catches the Coho
salmon for smoking. Bears—
black, brown, and grizzly—,
often raid his cleaning table,
which is situated on the bank
of the stream. The hides from
those who tried to take posses
sion of his cleaning table hang
on the wall, while skulls and
bones are dried for museum
specimens.
Fish bones and entrails are
thrown in the creek, food for
the trout who may be caught
I later for breakfast. Carson
builds a fire in an oil drum
stove, and an underground
passage directs the smoke into
the smoking chamber.
He also dries salmon, with
the drying racks high above
the ground out of the bear's
reach. Jack gill-nets his sal
mon, taking only enough for
his own use and for dog food.
He has a team of fine re
trievers, which come in handy
for bird hunting as well as for
running his trap line and bring
ing mail ana supplies from
Cape Yakataga.
Berries, mainly blueberries,
are put up in a keg. His vege
tables. lettuce, carrots, and po
tatoes, he grows on two feet
of dirt on top of his cabin, with
flowers on the outer edge giv
ing it the appearance of a
Babylonian hanging garden.
Inside his clean and comfor
table cabin stand a homemade
table and chairs made of
spruce. On the shelves, neatly
aranged. are long rows of the
National Geographic magazine,
issues dating from many years
ago to the present time. There
are also books from the pen of
Darwin, Nietzsche, H. G. Wells
(The History of the World), and
many other books and maga
zines.
Water from the upper creek
may be had from a faucet over
the wash basin.
When we met him, he was
well past 80 years old, straight
as a telephone pole, with a big
smile and a twinkle in his eye
that seems to say, “I enjoy
life . . . how about you?”
After many years as packer,
miner, fur farmer, and any
thing else a man can do in out
door Alaska, he went to the
States, bought a car, and tour
ed every state in the Union.
Coming back, he settled
down to stay.
“Too damned dangerous to
live Outside.” he said. “Can’t
[even cross a street safely.”
Just then we noticed a large,
shaggy bear. “Look!” I said.
“Yeah," he answered. “That’s
old Sam—old and no teeth.
He’s the cleanup boy around
here.”
NEW EMPLOYEES
ARRIVE HERE
Two new Alaska Agricul
tural Experiment Station em
ployees arrived in Palmer this
month. They are William W.
Mitchell, taxonomist-ecologist
who replaces John Koranda.
and William P. Spencer, econ
omist.
Mitchell, who received his
doctorate from Iowa State a
year ago, came here from the
biology department of Chadron
State College. Nebraska. He
will acompany Sam Reiger of
the Soil Conservation Service
on a plant collection trip to the
Kenai peninsula the end of this
month, where they will iden
tify plant species to be collect
ed and sent in for cobalt analy
sis. From Homer they will fly
to Kodiak to make further col
lections.
Dr. Mitchell is married and
has two children, a boy and a
girl aged 4 and 3.
Spencer came here from the
University of Nevada at Reno,
where he was doing graduate
study for a master's degree.
He is working with Charles
Marsh on marketing research.
His wife. Elaine, has accept
ed a teaching position in the
Palmer school system.
Both families are occupying
Eklutna project houses.
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IN THE
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Thursday. July 29, 1948
Bids for construction of Pal
mer’s long awaited freight shed
and renovations to existing
warehouse space in the depot
of The Alaska Railroad were
opened last week. The contract
requires that the work be fin
ished 90 days after its date of
signing. A railroad spokesman
estimated that all construction
would be finished by the first
of the year.
• • *
A new bus- and-boat con
nection from Anchorage and
Palmer to Seattle was an
nounced this weekend, when
O'Hara Bus Lines revealed
plans for a thrice-monthly
bus trip to Haines, to meet
the steamer George Wash
ington. Passengers who make
this trip will delay at Skag
way long enough to make a
rail trip to Lake Bennett
over the historic White
Pass and Yukon Railway.
Once passengers board the
George Washington at Hain
es, they will visit Skagway.
Sitka and Ketchikan on their
route south to Seattle.
* m *
Lady Luck smiled on four
Valley men this week, and the
quartet walked away unhurt
from a plane crack-up that
left the ship a total loss. The
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• • «
The lack of homes and ad
ditional office space is hold
ing up the appointment of an
agricultural engineer aad an
agricultural economist, Don
Irwin of the Agricultural Re
search Administration said
this week, Mr. Irwin said
several men were being con
sidered for both positions,
but that no appointment
could be made until more
housing and added office
quarters can be secured.
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THOUGHTS
OF A
LAYMAN
Jonah
There is a tendency in our
day to look upon the stories
in the Bible as fables and im
aginary happenings. We ap
peal to reason and not to
faith. The story of Jonah
has approved testimony of
Christ Himself. Jonah was a
definite person, who even
wrote one of the books of the
Bible. Jonah was in the belly
of the whale three days and
three nights. Christ in speak
ing of His own death and
resurrection says that as
Jonah was in the belly of the
whale three days and three
nights, so should Christ be
in the bowels of the earth
three days and three nights
What is better than the testi
mony of God Himself?
ST. JOHN
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You can’t see any farther ahead from the second step than you could
from the first. But you know you are closer to the top.
understanding deSCribes 0ne aspect of man’s Quest for spiritual
a SUNDAY IN CHURCH DOESN’T MAKE US CHRISTIANS
f m°rt?. °f S“ndays finds us ^ill struggling with doubts and
Twered nnitTPr ti!0np-JrayerS ^ always seem to have been an
swered. And paits of the Bible may constantly baffle us.
t°f ‘{f matt,6r is that every sPiritual step we take is
“ yp aJ 7" a steP- lt m*y leave our Perspective unchanged for the mo
ment. But it is bringing us closer to that higher level of life from which
man’s vision enlarges. wmci
NEXl” Jo^th^^nf6'8 SP!r M,Ua!.crast’the most important step is always the
NEXi. Join the millions who’ll climb a little closer to the summit Sunday.
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