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[ A NORIHERN NOTtBOOK ;
| By BOB DE ARMOND ®
Nineteenth of a Series
This department’s recent casual
mention of "bourbon as an adjunct
of government" brought us a num
ber of letters, none of which is
fluttering to bourbon, to government
or tv) ourselves.
One of these, a rambling but
high-proof affair of several pages,
can be distilled down to:
1. A categorical statement that
liquor and government should never,
repeat never, be mentioned in the
same sentence or even the same
paragraph.
2. -“quest for documented evi
dence as to the amount of drinking
in legislative and administrative
circles.
3. A demand that something be
done about it.
Shipping over items one and
three for all time, we can report
that the 20th Legislature, as com
pared with others we have observed,
is somewhat on the dry side of
average.
As o matter of fact, the number
of legislators In this session who
would not touch the stuff with any
thing shorter than a liquor cpntrol
bill is probably above the average.
Such drinking as it done bv legis
lators id privately financed and
hence r.o„ a matter of record, and
this is n'.einh' true also of drinking
among Ala^'o.iv. administrative of
ficials.
The only publicly financed drink
ing of which we are aware in this
Territory is that provide i by the
governor's entertainment fund,
which amounted to $S,C00 lor the
current biennium.
A survey of this account shows
that between April 1, 1949, and
October 5, 1950, a total of $5,331.39
was expended for liquors of various
kind, grades and potencies.
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All of this was expended In
Alaska except $127.99, which was
spent in Washington, D. C„ between
April 7 and June 15, 1949.
Th entertainment fund purchases
included six cases of beer, one case
af Maderia and Claret and three of
Burgundy; six gallons, two cases
md a couple of bottles of Sauterne;
six bottles of Creme de Menthe
and eight of Creme de Cacoa; five
aottles of Bacardi, one of cordial
and eight of brandy ; 11 cases and
16 bottles of gin; seven cases and
25 bottles of Scotch; six cases and
eight bottles of Vermouth; seven
gallons and one fifth of Sherry;
eight cases and 27 bottles of as
sorted whiskies and 16 bottles of
unidentified liquors.
We took this inventory to a bar
tender friend with the request
that he translate it into some kind
of a common denominator.
After converting gallons to fifths
and fifths to jiggers, he scratched
his head, examined the labels on
half a dozen bottles, poured some
samples into a cockktail shaker,
sook soundings, made calculations
on the backbar mirror with a piece
of soap and came up with an
answer.
The whole assortment churned
up together would, he estimated,
provide 14,632 average bar-sized
drinks. He wasn't sure what the
combination would taste like or
what it would do to anyone who
tried more than a small shot of
it, but he thought Totem Pole
Special might be an appropriate
name.
According to the biennial report
of the Territorial Department of
Taxation, 1,992,065 gallons of beer,
380,681 gallons of distilled liquor
and 106,352 gallons of wine were
consumed in Alaska during the
year 1950.
On the basis of the 1950 census,
this figures out to a per capita
consumption of 15.5 gallons of beer,
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2.9 gallons of liquor and .82 gallon1
of wine.
The population ts snown by the
census (128,643) docs not, however,
include a good many thousands of
fishermen, cannery workers, tour
ists, construction workers and
other transients, most of whom
work fairly steadily at boasting the
Territory’s liquor consumption.
IN THE |
SENATE |
Bills Introduced
S.B. 17, by Engebreth, to empower
Boards of Directors of Independent
School Districts, pursuant to refer
endums, to levy sales taxes within
their respective districts.
S.B. 18, by Garnick, to expand
facilities and services of the Uni
versity of Alaska, including the es
tablishment and operation of a
Southeastern Branch; making an
appropriation of $500,000.
S.B. 19, by MacKenzie, increas
ing the rate of per diem for of
ficials and employes when away
from home on Territorial business
from $10 to $15.
S.B. 20, by Engebreth, to add two
members-at-large to the Territorial
Board of Education, making the
total membership seven.
S.B. 21, by Engebreth, to amend
the Alaska Net Income Tax Act and
specifying that the Alaska tax shall
be computed on normal taxes and
surtax on net incomes, but not on
excess profits taxes.
S.B. 22, by Engebreth, imposing
a tax on canned salmon amounting
j to 36 cents a case on kings and
reds, 24 cents a case on other varie
ties, with all revenues to go to the
School Fund for school construction.
S.B. 23, by Lyng, to amend the
law relating to discrimination by
extending its provisions to employ
ment.
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STATEHOOD j
ONCE MORE
CONSIDERED
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that the merits of the Alaska proj
ect be given a closer examination.
At the head of the House calendar
this morning, but not yet acted upon
at the time of the noon recess, was
the Real Estate Board bill.
Next on the list *s H.J.M. No. 6,
seeking an open season on Kodiak
bears. This was the subject of i
Committee of the Whole hearing
yesterday afternoon.
'I he House was to reconvene at
1:30 pm. today and had a joint
session with the Senate scheduled
for 3 p.m. to hear Marcus Jensen.
Committee of Whole
A Committee of the Whole, pre
sided over by Rep. Wendell Kay
yesterday afternoon heard Kar’
Brunstad, representing the Kodiak
Stock Growers’ Association, and
Clarence Rhode. Regional Director
of the Fish and Wildlife Service.
Brunstad, asserting that the bear
population of Kodiak Island is alone
responsible for holding back cattle
ranching there, said: “In no previ
ous instance have predators been
protected by the U. S. Government
at the expense of an industry pro
viding food.”
He cited heavy losses by ranchers
to the bears but dodged Chairman
Kay’s question as to the number o
bears knocked off every year by the
ranchers.
Rhode, on the other hand, said
only a small portion of the cattle
that die on the island each year
can be blamed on the bears. In one
study, he said, only five animals
were killed by bears out of 108 that
died during a four-month period.
Rhode attributed the heavy losses
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to undernourishment during the
winter months.
Can Have Both
Rhode estimated that there are
fewer than a thousand bears on
Kod ak Island and saw no reason
why he bears and cattle : anchers
cannot yet along in harmony. The
law permits the killing of bears
when they are molesting livestock,
he said.
Q' .stioned by Rep. McCuh'.eon
or. probable results if the mem rial
passed, Rhode said it would un
loubtedly be opposed by the Game
Commission. He said he doubted
that the memorial expresses tl /
views of the majority of the people
of Alaska.
McCutcheon then called attention
to memorials opposing fish traps,
backed by a referendum vote.
Rhode said lie does not believe
the referendum is the proper way
to manage a conservation program.
In the matter of fish traps, how-!
ever, he said the Fish and Wildlife
Service, not having the power to
abolish them, has recommended;
that Congress take action.
Soon Exterminated
A wide open season on beprs:
would soon result in their virtual1
extermination on Kodiak Island,
Rhode said in answer to a question.
The bears, he said, are easy to kill
in the summer when they are found
on the beaches or along the streams.
The House voted first to include
Kenai Peninsula in the open season I
request, but voted down inclusion of p
Admiralty Island. Later, it reversed
Its decision on the Kenai Peninsula
matter on the grounds that trying
to cover too much ground might
weaken the memorial.
SPORTSMEN OFFER
FUNDS FOR LOCAL
PREDATOR CONTROL
An unusual note was struck as
hearings go at the public meeting
held yesterday afternoon by the
Alaska Game Commission when
Jack O'Connor, president of the
Territorial Sportsmen, Inc., made
an offer in behalf of the Sports
men of a contribution of $503
toward wolf control in the South
east Alaska area contiguous to
Juneau and including the Taku
Valley. Rather than offers of aid
the Game Commission is more
accustomed to receiving requests for
changes in game regulations it has
set up, worthy or not as the case
may be.
The Territorial Sportsmen made:
their offer of financial aid to co- j
operate with the Fish and Wildlife
Service predator control program.
However it carries a provision, in
that the funds will be made avail-1
able only if the wolf control work j
in the designated area is assigned I
to FWS predator control agents
Frank Glasser, Maurice Kelly or
T. B. Burkholder.
In a letter to Clarence Rhode,
Regional Director of the Fish and
Wildlife Service setting forth the
offer O'Connor states “This is a
formal request for a cooperative
arrangement satisfactory to both
your organization and to the
Sportsmen."
Wolves have been reported re
cently to be increasing in numbers
in the Juneau area and at the
present time the Fish and Wildlife
Service does not have available
funds for an extended predator
conti ol program in this district.
At the Game Commission hear
ing and in his letter to Rhode,
O’Conner also called attention to
the fact that the Sportsmen have
provided food for the past two
winters in an effort to preserve a
dee* breeding stock in this district.
He £'id it is the hope of the
Sport-men tl.'t some means can
be worked out to assist in this
work the Ga: te Commission.
Feeding Program
O’Connor expressed the belief
that the Fish and Wildlife Service
should engage in a more extensive
program for feeding the deer in
the winter months.
The Sportsmen have put out 100
sacks of grain for deer in the Ju
neau area so far this winter. Home
steaders in isolated localities also
feed the deer. O’Connor expressed
the belief that the Fish and Wild
life Service should engage in a
more extensive program for feed
ing the deer in the winter months.
At present it carries on an unor
ganized program whereby agents,
when in the field, cut down cedar
and spruce browse for the animals.
Dick Harris, pioneer Alaskan and
woodsman, who attended the meet
ing, said that he opposed feeding
the deer in the winter because of
the belief it tended to reduce the
resourcefulness of the animals for
living in the wilds. He said it was
his belief the control of predators,
bears and wolves, was more impor
tant toward saving the lives of the
deer and that they could shift for
themselves as far as feeding was
concerned if they could be saved
from being killed off by predators.
Changes in trapping regulations
to eliminate the alternating of
marten and mink season were
sought by Ralph Reischl, Kenneth
Martin and Howard Kresge. A
similar request by trappers in
other sections of Alaska was made
at hearings held prior to the con
vening of the Alaska Game Com
mission. Trappers say that in this
Division too many mink and mar
ten are caught in the traps in
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off seasons, causing loss of time 1
and money to those engaged in —
the trapping business.
Game Fish Limits
Dean Goodwin presented a re- ^
quest that limits for game fish be |
raised from the present 15 fish or I
15 pounds and one fish to 25 fish
or 25 pounds anr' one fish. It was
his belief that a greater limit
would induce more interest in
game fishing.
Lester Mangle, who said he spent 'I
10 months at the Edward Sana
torium, appeared before the hear
ing to enter a complaint of the
practice of the Fish and Wildlife
Service of giving the meat of
moose confiscated when killed out
of season or by accident, as some
times occurs on The Alaskka Rail
road to charitable institutions. To
the amazement of his listeners
Mangle said he made his objec
tions to this practice because the
inmates of such institutions grow
tired of eating only moose as the
meat dish in their meals.
The public hearing was brought
to a close during the testimony of
Karl Brunstad of Kodiak who asked
for a year-round open season on
Kodiak bear, declaring they pre
vent the successful raising of cat
tle on the Island, when he and
Rhode were called to appear be- >
fore the House in the Alaska
Legislature on the Ca*dson-Scav
enius Joint Memorial seeking a 12
months open season on Kodiak <■■■
Island bears and a removal of the
bag limit.
JENSEN HAS
FOOT INSIDE
HOUSEDOOR
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the public good, and if so all legis
lators would want to hear it.”
Barr said it should be an execu
tive session “to prevent any inno
cent person from being injured.
We don’t know who may be ac
cused, or of what.”
Butrovich immediately responded: 1
“I object to that line of thought.
Nothing in the letter (in which
Jensen asked for the chance to ap
pear) said he would make any
charges."
Senate President Gunnard Enge
breth (R-Anchorage i interposed:
“I think we all know what the >
| score is.”
I Butrovich shot back: “What is
the score? I don’t know. And I don’t
know what Jensen will talk about."
He remarked about house mem
bers who had voted against hear
ing Jensen in their own chamber
were “almost falling out of the gal
leries to hear him” when it looked
like he would take the stand in the
senate yesterday.
Sen. Elton Engstrom (R-Juneau) t
W'as another who spoke against
joining with the house. He said the
house had turned Jensen down
once “and made a show of the
whole thing.”
The rolleall on the proposal to
meet with the house showed:
In favor—Barr, Beltz, Butrovich,
Garnick, Huntley, Ipalook, Mac
Kenzie, McCutcheon and Enge
breth.
Against — Anderson, Coble, Eng
strom, Lhamon, Lyng, Nolan, Sni
der.
The only new bill introduced in
the senate today was by Engstrom,
to shift the inspector of weights
and measures job from the treasurer
to the highway engineer.
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