EVERY SINGLE STRAW the
wind has blown our way in recent
weeks points to a real battle lor
the Democratic nomination for
Delegate in Congress v>'hen the Pri
mary Election rolls around next
April.
It will be the first real contest
sincje incumbent BJ. L. Bartlett
was first nominated back in 1944
That was the year Anthony J. Di-;
mond stepped down from the office,
which he had held since 1933 and
for which he had had no opposition
whatever, from either party, in 1942.
Bartlett was opposed for the nom
ination, in 1944, by Henry Roden, j
now Territorial Treasurer, and A. H.
Ziegler, Ketchikan attorney, and he
gained the nomination only after |
one of the warmest primary cam- j
pnigns the Territory had seen in
many years. Bartlett then defeated.
John E. Manders Anchorage Re-1
publican, for the job in Washing-,
ton.
Bartlett has been a strong candi- ]
date in subsequent elections, al
though his strength waned notice
ably last year. Theretofore, although
the Democratic Party had split on
other candidates, it had been pretty
well united behind Bartlett and
he had also been supported by a
faction of the Republican Party.
THE GENERAL ELECTION of
1948, for example, gave Bartlett
78.5 percent of the total votes cast
for the office of Delegate. He ran
up that substantial majority despite
the fact that his Republican op
ponent, R. H. Stock of Anchorage,
had campaigned vigorously and
widely.
In the 1950 election, however,
Bartlett received only 68.8 percent
of the votes cast for Delegate, and
this slump came in spite of his
own widespread campaign and the
fact that his opponent, Republican
Aimer J. Peterson, made almost
no campaign at all.
It was obvious that in 1950 Bart
lett was hurt by the growing rift
in the Democratic Party. Word be
gan to go around almost at once
that “Bartlett can be beaten,” and
in the months that have passed
since the election, the word has
spread and swelled into a chorus.
Old-line Democrats have begun
to question Bartlett’s effectiveness,
both as Delegate and as leader of
the Democratic Party in Alaska.
And, since many of them are con
vinced that Bartlett can be beat
en and since they are unwilling
to see the office go to a Republican
without a struggle, they are in
search of a Democratic candidate
who will stay somewhere near the
middle of the road.
It is early to pick candidates for
next year’s primary election and
the political picture will not really
begin to take shape until the Demo
crats hold their Divisional and Ter
ritorial Conventions this coming
winter.
Meanwhile, once Congress has ad
journed, Bartlett is expected to
hotfoot it for home on a fence
mending expedition. His difliculty
will be that in many places he
will find no fences left to mend—
they have been swept away by the
holocaust that Governor Gruell
ing touched off with the Democrat
ic Party and to which he is continu
ally adding fuel.
THE WRANGELL SENTINEL is
the oldest newspaper now being
published in the Territory of Al
aska. For some time to come it will
also no doubt be one of the Terri
tory’s most eagerly read papers.
Lew Williams, publisher of the
Sentinel and recently deposed as
Secretary of Alaska, is letting fly
with both barrels in the paper’s
famed “Periscope” column. More
over, he has loaded up for big game,
and if he doesn’t nail any trophies
over the mantelpiece, the indica
tions are that he will at least punc
ture the hides of a wide assortment
of varmints.
Williams has started to tell the
behind-the-scenes story of the past
six or seven years—a kind of “Inside
Juneau.” It is a story that needs
telling, and Williams is equipped
to handle the job in a lively and
informative manner.
The Wrangell Sentinel should be
on the required reading list in the
Territory during the next few
months.
RECENT WITHDRAWALS of Al
aska lands: Two tracts totaling 421
acres on the Naknek River for an
air navigation site. This is an addi
tion to the previous withdrawals
of 3,845 acres there.
An additional 1,280 acres in con
nection with the Eklutna power pr'o
. ject between Anchorage and Pal
mer.
About 460 acres on Sheep Creek
near Juneau as a power site classi
fication. This includes all lands
within 1,500 feet of Sheep Creek for
a distance of approximately 3.2
miles upstream from the mouth.
DRUNKEN DRIVING of auto
mobiles has been an increasingly
Resistance
Of Reds
Fading
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again Monday to get cease-fire
talks resumed.
The two sides argued for three
hours without progress. The main
stumtling Mock appeared to be
the Red insistence that the five
mile Kaesong neutral gone be
maintained, although (he site of
the talks has moved six miles j
loulh eastward to Panmunjoni.
Allied aircraft were out in force
in support of both major ground
attacks.
Forty UN warplanes attacked an
estimated 500 Chinese troops mov- j
ing toward the front north of Yan- '
•egu.
Temperature lor
September Above
Nor mai at Airport
t The United States Weather Bu
I reau released the following weather :
1 information recorded at the air-1
port for the month of September:!
I This September was the third con
secutive month during which the
| temperature averaged a little above
normal and the amount of precipi
tation was below the normal. Only
in September 1944 when 3.69 inches
was recorded was there a smaller
amount of rainfall than fell dur
ing this September.
The first killing freeze of the
fall was reported on the 25th. This
makes a total of 143 days since
the last killing freeze recorded on
May 5 as compared with an average
of 136 days.
The lowest temperature reading of
27 degrees equalled the previous low
! temperature reading of 27 degrees
| in 1948. The number of days with
.01 inches or more was only 15
which was the smallest number of
rainy days on record.
The previous record of 18 was re
ported in 1950 and also in 1946. The
average hourly wind speed of 5.5
miles per hour was also the lowest
on record. The previous low record
was 6.9 miles per hour recorded m
1944.
Airport data:
Highest temperature: 72 in 1949;
this September 70.
Lowest temperature: 27 in 1948:
this September 27.
Mean maximum temperature: Av
erage 56.1; this September 58.2.
Mean minimum temperature: Av
erage 43.0: this September 42.9.
Mean monthly temperature: Nor
mal 48.6; tins September 50.6.
Total precipitation: Normal 6.58;
this September 3.85.
Fastest Mile of Wind: SE 48
in 1948; this September SE 26.
Average cloudiness: Average 837o;
this September 79%.
Percentage of possible sunshine:
Average 22%; this September 25%.
frequent cause for arrest in Alaska
and most magistrates and U. S.
Commissioners in highway areas
have had cases of that kind.
There was a new twist in Kod
iak, not long ago, when a local
man was charged with operating
a gas boat while drunk. He entered
a plea of guilty before U. S. Com
missioner A. M. Vokacek of Kodiak
i and was given a suspended sentence
and a lecture.
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WILL BE IN
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Mon. through Sat.
OCTOBER
15 through 20
AT THE
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new Singer Sewing
Machines
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KETCHIKAN, ALASKA
Box 609
The Rev. Johntl'rieh, probation pastor of the Grace amf St. Paul's
Lutheran Church at 1:3 Host 7tit Street, New York City, leaves
church with his seeing 'aye flog, lionnie, to pay calls on members
cf the congregation. Blind since birth, he will be ordained a
Li theran minister soon. He has been preaching at the church tor
six months, lie was chosen permanent .’eider of the congregation
cf 403 in a secret ballot without a single vote being casi against him.
UP) W’irephoto.
Auke Bay Residents
Clear Playground;
Mere Work Required
Much progre ■ wa made Satur
day in the clearing of the new Auk
Bay community play, round : p m
sored by Auk Bay p t No. 25, the
American Legion. Community rr i
dents worked all day for the ecnnd
consecutive Saturday and succeeded
in getting most of the clearing and
brushing finished. One more day’s
work will be needed, however, be
fore filling can be started.
Friday nie-ht at its regular
monthly mooting, the T ooinrv croup
voted reluctantly to abandon its
weekly program of movies during
the winter season until such time
as it is ready to move into its own
building. It was pointed out that
public liability insurance and film
rental char,-? are ,oo expensive
f under present arrangements to
make such a project come anywhere
j near breaking even financially.
In other bu: * .ess, the- post
j adopted article:- of incorporation
i which will be filed with the Terri
! tory of Alaska in the near future.
Robert T. Haines and Duane R.
Haffner were initiated into Legion
membership. Leo Jones was voted
Alaska High School
/earhooks Credited
NEW YORK. Oct. 15-/P—Two
Alaska high school yearbooks were
listed among those “of distinction"
in the nation today.
The Columbia (University) Scho
lastic Press Association gave the
honor rating to the Anchorage and
Ketchikan publications.
The “Anchor” of Anchorage was
among those get tin. top rating for
enior high schools of 000-900
pupils; Kahi of Ketchikan for
eliools of 300 or less.
Til? three basic raw materials cf
’the 'ccniiadi'. j fertilizer industry
re potassium, phosphorus, and ni
trogen.
— EMPIRE WANT ADS PAY —
membership upon initiation.
All Legion members who are
called back into military service and
leave the community will have their
dues paid, by the post until they
return to civilian life according to
other Friday night action of the
Auk Bay group.
At present, the Auk Bay post
ranks second in Alaska in achiev
ing its membership quota for 1952
with a percentage standing of 53.3.
Its tne water ®
OLYMPIA BREWING CO., OLYMPIA, WASH., U. S. A.
One of America’s Exceptional Breweries. Visitors Always Welcome
Know fheir fish.
But Are lousy
Prospectors
Devotion to duty is all right in
its place say four men of the Al
aska Department of Fisheries, but
the\ are more than a little dis
consolate lately after hearing they
let a $250,000 fortune slip through
their fingers like a—fish.
tVait Kirkness, Molly MacSpad
deu, Karl Weidman, Jr., and Robert
Parker, were working out of the
Juneau office, looking for spawning
kin. ilmon, when they literally
walked right over a quarter-million
dollar find.
They were working down the Nnh
lin river, a tributary of the Taku,
about 60 miles from their camp on
Teddedease Lake, when they came
acioss some interesting looking rock.
It wa. green in color, and the boys
thought it might make good tire
pi e rock. They picked up samples,
but kept throwing the pieces away
as the going got tough.
It was later that they learned I
that a lew days after they were
there a prospector staked his claim
on the spot, recognizing the rock |
as the material asbestos is made of. j
Tli fishery men hear that the!
prospector was paid $250,060 for the!
find.
"Wo were cursing those rocks,”
Parker said. “They were slippery
to walk on.”
The one rock carried back is in
the office of the Department of
Fisheries, and it was a piece of!
petrified wood that interested Park
er.
Parker weighed it in his hand. |
"This is the only one we brought i
all the way," he said. “And it is |
the heaviest one I had—and not |
worth a dime.”
AMERICAN LEGION
AUXILIARY TO MEET
The American Legion Auxiliary
will hold its regular social meet
ing Tuesday evening at 8:00 p.m.
in the Legion Dugout.
There will be an initiation of new
members, and following the meeting
refreshments will be served.
All members are urged to attend.
5 Arrive, 37 Leave
On Baranof Southbound
Arriving on the Baranof south
bound Sunday were five passengers
with 37 embarking. Master of the
ship is Capt. Joseph Ramsauel'
with J. W. Hickman, chief purser.
Disembarking from Howard: Glenn
Boone, Melvin Jenkins, Hing Lee.
From Sitka: Mrs. Art Peterson,
Lenora Peterson.
Embarking for Seattle: Mrs. Dor
othy Drew. Mrs. A. D. Tanner and
two children; Mrs. Maurice Herigel,
Mr. rnd Mrs. John Hillyard .Mrs.
G. B. Tnpley and son; Mr. and Mrs.
Merle Coon and son; Mr. and Mrs.
Martin Peterson, R. E. Bond, Chas.
Starkovich.
Donald Yates, Alfred P. Yates,
W. ID. Burkhelmer
Dies in Andicrage
i
- SEATTLE, Oct. 15—i/P Relatives j
here were advised today of the j
death In Anchorage of William
l>can Eurkheimer, director oi the |
Housing and Home Finance agency
i!ure. Hi- was -u>.
Mrs. Catherine Yates, Darlene F.
i Yates. Perry Yates, George Danner, |
Sr., A. R. Stephenson. He/iry Sup
j mo, H. McFaddcn, Mr. and Mrs. j
Ray Paddock, Diane Paddock. Carol
can Paddock. Mrs. Cccila Sullivan,
M. S. Jorgenson, Mr. and Mrs. W.
[ Erwin.
For Ketchikan: Mr. and Mrs.
| Wallace Mason, Comdr. W. L. Goff,
! H. Bryant.
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MY ASSOCIATION WITH
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FROM i’RIBILOFS
Mr. and Mr.;. Clarence L. Olson,
nf the Prlbllof T< lands, art in Ju
neau at the BariilOf Hotel.
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