The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-03-17
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 itfcal talk that it was to be a Gov ernor-anti- Governor battle. It has sprouted out to be just that with candidate Henry Roden rallying the anti-Governor forces. At a public meeting here last night Roden struck out vigorosly at the Govern or. diseounting his program for fur thering the tourist industry, anu halding back against statehood as something for the future. While the Chief Executive isn't a candidate, FL. Bartlett, who came into the race from the Alaska Secretary , chair has been sympathetic to the Governors program, thus, 1t ap- hears. the boys figure a slap at the governor is a slap at Bartlett s chances Whether it means anything to the average voter remains to De seen. but the die is cast. The anti Governor Juneau Empire has come cut editorially pecking away at some of Bartlett's comments on statehood and in one of its recent editions was giving candidate A. H. zeigIer of Ketchikan what is known in the trade as a "big play. what if adds LID to we don't know, but there you have it. The political sit uation is warming up no end Be tween now and the primary Aprll 25. the real war threatens to be- come secondary to the political war in Alaska.
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 Terrific campaigner and very gen. u;ne Alaskan is Candidate Roden. I.enry came north in 1897, year before the gold rush. He went lnto the Klondyke to make a million ln A year and come out As he puts 1t, he's still working on the first mll- lion and has stayed AT years. me young stripling, who came north to get rich was a worker. He prospect etl. mined and did the rest of the hard work of those days, and on the side studied law. Later was ad- n nitted to the bar and went into !. .-rtnership with John billion at Rampant. Later he was the law partner of the alte Judge Wicker s. am at Fairbanks Elected to the first legislature of 1913 from the Fourth Division, he's been in poll- si and the legislature much of the time since.
 Ardent supporter of labor, Of which he has first hand knowledge, Roden, once listed among the so- called radical thinkers has mel lowed in more recent years. At 68, there is a tinge of reaction. Pdes- poets of the future do not look quite as bright as things of the past. Hen ry likes to recount that there were more people in Alaska 40 years ago than there are today. He prefers the conservative stand on statehood and future development in sharp contrast with the fighting, aggres- siYe young attorney who doVre through hell and high water for the eight-hour day for Alaska miners when he was legal counsel for the old Federation of Western Miners. Age and a degree of affluence tends to mellow the spirit, at the same time blurring visions of the future. But when the campaign is on the old fighter is at his best. Don't count Henry Roden out until the last vote comes in from Rampant.
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 Or sketches would not be com plete this week without that of Joe Green, once of Hyder, many years of Juneau an dmore recently oi Haines, where he has a small saw mill and a business building which houses the biggest bar in Alaska It's 40 feet long.
 Joe went to he legislature iron Hyder in 1893. He served in 1883 and again in 1887. That year h' joined Territorial Treasurer Oscal Olson's staff as erritorial Tax Col lector. which duties he performed ably until about a year ago whe1 he went into business for himsel at Haines, which, he will tell you is going to be the real port" of Al asa now that the Haines cutoff i going through. Goods can go int Fairbanks by the cutoff while the, arc getting ready to cross the gulf says our No. booster for the tow ol Haines.
 Candidate Green, with goo House record, is now aspiring to Senate seat on the Democratic tick ct which he has always supported He is contesting against Senate Norman R. Walker, James V. Dayi and Crystal Snow Jenne for tn nomination. It is an interestin fact that in the past Joe Green ha vir, r,ually always led his ticket.
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 The mail brings an interestin 1e tar from Wilfred c. Bill Stump, ex-Wrangell man, now ( ketchikan. Time and space bein what they are we won't be able give you much information from
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