The Wrangell sentinel., 1947-03-28
THROUGH THE SENTINEL RERISCOPE

 would go down in Alaska history. as all Legislatures have to do - period. What acclaim could be giv- en it depended on the point ol view. It had taken up and passed some pretty weighty legislation. For example, it is now possible to drive a horse, if one can find a horse, faster than a walk over any bridge in the Territory. If ore wants to gallop, even as Paul Re were, it's perfectly o. k. The 18th Legislature eliminated the ol0 horse and buggy days law which curbed the speed of horse drivers to a walk over bridges.
 Then there is the subject of car rier pigeons. No longer does a Gov ernor of Alaska have authority tp establish carrier pigeon lofts as an aid to aerial navigation. No Gov. ernor ever got around to establish ing pigeon lofts, and it's too late now. The law permitting such ac- tivity was repealed by the 18th Legislature. This achievement pro. bably should be credited to ths anti-Gruening bloc which worked so diligently to try and take away some of the Governors executive powers This was definitely an act clipping the Governors wlngs,'. as the anti-Gruening boys might term it. No more authority to es- tablish pigeon lofts.
 Another accomplishment of the fighting 18th was that of extend ing authority to highway patrol. men to shoot deer-chasing dogs. Il has been the law since 1915 tha. dogs which chase deer, cattle, horses, (the kind that can now go faster than a walk across bridges) can be killed forthwith by an! person who happens to be at the scene of the crime. And now high way patrolmen have been maG4I persons just like anybody else, ol perhaps one should say they navel been given Special privilege" to slay on sight predator dogs. Why this distinction to highway patrol men, only the famed 18th will ey CT know. The old law and the new
  full for ANY PERSON to kill such dog' therefore, this dog killing is not limited to highway patrolmen However, there is one provision in the act which perhaps only a h1gn- way patroiman, or perchance al Fish and Wildlife Agent, can in- terpret. The dog, says the law, must "evince a disposition to bite
 Such is one point of view on ac- complishments of the venerable 18th Legislature Horses, pigeons and dogs must go - horses fast, pigeons off into the wild blue yon. der and dogs to eternity, partic- ularly if they "evince a disposi- tion to bite"
 There is another point of view a harsher point; that the loud 18th accomplished virtually noth- ing. This is unfair and unjust. In addition to the horse -pigeon-dog achievements cited above, it cannot be overlooked that the 18th passed some 40-odd memorials. memor- ial is a group of words typed on legal-sized piece of paper which, when analysed, say gimme" They are addressed to various persons from the President of the United States on down the line. InWari ably they ask for succor in some form or another, usually cash or the expenditure of same for a roao. airport or What-do-you-w -want-uD- in-your-district-B Bill" /" The nice thing about a memorial is that us Ually it doesn't cost the memor- ia1ist anything. By addressing memorial to a person, department or agency - usually several ol them; don't overlook any bets - who might have some money to uU something for the memorialist, it Is comparatively simple to slash appropriations and kill revenue bills. After all, why raise Territor bal revenue when you might get Uncle to put up the money? At last count the memorialyzing 18th had passed Al memorials asking for everything from a kind woro to a kick in the pants.
 So much for the memorial point of view. There is still anothe; viewpoint. This might be termed the where is the money coming from now is not the time" point of view. This is often referred 10 by some of the more progressive citizens as the reactionary point cl view. From this latter angle ths boggeddown 18th could stand on its own laurels. After viewing with alarm horses, dogs and pigeons it would point with pride to havine killed all proposed revenue mea sures, except boosting the price ol good drink. Out the window
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