The Wrangell sentinel., 1954-03-12
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Alaska Public Works has ap- proved Wrangells north end fill project and authorized the town to where today's paper) Looks like Acting Gov. Waino Hendriekson's s optimism pays off.
 Time for a Fillet
 Sunday will be the first day of spring in Wrangell, weather pro- phets, calendars, almanaes, and so on to the contrary The occasion, March 14, will be the opening of Wrangell's annual king salmon derby. The king, commonly known as the spring salmon, is a better harbinger of spring than the high ly touted robin, so with the derby officially underway on Sunday it's got to be spring.
 The Stikine Sportsmen's Associa- tioa, sponsor of the event, reports a great many fishermen are ready to spring into action with the re-, suit you'll probably see small ar, mada off the breakwater on Sum- day. It'll be spring. coming this year in rOwboats. Two inches of snow in Seattle; Is or something like it in Juneau. Forecast for Wrangell Sunday: Clear, balmy and eager Promises to be sizzling toward evening - spring salmon fillets sizzling in the pan.
 Information Department Among some 47 tracts of land to be released for home sites this month in Southeast Alaska are two out the Zimovia highway from Wrangell Two-year leases will be granted at $5 per year, but after the first year the applicant may purchase. Prices range from $75 to $350 a tract Milton H. Lightwood and Warner T. May of the Anchor age land office will be in Wrangell March IS, if anybody's interested. i
 Tax Rebate The request of the Skagway Lab or Council for a refund of income taxes up to twenty-five per cent as a cost-of-living allowance for all Alaska taxpayers, in line with the ruling that federal employees are exempted from taxation on their 20 per cent cost-of-living allowance, may get somewhere Congressman King of California has announced he's going to take it up before the House ways and means committee.
 Confident
 Delegate Bartlett appears to be confident of his re-nomination in the April primary in his race for Delegate with Territorial Auditor Neil Moore. He announced In Washington this week that he would not come to the Territory to campaign in the primary; too much business for his constituents in Washington. Campaign trips also cost money; sometimes votes.
 Statehood, Sometime The U. s. Senate this week prob ably put the Alaska statehood bill in the reference file for current 1854. A vote yesterday tied it in the Hawaiian bill which many ob- servers seem to think means the end of statehood legislation for both Territories at thlS session or Congress. The present administra- ton had looked with some favor on admitting Hawaii but southern Senators, opposing statehood for both Territories, were able to swing a merger. Chances or the combination bill passing either house appears remote.
 Population Gain l A recent estimate of Alaska's population released by the Govern or s office, the Alaska Development Board and the Bureau of Vital Sta tistics shows the Territory's popul- ation to be 1S2,O00 of which 132,- GOO are civilians, the balance mili- tary. The census count of 1850 gave Alaska civilian population of 130,000.