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The Nome nugget., 1955-12-14
Convention Votes To Lower Voting
 Age En State of Alaska To l9 Years

FAIRBANKS, R-Delegates to the Alaska Constitutional Con- vention voted in plenary session Monday to lower the voting age for Alaskans to 19
 The issue, lurking in the back ground for many days, came to the front when the article on suff- rage and elections to be incor- porated in the constitution was presented by the committee as signed to those subjects.
 The committee recommended a voting age of 20. But when the recommendation came to the floor Victor Fisher and Victor Rivers of Anchorage, and George Sund- borg of Juneau, leaped to their feet to move it be amended to 18.
 More than 20 delegates aired their views in the debate that followed.
 And with the defeat of the 13- year limit, Delegates Jack Cog hill of Nenana, Douglas Gray of Douglas and John McNees of Nome offered an amendment set ting the age at 19.
 The vote was 28-24.
 The arguments for suffrage at 18 had these main points: the per son who is allowed to work, marry and fight for his nation at 18 also should be allowed to vote; the 18-year- of today are we'll ed ucated and the right to vote will lessen political antipathy; the age 2l voting limit is an old concept that does not apply to modern times.
 Those opposed to lowering the voting age to Is wondering if ad- mission to bars, service on juries and obligations to suits and con- tracts would follow. They also feared that Congress would not grant statehood with such a low voting age requirement. Lack of
The Nome nugget., 1955-12-14
Statehood . '. :.
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Continued from Page One) statement made earlier in Alaska that he would support a bill to ad- init Alaska "even if it meant shift ing control of the Senate from the Republicans to the Democrats"
 Bartlett said he had furnished Knowland lat his request" with maps and memoranda outlining the various areas of Alaska in which it has been proposed that the President be empowered to set up military reservations inside the proposed state.
 Such a proposal would meet what is believed to be one of the Presidents principal objections to Statehood for Alaska-the need for a buffer area in which US. mili- fary forces would be free to move in the event of Russian aggression.
 It was in reply to such a pro posal also that the Defense De- partment last spring advised the House and Senate Insular Affairs Committees that it would have Hess objection" to statehood un- der such conditions than under earlier proposals.
 The House this spring over whelmingly rejected a bill to give statehood to both territories. In view of the House action, Chair man Jackson O-Wash) of the Senate territories subcommittee has said he feels it would be "a waste of time" for his committee to even act on the bill. He said he is confident the Senate will insist as it did in 1854 on admitting both territories.
The Nome nugget., 1955-12-14
Voting g Age
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Continued from Page One) lature, confusion, almost anarchy, would result It would be like the English system of having no writ ten constitution. Congress would never agree to this.
 F'This is the beginning" contin- ued Hellenthal. If this carries, the disgruntled few will seek to throw everything to the will of the legislature"
 Seaborn Buckelew, Anchorage attorney, supporting Hellenthal, said: ITO follow Taylor's amend ment through-let's adjourn now and present to Alaskans blank piece of paper" :"
 Another die-hard issue in the Suffrage Committee report con- cerns other voting qualifications.
 Monday the convention approved the committees recommendation that only the ability to tread or speak" be required for voting. An amendment to include ability to write was defeated.
 Yesterday, R. E. Robertson of Juneau unsuccessfully tried to change the provision to "to read and speak" An additional effort to strike the whole section also failed.
The Nome nugget., 1955-12-14
Mckay Tells Hawaii Administration FavOrs Statehood For Island

HONOLULU, R-Secretary of Interior Mckay told the Hawaii Statehood Commission Monday that "the fight for statehood for Hawaii has in no sense ended or been stopped"
 The Republican administration, Mckay told a commission banquet meeting, still favors immediate statehood for Hawaii, but it is not committed to immediate state hood for Alaska for economic and military reasons"
 Our position has always been, and remains today" he said, "that the case of each territory should be considered separately and on its merits"
 Statehood for Hawaii is clear ly favored by the overwhelming majority of our citizens across the nation"
The Nome nugget., 1955-12-14
Japanese Dog Walks 93 Miles Home to Master

KAMAISFI, Japan, RAA mon grel dog named Chiri-San walk ed 93 miles to his masters old home and had to be shipped back here today.
 Chiri- San, a shaggy 7-year-old male of varied origin and a good sense of direction, was sent here to his masters new home, along with the household goods, from Morioka, 94 miles away.
 The master took a later train, and found Chiri San missing when he arrived.
 Twelve days later the dog showed up in Morioka at his old home and had to be shipped again to the new one.
The Nome nugget., 1955-12-14
Astronomy Notes
 Bv OLAF HALVEHSON

The planet which is adding con- siderable beauty to the heavens at this particular time is Jupiter. It is brilliantly visible in the low northeastern sky in late evening and high in the southern sky in the morning.
 Its position is gradually chang ing from one observation to the next. It is now approximately two degrees to the east of the fixed star Regulus of the constellation Leo. At our last observation, Jupi- ter formed a scalene triange with the bottom two stars of Leo. Now the triangle is changing from a scalene to right angle triangle, with the right angle at Regulus.
 Probably the most gigantic marking on Jupiter is the Great Red Spot. There are indications that Cassini, at Paris, observed this large marking on Jupiter in 1885. It was known to have been seen in 1869 and more definitely in 1878. The width of this marking is 5000 miles and the length is 30,OOO miles.
The Nome nugget., 1955-12-14

maturity, susceptibility to per suasion and lack of well-rounded worldly knowledge were other reasons against the 18year-old as a voter.
 Before the debate on the voting age started, delegates already had spent an hour arguing about whe- ther to include ability to write ir- the qualifications for voting,
 The committee recommended that suffrage be extended to those able to read or speak the English language" Maurice Johnson moved to add the ability to write. This failed by vote of All.
 The clincher in the debate was the argument that persons de- prived of the right of education should not be- discriminated against. Delegates Mildred Her mann, Maynard Londborg and Frank Peratrovich all referred to outlying areas in Alaska which have no schools or where schools were only established in recent years.
The Nome nugget., 1955-12-14
ONE LUCKY BUCK STILL IN CIRCULATION

Larry Calvin reported today that Mrs. John Reader has re- deemed one of the Lucky Bucks issued by his stores. However, one "buck" is still in circulation: No. M 907 631 72 H. It will pay you to look sharp for this one-er be- cause it's worth ten-er at either the US. Mere or Nome Harware Store.
The Nome nugget., 1955-12-14

LOUISVILLE, Ky, R - The Red Cross had a good selling point for its need for blood yesterday.
 It said it had just sent 37 pints of blood to one hospital in vain attempt to save the life of boy.
 And on Saturday, it said, it pro- vided 21 pints which helped save the life of another young man.
The Nome nugget., 1955-12-14
42 CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF
 SNOW IN NORTH MINNESOTA

INTERNATIONAL FALLS, Min nesota, R-Residents at this Can adian border community stared out Of their frosted windows in disbelief Saturday. For the second straight day no snow was falling.
 The city Friday reached the end of marathon Az consecutive days of snowfall. During that period the snowfall totaled more than 35 inches.
The Nome nugget., 1955-12-14

Of the five octaves of energy that make up sunlight, only one octave is used in human vision.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1955-11-15
Crop Improvement Association
Urges Fund for Research

e.. MONTANA HAS natural adj
vantage in the quality of her wheat but
is now in danger of having that adj
vantage taken from her by more for
ward looking and research conscious
states.
This warning was stated in a resolu-
ton adopted by the Montana Crop
Improvement Association at its first
annual convention in Great Falls, Nov
and 4. To meet the danger the
resolution proposed an act by the Mon
tana legislature which would permit
agricultural commodity groups to form
commissions and to raise funds by
unit assessments to finance research
and market promotion of commodities.
In the case of wheat the amount of
assessment, if approved by a referen-
dunn of growers, would be u of a
cent bushel On an average annual
yield this would raise fund of $751;, 200.
HanfOrd Reelected
Norris E. Hanford, Fort Benton, was
reelected president, and John Larson,
Great Falls, as secretary Al
Evans, Great Falls was elected vice
president
New directors are Marvin Hanson,
Clifford; F. Eugene Peebler, Rudyard;
Norman w. Jackson, Carter, and Fran
els H. Maurer, Dutton. They will serve
with Max Hager, L. E. Evans, Fred
Dufresne, and. Hugh Hastings, all of
Great Falls. and Dr. E. R. Helm, Mon
tana State College, Bozeman.
First speaker on the two-day program
introduced by President Hanford was
George Parker, fertilizer specialist,
who reported on the results of IL years
of fertility experiments conducted in
Montana farmer-stockman., 1955-11-15

Canada under conditions similar to
those in Montana. These tests showed,
Parker said, that fertilizers were
needed on all wheat lands and that
recommended treatments resulted in
average gains of z bushels to the acre.
Gains were consistent in dry years.
Ammonium phosphates were proving
most effective and it is the nutrients
that are available to the wheat plant
in the first stages of growth that are
important
DR.. J. C. Hide, professor of soils,
Montana State College, outlined the
types of tests that are being con-
Quoted in the state to determine fer
tility needs and methods of application.
He declared the time may come when,
with proper timing of proper elements,
the grower may be able to control the
number of tillers, heads and even the
number of kernels on a head to con-
form to the exact moisture conditions.
He also stressed the need for de-
veloping better methods of conserving
moisture in summer fallow, as the best
methods known to date preserve not
more than Is per cent of the moisture
that falls on the land Just slight in
crease of efficiency, he pointed out,
could double the moisture for making
crop.
Research Program
Montana's wheat research program at
Montana State College and at state
agricultural experiment stations was
outlined by DR.. Leon H. Johnson, Pro-
lessor of Chemistry, Montana State
College.
Prof. Give r. Harston, MISC, depart
ment of agricultural economics, first
Montana farmer-stockman., 1955-11-15
'6ARhlHAnD has made
NY vyisster JOBS
q lot easier !"
1h VERSATILE FARMLAND MACHINES PROVIDE
lM LoW-cosT WINTER FEEDING AND
IN FAST, EASY SNOW REMOVAL

THE FARMLAND HEAvY-DUTY LOADER
cuts hours from those cold, hard winter
jobs. With rugged Grapple Fork attach
ment, it let's you feed from the stack half
ton at a time. Even frozen stacks are no
match for its 35OO-lb. lift When it SHOWS,
attach the big 8-ft. V-Plow and you can
clear feedlots, roads and lanes in a hurry,
without lifting a shovel. And the Farm
hands versatility pays off the rest of the
year too, on more than SO tough farm jobs.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1955-11-15

MODERN FARMLAND ROTARY SNOW
PLOW means fast snow removal where
other plows are inadequate. Perfect for
clearing long lanes, roads, big feedlots, or
for reaching snowbound herds. New rib
bon-type augers keep snow loose; .rotors
pitch it 80 fit. or more Adjustable dis
charge spouts. In 6 15-ft. or S15-ft. size.
Mounts on Farmland Leaders to run from
auxiliary engine; or on John Deere andAllis-
Chalmers tractors to run from live pulley.
Evening star., 1955-11-09
HospitoI Costs
Rise Euch 7 ear

Hospitals may expect their ex-
penses to climb 5 per cent 3
year for many years to come,
President Ray E. Brown Of the
American Hospital Association
said yesterday.
Costs already have jumped
1872 per cent since the end Of
World War II. he said. And the
rising trend win continue unless
there Is q VERY significant
change in the general economic
situation, he told the Maryland
District Delaware Hospital As
soeiation. The group Is meeting
at the ShOreham Hotel.
Hospitals viii have to struggle
10 hold the annual increase to 5
per cent, Mr.. Brown said. He
said that between 1916 and 1854
the average cost per patient day
for general hospitals rose from
$3.50 to S2l.76. He estimated
payrolls accounted for about
two-thirds Of the s2i .S7 increase,
It was Mr.. Browns feeling that
hospitals stand to gain little
from advances Id eEnploye pro-
ductivity or automatic machines,
sThe impact Of i constantly
increasing cost per patient day
has been scftened over the years
BY improved efficiency Of medical
care, in large part made possible
by those same increased costs I
MIR. Brown said. But he added,
'.the gains III this direction have
almost been exhausted.
Evening star., 1955-11-09
Boord States New Airing
Of TenIey Library Site

Opposing sides in the Tenley
Branch Library controversy viii
have another go at seeking
Board Of Education support to-
morrow.
The boards buildings and
grounds committee Is scheduled
to deliberate tomorrow afternoon
on whether to turn over part
Of Janney Elementary Schools
playground to library use.
Janney's PTA is opposing the
project. District Librarian Har-
~ N. Peterson has declared the
site is the best in the neighbor-
hood. however.
Mrs. Frank S. Phillips. build
ings committee chairman. said
today she has not yet made
up her mind about the proposed
transfer. which the PTA--with
the backing of school Physical
Training Director Birch e. Bayh
has argued would hamper
physical education at the school
Sees Inconsistency
Mrs. Phillips said Janney's
playground space already Is SUBJ
standard according to oficiSl
beard policy. She also asserted
that approving the proposed
land transfer would seem neon
sistent with plans of the school
Evening star., 1955-11-09
PotroImen Urged
AS Crime Curb

Howard SaInsel. president OF
the Eillcrest Citizens AssoCia- Y
ton. last night expressed SUR
prise over the u per cent rise
Ia the crime rate reported for
No. ii Precinct. because We
have had such low rate II the
past.
II would like to see more po-
licemen walking beats In the
District Re said. The cruisers
are fine. but the man on the
beat Is the one who keeps the
crime rate down. He said Capt.
william Murphy Of the precinct
win be invited to address the
association next month.
MRS. r Al. Wilson spoke on
the program for the mentally
retarded children and what the
District hopes to do with the
funds it win receive in the drive
next month.
Earl Odorn. speaking for the
stanton School PTA, asked for
the support of the association N
the forthcoming disaster protec-
ton course, sponsored by the
District Civil Defense Depart
ment. The course viii be offered
ct the Stanton School this win
ter and win be the first such
program ii the Southeast area
The meeting was held Ia the
Holy Comforter Lutheran
Church. Branch and Alabama
avenues Sc.
Evening star., 1955-11-09

q present rnakeshifr branch in
the neighhorhood. be placed near
Wilson High School and Deal
Junior High. Mr.. Peterson ruled
this out as too far on the beaten
path. however.
The PTA has been trying for
several years to get authorities
to build q fence along the dis
puted ground. which can't be
fully used now because balls
roll into the street. causing a
safety hazard. School oficials
say they haven't been able to
afford the fence.
Arthur Blacklow of the PTA
is scheduled to appear before the
committee tomorrow, along with
Mr.. Peterson, Lloyd Buchanan. a
Janney parent. and Robert C..
Riordan, president Of Friendship
Citizens Association. which is
supporting the library project.
Evening star., 1955-11-09
|Midwoy Citizens
[Re-eIect ferguson

Dutton Ferguson was re-elect.
ed president Of the Midway ciyit
Association last night for his
fourth term.
Other officers are Mrs. Clar-
ence N. Mcmillan and William
II. Shepherd. vice presidents,
Vivian z. PerpaH. recording sec
Iretary: Leola B. Lomax. finan-
cial secretary: Louis Mehlinger
Evening star., 1955-11-09

treasurer. and Joseph jenkins,
chaplain.
oficers elected by the Junior
Midway civic Association were
Harold Schofield. l5-year-old
Francis Junior High School stu
dent, president: Earl Budd and
Geraldine Childs. vice presidents;
Mary Jeter. corresponding Sec
retary: Earlene Weaver. assistant
corresponding secretary: Carrie
Webster, treasurer; Noyella Web
ster, financial secretary: Ray
ford Wyder. chaplain. and Linda
Thomas. historian.
Evening star., 1955-11-09

system TO enlarge Fairgrounds
at other schools.
The city's public works pro-
gram. she pointed out. includes
q large amount on buy
ing land for playground expan-
sion.
ofiicial standards provide for
q minimum 3ia-acre playground
ct elementary schools. Janney's
entire site. including the build
ing itself. totals just over SO
acres. A sizahle portion Of the
west end is sloping and tree
covered, and unsuitable for phys
icai training.
Mrs. Phillips said she opposes
bulldozing the west end to en-
large the Playground sugges-
ton Of Mr.. Peterson,s because
1t would be too costly.
School Supt. Robert M. Corn
ing has already told the board
he fayors giving up the land
for the library.
Voted 20 Years Age
The school board voted 20
years ago Ia favor Of q similar
proposal to build q library on
the Janney site. but nothing
came of it because Of World War
III and lack or funds.
CONGRESS- last summer appro-
priated $50 900 for buying new
site. but Librarian Peterson said
this was only In case the Janney
location proved to be uI1avail-
able. Mr.. Peterson has told the
school board he favors Janney
both because he Is anxious To
put the new branch as close as
possible to shops and because II
would save money.
The librarian has argued fewer
people viii use the library II 1t
Is away from the thoroughfare.
FTA leaders have urged that
the library. which would replace
Evening star., 1955-11-09
viii Maryland
Play in the
Orange Bowl?

This Saturdays game with
Clemson will decide. For
colorful and complete
coverage of this important
game between two
undefeated teams, see
Merrell Whittlesey's eye
witness story, in the big
Sports Section of The Sunday
Star. Other football
coverage next Sunday in
The Star. Francis Stann,
Yale Princeton: GW-Rich-
mond, George Huber,
Navy Columbia, Bill Fuchs:
Virginia Wake Forest, Brian
Bell. And, as usual, you'n
see many action-packed Star
photographs of the big
games, In the big Sports
Section OF The Sunday Star.
Evening star., 1955-11-09
ART TOURS
FOR CHILDREN

Youngsters OF the Washington
area get an early start on art
appreciation, through the CO.
operation Of volunteer lecturers
from the Arlington Branch
of the A.A.U.W. and the
Junior League Of washington.
Read about this splendid
civic project in The Star
Pictorial Magazine. Wash
ington's only locally edited
Sunday gravure magazine,
with your Sunday Star.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1955-04-15

EVERY YEAR when we show folks
| our dryland garden, they express sur
prise that vegetables can be raised in
| quantity and quality without irrigation.
Irrigation is fine for those who can have
it, but those who do not have it need
not be discouraged Excellent gardens
can be grown year after year, and
they can be highly profitable and pleas
urable as we'll
We planted our first garden Is years
agO-When we first built up our place
here. The tomatoes were exceptionally
good that year on the new ground
Some of them weighed III pounds each
and we had bushels more ripe ones
than we could use Every year since
then we have had all the garden stuff
we needed with always plenty left over
to share with neighbors and friends.
The garden plot is ideally situated
at the foot of the southern slope of
hill Ga northern slope might possibly
be even better). We planted several
rows of trees along the lower portion
Va tAAO OAOOC--C lOW CONI VI Cal CSC1llOS,
Chinese elnns and wild plums. The next
three rows are composed of Florence
and Whitney crabapples, HARRISON APP.
pie, compass cherries, Opata, .Sapa, Ka-
ga, Underwood and Superior plums,
currants and SandcherrieS. All the
moisture collecting on the hillside
drains gradually through the tree-rOws
and into the garden.
Garden SummerfaIIOwed
Half of the plot is large enough for
the vegetables and potatoes The other
half is summerfalIowed and kept free
of weeds all season for next years gar
den. Each spring, preferably around
May 10, we deep-plow the summerfal-
low plot and plant the garden as soon
as possible before the moist surface
soil has a chance to dry out. The most
practical way we have found to mark
the rows is to use the corn planter.
For planting all the garden seed ex-
cept the peas, beans and corn, we use
a handy little seeder purchased from
seed company at Helena. We have had
it for years and it does the job in half
the time of hand planting, eliminates
back bending and distributes the seed
evenly.
Generally we have to go over the gar
den twice with the hoe to keep it weed
free. The deep blowing retards the
weeds so that the first hoeing need not
De done until the plants are well up.
The second hoeing will come in early
% mid-July. We make it practice not
% hoe or cultivate after Aug. 1, as a
means of controlling cutworms. The
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1955-04-15
we Get Quality Food for Onr Table
Ind Genuine Satisfaction From
Our Dryland Garden
By BELVINA M. BERTINO

eggs are deposited during August and
can be laid only in well loosened soil.