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Kodiak mirror., 1959-11-07
KODIAK MIRROR

Scouts. Do you believe that Kodiak must give up these mental Stimu- lants in order to progress? Are not the citizens of Nevada married. inferred, or attending the church of their choice? Is it your conten- ton that all the fathers of Nevada have sacrificed their homes and children on the alter of prOStitu- tion and gambling? If So, l do not agree with you, Mir. Fields. Kodiak could adopt MT. Caskey's proposal and become richer in all ways physically, mentally, spiritually. and monetarily. Yes, have read the October issue of Readers Di- gest, so let us use this as tool to build a better Kodiak and profit by the mistakes of the pioneers in this system of an enlightened America. Let us learn from it. don't let it deter us from path of promise and profit.
 RL. LASATER
Kodiak mirror., 1959-11-07

courage and convictions with which it was signed. MT. Chase and MT. Fields have had their say and the tenacity of purpose to sign their names.
 On MT. Chase's letter I have TO comment to say, except con eur.
 Tn nrebuttal to Councilman Fields, may I say I'm sure he has the best interest of Kodiak at heart, but feel he is condemning without evaluation. After all, state laws & city ordinances can be changed. No one is advocating a SodOm or GOmorrah. I agree most emphati- cally, Mir. Fields, we do not live lives unto ourselves and you, as an elected servant of the people. must conduct yourself for the good of the City of Kodiak. Kodiak is dying!-What was the p0pula- tion five years ago? What is 1t to- day What was the gross city sales tax in 1857? 1858? as of this date? If the Naval Station were to close, this would be the only fishing village in the world with parking meters!
 The physical beauty of Kodiak cannot be disputed. But will slot machine alter our beaches, noun tainS, or ideal fishing? Will a lot tery ticket eradicate our wildlife? Reno and Las Vegas. have much better libraries and as modern schools; they, too, have Little League, Boy Scouts and Girl
Kodiak mirror., 1959-11-07

Dear Editor:
 Every time I pick up news paper I can never help but read the articles about the drive to move the capital from Juneau to Anchorage think t is about time one of the common laborers had his say about the whole matter. was born and raised in Alaska and I intend to live here the rest of my life. I am just a common working man ard probably not as educated as the person who started this drive to move the Capital of Alaska. So now, if I may say so, to my way of thinking all this talk about moving the Capital from Juneau to Anchorage is all CHILDISH thinking. Who else but
Kodiak mirror., 1959-11-07
Here, There and Everywhere
By SIG DECREE

American people of this nation has reached a new low with the revelations in the Charles Van Doren Master Quizz show now go- ing on in Washington, DC.
 Egg heads have turned out to be nothing more than stuffed eggs stuffed with the answer to ques- tions put to them on the TV quiz programs.
 The glib phrase of the announcer as he says ''This program unre- hearSed, etc.," has turned out to be a glib falsehood. In the barley of the fight ring, the program was fixed" :" The revelations go deeper than the loss of face for the con- teStants AS in boxing, a contestant or promoter who accepts ill gotten gains in a fixed fight is lacking in moral character. The sight of an easy dollar was tso much for him. This is true in the entertainment world. whether # iS boxing, wrestling, horse racing. Tv and any other competition
 Thus you have the spectacle of millions of people watching a star performer who they think is in there pitching his wits against another, when actually they are following a psuedo intellectual with a book of s answers. What can be more phony than that!
 That in itself is bad enough. But it becomes more phony as you go along. Company officials. sponsors of the products, set the whole thing up that way. They decide who should win before hand! The old familiar spelling bee, though not as spectacular as the $64,0OO question or the other money programs was of great in tereSt just the same. For there you took your chances based on your knowledge, and won or lost on that alone.
 Is there nothing left on which to pin ones faith? Van Doren says he has gone through more soul searching, more realistic think ng than before this happened. He is now placing some of life's values where they belong.
 The quiz show investigations can be something of a purgatory for individuals and industry who have built up fortunes on false claims and the hoodwinking of the American people these many years.
Kodiak mirror., 1959-11-07
Sincerely,
 Morris Grant ST.

Dear Editor:
 A few weeks ago, Mr. Robert Caskey, acting, I'm sure, with good intentions, proposed a plan whereby Kodiag (directly) and the entire State (indirectly) could share with Reno and Las Vegas the millions of dollars of legal revenue derived from an "open city''.
 In response to MT. Caskey'S proposal, you have, to date, re- ceived (printed) three replies. One we can immediately dismiss as having been written with the
Kodiak mirror., 1959-11-07

Dear Editor;
 Just little note - let's re- mind people that lots of little children roam our woods. The woods are beautiful and leave room for lots of exploring and imagination. They are to be aP- priciated and everyone young and old enjoys them.
 However, it is a known fact that a few gun carrying people are shooting too close to city liHa-
 Continued to Page lO)
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~> M ~~A~A ~~ASN AAAJ tttA Jul AO11r-- NeedleSSly increase my ever multi plying share of taxes by regula- tons which will cripple an Alaskan economy; take hundreds of thou sands of dollars out of the pockets of Alaskan families and tens of thousands of dollars annually out of the tax coffers of our state.
 Of course the shifting of the tax burden or the impossible Straiten- ed circumstances of the other crab fishermen in the Kodiak area would mean nothing to the 3O-Pot limit bOyS-their circumstances such as they must be, would re- main about the same and their taxes would continue to be so in- finitismal that they would feel but a feather touch on their purse strings.
 If the 3O-Pot limit boys had been high in saddle since colonial days a 4hOcse hitch would have been cnsidered unfair competition to the man who had only two horses-the automobile would have been still borm-Or if 1t lived we would have had 12 ton load limit on trucks. There would have been no trains on the track, no planes in the sky because these would have been considered unfair competitor to the overland stages. The sailing ships would not now be powered by steam and no man would have got ten boo big for boy-sized pants.
 The crab industry was not come by thru an easy birth-nor did it emerge as big business thru the flick of magic wand-years of sacrifice, trial and error, work and sweat have gone into it's growth. The proceSSorS of frozen king crab have spent many tens of thuSands of dollars for page sized ads in Life, Esquire, The New Yorker; Good Housekeeping etc Mountains of delicious, colorful Alaska King crab have been flown to conven- tionS and other important gather rgs throughout America.
 For the first time, people tasted this delicacy, as guests of their A1aska-born hosts, and found it good.
 King crab began to give Eastern lobster a run for its money. Today tEe magazines do not say use crab" they say use Alaska King crab"
 The eyes of American capital are upon us today. And the eyes of Alaska are upon the fisheries board.
 It is the boards turn to deal and 1t is dealers choice.
 Very truly yours,
 R. K. JOHNSON
Kodiak mirror., 1959-11-07
Everybody Loves A Sale

~v1% 0O~Ay 4]OrNO A O&AN
 One of the great American pas timeSs and perhaps one enjoyed most by women is that of real genuine knock down and drag out sale.
 Whether the ladies ever saved any money by participating in these sales, is beside the pont. By special advertising, their interest was whipped to a frenzy. The C5- ject was to get into the fray, and walk off with the bargains.
 Some of the sales, we have been told, were quite bloody in their outcome-with hair-pulling thrown in.
 While we wouldn't want to see any barbaric demonstrations of that nature here, we do think, however, that the ladies in Kodiak (and the men, too, for that matter) are being deprived of one of the pleasures in life namely, acting in the capacity of a bargain hunter. It is tendency of the hu- man race to save a dollar every now and then, regardless of the fact you may SqrJander it else where. The ladies in Kodiak can't be an different.
 At the last Chamber of Com merce board of directors meeting. which was attended by committee heads, the question of local stores offering sales to induce potential customers into their premises, was discussed. It was rated a good idea.
 It is good idea, not only for the people, but for the stores as well. Getting customers into the stores is basic idea of selling, for 1t IS impossible to sell sight un- seen.
 The idea advanced was on the order of weekly specials at speci- fled times. This would be some thing to look forward to from the customers viewpoint. Sales of this nature would be good for the people, the stores and the town.
 There is far too much complace- ncy here on the part of the seller, a take it or leave it attitude that leaves little stimulus for effort to increase the volume of sales. With out that stimulus, business, as wei as anything else, will have ten dency to slip away from you.
 Besides, let's give the Ladies a break.
Kodiak mirror., 1959-11-07

ptfslished as I feel that every tax payer in Alaska is vitally concern ed in fisheries problems.
 KODIAK POKER OR THE
 30.POT LIMIT
 Poker in America has been mo- limit game since the day the May flower went aground on Plymouth Rock.
 Men have anteed, drawn their. cardS-folded or tossed their pokeS iga the middle of the table. Some drew flo a pair, some tried to fill to ii ins.le straight, for we are not all the same manner of men.
 Chicago, St. Louis, Cripple Greek, Virginia City, San Fran riScO, on north to Seattle and Alaska-men have raked in their chips or tossed in a poor hand and .aIlEeen Tn the next deal.
 Each asked only the equality of opportunity, the right of free aaaan to show enterprise according 1O his ability and desire fer work and responsibility. He believed shat this opportunity was what he was guaranteed by the constitution when our forefatherS said that all Tlen are created equal.
 'This free wheeling of course was before the proposed Kodiak innovation of the 3O-Pot limit based, as I see it, on the Soc5aliStic concept that ALL MEN MUST BE KEPT EQUAL.
 The Russians and JapS are not playing penney ante-3O-pot limit they are playing a no limit game. Their galleonS ride low in the water-their holds bulge with the wealth from our northern seas.
 ir one newspaper item read that Alaska is preparing informs: &i0n on the investment potentials Throughout the state (FOr years our newspapers and our leaders, 91Gsardless of political affiliation) have Schemed and planned, have considered tax concession and otIer means of attractn.. 84G BttSiNESS to Ajsaka).
 ekrE another item 1 read about the proposed regulations to be con- sideGed by the Alaska fisheries Board. l quote from the Empire proposals also would prohibit Tawllng for king crab in the Kodiak area, and restrict king crab operations in the area to pot fishing. A limit of 30 pots for any one individual or firm also is pro posed for Kodiak"
 Now don't think this doesn't concern you if you happen to live m Nome, Fairbanks, Ketchil1an or Ang00n.
 And don't think it doesn't con- rern you because you own a grocery store, a clothing store, an insurance office or a seiner. 
 If any governmental agency can seriously consider such punitive regulations against the leaders of one of our biggest industries what security do you or I, any other bHSineSS man Or boat owner have? And what security would new in- yeStors have?
 l don't own five cents worth of anything that floats but I am a taxpayer. I have a right to bewail my saddle sores when somebody
Kodiak mirror., 1959-11-07

a spoiled child would want toy that another has, even though he already has something just as nice.
 Who is going to pay the millions of dollars it would cost to move, the Capital from Juneau? It is the poor working people, of course, common laborer and fisherman. Aren't we paying steep enough taxes as it is since we became a state? What will the fisherman have to pay in taxes in order to obtain license to go out fishing or hunting to try to make a living? Say maybe $2OOOO per license or up? Just to pay for the move of the Capital! Business people likewise. Will they pay $10OO.OO or more to operate their business? Don't for get, no matter where you live in Alaska, whether it be southwest or up north in Barrow, you will still have to pay for moving the Capital from Juneau, when the move is not necessary.
 The onIy person think that will benefit by moving the Capital to Anchorage will probably be the legislator who is instigating the move. After all he is only in the real estate business, So what could be more perfect for one man if the move was made to Anchorage.
 I have always thought that we the people of Alaska voted for, and elected, our legislators to help us AlaskanS, and the progress of the state of Alaska by proper legis- lations. This was what I thought was going to strive for when the Democratic party had me run in the last territorial primary cleo tion for the house, but not for per- Sonal greed, and I was successful in the election.
 I say lets forget about this CHILDISH and IDIOTIC thinking. May I say if I start to think like wise.
 Why doesn't Anchorage build their own Capital and we have a state of Alaska here in south eastern? say the State of Alaska because hasn't the capital of Alas ka been here in southeastern for many decades? Was it not in south eastern Alaska where the most his torical occasion occurred, when Al aSka was bought from Russia and that day we still celebrate? Also the first American flag was raised, not at Anchorage but at Sitka, the southeastern part of Alaska. I say Anchorage might name their own state after the man inStigatin the move or the legislator from Valdez. (Now that would sound silly, wouldn't it.) I am sure if the pan handle went as a state or territory it would be the most thriving little state, which could very well be the envy of all the states. We have all the potentialitieS, the natural re- sources to work with and build up.
 would also like to add that am a Democrat, and that it would be very determental and diSas- terous blow to the Democratic party if this move is manuvered while the Democratic party is in office. I can say for sure the op- posite party will fill the chambers come next election.
 So let US think wisely and sen sibly, after all we are just young state and just beginning. Let us not be Anchorage for Anchorage, same goes for other cities, but instead, let Us all be ALASKANS for ALASKA.
 Sincerely,
Kodiak mirror., 1959-11-07

How Smart Can You Get? Decay in the moral fibre of the
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Letter to the Editor

Dear Sir:
 1 should appreciate this letter ptfblished as I feel that every tax payer in Alaska is vitally concern ed m fisheries problems.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-02-12

Mrs. Wards parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Horace c. Burriss, near
Comus, left Monday for their
home in Spencerville, Ohio.
The Monocacy Citizens Asso.
citation will meet Monday, Febru.
airy l6, at 8 pm. at the Pooles.
vile school. The guest speaker
will be John A. Conroy of the
Maryland-Nah'onal Capital Park
and Planning Commission who
will speak on planning and zon-
ing.
T. B. Dorset has returned to
his home near Poolesville after a
two weeks quail hunting trip with
friends to Cuthbert, Ga.
c. w. Norris reported 40 pints
of blood were given in the special
drive put on last week by the
Monocacy Lions Club when it
sponsored he Bloodmobile at
Poolesville. Mr.. Norris, who was
chairman of the Blood Bank prof.
ect for the club, extends appre.
citation to the public and espe-
cially the churches and organi.
cations for successfully going be.
You'd the goal set for the under
taking.
The annual March of Dimes
program was considered a sue
cessful one by the mothers who
collected in this area. Contribu-
tions are still coming in.
The community has been so
heavily hit by virus and colds
that few families have remained
free of illness.
The board members of the Mo
nocacy Homemakers' Club at
tended a meeting and tea Friday
at the home of Mrs. G. Best Lin
thicum, secretary of the club.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-02-12
Believe
States Game Management
Has Been Lackadaisica|
By Roy Lee Yinger

Recently wrote a letter to
Ernest A. Vaughn, director, Mary.
land Game and Inland Fish Com.
mission, as follows:
Dear Mr.. Vaughn: Like a lot
of other Montgomery Countians
have been perturbed because of
the lack of almost all upland
game within our covers, and I
would be very much indebted to
you If you would write to me in.
forming me just what you are
doing to remedy this situation"
Several people have told me
that they do not intend to take
out Maryland hunting licenses
next year because there is moth.
ing to hunt
This is, indeed, a serious stu
alton which I do not think can
be taken lightly"
believe every person who is
interested in hunting would like
TO know what the head of the
Maryland Game and Inland Fish
Commission said in reply to my
letter. Herewith, then, is Mr..
Vaughn's reply:
Dear Mr.. Yinger: We wish to
acknowledge. receipt of your most
welcome letter of February / rel
alive to the upland game stu.
alton in the greater portion of
Montgomery County.
I'VE, too, are concerned over
the changes which are taking
place in the countryside of sub
urban Washington, and its detri.
mental effect on the habitat of
practically every species of wild.
life.
During the past IS years over
one-half of Montgomery County
has been declared out-of-bounds
for public hunting due to residen.
tial expansion, road construction
and other routine developments.
The remainder of the County in
most part is going through
transition from general farming
to that of hay and pasture. 1t
is recognized fact that over
pasturing of fields and woodlands
reduces the carrying capacity of
the land for upland game to
bare minimum. We have done
everything possible to retard this
trend and shall continue to strive
for the preservation of at least
a minimum amount of cover on
the remaining farm lands of the
County.
This situation is no t at all
unique, the same being prevalent
adjacent to all of the metropoli-
tan areas in the country.
Trusting you recognize this
situation from the standpoint of
game management, l am :"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-02-12
POOlesville
Harry Meen
Scholastic
Runner Up
BY Cathe c. Iinthicum
Diamond 9.3332

One of the seniors of Pooles.
vile High School has been com.
mended by the National Merit
Scholarship Corporation for his
outstanding performance on a
nationwide test of educational
development. The senior, Harry
Meem, Dickerson, was a runner
up in the 1889 competition and
was sent a letter of commenda.
ton from NMSC. Over 47S,000
students in 1850 high schools
participated in the test.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold o. Carl.
ton of Hyattstown are spending
some time in Miami and Anna
Maria Island.
The employees of Buffers
Lunch, Pooleswlle, gave a sur
prise farewell party to Mr.. and
Mrs. German l.. Butler Saturday
night at the lunch room. The
whose families also at
tended, were: Mrs. William Sey-
Miss Nancy Hall, Mrs. HUI.
bert Neal, Mrs. Raymond Beall,
Mrs. James Titus and Mrs.
Charles Eader. They presented a
silver tray to the Buffers. Mrs.
Betty Titus is the new owner and
of the restaurant. Mr..
Butler, VIII o is the mayor of
Poolesville, and his wife have
bought a new home in Rockville
where they plan to live.
MISS Nancy Baughman, who
conducts a dancing class on
Thursday afternoons at her home
in Beallsville, has announced a
new class is now being formed
for Saturdays.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Ward and
sons, Billy and Melvin, who have
spent the past seven weeks with
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-02-12

This is a well written but naive
letter. None of these things put
game in our covers. am afraid
that l do not consider this a
satisfactory or direct answer to
my letter.
1t is quite true, as Mr.. Vaughn
says, that for IS years over one
half of Montgomery County has
been out-of-boundS for hunting.
This area is taboo for hunting
because of a local Montgomery
County law. In other words, the
only person who can enforce this
no.hunting regulation is a Mont.
gomery County law enforcement
officer; a state game warden can.
not arrest you for hunting there.
this huge no-hunting area, / re-
spectfully submit, might be uti-
lied as state game refuge
wherein the game might multiply
without fear of molestation.
do not agree with Mr.. Vaughn
that the remainder of the county
is going through a farming tran
Sition from general farming to
that of hay and pasture. / have
not noticed any such change, and
/ can assure you l know every
inch of western Montgomery
County, and as far l am con-
cerned there has been little or no
change. Western Montgomery
County, except for the improve
ment of few low-lying roads, is
just as rugged and as primitive
as it was 30 years ago. There are
several woods where l assure
you, if you are not a good woods
man, you can get lost. Western
Montgomery County's fence rows
have never been cleaned up.
There are gullies in western
Montgomery County as cavern
Gus and as deep as any of the
southwests arroyas.
We have the land and the cover.
But there is one basic thing we
do not have. We do not have the
game. We do not have anything
to start out with. Mr.. Vaughn
does not say anything about put
ting any game in our sorely de-
pleted covers.
Just because we live adjacent
to large metropolitan area is a
poor reason or excuse for not
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-02-12
Bethesda Corridor
Hearing Scheduled

ness district.
The hearing will begin at 9 am,
in Leland Junior High School
auditorium.
Persons wishing to speak have
been asked to notify the Com
missions public relations office,
87S7 Georgia ave, Silver Spring.
The commissions staff has rec
commended a route one block east
of Wisconsin ave-, swinging west
under Wisconsin ave. at about
Grafton st. and entering the Dis.
trict about one block west of
Wisconsin.
AlternateS include route about
one block further east in the bust.
ness district, and one which
would run long Kirkside DIR.
from about Grafton st. to the
District line.
The expressway would be a six
lane, 300-foot-wide corridor run.
ming from Pook's Hill to the Dis
trict line, with a 65-foot center
mall to allow for later installa-
ton of a rapid transit system.
The feasibility of the overall
project, as well as the specific
recommended routes, are expected
to come under fire at the Febru-
airy 81 hearing.
So m e of he Commissioners
themselves have appeared luke
warm to the project. Citizen pro-
tests are expected to include a
petition of several hundred fami-
lies in Central Bethesda who OPP
pose the Corridor
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-02-12

Federal income taxpayers
should send their returns to their
proper district director of In
ternal Revenue and if they owe
any additional tax should make
their checks payable to the In
ternal Revenue Service.