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Capital AJournal AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER ESTABLISHED IN ItSI Bernard Mainwaring (1 897-1 957) Editor and Publisher 1 953-1 957 E. A. Brown, Publisher Glenn Cushman, Managing Editor George Putnam, Editor Emeritus The Capital Journal's policy k to print all tha newi in Salem and ilia surrounding area with compielenen and Impartiality. On this page you will find tha view! of our editori and comment! by the general public on matters of Importance to the community and the nation, published with the view that the Capitol Journal is first A CITIZEN OF THIS COMMUNITY. JAMES MARLON" PUC Too Quick on Trigger Presiding Circuit Judge Charles W. Red ding has promtply stayed an order by recently appointed Public Service Commis sioner Howard Morgan requiring the Portland Traction Company to furnish shuttle buses to its interurban terminal until such time as the validity of the PUC order is determined in court. The court restrains the Commissioner from enforcing penalties established in his order of $500 a day for non-compliance with the directive from January 1, 1957, to date, and $1000 a day thereafter. The slay of execution of the order tem porarily, at least, balks PUC efforts to force Portland Traction to establish connecting buses between west side downtown Portland and the terminus of the company's Oregon City and Belrose interurban trolley lines at S.E. First Ave. and Hawthorne boulevard. The suit by Portland Traction included an appeal from the PUC order and the success ful petition for a slay. H. 11. Phillips, attorney for the company, attacked validity of the order on several grounds, one that the com pany had not had opportunity to present its case throughout the prolonged PUC hearings ' jnlo traction operations. Commissioner Morgan admitted the PUC hearings have not been completed, but asked (he court to permit the order to stand, say ing It was his purpose to require the com pany to provide over-the-river service while the PUC directive was being tested in court. The traction company was accused by the PUC attorney, J. P. McCullough, of using dilatory tactics for five years to circumvent orders of the commission. This is the preliminary result of appoint ing politicians to highest stale offices, re quiring legal as well as technical knowledgo rather than popular acclaim for vital de cisions. Morgan's salary is $11,500 a year. .Such appointees must learn by costly trial and error. Just imagine what a mess slate affairs would be in, if the pending partisan bill to repeal the State Board of Control is enacted by the legislature and stale admin istration made political spoils. CP. Possible Way Out As now indicated, little change will be vis ible in the street bus situation in Salem and Eugene alter March 1, the date when City Transit Lines informed the cities it was going to quit business unless financial relief came from somewhere. When the Salem city administration opened the way for someone to bid for the service under a flexible franchise plan, in stead of the existing rigid franchise, CTLi responded with an application, believing It could make the business pay under that plan of operation. Salem was at once ralher favorably In clined toward CTL's bid. Eugene was slower, but indications now are that it Is being won over, and when the joint commiltee of the two cities meets in Eugene Thursday it will not be surprising if CTL is given the grecp light to go ahead, a freer agent than it has ever been before. Under the old rigid franchise the cities have been reasonably liberal in granting the transport company's petitions for such things as route and schedule changes and fare re visions, but at the same lime the cities have had control, and no doubt have held the company within stricter bounds than it liked. Under ihc flexible system the bus company will be its own boss as Ions as it doesn't make more than reasonable profits and gives ac ceptable service. The bus company doubtless will also be relieved of the franchise fee of $50 per car per year, which it hasn't been able to pay anyway, and will pay a token fee instead. The plan at leasl seems worth trying. But while changes in the service may not be ob servable to persons not bus riders, they will have to be considerable, or the company will be no better off than it is now. Voyage of lite 'Juvgo" !; Most of us do not seek adventure, or Iho thrills of doing anything out of the ordinary. Perhaps it is true to say that most of us are stay-at-homes who like our own firesides and daily routine. Hut all of us. lot's hope, arc generous enough to have a feeling of admira tion for those who go, of their own accord, lcyand the drab humdrum of ordinary things. ;Thcre is a unanimous well-wishing here abouts, and no one who doesn't speak a warm "bon voyage'' lor Mr. and Mrs. Philip Johns ton of Salem and Mrs. .1. K. Osborne of Wich ita. Kansas, as they set out aboard t ho ".luego." .Ill-foot sailing craft, on a '27,0011 mile voyage into the C'arribean and South -American waters, They are not seafaring folk. I'nlil recently Mr. Johnston owned a drive-in restaurant in Salem, just an nrdinaryy occupation like most of us have. But for :tfl years lie and r,1rs. Johnston have dreamed of a long sea voyage In their own little craft. Not for profit, but just for the thrill of accomplish ing something. Now and then are rate souls that strive to make their dreams come true. 'Pool on Dam lluUtliug W. A. Dexheimcr. V. S. Reclamation Com missioner, in his dedication speech opening the Palisades dam," a multi-purpose structure Hearing completion on the South Fork of tlio Snake river in eastern Idaho, proposed a plan lo pool earnings of all dam projects in the Columbia river basin as a means of financing new projects throughout the area. , Mr. Dexlieimer described the $7(1 O inillion structure as "an outstanding example of what can be accomplished through mulll-purpoiM use of our natural resources." River develop ment, he said, "can no longer be considered only in terms of a single purpose, or even of a local area. The entire economy of the re gion and nation must be considered." Ho added: "There would be few reclamation projects built today if irrigation were the sole purpose. Itevenue from power facilities associated with irrigation projects have aided tremendously by picking up the tab for the costs which ore be yond the water users' ability to repay. Funds realized from other projects can help defray needed irrigation works." Such projects, he said, were the Chief Joseph dam and the proposed Pleasant Val ley dam on the Snake which private utilities propose to build. Whether his proposed plan applies only to federal projects, he did not say, but it should to provide the greater eco nomic return from the rich hydroelectric resources of the Columbia Basin, include privately-owned power companies. Construction of the Palisades dam was begun in 1952 and will be completed in 1958. The dam will have four generators, capacity 114,500 kilowatts. It is a rock-filled structure, 270 feet high, 2100 feet long at crest. CP. 5. 'W7. DAVID LAWRENCE Brownell Rates in Supreme Court Job WASHINGTON President Eisenhower has an interesting dilemma on his hands in (illinfi the vacancy on the Supreme Court of the United States caused by the retirement! oi justice ainniey ttceu. g j Shall the President afiain op- V" point someone with judicial ex- $ ncrience? Shall he select a man 4 with experience as a practicing i lawyer: annu ne scieei soiiiu-- one from the Middle West, as is ! being suggested, because no one hails from that region now is on the highest court? Two of these categories fit Attorney General Herbert Brown ell. He is an able lawyer with n. i.awrknck many years of successful practice before Ihc courts and he was born oral brought up in Lincoln, Nebraska, and is a graduate of Ihc University of Nebraska. President Eisenhower already has appointed to the Supreme Court two men with judicial experience and is reported, therefore, to bo leaning toward the nomination of Attorney General Brownell because of his wide knowledge of federal legal problems. Precedent Cited Precedent also can be cited for appointing an attorney general. More than ten per cent ot oil tho justices from its inception have served first in tho department of justice. President Jackson appointed Attorney Gen eral Honor Taney In 18.'l(i lo bo chief justice. President lltichannti appointed Attorney General Nathan Clifford in MM lo be associate justice. President McKinlcy appointed Attorney General Joseph McKcnnn in 18X7 lo be associate justice. President Theodore Roosevelt appointed Attor ney General William II. Moody in 1901 to be asso ciate justice. President Wilson appointed Allorney General J. C. Mcltcynnlds in 1913 to he associate justice. President CoolidHc appointed Attorney General Harlan K. Stone in l!)2,ri to he associate juslice and President Franklin I). Roosevelt appointed him ill 11MI lo be chief justice. ItnosovoH Aiipntiilrt! A.G.'s President Franklin I). Roosevelt appointed Al lorney General Franklin Murphy in 1IH0 and Attorney General Robert II. Jackson in Hill In be associate justices. President Truman appointed Attorney General Tom C. Clark in ltH'J lo he associate justice. Another instance that really belongs in thl same class was Iho appointment of Solicitor. General Stanley Heed In ItKIII by President Frank lin i). Roosevelt. This raids up to ten justices out of the entire HO that have served since 1711!) but in (lie last 10(1 years the percentage of appointees from I ho di'partment of juslice has been lii per cent and in Ihe last 50 years it has gone up lo more Minn 22 per cent. The main reason why presidents have inclined frequently lo Ihe idea of appointing an attorney general is that this official more than any oilier man in Ihe federal government usually has a grasp of all the legal problems confronting Ihe government. Thus in the last (our years Allorney General llrownell has had lo weigh Ihe merits of disputes in every conlrovcrsial tit-Id ranging from ami-trust lo civil rights. He brings to his present post an experience gained in live terms in Ihe le-liJaluro of the stale of New York with its variety of stale problems. He also has acquired during his lernt as allorney general n specialized knowledge or Ihe didicultics growing out of the congestion in the federal minis. KxtH'rlrnrc Helpful Judicial experience is helpful hut inns! pn vi d:'tits have chosen to look ttt tneii in other branchf-i ol public lift- cither attorneys-general or governors or senators or members ot Ihe house ol reinv senlatives with a background of law praeliie though President Franklin I). Roosevelt seemed to lavor law school prolessors. Virtually till Ihe men who came from the de partment of justice, though without previous ex perience on the federal bench, have made good as supreme court justices. Roger Taney was one ot the great chief justices in history, and Chief Justice Harlan Kiske Slope will rank high, loo, as his decisions arc put in Ihc perspective of lime. Few lawyers will ipsenl from Ihe statement tict Juslice Jackson was n truly able imlge and that Juslice Stanley Heed made a significant record. Itrvnlctl lo riln-l!lr Attorney General Itrowncll will he li:t years old on Wednesday ol Ihis week. He is regarded as fair-minded and ohicclivc. From Ihe days when be was cdilor-ui chicl of Ihc law journal at Vol law school, an honor that conies usually to a high standing student, he has been deeply 'devoted lo the basic principles ol modern law with little tendency to slray toward the adventurous school ol thought in constitutional interpretation. His ardent advocacy before Congress of broader leg islation in Ihe Held ol "civil rights" may hurt him Willi some of the southern Democrats but this would he ollsct hy the olc he would get for that very reason from the "liberal ' democrats. He would, ot course, receive the solid suppoit rf Ihe Republicans anil, II nominated would he' con finned iCopvi mined, cf a vi It Herald Tribune Inc.) Nasser Looms As Next Mid East Problem WASHINGTON OH-The Ameri can efforts to get some peace and quiet in the Middle East arc pro ceeding like a man walking down a Ircsiiiy tarred street on a hot day. Every time he tokos a step, he s stuck. Egyptian President Nasser is the biggest- prouiem in the Middle East.. But Israel is a p.r o b 1 e m too Nasser can't he tackled until there is some solution in Israel. The Is r a c 1 i problem snows no sign of being cleared UP SOOn. JA.MKS MAIU.OW Hut when it is. if It is Ihn United States and the United Nations will probably have their hands full wilh Nasser. Mean- wttiie, Nasser, kcenine h s mnnth shut, can sit back and enjov watching the world sweat over Israel. Until Israel attacked Eevnl nrl seized the Gaza Strip and the Atiaba Gulf area, Nasser had used the former for raids on Israel and Ihe latter for blockadinr Isr.ir.li shipping. Israel Said 'Nolhlni! Dolne' The United States rentieslorl and the U.N. demanded, that Is rael pull back its troons. Israel effect says: "Nothinr rtnino until you guarantee us Nasser can't renew his raids and his blockades." Neither the United Slain. the U.N. has given such guaran- ll1'1' "I mi; uwieu ainics there is an awkward double dilemma n nananng Doth Israel and NoS' scr. J MIS COlln rV S two hiirrwcl nl. lies, nritain and France, agree wilh Israel that Nasser is a menace. Further, this country has a Middle Eastern friend in Israel which it helped create in the first place. So it can't afford to eo ton far or at least it doesn't seem like ly to in doing anything, such as joining other U.N. members in imposing sanctions on Israel, that would hurt Israel too much or alienate the British and French. Can't Be Too Easy At the same time, at this mo- menl when the Eisenhower admin istration is trying lo get Coneress to approve its Middle Eastern plan for making the Arabs friend ly, it doesn't want to offend the Moslem world by being too easy on Israel. But the United Stales mnv find itself in a reverse dilemma (he moment Israel for whatever the reason agrees to pull her troops mis oi territory claimed oy Jigypt. ,ut.-ii ii,iaM.-c ojis to oe nancuea. me administration for some strange reason always seemed to Have an ontinnstic foelinrr dealing wilh Nasser until he seized the Suez Canal last summer and refused to let go. Three queries occur as frequent it may still have hat feolinn iy loaay as nicy am wncn lony But Nasser has never hm.n was a pup. They arc: signs of being a man who rniilrl he 1. Which foods arc easy and depended unnn In rln l,i,c,,, which are hard to digest along a single, straight line for 2. .lust what causes indigestion any length of time. 3. Is acute indigestion fatal I The nnsu'pr ln: ixasser lilggesl Problem , n ", "i-.ZW 'V", Problem No. 1 in dealine wilh is the narablc of Nasser from the Western view-1 the blacksmith point is how to keep him from and Ihc tailor. ,. iSS closing me auez canal onv limei'oc macK.snmn,vHI Juvenile Delinquency in Hungary 1 $ml REFUSING TO STODV Clfe WM n tv rrrl'rrn High Prices, Consumer Caution Pointed to As Danger Signals to Nation's Prosperity WASHINGTON High prices and consequent consumer caution will be highlighted as danger sig nals lo comin-samvw tjs, u e a prosperity in a forthcom- i. ing report of the Joint Congress ional Economic Committee, which is d o m inated by Dem ocrats. Chair m a n is Repre sentative Wright Palman of Tex as, long-time foe of Administration policies in this Held. I 3 It AY TUCKKIt Many economists, however, sympathize and agree with him, although friendly to the man jn the White House. In their opinion, the situation is soft, spotty inse cure, and extremely uncertain. With a loss of $18 billion in paper values since 19S6's high, Wall Street seems to share their fears. There is a general feeling of in stability in the air. These experts discern no reason for acute alarm. Indeed, they con sider current discussions and warnings to be a favorable sign, since it contrasts with the blind optimism that led us into previous recessions and depressions. Although the basic cause for DR. WILLIAM BRADY Term Indigestion Covers a Good Many Different Ills no picnscs or using closing it to blnckjnck threat of; as our professor the West old it, was into meeting his demands. gravely ill and bus Ihe United States somehow apparently be- will have to try lo get along with yend hope, yet Nasser since lo ho inn tmiKh u'iii, nc had one favor him might cancel out Iho efforts I ask he'd like 1 of Ihc Eisenhower administration me mm'e P'alc mi. huaiiv lo get started on ils new nroeram'of P''k and cabbage ... so the of making friends wilh Arabs. I doctor told the poor fellow's wife Hut there is a limit on how 10 1(1 n,m navc 10r nc cnuiun i many concessions Ihis countrv can sumvc 1110 nlRht WW- h0 sllc make In Nasser without heenmi,,,, did, and he did I mean that when the doctor came next morning to sign, Ihe blacksmith was pounding awiiy at his anvil as merrily as ever. That's Only Halt I Wait. That's only the half of it. Presently the tailor was stricken coat and the pants. His symptoms were strikingly like a laughing-stock to the rest of the world. t solution of the Israeli ltrob- Icm would have one advantage for the United Slates. If Nasser then kept on acting as a tough guy, it would be apparent xt a. .. .. V . TK . I M"V . i between the mnimi- urn in mi in mis man mMghhnrs who sland to benofit iacksmiurs . So Uic doctor or iron, i ne new Kisen lower pro- (U,Ttl lc ,iljlor s wifo to C0l)k p a gram of economic aid for them, j nu,ss of porU aml cabbage and food it to Ihc poor fellow. Mic must in sist upon him taking every bit of it. So she did. and next morning ,whcn the doctor came to colled j tho blessings of the patient's fam- IK nnA orh.litnrc ho diHit'l I nwvin Secretary of State ..; .. n, a . oh, roster Dalles nskmg or clar- , ,u, t out of the noiRhwrhood fK-aUon of U.S. policy on the qjics.jfast nnd ma(1(1 an enlrv in ms tton ot Israels use of the Sue ,,,,, ia-. ..Wi1Jlt ,,.., M:u.u. not work so well for AVjcs Quotes WASHINGTON' rack lost to A formal Is-; had burst a gangrenous appendix. I never had any more trouble, en joyed every minute of my sojourn in hospital, and to this day I'm at a loss lo explain how an appendix could become gangrenous in 18 hours from the very first sign or symptom of trouble. Incidentally, from first to last my discomfort or distress (it wasn't what I'd call pain! was confined to the region of the stomach. Varies With Intelligence The answer to the third question varies with the intelligence or com mon sense of the victim. I remem ber that at the very first qualm 1 thought: "Surely it can't be that cocoanut I have eqlcn. cocoanut many times, and besides I'm fond of it, so don't be silly there's something really the matter." And so I'd advise you to regard alleged "indigestion" in any form as a delusion and a snare, a bit of hokum which for the time be ing covers the doctor's ignorance or calms your anxiety if you're a dumb one. BE. MAXWELL Chinatown 'Bombed' in 'Year of 1912 ' Feb. 19, 1912 A Chinese spokesman had said "Now that the Chinese republic is iiquid savings. It is estimated that concern is inflation, the long-term worry is deflation, or a drying-up of purchasing power because of excessive costs of both heavy (durables) and light (consumers') goods. Mass Market Necessary Despite the puzzling technical lingo which beclouds these grave problems, the key man and the unknown quantity in the situation is the ultimate consumer the buyer. In our vast and integrated economy, only a mass market can support and accelerate continued economic expansion and prosper ity. And there are indications that John Q. American and his wife are weary to the point of rebel lion over today's living costs, as the forthcoming report will warn. The Patman Committee has as sembled undeniable evidence of this trend to substantiate admis sions by such illustrious figures as President Eisenhower, Secretary Humphrey and Herbert Hoover, Home Building Falling Off The contruction ot new homes and apartments is falling off be cause young couples cannot afford inem, oespilc a startling increase in population. As in wartime, thev are huddling in inadequate quar ters, or tney are moving in with the old folks. Shortages are espec ially noticeable in low-cost houses. High interest rates, so Chairman Palman believes, and Ihe Admini stration's "tight money" program arc responsible for this scarcity and decline. Despite record-breaking sums spent on advertising, such articles as automobiles, radio and televis ion sets, household furniture and appliances have shown a down trend. To weaken customer resist ance, distributors have had to of fer unusual bargains in all lines. Although they may stimulate soles, it means smaller profits and a runoff of inventories which they Hesitate to replenish. Even such necessities as food and clothing are moving slowly. Buyers are becoming more select ive nnd crowding the stores only for sales. Even when bargain of ferings boost the volume of sales, profits ore down. Purchasing Power Reduced Two factors contribute to cus tomer caution, in addition to high prices. That key person the buy- has gone in debt up to his neck in installment purchases, charge accounts and borrowings. Moreover, largely because of soaring taxes i Federal, state, lo cali. he has only a small total of Canal and noting that Egypt has barred tor years their shipping from the waterway: "It is inconceivable that the Suez Canal can be opened by the note hook: smith may the tailor.' Indigestion Just Name There's no answer for the fully and firmly established with regularly elected president and as sembly, the nations of Ihe world will witness an I'niled Nations and remain closed: nnd question because "indigestion' lo any of ils member-slates. is just a name to give an illness 'overthrew awakening fully as revolutionary I a s was t h e ' movement that t h e old centuries ' I nr rlienmfnrt when villi don't know HOLLYWOOD Frank Sinatra's ul,i le.-illv is the mullet- For ev. Manchu dvnnslv lawyer. Martin (iang, coinmcnling ample, you haven't already forgot-1 nnd placed Yuan on a siihprna served on the actor- ten. have you. that the recent ill-! Shi Kai in pow- singer hy three men who entered ness of the President was "indiges-1 cr. his bedroom.' U," at first Ihe In st illness, that ! "Why, someone might have been is. As for the second illness, that Rirdnien 'now killed Suppose Frank had had gun handy. There have been two burglaries at his house recently. I you know." Capital AJournal rull I.rjtsrd Wire Service or Tlir AMt'UUeil Prrs ami The I'nlttd PrrM, The AssooUlcit lVrss Is r 'IiiMriy rnttth'd to the use for publication of all news UiMa1chM c r e tt 1 1 r tt lo it or otherwise emitted In this paier and Also news published therein. SI HSCMPriON KATES Wr t'arrlrr Monlhlv, 513.1; Sit Month. SI.. Ml; line Vear, SO 00. II v Mill In Orrenn: Monlhlv, SI no; 8t Months, S.I AH: One Year, n no H Mall Oiil'lrtc Oreenn: Monlhlv, Jl 1; Ri Months. Si .50; One Year, SI5.IMI. people with bfiow-55,000 incomes have not hint,' put hy. Thus, the sometimes "forgotten man" of our economic system has a negligible amount of money to buy current goods, nnd nothing to have as a basis for capital expan sion, which Secretary Humphrey regards as so necessary. For al! these reasons, plans for building and expanding plants may be curtailed sharply, save for those engaged in production for national defense and public works. Manage- mollt will OYrvinH nnlv in .infinini. 'JH ;tion of a steady growth in demand was, too. flyers in Cali- kn MAXwK.i.t, (for its products. Such a cutback Hero I was, about to exclaim fornia were laying plans for a would bring unemployment. "How silly can doctors and people benefit to aid Mrs. Kugenc Kly.j In short, the goose that lays the got about this indicostion hokum.'" i widow of the dead aviator. Munc golden egg of prosperitv the buv when I recalled my own bout. I 4, nui Fugene Fly, the "Bird--cr is beginning to feel like a went out on my rounds one brisk man" made the fsrt successful ; "gone goose, ' There is valid rra autumn day feeling fine and dandy, (light over demonstrate.1 in Salem, sen for worry on the part of tho 1 had nibbled only 11 piece of cocoa-. He exceeded the speed of a rac- three men who have only figur nut for lunch. About A p.m. I sud-;jtlg car at fairground's Lone Oak alive hair to "curl" Kisenhower. donly felt chilly nnd quite tincom- j track, rose to a height of about -Humphrey nnd Hoover, forlable in my receptnculum chvli. 1 4(W (ot,t an(j cjrt.rd t10 domc cf: (Released by MeChire Newspaper The sensation grew steadily more Oregon's old capitol'. j Syndicate! distressing nnd when I got homo at ! 1 5 1 sot into bed under blankets! Articc, o( inoorpor.1llon nid SKN'ATOR SOAPER OPINES: nnd sent tor a doctor, for 1 (olt!u. .,.. , c. Exports are calling tho next l IJ i,, , 11 "" ""' -'" .....l-J .!:, .... ....! .. i . .,,. Olcott by the Farmer s not quickly relieved. The doctor f Iri(,cpcr1rior!C(.. C;,rii: ..... -j - i..vOOO: incorporators wore jod me into the' hospil.iV whore atfFenlon. A. L. Sperling and C. W 'operation next morning he found I ' Irvine. Ka'rmcrs" State hank s""1r,dnm,isMlc ,hc "f!,' co. Capital stock wi.' But we "member M years .1. .1 i a s o when t h e manufacturers claimed there were no more mira Icle incredicnts to be added to Itnothptvtc. '' HAL BOYLE Berries Big as Fists, Huge! Cabbages Grown in Alaska, HAL BOYLE NEW YORK Ifl Did you know that Alaska is not only twice ihe size of Texas but also has an ice cube larger than Rhode Is land? The hunk of ice is the Malas- pina Glacier nnnr fnrHnva Alaskans are making a migh ty pitch this year to get their territory admit ted as the 49th member of the United States. Here arc a few things they think you should know about what they feel is "the land America has forgotten. That Alasxa, whose population increased from 72,524 in 1949 to more than 209,000 today, is grow. ing faster than any stato in the union percentagewise. Whites Outnumbers Eskimos That white settlers from the 48 states outnumber the Eskimos and other native tribes by 8 to 1. That Alaska, purchased from Russia for $7,200,000 in 1867, has produced since then more than 600 million dollars in gold alone, That although dubbed by early critics by such names as Sew ard's folly," "Iccbergia," "Polar ia," and "Walrussia," the Eskimo meaning of Alaska is "the great land." High Private Plane Ratio That Alaska's land area is 90 times that of Hawaii and one fifth that of the continental United States. That air-minded Alaska has a private plane for every 165 per sons, a higher ratio than in any state. ihat military expenditures in this northern barrier against Rus sia have exceeded a billion dol lar: Smce 1940. That Alaskan citizens claim they pay the highest per capita federal tax under the American flag, but can't vote in U.S. pres idential elections nor do they have voting representation in Con gress. That the climate of Ketchikan in southern Alaska is much like that of Seattle . . . temperatures in Anchorage go over 85 degrees in summer are not much cold er in winter than parts of the Rocky Mountain states. Berries Big as Fist That the rich earth and 24-hour summer sunlight in Matanuska Valley, near Anchorage, grow 60 pound cabbages and strawberries as big as your fist. That the world's largest carni vorous animals, the Kodiak brown bear and giant polar bear, are found there. They weigh up to a ton, measure 12 feet from snout to stubble-tail. That mining is second to fish ing as Alaska's most important industry, but the Navy petroleum reserves at Point Barrow on the ocean are among the richest un developed fields in the Western Hemisphere . . . More than five million acres south of the Arctic Circle are under lease to Ameri. can oil companies. Moose Cause Problems That jaywalking moose evading wolves and deep snow are a prob lem on the Alaska Railroad . . , Although electric shockers have been installed on the engines, 35 moose were run down on ono trip from Fairbanks to Seward . . , The moose who die pedestrian deaths are contributed to hospi. tals. ' That a 50 million dollar oulp paper mill recently went into pro duction in Ketchikan, and t w o larger mils are planned at Juneau and Sitka. That the 1807 treaty with Rus. sia provided Alaska's inhabitants would pe admitted to the en ov. ment of all the rights, advantages and immunities of citizens of tha United States" ... But 90 years later Alaskans are still fighting to obtain many of those promised rights. TAX CUT WILL HELP Orpeon'.Q illninr ennatt,. 1 cally depressed over Oregon's ccunonuc snowing, wnicn is low. 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