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o o o o o o 0 14 MAIL TJtlBUNE. Mifor4, Ortfi, Tuesdiy, July 1, If S O Number of Important ? Me Union's CO o Jl!ii3i3 o Rfimain 49th State OV3 Ca COO C30 Governor Must Call Election on Several Issues Washington (UPI The formal admission of Alaska as the 49th state of the Union is not expected until Dirgember. Congressional approval of itatehood for the territory did not automatically make it a state. A number of other im portant steps must be taken. President Eisenhower must first sign the congressional act into law. It is certain that he will do so. Then he must notify Alas ka's governor, Mike Stepo vich, of his action. g Election of Officeri . Stepovich will makehe is sue, no later than Aug. 1, a proclamation calling for an election of a new group 3 state officers and of the state's first two U.S. senators and its single House member. The election will be held under terms of a "statehood" constitution which Alaskans ratified April 24, 1956. Q ' Alaskans must also vote on Alaska Wot AHways Bv doc quigg UnUd Prcif Internaiinoal Texas will have to move over. It's only half as big as Alas ka. The 586,400 squarg miles of spectacular scenery that make up AlasBa represent territory one-fifth the size df continental United Sjtes. Americans didn't always re gard AlaSa as highly as they do now. When Secretary of State William H. Seward paid Russia $7,200,000 for Alaska 92 years ago, people called it "Seward's folly." ut $7,200, 000 wouldn't have paid for the sos! coal that was rrdnejj in Alaska lag year. Personal Experiences there are 300 bound volumeeo; of Jjprsonal gxper?ences of tht gold rusha days alone? 0 "The naen w0o 2il far gold" rambled over tha tun dra, panning "them erics" at the tgrn of tlft centuoyand left a legacy ajid historic foe? that gave AlaSka CitereatiSnal fame. "The Arctic trjile hgjd their ftfprets. secret tales thet would rge your bledfci rn colfl," Tffota whether to accept statehood. Robert W.SefVico. Dut ia They are virtually certain to accept it, but some opposition does exist in the territory. j Vote on Boundaries The referendum n this question is- expected to ohe held either during Alaska's primary in early fall or its general election. The general election must be held by Dec. 1. o In the referendum, Alas kans will not vote merely on the statehood issue itself. They must also accept the boundaries set up in the c5h gressional act and recognize the reservations of certain powers being retained by the federal governmght, includH ing authority to withdraw large sections of the land jf or federal military purposes. Rejection of these or other points would kill statehood? Following theoele&ion and referendum, the governor certifies the results to gie President. Only then can Eisenhower issue his official proclamation making Alaska the 49th state. truth, o tKesft a ta9K beu 4o( sprout from the oday back in 1741 when fineSrst whSte mvh O-they were Russians reach ed Alska. ; Vitus gecyijej Dies The voyage of discoj;er-y was a h Sir owing h i n gs oP srupwOec and curvy. The commander, Vitus,, BeriQg. died. His g)en endjjred? terri ble haQdships. fSidered and slaughtered the nativfs-c-and startcl0the0 legend of 8ven fcire in Alaska. 0 Ttios$o that survivgdo re turned home wfih JiRa 09ea Stter skins, 2nd Jhe firs? Also kfi rush begaig. Fur traders Rotssiari '0pro8lJ'oh,l9niy, who ware sostpof en e.tly-iy vefion c' ur on oun ff if iph mmm mm And as for tall ftles 9ell,oloute; nvada tfi, Alau- jSlafids that oo :ytto-like Upward yie priant. o It was the,tegiSninor' Alas&s thgt it ig 1 gjprjjap ,coinbry in meny gdr, mgjmtais fiioflg, w.r o o c. hou, and rrcjioSe still roans. Transportation overkind? fe sd precaffiows thgt the airpjarsa is tha Cnain linfc 9? scatter d small outposts. g"he ssama Alaskg) O f corrptian of a diative (yor& meatfjjig "t$ great tountQy." But the phra&e that o)curs in rvel fodder arc? booft. st "Ame?ica'$ fronting." "HQ itsOng eff men "who hav tQma un6e Alaska's' spsil r8 i39P en0 strong Foroier Gov. Epnast Gruea cjngerSicfl nut it thi3 vaj: bH,e5a. ig file bright" lanS oP th8 summer' mifihight Sun anfl t,S vinter' gold, blue, ligh. bt ig a Jiagtrt OTP he usigiif "topm gole. cisltur. Kaga sS ' leat iesjtiap. es lone unBP our ag it i gos- sibJSa ra t3 bac into J&siep lSd-gar fiuian stay if?Ndfth ieaij history gn4 li-ge 4gain th AmrJca.oThey Sound in ffiss ks e fur-riclg (yildsrnass of ftiounfeins?o fjords, mafnfii cagp aleciers, 4?3nturia6-0l ica M and fn9 i gryn9f tha groners." . o laka io the pfc harfi n&ftae rua $ronf otsebi ts Kjvtchj&SR to0 Skajiivay ryS Uaehi and yet bland ealy fha rmarftebl9 thin fibftiA b vth outsti ajft Bnglish s H-fl- ecseto&la rk nd tfiS "Valley Kerpci9.i of (5)0,009 ,mo&eS. It tie in itv&Wl!t$y, UK IBIS, 1et tSler Alaska Iie sndb Vshington JVl) ayitfeo Cornea iifttfy eooeOS ftij? "EtS federal govornmenl? is going to, hsva to wob out a 1(2 mfcior prbl&ns wit rThere is that long-idfecussed matter of ttrhere. to eddothi 49tBsjar to the flag, for one thing. Another is changing hundreds of tabuWinQ ma chines aad large umBers ofJ government fongs to how Alaska as sP state instee, of a territory. And whet ebout Midwest Monday and Mon-wthe Lincoln Blemorial wHich Tornadic Winds 0 Batter Midwest By United Press International Tornadic winds ripped the Northern Plains and upper day night, tearing down util ity lines and causing exten sive property damage. At least one torrtado swirl ed from the severe rain and hail storms, touching down in a wooded area near Spirit in Northern Wisconsin. No in juries were reported. - The storms were blamed on a mass of cool air which over ran a heat wave that saw temperatures climb into the 90s yesterday as far north as Redwoon, Minn. Authorities at Rhinelander, Wis., said tornadic force winds caused extensive dam age at nearby Lake Toma hawk and knocked out power and communications. . Earlier, the combined as sault of high winds and heavy rcSns smashed buildings near Parshall, N.D., and Wadena, Minn. Lightning set fire to a home at Abercrombie on he eastern border of North Pakota. the gdmiasioa of Alee&a the 3nd State&will have gats at Rassia'c back floDiwtep. Little TJiamede. w Ales&aa idand, & within eyeeight of Big Diamgde, awngfl. by QJub-J sia. tThe distaeee 3tet5?eend them is only 2A mil o s j Alaska has been Meeting statehoed fw 42 yeare. The fi?St Statehood, biles intro duced i Congreo in 191g It gpt nowhere, but AlSsfeana and trir friends) kepj trying The Alakai LegiiJjtQreSae ihatod the "forget-ms-ncS'oao the territcsrisl flower." fin nSmharsp find ftly ?o pmesrisa. , - q xaii;u ill me iuj in capita and Ketckan i t&feOsars jvj n-wheels, southeast both ha fewer than 10,000 inhabitantsG Alaska will be good hunt ing for girls looking for hus bands. There are 16 males to every 10 females and nearly three-quarters of the women there are already married. In the continental United States, If youthink o9 Zl64 69 9 i - -e a pqfeiuei ictoox, ou qks nystioji. "True, 9moa?tup in the -winter r8nQ& fin t8 ?0 6arees Bslow tfero. u? AlaSiag, huntar'. per diso. Sfetff, mooop carifeou, (Jla9, p a i h (9 a r, mountain shaap, meustain got, lg, in tfea sunftnaj- thS' IneictflyJbi(jon() musgrat, otter, mint, cliil?b ia maijy gltca to 50 Qagrees Qbov. 0 B?lirbfiks flepertmaRpatorae do a booming aumm$ ByEi ne9Din bathiMfeuit 0 0 jkj v 5 o VaShinston -hJUPI) Alas- ga' victory is its long fjht to tym stfitehsofl urns atten tion to the problem of what to flo about t5at gtn tfir if3 ha Amaritfin fps o Tje imminent rccect of anothgr steRs lififl brought out ftia Bfetjy Uqg? in e lof "of BeoplQ o - 0c A lmleSnows cubbyhole, ith tha urg)ressiv mleof Tha UniteS States T,3R0,0OO wSp it ougit 3aa ?tom' Ruwig 8B yersd So. sapa n lnoreatioa bsj howQ goad0ji iHvesfment Hi was: In tha pest00S8 3sa8rs? total (cpmraercft between tha 6 United oStatas i9l Alaska baen estimated to dgceas 6 byiion0 a e Quartermaster Gaaaiel, has"! fceen flaodod wij suggestions oft hoQto n?ake rooSi flff a has the t? states lfeted cirgunS its sides ABska's population iS 1550 nnJ?aJnPr5ssiY ml wn 19R f!43 Itf3 estimated Haiaic Briah, tfffica of he Tl' population now is bout 200, 000. Between 1940 and 195g. its population increaSfed by 77 per cent, while the popu lation of . Qie cgntinental United States increased rf only 14 per cent. Alaska's per cent of growth exceeds that of every state except $Te- 1 ...Ulnh it BnlivT, Valid, wtii-" lb t4uau. q Anchorage, the laraw city, has 32,001) residents; Fair banks, the second largest, about 16.000. Juneau, the 49th star in the treditional tle field. 0 There istill timft for every one to get in his ideas. The 49-str flflg won't SP into of ficial uguntil July 6, 1969. Some voluntr desnars suggest seveij, row9 of s9ve stars eagh. - Then there are fancier vari ations with the starO ar- rand m the form of bigger crosses, eagles and other Jiotifs. Alto gether 400 suggestQms Rave Qbeen offered. The Heraldic Of- iices ays xnaioai me momem no og hasoSy gytfiority Jp say what the ner design shall Je. o o n o-- OS aa eurpend, eoa no pec&e nr Bskotos Rd NebretiOa ThmajkmFfiis ofi Ala&kg iq. ilia acfrthj t&mpsBatura one. o 2 a. Sho-fth8a PoBBite anfi other SPiffDals are ylanliful. "See a'Sterflpwl and small same (jvrfis. On 95uiivat IsteRfl iS3 fbung oca &f tha woria' lusgt at hepfie o$ mu9j e0. ardgij m& fleti in Adventure, Wealth occurred one gf ths great vol canic eruptions ?n recorded hrfiory. Tbc Stun-gj gYKatmai, J Hag mountain tnt blac entire top of?, is rf&w gour ist attracrian. 5jepts Eifeheet sisuO Be?des po s5e5dHea the welg,' fargast cbin vol canoaff, Alaska feoaete tha luahaet oint lq Nor Amiw- siaa wheja tke jEcJaekia rn vaults uft 20,2uotmVBom es 'IcSysI to fhe (ammfi S4V MaXirfley. The rVSebcEotina Rjjsyjeiq 0P?(9my'les:i, glunSering fop Hir m .tn coia grasaas tht A.leuties in tha miS-i70Cksj 'fcamdlin t9emslvgs fingt thg erca vinS-bl'gBt ccS tli illiw, ha& lfttlg tigw ia centum gl t& gisqghis $rHuv. o . m tfee ri oCthapiiV merchants- orgsi$ -&h fu ftifig. Sj 17& rigeri sr lnov founded tha rst ga mnen? Aiftan settlemgttt e Island. 1?S, 41k Sanaep Er0iov iange S e9 Me ccgitefl city l- itr, fpofiei'ca," &pulefl She Sussia Qsf jsnegely tp-iiviti3. by j peculiar twist he wan- dpd a(SSss the Eastern Algs- i kn "border intq,CCanada'& Yu kon tarmory. l Garmack, ppospector, fjh ermn, gnd, up tredeO1, mas sd a In&ga ipl nd "eiifc pSish," living twth Uiq triKS. Ctesw py Tata m July, 188 8, ha snfl hie wife's tw? Brotb&rs,, &&akum Jim &n$ rgjsh CMrley, trucgit ricfii tn b Dit ea:a0riach fkiTsrafl int3 4be Cfenedin londia pivot'. . "The 8nfiike Str"0 S --ns looseflo floofl of golft sae&rs 11 svsf A.les3 an browgh.t op the 'd- lgiylsss, lvorful das. Th ns J the'lonflife pn fiyn t Jijty fffife iid JOrly ffiil! carries Sat it giant hit Cast. Jfemes 6oaS Potftes msantme SgfofeS theo region. SJy the kii&-1830s, bi uasingi arefit8riyiB n8 A.lag) antepefi eg gapia Qacnna. Vaa sue athaot et&ipely to tha eftergetis S- cffertenaS Sacraisy Stae yio lira H. Sewrtftgthe U.S.. oiired t&e epito 4a i'&Q. "SewapfDa l?o91y" "Sf sgapS&JceboiSi" liaieped s de pisiva te?m evefl af?e Alaska Sbvonad$oftunei9i sold end ')9h. ht ferny gafl cBterge tha tepritopy Sbp ecde; thareftrfa Safy tgok ovep. Hud son's By Co., hi aspfiop! fiiS 55uin. .ata jji tha een tusy,, Ajfetska ivaH gp--arnop; in lgD8 it got peppa santativa ill Sanrase btojt hafl0no locsd sovernmenb t& til . C5ia -ac? fiigcovareS ia the Jeieau reioE in 1889. But i were underway. Most ef them it was George Washington went through Alaska. The Cwrmack 9o pg,t Alaska cji I weak tSrishd. Tl hardships tha Sferld mp wiift g baOof the treg left the dead. to be hv a rorn1iaf t n-5 cOf li o man. T j eaterpby dops. They struck oit in the "fii- enana VaUgy and at Fairbanks iS 1982. The miners and prospectors sourdoughs ail took offer Alaska. It was the era , of rough and toygh camps, fly by night operates, faces on barrdbna floors, ladies knovOi as "shefly. It was the era of fack London, Rex fieach, ro- IrSantig and lawless although uier was a crimina.1 co ap pSed in J888. Sha term souSdough denstes h ola-iima ifi Alask today. St eomes from" the prnspecE' usg(s of fleur anowater fer eilta -sUlioct yeasf to maka bEeed nd flapjacks. A sour- rfSoisgh'a opgosite ftumfcer a a93 vownij the floba Wlal icheechakj), a tejm firoga CItc- tho nest year, ft iwecR V.S. ih Jlune, 1&8Y. e -o o o S(5 Osteoit JUPI) ASaa' ne t? iU eoefc the 8. i.0J iueeon to. oismaas oea? me -woi'ld0a0 lar,gyst fleg -.BBtfi A. company epoke?mia eifl it tou cost tha -Hu5h to pssfeyffile tha gisipe tin tfci 8fpOQileg. Sh9 1,800-BDUBfl flag, wPiich w raie eepss tia frent of the firm's main store s 10& fact High anfl 833 ft along. Eaci ca is 3V fbet highj , "We're nQt inoCj feupry to a?S the &9tR tar," a Dfi&eo snfgi explained. "We've got a gece jjeriqfl gince it' Qnly fflown on ffleg Bay, June end 8st year wiat s on a Susday, so it won't be up." "And before it'tf tisne to un furl th Sag tai might MveJ (Sin answer on Jiaway, too nek Jbeaniag "new? arricl. eitft &olt fevr subsiding fij tha eaPly 30th cerCury, H&iaing gfQstfi into the hetds of Sapfira eapilalists. Onpo-. ei&sxA to lae?gg ftitereste bs cnift en lgeu ib Alaska end fot tnte U. polices in the 1S18 election. Hishicng began to pis, "ftae&jjy ee a 6 in Worlfl SPar II, Alaska vaS flettefl -witi camps and bases? JTha Japanese took ter ritery in the AleutiariEo in tl8A3 ajifl e,ra riw gmt the nest yeaiPTn, bloody fighting. Today, the big territory is sprinklefl with defense posts, Warning station am9nuni 6atiois networaso. o c The populetiSn, including Uha Sskimos, who livesimply in tre nortsera VmeiraB. re estimata at 214.900. Nsariy ona-fSuBth of thisi militjfry personselo Fifty-five miles Sprose tha Bering ftraj Bes ibajia. T?ie Alaska population dea- isity is QboutQone person 'per four square miles, compared with 5? parsons for every sin gle square mile in the U.S, A!out three persons live in tig country to every one city dweller compared with the U.S. ratio of roughly two city to one rifral resident. Its birth rate is hijpier, its death rate lower, than that of any state; The "last frontier" is strain ing to grow, to taj the riches of its earth. With statehood, will there be in te making still another Alaskan boom? f e .4 X YouVe a big hit... when you serve 1 nun ury nfeniudul 1 STftAMfiHT mi and EUL Tastes so rich Swallows so smooth GENUINE SOUR MASH PT. A QT. BLl &H1LI CB.IOICSVILU, KENTUCKY STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKEY 86 PROOF o -Qr TOIS5rBir t'BT eiinton H, PhUlips, overlcd.fg8. James ATBvans, failure to yia u license 19 wjenucu. ffjj. OQge uxi, overwiuHi, vij- . Donald R. arfdfialtL overwidti, . .... jaiHV A- Brown, ovenoaa. Harbt E. tf onfts, foilOre to stop, O10. w o ale Bkrris, c&erwidtli, wo olen C. Vaughn, ft-iick spaodisg, l.r 0 oChrtsflhe . naeg, aaiecuvo U-arniax device. 10. Devifl L. Bfarne, b ocerator'tf-Tl enw. KID. f stop. SSo. Ae B. Vigil, no chauffcOi's h cns. S10. 1 Thelma B. Mitchell, Angling oiifl a license. SGO. "jan C. Citchell, eftling 'withr Bessie E. Lynch, failKkp to stop, Surnero J. Mitchell, Overload, S485. O Stephen S. Parrieh, Improper efe a. ler liOEnse. S1U. o o 0 Delbert Push, fabure to stop, $10. OVUlie R. Taber, failure x stop, S10. o CIRCUIT COCRT Irma M. Parr vs. Hoy B. Parr, divorce comDlai&t. Joan E. Deckar vs. Richard Alan Decker, divorce complaint. Frances Walker McGinty vs. HugrrGlenn McGinty, divorce com- r I $k Op.n or add to (Pi I sfcm ' " 0 your Savings Account Q frA by JULY 10 0 A Earn Interest from IMEOfORD BRANCH ; -mm I, f, in gttinahi nun rnjinnm o o o SrfoB FEOIsi AM. tlLL 8 P.M. TW TWsday CU4 the 4tJi Snrdy m. t 5:30 m. 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