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EDITORIAL
BONDING LEGISLATION
FOR ALASKA
Good news for Alaska municip
*Iities came from Washington,
last week in the announcement
that one of the first moves of
the Senate was to pass a bill au
thorizing cities and towns in the
Territory to refinance outstand
bonds. The House had already
passed the measure.
To Juneau, this will mean that
4134,000 in six per cent interest
bonds can be called in and re
issued as four per cent bonds.
This two per cent saving will
amount annually to $2,680— a
very nice sum to be used for
further civic improvement or re
tirement of outstanding bond is
sues.
The Juneau six per cent oblig
ation consists in $90,000 of school
bonds and $44,000 of sewer bonds
When they were issued six per
cent was the going rate. Times
have changed and such bonds at
four percent are now in demand
by investors.
For achieving this means of re
ducing interest charges, Delegate
Anthony J. Dimond, author of
the bill, and the Juneau city of
ficials deserve credit. They are
saving your money.
—Juneau Empire
NOME’S BONDED
INDEBTEDNESS
Reading the information con
cerning the congressional mea
sure which permits Alaska cities
and towns to call in their bonded
indebtedness and reissue at four
percent interest; and the fact
that Juneau will achieve a sav
ing of $2680 in such payments;
we were interested to find out
how this would affect Nome.
Happy was our surprise to dis
cover from City Clerk M J Walsh
that Nome’s public improvement
bonds, issued in connection with
the PWA loan and grant in 1935,
are being paid at the rate of four
percent interest.
And incidentally, Nome has re
duced its bonded loan from $?5,
000 to $65,000 odd dollars in the
space of five years.
In addition to this Nome has:
acquired one of the most modern
and efficient fire-fighting equip-j
ments in the Territory, to the;
tune of more than seventy five
hundred dollars.
Under the PWA loan and agree!
ment, Nome now has a fine sys- j
tern of fire mains, sewers, streets i
and sidewalks, and other public
conveniences destroyed by the
fire of 1934.
And on top of all this the city
treasury is solvent in a healthful
way. Times look good and with
out a doubt Nome continues its
progressive and liberal develop
ment as the hub of Seward Pen
insula’s vast gold producing
areas.
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LOSS OF VIGOROUS
LEGISLATOR
The death of Senator William
E. Borah, nationally noted legis
lators, leaves Congress and the
country as a whole, with the re
aizatiion that sometime the Grim
Reaper calls even the most loved
and respected, high and lowy.
At a state funera today, held
in Washington, D C President
Franklin D. Roosevelt expressed
his deep loss and that of the
nation, with the death of Senat
or Borah. Attended by the Presi
dent and his cabinet, legislators
and high ranking diplomats icif
many foregn countries, the fun
eral of Senator Borah was one of
the most glittering and heart
felt displays of national regard,
ever to be given a representative
of he people of this country.
Long known and respected as
the “Isoationist Proponent” dur
ing World War days, Senator
Borah, picked up the gauntlet
again when World War No. 2
broke out: fighting long and
mightily in Congress to keep the
United States from becoming
entangled in this latest European
tangle. As such, he became a
warm supporter of President
Roosevelt’s in encouraging the
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creation of the Neutrality Zone
around the Americas, and the
cash and carry system of arm
aments for foreign countries.
His family and friends and his
co-legislators as wel las the coun
try at large wi miss his wise
counsel and determined stands
on the Foreign Relations Com
mittee, and as a member of Con
gress.
The Fan’s Corner
Well, fans, the Old Baseball
Season officially opens Wednes
day night! :
Those two nightmares, known
as the “benefit games” couldn’t
be said to have opened anything
except perhaps our mouths, in a
great big yawn. However, to mea
sure the teams with the yard
stick of that feeble performance
is doing an injustice to the teams
and to ourselves. The games
were put on with almost no prac
tice, due to the school boiler
breakdown, and under the cir
cumstances the boys did well.
Being a n:sey cuss, I have
been watching the teams for the
last two weeks and Fans, those
boys are getting “hot!”
Here’s a predicion for what it
is worth. The teams will finish
the first half of the season, as
follows and in the order named:
Commercials, Hammons, Alas
kans, and Nome.
Only the absence from the
Hammon line-up of that scrap
pi s', of catchers, Art Harris,
stops me from picking Hammon
for the top spot. Their present
ca‘chcr does a fair job but that
Harris toy has what it takes.
The Hammon team is hitting well
on the whole, and barring catch
ing is the finest defensive team
we’ve seen on the floor.
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The Commercial team has a
sweet infield. A little weak at
right short though, and not so
' hot in the outfield. They have
three or four of the best hitters
in the League.
The Alaskans have a strong
well-balanced team and are real
contenders at all times. They too
are a little weak at right short
i and haven’t a pitcher who can go
| the whole distance without crack
ing. They are hard but not con
sistent hitters.
The Nome team is one of the
unpredictables. They show a
great deal i:f improvement and
j will probably -make a sucker out
I of yours truly, for giving them
the low spot.
We notice a number of new fac
es out there this year but still
have with us a lot of the eld
timers from Eagle Hall and A. B.
Jays To name a few. here are:
Russ Maynard, Henry Luke, Sam
! Mogg, Carl Glavinovich, Chuck
j O’Leary, Andy Roberts, Johnny
Kawasuk, and the hardiest of all
Ipcrrenials, Ken Rude,
j At the Benefit game, we heard
i some smart cracker ask Ken if
he would continue to play if he
lost the other leg. We didn’t
catch Ken’s reply but it is our
firm belief that the Old Master
would spit on his hands and give
it at least one try.
Curtis Jacobs and Norvin Lew
! is are calling them this year, and
j it looks like that department
| will be in good hands.
For the opening game Wednes
Iday night, Hammon meets the
Nome team, and the Commer
cials and Alaskan will tangle in
j the night-cap. We pick the Ham
I mon and Commercial teams to
J win. Of course, we admit we
I could be wrong, but come out
j and see!
The Old Fan
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