THE GHOST TOWN GftZtmt
jCHITINA, ALASKA, 9, .1957
' .Editor: Jo 'nilaon • ,
We&£he*| Warm, clear and unpre
.•dietGiblc^i HI* 37^ l»o— *>38° below,
Jock fciohards and Frank Carroll
were visitors in town Sunday, They
found the Church closed but the
grocery and clothing store were
open* They found the road in very
good condition* The big glacier
that built up at 5 mile(nearly
put some car3 over the bank) ha3
been blasted away v/ith much dyna
mite and noisef
The Alaska *voad Commission that
served Alaska so well during the
past half century has been abolish
ed and tho Bureau of Public Hoads
has taken over the road work in.
Alaska* They may have different
policies from the old ARC but so
far no one has learned anything i
as to future road plans*
The Old Cynic Says that as hef; -
grows old in the harness he finds
that the way to avoid" being lam*—
basted for doing everything wrong,
is to do nothing. -- Guess 1!11
.try that myself, besides the idea
of doing nothing appeals to me*
Reports from Lower Tonsina tell us '
that two violent pugilists, Oggie
Mack and Henry Ford, loaded up on
considerable "Branch Water'rv and
soon discovered an issue that could
not be settled by arbitration,'
The battle was indecisive a3 both
drew blood, black eyes and puffed
faces* . Possibly Oggie could well
olaim to be the winner,as he was
*\ portedly the fullest and vol- , .
v. olest* . ' i
rare Goodman and other trappers * ^
v-ho have been out in the brush this
winter report lots of moose* There
should be’a big hunting season •
this comming fall*,,. ' •.
Everything comps to him’who waits
ana leads a righteous, clean life%
(If ho is-careful enuf not to get .
caught, with.his pants uown)« 1 The • •
president" and general, manager of
the Ghitina City Y/ater Works has ,
been a bit concerned as to getting
wood cut to, keep the water running
next winter* And just .as things
were getting to look a.little
bleak here faday and Marc showed *
up* They didn*t cut a single cord
of wood down at the Bar but they
quietly picked up an axe and saw,
and headed for the woods* ' j
Clara GunnIngham who was the Health
Nurse here for several years pass
ed. away at her home in New Jersey
on Feb. 17th* She will be remem*
berod by those who knew her as a
capable nurso and good and gener
ous friend and neighbor. Our '
world was a bettor place for her
having passed our way*
\*es Kennedy is building a number 7
of hotel rooms into the upper
story of his building here. These
will take the place of the old,
fallen down and now deserted
Spooks NOok, /
Lady opened her refrigerator one
morning only to find a tipsy little
man sitting in there on the oranges.
"What are you doing here?1" she cried.
"This is a Westinghouse, ain't it?"
he drawled. "Yes," she answered.
"Well, I'm westing." he said.
(Conversation overheard between~
Sourdough Neil Finnesand and the
Old Cynic) •.
Neil; I. suppose all geniuses are
conceited. • • •' ;
O.C.:, Some of them are, but X
‘ not, •’ j v,- • ’ • ■ ' i )
‘ ‘ ‘ V ■
Howard Knutson left for Fennayl*.
vania to pick up his new plane;
He ie expected, to return in a few
days, providing he gets good fly*
ing weather on his return*• ( \
I . ■
What you don*t know doesn't hurt
you, _£ut it amuses a lot of people.