not know what to do with it. The people who cone in here in the past
throe weeks are wishing we do not get this phony State and if before
this coming election on whether we Alaskans want statehood the civil
service people aid the- military realize that they will loose their ■
special living allowance oecause of high costs in Alaska, there is a
good chance that Alaskans v/ill beat this silly statehood move. The
politicians tell us that the civil service people and the military
v/ill not loose their special considerations because we have become
a State but they show by the way' they hedge on the matter that they
know that this will be lost. Perhaps the civil service workers will
♦ ill wake up to this before tlio eloctipnundawill ;tbrow this state
hood damphoolishnoss out the window*
So many people who had listened to the political sirens and were
in favor of statehood have done some thinking and listening and are
now vigorously opposed to this phony business. If the honest aid
informed people all go to the polls there is a good chance to save
Ala from becoming a hopeless parasitical burden on poor old Uncle,
Opposition to fish traps and Federal regulation of commercial
fishing has been good politics in Alaska for a long time. The people
of Alaska should have control of the fisheries and what they would
do to and with the fish is something terrible to think of. In June
the red salmon run was very poor,' this ~£h owed what federal regulations
and fish traps had d'ore • salmon had been destroyed and there will be
no more, bow comes a run .of pinks such as has not been seen in years
and which is all contrary to the politicans predictions. There are
so many fish that those in the traps have to be held for days while
those caught in seins can be canned before they spoil. There are
mny times more - fish than can be.used, what has caused this phen
onominal run of • salmon0 The politicians are telling us that the
salmon sensed the- advent of statehood and are now not afraid to enter
Alaskan waters and get caught. From now on they will shun the Jap
anese waters. • And does Alaska need a mental health institution? *
Jesserf’.s Weekly of July 17 says: " x‘‘oports from throughout Alaska
indicate that the slow tourist season has prevented employee nt of the
additional workers usually needed to help out in the retail trade'1.
Prod John of Mentasta Lake was in-Chitina for a few days to got
some fresh salmon irom the Copper ilivor. lie 'says the salmon are not
much good when they got to Mentasta Lake where they spawn, their oil
is all burned up in the long trip up the rivers against strong
currents, what’s loft is just water and fiber, and they are a warn
ing red color. Ho thinks the merchants.in Chitina are probably a
bit stupid since their prices are so lo. It was. explained that the
merchants here can keep prices lo because they have no competition
to get mad, __■
Chief Skolai says that you hear a lot of jokes about bow legs but
they really are few and far between.
If it Is your misfortune to have a church in your community you
will get the point to this story.
It seemed the air liner was in trouble and was going tol(crash. The
old lady passenger said, "he had all better start praying". One
passenger said, "What will I do, I can’t pray, I don’t know how*"“Well
do sorro thing religious," the little lady advised, 3o he proceeded
to take up a collection.