A recent touri3t in Qhitina was quite indignant, she .declared "Chit-lnc
la supposedly a Ghcs t '‘‘own and itfe *n sne&key trick for people to say
fchoJfc it is when itsquite evident that it isn’t”. Upon further ir>~
quiry it was discovered that she had spotted five little kiddies
hashing up a deserted street, these belong to Jean and "Mac1! Mc
l&or«"«w who are visiting here from Mile 13 CAA Station at Cordova,
Her #tencern soon vanished when she discovered they were visitors in~
sfcesd of residents* ___
If we are going to have Politicians running our afairs be sure
and get the best ones by getting up off your lazy behind and going
to the Polls to VOTE* why settle for a second rate bunch of“yokels”
put in office by a handful of other “yokels”.
Williams Equipment ^o. have been damning the river at Lower ‘^'onsina,
they have managed to put the river into one channel. They are driving
piling for the new bridge*
The foreman said it took a week to do the one day job of getting
the equipment on this side of the river.
Old Timer, Andy Halverson has gone to the Spirit Mt. Nickle pro
spect at Summit Lake where he and Art* Nelson are-* doing accessment
and exploration vo rk*
Betty Helm and Pat Ward of Cordova-have been in Chitina for the
past fev; days. They haven’t stayed in town long but are hiding out
in the bushes# Either they are “Bush Happy” or they really are pick
ing berries*
Speaking of berries, Jack Richards has a neat patch in his back
yard. IIo don*t pick berries himself but has figured an"angle” and
.as a result is contemplating installing a beer can v/ith a sign:"3erry
Pickers please insert two bits.”
Statehood, boosters "figger'*- that' Statehood is in the bag and that
the comining election is just formality. They forget that a bride
isn’t married until she says ”1 Doul
Bill Berry, discoveror of famous B B & 3,is planning on spending
the winter months in Chitina instead of McCarthy this year.
This writer had occasiou to spend a few uncomfortable days in
Anchorage this past month and v;as nearly muscularly eliminated by
t,ie Statohooders over there. Unfortunately the bridge(Knik R/)went out
preventing escape. The Moral is: " we must all face the conaoquences
of our crime s". - But then sore people are COWARDS# -
Chitina is one of the few places in the Terretory (or State.) that
is not infested by bugs. Dorrey Ward came all the way from Cordova
for the purpose of collecting bugs. He has been here a week and so
far has been able to collect two Lady Bugs and a ^oth(ehamber of C rd. )
"T V ~Jr9r1 x 7
AAA-WWVAA. WlA. V/UIA
THE OLD CYNIC’S COLUMN
BY: 0. A. Nelson
The most astounding thing has has happened here in Alaska since
the passage of this statehood nonesense by the Senate. Just a lot of
thinking Alaskans who were for statehood have stopped to have second
thoughts and seem to think we have a wolveringe by the tail and do
(cont r',3)