THE yEPR'S AT THE SPRIT1G
A couple none days' and the sun starts its
annual s'"iny to the north again. The calory
car says itr s true4 and there have been wore
than a"lew indications of it in Selcovia for
the p■ st several 'weeks,
The clatter of hammers and the rasp of
saws at the site of the new cold storage
plant are signs of the times, and while its
construction might not cudte be termed a
sprin.w building boom, still itfs nice to
know that even in Seldovia a suc?den activity
in construction work indicates the coming of
a milder season.
•'"ithin a day or two, and perhaps even be
fore you read this p-ge, the Denali will dock
here with another shipload- of«passengers ,•
many of them tourists who are seeing Seldovia
and al ska for the first time.
In short, company1s coming. Eut Seldovia
is a bit like the indolent housekeeper who
lets her guests knock on the door before she
begins to bustle about with a broom in prep
aration. The melting snows of the past win
ter have bared so much ugliness in the cityfs
dooryards, that it almost would have been
better to keep our winter weather until July,
when the grass may be high enough to hide a
part of the litter.
NO SOAP
ON SPIT ROAD
Recent informa
tion from Delegate
Bob Bartlett in re
gard to a MacDonald
Spit road, definitely
kills all hope of any
construction there
with funds appropri
ated by this U. S#
legislature. ■ • •
It*s probably'top
late to make much im
pression on this
ship’s visitors, but
how about a general
spring cleaning and
face-lifting, at le
ast along the Board
walk, in preparation
lor tne next nonrnTs
crop of visitors? The
fact that the pile of
tin cans on your door
step nay forever be
irmemor ialized on
Ko da chi' one as a prize
shot of "a typical
native village we vi
sited in Alaska,” is
n’t going to back up
any Chamber of Com
merce propaganda
.about "Beautiful Sol
do via, the jewel of
. C ook Inlet.” Or may
be that pile of cans .
will discourage the
Chamber so completely
there won’t bo .any
propaganda.
Let’s pick up, \
rake up and burn up
what we can, anc1 toss
the rest on a city
approved dund•
♦