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Poncho
January 195C*
The Old Cynic and Ponch# find that they are going to have to g*
down to Washington and straighten out the mess that our cou .try
has gotten into* * Down there they seem to be overworked trying to
get satellites up, taxes down, and the other party out* They thot
nt first they w#uld stop off at Juneau but decided that the
- situation there is one that cannot be improved* It is reported
that down in Washington the stores are featuring hara-xiri knives*
Axle Bror Wahlstrom who is an old time-miner well into his
seventies has lived here in Chitina for- many years# In recent vears
• he has been afflicted with arthritis. Recently he got into such
poor shape and helpless condition that he has gone to the ‘hospital
at Seward looking for relief. Axle'is a-small man but in his day
- he was a mighty man for work. In the good ole days when drilling
in the mining tunnels was all done by hand Axla would take his
ration of two candles and go to the face of the t nnell and get
himself.squared away on a hole and then blow out the candles to
economize and whale away with the single jack for ten hours in the
dark# Yesf those,were the good old days some people think they
want. back. *...
The road into Chitina is in ve y good shap this winter.- Very
little sn^w and ice. The B,P.R. crew keeps it safe and it is so
winding the dreiers have to drive- sane. No accidents or difficul
ties on this road. Any one living this side of Panama can drive
right into Chitina if they are interested.
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Vern and Nancy Nev/eirT/ho a?3~lTving’Tn the Lyons house *
received word-,last week that his father in Minnesota was very 111.
They left hastily for Lake City but hope to be back soon.
' • It seems that Valdez has somewhat overreached herself in
building hospitals and apartment buildings for which there, is n©
present need# But fortunately there have been so many Alaskans go
r;sqpirrelly since this statehood phobia hit the Territory that now
Alaska is looking for places in which Jo store its nuts • Some
officials thin* these buildings in Valdez are very suitable.
• The principal.advantage advanced by the people who want to
keep our "mentally ill" here in Alaska is that it will bring apay
•roll here, also that the "mentally ill will be happier among old
acqu&intenances and people of their own kind who understand them."
Anchorage claims that the nuts wi11 find more congenial companion
ship there than in any other place in Alaska. Anchorage seems to
be winning out in the argument#
But don* t bring these "mentally ill" to Chitina for
nobody understands us.
Only four months now and the trout will be jumping two feet
above the water at Tebay and Hanagita LaKes, And w do not want
anyone to get a wrong impression about these trout* v/hen we- say
that the fish over there measure about sixteen inches we do not
mean between ^tho eyes as. in Texas-#
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A few of.our more er^rgetic inhabitants have been skating
on the i-ake here recently# Most years' the snow is too deep#"