OOITT LET IT HAPPED HERE
The black 70-mile scar in the heart of
the Kenai peninsula hasn1t meant much to
some Seldovians, in spite of the uncounted
loss it caused in animal and plant life, as
well as the total destruction it brought to
acres of beautiful ulaskan wilderness* -
•Last:week> 1 homesteaders returning up tho
bay from a trip to Seldovia reported that
picnickers had h4/k$d from the city to lunch
beside the picturesaue ruins cf the old
sailing schofober-, . Commodore* When* they had
eaten and fiad exploded the dead hulk of the
sjiip, they gaily;return ed to the city* leav
ing .behind them the Un quenched ember $ of
"their campfire* v * •
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Perhaps they reasoned*, ”It*s -only a bon
fire on * a beach .arid sur ely there fs no harm
in that.” But a bonfire' on a* beach, which
may be whipped into a leaping -blaze by a ri
sing ^ind could be just as deva sting to the
timbered hills near Seldovia as a carelessly
tossed cigarette stub proved to be- in the
spruce stands at Hidden lake# ;
With the end of the canning season here
and many of us townsfolk ' freed for picnics
and excursions in the warm summer weather,
the need for caution is great. Sparks from1
a campfire, the still burning butt of- a cig
arette or 'even the glowing end cf a recently
lighted match could mean tragedy- for Seldo
via.
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woods and grasses- are tindery dry at the
end of this long warm summer. iXergreon
trees are pitchy brands which .cou&d s‘et the
shores of Seldovia bay aflame. With the li
mited fire-fighting • equipment hare, a fire
start id on the outskirts’ of the town could
easily drive unchecked " -through Seldovia’s
streets of wooden and log dwellings
Make it your responsibility to see that
you leave no beachfiro alive behind you, and
be ‘doubly sure "that every match’ and cigar
ette you t os's raside retains no spark to
smoulder and 'spring into flame in the woods.
a hike to Camel
Rock, out to the*'
schooner Commodore*
or to the butsido
b3ach is one of per
fect beauty no\v. Yet
it . co.uld become" a
blackened smear of
dead tree skeletons
if just one person is
careless# Make the
price you , .pay for
your enjoyment * of
these natural beaUty
spots of ours, an
added ounce of cau
tio<h, so that others
may walk after- you
and share - the enjoy
ment with you.
Take another look:
at the pictures *of
flame roaring through
Kahai1 s trees and be
side its gem-like
lakes, ' and - make it*
your job to see that
it tioesn^ happen
here.
AT THE CHURCHES
Gospel G jnter
Sunday School 11:00
Church 7:30
S3rvices held in Un
ion Hall.
Methodist Church
Sunday SchooT 10-:00
Church 7:30
' adventists
Sabbath School 10:00
Church • ' 11:00
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Services held in'Me- J
thodist Church.