EDITORIAL
irood Work
The Tanana Valley Sportsmen’s Association has undertaken
a commendable responsibility in its campground cleanup drive.
Campsites are the most needed facility for the outdoor lover,
■whether he be a sportsman, a tourist or a vacationer and their
establishment should be so appreciated by the public that every
user would take pride in keeping them as clean and orderly as
his own home grounds.
Yet it is a sad commentary on human behavior that too
many of our species completely disregard the fundamental law
of leaving a camp as clean as they find it. It is the same type of
person who dumps his garbage on the river ice in winter and on
a highway beauty spot in summer. He wouldn’t think of doing it
in his own dooryard, but any public outdoor area he considers
as an invitation to be free from restraints.
So everywhere that people gather we find the pleasure of
the many spoiled by the carelessness of the few who toss tin cans
about, strew paper and other trash, leave fires burning, cut down
trees and otherwise destroy what should be left for others as well
as themselves to enjoy. It is why the trend in the States is toward
charging a fee for campground use, the money being used to
pay a caretaker to clean up after the dirty element of the public.
We don’t have enough camp or picnic grounds in Alaska and
more are being set aside by the federal government for such use
before too much land in recreational areas passes into private
ownership. Thus far, such campgrounds are free and the least we
can do to show our appreciation is by keeping them clean.
Let’s all back up the.TVSA. The fullest cooperation is need
«d.
The Changing Pattern
We can understand in a way but do not approve of the
practice of manufacturers to discard a good item that meets with
general satisfaction in favor, of continually turning out a new
line.
We can think offhand of a dozen manufactured articles of
fine quality that gave excellent service, but are no longer made.
The articles are still sought, and in the used market command
about as high a price as new models.
Supposedly manufacturers do not find it profitable to turn
out things of good quality. They perhaps last too long, whereas
the makers want a continual change of buying. Articles must
either wear out err be outmoded. So a new line is introduced with
special eye appeal but not too good in quality. It must not wear
too long and must be designed so as to go out of style in a few
years so that the buyer will be in the market for a replacement.
Change is the way of the world but we would like to see
the best things retained. It seems to us there is room in the mar
ket for both the excellent old and the during new, and the pop
ulation increase should take up the slack in buying that might
be caused by consumers holding on to the old things that they
find especially desirable.
Why Grow Old?
With inflation reducing purchasing power by 17 per cent
or more in 10 years and with the trend to forced retirement at
65 years of age, federal so-called social security is not what it
sounds. Particularly when employers frown upon employing one
Who is middle-aged, or in the case of women, even younger..
With medical science on the one hand lengthening the life
span, we have economic and social science tending to make beg
gars of us all. The average person works long and hard enough
during his productive years to have earned enough to live com
fortably during the twilight of life without any hand-outs from
the government or anyone else. But when his productive years
are shrunken £>y a fixed measure without regard to his abilities,
and his savings are shrunken by inflation he is left in a bad
way.
Until stability is restored to our economic and financial sys
tem and our dollar comes to mean something through a refurn
to the gold standard we cannot see much hope for the individual
engulfed in the increasing demands of a bureaucratic government
for ever higher taxes, a fraction of which is returned to us in
driblets.
LOOK
better,
younger!
Flatter your face
■ ... get afresh, new
h- look on things,
with smart •‘personal
ity-fitted’’ glasses.
Have your eyes checked regularly. Phone 4010
or write in for your appointment.
Dr. Arthur S. Brown
and Associates
— EYE SPECIALISTS —
Northward Building
Fairbanks, Alaska
\Noey Discovers
Ancient Russian
Susitna Village
Tex Noey, columnist for the An
! chorage Daily News, discovered the
| remains of an ancient Russion vil
; lage along the Susitna river re
i cently while making a boat trip to
the river’s headwaters.
The historic ruins, which mark
the earliest chapter in the history
and settlement of the Territory, are
located about 200 miles from Anch
orage.
| “As near as we could tell by
i checking, the village was built by
j the Russians around 1840,” stated
Noey. Jimmy Second Chief, a Tyone
Indian now over 70 years old, of
fered conclusive proof that the vil
lage W'as once a flourishing com
munity.
“My father lived in that village
j when he was a little boy. That was
before the Americans came.”
Brass cooking pots and other
remnents of the bygone age were
found in in the village. Noey plans
| to return to the village for further
exploration soon.
Jessen’s Weekly the one Alaska
paper which really gets around.
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
UNITED STATE9
j DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
I BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT
LAND OFFICE
Fairbanks, Alaska
Date: June 21, 1956
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Notice is hereby given that Calvin
Franklin Scougal, Fairbanks. Alaska en
tryman, together with his witnesses Per
ry Cotton, and Hesden D. Scougal. both
of Fairbanks, Alaska has submitted final
proof on his homestead entry, Fairbanks
Serial No. 011029 for the Lot 8, WVa
SWVkNEVs, NWWSE's Section 9 Town
ship 1 South Range 2 East Fairbanks
Meridian, containing 78.94 acres, and it
is now in the files of the Land Office.
Fairbanks. Alaska, and if no protest is
filed in the Land Office within the per
iod of publication or thirty days thereaf
ter. said final proof will be accepted and
final certiciate issued.
Robert L. Jenks
Acting Manager
Date First Pub: June 28, 1956
Date Last Pub: July 7. 26, 1956
" ... “
Fairbanks Fuel Supply
1113 Cushman - - - Phone 2888 *
^ Coal
^ Standard Heating Oil
^ Propane
Regular Deliveries to North Pole, Badger Road
and Richardson Highway Points
OK Used Cars
NEW CHEVROLETS
Available
Fairbanks, Seattle or Factory Delivery
Service Station
and
Expert Repairing
Service THot&i
Your Franchised Chevrolet Dealer
5th & CUSHMAN DIAL 2523
ALASKA BUSINESS DIRECTORY
THE STEEL HOTEL
Thoroughly Modern
Conveniently Located
Rear Entrance less than 400
feet from the Post Office,
First National Rank and
Empress Theater.
VETERAN'S
CAB CO.
for
Reliable Service
DIAL 2188
NEVER LATE
W. G. VEHMEIER
1412 FOURTH AVE.
Industrial and Commercial
Construction
BOX 45 DIAL 4227
FAIRBANKS, ALASKA
Job Printing
For Quality Printing
at Reasonable Prices
Call or Contact
JESSEN'S WEEKLY
RUTH ROCK
Alaska General Agent
THE FRANKLIN
LIFE INSURANCE CO.
Offices
215 La very Bldg., Phone 3279
511 G St., Anchorage, Alaska
LACEY ST. HOTEL
3rd and Lacey
CENTRALLY LOCATED
Dial 2320
HONEST, EFFICIENT SERVICE
Call
CITY GARBAGE CO.
Garbage, Toilets, Cleanup
200 Slater Dr. Dial 2305
COGHILLS
AT NENANA
Clothing
Groceries
Hardware
Liquor
Magazines
We Specialize in
Mail Orders
OIL BURNERS — STOKERS
GRISSOM
Sales & Service
Water Pumps — Refrigeration
Dial 2424
Box 1149
FAIRBANKS SIGN CO.
Signs Displays
Scotehlite and
Reflective Signs
Frank D. Lawson
Dial 5458 700 Noble
ACE ELECTRIC
WIRING
Residential Commercial
SERVICE
Phone 7040 200 Trainer Rd.
Moody
Mercantile
•‘AS YOU DEMAND
WE EXPAND”
General Merchandise
Beer and Liquor
Ester Creek
Job Printing
For Quality Printing
at Reasonable Prices
Call or Contact
JESSEN'S WEEKLY