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By: The Old. Cynic
This ghost stufi’ is getting me down,
When I was n little fuller and
could see ghosts at nitc after the
lamp had boon blown out, maybe it
was a candle, they tried to tell
mo them, were no such things as
ghosts, and 1 tried to believe,
them* But later when I wont to *
cl urch, rather' I-should say when
I was taken to church, I hoard
about the Hcly Ghost. I’ve heard
so much .about him .that’ I am euro,
there must be a Holy Ghost, but
no body can explain'or picture him
so we will jno3 that up* * And then
there wore the ghosts that used to ’■
walk around in the old cemetarys
at back in Missouri. I never saw
on,,, didn’t hang around cemetarys
at nitc, but I knew a lot of re
liable people who' did see them.
I ’in sure any sane person': reading
this will wonder. why. I..do not get
a ghost writer to work over ny
doubtful thoughts so they v/i'll
make, some sense- Well, thuro^s
not a ghost of a chance for that* ‘
I *am much of a sadist and I like
tu see ’em suffer.
And then there- is the Ghost State
of Alaska. You knew, something
that some people.imagine they see
but that cannot possibly be there
until the thing gets-some substance
and is more than meaning wind and
flapping sheets of* political hokum!
There -are really Ghost Town's and
Ghi't in a is a small one but a per
fect example-. Particularly at
this time of "wailing winds and
naked woods and meadows, brown' and
..sear". In a few more days there
will be innumerable little ghosts
hopping obvut in the woods, some
people pretend to think they are
snow sho!e rabbits, but they are
really the ghosts of old pro
spectors and trappers who plodded
these hills and vill Icy3 on snow
shoes.
Sc vie people who sleep in this- town
overnight and ho or unusual sound3
third: it is just- the wind, or dogs
howling* . r 1 street fight 'or a
looking foucct or something. Gosh
is they, .only ‘mow.
The other day when ny neighbor
asked me, 11 where ghost thou,
I • ■
nethinks thy head., is hanted?n, I
replied happily, Oh, I ’u on my
v/ay to- the big new- nontax, insti» 4
• tutc.-Undo-is going to build f'cr
us Alaska Statehood Squirrels*
Recent rains have produced an un
precodontoci crop cf edible mush
rooms . People are picking them
by the bushell and the squirrels
are storing ..them by the ten.
Bill and Kitty4 Gulbertson were in
Ghitina long enough to put away
olie of ..ioq Kennedy’s Family Sty 1 e
dinners before returning to Valdes
Mr, Stoker of the First Natl. Bank
of F hrbanks was in Ghitira on a
short vacation. ' Suppose he want
ed to see if us sourdoughs' are as
sour as we are reputed to be.;
Bob and John ^osswogg with sister
Mario and husband Bob Logan wore
Tobay fishermen -this -wook end.
The fishing holliday was cut.short
because <of an illness- in the'fan
ily. They returned to Cordova on
Monday.
Chitina has b6e-n blessed by the
arrival of a- new very lovely lady,
Francis Yehlo^' who just recently
joined her husband Lynn a U.S.G.S^
Geologist, Fran is a teacher by
profession. She was attending
summer school back east ( in’the
old country) until a few weeks
age.
Mrs. Fleming .-m d children visited
briefly in -Chitina* The Flemings'
have the Valdez Club in Valdez.
Some one must have started that
worn out’old rumor about uranium
in these partp again, nvery old
sourdough,•prospector and child
past the crawling stage is pack
ing his trusty geiger counter
around counting rocks and geiger
ing stones.
Most cf Sandyfs survey crew will
be leaving before the 12th of
September to their respective
colleges. This will leave hire
short handed for the completion
of the survey.
The Bear Greek Mining Co, plan to
return to this area next year
egg beater arid all, 1 keep telling
Ray that the thing isn't safe.