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^S. rQ^.&hly ihe* j>ro8enfc1intention of tho
BirW*rm'~ta,build•'trfUhefTiri^inr. River at Lower
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Tonsina next .summer; Tho bridges at Upper. Tonsina and Klutina .
jAwore roplacod^ith ®{&er and («idai;*rAdg;0^i,,thl.s,.last summer and '
the dismantled'stool fttctohthosefaold;brtidgQ8 •ha'a.jbe'en hauled to and
.^.Upd at Lower;■*£*»
'•*' • ‘ It sooma .alatf-'tiot'bd.'tho.pro^ont -intention of tho Bureau to
1 oompiote* the r6|d; stirv^v;ftf6mjhdrQ^6 Kennocbit:which survey was
half compl^stthjtha&• isift; J;and/j\ ‘
."bout nair complfftedEtiH-Xiff^pdst?stinimei•,,I;fJy / and »when a bridge is
built across theSGtfppetetftiver‘here and .the ;road;isbuilt to
Konnocott it will opSfifup/f6r easier, exploration the Chitina River
Valley which is tho mbstylhighly* minerali2od - section of Alaska,
oome old-timers / are ,still;;holding onto their prospects in
anticipation of? thoi..roadi^'Fpr ''persistence pn4 -durability these
/ -old-timers are arnoft§^thb'^of?ld^toughest* --vi.
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> Two woro ^racrUdsijrfg tfUtDp;;yqU ^katfow?wo - Sfwa’ahes are a bit 6on
fused about this Yia^mQ^C.hrriBtmye/ ji do a*. We- are 'told that Yuletido
was a midwinter feasting: merrymaking time to relieve the
tediousncss of the winter hibornatiOn ;in northern regions,
<>‘-lot of fanciful stories grew up"around the^-occasion People
protended they wore encouraging the Sun to start back up in the sky.
They gave help and fo$d-rt'cKthe nopdy.iand unfortunato, they gave
food to tho birde^tHett ^e'rd: having?;a-struggle -against the cold to
survive till Spring! Tt;:was jus^.a ;time -for.-jolly good fun and
feasting, because thetfa‘^adfnothing also to do. It had boon going
on' for'untold centuries* And then comes in this incongruous idea
.of the Star of^Bethlehem,Y;the virgin birth, (that sooms funny to
us Siwashes), the babe In the manger,(wo don’t know what a manger
‘is and.the idea*of out-door births in.winter don’t seem to make
much Sense) ThpYuleiidoVriotion is, good childish fancy that wo just
easily butgrbw as^we-m^tuheVbutfthe Sputnik of Bethlehem,wo don’s
scem “to,. get thajt*- WhOh*e- Bt• Nicholas: putting a star pn a
Chhi'bt^S: Trep^ih-'JitPtfdbsbht^ and: •'seoithoi.Wise Hon wading1 thru snow
orf the; burhing’ dosorjf shhds^ W0"frget‘; all.’ confused.
Which ‘One ofrithet: Svwise?Jiiph»4ferZantac Claus ? ,. ;
v . ...The ‘Indians ohthet-C topper iRi vob had mid-winter Yuletide
festival every yodr Wl&Wfy ^ad £000 B,. a. In their merrymaking
tomahawks of. over'tori' pounds wore; not ,permitted except to dis
tinguished ‘ guests.*'''Thd^SquaW those, colobrotions , and how
they ;.10ve.d/H:<V yvM: i
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rTho Territory; dr^aska' appropriates money from taxoz to
maintain scholarships at ;tho’ University *Qf Alaska, One of tho
qualifications to-dritit^e-a .‘Student: to a scholarship is that
be not less than 24# "Indian or Wekimo by ’’blood" , From THERE
ability is what counts#
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. "Generalities'-P-^o false, iincluding this ono",
.7 ’Can you think of‘any-of tho generalities dr cliches that aro
bandied about in suppOrt-of/statehood, for Alaska that not also
apply in support of ’statohood for Guam, Wake or Eniwctok .? And
because they would apply to Guam with equal sense, they arc not
lively to be vory convincing to Congross,
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