TOURISTS, JOB SEEKERS flOCK
* * ‘ , V *
TO ALASKA OVER HIGHWAY
So thickly are the
tourist automobiles,
jeeps, trucks and
trailers crowding ov
er the Alaska Highway
these flays, one Alas
kan who' recently
drove to Seattle has
termed' it ” the stam
pede of 1947 — the
modern counterpart of
the gold rush of
1898.” - ... M . ..
This ^laskan mov
ing south4reported
that' he saw hosts of
travellers motoring
north’ and added that
most of them were go
ing. ‘with "a* lot of
misinformation" about
tno territory, "They
3Xpoct to find tre
mendous wages .and
plentiful jobs but
they donft know about
the enormous cost of
living," he contin
ued. *It»s 30.to 40
pircent higher- than
even Seattle* which I
believe is-‘. the high
est in the United
States."
Official govern
ment figures for
* highway travel in- the
* month of June alone
report 595 vehicles
and 1,720 persons-co-,
ming into the ’terri
tory. : ,
Of the 1,720 arri
vals, 717 persons
were either seeking.,
employment -or had
* been hired for alas
kan jobs before leav
ing the states; 375
travellers were pot
ential homesteaders;
» 41 jwere prospectors
and miners and 250
motorists wore trav
..oiling on bus ire s s
• trips,.
Ihir.ing that month
only . 26 ' applicants
were refused.
Rodent Homer arri
vals , who drove to iil
askQ. by way of v the
highway,, report- the
road^ condition' is
good. accommodations
were rated as fair to
good all < itiong * the
way, with gasoline av
ailable. forv* purchase
at all stops, average
gas cpst was set at 45
cents a gallon.
• The average * cost
p e r ‘ i nd i vi du al* in
this party; of five,
was $5 a day.
*
flShHNG HOLIDAY:
„ Mr. and Mrs,. Frank
Boll took timo out
iift'or finishing tho
milking last Tuosday'
to * go tro S3ldovia •
;l4k3.,fpr a day's fi-‘
sliingsj ’IThey rofcurnod.,
with a fino catch of
Dolly Vardon trout,
ro porting that tho
fishing is o-Tcollont
‘M. .fe? MMz*..:.—_*
"Cock's Carpenter& KepamShop^.
PLANES SWARM
ON BEACHFRONT
THURSDAY
■ Seldoviafs beach
b3low th3 Russiam ce
metery looked more
like an airport run
way than a waterfront
late last Thursday
afternoon, when three
visiting ships and
Seldovda’s own home- t
based Seabee were all
lined nip there,
; The visitors in
cluded 'the Seaboo of
Continental \ Can, . a
Widgeon from Seward,
and a small unidenti
fied floatship,
♦ . i
Time to- got those .’..J
wintor groceries . J
on the,. pantry
| shelves.*.._
Wo havo'' SVHRYTHING j
you’ll need and j
- all you need of it
• in1
t
• • * I
Groceries
- Staple goods
• ■’ Meats . ... .
and why not spend
th^ long -winter in
firing up the hous3?
We hav 3 coming:
‘‘ • . /
Kitch3n chair sets
Chests -of d^awpr s
(Unfinished) • ^~ -
:-NV. * r t •
Linol3um rugs and
YardagD
^c« r\rewi aPACW Sili^RP }