ihe Anchorage, Nov/3 quotG3 Kriilc ,Q3 saying: vt,FER G03H SAKESi-COME HOME
Nov/ that the Tennoscb plan i'olks‘has accompli shod) the} inevitable**
postponement of tho statehood bill again-they'mighb just as well pack
UP the la* grips and hoaa right back to Alaska if thoyTfant to bo roal
patriotic and savc-.u3 all that money it 4 a cos tin*, to ke, op. »era in
Washington1 for no good! purposeu, . A':.. •“ v, |
ilo t long ago the Old Cynic y/oulcl ihavo, boon surprised. at a‘state
ment so. daring rand hone31.*as.;that j but. more .recently popplo have hiqd
tiiii<* to tiduk about this.-phony 'Statehood stuff .arid Knik*3’ romark sosms
to bo ab rat the average ray of thinking of statehood for Alaska.,1 ...
■ Ar.^d there nro a lot of people in Anchor ago who arc bnuf informed
ii; x inaneiul matters to kiibv/ tiidt! tli0"'3r»ibrd yjx?. oopoct of statehood^ will
make Investors shy / away;, fyown an. $3: Million bond.issue for tho
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» It fiao .bsierr ascui'bainod^by, ektpnsiyo research that the, reason
people ol Chi tin a act and talk the' way they do i3 because thoy?
isolated for long depressing periods'in the winter when tho sun
not shine and the .’'food" beo'brno3"uncertain*
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•*' ! the old prospectors w-ere.,a ^wonderfully rugged,,, tough honest (sot
of men, but. it is just-as. wull. .to; recognize onq ;thing: about thorn,
they are human arid that is.’ .'generally, pretty bad. . , . "A ’ -•
iline magazine recently had an article about tho pomming of gold
by the natives o.C West Africa1 s.Er.ench Camoroons said: '.’The discovery
'«‘f gold-*.in tile /klonaiko, - Australia.* and in dalif oijiiia- usually dis
rupts whole territories, debauches tho virgin countryside and turns
i.the ihearts-Qf goqd men. black:,with[.groed'!. . * ' p A.v 1
.!. • In tipi.t ■ connection,, it .is ,.,woll: to remember that, when a prospector
gets, old, despondent f-and -.has ; a, desperate -fooling, that time is running
• out, •he may'yield to* ti^t; universal; temptation to, oalt..his ground.
It is surprising • to los$ ,cynical people than this, .reckless writer to
find how many montwhQ are .otherwise*completely honest will salt their
ground wh_n they begin to feel thdt.they must make one last desperate
move because time is running out.i This applies both in the completely
literal sense as regards mining ground' and' also to all the deals in
•which we old •' Stiffs' „• are.-tempted to-put something .over on our fellow
men'* , .«• • ’ ...
Tho people who.used,-to como.'to this old relic of, a town partly
to see Ala aka in tho rough and tho past, will havd to wait another
year to get any of the old atmosphere* "For thi3 year wo have gone
moaorn and_ much*morcr beautiful and. convenient which is as most people
v;ant it*’ But ior those few people .who? like the antique and, rustic
and 3o,j- they regret the pa ssing, of, tho ,Spooks . Nook ,we promise seme
thing of a- revival next yo^,,,-, The. Old .Cynic* may even lot his whiskers
grow and his Ozark English and Siwash language deteriorate) a bit•
Last winter wo havum big snow and rain* This, Spring much big
water run* Other years not much water in croc k,^ water make small
oplaoh on rocks, trout and grayling in Copper Kiver .no ,get up small
stream to waitinn Town Lake. This year much big.water, Many trout and
grayling come up stream to- lake.'i. This year much fishing ’in Town lake*
never so good. Many po.oplo, get limit of fish quick, oome little
boys not very old no loam, to road yet, no savvy gamo laws. Maybe
so they got one bushel quick*. ,
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Three.old maids went for a walk just before retiring ono evening,
heturning hone-one stopped inta her bedroom and exclaimed, M0h, girl3,
someone 1 s boon trying my bed*11 Tho second 0*M< glanced into her room
and exclaimed, Girls, someone's also tried my bod,n The third O.M,
locked into her room, then stood;in the doorway and whispered, "Good
night, girls.'1 i ' • ’ ' 1 *