THE GHOST TOWN GAZETTE
CHITINK ALASKA ■
J|ov* IV,.1956 art Editor; Carol Steadman
Editor; Jo Wilson
Snow..,.We got lots of ,it and the
white stuff--is still falling,.
.Each day we seem to have another
inch or so. But it has been rath
er mild for the past week. Hi for
the past month was 52° and the
low reading was -14°, As of to
day the snow is about 13 inches.
The Chitinn Power Co, has problems
this winter. As many of our read
ers know, our electricity is
.supplied thru a water power system
which dates back to 1917, A
tunnel was driven.thru the hill •
east of town, drawing water from
town lake to the power plant- on
the river bank, hast summer the
generator ''gave up the ghost” and
a replacement is hard to find, an
auxiliary, generator was put in
use, but.lt uses ;3p macii water it
is necep.sa’ry to turn the power.. •
off during the daytime. This
necessitates a - trip to the plant:
twice daily to turn it on and. off.
O.A., ..gets lots of exercise, (We
surmise this .is the secret for
that,, age 25 waist lino. )
Because of the undue idleness of
the id-itor, who neglected to con- .
itact the Art Editor for this
edition before it was to late, we
persuaded Jack (The wrangle Ranger
Wilson to pinch hit for her so;..
, please direct any criticism at .
our broken down bush pilot ( he >
should have, stayed with his plane,
as anyone .can see ho is np Rum-.,
brandt),. We promise more of
Carols next time.
Alex Underwood age 72 and a re
sident of Chitina for many years,
passed away'in the Glennallen
Hospital'at 5 am Nov, 7th after
a brief illness*: Alex worked for
the A.R.C. and spent several years
in the McCarthy Area working on
various gold diggings. He will
not bo hurried until his nejKfc—e-f r
kin have boon located.
Jim Edwards has been in Chitina
for the past week* He claims
he is tired of hi3 own cooking so
he came down to help, Howard ~
Knutson cut wood 'and is.enjoying
some of Dee’s very palatable
grub.
Democrats1 road page 2 at
your own risk.
Ed and Doreen Bilderback were In
McCarthy Moose huntin. Ed bagged
a nice one although it wasn’t
exactly.the.fieshey kind. They
stopped over at Chitina while
,waiting for the weather to clear.
Too bad the election went the
wrong way this year now us pore
Democrats will have to suffer for
four more years. But thin it just
goes to prove that the Republicans
like company in their misery.
That Blue smoke screen hanging
over Chitina the past three weeks
was caused by the heated political
debates between the Editor and the
Old Cynic,
Louise Nance: and Sylvia Barrett ,
ware sepn last week splitting
wood, the,.-reason,-was because Wes.
was in Anchorage. Sylvia wields'
a wicked axe (almost got a knee
but was saved by a chunk of wood
other than the. one she was aiming
for)#
The proof reader goofed last paper
when when he confused.September
with November.
the‘.most rabid democrat this year
)was the one who sent his kid to
the Halloween party'dressed as a
Republican.
When Henry Bell and family were
driving to Anchorage the other
day he had what could reasonably
be- called an "unavoidable accident**
While traveling at a moderate speed
a* horse dashed out of the brush
on tothe road. He was unable to
stop so he swiped the horse,
knocking off a light and smash
ing • a fender. He swung back o.n
the road only to find another
horse in front of him. He hit
this one broad side and landed him
*«4n the ditch on his back but seem
ingly unhurt the-horse was last
seen going west at .35 mph.