The Old Ghost was out
3ome props against the anc:
Spooks kook Hotel. We a3ked him
how? He said ho had heard that
today puttir/g
indent /
there were a lot o.l* placer
miners to be around this part
of the country this summer
and as they disliko getting >
wet he wanted to keep a f
place where they can get toy
out ox the rain, That
old building has boon
settling out of shape/
3ince it was built
but in03t of it is still abov©
wound, and tho it looks worse *n
the 'J-'crwor of Pi3a it is still safe and
$ POOKI r/oo/f ,
Morel
warmas well as clean. The only thine against It Is that the rates
are cheap and some people do not like that.
Some~of*tho advocates of Statehood*'k^ep saying -that’.if and when* *
we got statehood industries will coihsofc© Alaslcd* : 'Is there any evidence
or ldgic to Support this notion which tho statehood people seem to
think will necessarily be true if they repeat it times enuf; he know
of some men who represent risk capital,, especially ruining, who say that
the reason they stay away from Alaska how is the fear that Alaska
may get statehood. They point to the present sorry condition of the
Territory^ finances and this in spite of the lavish donations Uncle
makes' to us beggers. _
The Old Cynic received a letter from one of his little Siwash Squaw
friends in which she protests vigorously because he comments on the
fact that the welfare people supply the so called Indians with money
to buy fuel oil and a lot of "poor white trash" as 3ho calls them,
have to cut wood for themselves because they cannot afford oil. She
3eems to resent it because she feels it may mess up thi3 charity on
which the Indians are supported. The Old Cynic think3 she better
Change her notion that the white man owe3 the Siwashes this luxurious
support. As the "depression" deepens and as the Kussians increase
the range of their ballistic missiles the " poor white trash" may be
come less inclined to press this charity on tho pore Indian.
There will probably be a lot of prospectors around here this summer
and they will get proper and rough treatment at the Spooks Nook.
About the only thing tho cook there knows how to cook is B.4AN8,regular
old sour dough beans. The kind that was the making of Alaska years
ago. This should be an attractive place for any kind of prospectors,
these beans have a lot of beans and than salt.uerk,
bay leaves, catsup, 3even or eight kinci3 of
seasonin 3 and sauces, dried onions and lots
of other good stuff. Here v/o always add a
few Cordova c3a ms to nintain that Ghostly
Silence we have con; to like. People who e
have come tc oat these beans just can't f
3ay enuf about thorn. (
There is a man hero in Chitina
who is worth throe million dollars,
"more or LF33 • " Mi Gawd, Anchorage
reports one too.___
VvOLF: One whoso thoughts are
conceived in liberties and dedicat
ed to the proposition]