THE KATATOSKA VALLEY ^TOHEIR
Publisted Thursdays by _YR°C
at Palmer, Alaska
>T a c k All me. n Y d i t e r
Gubserrptions .^2,50 ear year
3inflo ccdies 5d locclly and
10d each postpaid by mail
Ad vertising rrt e s on roouest.
PALTER BY HI^-HT
Have you ever come over the rise
on Linger Lake Hoad and had Yaimer
suddenly etched by squares of liaht
in the darkness before you? It is
conducive tc meditation.
Over to one side a dim triangle
looms larre ’''hero the light from
within filters through the weathered
vnvas of a tent fable. If you know
the camr veil you can visual!' e the
scene inside. , . . carpenters to: Iking
shoo. Perhru? s one i ill be saving
r that there isn't a decently built
house cn th ; orojoct. Others lTili
be defending everyth inf from, the de
sign to the material is ad ,nd the
manner of construction. Human natur
is like th?t.
jovn ' Ire re the tracv of the Al
aska Railroad cuts the valley i .long
string of lighted squares marks the
extra gang cars on the si lire . In
these converted box cars is housed
many a laborer verkinr for a frub
stake with which he intends to oros
oect for gold on some distant creek
he is certain vu.ll make him a for
t un e . Hi a h t no w h e is n p o fc ?.b .by s i nk •
ing mcri, holes by oenv-rsation a.rouro
ohe red belly of the stove turn he
will ever dir. on the or ok of his
In a builiins near-by men sit
'vi t h cc.rIs in the ir hands , wooing
Lady I usd, honing z o f f. t’n r in a
quick strke.
In tic center o~° the earn a sud
den ouiverinf fins or of red flone
shoots skyward, '^hey are stoking up
in the kitchen. It takes e lot of
baking, and a lot of cook inf to feed
500 men.
k flashlight beam flickers on o.nd
off like £. firefly ss someone nicks
his ry home through the scattered
buildings.
Over on Aristocrat Row a n.rty is
in nregress. Strains of radio music
creen through the darkness. Through
the thin canvas of the tent comes
the pulse-quickening laughter of a
woman, cnd at the end of the row a
door opens...bright lifht spills out
into the night... a figure seems hur
riedly inside and the brilliant root
angle is gone*..The hosuitsi staff
is on the job.
With one Cyclopean eye aglearn., a
big stake-body truck comes tearing
up from behind. T re jumn to safety,
our reverie broken.
Sourdough 3 am s ays: n Yo u c anf t
keen a squirrel on the ground in
...... timbered ‘country. " ...
There v;ill he a fpet luck1
lunch fcr ^cmen 'ednesdry, Fov. 20,
at the new Extension Service Shop
in the Community Center. Coffee
will to provided end after lunch
there 'ill to a urogram.
darning .rid embroidering by ma
chine 'ill be demonstrated by Mrs.
Rinr and Mrs. Eohn-Hans&n vi11
shov hoT ■ material is prepared for
the making of ray rugs. The pre
vention of colds ^;rill be discussed
by Mrs. Sedille, Red Cross nurse,
and those agio cannot come for the
lunch are urRed to ettend the urn
k seven -pound be.by yirl was born
to ’ rs. c'oottie bunyan of Tract 25
last Saturday. T.V t 'recounts for
the biy yrin Sc-ottie * s been wearing
those nest few days.
Prs. domes Tohnston of Tract 22
is in the ho soit ml with superficial
but painful burns sustained '-hen
her dress cnufht afire while stand
ing too close to the stove. J'immy
"is npen for dinner invitations. Te
soys botchina is the bunk.
Tfs. doe Trayseth of ^r^.ct 84
is all smiles. The doctor has tele
her she wiJ.l be out of the ho so its.]
within a week.
Virfinia Terr, who hf■s been con
fined to her tent with scarlatina,
is f ettiny . lory fine and will be
"around .ay a in shortly, reports her
^no.fner who cano to Primer to nurse
her.
Rita Rt velie , who sustained a
broken leg here in a fall some
time, p.po , is non able to hchhle
around a bit according to reports,
from the Anchor., ge hosritol.
C1 a re eichols is cn c rutchos ,
he.vim broken his right ankle vhil
pr oticim hi ah jumrs on skates.
ith the ’ ind bio-- inr so hard i
almost tore there from the roles, t
linemen strung' mire one niyht last
■» eek so that ten re would he elec
tricity rvailablo for the use of
the oxygen tent in case Louis lur
cher needed it. Louis vent into
the hospitcl from his job at the
gar are vith a. f over of 105 and a
veil developed cose of lobar pneu
monia. Fortunately he took a quic
turn for the better and is now out
of d ng ' r.
1. B. Edmundson asks that the
.V rty vho inadvertantly ricked ur
a fur ecp, a r irre jacket end a
P' ir of glasses at the dance in
Letanuska last Saturdayf please
return then to the hotel Allen*
Did you rick ur that loose ma
tt rial eround the place yetv It
nay snnw any dev new.