TTd LA3T WORD
IN G OLD R1ZUMAT1 ON'
Vmimes have been written on
the romance of Alaskan nett vitios ••
The Silver Horde, The Iron Troll,
Dogteam Doctor, stories of fisher
men, railroad builders, early miss
ionr.rios, Romances hove been built
around the seekers of gold-, Time
was when gold nuggets wore picked
un from stream beds, dust was gar- i
no rod by panning the ocean’s sands.}
Later cane the hard rock systems of I
tunnels and trams, of drilling,
blasting, mucking and stamping,
The dredge has been evolved - mod
ern monster with insatiable appe
tite, wallowing in gritty coze, de
vouring tens on tons of earth hour
aft .r hour - whose ri t‘ is never
quite free of it's ova Lengthening j
mound of excreta, A glutton, with j
snout burrowing into the earth
rooting ■por food, whoso intricate
dig .stive apparatus separates \men
great gulps of Oro3s tonnage the
precious vitamin of trace; end con- j
merer - Hold - that men may cue end -\
that man may build moejmen*'ucr;: of !
construction and dosti icu.c , !
This is a rough sk.'twh of oho ovcl-(
utl m of mining in .-.las in •• The
1941 edition of those r:\g~e o ‘ re
volution. may bo com: da oi - .. _trnj
modern as to be futnrlsv 1 c, r,ac
last v;ord. in gold re Mi. smut ion in I
the Territory is taking gojC teeth !
from live humans„
A few days ago two young men
caught in tfco act cf si eating
coat from a parked avucmoi.-ile wore
taken by Marshall T.7m J.Bovvver.s to
Anchorage and turned over to the
military authorities. laves tiga*
tion proved them to bo deserters
from the Army. Further investiga
tion proved, they wore guilty of
‘‘Forccnblo entry into one old
timers mouth and removing ehorofrove
without permission, two gold teeth.'
One of the teeth had not boon lioclr
od and was still in the p cscssion
of the ultramodern prospectors.
Moral - bmiLfc with your eyes
and keep your mouth shut.
V(T r^OTi
There will co a ncotmg of the
farmers in the Butte 3 oct:< n ar, rhe
Comvr.it7 Hail Honda;- even: ng at
3 o'clock for the purpose of' sign
lug papers regarding Kura!. 7'loctri
flcanon, R,I3.AC personnel'will he
present to answer question;
The regular mooting of the
Land Use Planning Committee will he
hold on 7/ednesday evening, Juno 2d
at 8:00 P,H-. in the Extension Office
I.icmbcrs of the ' juntair. 7iow
Boy’s 4-H Handicraft Club net at
the hone of Donald Irwin on Wednes
day evening, Juno 18 at which time
the hoys all went to Ling's Lake
Oanp to work on a cabin which will
1c used by the 4-K* boys while encamp
ing there July 7-S,and 9* Itoturning
to the Irv/in hone, Jack Church, Vice
Pxesju'ent called the meeting to or
dor., loll call was answerxi by nam
V r, mates of ears.. Jack Church gave
VOry - -u;orcsul llg report . n grains
r- •
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& * '-'■f'-'* “ ’■ CiJ
y.« r.s t-*' idcntif
n cl" seed chants an d disoasi
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the oro 1 cc
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nr. do
Cl.'/, Harobb Rico. Extonsicu Agent,
discussed the Camp and the inport
anco of getting the pro:) cot a up to
dr.-go be! ore going tc Camp. The
mooting adjourned with. the :crving
of ref ro siauonts.
The Jitterbug £ -H Clue net with
Dorothy bunticy on ri*iday June 13.
After o. short 'business re.,rung, Mrs,
• I;Ioo;ro calked abouc Camp, ally Day,
and 4--I1 Sunday.. Curtains \i .c cut
i out and worked upon by t-ho Club
; nor.ibor3, For the Community project
it. was decided to save tin and load
foil for the Rod Cross.. The next
mooting of the Club will b,, a picnic
on June 27,
Doris Moore,Crub P.oportc
Life is a quarry out of which we
arc to mold and chisel and complete
a character. Goethe.,