WELccrvi t-: ! ••
TO V a 1ST 5-. & ’
COiK.fcpeS'ME N>
A
7JCKGBBSSIESH- 7XSX1' Ctttm
• x A. x x,
Chitina' is going to be visited by" 1
qnite a lew Congressmen t oday. They
are 'coming from Washington D.OCtmd'
make a to^r thr-n Alaska to see if
it j s worth t^e $7,GOG *000 she
spe'ntd on'it eac^ year.' 'When they •
get to Chitina they‘will be near
the finish of their to-er and after
t'h^y. h^Ye seen’Chitina and' the corn- .
try* rbnn$ there will b rot ably be no
do-nbt t’-'at- it-is worth t^e' money.
Chitina'is pretty-Well ecpiped bit
when 1 he . Congressmen go. back t o
Washington we wonld like to . ha ve
them appropriate a little, money and
get tKo’rest' of - Chit ina’ s needs.
l-e t^ing we' nee-d most is a Hos
pital for., the Natives. We need .It
t u-ccise there are so many sickKat
Ivag and next winter Is going to
be a tnti one*. . *..
Ano t h e r thing we- nn-e d badly -i s an
'.Airport*' We n$.ed this to take pass/
•engers.from Cordova to Chitina and'
arch rid .when the" Kail Road is block
ed'with-snow. • . v
• We need, money- to bnild a' r‘ © a. d'
from Chifin.8 to 'Seattle 'sb t' h at
we - wonTt get sea-sick going o-v b r-.
the Gtilf in the -boats.
We need a Mn n-i o ip a 1 sw immi ng pool,
because . tve : lakes are • t&o ■■ col& to
swim in. ■ ’ ' *
An- Indian Sc^odl a.t’Kn lkana so
t>at. t^e "Natives will know vow to
read ab on t the-.Congressmen back-in
Washington.. • ' ' < ■ t.
We also want a. law passed abolish—'
irg the mo-sqnetoes.^W’e guess' t ve'
Ocngii’es'smen know why that won Id be
a good law.
T‘-at is all We will ask lor * tvis
time tnt when' t>e next “lot of Con
gressmen come we will fcro-babl-y ask
f.or nor 3.
.Em Tib bs who nsed to stdal Water
melons back in Clark 'County His s~
' onri and got licked by^is . d a d
With a hame strap becanse- hQ w as .
cere less and got fo^nd o-nt Drove ,
-’over to vaides Sunday in his sviny
new Chevrolet car .to. bny all ^ t>e :
melons in Valdes bnt ^8 fonpd only
one and one half melons in all t e
town./-Da* took the me.loj^ and. left :
t he 'l all-: ■ ’ • . I
■*.' ,(Coptinned on Page 5)
• . • '
TOMB STORE ERECTED OVER. G£AVE
When Gns -T. Wilson the trapper wvcn
people-t'1 ot '-'d& drowned in. tT-e Copp^
„er River- bnt" i,vo uad realy fallen
off of fr.cx Oreek bridge and was
£0.7* nd and buried' bnt no> tomb w a s
erected*. B^.t; tr lew' day-S; ago _ soa q
■ .members of the town made a' to mg gfonb
and. . t ’ e -1 v r e e members'of tve st ai i
of tWjs paper p^t it np. It b o re
t’-^se’rcK’dvS; r ■
G^S T. , .
Pioneer'
•• ' Died , .
, . . ’ Deo*' • 31, •.
. 1931
. 4 *' *—*«**> .<HP
Alaska feas abont 450 Domestic Corp
orations -and 375 Foreign Corp 1 s , t’n t
have' charters- so they can do b^ sir ess
in Alaska- They include every t viig
from tAlaska Gold Mining;and Sm
elting Co. to the- Society of t ve
TTnited Bretveren for. Prbpogating t>e
Gospel Among t^e Heathen; of Beth _
leham, Penn-. Dad says tvat tve last
Corp« vas a big job on t>eir hands
because wThile tuere are only^ abo-nt
b5C00 of ns bp ^ore in Alaska, it is
ofteft a long way between Igloos.
; AFIR3TEED AND S OF ORTH
-When people ’-ike in.Alaska rigvt
now, t^ey walk t’^rn acres5 of love ley
flowers called fireweed♦ 'When t^ey
-drive ont t^e-trail in. antes t^ey
ride between w^at is like-, aisles of
fireweed. W’~en t^ey l&ok np at t^e
mountains and ot’-er scenery t>e foot
Wills 'look as if Wey were covered
wit^ pnrple-red carpets* because
tvere is so mrW fireweed yon can’t
see any green. T’-e'bees make a fine
brand of uoney'from fireweed.- Some
travellers t>m Alaska■ t’-is summer
bot a big can of fireweed uoney at
Fairbanks. Wven t’*ey paid tve Bill,
Were was some change coming to
tvem. Nickels and dimes are notary
veil liked in tve Interior, so for
change tve storekeeper landed tvem
a box of matches. If't^ey didn’t
like matches tvay con Id' of vad »tueir
change by a box of tooj^ picks.1 Trav
ellers enjoy Wis kind of cvange,and
talk abont it almost as rrmc1, as t’-ey
enjoy t>e fireweed.
J w ’ pages in Jlonor of Congressmen.