THE
BEACON
THE BEAGUN, an editorial sheet, is
published tvdce each month "(r/hen
possible) by uui idle JpettrsoT lixlL*
inghom, Alaska# h&tos yO.OO per yv*.
"RIDING OKS CIuJuT"
Blanketed by an artificially vigorous
clonk of activity, Dillingham moves into j
summer as any other city (?) might, hld^ /
ing well its acknowledged insecurity and
tempering the doubts of the future with
sage speculations of the lived-happily
ever-nfter variety. There is a spirit of
friendliness back with us that dissipated /
itself somewhere during the winter and
a general municipal brightening*
The arrival of our first boat, the
Alaska Steamship1s Coastal Rambler on
June 12 with its cargo of fresh fruits
and vegeta blesj new motor scooter^; ref
rigerators; new errs (r 1954%Chev, 1949
Fraizer, lpte model Olds, deluxe Dodge
Pick-up—to name a few); new bioycles;
and, the general assortment of new things
popping up everywhere gives a rosy,
prosperous appearance to the old town*
Surely, Dillingham is "riding the
erest"—and soon, very soon, this very
critioal chapter in Bay history will
end--and then the tale will be told* If
good, we start ^i'efully planning
next year and praying that the next
son will be good, too; if another feiiltu4#
we will have to start peeking, for we
can’t ALL live on reliefi
Speaking of reliefs The labor sit
uation is still explosive and not to be
toyed with verbally by the inexperienced*
Our relief projects* however* whloh we
heard about during the winter when they
wore not feasible have NOT been heard of*
now that they should be* The exception 1#
the FITS residence which gives all the
indications of getting under construction,
immediately with local help employed*
The larger projects* and more vital to
the livelihood of the community have not
materialized as yet* the road program
which by the nature of the work involved
has already lost one good month of pre
cious time* and the building of the
Armory* They may still be- done and we
hope that the government does not lair
their value to this vicinity be forgotten*
V/ell* 8 o goes life (or what*s left
of it) in Dillingham*
"""Young lady* youfve married five men
without getting a divoroe*" the Judge
said* "that*s bigamy*"
"Big of you* JuageJ? Don*t ycu think
it was pretty generous* of mg* too?"
— ~ — —— — — — —— — — — — — — ^ *— —m — —
The thing the average woman regrets
most about her past is the number of
years*
It *s fine to talk straight; from the
shoulder; but, it*s better to talk from
higher upt
tie said# "Well# what would if*
they just asked you to s > floor#
then insulted you abou dirty your
foot wp.s and finally kept you waiting###"
(The Editor offer* immediate apologies
at this point because in the pro
ceeding paragraph a mention is made
to the human extremity "foot" which
is such a difficult phrase to merv
tion without beooming inadvertently
offensire!)
.,#this so-called pleasureAusiness trip
to Anchorage included checking on the
possibilities of a libel suit# Outcome?
We tunno#••
TtfrShe was trying her hand at driving
one yf -Shea® brand new scooters. A oar
was coming# she was going but it seemed
the scooter had a mind of its own and
she and it couldn*t make up her mind
which way to go, so the -scooter tossed
her for it? (Corn# did you say—but
natch and shucks.)
• •tit takes more than an eraser to oftiv
rect some mistakes—yet they aren*t a
bit more wicked then many others around;
they just failed to pull down the she dee'
• ••If good old Patrie Henry thought tax*
ation without representation was bad*
he should see it with representation* ••
•••There is no great desire around here
to mpke a fortune*-fhr from it* The
average^ man^s ambition nowadays is tr
be able to a fford what he is spending•
• ••A new simplified income tax was jvsb
received (unofficial source—f.;r those
who wish exactnessl) chov;ing the tax fc*>
for next year. It contains only four
lln^s:
l*';idiat was your income for the year?
2* tfoat Mere your expenses^
ILow much have you left? »
4 Send it in* *
•••That*s a pretty dress you have on.
Yes* I only wear it to teas.
Whom? (Heard this myself and did
blush fujJ-around* Twas fun, indeedy.