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’’Dozers” to the right of him, •
”Shovels” to the left of him,
”Trucks” aU around him*
’’Get stuck and sputter*.
• ••so goes the song of the road—the
msai-nal counterpart dedioated to George
Jaynes, Alaska Road Commission Boss aid
erstwhile supervisor of the four-foot fH
which Dillingham has n.i last boen allowed
jinis fill is to extend across the stretch
of' road crossing Icebox Plats and was be .
gun the middle of July,
George Jaynes has been hiring rotat
ing crews of ten men eaoh for periods of
two weeks to alleviate the financial
burdens of those without employment and
in order to "spread the money around”,
John M, Pearson and William Tennyson
are the only permanent employees for this
summer2 s work, whioh Jaynes believes will
take about two months to oomplete,
‘When you drove along Woodriver Road
recently, did you think that some dis
co- raged fishermen had decided to become
.uicken farmers? That 60t0 feet of what
loo s like chicken wire is really snow
ienoos which have been erected with the
hopes that this road will be able to be
kept opbn a larger percentage of the year
thair was possible without them in the pas'
Men seeking employment are asked:to se<
George‘Jaynes as soon as possible. Re
member married men will be given prefer—
LET* S GET BEHIND THE MILLER BILL
About two weeks ago Representative A*
L* Miller (R* Neb,), Chairman of the Com
mittee on Interior and Insular Affairs*? 5?v*
troduoed a bill of vital importanoe to tli«&
development of Bristol Bay and Westward
LAlaska* It oalls for red. dent preference
»in the fishing activities of the Bay area
and is ® worded as to include other work
ers beside fishermen in the proferenoe*
In addition, it would define a resident as
one who has continuously resided in Alaska
for 2 years.
This is, it seems, just what the doctor
ordered* Since 1949 the economic condition
of Bristol Bay has steadily deteriorated*
Last year it became so bad that it was de
clared a ’’disaster area” and government
relief was flown in to feed the hungry
populace* This year, it may be even worse*
An unprecedented 39 hour fishing week cr.
the Nushagak, coupled with an extraordin*
aryily sharp failure of the fish runs or
the Naknek-Kvichak, now for the third t . -o
in succession have left, not only many
fishermen* s pooketbooks £L at broke, ii' ;r-z
in debt, but also the operators badly h;::rt
by three successive financial failures*
>9 The failure of the two proceeding ye tu
twas followed by a consolidation of a mo-,
drastic kindwherein all the ASI member * nv
panics concerned (ten in aLl) pooled th*;. v
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