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■. # * 4 It ia reliably:reported that it i3 the present intention of the
, * 5 B*’\P* R* to b-ild a.steel bridge r.cross the Tonlina River at Lower
iigP^'TOflSinr. next summer. The bridges at Upper .Tonsiaa and Klutinr. -,«»
wd'ro replaced ;ith bigger and wider bridgos this last summer and
the dismantled stool from these old bridges has been hauled to and
; piled at Lower Tonsine.•
•' " It seems also to be the present intention of the Bureau to
complete the road survey from here to Kennecott which survey wr.3
/...bout half completed this past cummer* If, arid when a bridge is
I built r.cross the Copper nivor huro and tho road is built to
•l Kennecott it will open up for easier exploration the Chiti^a River
Valley which is. the most highly mineralized section of Alaska,
Some old-timers are. still holding onto their prospects in
anticipation of thot road* For persistence and durability these
old-timers are among the World*s toughest*
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%f The Oid <Cynic .was sitting tulxiiv; to ;*xal the other day, «\nd
tho O.C. v/: s hoard to r.onuir.;: "Cvory time I disappear on somo j*b
i ' around tov/n poo pio thinK I am out chasing women. Gad- I wish
they wore right.1'
Two wore discussing: "Do you know wo Siwashes ore a bit con
fused about this 7u 1 otido-Chris t mas idea. V/o are. told that Yulotido
was a midwin’.er feasting, morrym .king time to relievo the
tediousness of th^ long winter laboruntion in nor horn regions.
lot of fanciful st >rios grow up abound the occasion . People
pretended they 7/ero oncoure, ing 'he .'Sun to start bncx up in the sky.
They g..vc help and food to the n„ jJy and unfortunate, they gave
food to the birds that v/.ie ha via;., ... struggle against the cold to
survive till opring. It. v/ns just .. ti*:.o for jolly good fun and
feasting, b^ci.UGo there was nothing -1 sc to do. It had boon going
on for untold centuries. .u-d then comes in this incongruous idea
of the Star of Bethlehem, the* virgin birth, (that se^ms funny to
us 3 i washes) , the babo in the manger, (wo don’t know v/hc.t a manger
is and the Uua of out-door births i.. winter don’t seem to make
much sense) TheYul^tide ..otion is good childish fancy that wo just
easily outgrow as ■-e in .ture but the Sputnik of Bethlehem,wo don’s
aeoin to get that When v/o see 'it Nicholas putting a star on a
Christmas Tree in hot de-sort and so. the Wise ken wading thru snow
on the burning desert sands, «/— got ak 11 confused.
Which one of th_ 3 .wise men is -Santa Claus ?
The Indians on the Clpoor River had mid-winter Yulotido
festival every year as early as 30C0 h. C. In their merrymaking
tomahawks of over tor* pounds wore not permitted except to dis
tinguished guests. The squaws loved those colobr tions, and how
. they loved.
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Tho Territory of Alaska ap ropriatos money from tnxcz to
maintain scholarships at tho University of A*1 aska• One of the
qualifications to entitle a student to a scholarship is that ho
bo not loss than £4;' Indian or l/ouimo by "blood". From TH3HE on
ability is what counts.
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"Goiiornli tius arc false, including this ono" .
Can von tiling of any of tb j roncralitios or clichos that are
• bandied" about in support of ata-Li-o^d for Ain *ka that not also
apply in support of st..tuhoou for iunr.i, ,/nko or iSniwotok ? «ind
because th-.y would .pKly to 1.\ with j'paa.l sense, they arc not
liKoly to bo vary convincing to Congress.
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