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Editorial written for this column at^
olusivoly by T1JUX3 .‘rJTIPRi* nationally
famous correspondent and the beej; iafom*
ed man on Alesku and jjLankar ‘proolemg In
ThaTfieTJ of J^rn&libm 3?c?V® nr
ticle wae personally submitted by the
authoro
DILLINGHAM
Louis R* Huber
Dillingham could, never happen any- •
where but in Alaska, and thank God that
it did, Here is a little gem of a town
on the edge of western civilization, pull
ing a s hard as it can to. make America
stre+ch farther* In these times of street#
this is a national advantage of consider*
able proportions.
True enough, the town has no oentral
water system, no oentral eleotrio systems,
no sewer system to speak of, and it is in
constant danger of some kind of epidemic*
Eat it warto those modern necessities
that ar3 taken for granted in ovory State
side hamlet, and it has.the spunk to try .
every means at hand to secure them* Some
day soon it should suooeed#
Dillingham has; above everything else#
a backbone* It has the spunk to el&im Its
share of the wealth God planted in the
streams and raters hereabout, and it is
not listening when eoi.ieorj.e says, "We got
here first* Yen wouldn't have a job if wo
hadn't* Why don't you ore.wl off and die#
nine months oub of the year, eo we can
rake in all the profit that oomes during
the three remaining months?"
The people of* Dillingham recognise talk
of that kind as un-American*
Amerioa has ofton been spoken of as
the melting pot cf the world, the place
■where all races, ail oreeds, all oolore
oan live in harmony* In Dillingham allll
thi3 is.true and more too0 Hore equality
of races and th9 brotherhood of man are
held in higher esteem than the American
dollar—and that is saying a lot in these
money'-mad day3*
Tnore is a rather widespread con
viction in Dillingham that the salmon
swimming up the jfrtthagak. are the sole
asset in this oxetu I &>njt believe it»
They aro p*rxs«3ly the only that
counts fou^ ^nuoti, but has’^cyoiie^lSoktej^^.
very hard for other assets?
Up north of here in the lake chains
is some of the finest game fishing in
(Page Six, Please)
• ••who walked Jcrc or vne enow -one o-cuer
night following a mix-up in reels whor9*in
the last was shown in tne middle, rumblini
out loud, wAfter you seen them married,
no reason to seo them courto**'
• ••V/hich reminds me—have you seen all
the luscious diamonds sparkling on the
lucky gals* fingers? Yea h •«, fcd lef
and gave HER one; fce stayed and gave HLR
one; and SHE didn’t want one, but is on- i
gaged anywa yi (Really, they NEVER ehcu.‘
have allowed woman suffera ge.*.)
• ••hell, maybe gon think his line
dra^s; but ANY guy than •'son stand one
gal up and one gal off ard yes roll his
big blue eyos ext another in a town the
site cf this, cou?.d h6 dragging fest
about ANYthing but his lin">a ,•
77,If you ever get to wondering who
are the aggressive ones, the ocnotraoti<
boys or our local belles. Just try pprac
ing by the dancshall'some eveni ng and
watch, (Poor guy si),,.
•••1 want to djdilate a little though
to that follow who broke his heart last
weeks ‘ Remember? in the School cf Exper
ience, we lec.ro our br.sfc lessons during
reoess. (Chin up. Sugarplum*, it* 11 b3
broken again before the right one cornea
along*)
#ct0h, by the way, Ifve wanted to te,
you mighty hunters how to oateh that mo
you1re all after* Just got a B-X-3 sti
and hit it on the tail--thetas the enl
of every moose.• •
■***&£& to laugh, speaking of hunting
I hea rd of one local ♦shot* who wer-t
by an old-tlmors cabin up on the Agoolr.
(vanyway that*o how it sounds) and aske*.
the be^whiskered pioneer, "Lid you see
moose arouhd heart*?* nYes, sir-*’ “how .1
ago?** ••• *It*Xl b$ a yoor next Christ.
•'••and fchejj the re ^ s the brown- eyod
wolf in sheep*s clothing that claim* i
be a MBig Ddme Hunter1'»•• cculd bo®.*
• •• Well, I suppose I*d tetter be r
siting along. Have to clean home— ch, f
been sc eomfo«*v»ble in the doghouse tl
theopa^t while—Oh, it*s NOT she humic
’tha^maJbos me this way—fit*s the human
Be seeing yuh, 0CZ1TS