Since most of us Alaskans look longingly toward thr.t olcsiun
where wo will bo inducted into tho big nontr.l institution fit Valdez,
where everyone is reported to bo completely and blissfully happyt
because they have not r. cr.ro In tho world unci ov^rything is dono for
thorn end tho surroundings are exquisite. he'll sit in our padded coll
and wr.tch tho raindrops go streaking (iov/n tho window pn.no. (Sung to
the tuna of ''This Old House".)
The fr.ct thr.t most of Alaska's doctors 3por.k of ti is proposed
Institution as ''Tho V .ldoz Snr.ko Pit" might soon good reason to
give furthur consideration.
It night be interesting to note v/hr.t r. couple of the residents
of Vr.ldoz hr.ve to say about it.
"Dear huitor:
There are some people, perhaps in the minority.
here in Voldez, who hove the nontol potients wolfr.rc In mind find not
their own person:.1 nonetory goin3«
In our opinion one of the nony drowbocks in establishing c.
mento1 institution in this nron, is the depressing offsets caused
by the long, SeVero winters with strong north winds, 60 to 70 ra.p.h.
not uncommon r.nd drifting snown not to mn tion thn almost 20 feet of
snowfall. It is horu for the normal, healthy citizens to endure,
but should it be wished on our mental patients ?
Let us, in establishing our mental institution, consider choosinj
r. Sit'j with the best available climate r.nd on odoquoto mount of till*
nble land that could provide the institution with produce, and their
own dr.iry. Think of the saving this could moon to the Stated tax
payers. It is a fact that previous experiments in agriculture in the
area of Valdez hove foiled.
Let us consider everything in establishing an institution ,
not just the selfish personal gains that would be realized by n few
speculators•
Horry rind Catherine Henderson, «Valdez. 11
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It is estimated that the mind thr.t con moke synthetis protoplo.3m
Will hove to be three million tines smorter thon any mind ever yet
known. But the subconscious mind of o grosshopper or o human docs
eosily. So moybu we blobs of humon egotism ore not so great oftor'nil,
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Don Sheldon, well known horse thief, Pilot and Operator of . •
Talkeetna is taking a party of mountain climbers from here over, onto
the 3nowy slopes of Mt ^ogan. Ke is landing them at an elevation, of
about nine thousand feet. From there this party of seven rugged non
intend to climb to the summit of MtLogan at an elevation of 19,850 Ft
which is 450 feet below Mt McKinley. The party consists of:' . .j
Major Wn. D. Hackett, U.S.A. Va. . •, 'it,
W.C.Smoke Blanchard, Calif, • , •. . . .
Richard Kauffman, Calif. . .x. vl
Jules Eikhcra, Calif, , . jhi ■
Clarence LoBoll. Mass, v<rllrP
Dave Bohn, Oregon. '
Dr, Norton Benner, Calif,
If we<athcr permits Sheldon will pick the party up from ^ ogon;
in about three weeks and take then to Ogiivie Glacier frora which
.they v/ill try to climb Mt St Elias, elevation 18,003 feet. ’
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In past centuries there have been many groat movements of
peoples# There were several Crusades to tlx? Holy >Land, particurlarly
the Chilarans* Crusade that filled up the slave markets and/
brothels and harems of the Moslems.
The Mississipi Scheme which wrockud the economy of Franco* .
The South Sea Hubble that bled England white.
Tuliponania that demoralized the Dutch and made then act like idiots,
•The gold so.kers rush to California in 1849. Thousands of bleaching
bones .
The uranium prospectors of a few years ago.
And now the 59ors of Alaska. , .r *
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Alaska'3 delegation in Congress is^v^ry active. * Thoy introduce
idm^uner^blo bills asking for untold nillions for the helpless,
infant State of Alaska during its transition from diapers to
rompers (And a few weeks ago wo were begging Congress tib give us
_frtatehuc-c so wo could dcvelope our "vast resources1'*} The i?nct , _j|
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