EDITORIALS • ^ome people £hink that
Alaskans should try to get Statehood
for Alaska»"re didn’t know about that
so we asked Dad .He said the people
who want statehood for Alaska forget
how human nature goes.He says that
when people have children that they
support them and pay for development ?
and pay their bills.But that when tne
children consider themselves grownup
and go on their own that the old folk
usually don’t want to support them
any longer. And that is the way Uncle
Sam would feel toward Alaska if jtgpt
to be a State. At present he pays a
bout 90 % of Alaska’s bills and Alas
kans would like to have the privileges
of statehood and have the Federal Gov
ernment go right on paying the bills
but that probably wouldn’t be Uncle
Sam’s human nature. Probably things
are best as they are until Alaska is
grown up.Some Alaskans havenft much
sence of humor and demand privileges
and independence in everything except
paying the bills,
MORE ABOUT THE DEPRESSION - Fr .Pugh
has just return e d , f r on the Out side & ;'
has to say the same as anybody else.,
’’The country’s going to the Dogs.,”
Fot so for Chitina even with the R.R,
closing down,.rrith the big supply of
food the Cash Store is getting in,&
the Air Service, things won’t be so
bacAlt’s about time some of these old
bootleggers started out for the winter
with a bill in his pocket insted of a
bottle of-booze. This town ought to
pull thru all right if the lazy folks
would start to work enuf sawing wood
so they won’t have to dress up like a
Reverend and start to make money the
hokus-pocus way. Those people arc the
ones that need a depression so that
they*11 see they need to get in some
good honest labor. If some, of these
fellows would just lay off hanging a
round reading-the love magazines and
drinking beer,they would make a much
more enjoyiblc winter for some of the
reet of the people. Edi.
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2 LONE BOY SCOUTS ARE HONORED by Mr.&
Mrs. A1 Moore being invited, for a big
chicken feed in honor of them joining
the Scouts and getting their pins.Be
sides chickdn they'had mashed potatoes
salad and cake.They say they wish they
joined the Scouts every day .Adrian 8c
Billy are the two scouts mentioned.
A T7EDDING OE QUALITY - Early in the
week Harry King who is the Pres.of
the Native Council & Anina Allen got
married by the U.8.Commissioner. It
isn’t very often he has a chance to
marry a Chief of the Copper River
tribe,and he was very glad to do it
as Harry is a fine man and worker,
and Anina is one of the most capable
girls;Harry bo’t her some nice furn
iture, 2 chairs, a bmg bevel mirror Sc
alarm clock at the auction.Congratu
lations. _
CHITINA. SNOT ISN'T SO BEEP - Chitina
which is Mile 131 on R.R. hasn't any
snow to speak of.Adrian Carlson was
down at M.121 on the R.R. and ran in
to snow n foot deep so he had to luring
lie speeder up to ISo.To get away
from the snow still being deep he
came cn up to Chitina.Y/ill Delchant
reports snow also a foot deep at Up
per Tonsina not far out the Trail.
A H/.PPY OCCASION - Gordon Branch
Surprised the town at 4 on Thurs,by
-marrying Miss Eva E.Davis who has
been living with her-father and mo
ther at Willow Crcek,36 Mi*on Trail
Comissioner Nelson officiatcd*Afte:
their marriage was over they got
good chivareeing from some boys,
Gordon picked up his wife to three
he into the car out of harm*s way
there was so much rice*They went i
their home at Tonsina*Gordon is in
business with Maw Lamson*There is
going to be a big new charivari fo:
all the adults at Tonsina on Sat,
Not *31.Eva is the prettiest girl if.
the Copper R. valley but Gordon is
*only a fur-farmer *We are glad that
everybody likes them feoth and wishc
them i life time of happiness as wee
/that Mr T / Br e ddman is going
Outside soon to spend his annual
winter vacation and the money he
made this summer* The Chitina Hotel
will be closed till next summer.Mr*
Br e ti dma n will go to Florida for th
winter .He will come ba*?k next sprang
and operate the Richardson Hwy Trai
portation Co.from the Valdez Bock :
connection with Mr. Berringer. Mis
Baut is in California now. The
Commercial Hotel will take care of
what business there is this winter,.
It costs Mrs. Estrada lots of money
to keep her hotel warm for so little
business. _
BIG CHARIVARI - About 35 or more of
merrymakers got into vars and drove
out to give Fr.& Mrs*Gordon Branch
a party at Maw Lams on’s last night*
They took a lovely glass berry set
with sugar & creamer to match with
black stems,a black lacquererpiece
of china,and a linen lunch set for
the bride, and cats of sandwiches,
salads,olives,cake and ice ream*
for everybody,served buffet style*
Mr *& Mrs ,,Davis and their daughter
Eva Branch,the bride,made up a trie
of string music.They are fine enter
tainers and fine people .Everyone
had a fine time till 1:30 & g©t
home to Chitina about 3 o’clock in
the morning * Mr s *v/m.R.Camer on and
Mrs.Harry Taylor and many others
“worked hard and it was a success.
ARHOT CKSHON un ucuo-l
the oxshon was held.They got about
$225 altogether for the guns,axes,
furniture,clothes Sc everything .One
gun brot only 25,^ and a valise 59p ,
But a watch brot $39 and a chest 9.
Billy Tibbs oxshoned the stuff and
he did a good job,he made lots of
funny talk and sold all the things
at a good price. ’_ .
'THAT AILED LITTLE 'TILS OH -Dr .Wil
son's little boy Jimmie was opera
ted on by Dr.walkowski of Anchorage
who flew with Gillam as pilox from
the coast to Eennecott in the dar>
alcho Jimmie rwaappetid$B ifchsybw&Bbfu