THE OLDEST & '
NEYJEST ROAD
HOUSES, OUT
THE FAIRBANKS
TRAIL,are re
spectively :
SOURDOUGH road ■
house,Hile 97,
GULKANA Road
house, Kile 75,
Kr s .Wa e cht e r#
Treach of 97
has many int«i
ercsting and
unexpected
things to shoTR
such as the
old rack above
the tank stolBe
where the ski
ners apd dog
team mushers
used to dry
their clothes
in gold rush
days. And a
line conserve
tery of flowers
©•< u.1 Hava* b
’At GmLKANA.75,
MRS . GR IFF I TH-OLTS
is renouned for
the wonderfull
meals,and is -vay
grea,tly loved by
hundred? of Alas^
kans all over,as
she has been in
business in one
place or another
in Alaska for a
bout 45 or maybe
more years. She
has modern wash-*
rooms, ba th -r o om,
and perfect beds
for the pleasure
of anybody who
qares to use them.
Tourists like to
stop there, and
Alaska people
like to *surrmjfrn
there. There are
family 'Cabins at
rent,with meals.
We extend the dates of our advertis##£
EDITORIALS. Most people think of
j^iljfc and pententuries both) as pla
ces %o hold criminals from doing an
-y mors damage. The jails up here
seem to do more than is expected of
them. Besides keeping the prisoners
in the*lock-up”they'alow them often
to strol round town,in the custody
of the guard,however^meeting their
friends sometimes,seeing what is in
the stores,and having a good time.
But what they realy should have is
just walking in a prison yard.They
would get enuf air and ecsercise to
keep them healthy.Stale bread and
goulash ought to be used instead of
white fresh bread,icecream etc. No
criminal should be made to die like
a dog for minor offensece,b*t neith
er should he be fed as from a king*s
hand,when tax payers are paying it.
Such tratment brings men to jail
instead of keeping them out,and some
people have purposely done deeds to
get in this placefSpecially when a
long cSld winter was coming'on. Un
fortunately in this respect, the jail
in Chitina gives 1st class food, &
good beds,and other'things like the
•privilege of smokf#Jfand magazines.
Since things stand in such order as
they do right now,we should say th^t
all jails around here should abolish
such conveniences for prisons and
give them some hard-tack to keep
them out.
There are some people in a
country like this even, who have so
little self-pride and decency that
they would rather have Uncle Sam jay
their way than make an honest cent.
If Uncle would investigate hi$ Attic
once in a while he would'be doing a
good favor to many of Us,and those
who save and pay taxes,and also be
patching a hole in his own packet
book. It" has been said by many of pe
ople in a position to know that the
prisoners .arc fed even better than
some of the residents in this town .
r-TV"!*j.rr~ ••; ?lush+ci? ot eink^..
when we do not publish their ads f
can afford to feed themselves and
their families.They sit around &
smoking the time away;/when it atr^
ly would he better if they were
cutting wood,or at least keep the
fires in their own jail warm. If
Uncle Sam is willing to let his
heart and pocket-bock get so soft
hardly anything can be done about
it here in Chitina. We would likp
to suport a law that would make
man in jail work at least i~‘ or -f
as hard anyway as an honest,sober
and saving man has to work every
day who pays his bill# and is a
real good to his comunity. Why
should these fine citizens go on
forefeer paying for the support of
those bums and boozers who are
mean enuf to have to be put in q,
jail. We will ask the Republicary
at the next convention wheather *'
they expect Uncle to pay Tariff 1
for exporting these jails.besides
merchandise,etc. The Editor.
EDITORIAL.But in the ’'Pens" in
the States prisoners are given q,
different attitude.They are ceplj
in little coops,hard beds,hard
floor,hard ironbars,and harder
grub.If they need fresh air they
are alowed to go in the yard.Ohey
get as much attention for the'po^
ition they are in as you or I,an.
they don’t get*fed from mama’s
hand*either. They are fcd-mp witty
prisonbars tand hard beds - but
they ought to be,that’s why they
were put there,so they wouldn’t
want to go again.The poo?,poor
prisoners, they aren’t lev/ec. tc
go in He over’s limousine or even
in the garbage wagon.TV^y don’t
go to town tc see what’s doing.
They work their way into jail 8c
v/erk and wear their way out.
Some of the men who have been jp
our Chitina jail would make an
awful Roller if they were put in
a pene-century Outside .They’d thi
nk somethir^monr with iiehotel!