THE BEACON, an editorial sheet, is .
published . twice each month (when
possible) by Muriello Spears of
Dillingham, Alaska* Rated $6,06
per yearly subscription*
DILLINGHAM, TAKE A B0U1
Dillingham does not often sake the headU
lines, but it does extend itself into
stateside news occasionally,
A nation-wide folk dancing association5
with which Mrs, Wassmann, looal folk
dancing instructor at the Dillingham Teiv
ritorial School, is connected, has wrii>
ten for an account of the work she her
been able to promote in that field in the
school*s Physical Education program.
It seems that although American folk
dancing has been revived and has enjoyed
great popularity among adult groups for
the past few years, there has been no
widespread use of it among younger people.
It is this adaptation of it that has
aroused the interest of these folk danc
ing enthusiasts.
Thus Dillingham goes into print in
a nationally-known magazine l
AGKEEDt
Ths House bill for Alaska Statehood,
sponsored by the Congressman John Saylor
of Pennsylvania, and the Senate bill a a
amended by the Senate oommittee are 0iUU
lar in many respects* They bo'tix would
grant the state of Alaska ItO million
acres of vacant and unreserved land with*
in 25 years after admission, would in ad
dition grant for development and expaxv*
sion of communities 400,fOG aores from
the national forests and 400,000 aores
from public domain; end would for interv
nal improvements grant 2,560,000 acres,
including 500,000 for the ITi of'Alaska,
bringing to a tota 1 of 103,350,000
acres the land grents in both measures*
This would give Alaska 28,2$ of the land
as eompared with granted to early
western states and 11% g rented the last
western states admitted. Both bills would
turn over to the state the Governor^
house, the federal building and jail all
at Juneau,
Both bills ■would transfer control ol.
the fisheries to the state, with 50^ of
the net proceeds from the sale of fur
seals on the JVibilofs to go to the stata
■while the federal government continued
jurisdiction aver the seal fishery under
the present international agreements*
4200,00© would be authorised to assist in
expenses of the constitutional convention
and eleotions under the legislation* Sfiffo
of funds raised from proceeds of tho
national forests w^uld be the states and1
5% of the proceeds ^f sale of pub&lo land!
wou.-.v.. go to the stafo for the support ef
'■tuc'uo schools*
r'read? Yes, at the momem; of the
pi1"' -ication from which the above date
va 8 "extraote d41*
/ A
A big shooting in
^thM\morning killed.
Sopub1leans) during a
pulsion of twenty^-three shotsl#»##nowf
thstts the way IT WAS TOLD TO Mg...and
don*t you dare say I wasnft listening
very well ....
•••Lots of the kids elementary books
are asking the teachers to hare the kiau
bring in "signs of spring"•••All they
have brought so for are two Burpee*s
Seed Catalogs.••
• ••i'he waitress brought his coffee
and as. she left for his egbs and toast
a guest said, "Oh* by the way, be sure
to burn his eggs and toast) then come in
and sit down beside him and start nagr*
gingr--we want him to ffeel at home*,,#
•••The Four«0*Clock Crowd are indeed
long on the gab-~»everyone thinks they
oould buy from a' Scotchman and sell to a
Jew at a profit,••
•••Jt*s not the QUALITY of food but
the kind that*s wrong 1 Ere n "Uncle" •
gets panned,
•••She gets more "notes" than any
ten women in town and they all show,.,
interest. ..DUBS
•••THey will cry for credit and tell
p.t greet length how they n&ed caah for
oil, etei yet, when made a sporting pro
position and given a chance to E/JIH1 in*
stead of borrow or charge , they sudden#
ly get "sore hands", "headache3;’, or
(top this one) "tired dogs"#** T don't
get it and if I was doling out he credit
THEY WUJLDN'T EITHER!
• ••Get seasick? bant to see .v. oce.
without crossing the ocean? Ju " ^et: up
in the morning loo*: in •.‘•■ev nuru r and
you111 see you're up..,
o**Hfcve you heard the sc * wriioh w-:.
written by a local married ontitl >dj
"You'll never forget y'roi .iday—if
my wife bakes the cake f
• •♦rimes ain't lika .-.ad to baf
Pa# Used to be wine, vr.m ^nd song;
now it's wood alcohol* cr. injc. : rse3
and nearer my God to thee^e-i We.. \9 ic'r
time I moved along when 1 start •: at+iir
'tellish*..*
• ••Do you know the guy who tj-ways b' y-.
the "strong cigars", because he Bays the
weak one's break in hispockat«9o