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Editorial
Our shortsighted friends and
neighbors are tooting the form of
another stecmskih service_to com'ete
with our vesent setuhr.
now we are all agreed, that some
competition is good for us, under
certain conditions, fut there is o
hoint where competition eliminates
all competitors.
Contrani to common o union
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steambooting in losko is for from
being a 'nolitable venture.
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with the low volume of freight, fick
ohercting costs and long distances
it has been and olvan's will be a
dubious Irofit moker.
The only thing that that tos keht
the service clive is tack hout of
the salmon and mining industries,
an one imagine a steams in line
serving o small town of the hohilot
ion of laska with ten to fifteen
skips, making am moner in the
undertaking? Then can you imagine
how much the might moke if that
town was scattered over one fiftt.
of the ..
... with some horts 2500
miles arar from the source of sunl
You diride that towns business
with another carrier and give the
new carrier oll the cream and leave
the crumbs for the transhortction
comhan who has been serving that
locality s'nead out all over : ell's
half ocre and you have o hicture
of the loskan situation.
you you are back where you started
from because somebod is going to
quit and your small torms one going
to be it out service and after it
is too late te are going to lind
that we were chosing neintors.
che old soundough sors:
"You can't keen out
trouble, but you don't
need to give it a chair
to sit on"...anon
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Tems
Terne mutch is star
ing his drug store
building ccross from
the hotel.
Gags Ga
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The Standard oil
tonker will be in : om
about the 17th of thi
month.
Someone is going to le glad that
ther bot that used song nonge the
1. ( Censon is offering so reos
anotle.
e rist to ea'ness our thanks to
our friends or floral offerings
and findness extended during our
bereavement. Viana, Bud and i all
Fatterson.
Cutnam has been fitting the
headlines and news reels in the
some .(
from Switzerland and then sent hin
Cussions. If course that was news
for the newshohers.
The (unnells have sold their ranc!
and fuilt themselves a new home
neorty. They are retiring from
the hear noising business. The so
the nice is ruinious. The ricture
shows a ver nice residence.
The tollt maggees one moving to th
stotes. Then fove their uroro Soc
goon homestead for sole.
Juonito Inderson mos a: omer visit
or this cst week, mrs. nderson
las leen visiting olong the mlet
&.M. Peterson, new cupt. of scho
wife and labr boy arrived in town
last Tuesday. The vetersons one f
from Idaho but have put in a year
at it. orrow.
mr. and Mrs. Orville: olmes flew
from Anchorage the latter hart of
the week, to assume their teaching
assignments. They have 2 children!