Editor's note: Most Americans.
when they think about Alaska,
soon to be our 49th state, don't
think of big, Rustling cities with
wide boulevards, modern stores,.
crowds and traffic Jams. But
Alaska has its bit cities neerthe
less. This is the first of four dis
patches introducing some of them,
by a CPI reporter who went north
as an explorer and turned into a
wide-eyed tourist.
10 MAIL TRIBUNE, MedW, Oregon, Monday, October 13, 1958
Fighter Planes To
Show Public Paces
Nellis AFB,- Nev.-tCPD-One
phase of America's mighty air
power, the tactical fighter
plane, will be put through its
paces for public display today
at the start of the Air Force's
first all-supersinic fighter
weapons meet.
The four-day tactical fighter
weapons meet will be held un
der "completely realistic com
bat conditions" for the first
time, according to Brig. Gen.
James C. McGehee, command
er of this base:
Stands have been erected
for the general public at In
dian Springs, about 50 miles
northwest of here, where the
dazling display of aircraft
and flying ability will be held.
Anchorage, Thriving Alaskan City, Has Very Little Visible Means of Support
By HAL WOOD
UPI Correspondent
Anchorage, Alaska - '(UPB -
Ever hear of a thriving city
of 80,000 with no industry?
No agriculture? In fact, very
little visible means of support?
Take a look at Anchorage,
the biggest city in Alaska
and the boomingest town on
the North American continent
right now.
Anchorage is "a spick-and-
span, modern all -American
CENTRAL POINT
Political Rally Slated
By DORIS HUGHES
Central Point The public
is invited to the political rally
which will be held at 8 p.m.
Oct. 16 in Central Point at
the Junior High school gym
nasium. Candidates for congress
man, state, county and city
offices have been invited to
take part. Each candidate
will be limited to two min
utes of speaking time. The
Central Point high school pep
band will act as time-keeper.
The rally is non-partisan
and is free to the public. Aft
er the rally, coffee and
cookies will be served and
the public will ha,ve the op
portunity to interview the
candidates
- Mrs. C. E. Chamberlain of
, Central Point is in charge of
the program arrangements.
Ail Parent leacher associa
tion groups in district 6C are
combining their efforts to put
on the rally. Schools repre
sented are Sams Valley, the
A. J. Hanby schooi and the
Margaret E. Patrick school of
Gold Hill, Crater High school,
the H. P. Jewett school at
Central Point and the Central
Point elementary and junior
high schools
zer and Harry Tonn went
hunting in eastern Oregon
Tonn was joined by his son,
Harvey, who is attending
Linf ield college. Tonn's
nephew, Dick Grigsby, also
joined the group.
Vick Noel went for his
eighth consecutive year with
a group of men from Rose-
burg and Medford to eastern
Oregon.
M. C. Gleason returned re
cently from a month's trip to
1 Alaska. He left here Aug. 15
by United Air Lines and flew
to Seattle. Erom there he
went by Pan American Lines
to Alaska. He spent four days
at Fairbanks, where he visit
ed his son, Mervyn Gleason
who is game conservation of
ficer with the Air Force sta
tioned at Eileson Air Force
base.
The two men .went on a
hunting trip, on which: Glea
son bagged his limit of moose,
bear and caribou. While he
was in Alaska, Gleason made
many sight-seeing expeditions
including a trip to North
Pole, Alaska. He met several
men from the Rogue River
valley while he was in Alaska.
The Table Rock club will
meet Oct. 15 at 2 p.m. at the
home of Mrs. Everett Brown
on Pumice lane.
Last Sunday, Mr. and Mrs.
O. T. Wilson. gave an anni
versary dinner in honor of
their son and daughter-m-law,
Mr. ' and Mrs. Steven
Wilsoa, and their son, Rich
ard, of White City. In the
afternoon, Steven took his
mother for her first airplane
ride in his new Comanche air
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Gray
have moved to Central Point
recently from Ontario, Calif.
The Grays have three daugh
ters, two in high school and
one grade school. Mrs. Gray
Is the niece of Mr. and Mrs.
James Smith of Central Point.
Many people in the Central
Point area are on hunting ex
peditions or have just return
ed from hunting trips. Mr.
and Mrs. Tracy Muse, Al
Muse. Tommy Muse. John
Loper and sons, Wayne Vin
cent, Clarence Solenberger
and Richard Wyatt went
hunting on Soda Mountain.
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Jant-
For his hunting trip, Ray
Anders met at LaPine, Ore.,
to hunt with his brother-in-
law, Lester Scott, who lives
at Lebanon.
Steve Benston and Jeff
Davis went hunting on the
other side of Klamnth Falls.
Bill -Matejka, Gene Snook,
Paul Snook and Verne Par
ent went up near Crater
Lake.
Bill Olson hunted in the
Antelope area and Jerry
Leonard hunted near Browns-
boro.
Hunters in the Soda Moun
tain area over the week end
were C. W. Anhorn and sons,
Bill and Jeff, Mr. and Mrs.
John Anhorn and son, John,
Mr. and Mrs. Max Burd and
son, Ross, Mr. and Mrs. Mel-
vin Anhorn and Ronnie, Mr.
and Mrs. Dale Bartley, Cindy,
Bill and Tommy, Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Pfaff, Dennis,
Doug, Donnie, Janet and
Cheryl, Don E. Faber and
Don A. Faber.
On a hunting trip near Hi-
att Lake were Mr. and Mrs.
John Wisely of Central Point,
Mr. "and Mrs. Ernie Wisely
and Jaunice of Medford.'Cecil
Owings of Medford, Mr. and
Mrs. Peter Johnston of Gold
Hill and Don Wisely of Po-
catello. Don is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. John Wisely. He is
attending Idaho State college
and is planning to become a
pharmacist.
;
Grange News
Butte Falls Grange
The Home Economics club
will meet at the home of Mrs.
Elga Abbott Tuesday, Oct. 14
instead of the previously an
nounced date, it was an
nounced at the recent meet
ing of the Butte Falls Grange.
The next regular Grange
meeting will be held Nov.-ff.
A short but interesting busi
ness' meeting was conducted
with Master Elga Abbott in
the chair. Lecturer Maud
Arnold had a timely program
on fire prevention. Consider
able interest in the program
was due to a serious fire in
the community recently.
Refreshments were served
by Mr. and Mrs. Elga Abbott
and Mrs. Kizzie Edmondson.
LONG-LIVING PROOF
New York (CPU Clean liv
ing" was not the answer
Joseph Harris gave on his
100th birthday when asked
the secret of his long life.
Instead, Harris recalled work
ing in gambling houses as a
youth, at race tracks and ball
parks in middle age and later
as a program vendor at Madi
son Square Garden.
WARD WEEK SPECIAL!
Reg. 2.25 FIREPLACE GRATE
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Bar-steel wood grate. 19-in. front, 16-in. back.
Open ends. Black. Other sizes in stock.
city, built around an economy
of U. b. government money.
And very little else. Some
money comes in from tour
ists, a little from trapping,
some from fishing and some
from mining. But that's
about all.
The government spending
won't go on forever but the
Alaskan is an optimist or he
wouldn't be here in the first
place.
BORROWERS
Chicago - (DPD Even as you
and I: A survey by the Inter
national City Managers' As
sociation showed that three
out of five cities in the United
States borrowed money last
year. The survey covered 938
cities of more than 10,000
population.
Right now, his hopes rest on
the development of a half doz
en oil fields -fields that may
be as large as those in Texas.
(Everything in Alaska is meas
ured by Texas standards.)
Plenty of Oil ,
Oil has been struck on the
Kenai peninsula and geologists
believe there is plenty more.
But there will be no active
production for several years.
First must come a $150,000,000
pipe line to the shoreline.
That may not be completed
for four or five years.
In the meantime, the busi
nessmen are happy with
things as they are and only
hope government spending
lasts until then.
i Like most boom-towns, An
chorage is no place for a man
with only five dollars in his
pocket. Prices probably are
50 per cent higher than in
most U. S.'cities. A can of
beer sells for 60 cents, milk
for 25 cents a glass. Housing,
always short in boom-towns, is'
critical here. Because there
is no lumber industry in this
neighborhood, a house that
could be built for $15,000
stateside will cost about
$45,000 here including two
bedrooms. Rentals may run
from $100 a month for, a sin-
LINCOLN COIN
Ann Arbor, Mich.-(UPD-Of-ficially,
residents of Michigan
are "Michiganites." But they
have been known more com
m o n 1 y as "Michiganders"
since the days of Abraham
Lincoln, who coined that
word in an 1848 address to
the House of Representatives.
gle room with a hot-plate to
$300 a month in such' plush
places as the 14-story Mc
Kinley apartments. -Believes
in Future
Mayor Anton Anderson be
lieves firmly in the future de
spite the current economic
dependency on government
spending. His current pet
project, for which bonds re
cently were signed, is a
$8,200,000 port. '
Different, from most Alas
kan cities, Anchorage has
wide streets, beautiful stores
and banks as modern as
those in Los Angeles. It has
40 churches and 48 bars.
There are two daily newspap
ers, three radio stations and
two TV stations. There are 11
elementary schools, one jun
ior and one high school.
The city has a moderate
temperature about like that
of northern Michigan and
Minnesota. The growing sea
son lasts about four months.
Lots of Daylight
However, summer days run
from 15 to 22 hours of day-
MILK A STANDBY
Burlington, VL - (0PD - What
was good enough for the 13th
century troops of Genghis
Khan is good enough for peo
ple today, says the University J
of Vermont dairy department.
The department said milk is
still the best thirst-quencher
and instant dry powder milk
will serve well as a substitute.
The department noted the sol
diers of Genghis Khan had
dried milk included in their
field rations as far back as the
13th century.
light. Beautiful flowers grow
during that period. The city
puts on a flower show in Au
gust called "Treasures of the
Tundra." The rainfall in 14.6
inches a year and the city gets
about five feet of snow in the
winter. Biggest sporting
event is the annual Dog Race.
"What we need most," said
the! secretary of the local
chamber of commerce, "is a
paved highway through Can
ada (Alaska already has one).
Then Anchorage would grow
to 500,000 people in no time
at all."
This may be slightly exag
gerated but all Alaskans
think and talk big.
Anchorage was' the hot-bed
of the battle for statehood
and it controls the political
thinking of the state. It has
almost half the eligible voters
in Alaska.
Anchorage right now is a
good place in which to live
and to work. But there are
some drawbacks for the av
erage U. S. citizen who might
want to make a home here:
Will Have to Stay
1. When a man and his
family come here, unless they
have a lot of travelling mon
ey, they'll have to stay. It is
1,445 air miles from Anchor
age to Seattle (4,500 miles to
New York). While there is a
paved highway to Fairbanks
and another to Seward, that's
about the extent of pavement
in the whole territory.
2. If government money
should stop rolling in and if
the .boom should fail to ma
terialize, it would be hard to
make a living here.
(Next: Fairbanks)
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