MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1963
Alaska Highway, Stretching for 1,100 Miles, Carved Through Wild Country
Anchorage, Alaska flUTJ A
twisting ribbon of gravel
more than 1,100 miles long
stretches across the northern
tip of British Columbia. It
winds through the lower por
tion of the Yukon Territory
until It reaches Alaska.
Once inside the boundary
of the 49th state the road is
paved to Fairbanks and Anch
orage. That narrow ribbon-known
as the Alaska highway-is the
only land route to major Alas
ka cities. It is 20 years old.
Built at a cost of about (120
million, the highway connects
Dawson Creek in British Co
lumbia and Fairbanks in Cen
tral Alaska. It was carved
from the wilderness after only
eight months and 11 days.
Opened in 1142
The complete 1,630 -mile
stretch was officially opened
with a brief ceremony at Klu
anca Lake, milepost 1,054, on
Nov. 20, 1942. As part of a
fast-paced wartime construc
tion project, scores of Army
engineers joined forces to
build a road many thought
was still at best a dream.
Seven engineer regiments
under the command of Brig.
Gen. Clarence Sturdevant
worked on the project until
it was completed.
For his direction, Sturde
vant, who was then Asst.
Chief of the Army Corps of
Engineers, became known as
"The Alcan Genius."
There have been many de
scriptions of the highway
through the years. When it
was completed, dignitaries
called it "America's Burma
Road." For some time trav
ellers called it the "Alcan."
Now it is properly called the
Alaska highway. But there
are other less endearing de
scriptions. An anonymous poet de
scribed the highway like this:
"Winding in and winding
out
Has made me wonder what
the lout
Was doing when he built
this road
Going to Hell or coming
out?"
Milepost "0" of the high
way ttands at Dawson Creek,
but the distance between the
two nearest major American
cities on the land route, Seat
tle, Wash., and Anchorage, is
2.570 miles.
Precautions Taken
The precautions taken by
Canadian customs officials of
Alaska - bound motorists at
tests to the Alaska highway's
ruggedness.
Drivers of cars more than
10 years old regarded in poor
condition must post a bond
guaranteeing their passage
Illinois Is Host
To Canadian Geese
Springfield d'PD - The direc
tor of the Illinois department
of conservation says more
Canadian geese are wintering
in Southern Illinois this year
than in 1962.
Approximately 1 9 6,000
were counted during the an
nual winter waterfowl sur
vey, an increase of 37,000
over last year.
over the Canadian section of and sometimes by a treacher-
the road. Motorists are ad
vised to carry extra water,
gasoline and a good spare tire
or two. Some drivers shield
the gas tanks of their cars
with cardboard to protect
against three days worth of
flying rocks.
There are hundreds of
curves, ruts and potholes.
Wooden bridges span madly
rushing streams or dry, rock
strewn creekbeds. It depends
on the time of year.
In the winter months the
travel is replaced by a smooth
cover of hard-packed snow
ous cover of shiny glare ice
The best time to travel the
road is between mid-June and
Livestock Claimed
Costly to Forests
Chicago fllPD - The Illinois
Forest industries committee
says livestock grazing is con
sidered by many experts even
more destructive to Illinois
forests than fire.
The animals not only eat
up tomorrow's timber crop
but damage the larger trees,
thereby lowering the quality
of the logs, the committee
said.
late September when main
tenance crews have repaired
the ravages of winter freezes
and spring thaws. But regard
less of the time of year, the
highway stretches through
some of the most scenic coun
try in North America.
But for all its beauty and
all its privations, the Alaska
Highway is still only the
threshold for the nation's
largest state with its vivid
contrasts of unsurveyed wil
derness and modern cities. It
is an" exciting highway to
thousands of tourists and a
road of destiny for many emi
grants to the nation's north-
land.
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Family
Council
Editor'! Nce: Th Family Coun
cil cotihUu of a Judge, a piyehla
triu, fnree clergymen, a newspaper
editor a women's editor, and 'no
wrlten tjch article u a luminary
of an actual cata hlitory. Tnt)
Council reporti on problem! that
have been dealt with by reipon
libit agei.cie! and counaalors.
tcopyrliht 1963
Cenural Features Corp.)
Ervin T. - She has every
household appliance and she'
still tired.
Lucy T. - You can't care
for three small children with,
electrical gadgets.
Ervin T. - If my wife gett
so exhausted that she must
greet me with a long faca
every evening, I'd like to
know what's wrong. My moth
er had six kids, did her own
washing, cooked her own
baby foods, and still managed
to be merry and smiling most
of the time. But Lucy is al
ways on the verge of collapse,
despite the fact that she has
an electric washer, dryer,
dishwasher, vacuum cleaner.
ireezer, air-conditioner, stove,
and even a hair .- dryer1 I'd,
even buy electric tooth brush
es if I thought that would
help.
It's bad enough that she
has no pep for me. What's
worse, though, is that sha
pushes the kids away when
they want her to play with,
them.
Lucy T. - No matter how
many push buttons Ervin
hands me, there isn't one that
can take care of three lively
babies." Our children are 4,
and 7 months. I know the
few times I've left Ervin to
lake care of them by himself.
as when I've gone to the city
to snop, he isn t exactly a
model of composure when I
get home, either! To do the
oo right you have to be in
three places at once doing six;
tnings in each place - like
putting a fresh diaper on tha
baby, while keeping the big
fellow out of the neighbor's
my pond.
Ervin should be elad to
find the house and children
in good shape each day. As
tor me, he shouldn t expect
me to be In shape for the
Bossa Nova, exactly.
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The Council: When asked
to name the one factor which
can make or break the well-
being o a family, a promi
nent pnysiclan cited "a young
mother's fatigue." When the
lady ol the house lets herself
get overtired, nobody a hap
py, everybody suffers.
Efficiency experts who
have studied fatigue find that
it is often related to boredom.
as well as poor work methods.
The happy farmer who
whistles while he works just
keeps rolling along, without
backache, because he's en
chanted with how sturdy tha
asparagus is coming up. But
the sardine-packer, watching
the clock and looking out tha
window, is exhausted from
the first coffee-break on.
So we suspect that it's tha
sameness" of each day that's
taking much of the starch out
of Lucy. And also it's her
short-sightedness in not budg
eting her time to allow rest
periods for herself, come hell
or high water or hash for sup
per.
Our suggestions: A useful
refrain for Lucy would be.
Is this really necessary?
With it she. will eliminate
many non-essentials such as
while shoes, ironing, baking.
Impulse shopping. During tha
children's naptime, she'll lia
down, or at least use a half
hour for a "change," for re
laxing via TV, reading, music.
Before Ervin gets home, she'll
try for a once-over with comb
and lipstick. Evenings, well
one evening a week anyway.
she'll follow a Lucy-pursuit by
taking a course, or attending
a concert, or joining her girl
friends for a restaurant din
ner. And she'll get the 4-year-old's
name on the waiting list
for a good nursery school or
kindergarten.
As for Ervin, we ask him
to be kind and mindful of all
the solid work that's behind
Lucy's limpness. Thar's love
in them thar frills. Or, as
Kahlil Gibran puts it, "Work
is love made visible." Help
her, though, to hoard her
energy and to add to her zest
via an extra-curricular inter
est. You yourself, Ervin, can
do much to make her "so nice
to come home to."
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CORNER JACKSONVILLE HI WAY AND LOZIER LANE
Sausage, Oysters
Are Feast Day Fare
Chicago d'PD - Peppery sau
sages with fresh raw oyster
"chasers" are traditional for
the Feast of St. Blaise In the
French and Spanish Pyrenees,
says the American Meat In
stitute. The February holiday is
named for an early-century
bishop who was said to have
had the power to heal throat
ailments and other diseases.
SOFT WATER
Chicago - 0)PO - Sales of
water softener equipment for
home ' use totaled 288,237
units in 1962, representing an
Increase of nearly 10 per cent .
over 1981 volume, the Wa
ter Conditioning foundation
reports. -