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>Two of >Chitina*sr f lder residents have passed, away recently#
Wes Kennedy who wastone cf the best hotel and £$staurant men in the
Territory died suddenly - on- February 13th. from what 'seemed to'be a
: -J9. rt attack* He was;,bur,led at Cordova# And on March 16th Fred ,
» Co .bclough-passed awayi. very suddenly^,#nd unexpecteely. He had
what s led a jbad OaseL of (Jlu but it did not seem serious# He was
buried here at Chi tine* Fred lived for many,, years at Val’dez and he
and his Wife Elizabeth Cole dough, have .lived here for the past eight
years. ■ •; ■, ;j ..." r •
_ reported■that ;there will be placer mining operations on
Dah Creek this coming summer#- The, old.jiydraulic system of. pipes and
giants will be put back in .working shai>e1 and much new modern
*’ T59 -An air field close to the mining work
will be built so that equipment and supplies can be taken more
readiiy’g; Archie Fatalinwho Is an .aid timer has worked on Dan
Creek a lot in^the past [will be in charge 0f development work#
If anyone, ban find and dig. gold on Dan Creek# then Archie is the man,
Lou Anderton o£ Chisana came^ut a few days ago in’ connection
with- some business, here, and in CJirdpVa#; He has ,been very , busy all
winter getting 4#ut a lot of building logs with which he intends t#
build himself a-hunting^lodge at Chisana. That is a great game
country and Lou has a,bunch ^#f horses for the use of hunters, Lou
has been in that country for. many^years# he says the .past winter
was the best for weather he has ever seen# All.of his herses wintered
fine#- i y..x V -V, 1 . . ft#.
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*WV.are 6°inS to take a heavy dupp truck the 60
"vtdmdCaVthy ^oyerttha ol<MC.R.&. n. ,w. rv track.
- Wn^ ^th?-J(^%ia^4-ec<»litued twentytjwwifcago * this is going to be
quite an ubddhtaking "even for tough, experienced men.
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w.,u . The Sultan*Mining Company is planning'to<do some development
work toward a limited^mining operationsat the Kennecott Mine. Last
summer a< tractor Was used to construct a truck road from the mill
’at. Aenhecott up to fthe .mine near the top of the mountains. The :V£
road.was extended last summer to within a mile of the mine.
• *• ft* census1 taken recently shows that the people of Chitina
are variously and thoughtfully religious (see Webster's dictionary
for meaning of religious).but that without exception they are not
interested in that goofy racket known as the Church, any church.
We; regard the church as a vicious and profitable racket that has
be eh built on the religious impulses of gullible men. No church in
• Chitina. ; Skritoes,, Farasees, Hipoctitzz.
. ; f ( Andy Brown was big medicine man with the Indians here for
mahy years and preached the wird. until finally the Indians pitched
him quVbecause they said he took the church money too mqny times te
fP rh & bender. We hear that a few days ago he 3ind some others were
o*/ their hurried way,to_the dog races at Fairbanks, but instead of
going by dog team as would have seemed appropriate they were making
about ninety in Andy's Cadillao. :The car leftvthe road and when the
'Lord, ■ finally got’It stopped rolling over and over, Andy's back was
reportedly broken.1 We have no report' yet as to repairs on car and
spine. The Lord and .Uncle.have watched over «jidy for many years.
Spring must be Just*4round the corner. The so called snowbirds
that are white in winter are now *in their summer gray and are
flying about here in flocks-#f millions A few thousand #f those
tihy bird6 can make a surprising roar when an alarm of some kind
sends them all at the same instant into the air.