THE’ GHOST TOWN GAZETTE
CHITINA, ALASKA, June 24, 1957
Editors >Jo Vvllson ~ .
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Charley Jacobson is back in' Chitina-and lis ;opening the Old SpocBRt
nook this summer* He ha3 been busy for several days brushing away v*
tho old cob webs and the accumulation of dust* The place is spot.io»n
now* Charley may be a sourdough and a tough old prospector but v/e
will have to admit that he’? neat as a pin.
If you want to see a ‘washing machine run by a water wheel Instead
of the usual electric motor just come to chitina and take a peek in
the laundry room of the Spook3 Nook* .
Gr0Qtings to The Cordova Times
If you hear sOme strange foreign dialect floating around Chitina,
it is only Klas Alner talking to that pretty new sv/edish gal Rita
.1ordt,who has arrived in Chitina from the Old Country (California)*
She is getting the Drug Store in shape to open. Rita will run the
Drug Store this summer* ■ .
Wo sure enjoy The Valdez j&reeze
Ray'Buehrle was fishing at Tebay this v/oek. He was disgusted
with the fish and the fishing* Says Ray M I love to fish, the Chall
enge is wonderful, but when I start catching them every^time I dr
, in a line it is infuriating and maddening* When you ^tl^ybur k'
all you can do Is sit. and watch those juicey rainbow4§fewiiri^,]2y.
more days of that and'I would bo stark raving mad.11 Honestly Hay we
never questioned your sanity-yet, and doubt that you are cross*&
eyed either ( at least I hope not cause the same thing ^happened ,^^^ie)* t
Lou Anderton and Mark Goodman (more sourdoughs) hit Chitina with
•j large bang! last week. They were in the process of celebrating -
the return to civilization from'the bush (Chisana and McCarthy re
spectfully). Along about midnight when the Bar lights began to flicker
(George was using candles temporarily for lighting)Mark persuaded.
. i-/Ou that bed time wa£ ^approaching rapidly. They walked briskly but,
unsteadily to the Drugstore Building and up the stairs/ Mark had #
a bad time trying to convince Lou that the gold fish bowl was not the
bathroom. He Paired-—-- - • :
Wes has opened the Cohoe Inn on Saturday; His first customers
were the Prospectors‘Club from Anchorage.
Wilson Plying Service has been flying various Geologists and others
to their respective locations in the bush. Jack ’Wilson is standing by
to take on any 3ort of charter flying wanted as well as fishermen to
his cozy fishing camps at Tebay and'HanagitG Lakes.
Coronado Copper Co. is in Chitina again this year doing Geolq|
work in and around thist area, . V «4>
The Chitina Cash Store - ha-s feasnble
prlcee, seasonable' service and
■'ots of conversation. *•
Paddy fcing *was at Tebay this week
not for the fishing, but for doing
;ome work on the Tebay JSamps^.._He__
isn*t interested in line fishing
since he has had his fish wheel op
©rating. The Salmon run is good Yy
now,
Viola‘Aiken was in Chitina for a
few days celebrating something. She
returned to McCarthy Sat.