TRAGEDY AGAIN THIS WEEK
Wm.McCloud,Johnny Semple and Frank
Chalk all 3 joined partnership and
went prospecting. They got into a big
argument the way to Jack Lake. Kept
it up till they were not travelling
together. Frank Chalk from being in
the insane assylum a few years before
nad talked suicide at times eversince,
got up one day a little before all
the rest and shot hisself.6 men,one
being U.S.Commissioner will go to
Jack Lake 'to hold an inquest.Harold
Gillam will fly them in,for about
$260.00 all told together.
IMS amity the cause
It is believed the reason Buster
Dennis suicided last week was insani
ty. A few days before men had seen
young Dennis go off onto McCarthy’Cr#
bridge and look at the water.Some
thot he was going to jump in but there
wasn't much water.He also cut 3 or 4
tires off his auto with an ax. His
wife wife was in the bedroom and he
in the living room.Suddenly he came
in and began to shoot.Mrs. Dennis ran
put the front door on the way to the
U.8.Marshal's and said "Buster is do
ing some shooting."They found him ly
ing across the back doorstep and pick
Sd him up to find he was dead. She
funeral was had' a few days later by
Bev. B.J.Bingle of Cordova.lt was
very sad because he was so young.
WASH OUT OH THE LINE
The train didnot come up on time '
last week onacc’t of a great washoutt
on the track washing the rails about
10 ft.out of its regular course, in
places,between here and Cordova.
TWO LUCKY JOURNALISTS
This month Adrian Clough Nelson will
have his 12th birthday.Last month
was William Alfred i/ooreTs birthday.
Both Billy and Adrian have been in
vited by B.J..Bingle(Scoutmaster of
the Cordova Troop)to join the Boy
Scouts of America.Both boys are very
happy over this and are busy taking
their examinations and writing their
essays, also learning knots to tie.
It is a fine privilege and Philip of
course will have the same as soon as
he is old enough.But he knows lots
of scouting already the boys say.
These boys were kindly invited by
the Cordova Scouts to help in making
squash, pyramids 8c hobby-horse in
athaletics when that tropp went thru
Cbitina from Strelna recently,& did.
UP TO BITE TRAVEL EOR JURY
On acc*t of the place where Chalk
shot himself was such an inaccessable
one,the U.3.Com.as he is ex officio
coronar and part of the jury had to
use the Gi11am Airways Amphibian,
The^r had to have 6 jurors . J.L.Clough
and^aughter Lilian were 2 of the jur#
They took turns at the wheel of the
c ommi s s i oner' s Oaf t b Cbro.per Center
•j(Continued) as it was a blinding
snowstorm and wet after leaving
kenny Lake. They got to Copper Ctr.
Roadhouse late P.M.and next morning
^11 got into the Ireland amphibian
with Gillam as both pilot & juror.
This would save the Govt*expence.
jThey lit on Jack Lake and walked a
miles of part trail and part of
'tundra, as it was frozen the walking
jwas not too bad. Plying in took 1
hour and was clear so they could
jsee the Ft. country.They flew a
round Mt.saniord which is the i um
pus height of over 16,000 ft.eleva
tion. They found the lean-to made of
(spruce boughs that Chalk had used
if or shelter .His body near .Which was
iclearly a case of suicide .After a
mush of 3-h miles back to. Jack Lake
they pushed the plane off a mudbar
under shallow water,But could not
isee - the scenery riding back.The rea
son. The windows of the plane had
snow which had froaen on,They averr
jigcd only 80 miles an hour to be on
the safe side.On driving back from
Copper in the Chevrolet they reach
ed Chitina at 9PM being gone 24 hrs>
The air trip would have been inter
esting to some people because they
jtook-off on wheels and landed on
(the Lake on pontoons ,& then too-off
jon pontbons and made his home land
ling on wheels again,at the air-port
i
I -
i A SPROSPECTOR’S OUTPOST
j Fr .Pilot Gillam,J.L.Clough and duu
•Lilian,0.A.Nelson,& Earl ^/oods mudi
led a, to them, unknown trail towards
(the Nabesna Country.Most of the way
there was no trail.Nobody,not even
Gillam knew the way,but they knew
it was along some creek-bed over to
(wards Lost Creek,They turned out to
jbe on the right path.Mr .Semple , the
(famous mushcr(the same one we told
| about last spring)who gets to planer
by"pickin' enf up & puttin' em down*
was in at Jack Luke.The party car-?
jried him $5.worth of grub as they
[knew he had to stay in sprospecting
ilonger then he expected.Semple was
[living in a spruce shelter of 3 side
[with a bonfire all the way across
the open side,to keep wild animals
away.He'had 1 plate,1spoon,Ifork,1
fry-pan, 2 cups but no knife .He hac|
bad a butcher knife bpt it was lost
& his jackknife was on the bum$J.I<V
& Lilian ate out'of the same plate,
lone on each side, one with the fork,
[the other with the spoon.This was
done till it was Gillum's and Uood'
turn,who wanted more ettiquette so
one took the plate & the other ate
[out of the frying pan.One man left
jacknife with Semple so he would
[not have to flip hot cakes with arj
lax as Gillam did that day.They had
ifine food:beans • cooked with ham in
feourdough"style,i e,mulligan,and
nSl up jacks, or hot-cakes.
(S^OCK MARKET. Alaska-Juneau 13£.
pcjpnnecott 12f« Nabesna 50.