Father *
This week rain
one day ,& one
night, Frosty
nights have layed
most gardens low.
CHITim, ALASKA. SEPT. L8, 1932.
Member United Amateur Press Association.
Abnormally high water in the Copper R
is slowly subsiding but still going
strong.
^ATES~~ ‘
5a co^y.50
g 3 mos & 25
& postage.
$l.for 6 mos
& 40^ post.
NTH7 HOSPITAL FOR NATIVES IS NO1,7 FULL
rJP T'FITH FURNITURE. The Govt finally
.7ith the new taxes coffed up enuf mo
ney to put 2 beds for each ward & 2
other beds for the nurse & visiting
Dr .They sent livingroom Sc ward-room
furniture. After much'writing back &
forth by Miss Lambert, she got them to
put in a bathroom by doing much of
the work herself .Such as painting the
walls in many rooms,varnishing 1ino
leum, & shellacing floors.There wasnot
much missing except dishes for the n
nurse to eat out of. Faust Goudhini*
put in many large cabinets to keep a:
bout everything in .Dressrings, gauze
blankets .ITi ss Lambert says it was as
handsomely done as cabinet maker who
had done it all his life, could do.
KISS FERN IANDRUK who has been stay
ing at Kr.& Mrs.Ed Barnett’s since she
came to tea.ch the school,has moved her
woifUy belongings into the cute littl<
yellow house in the midst of Shipp’s
most beautiful garden.In the morning
she can see the. water lilies opening
in the lily pool.She can smell the
sweetpeas,stock like spice,nasturtiu
ms & pansmsir.s,& sec the asters & the
calendulas. She will bach this winter.
NOTICE. SCHOOLS BEGANSEPT.6. There
are 37 pupils in the Native & only 7
of school age in the white school ".But
Hal Barnett is starting & Marnie and
Jackie who were out the Trail, came
back this week. Tr'e all take Art,
NOTICE. OF AUCTION. OK SEPT. 24 th.,
will be n public auction of the re
cent belongings of the late Frank
Chalk & the late Gus hiIson.Posters
are on the Drug Store door with the
items to be sold on them.
The SCHOOL HOUSE IS ALL SPIFFY for
the new teacher.The windows were ta
ken out of the North Sc more put o n
the South,eliminating cross-lighting.j
The Public Library is getting new j
shelves,& the school textbooks are
all in order*Thcy have big frosted
domes to make scmi-indircct lighting.'
he are very lucky to always have the j
very newest & best of everything and :
supplies from Mr.Keller’s office in
Juneau. This school has fine equipment. ’
!
T . BEACH ,DR .FROHM & 5 OTHERS ye st er- i
a-ay came down from Kennccott Sc left
in cars out the Trail where they will !
hunt caribou around Gulkan Sc Pax on, I
and other game. Good luck,friends. !
T .& IRS ,DEISHANT ’S GARDENS VERE NOT !
ft astbitten as.they arc protected by «
*th6 -rbct blttff.Thby h ivCn greenhousty; j
too,forlfthcir usc',& the Natives also.;
Light autolamps at 6:30 this week* j
BECAUSE THE NAEESNA MINES HAS dis
covered a lot more Ore they have
ordered a larger power plant,they ?
are getting a 135 H.P.Diesel eng- !
ine with direct connected 100 K.
If.A. generator A.C. 60 cycle & the
whole mill will he electrified.
The machinery will he shipped in |
over the Hy this fall & freighted
in to the mine over the snow.
WE ARE GLAD to get the report that
the Bremner Fining Fo.has struck
the vein they were looking for in
the tunnel they are driving. This
will make a mine over there.
BIG CHIEF OF HAT IVES HAS HEW BKBY.
Harry King,Jr.1 month old,son of
the Fres.of the Indian Council, is
having lots 6f visitors .Weighed 5
lbs at birth*at least so we believc.
as Fiss Lambert was the nurse and
! probably used Govt scales.He is gr
owing husky tike his $ad.His moth
er is Anina Allen wife of Harry King.
There is a pretty little patchwork
quilt on the baby’s bed all made by
hand by his mother.Harry King,Sr ,
is the same one who gave Anina her
nice mitror & sideboard for a wed
ding pro sent.Altho he is kind of
young he has 2 other girls,Martha
& Bertha.Their mother was Harry’s
wife that died.So the Che if Jr..,
has 3 ladies to admire him besides
the many visitors.
DR .GILLESPIE N(Fr OF FAIRBANKS came
thru town redently.Hc attended sc
hool children,Marnie Shepard an d
Bobbie Coats & a nc.of other towns
people. He flew from Copper Ctr to
McCarthy by Gillam Airways,& came
down on the speeder as the train
was not running,crossed the river
by ferry as the bridge is not in,'
rode out to Copper again in a car,
& got his own .auto which was parkc 1
there for some time,to take Insideu
NARJORIE SHEPARD HAS RETURNED from
a nice visit at Chistachena, Her
mother & Aunt’Ruth rode horses tc
Ufe.bc ena Fines,It was 30 miles per
day for 4 days & the horses surely
knew how to lope over niggerheads.
FarHie get home,attended school 1
day,got hives & has not attended
school since. She is alright now.
FARNIE SHEPARD IS VERY LUCKY to
have a.ppny,too.It was bot a few
days ago from Dogmusher Johnson.
ALL ARE GLAD TO WELCOME JACKIE C 0A3S
back from his fine trip to Fairbanks
last week.Little Bobbie*& his Dad &
mother enjoyed the ride.too.