WEATHER
Freezes at
night.The
jsnow that
!cairns Fri was
I off thi* A M
CHITINA, AIASKJt.. OCTOBER 2,. 1932]
i
COPPER RIVER 13 STILL KIND OF HIGH BUT THE RR j
has been driving piles for the new bridge allj
week (gl rate of 7 bents a day & i-fc looks as if I
! it is about -J- done now,They can’t drive the j
POT-HOLE bridge of 7 bents at McCarthy till
this one is done as we have the piledriver here
RATES'
50 copy, 50//
for 3 mo &
25^0 stage
$1.00 6 mos
fa 400 post.
THE HERALD IS A MEMBER OP THE UNITED AMATEUR PRESS ASSOCIATION. It has
nust finished its election nominating W.P.Libby for President & E.P. A"t
icinson for our first vice-pres.Dr.Noel was renominated Secretary. The
i meetings were at Milwaukee .Don* t forget to get your frat-pin.Luck to yousil1.
THIS HAS'BEEN A TERRIBLE YEAR FOR OURi
railroad.Now there is trouble plenty >
down at the big snQwshed(or what used;
to be one of the sheds^down by Mi 52.j
It just now disappeared into the 'Cop-;
per River with a pile of mud of hund-j
reds of tons to show where it used to!
be. Between 200 & 250 ft went down.
Now the RR is really in a jam.Mr* De
Leo & Mr. Hanswn advise the business
people to be prepared in case the RR !
cannot open up again until next .May.
SO MANY LUCKY MEN.50 of the HR boys ‘ j
are glad they ate their dinner today. |
They had been working on thessnowshed ;
all A.M. While they were off to mess j
(noon) the very place they had been wo-j
working in was carried down into the ,
Copper River with a roar».By tons of !
muck 8c rock with a so much debree on
it that even the old-time RR men can ;
hardly climb over it.They are very, ' ]
very thankful for their narrow escape. j
A BAD • SLIDE on the other end of the |
Valdez Trail'about 15 miles this‘side j
of that city, «r,used the Alaska Road \
Commission much trouble the last week.
They had the Trail open again in re- j
cord time because of much hard labor.;
_ i
AT 6 MILE on the Fairbanks Trail the
muck 8c gravel came down covering the
Trail to. the extent of a terrific a-’
mount of elbow-greese for a whole day.
That was put out of the way pronto,
• too, but the 5 Mile Hill is reported
to be quite slidy yet but in good &
easygoing condition.The fine A.H.C.
Supt.Mr.Bob Shepard got a wire to the
Juneau office & they kindly said the |
Hoad Com would do all it .can to keep
the trail open for 2 boats longer at
least.The people in MCARTHY & KEBBE- '
cott are just about down to nothing
on supplies & not much chance to get
any for a while.They would freight cat
least 150 tons of supplies in over the
Valdez trail & cache it here till th
ey can get it across the rivers be
tween here & there,if the trail stays
open. But a real big snowstorm due
anytime now would gum things up here.
Hr.Huddleston of Valdez,and hi-s hy
yu men will do their part,so'don't
worry.The Chitina cash store,J.M.S.
nelson,prop, is getting in 25 tons of
. ood,flour & sugar etc in the next 2
■'J 3 weeks .He has Big Carl & John Mc
Crary peicing each other out on trips
• rith the big trucks. Supplies are be
• ng ordered by wi r •? # ,7 wi. 7.1 n
iiojv.c uo'’-t. it will take 75 or mo —
k re trips to the coast to get them in
ANOTHER NARROW ESCAPE EOR BRIDGE &
pile-driver crew,was had today.The
men were working like'everything
driving 7 bents a day,but they ju-r
st lost out- on only 5 v/hen trouble
came .Roy Storey informs us that the
TOitina Bridge will be done very di~
directly,but would be done somewhat
sooner if the Big Pulley on "the head
of the piledriver -had not come crash
ing down thru the sheaves & tore *M»
thru the decks like they were made
of tissue-paperUsually men are work
ing on the decks & there were men'
on the platform when the pulley its
self came down.It was a close shave
for’them that the pulley didnft'hii
them 8c knock them thru the deck, to a
TIP AT THE MIDDLE "FORK MINING CO.Mr.
Harry Cleveland & Mr. Jasper have
been doing a lot of work on their
claims.This Thurs.train they left
for the Outside.They hope to bring •
•up supplies & freight them in this ■
winter over the snow,
MISS ADAMS THAT DEAR LIT TIE HALF PI NT
nurse from Kennecott that everybocjy
thinks they like so well,left on the
same train.We hope she’LL comeback
soon,as people might get appendici
tis ,8c Billy Tibbs would recommend
her as a good nurse,sure thing.
MRS . CHAS ,0 ’ME ILL OF MCCARTHY use d
to be a fine schoolteacher here in
Chitina for 2 years.She visited on
Wednes night here on her way Out -
side for medical treatment.She is .
taking her young son & daughter, Tom
my & PatriciaAnn.They were hospita
bly entertained all night by Mrs.Al
Moore & Mary Moore.
BEFORE THE WAR ,I».B. ERICSQH lived
in or around Chitina Precinct and
probably married here,He was called
Lennie.Administrator for his mother *
*s estate is inquiring for him.Any
one who knows his wherabouts PLEAS*
let his sister know.Address ALYCE
E .AHBRS OH, HIHILCHIC, ALASKA.
f >_
OSCAR Q,UISTBERG & HIS BRIBE are go
ing into the store of MR.& Mrs.Bil
ly Tibbs & run it for them while he
recuperates.in the Cordova Hospital,
Lucky he.got to Cordova before all
these tie-ups .He was very bad the
firet few days but is gaining now.,
W I L L I A-jfe— ll ESSE ~~
BEHOOF ATI ih CABBipATE FOR HIGHWAY
EHG-THESR i EIE CTI OH on HOVEMBER ■ 8.
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