jJTOffi rS^iiSTSW-ESuse Joint
(Res,.341 exempting locators of mining •
I claims from doing annual ASSESSMENT7
jwork for year ending June 30,1932 viz
| “Provision of Sect.2324 Rivised Stat
| utes which'requires on each mining cl
| located,& until patent has been is
; sued therefor,not less than £l00worth
of labor tc be performed or imprcvme
nts aggregating such am*t to be made
wach year,be,& the sarnie is hereby,su
spended as to all mining claims in the
! U.S.,including Alaska,during the fis
| cal year from Julyl,1931 tc Julyl,ig32'
This is to relieve the depression for
locators who ha,ve not been able to do
£100 worth this year.Thanks,Uncle Sam
(Delegate Wickersham sent us this.)
We add the thanks heartily.
THE RICHARDSON HIGHWAY TRANSPORTATION
Co.is hauling merchandise & groceries
from Valdez tc Chitina for S.O.Breed
man to Hell in his store at Chitina.
■ They figure the cost at .present to be
£20.00 per ten but expect to do bett
er than that when they get tc hauling
in greater quantitys.The Alaska Road
Commission is somewhat concerned about
the heavy trucks used now beaaus.e the;
sometimes break down a small culvert1
that is getting weak from age. ,
EXCHANGES ARE VERY STYLISH JUST NOV.
MR 8c MRS GORDON BRANCH HAVE GIVEN UP
fox-ranching at Bmlly Tibbs foxfarm,
& have moved out to Harry Davis*s at
"Willow Creek on the Trail as rrs.Dip
vis is Mrs.Branchrs mother.Gordon has
gone 170 miles out the Trail to Arch
ie McAlpinefs Camp on a summer job at
the Road Com.Next fall the Branches
are going to raise some chickens.
* BILL RONTON has taken ever the foxes
at Billy Tibbs.He is' sending for his
wife and baby to come up to help feed
the f oxes.
PEOPLE GO OUT TO PAXON which is about
half way between -here and Fairbanks to
catch the famous Lake Trout that Weigh
up to £0 lbs.PAX'QN LODGE has. made a
rate of $5.00 a day or $31.00 a week
for people who want to go oui; there to
fish cr hunt.The price of gasoline at
Paxon is 50
THE INDIANS HAVE BEEN CANNING FANY
cans of fish.Frs.Lelehant has a small
tin-cannery outfit.They arc rabidly
filling her kitchen & cache,for she-'
gives them each a space on a she If to'
keep their own cans cf fish & vegeta
bles on.It will be used in winter wh
en there are net any vegetables and
_ fish to. be grown^The vegetables come
from their own gardens',for most every
Native has a fine garden except a few
lazy boys.Even Lick Euphrnie makes a*
garden with only one leg to stand on.
The fish come from the Copper River A
& are caught in the Natives fishwheels
& they keep most cf the fish by dry-'
ing it in the sun on racks.
VIA T rr*rpr> -ip-vrr* o T* A T> n -r*/vr> t\ tv att ^ .nr
FAIRBANKS & VALDEZ JUDGES EXCHANGE
:£bbfc*Cecil H.Clegg & E.Coke Hill
are exchanging benches July l.They
met at Mrs.Griffith Olts fine LOdge
at Gulkanan(Mi.75Fairbanks Trail)
|for conference June 30.Both are ve
jry fine men & welliled in their di
visions & have had their; judges jobs
many years.judge Clegg will be our
3rd Divison soIon,headquarters at
Valdez .Welcome Judge Clegg,&'GOOD
LUCK & lots of it,Judge Hill. -
fe01r WAY OUT THE CHISTOCHIlto. TRAIL
;at Hirst's Roadhouse,Mrs.Earl Hirst
•was here today .She gets in so seld
om it is called a Red Letter pay.«- ^•
t/e are all glad to see her ,8c her
friendly smile.She will be at Mrs,:
Griffithfs dance at Gulkana.
MRS. GRIFFITHS Big 4th July party *
at Gulkana will be a wonderful one'
jas her parties ate always topnotch.
THEY ALL-STARTED. OUT ON A WILD GOOSE
chase out t he Trail.Ennis & Phjrllis v
? e ed ,MaryAnn Eks trom & Philip Ne Is oh
Iwent'out to meet Mr 8c Mrs Salyer E.
|Reed,who they thot were riding out
(the Trail when they were in Chitina
all the time.When the party got to.
|Pnd Lake they realized the Reeds
must be in town.They decided thet.
fe miles was nearer than 3 so they
iwalked out to 5 Mi .where they in-',
It ended to phone from Sam Frizee's,
!to have someone drive out to get
;them.By then it was midnight but of
bcourse broad daylighlt.Fox some rea- ;
is on the Road Com had unhooked that
{phone .So they woke up Virgil Van
Metre & asked him to take them home
!in his .car.Virgil got up,dressd and
jdrovc' them all into Chitina. They
jdidnot expect him to be 'so; goodnat.^
jured,& the children said a grateful
'"thanks for the buggy ride” .It was
!an automobile truck.If Virgil's wife
is as "kind, to kids" as he is, we
hope she will come to Alaska from
the States very soon.
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VICTCR. ^IiAjriNG & F.LEFGI3 ‘OF LOS' AFG
geles,Salif,went from Kodiak to Se
ward Alaska June 23,having killed ?
brown hears ,& captured 2 cubs aliv ..
They saw 114 bears oh Kodiak Islan '
They departed for Pt.Barrow & Wrrx
gell Island to hunt pihlar bears an;7
walsus . (.From Seward Daily GATEWAY.
GT..E.DOLING.Senior Warden in the C>
dova Lodge(l/asonic)left for Secattle
with Mrs .Downing & is now attendih(
the-'Grand Lodge session.(From tile*
Cordova Daily TIMES ..)Everyone in
the Copper Valley knows Walter and
ishould be glad to have, such a fine
[fellow reprasent them.The Downlngs
have .5' children.He is a HJl, man.
PILOT ANSCEL ECKMANN & MECHANIC Go
rdon Graham returned to Cordova af
ter a roundtrip flight to Illiamna
W. cx, JJV/JJ XXXAW U,i( VAU*| VOXUeSXJO J J.U DlJ.t>I*OJ. JDciymJ>L LOOK 1H :'
DEZ & PARTY each got lcngngngng atrfrgsftrs* (no- mi nits) compared to 28 to 3t
of Grayling in $n* -- - ■ ‘ *