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GUESSES OR ESTUDIES (whichevcr you.
C&13L ’'7emj on date .of Break-up at Se-..
:aanst Mvbioy year' the Alaskans guess • ;
on. the time the’lTona.n:v Toe will go
ou,ti They are expected to get the .
day,hour ’and minute in order • to win
u%e pool.. There is Usualv $40,000*00,..
or perhaps even $50... 000,00 piled up
from the sale of'tickets and the to
tal is given as a prise to the one vhc
guesses it0 So the money comes from
the’many people who guess hut do hot
win* The ti ckets are $1*00 apt see*
People may buy no re than one if they •
want to*Some people take lots of the
chances* Following is the list of d~4
dates from 1S17 to date:, \
1917- April 30 - la;30 A, Mi
18- WiLiy 11 - 9: 8 3 A-1C
19- n 3 - 2; 33 P J, . .
20- » 11 - 10'.46 l ,n:
21- » 11 - 6 :41: A M;
22- " ' 12 -• j. M>o - MM
‘23- * - / 9 - 8-.00 P,m;
I 24- * 11 - 3; 18 P,M;
24- w 13 - 6:3, iAM;
26- April 26 - 4:03 P:%
27- -fey 7 - 5^-8 A*M0
28- 6 - 4;25 POC .. !
29- » 5 - 3:81 P’Mi
30<* 4 8 - 7:03 POM.;
31- " ...9 - 9.23 A„M.
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THERE WILL PROBABLY BE ANOTHER
ice ~po © 1, thifc‘ f or the r © sidence of
the Copper River Valley,and it is on
the going out of the Copper River
Bridge/which goc :ufc just about e
very springe it missed a spring once
or twice,but made up for it by going
out in the fall* The Railroad people
have gotten used to its antics and
so every spring they take up the
rails and ties and ebonyching else i~ *
they can salvage f, before • the breakup*
They ferry people aerof;s in boats.
Sometimes 'passengers who want to^
v^alk the plank across the* broaken
part of U he bridge*.When the icefloes!
are running fa.it and hi.V the piling !
that holds the bridge up.it makes j
the planio jeagglesthe wli:d makes j
their f cotmg on th.o parrp-1 ranking
seem in ssoaze} But seme arc afraid
of riding in the row boat the curre
nt is so strong- Tnc Conner River is
silver color from silt in it,and. it
makes it get heavy in a. person’s
clothes if anyone falls into ohe
water,so it is t;ust about impossible
*" ' T ****** —.
four passengers rarne by plane today,
(They will mush into Nabesna)Charlie |
DeWitt L '3 men t6 hold hip 'in the . J
• *T£i gr g.\Gam*£in * 7/1 Is or. J.7c*Phe:
; <C . frew **
£'to swim for. weight,and for cold*
.,vbb ohc :* Be when .people fail in they
; dr ov;r« c 3i g 0 a r I; Car .1 s orw 1 s an ex
bepicon co-; this ’’ as he is, to most •
j everything else, When he-Was. work-,
» ?>ng on the. ''bridge with the Gang he
! got no.eked off once 0 ..And of course
| he being Big Carl and no other.got
: cut a3 ive and well 0.,Other people
i are not so lucky* ■* For this Coper
I River Bridge ?ocl,they bet only
i on the'fay and hour,and not an the
j minute ^ Bo there is h li ttle bett
er chance p-f -i?inning,but the 'win
, nings 'are cf course, not so largey .
1 a wasthat Dr.Fei~
lovs 'isas' tn; the; train on the R .
t o « he we3'Gwai d f that go t' wr e eke d
the other day, if he wasjas we all
heard it reported he Was., For he
is a very, fine doctor;and a mah^
the engiheerwas hackly inguredQ
So Dr,Ft, Flows could* give, him Lst
aid. He could not, dq-Fanything fhr
the fir Omari ,Pocbhr t .Lewi s^iifho was
already dead! \fhe- irainyran into
a snow slides the ^engine rdlled
over onto its side phut the pass
enger coaches.: stayed on t he .tracks
Mr0 Lewsr lost ^ hi a life doing his
duty which IT*an honorable way to
die* Just the same it is a sad
thing to he killed in an accident*
HE WENT IN TO PROSPECT & REMAINED
TO FAKM, About. 40. or ' 50 miles in'
f r om the gokf>nar -Tr.s i 1, & be twe.en
ih e Ch i s t c chi na & Gakona. r i ver s, i l
a x er til comitry where..tfhe killi:
frost hardly ever comes, before the
middle of Sept*This is -the place
where Mike Cotter(See last i$grt*e)
has a dairy ranch,3 cows 8c a bhllj
I'Some Scandinavians might envy him
his land, of fio taxes,taken up on
Homested Law,and with the same §4
hr:SftOf sunlight a day. that they
heave in old-ccuntry.Only Mikefs
land hasnTt been cultivated for a
lot of generations and every fe»>t
used,Mike was a prospector who bad
a horse,Some of the grain spilt &
seme of the potato parings thrown
out came- up the next spring. The
barley,oats & wheat came up so ve
ry fine & grew so rank,& the spuds
grew*so mealier than usualy in Al
aska, that he got sows.,& lives like
a ki ng'off the ian d,now 0MiIk,6ream
butter,cheese/beef,even livercNabe
sna isnr.t far PThat might bea market,
Scandinavians might imagine it like
the-farmsteds at home,perhapsv
rson ^By sPecial interview)