CHITIFA,ALASKA. OCTOBER , 18,1931*
»JXSPUs OF OK IT IF A PEOPLE
On the last train leaving at 7 A.F.
Thursday,quite a lot of passengers
left for the States.Yhey got into C
Cordova in record time at 12:40 and
took the boat at 3:16 (S/S Alaska)o’
c 1 o c k, On ly giving til era a f ew hours
in the city. The ones that went along
were: EA.Fordby much liked Road.'Com
man,Homer Kinnish grandson of the
respected old-timer(Homer Gldts),
Katherine Fa slice from the Chitina
Hotel staff, Carl ’7hithan the Pres,
of the FABSSFA Fining Co., whicrh has
been having such a great season,the
3 Few Englanders,FrHrs.J.L.Clough
and Fiss Li1ian Clcugh,who were-Vis
iting their dau.the C,A.Faisons’ for
6 mon ths fhis ...sjimmar^l'x.s AT.T),Ijy.o&s
who went Outside to get new*glasses,
und our fine doctor, Dr .F.B. GilXppXn*
o4d_.Q..th.ers^-X-t .aeems- as- - if- hali^-ferer *
town wrere leaving.
HUFTIFG A OTHER fXPSRIHFfEE
A week or sc before leaving the 3
Few Englanders,C.A.& Frs.Pelson,¥r.
Frs. J.D.Lyons went on trips out
the Trail.The latter as for as Paxon’
Roadhouse,hunting. They did not see •
c v e n o n e c ribou, h ow ever, but man y
spruce hens and a willow grouse. On
the way bock it snoved hard,and wet
for this part of the country,and Dr.
Gillespie , E .A .Hansen, Gup . of HR. Sc
Amherst Pluory the guide,followed a
few hours later to find the snow, six
inches d e e p a, 11 the way to Sour do ugh
and their cor went all over the top
of the road.But' it did..monage to stay
on top,luckily. It didn’t snow at all
this end of the Trail at the time.
DrMHansen & Erenchy. had Just flown to
Hudson Lake but there was no, game to
be seen, tho oil 3 shot a duck, i.,e..
one duck between them.The caibou herd
isn’t running, only stragglers.
AF CPAF LETTAR
Fr.Scott Donaiiortof Few York sc&fAu|D;
a very nice Tetter .He'" of f hr ed to ge t
us wh vtcvcr we wanted in F.YACitya
Eco1t Donahuc, F ev York City,
Dear Sir:- You ask if there is any
thing we 3 hoys want in Few York and
you will he glad to get it for us, *
rTe forgot to say that Philip has wan
ted a dinosaver from the Fctropo-ltan
museum ever since he saw them there
4 yrs age.Iwould like the g/C Levia
thon sol c m go to the States from
Cordova any time I want. Adrian wants
the 2 he „rs ,7icnc A Alaska, that Dr.
Chase of Cordova sent to the Bronx
2oo.They used to live in Chitina as
cubs, ind chew the buttons off Lilian’
s coat the times she c trac up here to
visit summers.They used to waddle up
md peck thru our fence’.’Alaska” used
to he called ’’Paprika” because she
sis so hot-tempered hut when they
•ent Outside her name was changed to
Taska.Ae knew you would he glad to,
out we are -3 you probly •cannot
(Cont.) get these things
for us,but thank you just the same.
Her ild Staff .By T7 * A.Foore . Is s 1 t.
i EDITORIALS,
i As we stated before once in an earl
ier is sue,that when a man knows he
jis liable to get drunk,he should go
jnfi'd lock his self up in his cabin anr
jstuy there till he sleeps it off. A
|list Sundiy a man who when he is so
ber is very nice,and good to every
body^ got drunk,and went walking and
;S iw.seme Native children and began
[postering theip,oven i cripple girl,
‘who were going homo minting their
I own business.brightening a crippled
'girl is just the -worst yet. It is a
ishaimrr,tb “our*'opinion, that such men
[should bo left at large in this state
rFJHERt’ jAHff&lbe,Mirnm to sc:Ra
:t"iv^ chilaren ' who'“arc minding their
!own busincss.Auch men are sorry for
jwhat they do,when they are sober,&
-should not .11 ow their seifs to go a
jround that drunken way.
I __
[ 7LLY SLICK
\ All summer Foose Jons on has been
[working like a st-eamengine on his
•new roadhouse between Gokona and
Indian River bn the Chistochina TrA.
!To get it finished before cold cornea
[sometimes IS ,18 or even 20 hr s a day. *
He h;d 3 men working, too. About 3
'weeks ago loose got hiyou sick.He
got so sick he had to go to bed and
even could not e A,and lost around
40 lbs. His friends sent Dr.Gilles
pie ever mod the Dr. said he had se
ver »1 things the matter all over, &
any one of them was enuf to send bin
to the hospital,so he did.Go'Focse
had to get out of bed and as there
vasn*t anybedy to drive him in,he
had to crank up his truck and drive
h i.ms e 1 f ixito-. Chitina - i n• his- truck.
'(Around loo miles) md snow on a
[wetland slick-slipppry;.-. trail. He
'"train.t&--'the 'Cord.ova Hes:-~~
ipitul to get.operated on. Hebody
•knows whit his first mine is.prob
} 1y no t ev c n the postmast er does.
■Foose has been in this country 20
' yr s,p crHup s mo r e,an d got his name
| be cause holies always seen a fiend
I for hard work,and been is strong as
\ a bull-moose, __
bid NEVra There has been a re
port from sever -,1 places that Foose
Jenson didnot live thru his opera
ition.His friends are anxious about
I him, but the latest rumors say this
' is bosh.T"c guess it is like Dark
i Twain’s de vth, is greatly exagger
ated.
AFFAFF’S TO WINTER HERE IGA IF
Fr. & Frs.Adolph Ammann the owners
and workers of fine, mining property
in the Eotsina, didnot go Outside on
this boat- as they planned for fear
they, couldn’ t get back early enuf in