THE PUPIIS OE lHS,., EEIEHANT,TEACHER
, of the'Native School, gave a school
. 'play on Christmas Eve. Carl Nickolai
made the 'airship for the play.It took
him 3 or 4 weeks to put it together
because every time it fell apart,he
put it together better than before.
He is only 12 years Old.The carpenters
gave Carl the lumber,to build the air
plane. It carried little Santa Claus
and his little wife tc deliver, the
'resents to all the Natives assembed
in the Gov’t schoolhouse.Big Santa was
Oscar Craig,R.A.Sullivan got the love
ly tree4 Erom what we hear it was a
rine airplane anda'fine program.They
. .iave a fine teacher,not many teachers
.. are as well liked and as well known as
she. The representives of this paper
cculd not go to actually sec the fine
Native 'program but got the news from
others. So many Natives are suffering
from whooping cough, which the whites
Have not gotten,that only a few at
tended the party. Fuch credit is due
the Natives who put on the Christmas
• program as they were very little chil
dren who put it on,and in American,
which is white man’s language,which is
pet their own language.
' HR.& m3. GOBI)OH BRANCH HAVE HOVEL TO
Chitina recently, from Tonsiaa.Gordon
an experienced fur trapper and fox
raiser, and Hrs.Branch is an experien
ced player of the Kaywniyan guitar.
Gordon will he an .asset to fur. ranch- r
ing. here, .and she' will help, with the
social dutys of our town.They left
Haw Larcson as she had killed off all
her foxes# But thcy.didnot leave her
alone at Tonsina, as she has gotten a
helper for the roadhouse.He is George
Harhoffer.
BIG CARL CARLSON -/ENT TO SALINA TO GET
some concentrates,He came back with a'
THOUSAND DOLLARS worth of Nabesna ore*
And when he got to Klutina Bridge n.t
Copper Center they had .up a danger sig
pal but Carl thot he could get across'
hshe is always so lucky, so,he tried.
But when he got his truck in the mid
,die of the bridge the two spans coll
apsed and Carl’s outfit went into the
river thru the ice. His car froze in
and the Alaska Road Commission sentoat
. some block and tackel to pull him out*
Then, he came on into town with his
fsacks of valuble concentrates,so icy
fie said he was bringing the whole Klu$
tina River with him.
PERFECT CHESTERFIELD OF OFFICE COURTESY
i*I desire no remuneration for this poem
but. merely submit it as a compliment”,
said a*visitor to the editorial office,
"Then,my dear * Sir,allow me to return
the. compliment,” replied our editor
with true journalistic courtesy.
(T/ith apologies to the Boston Trans
cript.
This being the CHRISTEAS number we are
carrying no adds this week*
V/ATCH OUT FOR TEE N3T? ADDS NEXT HELK'
in the January first issue of HERALD,
Ass’t Postmaster General advises that
a monthly service of mail has been
authorized to SJectmute during the
winter peri^o -f each yeai ,
TOFFY HYKE IS AT FREFSFT THE CHAFP
ion freighter in these parts. He
has just, finished a contract for
hauling about ^ loo tons of supplies
to Indian River 2^-^ a ton mile.
Fcst of this freight we rat from Vald?
some from Chitina.He used'a two-ton
Ford truck and made money^The offici
als of the 11ABSSKA Co. say that when
they get the road finished to Habes
na they will be able to land concen
trates and supplies the 200 miles be
tween Valdez and the mine for 25^ a
ton.
At 20 & a ton mile the rate froi
Valdez to Chitina is 2600 a ton.The
average rate from Cordova to Chitin^
by Railroad is 50 a ton.Ae hear the
freighters say that they will be ha
ling lots of freight over here next
summer from Valdez.The auto road be
tween hero and Valdez is open for
travel just'3 months a year,July 1 e"
to Cct.l st.The reat of the year it1
buried in snow.
3SHET.7S 'PROJ' THE COPIER CSRffiK NATIVES .
T/i'tten by one''*'df them. “
Slco -am. John t?c Hrs.B Ewan came down
vio Irr .P .3jiphranir .Last night '
11:?. P.y. And billow Creek George
cam, :l! :w*n from Lower Tcnsina to visi
Hr ? uohranie .He is bad shade now f"
hib borken leg.He may gone Hennecot*
Hor■ ?.tal Again.Hr • Pick Euphranie i
Our Chief before and now Hr ,H•King
take a 1)10.0 0 on Pick for Chief Pro,
dent. Pick is getting'bad every da; .
He had short wind toorHr*s.Anina Kir
stay up with pick Every night.
Also_- , h
Mr.jerry McCarthy naa .broken a**,
last 4 days ago.on the hillside fcr
cut wood for home,Joe Eskilida Pack
him down hill brought at home .And h
been Kennecott Hospital for one day
and he came back on same train. And
Llc'yd Bell quit Gene King Becouse
don’t want gene work for his leavin
sure Lloyd Bell work with Andy AIL x
for cut k/ood. And Anyone Want Vh
to Buy,lift Order Chi-tina Ca-sh Stc:.
Johnnie Nelson. Cut any kind wood.^
16 inches or 1^ ?nchcs or 32 inch*P
36 inches wood .'Allen and Ll-oyt'd-d' -
leaver wood .anyone y^vqt t/6' buy wpo
And N.A .Brown and Mr .Fred Cut some.
Logs for 0.A.Nelson,N.A.Brown said
him Fred have to look for First Cl
Logs for Lumber .Andy Brown was wor
v’ith Andy Allen for cut wood*Mr.Br
is Idle work on the wood cutting .A)
Andy take new partner.Mr.Lloyd and
Andy Brown saidHim and Fred st.-rt
after New Years, 1932. AMD Andy AIL
is Fix up his house and Seal up wit
Bttild paper made nice home,inside t
House he Paint with CelsyMin.And h
wish have Electric Light, ,
Last week Monday was the shosrtedt
day of the year,and short enuf in
this latitude,rfe gc to school in" t
dark in the morning and come home a
the dark in the evening,but it isn‘
so dark because the snow refects t
moonlight and twilight,It is very
pretty.As we sat writing at 12:10 *
noon the □un was just peeping arour
the. Mt back of Trout lake .and shi,
ing th j our south window on the t;