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CHITIKA, AXASKa! 1931
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BAM m OARTY SHOOTS BEAR FROM A.
' RAILROAD TRIAM
ChITIMA, ALASKA. May, 17— Mr. Ban * "
Me Oarty, brakeman on the railroa d
recently shot a bear on the holding
lor Cv-itina. "Mr. Me Oarty Ts version
fs, TTIf- saw ont of the mail car win-;
dew and grabbed np my trnsty rif 1 e
and st^ok my v0afl o-t'of the mat !
oar door and brought him down.TT Such
animals as these are often seen al
ong the railroad and as proof he kiK
ed another bear 5 days afterward. ..
KAMATAK YODTH MARKED BY BEAR
Robert Fro thing ham and the eaitoRr
of Outdoor Life, wonId have the pub
lic know; that Alaskan brown beans are j
dooilo; that they are not harmful ■
and, if brought np properly, and net ;
■fermented by children, will eat from i
oneTs hand. ~ |
'But this isn’t the picture painted |
by Mike -Kalmakof f cf Kanat ak,Alask? 1
Who is' under treatment at the Seward
General Hospital; his right''arm wo
n’t fnrJifiim right oven though sev
eral months have passed since Brw.
bear playfuly jumped'ont"of the br&
sv and gently bit off chunks from
Kalmakoff’s chest, arms and spine.
The bear played too rouhg, fbr thr- j
ee days afterward^it was a question |
whsarther Mike would survive. His j
youth and vitality probably decided j
the matter.
Westward folk believe that ift one j
of these bears took one bite o-nt of j
the rear extremities of Frothing^am
and. the Or*tdoor Life editor, they tcuo,
world howl like coyotes* (Sentinel;
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'FAIRBANKS TRAIL OPENED FOE SEASON
CEIT'INA,. ALASKA Kay, ?.4—* in spite
jtj - tie fact that there was a "late
Spring . The road was opened vp the 1
earliest it has Tver been do to the
fact that there wits "little snow on
fcho Smirdt. The Road Com. men are sore
ly hr s t le r s •,___
FINE 170 LONE ON BREEBIIAN
Cseer Breadman who broke his arm on
the coIdstorage plant a short time a
'agehad Foe. Gillispia set it for him,
-hen ve went to flordova tohave i + .
X rayedjthe picture showed the set
ting wt s perfect .Oscer is getting®L
^ng fine,- that shows what it is to have
a top notch doctor in town*
sAirvE srnasmnocr oms rs esah
Mrs. Lel^hant closed the Native Schsc
here at C-hitina last week. With pic
nic for her pupils.Saturday she left
by an to for Copper Center* Shew will
teach the Natives there ail summer*
Both in the school & in the homes
domestic ari*j>.tTer school there last
year was larger even than here, and
it will be again this year. It'S we ry
likely to be over 30 children. Mrs.
Belehant also nurses the sick Natives
Lift. WILL DEIS RANT . BTTSY OttT TRAIL
Before Hrs.Delehan't^teacher^ went to
Conner Center"her h-nstand^ went on
ah6,.d. Ko ploughed thro lots of ve
ry hard work getting the school op
cened ready,- and clothing sorted for
some of the Native children.They dfeh
erwise couldnVt go to school- when
it opened.For the Gov’t ohe Dele -
hants Want to thank everybody that
sent supplies.
GILT AH AIRWAYS ASSISTING aOHRT
Our great ly liked pilot , Karo Id Gill—
lam,is popular with the Cordova Law
yers e t o, a s t: oil as with 0 hit ina and
others of Re Copper River Valley."
Ko took the iembers of the Grand Ju
ry from. Cordova'to Valdez where the
District Oc-rt is to sit.Also others
for the Court.He made several trips.
RUG IMPROVES
Eric Linds.; erg is much tetter now of
his R.;R-ry gotten at Chit ina. bridge.
BwlL1RE.G ACTIVITIES NEAR INDIAN SC-K
Several of the Native families are
living next to the school now.Hore
will soon.It is a good way to do.Mrs
Escaldita is building a log cabin.So
is Tom Bell. Joe Goodlata,brother of
former chief, lives near. So does Dick
Euphreny who Is the chief at present.
TERRIFIC HIGH NORTE WIND.
There was a high wind Fryday night
blowing In several windows in th© R.
R. bunkho-’iso, and an upstairs one In
Ohitina KoteI.lt blew the Woof of Cs
cor Craigs1 house into Trout Lake.
ChItina dOesnft very often have nOr
th wind, u.sualy it is south*all sum
rner.
A FRIEND PASSES ON IN STATES
Word has been received here of the
3ad death of Mrs.Jessie Barnet, wife
)f George S.Barnet,at her home in She*
ridan, 111. The Barnet a rsea to live
here some six or seven years ago and
entered very whole-heartedly into
the life here,making many trends.
Her early paasing is a grew loss as
she was always ready to do her own
, share and more, in any worth-while
enterprise. The sympathy of Jhitina
friends goes cmt to I.lr. Barnet.
FEEAN WIND DAMAGES PCT’rEP: PIPE-LINE
The soil beginning to thaw and the
■strong wind blowing thd soil o^t 7?n
derDeath loosened a boulder weighing
abont a ton.Which came crashing down
'•and^b-roj^G the pipe-line to the elec
tric plant yesterday morning. Fifty
ft of pipe had to be p-nt babk in.
The magr.said the lights°wonId be
on before 4th of JrlyB Brit he gotTem
on at h:30.So Mrs. Moore says C.A.is
a fast worker.
PROMISING.
We notice where the salmon ran in
u Cordova and along the coast is com
°vern