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; CHITIMA, ALASKA. MAY 15,1935.j :
" QP SYMPATHY. We hope everybody v
feels as much for the Lindberghs as
we do about the death of their child1
Charles Augustus Jr. ,who was found a •
few days ago.We hope that the murder
er will be found so he cannot do any '
more harm,but it will be hard.We think
nothing except an inhuman would kill j
anyone as helpless as a, baby.
VR .BINGLE THE FIN IS TER WAS UP. from
Cordova this train to give the 2 Boy
Scouts there tests.He had church at
?the schoolhouse' & ^htite a lot of peof*
pie came.He told stories to us child
ren & made a sermaon for the grownups
& we sang,& very fine victrola music ,
• to celebrate Fothers day.r*e like Fr. •
Bingle very fine. By Ora Nelson. ;
SOME OE THE JEN HOISTED .THE BIGGEST
Copper Nugget(pure)in Alaska up onto
some historic 12 X 12 stringers a few!
days ago. The nugget'weighs about a 1
ton,exactly 2546 lbs , i e a ;quarteroVgf
a ton.The stringers came from the o,ld
H.R.tunnel.It was curved and; dark and
the frozen soil pushed on the, timber-!
ing and buckled it,and so many people!
were killed at different times,that
the Co.had it torn down and 0; A .made
an open-cut of it,so it is safe now.
. The nugget is greatly interesting to
visitors and tourists.
MANY FEN RETURNED TO GO BACK INTO THE
Nabesnn Fine s, n lo/fc.of the.same men as
last year .Among them Fike Johnson br
inging news, and pictures of his l2 yr
bid twins Fike and John Johnson,who
•were born in Ghitina.They are as tail
as Fike'Sr, and John weighs as much , as
his Lad, 160 lbs. . - . .. ’
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A BUNCH - OF SURVEYORS .XHD ENGINEERS OF
the U.S.Geological Survey just varne?.
They are all in cityfied clothes.Al
tho ail dressed up(they have changed
to work clothes by now)they all know
a -lot about the country'here,as they
have worked in Alaska before & know
their business'.They are going way In
side with Fr.Fuschel,where Fr.Foffat
• was last year♦ it is wild country.
AT CORDOVA THE GEOLOGICAL TRUCK belo
nging to the Survey,was-being unloaded
from'the-Stearner.It accidently hit the
rail,thru it off ;its,chocks & landed
on the pier.,but was over the edge,and j
weighing a t^n & a half,it went into |
the Bay.They. have...fished out parts of
it but riot all.They have :to send Oytp
side for another truck,
Jackie Coats,has just had his 7 th
BIRTHDAY.. HE -AS GIVEN A SCOUT KNIFE
for his- present .His father; JACK COATS ;
master travelling mechanic for the A
laska Road Com,so• Japkie will use it
under an expert.By the time he is 12 i
Jackie will be an expert Scout himself'J
J5RS .IRANK SHIPP IS ^FAKING AN J^XTRA
fine garden this year.It doesn * t
seem as If it Could be any better
thanlas’t year,but she * thinks it .
will^It will be as big,and more be
autiful than ever .Her main crop will
be asters.All sizes,names & colorsl
She is trying-out some new British
Columbia,Canada,flowers seeds,a gift
to her.She planted her stronger va
rieties outdoors Fay 10.Her big gr
eenhouse is loaded down with baby
plants.She has also cold-frames and
hotrbeds,and very much pep.
AIRPLANES 0E GILLAT’S IN PINK OF
2ONDITION. The U.S, Inspector of Air
planes for Alaska,Hawaii & Philip
pine Is.,was at Copper Center 4o in
spect all 'flying craft.He looked ov
er a number of Gillam&s planes;Then
jillam flew him to Cordova. The oth
er men that wanted their planes in
spected, could not, because they could
not take-off on accH of the muddy
flying-field at FcCarthy.
ALTHO THE R .R . IS RUNNING AGAIN N ffl
the, Gillam jitrways doesnbt stop,ev
en tho the .Ail contract ran out,
After taking. U.S .Inspector‘Foiiton
from Copper Ctr to Cordova,Gilla4got
busy with commercial flying again.
He took 3 loads of 5 passengers ea
ch into the NABESNA,in 1 day.i e
31-hundred mile trips & 3 100-File
returns in one1 day .He has madb one
trip more into tNabesrta, since then,
and yesterday flew t0'Valdez.
THE DANCING FEN GAVE ANOTHER PARTY
this* week in Arctic Brotherhood IfeB,
It was good that even people from
5G znile.s away out the Trail came ir
to •it.Kerle ‘White’ 8c her" sister, and
Mrs.Betty 'Yoods came in from Coppc:
Center .Even tho they danced most el:
night they still?had pep enuf left
to drive back the 50 miles home.
Mrs. v-roods was good as ever- to p^r
the piano for the dance,altho -it
had been frosty all winter & was
kind of- «ut of tune,After a whilp
she Staid,You*d better go back to
radio phonograph.They, had punch %o
cool them.off,& cookies &*hot.cof
fee to warm them up,& a very big
crowd for Ghitina that »ight.About
15 couples.Mrs.Ethel Kosely came ir
last boat to jsin her husbaftd who
1-s with the A ,R, C, • here .Arid she v&s
at the dance,too.Miss/Celia Heerpn
came-: back, too to Chitina-.She was
Outside to spend the winter.
r By Florence kelson,
ADVICES FROM FR.& MRS .STMONSEN tint
their mew baby girl*s name i/ Miss
Prances Anna Simoneen,Mrs.SimOnsen
rill bring her home from the Kcnne
3ott Hospital on Tuesday*^ train,
rhe R.R. bridge isnot yet built up
?ut they will pome anyway*