MOTHER LAVSOF^S GRAVE IS FlOTfLMENT
OF HER riSH. It is seldom thafc so
large a proportion of friends'^yssemtel
ble to honor anyone in1 Alaska, a| ga
thered at Lower Tonsina for the %m
eral of Mrs. Nellie Yaeger'Lamson/75
people were at the service, includin’^
•ver 30 Indians whom she had befrieri
ded.In •harge were Frank Shipp,& Mrs>
Hazel Tecatch of Sourdough,Mrs. W.R.
Cameron had the arranging of the flo
rals,and B.J.Bingle of Cordova was
the officiating minister.The dignity
of the'real pioneer was upon Mother
Lams on,as those who knew her best and
loved, her most looked upon her face
for the last time.The casket was com
pletely covered with flowers -a soft
coverlet of pansies,was laycd across
it,sprays of ptirple and pink asters;
fragrant, s.tpck, phlox and sweet-peas,
butterfly-flowers,a heart of yellow
roses,and jars of lovely delphinium
stood beside it. The rooms,too,were
banked with flowers which were seht
in from as far as Fairbanks,Sourdou^i
and Chitina, Mourners came from ChiS
tochina;Gokona,Sourdough,Fairbanks ,
Chitina,Cordova and Valdez,embracing’
a territory of many hundreds of miles.
The Rev.Mr.Bingle paid fine tribute
to the'sterling qualities of "Maw "
Lams on, saying that she was not merely
a Trail follower but a Trail Maker.
Mrs.Hazel vlaechter Tecatch and Frahk
Lamson,her niece and husband*are her
survivors. Two of her Native friends
had worked long hours to build aroad
winding up to the bench on Tonsina -
Hill,so that she might be buried at
the end of the trail,on the heights
overlooking her home .and the lovely
Tonsina Valley,with‘the lone spruce
tree standing guard.This was her ex
press wish. Here she was carried by
six of her pioneer'companions;Ed Te
catch',Bill Hagedon,John Nelson, Jack
Coats,0.A.Nelson and Joe Lennick,and
k^er tired body laid to rest.
By special correspondent.
Wo JITTER PRICING NATIVES HAVE BAH LUCK
vr, 0 ^ 'He high water came a fishwheel
'■^hen thoj. the Native’s g0t washed a
Ox one ofjyeg the means "of earning a
■ ay.This \**> . a sa(} loss. And Sport Mo
tiving 6c is * everyone of his fish too
Allis^er were all he had. The
f1,600 lbsjwhiC^
other Indians went out in a boat and
saved Mary-Ann Ring Charley’s fish &
the only reason hers didn’t go when
Sport’s did,was because hers were hi/
gher off the water.The Natives feed
some of the salmon to their dogs,sell
some for sled-dog feed,& eat some for
themselves.lt is too bad Sport lost
his fish for.that is what he mainly
depends upon.Hiyu bad luck,but Sport
is no qhitter & he is still cheerful.
CARL WHI7HAF who is president 5c capa
ble Mgr of the Nnbesnn Fines writes,
"We are getting along good in here at
the mine this summer & all we need is
California climate to keep us going
the year round."
Our INDIAN FRIENDS SAY,' TOTATCRS HOT
much grow this year.Too much clouds."
They all have fine gardens 5c can lot’s
mmrOTH HOUSE-SITING.Mrs .Florence
Barnes,owner & proprietor of Copper
Ctr Roadhouse 50 miles out the wkj
had the opening or her hig new lodge
l'-.st nightwith So for dinner & over
7 0 for dancing in the lohhy de cora
ted with streamers & colored
ns. It was a very hig honwewaririing,
the house is very warm Indeed he
made of logs,which is a very a
prdp^iate & pretty style for Alaska.
Ther«**flBS*re very many cars lined up
outside distant places,being
Valdez,CorV^wa;Fairbanks,paxon,Chis
tochina, Gokom. upper Tonsina, Chi tin'.
& the A ,R .C . camfisL on the Trail .There
were 3 lots of fiT/e music, Mrs .Bet ty
Woods at the piano with young master
Peterson of Fairbanks at'the drums,
also phonograph with Mrs.Ruth Jeter
drumming,& also Mrs.& Mr .Beaman at
the pia.no & drums each,played a verjr
fine assortment of music.The supper
was all in buffay style of coffee &
2 kinds of assorted sanwiches, very
many * different kinds of cake & fruit
cake*, cookies,& best of all,all anybo
dy could eat.She is finishing up 4
rooms upstairs for winter & will ha
ve all the rooms done by spring. Mrs*
Barnes can feel that her patty was a
great success & we are sure everyone
there feels so too.Many didnot get
way home till 6 oT clock in 1he mornir,’.
HELEN Sc PEARE ARE FRIENDS .Misses y-■
Crary Sc Pearl Dverseth live in Cor -
ova..They took the boat to Valdez arid
roed over the trail to Copper Center
to visit Grandpa McCrary.They roe din
to Chitina, to visit 3J£rs.Cameron, &
now they are visiting Mrs.Mo ore & Ma
ry who got back from out the Trail.
People are glad to see them all be
cause 'it has been a long time and be
sides,Helen McCrary used to live in
Chitina.Adrian Jfelson gave a motion
picture show Tues.night in their hon
er in the Nelson fs playroom. Ora Nelson.
IT’S A LONG ALLEY THAT DOESNOT HAVE
an ashcan & Valdez may yet see a re
turn of the goodold husling days wh
en miners & supplies were pouring th
ru there.Right now the F E Co of Fair
banks is hauling its supplies over
the Hwy from Valdez.GoId mining is
looking prosperus.The Ns.be sna is loc'
ing better all the time.They arc ha: 1
ing most of their supplies from Val
dez.There is prospect of lots of de
velopment in the Chistochina-Nn.besrr
country.The new road is putting do: ■
ens of prospecters & promoters on t*
■claims in there. And it is reporter
“that the Ramer Brothers have at ler.t
a small mine on the discovery that„
ed Struckman made several years age
at the head of the Bremner.They hav
enuf in hhere now to justify a small
mill & if they find the main ledge i..
’the tunel which should strike it ina
few days,they will ha.ve a much bigger
•mine.They get their supplies now on
the Ry from LongLake,but if anything
should happen to the Ry they could
get them even cheaper by hauling from
Valdez to Chitina over the Highway ©
'a cost of 15.00 a ton JF then haul 75
miles from Chitina to Bremner by cats
:??.n the winter at 25.00 a ton.
'E HAVE IT ON GOOD INFORMATION THAT MHER rS MILLIONS IN THEM THAR HILLS.