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IWed.hottst / __CKITIEA. ALASKA JULY 29 1933_ 20^’ postage-*
all summer I BILLY TIBBS just got back to Chitina £ every- JSl.,6 mo.4Op'
Still wind/-body is giving him the glad hand. He has been postage.
—--—--* up at the Kennecott hospital, and■ T'LLC0HE l -
7 IRE-TEE© PI PH GO OHS A TP & TOURISTS
The round trippers from the states wh*
came in over the Trail Thurs.said that
they had the best time in all their lives
in Alaska. The big bus will Bill Boyle
as driver brot them thru the most gor
geous avenues,, hills, and Mts. of fire
weed they have evSr seen. There were
miles & miles-of fir©weed aisles-upon
the edge-of f ireweed. hedge .It .was 2 ft
wide just as if it was a parkway. At
Paxsons they had a big meal of lake ;
trout. One tourist even went back' on
his diet as he couldn’t resist-it. At
Gulkana they had one of/the bast meals I
for a noon lunch 'they ever hadyOne ln-l
dy said Mrs.Griffith1s cooking was so!
wonderful that she wouldn’t dare to eat
there too-often for shefd grow toovfat.j
The tourists were:- H Abbot -T)p . .Po,nt
Co.;Mr&Mrs J Beuling-St yPaul,Minn.*Mr.
&Mrs.H,Shurtliff-Montpeier Vt.;Mrs., D.
C Bi-ggs and, son'Pavid-Tt .Lorns; Har^ry
Crane-^eattle jtf'.Gordoh-Des Moines; H.
Gross-Hcs Moine s'; Mrs .Ed Kallbaum Car
leton Mich.; Harr eh Kallbaum Carlcton;
•Cecelia Boslett-:?ittsburgh;Sana Krieg
?i t ts burgh ;E Mo f f i t-v* ashing ton D • C •; T »
B.BrDoks-r*ashingtbh B.C. • ,
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v’ A 15ARTIN came to the. Copper'll, with
his brother many'years ago. His broth
er who now lives in Butte left here in
1909.'and. has not heard from V/ A since
then.He would like to kno-w if. anyone -
anywhere can. tell him where he i's or -
what became of .him* He is.about 55 yrs
old. _
About-the best Dr in Alaska Ms Dr Gil
lespie located In Fairbanks,.- T"hen Fieh
aell Hass(Contributor for Alaska’s own
newspaper f,The Alaska rreeklyMsmashed 1
of his fingers he decided thet Dr Gil
lespie ms the best Br t© - fix it. 'Even
tho he ms' 500 mi. away, But 500 miles
does’t make much differece when'theris
such a fine Br ,as: Gillespie . Fr,‘ *_ Hass
.expects, to get’back to. work- soon.
■ CIRCULATING HOOEY Theres a rumor * the
R R is going to clos.e down in Sept. IT
13. NOT .''"e have found out.for you on an
unquestionable authority*thht if .'will|
not close down until LECEIOBER 1st. Itl
maybe later. Anybody who has betn cir-j
culating such a‘report is either tooj
lazy to• get the;facets or else a delib
erate and mo-litious liar. It is hop e d
that nobody is foolish enuff to belei
ve such rumors. j’
THE BEAKS ARE ENTIRELY TOO FRIENDLY
THIS YEAR ROUND HERE.CHIEF OF' THE
Natives Harry King,is often meeting
them in.his hack yard,where he likes
to have it out with them & give th
em a party of their own* At the old
Indian Village down hy the river on
the way to the Bridge,there is ?*n
3Id-hrown hruin who can he ;seen al
most any mprning.This is a,; dange r us
fella as all hrown hears are.It is
proh-ahle that they smell the hundr
eds of salmon drying on the Natives
fishracks come to get sorpe to eat.
THE, GOVT' GAMS
war4den Geo,Hels,on. is in Chitina of
ten Sc is here now,We’r always glad
to see him,Wonder if he Game on ac
count of the friendly "bruins.
SATURDAY at 8:30 AM the 2 publisher?
started #n their'annual 5 days vaca
tion.This .time at P'axonLodge ,Mi .140
on the Fairbanks Trail.& one of tip'
most' scenic stops on the Hwy.Oaly £
miles .from Summit Lake where there
is a bathing beach &’ you can see git
ant refections of' the snowy Mts of
the Central Alaskan Range huge and
rocky as theyare.Af another of the
Lakes close by,which is 12 miles fos
ng,are big'grayling weighing from 4
to 5 lbs,& the fine lake-tfout tipp
ing scales at 15 to 20 lbs,& lots o
them. The Lodge tes a handsome ^Lo^b'
y w.ith all sorts of hunting trophys
& pelts on the walls ,& its ^ fireplace
for sitting around 8c swapping Sourr
dough yarns on cool days,& a sceend
porch for’sitting outdoors on warm
tfcays.There is a fine boat for fishy
ling partys use.Mr & Mrs Lyons and.
Ifriend Mo'rdby serve very fine meals,
Being away didnot stop this paper a;
the 2 boys left everything written
up a&ead of time all but•the 30 col
which they hired a lady to run.in.
J.L.Clough 8c wife motored the ‘ 2 boy?
out with a big load of freight for
Paxpn ’Lodge .While there they, went
fishing in Mr.Banting’s motem bdat
on-Gulkana Lake which he kindly let
them use.Also went fishing, in a t*u
boat & brot home 3 fine lake trout Pc
2 big fella’s of -salmontrout. They
played with the 3 Little Kittens Wic
use the fadiators. of the autos for?,,
playground,til stepped.Many fishing
partys at Paxon coming in'between 4
and 11 P.M.wanting supper.The host
ess ..served about 4 in a bunch for
5 party suppers all in succeshon.
THERE iS,VERY. LITTLE TO^CITH ap'Q-ut how 'Fred wil'kensoTl drSWSd,"Xt is thot he
had as&cnSas hS^haSFaliSe^erore.It seemed ofid he could drown as it was
riot deep & rumored that he could swim .Prank Panting recovered the body've
ry rapidly & held it for burial by relatives if he has any.Probably not.