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CHITIK.il., liiiiSKii. JTLY. 17, 1931
There were a lot of Tourists Today* from quite-,a few of
the Waited States, and Chicago.
Matilda. F. Steinhoff —— ----—6—Warren, Penn.
'Ary Connors-T—-------Washington,P. C.
Ars. Rebio L.Barrington--Adams, Mass.
Mr. A Mrs. Adolph Paine and Son-Chicago, 111.
Mrs. J.a. Comroff---Seattle, Wash.
Mrs. I.Reese -TT ”
Mdena. Sorensen —— -------Kodiak, Alaska.
Pearl Woo ton--- .lT ”
Mr. A Mrs. E. B. Collins •— -Fairbanks, Alaska.
^nne Chisholm --- " ■ "
Mary Benjamin---— ”. TT
Mr. A firs. .Parry E. Moore- TT "
Miss G. Rody -Anchorage, Alaska.
Miss B. Rody--■-—' H !T
W. p. Keller-.—-—•- "Junea^ ,Alaska.
col-Charles a.
lirdbergf
Vas definitely
announced tvat
ve is making
vis flight a
cross tv>o Pac
ific viti Alaska
vq re-f^els at
Pt- Barrow. It
is generally be
lieved. tvat all
similar flights
will Be made via
tvs Northern
RoMe.
Of the tourists Mrs. J. A. Comroff and Mrs. I. Reese of Seattle went
to Kennecott on the last train to visit. Miss ^dena Sorensen and Pearl
Wooton ore in charge of an orphanage at Koalak,^laska. Mr. & Mrs. S. WB.
Collins ha,d come r»p fron the. States to“Fairbanks and are going back Out
side. Mr. Parry E. Moore who is the S-’-pt. of the schools of the Fairba
nks district and his wife came to Ch-itina and are continuing on there way
to Valdez with W. K. Keller wRo. is Commissioner of Education for the whole^
of Alaska. : ThG pERALP had the h0ner of having them over to inspects thei-f
machinery, and Mrs. Ebie L. Parrinton and Miss Chisholm were also over to
see the hrGrap^ plant.
COPPER CENTER NATIVE SCHOOL.
.The Native School o^tat Copper Center
(Mile -52 on the Trail) has 14 more pu
pils than there were in the -Native Schv
Chitina last winter. They have "eve?!
come from 12 miles north of .So^rdo^gh
ff miles aw ay. They have packed their
belongings and piched tents so their
children can get' schooling and besides
teaching school Mrs. Relevant teaches :
the Nativos^how to cook and can fish
where they ^sod to dri them. And be
sides that she keeps 6 childrens at
hor ho^-ser They do their own cooking
b’’’t she s^porfices it. And in addition
to this she nurses- the natives in be
tween times, and has a garden in back
and a hot-bed on the side of the
school ho^se. She even goes booze -
raiding and got John McCrary to take
her.
GETTING MATERIAL.
xv lady name.d Robie L.Barrington who
hails from Adams,Mass, is going ro^nd
in xxlaska towget fisrt hand knowledge
for her lectures and taking motion
pictures on the way with an Eastman
cine model E. This is not hGr first
trip to Alaska and it will not be her
last. She plans to come again Next
summer and go into Kotzebue So^nd and
the xlrctic.^She is an artist and some
of her pict^re-s were" shown at an art
exhibit in New York. She is a school
mate of Mrs. A.B.V.ebster of TananN,,
x-xlaska and will have lots of lectures
as she has been alllover and Lehdahl
irove her over the Fairbanks and tal—
dez trails. She says everything is
■Q.K. including her- driver.
MARY' MOORE RIR MAKE- ,J5I0T*ER BIG. CAKE
A .ladv paid her delicatessan price
and"the FER^IR staff had a big trout.
--— OFF TO MINE
C-'ly 14. Jos.L.Clo-gv ‘and O.ii.Nel
son went to Copper Creek mining
C0mp wvore Mr.& Mrs. J£Ls.Lyons
are' in charge. Mr. Clo^gv will be
a prospector and miner before vo
gets tvro^gv witv i. la ska probably.
Me expects to gone a week or two.
0.a. expects to come back today,
2 FIRST xiSCENT OF MT. FAIRW3ATPBR
On Andy Taylor’s ascent of Mt,
Fairweatver vq took Lr. Ladd of
New York, an"oxperienced Mt climb-,
er wvo is studying at harvard col
. lege, and a man v.vo made tvo ascent
of°Mt. Logan witv vim in 1925 wvicv
is .19850 ft. elevation and tvQ 2 nd
vigvest on tve continent. Tvq att
emt to scale tvis 18300 ft Mt vaS
been tried for years b-t never s^c
cbssf-I’ till xindy came and aftbr
n-mero^s attaints feacVed tve s^m-f
mitt. Tvey took supplies to a base
camp on t^oir backs. Tvey wore gone
73 days.From t-Vo base camp to tve
s-ntnciitt and back tvey were between
fo-r and five days. Tvey carried
packs of 50 - 80 lbs. wvicv was
Veld in place by a foreVead strap.
One ’Of tve men slipped into tve
crevas b^t was not v-n^t as ve lit
oil vis back bn wvicv wras vfs pack.
Ri't was rescued b^t vis cSmera fei.
•into tve crevas. It "was l^cky t>or
was none of tve val^bal film of tv
ascent in it. xxndy Taylur is one ci
tve best glides and Mt. climbers in
all Alaska, ^e says tvat t^ese East
ern gentlemen are expert Mt. climb
efs."L>en tvey reached tv© top tvey
put -np a pole and p^t a parka on il
for a flag.
.JSDY TxxYLOR1 S MOTION
riot-res, will be v.ero in a v/eok.