~*his .friends have spent a great* deal
of their time each day for over a
^reek,search*ng *fbr Bil*l’y,and they all
say that they will continue to do so
- in the hopes of ;giving Billy’Mbore*s
body to his well loved parents.
’ THIS EDITION of the Herald will be'm
to its ordinary fine condition,p,s it
is calmost as if omt assJt Editor is
r . still with us'helping with'the paper ,
The following.articles ’in this columi
were written by Billy Moore and left
all ready to bd published; *
MRS'.^ICI* BtJFRAYNBY, WIfE OF., THE
Former Che if,, informs 'us- that :aftci
19 ;days of searching the body of Jim
, Me Kinleyilittle. Tody*was found. He
was badly decomposed^ Terns Bidk ’ s
.little boy'found him about 4^1 r o m
camp. Me Kinleyiboy had been wander
. ing over marshy ground and’had lost
his rubber boots and socks. His cloth
ing was wet apd.'he had probably died
the firtt- night. It is definitly kn
• own that a bear did not kill him as
thf^twere-no wounds on him. The Her
ald extends • sympathy. ■. - ’ ■;
CONCERNING N1TIVE CUSTOM
■ rtriis ;told. that one of the reason s
, • ‘ that the Natives bury; their dead up
■ on a high hill, is that they can look
over their old stamping grounds* Gap
Goodla'taw iV in a position so tha-the
-can look over4 the village. he livddin,
the Trail/ the Copper River where’-he
■* caught his fish, , and ' over ..the pi a'cc
whdre he • used "to. trap. . • ,
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• .UP THE 'HILLSIDE /OVERLOOKING ' THE
Ttfwn there is the/.grave'.of-;C-ip Good
.v-la taw'who ;;was Jkilied. On, Saturday the
burial was held.-Diet EuphreynyAwa‘s
service master.. He is #the - former Ch*
- elf of the Copper’River Natives.They
all stood arcun cl tlie grave•, wher0a 11
sadly sang a'RUssi an.Church-bong,p?nd
had a prayer. They4‘then erected* ' a
board with the name/oh ii *. They will
probably put an fence /round it later
as that is a custom of the Natives...
Pretty ne arly alv/ny s ,-thcy -.put^ the tr
e a sure-s of the man whp is dead /■ over
the grave ; viz;/Alarm ;.(5lock, ait^gun,
and in One casc/i't vas. even known to
hPove put a large .silk hat over it..‘.
. which stayed there several years.That
, was Doc Billums grave at. the foot of
Tonsina hill/ Thebe wa,s a very nice
„ hand-made: coffin ' call Shellaced brown
made by Jee Goodintaw, the Uncle, and.
Harry King 'the present .Cheif. The
iGovernment’ was represented by Fr, &
, ' Frs. T'm Del chant, At the funeral* . 1
' FlaglTC- A1AY ' ■ .* ’
It came in* over the Radio that Osar
Vinchell flew from Copper Center to
iinbhc*age ? and is goings to make i t
hi s f ly irig he adquar tor s. Tf or ; the1 _ pr e'-,
t scat o ; 3o w.a s: ’a 1 so flyirig ■ ro.^nd ■ VHlde£
recent ly..Os-car is a f-frie a.i«r,-iith. *
• - ‘i * *•' • ' . ;A • - ■'
The Maefrd-s .are going, to their •Ca mp
on the- 1)011a for the summer A1 Mo ore
is the ‘foreman of ' the Camp.: f .**,y:' *;
Mrs .1,1 lianClough Reed & Family are .in
\ , J.L.Clough’s cabin for two weeks.
H/Btoio diui* fmrwmrnmnm
Loeping Ajpphibiajn from there1 to Sea
ttle with one passenger, John Ross -
wog. It took him 2% days for 'they all
stopped at Juneau, Ketchifean, andevcn
Prince Rupert for Gasoline and weath
erv G'illam expects to get back to his
Jbase at Copper Center to take out the
Nabesna Fine Concentratesfsoon.
i ALL THIS PART OP ALASKA- IS SADDEN -
ed at the death of one'Alaska’s best
friends; BeVan Presley. He was just
promoted President of the'Alaska S/S
Coiripany, Hd is ilso: President of the
R. R. rind Kennecott Cop ,er Fines.
' Everybody in Alaska almost,knew him,
and will all mourn his death.
I&S. AteRWNEIiSON OF. K^IOKA., NO. ,
Came up on the last train to visit tie
Nelson’s* for the summer.. £he is th ,e
mother oT* 0.A.Nelson.# This is her
visit as she wa.s visiting O.A, u p
here 14' years ago^ and made’verymany
friends. ...
• A _ 1 . . • f r- f.i * ' & *' • '■ ' *
Beapfe’ tracks were seen r; few days
-ago. Bears .aren't 'Very good thingsto
be arounb Jthcse, days becaus’e they are
hungry* when .they come out. from hyber
nnting.they aye, sometimes so hungry
that i f thei.r claws vare.. large they
will' kiliyra person^ especially it
they :have cubs. ;y _ .
, . REUNION . • "*•: .
The 'three related families were
.the guests of -Q.A>Nelson at Mrs.B.
Estrad.as fine -restaurant' on the nite
Mr si Nelson arrived- from# the States.
• The family party- consisted of:
Frs .Afidrcw Nelson', <Guc siA oT'honor ;'
‘ Fr . & Fr si Jps.; L- Clough, • 4,800 Ki.
from New England-.;. Fr ; and ■ Mr s. 0 .A.
Nelson; Adrian,Philip,0ra,ahd Flor
ence' Nelson; Mrs . Lilian Clough R&d
and husband. Salyer Reed; -Snnes and
Phyllis Heed, and Mary Ann Extrom ,
wfto is visiting them. A •
Alaska'is ..getting .to be quite a
f amily ..country, when such fine aff
airs as this can happen,' when^ s<5> very
many, people of one .-family can- getito
gether- for a' summer'.* Pioneer days
'must be passing. They were the’good
Old Pays., but these are-better.
ii i.i i.i ■ ■■ mmmm ■■■■■ —
"Charles E. Bunnell, President of
Alaska Agricultural :College & school
of Mines completed arrangements in
T'ashfrigtVn for the College to tp-ke
over’ the work of the Fa tanus ka’, . gr -
icultural Experimental Station, and
also was n-ssured’of the continuance
of College funds.
CAPIT) OF . SYMPATHY for -young Fr. Atwood
whose father did not Survive his re-*
uferit operation at -CordoVaAThe'son is
living out, the Trail with- Geo.BOllo
’fountaine*and-made a trip’ into Chit
iha today *in srcspect 'for his* father.
' * ' "Ni:
AITTOfOBIBES came aver t'he RICHARDSOF
Highway Summit June 13,& while there
were mud slides & lots of snow on 1he
Valdea Trail,it was open & cars were
thru Keystone Canyon,June 16.