THREE FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS THIS WEEK!
CHITIHA ALASKA WEEKLY HERALD.
STSDAY FEBRUARY 2 2, 1931
Adrian''Clough Nelson,Editor,& Publisher, Philip. Clough Nelson,Reporter &
Business Mgr-. William Alfred Moore, Circulation M^r.; ,8c AssTt Editor
Mr. John Gravdahl*s.hjnse bnrned np
on Feb. 17. The fire started at
15 to 4:00 in the early morning.
Mr. Graveahi woke . np1 at abont 4:00
Ho opened the-door into the living *
room and the flame hit him in the
face. He slammed the door, broke
his bedroom window with a chair and
tossed his clothes 077t of the wind-*
dw, and then “jnmpad ont himself.
:;t was the coldest for several nights.
It was ten below zero. He stood in
the snow and dressed himself and ran
np and down the trail yelling FIREi
FIRE,1 “FIREJ In half an honr after
it cangfct the hot water tank in the
bath-room blew np. This explosion ' " rT
blew ont two of Doan Kelsey*s windows.
Some people'thot it was an. earthquake.
It got“so mnch of a start'that no
one c077Id do anything ab-imt it; So
it b77rned down flat to - the gronnd.
It won Id cost "ab 0771 3,000.00 or' may
be more, - to bn-i Id ano t her as go'b d.
It was tmilf by Tom Holland. It was
moved from its location.on the top
jf the hill at. the northwest end of
town . ft was moved to a location
between Mojre*s and where the old
Overland Hotel was. They moved it
with,-cats; firs. Gravdahl had'some
vabrrbai f77rs •which she took ontside
with her. She shot and trapped some
of'them herself. She. 'w on Id be sorry
to lose them. The only thing he
saved was a chest of drawers which
he was painting, and which was ont- ,
doors Everything was bnrned . Ex
cept a ladder'that was standing a
gainst the honse. The honse bnrned
so fast that the ladder was left
standing there. He"had $1,600.00
. . ins77rance on his h077se.
SOME. REEL I STATE BUSINESS.
Haynes Maney sold ont his interest, in
the old Slate Crick Mining property •
on the Fairbanks Blvd ana is buying
Mike Griffith’s cabin. We hear he
was rnn off by his partner,' Harry
Moore. By too many sqrra-eks on the
•radio. John Hindel is going to •
move next.
HORSES BREAK. IE*
jj-smann* s horses “broke down the corral
fence and tore np some tarpalin and
3r,e ->ro some hay of John Honda1*a.
. CLfCajJzt, oclt;.
Thomas Alva. Edison, the great
est Inventor-wfyo ever lived,
dobra ted hie .oigh'tyy-f onr birth
day Dn Feb. 11 v . Or.rather the
whole country celebrated it'-for
FdisDn doesn’t care 'ranch abo^t
celebrating himself. Do yo^
realize that yon owe many of the
things yon dD every day to the
"Wizard of Menlo Park”?
»
ielephone transmitter %
v incandescent lights •
^vphonDgraphs b dishes
n. typewriters
Nydynamos '& motors
/Electric traction cars
^(storage batteries
sockets & switches
Xtelegrsph - an to mat ic
\.^Tpl0x &" qnadmplex
Xcarbolic acid - synthe.
/magnetic ore separator
✓ nnison stock tiker
/motion picture
X. talkies
X. wireless
X. firs'extinguisher
sound ranging
\(for ships]
And dozens of other things
yoT? don’t know aborrt. Or don ft?
think of so often, like the
submarine detectors, gi1 High
speed shrrtter, tfnder water
search light, mst preventive
long kiln cement, hydrogen de~
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