THIS IS THE BIRTHDAY cf a very great a nr good man,
who was bern 226 years ago tcdaJr.Whcn he started to publish
"Po or Richard's Almanac” he had nc press or type so he had
tc make his.He didn't have a mimeograph to print his paper
as we do,because it was net invented then.He got out a very
fine paper at that.And one of his magazines is still being
publishcd.lt has one of the biggest circulations cf any mag
a.zine in the world,the biggest value for reading-matter for
the money,<anc the smallest price icr any as gcoci,in an tne worm* xes,
you all know it - The 'Weekly, "The SATURDAY EVEEIffG POST".
YOU WILL UAFT TO SEE the new - letter-head of the HERALD which was printed!;
for us by the very great courtesy of the "ALASKA WEEKLY" cf Seattle,Wn, .
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Our Motto: "Talcs and Trails.**_j
F GRIER CHIEF of the Copper ' j
River Tribe of'natives here
Dick Euphrunic,has becn taken
again to Juneau tc the Gov’t
Hospital for treatment to
his’ leg which was broken sc
v e r a 1 ye ar s ug c .
HRS. OSCAR CRAIG has been sent
to Kennecctt Hospital again by
her husband;he is worried ever j
her serious anemia.She will re-!
turn in 10 days.with Dr.Ailsoh j
by airplane if she is able to. •
WEEK LY^H E P, A I, D
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j CH;t»NA, ALASKA
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"fGILLAK TC THE RESCUE.’"
j \7hen Harold Gillam
j took Hr .Hays tc Daw
| son so he could get
his clearance papers
from the Canadian Govt
(See Jan.10 issue)he
took Earl Wcods.his
field mechanic,as far
j as Shushanna tc setu^,
j a Delcc electric plant
j Coming hack from Dans
j on Gillam stopped at
j Tanana Crossing to set
! up a Radio hefd been
| carrying tc the peopl
jthere.lt was the 1st
jradio that isolated'
jplace had ever seen,
jGillam wanted to be
jjf.7inter freighting on Hivcr Ice,Alaska. J
!ljslate Creek lining Ce .caterpillar-tractors 'J
jccmmcnly called ”Catsw .Horses are used too,!
careful how he fixed it up sr
they woulc’.ntt think he was
trying to swindel them.Anoth
er thing to he careful of —
tc get any radio; He didn’t know wnetncr mere wcuxe oo goue. kkuu
night .He .mo.de sure everything was connected right,then turfied it on he-*,
fore all the Indians.He said,"I got more radio that night than I ever
hefore."Hew the Tan-ana folks may get news before some Seattle folks do,.
Tanana Crossing didn’t hear of Pres .Wilson’s anneguration till .nearly
half his term in office was up. We hope they get lots besld® entertrinment,
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to Victrola ’music which they likecomes in fine now it is wint
er and dark.Last night it was some of Fozart’s music & "Pilgrims’Chorus
from Tannhauser.Billy will pop corn in his electric pepper,Philip will
feed his dog Curly,Bother will read stories to make us laugh, like Icha
bed Crane or Don Quixote.Tonitc she’ll read us about Esther too,as it in
Sunday.Then we’ll gc to bed with knit socks to keep our feet cozy,and a
hot-water-bottle apiece to cuddle up to. But don’t forget that next sum
mer it will be bright sunshine all day.do all night too,& wn.rm.enuf to gc
camping & hiking, even here in the'Berth'. Chitin-a and. the Trail will .be
gorgeous ' with wilclroses, blue bells, lupine 8c acres of fir ewe e d .Ra s pberr i o
currants,blueberries 8c cranberries will* be ripening along, the trails.
Pish will be jumping in Lake Chenan & fishwhecls turning in.the Copper
6iver.Children will be paddling along the sandbars of the river,<& also
paddling'the many poor mosquitos.The train will be running again.
REF2FBSR, it is HGT ALWAYS cold,,nor is it always winter in ALASKA’
HOPE YOTJ LIKE OTP PAPER, AND THAT YOU UILL LIKE IT EVEN BETTER DURING
THE NEXT SIX YOUTHS'.