CHIT IEA, ALASKA. SEPT. 4,1932.
WEATHER
•Sunny fall days
Light snow on
!hills at night
| Cool 8c hrasing.
1 60/at noontime.
The Copper River is still very high & run'
ning a terrific current,but gradualy go -
ing down. It is still up to 6 ft above.
Cannot drive the new bridge as yet.
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GOV. GEO. A.PARKS CAME THRU CHI TINA
a few days ago,but he stayed only a
short time so that many people,who su
rely would have liked to see him could
not .He asked for t he Herald Staff but
as they were watching the ferry down
where the bridge used to be,they’lost
out.One reason Alaskans like Gov.Parks
so well is that he keeps in such per
sonal touch with Alaska1 s towns Sc peo
ple^ knows conditions'very thoroly.
So when he does things,he knows what
he is doing.
CORRECTION.
In th6 July paper We said that Rex
Beach,great'author, came th^ijt .We were
misinformed.lt v/as the Mr.Bene who id
interested in Dan Creek properties at
McCarthy,& a grea.t finanseer. Please
excuse this.7/e are sorry v/e missed out
on seeing him.He’s a friend of Alaska
ALL THE KIDS are glad that the new te
acher is here’ after her long journey
from Texas.She aarae in over the Valdez
Trail & enjoyed every inch,The snow
on Thompson’s Pass (the summit) special
y.She was kind of glad the K ,K.. was
not open yet,for she got to see the
beautiful scenery of Keystone Canyon
by auto.We all make a guess she is a
fine teacher according to her looks.
MAKING IMPROVEMENTS ON ]HIS BUN GAL OJ.
Mr.Clough is putting new'wallpaper in
his livingroom 5c kitchen,& a larger s
ink 5b running hotwater .Mr ,5c Mrs.'Bill
Neimi & baby Miriam of 'die A.R.C. are
going to move in next month^after the
Cloughs go back home to New England.
THE NORTHERN LIGHTS CAME COLORED this
week and there v/as a perfect corona
one night;too. The night sky is beau
tiful now,&'we can see stars late at
night again,after the long daylight.
AS BEAUTIFUL ' TO SEE AS JAP MARKET GAR
dens Outside.The largest garden in ChL
tina is raised by Mrs .Frank Shipp. It
is a show-place for the whole Copper
Valley.Tourists have'always found it
very interesting.Mrs.Shipp is very gen
erous to the hospitals at both Cordo
va 5c Kennecott.Mrs. Wm.Cameron 5c Mrs.:
John Neys also have exceptional gard-!
ens this year.Mr.& Mrs.John Coats has
a fine one of vegetables Sc flowers.
YOUNG JACSTS COATS IS GETTING TO BE AN
efficient help in planting,weeding,cu
ltivating, 5c also in eating. Fine work|
for a 7 yr old! Go to it,'Jakie.We likBj
your spirit 5b your stuff.
EVERY INDIAN ALSO HAS A FINE GARDEN
Anyone to see Dick Euphrany’s Would be
sure that *where ther’s a will,you can
find a way*. Dick used to be the Chief
until he resigned 5: lost hi.?? leg at
his hipJHe lies on the ground to do |
(Cont. from column 1.) Gardens,
weeding & cultivating.Harry King ij
the Chief now,& he & his wife Anir ».
Allen^hnvc a hig garden.So do Rena
Craig,Mrs.Comfort Joe^& Joe Goodla
tawTs is about the biggest of all.
These a^e fine gardens all layed out
jso geometricaly & already eating pl
enty of green vegetables with their
fish. The frosts have killed off the
tops of the spuds,but potatoes would
not grow anymore anyhow now,& it on
ly nipped the other things not doing
much harm or hardly spoiling a thing
' VERY GREAT^I/’ VISITORS . Evidently ,
[ 12 yr old Hobart Marshal,an Indian
boy at Tonsiaa,didnot die of expos
ure etc.For his mother & 2 sisters
came to see Mr.Clough & Mrs.Nelsoh
all the way from 17 Mile on Trail*
«She said she wanted to "Look at the?T
to say that Hobart was allright ,Fr ,
Clough thot the boy might have geo
a cold by his'terrible exposure.! 1
very long ago,Hobart got separate
from his dad one morning about 1C
Tff.He walked on 8c oh,hunting for bar
in the rain & wind.It turned cold 1
he had on only a thin hhirt & trc. o
ers.lt got dark in the middle of Lie
mifldle of the night & s till he murk*
ed on .He traveled all day, all nighc
& i of the next day .He is only 12 ire
old but he walked 35 miles.The Nat
ives had been hunting him all night,
Y/hen Billum saw Mr.Clough who was d
driving ever the Trail,he stopped hiL
& asked him to be on the lookout for
the boy.His father Jack Marshal,did
thfc same when he met the Clough par
ty,too. It gave "J.L." great satis
faction when he 8c ?uittlo Ora Nelson
spotted the lost boy 4 miles beyond
Copper Center. The poor child hod
walked 35 cold wet miles 8c he could
hardly stagger .He was shaking wit1
co Id. All he could cay was "Want fii .
"my Daddy * "Mrs .Nelson wrapped him • ;
In the auto robes & they took him t
Mrs.Frank Carroll*s to warm up & re
cuperate because she could tt lk h.
him in Indian language.Later Er.Ch
ough drove Hobart to his home at 3/
Mile on the'Trail.His father, Jack
Mrshal said,"You did much good f r
me todayJ" Billum said,"Everybody
much glad now!"
I HABESHA JAKES RICH FIND.(30 news,)
’ There is great rejoicing over the
recent work at Nabesna Jdines where
Carl Whitham’s miners have been tu*
nelling so long. At last they stru;
the vein they were looking for and
thot surely must be there. They rai
onto hoped-for vein about 6# ft be
low the Bear Vein,& found it as goc
; d eve;: as they had ?r*opt#d ,r';r:ni.no, a
l good SO ft wide of gold. * ^ %