Adraln HlongVi Kelson^ Editor & Publisher. Philip Clcmg'h Kelson,Reporter
& Business. Egr.
MIS SINS SINCE DEC. 25.
, Cns T* Wilson, the Copper'"River fnr
~ 'trapper has lived along the river
•for“the last fifteen or more years
of his "life* He ha3 B een missing
sice C^rismas Bay* Ho traces of Him
have yet been“seen* He lives right
across from the old Indian village
of Taral tthlch is battered down*"
It is about $ or 5 miIes~"down the
track from Chitina>'"which is mi*
131."The 3.R* boys have very
frequently seen him get his mail
because "r"e has to walk across the
ice to the Rail road side of_ t*e
River to get to'"his mail boxVWhen
he did“not get his mail at“Chris
mas they snafely expected elm 10 gax
it at New Tears anyway. Wpen. rhe Hew
■ '/cars past and still' h9 had no t_ capias
“ they hegan"to watch for smlke iss
uing from the chimney Of rts cabin*
When this preted a failure, they de
cided they would, hate to get to-uint
eers to go to find him. Fred Barling,
called Swagger, Geo. Todd and And
rew Swanson offred to go*
As His two p§4-rs of snow shoe
s and other trapping and Minting
pariffinalia were stillfotfrd- in the
cabin, they claim he may have fallen
in the river. Experienced trappers
say the Copper River has been very
soft as this iswQ warm winter for
Alaska. The volunteers were soon
going down the RlR* on a gasoline
speeder toward the So’nth and again
yesterday. The search will be cont
inued.
MRS. EMMA HCTBRIGK ARRIVED $ERE LASi
- RIGiiT FROM MG-GARTAY. Rer hnsbaM,
CAPT. Hu brick, was the fa&Ons gn ide
&r\d he starred the photographing and
tintiner of Alaskan veiws* Since he
died irs. Hnbrick Carried onthis work
f.Qt Kim in Ic Carthy. She ‘Has gone
Sonth on this trainband she will take
the next' boat for the states to riflit
Her m$tHer bask in Bocbester,New York
ADVERTIZING SPAOS FOR SALE IN
THIS JEWSPAPER O 25$/ per month.
Soph: KWhat is an ice berg?n
Ersshjtyxn: nOh, it*s a sort of
permenant wave*"
(Over)
EAEOLD GILLAM LAUDED YESTERDAY.
AT jlz; 4D dan* ivf our noTea av
iator &^rold (rlllam, landed on
the ice of "‘Trent Lake. In the
heart of the village of Chitina.
If is the first time in history
that an airplane has‘landed in
the town itself. AXthb Pilot H.
Cillam has very fruequently lan
ded on the Copper Liver sandbars
'between the Power Plant and Chit
ina bridge.Mr.Gillam made a good
landing"in his Swallow TP.A very
"large number of residence were at
the landing" "fiedid in the lake to
meet him# ^h© crowd ‘greeted him
fcith very gr&at enthusiasm.
He was guided in landing by a
fire on the ice. ‘This beacon
showed the way the Wind was. ~0.
A.Nelson, the treasurer of the
Gfllam Airways, made the beacon.
PhiiipOlongh Nelson, the“reporter
of this paper, assisted him,'
Pilot (lillam went to the
Commercial Hotel for dinner. The
others at dinner were J.S.M. Nel
son, Cec&ty of the Gillam Airways,
Nels Sorby", TT.S. Marshall,Thaomas
Hyke & Clande Stewart of the
Alaska Bd. 'Commission, Melvin
Chase of the Chitina Cash ptore,
Lon is G. Hinckel of the Hn heard
Elliot Mining Co* of Strelna,and
William Frame, o.f the Richardson
Byway (Fairbanks Trail) Transpor
tation Company. \
The flyer Harold Gillam is
sending for a five-passenger amp
hibian plane to take care of the
fine increase of business of the
Gillam Airways, Inc. With ice
Crosson he helped .to find the lost
body and p&ane of Bon Eilson intb
Siberian Arctic last winter.
John Sm M. Nelson of the Gil
Lam Airways ‘Corporation, wit'* 0*
i. Ho&son th© tt» S. Commissioner,
Sc £• H. Shepard, Snp't. of t^e
Frail division of the Alaska^ Ed.
• Comm.is.ion were amOn$’ i^o&ew',$
welcomed the famo?7S aviator.
HEP? AVIATOE TO 1AHD TODAY*
Pilot DIETEEIEywho nsed to he is
Canada, will fjy to CM tins in
one of the Gillam Airways Air~
plane Swallow TP tT'is mbrning#
He is a friend and bnsiness
associate bf Earold Gillam.
Adri‘an‘Closrgh HelBon will assist
with the beacon today.