NL¥“SO ESNG AGO SLI F MCMAHON Came to j
Chitina on business. On the way in j
he shot eatable birds & gave 1 to e- j
ach of the Nelson Children. As hewas
getting the 5th it let out a war hcop
& made for the brush. Slim saw That a
hawk had scared it. The hawk sat on
a limb 5c made terrible noises trying
to get the Spruce-hen out again,Slim
ups with his gun&, bumps the old fel
low off the limb. He'saved many hens
by shooting the ^awk, as it wou’ld d
probably eaten 1 a day at least, But
he also lost the particular one he
had. In this case”Two in the bush ore
worth more than 1 in the hand.”
UNKNOWN SICKNESS AMONG NATIVES. Pad
dy King 5c Harry King,Native Cheif, c
ame back from a long hard hunting t
rip up as far as Salina and the head
of the Lack in aw &K-a.skulana R.& cnl y
got 1 old mutton. The Cheif Lear ned
that while he'was away Mrs. Lick Up
hreyncy 5c Geo.Marshal ho the had died.
It ia a sickness that knowbody arou
nd here knows anything .about. It was
hard on Mr. Uphreyney as it is a law
of the Indians, that if the cheif is
away the formwr cheif has to hold ihe,!
burial, so Lick had to read the ser
vice for his wwn w ife. All the sam e |
both were buried with all Indian riles
in the new Indian graveyard.Job Goo
dlat&w assisted him. Sam Allen,Henry
Ring & Geo,-Pete also have it. The y
are only in their teens. Geo.Pete, sed
they were starving him to death at
the hospital because he'didn’t Knoww
they don’t feed a fevei*. Henry Ring
insisted on going home, but thht was
hard on’his mother & the Nurse, Miss
Lambert. Mrs. Ring isnt a nurse and
Mrs. Lambert didn’t like to trave 1
back and forth from hospital to their
house. It will'be gladly known if the
sickness stops.
RU5TGABDS RECORD
The Attorney General is the legal
visor of the'officors of the Terri -
tory. His advicc^is fr.6bly given to
the officers of'cities,&school boar*
all over Alaska, private individuals
freely submit their legal disputesto
him. As Attorney General he rendered
over 2,000 opinions in writing, and
ONLY ONE has ever been overruled by
any court. Of the many cases he has
tried during the last ten yrs., he
has lost only 6ne, that one he ad
vised againsed, but brought it to
have'a disputed question finaly set-^
tied. — From STROLLERS Y/EEKLY.
THE CHI TINA SCHOOL IS GOING TO GET
a new wood stove in place of the old
coil one and are asking bids for 25
ricks of 32 in. wood. The pupils are
glad because the coal stove dose not
work very well. The children owe a
vote of thanks to the school board.
MERIAK m.tMl' CELEBRATED HER X&t .KIR
thday Friday, Oct.gist. She had the
3 Shepards to dine. Little Men am
a g.rfc'ri t iavorite in Oiii vj.na.
SL'IF FC FAHON TOOK HIS WIPE, GLAD
ys Rogers'out to Salina with him.
last week, Over the new Gokona -
ChistochinA Trail. C&rs can go on
this Trail, 6 miles from Habes na
when it is frozen. And the fight
of-way goes cla^to Habesna. They
report the trail frozen h in fine
condition. Fore of the AIR.C.good
work with a little money. Theyma
de a trip to Chitina,& will stay
at Copper Center for the winter.
HEARD OVER K.E .Q,.D. EROF UOR FRI
end "The Swede”.
OH VOTING
Explaining how to do it.
Be sure to vote right on tax-cat
chers, dog collectors,bar politics
& Bank Traders.....Just go’into a
ballot box & lock the'door. First,
be sure your birth rate, insuranc e
mark&Naturalization ticket areO.K
Or the’yllthrow your vote out.Youl
see at least 200 names'you never ,
met before. Never mind,if you ever
had‘you’d never vote for them any
way. Think first wheather you are
repuli can or'democrat — or what??
If you don’t,r©member what youf g
randfather was & vote that way.Af
ter nil, Alaskan sourdoughs don Tt
have to vote for President, s o
they don’t have to be as serious os
the big bugs down in the States.
Editors Note: Alaskans Ar6nt allo
wed to vote for president,but we
sure Wish we could/ We’d give -
7,200.000 votes for HOOVER.But we
don’t envy him his job.
THE NATIVE "VILLAGE" WILL SOON E-i
A "REGULAR" TOWN. Many log house s
are being put up. They are anxious
to live near the school & hospital!.,
It will be nice because of the litt
installed by the Chitina Power Co.
Man. And running water by Wm Dele
hant who has done a great deal of
heavy work for the Natives. Those
building are:
Prank Hofeson-Tonsina-—2 chilrn,
Douglas Billum— " *-'
John * w--8 mile-" "
Jack Marshal----19 mile---3? * •* w
Joe Bell.-—7-Several.
GeorgeFamily-27 mile—- "
Gene Ring-7
Tony Pete
Tony has worked for the Ry. many
years & has ehuff money to fix a
place up fine. His 16 yr. old son
Geo. has inherited hard work from
his father, & is working with him
to raise a good house. Lloyd Bell
has also started one. There ar a
bout a dozed previosly built dot
including the school & hospital.
CUTEST LITTLE PUPPIES. Recently 2
little puppies arrived in Chitina.
Chase took them over to Coat's.P^e
is a wire haired and the other a
smooth haired terrier. Conn Norris
is the owner; They were sent clear
from Seattle.