MRS. GLADYS ROGERS (SLIK)lMKAHGE ?>rri
ved"in Chitina from the States Satur
day.She will stay in town a few days
before returning to Copper ’Ctr to be
with her husband again while he takes
up his new job with' the Gil lam Airway.
It will be the'same old thing as -dt
was 10 yrs ago,nSlinMr Gillamw,and a
f ine tehm’. Mr • McMahon has learned a
lot about aviation mechanics' in a st
iff course at Oakland,Califall same
as Harold has learned all about fly
ing since that long 10 yrs ago, Mrs.
McMahon taught school here in Chitina
I yrs in succession before she went
to Mile 7 to teach,•& then Outside .Her
former pupils think very much of her.
She came up from the States on the S/
S Aleutian which is the finest speed
boat of the fleet,left the boat ■ at
Valdez,& came over’the Trail 8c Thomp
sons Pass with Mr.Huddleston,Supt of
that end of the A.R.C. She stayed at
a Road Com Camp out the Trail for a
while to visit her husband as she had
notMSesh him f or- many moensv ~
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RR? BETWEEN- HERE1 & CORDOVA HAS BEEN
running again for the last.week. The
first thru train came up Tuesday.And
maybe so its whistle didn't sound good
to Chitina people' It had to go very
slowly thru the snowsheds at Mi.54 &
55 as they are not yet'in Q.K.Order.
Going ddwn to Cordova recently,'Mrs. ,
Barnett$ had to jump from tip to -tie
in. the sheds fore most a mile .They vsere
3 ft apart,& water ,&■- a 30ft drop wash
ed out underneath .Returning to Chiti
na after the operation ! en heir; ankle,
. she had to climb'up--a cliff by hold
ing on to a rope,& walk over the top
of the snowsheds.The RR Co. is'damp
ing tons of rock under the ;sheds’crib
bing up & adding tons cf gravel on
top to make a safe roadbed for trains.
MR. GAIEN,VETERAN. TRMSPOR-TATlON MAN
with a lot^gf. charge of -the business **
end of it, just came over from the West
ward. He report's that he never even- *
saw such a mess on a RR as the wash
out and slides over there on the Govt
RR was. Sup't Col.Ohlson & his men did
a fine job1 in'opening it up so $uick-.
;• lyii Appreciation should be giveft / by
the people of,the United-States;& we
folks here in the Territory,too, .to
the men who do the work on the Gov't
’ RR which is .one .of the hardest in the
' world’to keep running -all the year a
round. ■ - • - - < •
' MBS'. GENE RICHARDS the wife of John
Richards of Chit inn, is one of the best
schoolteachers in this town where
there are so many teachers living #10
gdt mairr ied„She ms elected 2 yrs'in
succession which proves her worth.
Sunday she started for Copper Ctr aut
’the Trail,Mi.50,to teach the Native
Govt School for the Indians•there.
This is the same school that Mrs.7/m.
Delehant taught 2 yrs & that Miss K.
Kane had Inst, year .Copper Ctr is luck
y to have such good teachers.
FOR THE BENEFIT OF'SUBSCRIBERS OUTS 3D®
Chiti means Copper,na means River in'
Native language.Pronounce Chitti-naw,
accent the 1st syllable^ kind of si- ’
ide over thb middle ’Hi”.Snort roiA,£.
(Cont.from page l,Col.2.)0ne of the
pupils narked. Hannah Bell who is 16
years old,tinted the walls with li
ght green kulsomin & painted the
woodwork dark -green & did a good
piece of work on it for the school.
AUCTION 'of Gus Wilson * s 8c Frank Ch
alk* s -stuff. On the 24th they had
the big auction with J.L.Clough be
ing good help again as Auctioneer.
Some of the outstanding sales were:
A radio worth $49,50 new in Alaska*^
Bible(Sears Koebuck at^log).Itbrot
$10.A 30 Gov*t gun for $2* 'some '
watches-, traps ‘ by the dozens, skins,
tools & parka.Nabesna stock brot
31 & 40 at the auction.lt has been’
selling for 50 & even 60 regularly.
The Natives bot most of the traps.
an average of about 10^ apieve.
New ones would cost $1.50 each.Mr.
8c Mrs. Clough seem'to be pretty r
ch as * they got 100,000 Polish marks
Sc 800,000 German marks.It would be
-0, IF. ONLY the-y could.- tupn them..
■into cagh.IF ONLY.These 8c- some tow
els oc pillow cases etc brot more
than they were worth.lt seems that
,J.L.was able to get ehuf to pay the
funeral probably,for the 2 men.
The Indian Bureau’s NET MOTOR-SHIP
“North Star” which we told you 'a
hout-last spring, has been"on the
Alaskan run all summertrunning ve
ry smoothly 8c making 13 knots an hr,
T’IS. A LUCKY LAND.The 4 Nelson ch
ildren during the last few years h
have had many pets.l st hens & ba
by chickens.Then rabbits & baby ra
bits.Now 2 fine ponies.Mr, MoffitS
saddle horse for the boy& is. chris
tened Star now for Star the Indian
pony in the book.The little horse
for the girls was named Stovemobile ,
because it'always -packed 'the stove ;
for the Geological Survey men all
summer.Alaskan children are hiyu
lucky to live' in the, land of the -
midnight sun 8c ride Gov’t horses.’
THE BUREAU (F INDIAN'AFFAIRS is ca
• rrying on an attempt to. encourage.
\ivory work among the Natives of A
laska.Under Wm.Neely of White Mt.
•They will try to standardize, this
. work'& produce in regular quanti
ties, so that ivory products of a,
definite,pattern could’be handled
by firms like Bullocks in LiA*. ,Wa -
namakers in Phiia.& N.Y.,& Marsha
Fields 'in Chicago. (From W .A,S .)
BIG GAEL CARLSON IS BURNING UP THE
road between Valdez & Sourdough &
back this week,& a trip to make
the boat,besides.He reports plenty
of snow but no difficulty getting
over the Summit.There have been
times in past winters when snow
has drifted from 30 to 60 ft deep .
on Thompson's Pass.There is a re
lief cabin there,with doors both
downstairs & upstairs so if snow
is ddep.n man can w£lk in on the
upper floor. _____
DEPRESSION is getting bad when th
ey have.to split the