he becomes an obsticle and an embarassing personage to live with. The
jury after being out about 36 hours and had not yet agreed,the judge got
tired of waiting and discharged them.The new trial will not be had again
for a month due to the sickness of the defendant.
VERY COLD. Pilo-jb Harold Gillam does
not shirk his duty even tho cold.
During the forty below zero weather
Gillam flew to Cordova.He took the
mail’to catch the boat for the Out
side .Mail for the States i£ import
ant. Chitina is getting good sexvica
THE FIRST AIR-MAIL IN ALASKA was
flown by Col Ben'Eielson from Fair
banks to McGrath,February 21,1924.
Today five commercial companies are
operating with a total of 24 planes
v and one other will scon be in the '
field. For the year'ending June 30,
1931,a total of 338,000 plane miles
were travelled, 3,654 passengers
wefe carried 684,361 passenger mile^
17,690 lbs of mail and 103,043 lbs
of express carried - all without a
single casualty within the Territo
ry of'Alaska.
Dec. 15 saw airmail service from
Anchorage to the Bristol Bcay dist
rict, serving en route KanatAk,Ege
g i k; Na kn e k, Ko ggung, Mus hagak, Di 11 i rg^
ham, and Kanakanak.
The Postmaster General in his an
ual report says, Quote:
"Due to the limited transporta
tion facilities and the climatic
conditions in Alaska,the cost of
mail transportation is high,and it
is believed that an improved service
at no greater cost could be secured
by the use of AIRPLANES f or the car*
riage of all classes of mail over
certain routes. A draft of legisla
tion which will authorize the Post
master General to contract for air
mail Service in Alaska has beenpere
pared,and its enactment recommended*
... By "¥. A. S."
V7E DONT SEEMUCH CF THE TWO CARL
CARLSONS here in town lately. As
Big Carl Carlson is pretty nearly
always out on the Trail running his
Transfer. Little Carl Carlson lately
had a fine chance that any boy or
girl in Chitina would give their pr
of false teeth to have gotten. Lit
tle Carl told Gillcam that be wanted
a ticket to fly to Me tor thy with him
on his next trip. Giliam said that
he had to go to Cordova and J:Ld:aTt
want 'to land at Chitina cn his way
back. So Gillam said if Little Carl
wanted to,- he could ride to Cordova
with hiih free and back as far as
Chitina, and then on to McCarthy &
hot make any stop here,and only be
paying one passenger fare from Chi
tina to McCarthy which is only about
sixty five miles. So friend Carlson
got a free ride of 262 males to Cor
dova and return. "Wny can1t we All
be like that bird?* It was in the
Zenith six-passenger plane.
U.S .Comrnissioner- •iJrine day isurt it?"
Drunk (pinched}**I>on91 pun, Judge, pleas
THE LAUNCHING OF THE NEW "NORTH
STAR",fort he use in Alaskan wat
ers of the Bureau of Indian Affaixq
marks the passing of the good lit**
tie ship "BOXER" who has now had
its day. The cost is $389,390.00.
The christening by a Sour dough ^rl
Miss Pullen,is unique,using a bot-?
le of water from the Arctic Ocean
where the new ship will have most
of its travels. The U.S .Dept of tar
Interior selected the name North
Star,v/hich was suggested by'Ernest
Walker Sawyer of Washington,D.C.,
who is a great friend cf Alaska.
THE WAY QT IKE NORTH COUNTRY.
Men and customs are stern in this
country and punishment is sure. A'
few days ago a number of solemn
faced men led another man out to the
edge of a lake at the outshirts of
this town.He had a helpless fright
ened look as they approached theLake £
there stood a device that has hurbd
many another $an into the great utn
known.The poor man,white 8c trembling
was put in a 6eat by his companions
8c strapped in,a sort of sock cap
came low ever his beaded brow.V/hen
he was properly placed & securely r
strapped,the men all stepped back
watching gravely & intently. The
operator took his position 8c with
his hand on the controls examined
his switch carefully.The life of His
poor victim was now helplessly in
his hands.
The man who seemed to be in ch
arge said**All ready** & nodded totbp
operator,at the controls,who thrust
in the switch.There was a sigh and
a roar and a flash of light as the
sunshine was relected from the gin
ning steel propellor and Gillam todf
off with Charley HeWitt to fly to
Cordova. Charley had been guiltycf
neglecting his teeth or of not eat
ing spinach when he wa,s a boy,and
he had one that ached so bad that
he had come 150 miles from SAlina
to Chitina to find a dentist,only
to find that he must go 130 miles
further lo Cordova.Charley wot1 Id
have put on his snowshoes and mushe.
ed re Cordova,but his friends felt
sorry for him ?„nd wanted to putrhim
out of his misery so t hey put him
in the plane,and in a little over *
an hour he landed in the dentist's
chair in Cordova. . „
By special Oanespcn.
SOME PEOPLE heie bought tickets on
a diamond ring that was to be raf
fled at McCarthy last fall.Nobody
has ever heard anything about it
since. What kind of a game was 1hat?
•
"I don't like" the tone of your redid*
That’s’no radio,it's our washing
machine.*’
e.** Comfortable Bungalow to rent