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CHITIFA, ALASKA. ~EPT. 6, 1931
JOHN ARNOTT KILLED
A few days ago Mr. Arnott got aiifr.
tie full so his wife went to get
some of the R.R. boys to help her
while he was that way. When she got
to the meat house she heard a shot
^o she hurried to the R,R. place &
got Martin Fredeen. When she was
half way back to the house she told
him she heard the shot. So he thot
it would be good to play safe so
he went back and got Martin Penn -
eman h John Summas to help him.
When they got to the house the fou
nd him dead on the bed where he was
left. His hands were behind his
neck and there was a bullet hole in
his night shirt and one going thru
his heart the aorta and thru his
left lung and nicked his spinal ch
ord. The next day the Marshal and
the,Cpmmissioner went.,up and. took
a look at th'e'plabe but there was
n't much so they waited until the
doctor from Kennecott could come
down. He cut him up to find out
v/hat was wrong with him. A few cfeys
after that quite a party of people
Marshal Sorby, 0.A.Nelson Commiss
ioner, and 2 sons Adrian & Philip,
Mr. W. JsT, Cuddy, wife, & 2 sons,
Daniel & David Went up there to
find put the rest of the mystery.
They think that some one shot him.
Mrs. Arnott came down to Chitina a
few days after his death. Wien
they went out in the cache'they
found 2-o- egg cases of beer. It was
freshly made as when they opened
one of the bottles there was hardly
any fizz and ijj had not fermented
very much. In the house they found
quite a few bottles of Rhubarbwine
The boys broak the bottles with
their Guns (22's) and some they
broak with other bottles. They made
an inspection of the German Iuger
with which he was shot. They found
one bullet still in it. It was
also found that besides just going
thru him the- bullet went thru 'the
bed and a trunk under it. It we n t
thru one corner of the trunk and
was found in it. He was taken t o
Chitina and had a coffin made for
him.
Dan & David Ouddy came to Chitinu
Friday, 4. They have been visiting
friends. They say that frieghting
cars have been coming in to Valdez
evry boat. To get the fresh food .
Off the boats for the road. The
Cuddy’s are stocking up Valdez with
greyling as nothing but trout grov/
in Valdez.
A FINE ENTERPRISE
15 miles out of Chitina, at Lower
Tonsina it is the first stoppin g
place this end o£ the trail. This
is where Maw Lamson and Gordon Br
anch are running a fox ranch. They
have 51 foxes in all. Half of these
are about i.eviy „tc pelt. 34 are pupa
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(A Fine Enterprise)
All fine blues and silvers. TfEhere
are scores of rabbits for them $o
feed on. Gordon says after you work
with them a while it gets mighty in
teresting. The only trouble is. that
the foxes like him too well and get
at the food by being to friendly
with their keeper.
Mr.HANS HITMAN;
Is very well known and liked t n
hundreds of Alaskans. Recently h ©
went QtTtside vi& Valdez to go tot^e
hospital for treatment. He is from
Gnlkana Lodge out the Trail, and is
one of tve men tl'at is making Ala$a
the good place to live in that itds,
the.Trail. Hq had to unload many
lBreak his back pitting it
on again to get np thes^teap and
bad road.'of :Taztina hill in tve
early cays, \Tr ±gv was a tong’ one.
cans never being afraid of hard
work.Tve vill glaciates and is very
slipy and soggy in winter. And c&&y
in summer. He has been, making many
trips to Valdez this summer friegv -
ting supplys. Vle wisv him tve best
of good 1-nck and v'ope ' Q vas a good
and mighty s^ccessfnl trip to t’e
states.
BEaRS IB KSBBECOTT COPPER CAMP
By Peggy Bnggan,Special Correspon.
Mrs. Hnssey and Patty w©a?e picking
berries and walking toward camp and'
heard a panting noise behind them*
T'ey saw a good-sized bear.Troy vad
the Whipples' dog Jim & ve,fonght the
Ji«iM9*lfia8ftr¥anadSi888fol
all nig’~t.T’e bear vas not been seen
since altvo one was shot near camp
t’~e same evening. Miss Watters and
Eric Banielson were picking berries
and saw a bear eating off tKe same
b-nsh. They decided, tley^had vadmfln-*
ongh berries ana started i-gm©. T e
bear followed t^em for quite' a ways
A few weeks ago a bear was seen
rig’t in camp. It was small and bla
ck. Most people agree t’-at it ia a
two year old. It was eating moss
berries and did not seem afraid of
people w’ o went np to see it,nntil
one ®ame too clDse and it ran away.
It ran into tve yard of a h0nse.
T’-en it went np in t’e ’-ills again
probably to finis’ its meal.
SCHOOL BEGAB a'FEW BAYS EARLY on
Sept.1 witJ 7 pupils. The teac^erk
name is Mrs.Cox. T*o kids like her
O.K. Several more pupils are due soon
ERBIE BRYAB“0F O^iE OB THE TRAIL
is performing an autopsy on a fox
that died at t^e 5 Mi. fox farm.
TtfST CADDY'S FBCLI VALDES S^OT-two
spi*nv3^-j-liGiis Q.nd ohg dTtck^^Qrs*
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I/ES.RICHARDS is guard' of Mrs.Tom
Boll at jail,who got drunk and in a
light, krs.Bell t' e lawbreaker, sooms
to likd t’-e bastiio all too ><•,.—.