AND BRIDGE AT DELTA OUT THE TRAIL IS
left HIGH Sc DRY. Long Bridge on the
Richardson Hwy at Mi.220 in front of
the glacier,has a short bridge nearby
The glacierstren-m instead of going un
der it as usual,went around it,flood
ing the road so autos canft get acros,
gO THIS TRAILTOO,IS NOTV CLOSED & will
take some little time to fix it,but
they may take another small bridge al
so left high'ndry by a shallower str
eam ,8c piece it onto the one. at Dp 1 ta
to mp.ke it long enuf.The Rond Com.has
its worries,but we common people have
nothing to worry as the Valdez Trail
is still open & Gillam is still onto
his job. __
BIG HOUSE-PARTY AT THE NELSONS.
Five Cordova children & 4 Chitina cncs
▼ MaryAnn & Tim Eckst.rom,Phyllis 8c En
nis Reed,& Ronald Higginson,& Adrian
8c Philip ,Florence & Ore- Nel son, are'
being "entertained by Yfs".0.A.Nelsortyv•
at a grand 2 weeks* party .For a week
we have been trying to figure out how
Mrs.Nelson keeps so healthy with all
the noise(I mean music) of the pianos,
phonographs, radio s, drums, mouthharps Sc
kids. Raspberrying excursions down
the track(hard winter;you know),auto
pides out the highway,fishing'parties"
at the lakes,(50 on a string),& hikes
up all the Mte & hills in sight,help
take up the time.Propelling the "Sea
horses" (red-painted oil-drums made in
to a raft)help develop our athletic
prowess & also our vocabulary( NEAR
profanity? I! )Cakeipdoughnuts,pies & bi<
scuit donations from the charitable *
Clough,Reed Sc Eckstrom incorporation,
help keep us from starving.Mrs.Nelson
fs shortcakes of fresh Raspberries,
( only 5 at -a meal)help use'up excess
berries. Swimming, ba.llgames,woodchop
ing, corn-popping,Sc dishwashing give us
all that envied school-girl-complex
ion & -also plenty of excuse for hitt
ing the hay - sounds fishy,but it*s
true. Phyllis Reed. .( 15)
ANOTHER' BIG HOUSE PARTY AT CLOUGHS’
■bungalow. Uftile the "kids" are having
their party at the'Nelsons’,the eld
erlys,including Mrs.Lilian Heed, Mrs.'
Anna Eckstrom,Mrs.Florence E.K.Clough,
J.L.Clough,& 0.A.HeIson are celebrat
ing at the green bungalow.Shi le the
kids are raising a rumpus up at their
place,it is expected that the grown
ups, are behaving very well,since the
U.S.Commissioner is dining with them
every meal.Lilian Reed Sc Anna Eckstron
are earning their room 5c board by hel
ping "J.L."beaver-board his summer -
home.The "parties" are going to con
tinue an'unknown period of time,until
Sal Reed,of the C.R.& U.S .RR,gets his
bi-weekly local thru again,& comes up
ofc takes them #o "rainy town"(Cordova)
Where the kids will re-enter school.
Tim Eckstrom,Jr. (14)
THERE ^ILL EE PROBABLY MANY CARIBOU
KILLED this year .The'hunting season is
on,opening yesterday,the 20th. This'
includes Mt.Sheep,Mt.Goats,& caribou.
In all cases except females Sc young.
Ptarmigan & Ducks will hot open until
Sept. 1. Geese likewise.
.Mail’ lias not Amc 5c gone' for 2 weeks-w’
Put it in JR.0,t? go whenever possible.
Everybody BLAY BALL This i| the
fist time in very many years Shat
there have been enuff of nearly 1
age to have a baseball game. Now
that there is house party there is
a real ball team Sr the children all ■■
,play nearly every day. It has not
been decided who the champion play
Is so they are all working up.
Ennis Reed says nothing less than
50 innings. 2 base balls have worn
ph.it,,already. iir _
FISH COMMISSION" & MRS. HARDY & Mrs
CRAWFORD of Cordova are making a
trip over the Trail & spent a day
in Chitina on buisness & plesure. .
They stayed at Teikel Rd House &
Upper Tonsina Lodge on the Wllez
Trail where they were entertain ed
in fine style. Tomorrow they are
g»ing to stop at Mrs. Barnes tine
Rd H#use @ Copper Center. <5c Mrs-. ■
Griffiths Lodge @ Gulkana.Both Rd
Houses; are famed for their fine
table & hospitality. Then they wil
go on to Summit Lake & the fine Rd
House % Paxson. Visitors get .the
best of - every thing at that fine
place. _
fOU CAN’T CHASE THESE FOLKS OUT OF
CHITINA. The Eckstrom & Reed familys
did not go down the Line on the Ex
cursion train but were going to stay
■f or a week’ s vacation in Chitino.,&
binding out that the bridge down be
low is out,may have to stay here
MtBft&er than 2 weeks .All the kids su
gested they go home by the Richard
son Hv/y,Keystone Canyon route & cat
ch the 'boa# in Valdez for Cordova.
Or even•the Gi11am Airways.& if he
is busy,Oscar Winchell might'come o
ver from the McGees & fly us,as he
knows this country like a book now.
Wc won’t feel a bit bad about going
over the Trail in a Chevy,or sailing
thru the air with Gillam or T!Tinchell.
Mary Ann Eckstrom.(11 years)
LI STEN TO THIS ! HAPPILY UNITED..
Miss Celia Herro ri from Spokane ,T7n.,
who has been here 2 summers,& Oscar
Quisberg,who is a resident of Chit::
na,were married at 10 o!clock ThurA
evening by Mr .Albright in Fairbanks,
Alaska.Two friends stood up v/ith the
bridal ‘ couple. On their way to the ir
new home in Chitina they stopped at
the hotel at Rapids the first night
& on to Chitina the next day. They
twill make their permanent home here
■as Fr.Quistberg is a member of the
Alaska Road Commissi on. Mrs .Quistberg
has recently been a student at Whit
worth College in VTn.^8c has lately
been a member of the staff of the
Chitina Hotel.Fr.Quistberg is employ
ed in the automobile dept of the A.
R. C• They are both very much liked
by the residents in this part of• the
country .We sincerely wish them suc
cess and Happiness.
30 column.Since going to press we
have learned that CHITINA,KENNECOTT
& FcCARTHY ARE REALLY MAROONED N0TT\
Valdez Trail is how blocked by no
bridge. Snowslide Guleh(MTi 17 outof
Vaidez . is fu 11 cf highwater from, tk
rain wa she d the bri d ge away ther
too. it is only 20 ti; wide however.