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CHITIHA, ALASKA. Jan* 15, 1933
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THOMAS TIBADEAU HAD SOME TOUGH LUCK
'when'he froze his feet, up near Hab
esna, a little before Christmas.He
Has prospecting on one of thecreeka
He started to go back -to his camp
which is about 6 mi, from .the mifte.
He had S dogs, without a leader, &
when he came to an overfly the dogs
• Started right over it, When ' they
Were about half way over, Mr. Thi
oadeau began-to weigh wo much the
logs had to stop.He jumped out&fhe
dogs started to run away, leaving •
him in about a ft, of slush water,
in 50 below weather. He was about
a mi; from tamp. He yelled t6 the
dogs, but the iiore he \ielled, the I
Wore they went. Einaly* the dogs start
ed to circl4 around & came back to
him, & he got on the sled.When he
got to camp he did not know that hi*
his feet were frozen .When h*r went
do take’his shoes pac&s off his
-eft ft. came out O.K. but bis night,
foot'stuck to the bottom of his
, shoe. He said that all the trouble
was because he had no leader dog .
Ur. Thibadeau went to Cordova to
day with Kirkpatrick in 1he Swallow
He is going to Dr. Southerland .Kirk
brot him from Habesna yesterday, &
bould have flowndirect to Cordova,
"iut the landing feild there 'was*
overfloed. Erenchyrs froze* ft.are
getting'along so well under the
same Dr, that'we hope for the best,
for Thibadeau.
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EDITORIAL, ON'FREEZING .How'diffic
ult.'it* seems to us who live in waam
houses, to realize the dangers the
people out of doors & on the Trail
&ust face,But many'Alaskans have
frozen this winter; 3 in this part
Frenchy, Thihadeau,&Jim McKinley ,
There.were 3'people in the Anchor
age hospital, from’freezing,in the
last couple of wks. At Fairbanks a
man frose himself to death,miking
on the lanana R.la s.tni t e, A woman,
& her lettle girl were also frozen
to death farther in the interior,&
yesterday also. It is only 46below>
but better be prepared for the 65
below weather that nay be on the
way yet. When these'incidents are'
told over the radio, or bjr friends,
they are said in a matter of fac t
way. They do npt show dissympathy,
but there have been so many Such,
cases, in the last few months,that
it is getting to’be take* as just a
matter of cource,& unfortunately it v i
does not make as much impressionae J
if it were unusual.Human Nature is j
like that^'—"
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DICK UPHRENEY FORMER CHE IF OF THE
Natives who abdicated in favor of
Harry King because he was havin g
bad luck with his leg which' h&d
to be amputated a while ago, is
having more >ad luck, A few days,
ago, he was very sick & had’ quite
a number of bad hemmorages, lt*s
a good thing he lives so n^&r the
nurse at the new hospital.As his
wife died not long ago of a comb
ination of T,B. & pnmiamonia & he
had several small’ children, Dick
is a fine workei* who made the gar
den last summer, by weeding,lying
down. He'has many friends ' who
help him, as they know he has hard
work cutting wood with one leg, &
among them Sport McAllister. Old
Sport wanted to get married sev -
!1eral times but it cost$16.& he
said that was too much & he never
did yet,Sport may be short on merey
but he is long on helping his
friend. _
LITTLE’’ FANNY JOE,DAU. OF FORMER
Chcif, Comfort Joe. Is recovering
'nicely from the burns she recei’ved
a little while ago. She come s’
from a very fine Native parentage
He father was a man well thot of
by the Natives‘being highly resp
ected as cheif. He was also a
good worker' among the whites vher^
he was for four yrs. a foreman.
Working for the man who took ths
contract to make an open cut out
of the R.R. tunnel,We wish Fanny
the best of luck for the future.
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Still mushing to the worlds fair,
Slim Williams gets the report that
he is getting ont The Canadia n e
all alohg the way are treatinghin
royally, especially the Northwes\
mounted Police, They have been s
very friendly bunch, & helped hin
out in many ways. He still has
to breack Trail a lot.
k PROGRAM OF DANCE MUSIC & £0£IM
3ongs was broadcast*Wed.P,M« iroji
Anehorage Radio.Sta. for Nelson $
kelson of Chitina at the request*?
bus GbIIbs, who represents the
National Grocery Company in Alas
ka. & was much appreciated.
Editor;"Your pastures are not
(shady enufi\r
[Artiat:"But just wait until ,troa
see the jokes that go with them,”
Xt takea'£.tp.65 nuts to put a da r
together,but just'l to setter it
all over thevroad. {QV&f)