OPHIR NEWS
ARTICLES
BY CHRISTIAN BOtC.EN
(Special Correspondent)
Wednesday. May 5
Drilling Crem Busy—
For about a week, past, Greenberg
iitd H<»!ky have been engaged in dril
Uvg on the Innoko Flats, at the
couth of Spruce Ccreek. on the
property of the Ophir Development
Company. Everybody here are in
gnat hopes that they may obtain
iutisfaetory results from their dril
fir-gV as that would mean a great
deal of good, to- this camp.
Hating Excellent f'rogress—
John Repo, of the Ganes Creek
Or edg’.ng Company, spent Sunday
a id Monday of this we -k in town
at*d nrtumed to Ganes this morning.
Eepo- says that they have already
C mantled the steam rig on the
fredge and have one diesel engine
installed and will so n have the sec
end one set up. The work has been
done under the supervision of Frank
.'has chief engineer of the dredge,
mho bas had Ions' experience in the
t anufacturing. installation and run
afng of diesel engines.
F’msh Hauling Logs—
The Hard ‘cut/ driven by Tom
Glaiier. and the Oates 'cat/_ driven
by Joe Oates, fin shed hauling in
gs from Wa-fcingtoB Oreek for
Cotila & Hard, a couple of davsago.
This morning. Oates went to Victor
l» haul wood for Victor Hill,
»nd Tom started up Ophir
Creek. with a It ad of supplies fort
Huni & Johnson on upper Ophir
<_ • ek returning in the evening for
ts >ther load
< •--ifers With Partner—
Rilph Sar ry. piloting a Star
Tilaae ?.n fit up—I mean the plane.
• f o ime, landed in Ophir after 10
struck, ft belrrtr uitc dusk. He
.■nogtrt as passenger; fr m Moore:
> -eek. Gus Fotila. who came over
* confer with his partner, Eric
Hard, and Fritz Awe, who is on his
way t«* Flat, The plane stopped over*
r'gbt and will he leaving with Uotila
ie ‘ Awe as passengers for Flat th.s
(\ .dctidays morn ng. Mr. Awe will
L of real far tee* the famous Mar
ket. < roup err Fiat Creek with a
*■' a<!ir» this ssmn.er.
/’oire For Visit—
.foe Oates and Joe Jr., “mushed" in
rate Saturdaj evening from Ophir
there they are engaged in hauling
sjgs for various mining c • “eras. Af
t .tending to s me bus;r.ess raat
(< r*. they munrv d o *.n.- in n ag hu •'
tardy Monday morning-.
Nt.NAN'A ICE MOVED
jSJT—Aprd 30, at 11:30 a. m.
*918— May II, 9:33 a. at.
7939—May 3, 2:33 p. m.
!. 20—May IT. Hi:45 a. nt.
13Z1— May 11. 5:42 a m.
T922— May 12 at 1:20 p. m.
It23—May 9, 2 p. nt,
1924- —Mat 11 at 2:10 p.' at
1925— May 7, 6:32 p. m.
192S—April 26. 4:03 p. nt.
1927— May 13. 5:42 a. m.
1928— May 6, 4:24 p. m.
11*29—May 5, 3:41 p. m.
1930— May 8, 7:03 p. *n.
1931— May 10, 9:23 a. m.
1932— May 1, 10:15 a. m.
1933— May 8, 7:20 p. m.
1934— April 30, ej ; 07 p. m.
’935— May 15, at 1:32 p.m.
1935— April 30, 12:58 P.m.
1937—* ? 7 7 7
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WHAT’S DOING
IN McGRATH
BY MRS. DOROTHY TIBBS
(Special Correspondent)
MAY FIRST
Kruhm To Fairbanks—
Bill Kruhm. who is cooking: at Can
dle this season, came to McGrath
Tuesday, enroute to Fairbanks on a
business trip.
Taken To Hospital—
Alexy Wilson was taken to the hos
pital Anch< raee. Sunday, by Pilot
iiarnh.il. Mr. Wilson was said to be
suffering lrom blood poisoning.
File Mink To Anchorage—
pil-t Earnh 11 moved all of the
mink belonging to Arthur Berry.
fr< >rr. Med fra to Anchorage on Sun
day. Mr. Bern,- is taking the mink
to Homer, where he has purchased a
.anch, and intends to make his home
there. Mr. and Mrs. Clint Winans
purchased the Bern,' trading post at
Medfra. recently.
New N. C. Manager—
Jack Ferguson of Fairbanks, arriv
ed in McGrath, last week, to assume
managership if the N. C. Company
store here, during the absence of L.
L. La-ka. Mr. Laska plans to vaca
tion in the States for a short time.
Working At Candle—
Joe Condry has beer, work ng at
Candle for the past two weeks.
Makes Business Trip—
Victor Nystrom passed through
McGrath iast week, enroute to Fair
banks on business.
I TAKQTNA ;
j SCHOOL NOTES !
,‘n’v T»o Wieks Left—
Thor. srf two rr.ore stock -
school loit?
Pretty Decoration's—
V’’ sr.d Martha decorated our
blackboard? this week Witm some
very pretty apple blossoms and - rob
ins.
Finish Panting Calendars—
Freddie and Henry, who have been
painting calendars for us each month
made the last ones for this term
this week. Henry's is a woodland
scene and hreudie’s is a spray of
i uses.
Receive New Maps—
We are pleaded with cur new cab
,net. of n ar-.' which we have just re
•iv an ar. sure that they wil1
"ivc added interest to our geography
classes, as well as other classes.
W” V.ork:re Hard—
We sre still work’ng hard to make
this as* month our best. All of us
received more stars last week than
we have had for several weeks.
See First Robins And Ducks—
Henry wa~ the first to s«• a rob'n
•his week and Adel'ne saw the first
dn ks. which flew over May 1. Sev
eral of us have s-en cranes and
swans. A robin hooped onto our
porch today and sang for us. Per
haps he saw the birds on our black
board.
Work On Plane—
Freddie and Henry have beer hn-v
this week working aroufiB Ralph Sa
vory's plane.
Suggestion Brings No Results—
The suggest'on in the paper last
week concerning a means of getting
e r w rope to the ton of * tfur flag
pole was a very good* he, but as
yet we have had no. aPfliearions.
(We’ll send o^r handt man over
tomorrow with instruct bs to get
!bat Ti • e on that pole if he has to
cut the pole down to do it.—Ed).
Japanese interests torve*contracted
for th • ourr-hase of the entire output
of co-■: e*- concentrates of the Granby
~’;ne in 81 C.
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The Best of Meals and Beds
GOOD DOG BARNS
• •
Everybody Welcome Mrs. John Fieck, Proo.
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iA K'AL
Ophir Men To —
Pilot Savory left here Mtmday with
two passenger? front Or*4r for An
chorage.
Zai«er Working At (lamp?—
Clarence Zaiser is now out at (lanes
Creek where he is employed by the
Ganes Creek Dredging Compart.
Whassa Matter, Jack?—
We are wondering what-is the mat
ter with Jack DeLane's hair? He
never removes his hat tatspedaya; and
he used to be so politfc -
Victor Hauls Freight—
Dan Victor was busy Tuesday
morning, flying freight out of Ta
kotna to Yankee Creek for Felder i
Gafe.
Dredgemaster Arrives—
Emil Anderson and soir arrived here
Monday evening from Anchorage;
with Pilot Dan Victor. Mr. Ander
s' n is dredgemaster for FeKiPr" &
Gale on Yankee Creek, He spent the :
winter in Berkeley, California, return
ing on the last boat.
Frd Marks Visits— ~
Fred Marks came over from Me-,
Grath Tuesday evening with Woddrow'
Vanderpool and his dogs. to visit for
a few days. Fred recently returned’
from Anchorage where he spent sev
erai weeks Taking- medical treatment
■ t .he An horage hospital.
p>‘w'r t’arty And Dance—
A birthdav party and dance was
given las- Friday evening in honor
of M!s« Mamba MiT’er. celebra-ing
her 14th birthday. Mcs;c was furn
ished by Andrew and Henry Miller.
A lar-e n-’irbtr of townspeople at
tended the narty. Three kind* of
al e ard coffee were served during
•he festivities. A lively evening was
n'oyed by the "ue-ts. There was
only rw comnieim among the ladies,
"nd that was ?he shnrta~e of meri:
S*-.jr thing unusual in Alaska.
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Fond mama's write-up was swell, the
society editor thought, until she
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bonds of maternity.” "Time will
tell.” was her comment.
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