OPHIR NEWS
ARTICLES
BY CHRISTIAN BOI.GEN
(Special Correa*-fluent)
THURSDAY. JUNE 10
La. tons Pay Ophir A isit—
Arrid and Air? Larson, ana Fra Ac
Larson mad’ ?. shot .\r*L ~ tTKr.
on business ycsteir.ay. Tr.^Y ,»'.Td
started hydratilioine :ft r .A jfrnmc
on Little Creek.
Working On Spaeldint—
Hati? Hansen .iter -pending more
than a year prospecting on Esther
Creek, is now vv-rking on N:l< Viheis
gr- u tiri on Gold* R«tf> Gr».«pf or. < ti
tle Cnsdc.
Nine Men \t \\ o/k—
W-aiur 1 out ilia has nine men v. t. i -
ing on the diwlse op Little and w ill
start digging today.
Five Lai ployed On Bonanza
Then are f.ve men wo-. me or. ‘ e
Speiack •■end on the Bonanza
Croup lynches.
Ieavnc For Fairbanks—
Fred Croissant, who came to Ophir
fr<-m Pairrer -me Pint ago, together
with Veryl Curd, Albert Yr.ianu and
Si a.-tin Aiders, left today for Takot
tia w th Joe Oa’K. He intends to
take a - Jane to Fairbanks, where he
has accepted a job wih Mark Hays
in hi- filling station.
Leave For Ganes Creek—
Rudy Krans: with Mike Myntti as
a las-.j.ger. ji ft his morning for the
Can-.s C'reelc Mining Co.’s dredge on
Guies and will return tomorrotrw.
I A )(’A I,
Savage Arrives From Flat—
Fat Savage arrived ir. Takotr.a
f ■ ui Flat with Pilot Ralph Savory
Thursday evening:. Mr. F vage came
over to attend the marshal's sale of
the Puntilla dredge t hi.~ afternoon
on Cane:- Oeek.
ftp’ vrite- Vie it Her*1—
" Kadi Kr;\nsi and Mr. Shopp e were
risiors :n Takotm. from < iphir Tues
day morning. I'hey tau t over in a
tr.-tk driven by Kadi, 'the road to
fti h-r "became passable the first of
tho -week.
W " Leave For Fairbanks—
Fred f’r.-bsant arrive- 1 in town
Thursday night fr m Opi:r with Joe
On up-. Fred has a ioli working in a
service -ation for h" v !*•. M. R.
Hay - in Fairbanks. He will remain
in Takotna awaiting th-.y arrival of
fh- P.A.A plane Saturday on which
Ft will lake passage to Us new job.
TVc- wish you a!! the sucec>> in the
r* ’! in your new venture, Fred.
Don’t forget your n- ..u found
fr.enls iti Takotna and Ophir.
Jon- Road Commission Crew —
Jack Morris, who has been mao
ay tig fhe N. C. store here in the ab
sen~e of Jack Ferguson went to
»• rk for the Road C >mmis ion Mon
day. Mr. Ferguson arrived back
from MgCiuth < n the st .ne day and
relieved lock f bis responsibilities.
Jack mo d out to the ARC tamp
Monday night starting work Tues
day morning. He bid his friends sad
adieu whn'e waiting for the truck to
t*ke him to camp.
iTKS. TRIMBLE ARRIVES TO
JOIN HUSBAND \T FOEGKR
A Wien Alaska Airlines, Inc. pLne
landed on the Takotna River in front
of town Tuesaay, bringing Mrs. Trim
ble and son from Fairbanks.
Mrs. Trimble remained < vet night
in Takotna, putting up at the Nugget
Roadhouse. She continued <-n to Fol
ger with Pilot Don Goc*in an Wednes
day evening where she plans on
spending the summer with her hus
band who works for Sirandberg at
that place.
LARSON & LARSON READY
TO START HYDRAULICING
Frank Larson arrived in town with
Warner A i rd from Little Creek
Monday night.
Frank informs us that he and his
his partner, Arvid Larson, are ready
to commence operations with their
hydraulic equipment. They have just
completed the cleaning out of two
miles of ditch and laying of 1300
feet of pipe line and have the water
going through. With the completion
of a drain, they expect to start hy
draulicing.
Frank states that the season is
very late this spring, having made
three clean-ups this time last year.
Remember the Advertisers
' (JANES CREEK ACCOUNTANT
RETURNS FROM TRIE HOME
J. J. Barb, accountant for the
(janes Creek Mining Company, arriv
ed in Takotna Monday with Pilot
Jack Elliott.
Mr. Bach just recently returned
from the Outside where he spent the
winter, having gone out with Capt.
Heinie Berger on the M. S. Discov
erer last fall, on the trip the mate,
barney Smith was lost overboard.
Bach states that there is no dcuht
but what Capt. Berger would be ex
onerated of the charges made against
k*r,- regarding the loss of the mate,
i ft* i ci all biara- by the Pa
> ortr-rJ* and his
is* r.. o' ro'Tria e r,'a»h . >
-•t; D. C
Mr Each visited for a few weci ’
! Califorh r. n-;i re continuing
r *0 h:s home in i‘.g oast where he
tnjoyiid r 'Hrae-:fp>nths visit, retuix
r.g at the on. rf that time to the
r . ~
He nt-rmed to .An’borate rt the
ti c plane traffic was held up nr ac
ouot of weather and ns foieed to
remain there four ten days be! re he
wa aide to >at trans; I’ct’- n out
and hack . his position at Csfc?
Mr Bach hss a notary seal for
th Territory of Alaska, and is pre
pared i.-. do all the notary work sv. li
able. He r-d.c~ tts io inf rm ikose
who art rg 1 . . f? "he So^ai St—
curb • rw : M t they jrtrsi have
their papers . by Notary
Public when app:> Ing *■ t. *
numbers.
Joe Ti-ma arrived with Bach. This
: Mr. Tisma's initial trip to Alaska.
He is an experienced c'irnabar miner,
having worked in the Etna Cinnabar
mine in Lake County. Calif, for many
years. He knows ail steps in that
form of mining from the digging to
finished product, quicksilver. Mr.
Tisma wants to get into the mining
•f cinnabar in Aiasi.a.
SUFFERS SEVERELY CUT
FOOT WHEN AX SLIPS
The M. S. Alaskar. pulitd in from
the logging camp down the river
Monday ttight bringing Dallis Mo
Robe rts and Bill Nelson who have
been cutting logs for E. W. Miller.
McEobers cut his foot with an ax
and had no first aid medicines with
v.hi h to treat the wound. ‘The cut
becam? somewhat inflammed and Mr
Miller was afraid of infect;on so he
brought the injured man to Takotna
for attention.
Shortly after stepping off the boat,
Dallis stepped on a nail which pen
etrated his foot. Luckily it was the
same foot already injured, enabling
h;ni to kill two birds with one stone
and doctoring both injuries simul
aneously.
DaiJis foot seemed to be improving
by Wednesday morning, so he anu
h:> partner, Bill N'elsen returned to
thc r timber camp with Woodiow
\ anderpool. The latter reports that
they made the 13-mile trip with his
kicker in 30 minutes.
1 he boys have their logging con
tract nearly finished and Will start
I. ;dir.g the logs to the mill site the
-rst of the week. Mr. Miller expects
" have the mill set up and operating
out lumber within another week.
Wherever yru mat- he I'vatH.
send in whatever news von mar
have and help us to produce a real
newsy newspaper. Send some today.
THE TIMES RECEIVES POEMS
FROM MISS EVA LAWRENCE
When the Wandering Reporter was
visiting in Flat some time ago, he
met and uncovered a budding young
poetess in the person of Miss Eva
aw re nee, aged seven. Eva promised
to write a few poems for The Kusko
Times. Just when we began to think
that Little Eva had forgotten her
p: omise, in drops two little poems of
her composition which are printed
below:
TWO LITTLE GIRLS
Trfo little girls dressed in bluet
They were very nice pals,
Brave aiid true.
"wo litj<- girls went out tn play,
On a fine summer's day.
SANTA CLAI'S
anta travels far and near
Santa leaves his reindeer here.
Santa travels en the ice.
Santa’s very very nice.
ANCHORAGE man makes
FIRST VISIT TO TAKOTNA
Don Goodman landed Tuesday ev
-nirtg with a passenger front Anch
otirage. Jirit Simi. air. S6ni is the
former coerator of the Rex Barber
Shop its An:borage, just recently sel
ing <Lrt. He expects to remaw ir.
Takotrm for a short time looking
into a few basinets matters.
_Mr. Sim: i? frr. air! friend of Joe
vor-s. Itr t *ng .known each other in
Tairbar::s He. and Joe have been
passing the time away by resuming
old friendship artd ecalling exper
ences enjoyed together.
MISS REIDY TO FAIRBANKS
Miss Ellen Reidy flew to Fairbanks
with Wien Alaska Airlines. Inc. Tues
day, stopping over in McGrath to at
tend to snme business at that point.
Miss Reidy expects to be hack within
a few days after attending to a few
important matters m the College
town.
Bill AT THE
TAKOTNA
CASH STORE
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in the
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LINE
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those living in the Kusko
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THREE RADIO STATIONS
GOVERNMENT APPROVED REPAiR STATIONS
LICENSED F'LOTS - LICENSED MECHANICS
MISS ETHYL PEASGWD WILL
VACATION IN ANCHORAGE
Pilot Barnhill landed or, ztiie 2a
kotna field Wednesday morning en
route ton McGrath with a passenger
frcan Anchorage. Alex Wilnsr. said
picked up Miss Ethyl Peasgood, Ta
Miss Peasgood teak passage to Ali
ke ma school teacher,
chorage where she plans on spending
her vacation. She has been enjoying
herself in Takotna since school closed
boating, attending to fish nets and
bear hunting for the "past two weeks
in fact, she is an experienced bear
hunter, having gone bearr hunting
with the Kusko Times force and spot
ted the bear who met his Waterloo.
Th*> resident* of Takotna, including
fV put:y rat and he- kittens will
:^.Si the sc&nttl V- 'shi rl.r?ar>t
voice and ringing laughter 7c
be looking forward to her return
next fall, and welcome her with a
cheerful Xce in the •schoolbause "arid
everything spick and span, shining
with the glisten of new paint -and
the latch string hanging out.
TAKOTNA RIVER CUTTING
NEW CHANNEL NEAR McGRATH
The -TAkotna River is cutting
‘-through -to the Kuskokwim in front
of WT. J. W id man’s store at McGrath.
This will :put Mr. Widman’s store
on an I staid .forming a dead slough
out of the old channel behind the
store on which the present location
of the N.C. store is situated. The
residents of McGrath have been ex
pecting the Takotna to cut through
and take the shorter course for sev
-eral seasons.
TAKES PASSENGERS TO OPH1R
Warner Alford made a trip to Ophrr
with Bob Winbauer and Billy Bruce
'Monday evening. Messrs. Winhauer
and Bruce remained in Ophir where
they will attend to some mining bus
sak.
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