LOG OF MISS BESSIE BOYD
TELLS OF TRIP TO NENANA
The following letter from Miss Bes
sie' Boyd, telling of her trip to Ne
nana, may prove of interest to the
many friends of that young Indy:
Nenana, March 27, 1926.
Dear Mr. Grant:.
Left Takotna Saturday, mornings
March 20. Stood on the brake till we
got to McGrath.
It snowed quite a bit, and the wind
was Mowing at Tatalina- flats.
It took us three, hours to to Mc^
Grath, and there we only stayed five
or ten minutes. .
Miss Keith went with* us from,
there to Big River. ■ She Stood- the
brake.
We caught the fail team,! but could
not pass, for Charlie Rosa- had. a big j
uad. We got to Big. River Roadhouse j
at .2:20.
V\ e hacL.a very nice dinner that
night, and alstx a -nice bedroom...
There were eleven people there,
that evening'. ChtifcUw Ross wai • talk
ing about dogs, and Peter Demoski
was answering him.: 1 was talking i
about Ginger.' '
Peter Demoski was the first one to
go on to the next madhouse. It was
storming at :Big River, and the snow
was pretty .cold, ■
We were at Nicoli for lunch, and
after lunch we went, right on. to East'
Pork Roadhotrse.
The next' morning we left East
Fork Roadhouse at 8 o'clock, and got
into TeliiiolftoudhoUHef atib dVlodk.
There were- lots of people there—
Mex. Mathieson,- Mayme Wroten,
Mike Blanusba,. A tidrew Dundae, Wm.
Stanton, John Griffin, Owen Gray,
Mis Keith, and quite a few others.
Mama got a beautifu .pair, of gloves
for potlatch, h.
We left Telidd Roadhouse :at 8
o’clock and got into. Lone Star at 1
o’clock.
Hermine Olson-and I went , out
hunting rabbits, and we got only one. i
Miss Keith and I went out and put j
mt some snares. .- We.'onty lgot ono. i
We left Lone Star, at 7 o’clock, and !
got to Minchumina Roadhouse at 5 j
o'clock.
When we were traveling on the lake j
Owen Gray let his leader - Loose, -and
he minds very cicely; •’ The dog’s name
is Arctic.
The'.'roadftouse .nan had six little,
foxes. > I
We left at half past seven and got j
to Roosevelt Roadhouse at 15 after 12.1
After.lunch we-went on to Diamond i
Roadhouse. We got. there about 5
o’clock.
When we were traveling on the
We had a very nice dinner that I
night, served by Mr. Olson..
There was -a rabbit that tused to
come around find eat. what scraps \
were thrown away.
Captain Knaftieh days that I was HI
ten years ago, and ten and ten equal
twenty years.
We left Diamond-at 7:10 and. got |
to Louie Blackburn's place.
He has a pet ermine that catches i
rats and mice. .
He was watching the ermine, and1
the ermine would disappear with an
egg shel, and he couldn’t make out
J. H. McLEAN
Fresh Fruits
Fresh Vegetables
Plenty of Nuts
•iy
Choice Canned Goods
Fresh Garden Seeds
Meats
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what that ermine was doing with egg
shells.
One day he was walking along the
creek. He saw two boles and egg
shells going to meet the holes. It was
bait to each birds. When the birds
light on the egg shells, the ermine
would jump on top of them.
He told me a story about a dog and
bear. One night a-bear, who used'to
come uite often, had come to eat. some
meat, and the dog would’ only say
“Woof.”' So Louie, be blew the light
out and opened the door and caled his
dog and the dog would not come. So
he took him by his collar and tail, and
the bear was coming toward the door,
and the man threw the dog at the
bear, and you ought to have heard
them screaming. The dog made it
for the couch, and the bear was so fat
that he coud not run fast enough. He
just rolled down the hill.
How was that story?
We got to Knight’s Roadhouse at 4
o’clock nnd had » nice dinner. From
there we went to Tavern Roadhouse
and had lunch, and now we are in
Nenana.
Best regards to everyone.
From your friend,
BESSIE SARA BOYD.
Frenzied Fimuice.
Tne.Iate Thomas W. Lawton used
to tell a story in illustration of fren
zied finance;
“Frenzied finance t* crooked fin
ance,!' he would begin. “Well, once
upon a time a bank robber was inter
rupted; in the midst of his delicate
work by the sound of approaching
footsteps.
“The bank robber put down his
•acetylene drill softly. He pressed his
gloved hand—gloved to obviate finger
print*—to hia thumping,heart. Then
the door opened, and a beautiful old
gentleman wHh white side whiskers,
wearing a long* black frock coat, ap
peared.
“ ‘Who are you, sir?' said' the old
gentleman, sternly. .
“ ‘I’m Buster Bill, the safe cracker,'
was the fierce reply, ‘and if you don’t
want to be bored full of holes like a
Swiss cheese—'
“But the old gentleman gave a cry
of joy.- He advanced with * out
stretched hand.
“ ‘Oh, sir,’ he said, ‘I am the presi
dent of this institution, and I • was
afrai dyou were1 an- examiner or in
spector or something. Bit you are
•only Buster Bill, a mere burglar, eh?
Oh, thank heaven for thht! I’m sure
you and I between-us will be able to
to come to an. arrangement which will
be more than, satisfactory to our de
positors.’
“Thetwo men shook hands cordial
ly. Then they went at the safe to
gether."
There never was a time- when we
were so severely criticised by Europe,
and there was never a time when so
many Europeans evinced such anxiety
to land on our shores—Shoe and
Leather Reporter..
Women who went in bathing used
to dress like Mother Hubbard. Now
they dress more like Mother Hub
bard’s cupboard.—Tampa Tribune.
PRK3S SQUIBS.
If only there was some way to pad
lock a thirst—-Birmingham News.
After they reduce the size of paper
currency we'll have less money than
i ever.—Des Moines Register.
The Democrats are always trying
to think up names for Mr. Coolidge.
bu t never asother term.—Norfolk
Virginian-Pilot.
Our private opinion is that the fail
ure thus far has been due to trying
'to mop up the prohibition leak with a
lot of bung-starter appointees.—Dal
las News.
French outbid Americans for. part
of the- Russian crown jewels. This is
a sad blow to our nation’s bandits,?—
Wichita Eagle.
It’s really awful the way the alum
inum trust makes you pay a dime for
a pan that once cost 2b cents.?—Min
neapolis ..'tar.
In 1923, we learn. Federal' and
States government cost $58.71 per
capita. And was worth $..'!() perhaps.
—Norfolk Virginian-Pilot.
Some one comments that Col. House
House had no time to attend the
movies during the Wilson administra
tion. Colonel House WAS the movies.
—Minneapolis Journal.
Of all the people we try to avoid,
we probably exert the greatest effort
in the case of the man who seems to
think he’s the Mussolini of the crowd
he’s wiih.—Ohio State- Journal.
Trouble with every good story now
adays is that it is expanded for a
newspaper serial, condensed for the
screen and rewritten when everybody
I knows the plot.—El Dorado (Ark.!
News.
If biologists are right im their as
! sertion that there is not a perfect
man today on the face of the globe, a
lot of personal opinions here and.
there will have to be.altered.?—Detroit
N ews.
Speaking-of the movement of youth
from farm to town, we believe it
should be limited stricty?—to about 35
miles an hour, say,—Dallas News.
Steady, boy. Those who are get
ting rich in Florida are not the ones
;
Tokoina
Cigar Store
Tobaccos
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Cigars
Soft Dfinks
Fred Dubois
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CHARLIE’S I
LAUNDRY |
McGrath, Alaska
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| A Bath in a Real j
i Bath Tub i
Shoe Repairing
f Sign Writing f
| Paper Hanging j
| Charles Rebhun
| The Handy Man •
who faile dat home.—Akron Beacon
Journal.
It'a none of our business, but we
keep wondering if the king of Italy
has learned to play solitaire.—Pub
lishers Syndicate.
The political pot which the Demo
crats want most to see boil just now
is made of aluminum.—Norfolk Vir
ginian-Pilot.
Refining consists in taking $8 worth
of crude oil and changing it at a cost,
of $2.13 into products worth $132.85.
—Duluth Herald.
A British writer refers to the
1'rince of Wales as ‘'a stabling influ
ence" in British politics. 1. this a
veiled-reference to his horemanship?
—Nashville Southern Lumberman.
The Plngbsh sparrow is disappear
ing from American city streets main
ly because it could not change its diet
from half-digested oats to half-links
from motor tire chains.—Boston Her
aid.
An old-fashioned merchant Down j
East wants people to return to weas-1
ing red flannel underwear. The plan
is inadvisable. People are restless j
enough as they are.—-Detroit Free
Press.
These French tennis players are1
giving the world a surprise. Now it j
merely remains for French financiers;
to follow the example.—Manchester
Union.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
In the Probate Court at Ruby, Nulato
Precinct, Fourth Division, Terri
tory of Alaska, before Stanly R.
Morgan, United States Commis
sioner and ex-ofTicio Probate Judge.
In the matter of the estate of Seth
Steveri Gilman, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the un
dersigned has been duly appointed ad
ministrator of the estate of Seth
Steven Gilman, deceased.
All persons having claims against
said estate are required to present
them, duly verified, with proper
vouchers attached, to the under
signed, at the United States Commis
sioner’s office, Ruby, Alaska, within
six (6) months from the date of this
notice.
Dated Ruby, Alaska, Mare’ 13,1926.
JOHN W. DUNN,
Administrator.
F'Y't publication, March 13, 1926.
L . , . ...cation, April 17. 1926.
PKOFESSIONAI
Mrs. Jean McLean
Notary Puhiic
Tokotna, Alaska
Front Street, Tokotna j
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j Mrs. Fred Dubois - Prop, j
Rough and Dressed Lum
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ALASKA eiflHS NAVIGATiOi
Operating Light Draught Steamers
On the Kuskokwim.
Capt. Wallace Langley, Manager.
A Dredging or Hydraulicing
Proposiiiosi, Yankee Creek
About 7 miles long, extending from No. 1 below discovery to
tho mouth of tho creek.
Pay located al! along for a distance of about three miles from
upper end, and pretty well prospected and cross-cut.
‘ Average depth of ground is from 7 to 20 feet. Top 13 all black
' muck.that can be scraped freely. No rock bigger than one’s fist.
Ground will go from 15 cents to $1 per square foot of bedrock.
Ditch on the ground, 3 miles long, together with water rights.
Ground is pretty well cleared. There is also a drain, 3 miles long.
Also a water right on Ready Bullion creek, from which water can
be brought to Yankee creek with a, ditch less than a mile long
(4,900 foot), with a pressure of 120 feet, being 1600 feet to the
work from the ditch.
After doing away with muck there will be from 4 to 6 feet of
, dirt to handle.
i Only about $11,000 has been taken out.
Proapoeting work during the past winter has resulted in finding
values that run up to $1 per fcquare foot of bedrock.
I will either sell the gTound or give a lease on it. If the prospect
is satisfactory to the bnyor, a cash payment will be expected.
For further information, terms, etc., cajl on ground, or write or
telocT-apj, nae.
EB NOLLETTE,
Tokotna, Alaska.
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