IVo Airplanes Alight
On Takotna Landing
Field Inside of 4 Days
A vi--itii.tion some importance t«
Fakotnu‘n.s‘ one! to the people of this
section generally was the alighting
hew on .Tuesday last ot' the airplane
Fairbanks No.. 1. in charge of Aviator
Crossen. t .its being the first airplane
to latiil' here.
Tin airplane, coining from Hc
r.rath,, had passed' over tire town the
day previ-rtis on its way to Flat., hav
ing as a pa.-senger Mrs. Mattie
rosby, who arrived at McGrath over
•h vvint°r t.ail from Nenana some
lays ago. and who. owing to the un
expected early trail breakup, was
halted at that ioint fro nj proceeding
further toward her destination.
Returning' Tuesday front Flat,, the
Fairbanks No.'I hove in sigh* to Ta?
kotjiaus about .1 : n. nr., ihe residents
generally ieing-"ii -he toekouwto give
the plane rhe * once over” or “once
mder, ' ta . vu please-. Ir w«« gen
■i"ijl; known tontMihe, plane was
scheduled *o wifn to .McGrath. al
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though none hereabouts harbored any
notion that a landing would be made
here.
MilSs away, from theopposrte side*
of town, the plane, far up in the]
clouds,, was first, espied by those of
“remarkable vision.” On, on, closer it
came. Then, {it a point directly op
| posite town, the plant; took a quick
turn, crossed over the, river, soared
over the. hign hill landing field, soared
• over and beyond c lear creek, and then,
making a beautiful, bird-like turn,
headed igjjin for the landing field
anti then alighted.
And in the meantime, pronto with
the heading of the‘plane for; the hill
landing- well, in circus parlance, the
lug parade was on. Up, up the hill
trail they went, ..11 eager to hear the
doings and anxious to get a close
view of the first .'iirpl;in% to land, on
Takotna soil.
Thi unexpected, the unlooked,-for,
had happened. Takotna’s landing
field had finally eceived a pntctical
dedication. .
And, what is more,-and of far
greater importance, is the statement
of Mr. i rossen, who 4s credited with
saying that he wished all 1; riding
fields were as good #s, the one. be
landed on here.
Aviator Gross en, after visiting iir
town for a couple of hours, took de- ;
j parture for Met,rath, from which
i point, shortly afterwards, with Billy:
Jones, of Candle, as a passenger, he I
headed his plane for Fairbanks.
Aviator Bennett, in His New Plane, 1
.j Also Arrives.
Aviator A. A. Bennett, in his brand
new machine, also arrived last night.!
word having previously been tele
' phoned to the \T. C. Co. here th;rt the !
! plane was on its way. The word was!
i received here anout K: o’clock, and in
.less than 1 minutes afterward the
plane had made a. landing on the hill
field, where tin* aviator and new ma
chine wert greeted by a goodly num
ber of Takotnans. Also coming up
| from McGrath was N. G. Hansen,-N.
j ('. manager, to whom Mr. Bennett,]
through various overhead stunts, just
prior to landing}-seemed. to he giving j
a touch of “high life.1’
The n«w machine, following its!
alighting, was given a most critical 1
inspection by those assembled on. the ‘
hill, all of whom praised it most
highly
The plane remained here only about
halt an hour, when it again took an
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Grath, from which place Aviator Ben
nett took flight, today for Fairbanks.
The Sea Wolf No.- 2, Frank Larson,
master, arrived Tuesday from Mc
Grath, bringing upseveraj thousand
feet of lumber from the Innoko Lum
ber Company mill for local consum
ers, together with a number of short
ages. Also coming up,were Frank
Guskey, one of the owners, Ike Hayes,
Einor Carlson and Jack Dunn. The
Wolf returned to McGrath on Friday.
Mrs. Robert G. Lowrie, who left
here in the latter part of March for
the Outside for the purpose of secur
ing medical treatment, underwent a;
major operation at Thornton Hos
pital, in Missoula, Mont., on-May 12,
according to advices received here on
that date by Mr. Lowrie. The mes
sage stated that the operation was
most successful, and gave hope that
Mrs.- Lowrie would be able to leave
the hospital after a few days’ con
valescence.
The'new McLean Roadhouse, locat
ed in the former Hoi no building, re
modeled and much improved, Mrs. J.
H. McLean proprietor, opened its
doors to the public on Wednesday last
and is now in full operation.
Joe Oates and craft,Jef.t here Wed
nesday for McGrath, baying as pas
sengers Joe McDowell, Joe Ferris,:
Fred Morlidge and Charlie Ross.
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Charlie Mespelt returned yesterday
from a trip to Gafidle,' pad left this
morning for a trip to Gam's creek.
John Holm left this morning for I
the Carts edge camp
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Leo Rodrigue, well known chef, re
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Larson House on Wednesday, and is
taking a rest of a few days before
leaving to assume another engage
ment. Mrs. W. H. .T<jnes ,-ticeeeded'
Mr. Rodrigue at the Larson HBUse and
is now in charge of 'affairs at that,
hostelry.
The Government steamer Jeff Davis J
is reported to have left; Nenana for
Holy Cross May 14, an unusually
early date.
Freighter Hilly Jones and Bob Rob
erson were yesterday arrivals from
Little creek.
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