NABAMUTE MAY
BECOME LARGE
MINING CENTER
(Editor’s note.—In response to
—made in the columns of j
The Kusko Times for articles from
ATir reader? on the history of their
communities, past and present, we
received the following interesting
article on the village of Napamute
from Mr. Sam Voich, veteran trader
and operator of one of the largest
general merchandise stores in the,
Kuskokwim area. Again, we ask ■
our readers to send in articles along j
this line concerning their respective j
tonhnunities. We are sure 'hey will)
prove very interesting to the great
majority of our readers as well as.
informative 1
BY SAM VOICH
“J read iB the past issue? of The
Times articles ©n the east and -pree
dit'history of different plitv- along
the Kuskokwim River; "and thought
a brief history of past and present
activities of the town of Napannii© ■
might proven of some interest
“I cannot call Napamute the cen-"
ter of activity, but this is Napa
mute as she was in the -past and as
she is today-.
“Napamute wa? established ip
190? as a trading post by Geo. W.
Hoffman and became well known
among the oldtimers Hoffman diea
in 1932.
First School Established her© ' 1
The town is located on the nortn:
bank of the KuafcRkwim and its pop
aation is 110 people—25 whites and
the remainder natives. This is the
first postoffide in the middle of the
Kuskokwim and * the Napamute
school was the first . Territorial
school established-'!!! this 'area.
■“There is a trading post and j
rwadhouse which see as good and!
just a© large -as any to be found
'-’sewhere in this ’ part of The Kus
•oikViir.
Napamute is an important supply
point for prospector? and trappers
up and down the Kuskokwim for a
long distance'
Will Be Producing Camp
Jack Brink is prospecting now on
New York Creek with good results,,
and then* is little doubt- hut what -
this will develop into a good produc
ing- camp within a short time.
Nat Browne, Jens Kvamnre and
- he writer are sending a party- into
the Holitna section with summer
trf^dw? - and—-aviation txansporta-.
tion to prospect ground -on which
they 1 tepvo- a- lay, Four . punt©? of.
gold was taKen out of this ground*
when it was being casually looked1
over previously
May Become Mining Center
“We hope ’in the near future to
have a big mining camp Hear Na
amute, namely. Dominion Creetc. a
tributary of the Aniak River. -
“Chas. Hoffman arrived here re
cently from his drilling trip on Do
minion Creek where he was working
in company with Chris Dahl, also
of Napamute. They are-reported to
have some very good ground.1
“So, perhaps in time. Napamute
may truly be known as the “Center
of ^Activity” fqi rthis section of the
Kuskokwim.?
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LOCAL
Ed Nolette in From Yankee—
Ed Nolette arrived in town from
Yankee Creek, Wednesday. Ed owns
considerable mining property on:
Yankee and exper ts to considerable '
work there this summer.
Takes Ophir Men Home—
Pilot Don Goodman landed* here
late Wednesday evening with a load
of freight. He picked up Arvid Lar
son and Ole Blindheim and took
them to Ohir. then returned to Me->j
Grath.
Correction—
The four young men. Fred Crois
sant, Martin Aid rs, Very] Card and
Albert Yrjana, who arrived last week
did not c-ome with Pilot Goodman as
was stated in the last issue. They
were passengers of Pilot Savory,
flying a Star plane.
Enjoys First Plane Trip—
Pilot Ralph Savory landed in Ta
kotna yesterday with a passenrer
from Ophir, ^.Albert Johnson. Mr.
Johnson is an oldtimer in this coun
try. He enjoyed his first ride in an
airplane on this trip. “If I was 20
years' younger, I'd fly one of these
planes myself,” the sourdough' told i
Ralph.
Priest and Teacher Go Through
Plot Dan Victor stopped in Takot-1
aa for a short time Tuesday with
two passengers: Father Parange,1
of Holy Cross, and the schoolteacher
from "Napamute. Father Parange
is making a trip to Juneau and the
teacher(who was too busy To give
her same), has finished her term
and Is flying out to her home in Se
attle.
Freighting Night and Day—
Joe Oates, local freighter, has put
on a night shift and is freighting
out of MoGrath 24 hours a day. He
has considerable freight left to haul
for the local N. C. store and' is at
tempting to finish it up so that h?
can start on his freight contract to
Candle Creek before the tra l gets
too soft. Jack DeLane is driving
the “cat” on the night shift.
Here On Business—
Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Savage ar
rived in Takotna via the P A.A.
plane Tuesday. They are stopping
at the Takotna Roadhouse. They
are remaining here for a few days
looking after business matters and
Will then fly to their home in Flat.
They have just returned from the
States where they spent the winter/
Theyflew from Juneau to Fairbanks.
ANOTHER DOUGLAS PLANE
CRASHES IN ARIZONA
LOS 'ANGELES, April 5—Anoth
er large Douglas airlinar crashed
in the wilds of Arizona. It is be
lieved all lives were lost.
The ship took off from Los Angel
es with eight passengers for New
York, where it was to be shipped to
Holland. The ship was not rad:o
equipped and was last seen over
Arizona.
_t Search planes located the wrecked
craft Tuesday. They were unable to
land at the scene of the wreck, but
reported that the ill-fated ship had
apparently caught afire on crashing
and no sign of life was observed. A
rescue crew has been sent out to
reach the wrecked plane.
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! SCHOOL NOTE j
Make Trip Across River—
We went across the river Wednes
day afternoon for physical educa
tion and nature study11.
n -hi Pa s Inspection—
Eight have pas:, d their health in
-pection tests each morning t^iis j
week with 109 per cent:'- Yllrr.a.
Henry, Arthur, Freddie, Martha
Jean, Adeline and Frances.
Sisters Visit School—
We werphased to ha"e Edith,!
Adeline's sister, and Eleanor, Jean's!
little sister, visit os Tuesday after-j
noon. -
Six head in Stars—
Those who were dism.ssed early
on Friday for receiving the most
Stars were: Arthur, Vida, Vesta,
Vilma, Martha and Freddie.
Write ‘April Foot' Jokes—
On April First, we wrote ‘April
Fool' iokes for our language lessons!
We liked those which Frances and
Henry wrote, tbe best.
And 'Pede’ Fell For It—
I fooled Pede this morning.I
said. “Your hair Is all mussed up."
He said, “Is it?” “T said, “Yes.it
is.” Then he wetit to mother and
said, “Is my hair all mussed up?”
I said, “April Fool, Pede.® Then he
laughed at me’and h laughed back at
him.
Frances Guskey,
Second"Grads'.
An April Fool Jcke—
Very early in tb? morning last
April First Crist Mahur came over
and said. “Henry, I been broke your
re;gh.” I r.sh=d him how he br-ke
J, ’ H™ euid. 'T br^n put a big Jog
• n him and !■■■ sit down.” I wert
to ser 't. He began *o tr ;gh. He
said, “I fool you, April t ool.” Every
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time I saw him th*t ia«r he said,
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Hery- Miller,
Sixth Grade.
Makes Three Trips in Monday
Pilot Goodman made three land
ings in Takotna Monday returning
to Anehorage after the last one. He
made a trip to Pocmar »rrd;brtHfcht
back Mr. an«f- Mrs; Clarence Zaiser
The rrmng couple bo#1 baity are go
ing to make Takotna"- their future
home. Mrs. Zaiser is, a daughter of
Mr. and Mrs JoJn^Rieck, proprietors
of the' Xugger Roadft&iee
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