Death Takes
Bert £ld ridge
passes away in plane while
EN ROUTE TO ANCHORAGE
HOSPITAL. •
That Abort R. Eldridge, better
known to his hosts of friends as
-'Bert,” pioneer merchant of Me
•Grath, had died in airplane while
being transported by Pilot Blunt to
Anchorage, was the sad, shocking
and most unexpected news received
here in a wire from Anchorage late
Friday afternoon. Death, according
to the message, occurred shortly after
the plane had crossed the highest alti
tude and about an hour’s traveling
'time from Anchorage. Mr. Eldridge
■was on his way to Anchorage hospital,
and accompanying him in the plane
■was Jack Morris, of McGrath.
Mr. Eldridge, up to almost the last
•day, seemed to be in normal health
wnd there was no indication that all
was not well with him. C. W. Frank
ilin, representative of the West Coast
♦Grocery Company, had been with him
for about three or four days, they
having concluded their business af
fairs late T hursday. Thet evening
.Mr. Eldridge prepared an e-xcellent
•dinner, with Mr. Franklin and Com
missioner W. T. Vanderpool as his
.guests,
Mr. Franklin on Friday morning,
having completed his business at Mc
•Grath, was about to take plane for
'Takotna, but before doing so thought
he would call and say good-by to Mr.
•and Mrs. Thomas McLean and Mr.
Eldridge. Calling first upon Mr. Eld
ridge, Mr. Franklin fonnd him some
what distressed, complaining of a
'lump” in his throat and sweating
profusely. Mr. Franklin, sensing that
his pain was probably due to pool
circulation, had Mr. Eldridge stripped
and rendered massage treatment, at
the conclusion of which Mr. Eldridge
reported that he “felt fine." Mr,
Franklin then called upon the Mc
Leans, at whose place he spent a few
minutes, and on his wav back again
called to see Bert. To his surprise,
he found his friend again sweating
badly. Again he partly undressed
Mr. Eldridge and applied massage
treatment to his chest, and again
after some minutes did Mr. Eldridge
repeat: “That’s fine. I feel a great
deal better now." Then, about to. re
turn to his waiting airplane, Mr.
Franklin advised'Mr. Eldridge that if
any change for the worse came m his
condition he must take airplane at
once for Anchorage.
.Mr. Franklin then came to Takotira
with Pilot Blunt, the latter returned
to McGrath a few minutes later, and
shortly afterwards word came from
McGrath that Mt. Eldridge •-•had left
with Pilot Blunt for Anchorage.
Albert R. Eldridge wasi-boriuin Illi
nois about 62 years ago. Little is
known of his early life, except •. that
as a •young man he'trvwvdd to the! Da
kotas, and prdbably lived in other
parts of the West. IHe arrived at
’Nome with the stampede to 'that
camp, ^where Jie spent some'years. He
arrived about 19L0..at McGrath,?where
he later opened^up a, mercantile estab
lishment and where he continued to
reside and thrive up to the 'time of
his passing. He was an . excellent
business man. one of the' highest in
tegrity, one always willing to help.
To mourn his -loss he leaves one
brother, probably two, somewhere in
Illinois, a son somewhere in Washing
ton State, as well as other relatives
GOVERNOR
FOR PRESIDENT i
AT the Territorial Convention at Fairbanks, Jan- \
uary 22, 1932, the Democratic Party rtf Alaska j
unanimously endorsed Gov. Franklin D. .Roosevelt j
for nomination for President. It instructed its dele- *
gates to the National Convention to vote for him, f
and at its request the undersigned filed as candi
dates for National Committeman and Delegates
and Alternates to the National Convention.
If elected, we pledge ourselves to carry out the
instructions of the Territorial Convention.
J. J. Connors, for National Committeeman
FOR DELEGATES
T. H. DEAL, Fairbanks
A. A. SMONBECK, Anchorage
HARRY F. MORTON. Anchorage
JOHN W. TROY, Juneau
W. & KIRK, Juneau
JOHN G. MVALMER, Juneau
(Mr. Wahner filed because-the
declaration of Mr. John B.
Powers, of Eagle, Fourth Di
vision, did not arrive in time.
If elected, he will give hie
proxy to Mr. Powers.)
FOR ALTERNATE DELEGATES
P. C. McMULLEN, Seward 8. HELLENTHAL, Juneau
J. C. TODD, Valdes ALLEN 8HATTUCK, Juneau
ARCH MCDONALD, Ketehikaa
^ residing at YakiAA,-' .WaSU^afltLuotliter
puits.
! The death of 'Jfifc.ESdir2djij& maana
: a direct loss to the McGrath and. TBj
kottia communities.. He was a. man.
of many frieuds-nooe who. mades
friends and helduthom-c^all of-, whom
w.ll mourn his-passing.
JOHN GRIFFIN REACHES END.
(Continued. from ...Page 1;)
only yesterday afternoonihat. he con
sented to go to Fairbanks .to.obtain
medical ..attention. His .assent to the
.atter was brought about through the
urgent solicitation of. C^W. Franklin,
representative of the. West Coast Gro
cery Company, and Chris Petersen,
manager of the Takotna. General
Store.and. also administrator of the
F. C. H. Spencer estate, in which lat
ter matter Mr. Griffin was heavily in
volved.
John Griffin was a native of. Ire
land, and at time of death between
65 and 70 years of age.* Ha spent a
f number of years in .the .mining game
: in. South Africa. Leaving. Johannes
! burg at the time of the-Klondike ex
citement, he arrived in-Dawson, about
1893,- and went to Fairbanks about
1904. He came to the Dphir district
. about 1908.
Deceased is decared to have left an
estate approximating about $100,000.
He .is reputed to have had an invest
ment of $40,000 in South Africa,
i aside from which he is credited with
j having a substantia bank balance, as
1 well as mining and other holdings
Surviving Mr. Griffin is a brother
j in Sacramento Valley, alifornia, living
on a large ranch, in which both
brothers are said to have an equal in- |
terest, and a sister and family in San
| Francisco.
At this writing nothing is known
as to. funeral arrangements, all of
which will depend upon the wishes of
Outside relatives.
A- Correction.
An error, quite inexcusable and at
.the same time most regretted by the
vKusko Times man, occurred in the
.last issuein, publishing the names of
.those i present at Miss Margaret
-Clough’s Li birthday party. The little
function, was attended by that young
lady’sr schoolmates, :and the party, of
course, would not have- been copipllete
without the presence of their pre
ceptor, Miss Beth Anderson—and she
was there and added- to the jollity on
.that occasion.
Ai» you a Kuako Tfcmas subscriber?
Why not join the happy throng ?
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
Nbtiee is hereby given that the un
dersigned has been duly appointed
administrator of the estate of Otto
Christian Christensen, deceased. All
parties having claims against said
estate are hereby notified to present
McGrath
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administrator of said estate, at .
Bethel, Alaska, or at the office of hi#
.attorneys, Messrs. Albright and Tay*
.lor, Fairbanks, Alaska, -within six
months from and after the data of
+ His notice.
•Dated, .April 16, -1932.
O. .C. "NERBY,
Administrator Estate o’f Otto
Chr stian 'Christensen, de
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