Bill Hummel First
Air Passenger, Mc
Grath ta Fairbanks
Brtl Huraneli, 1st it be recorded,
wii the first airplane passenger to fly
from MoGrath to Fairbanks.,
One night, ten days or more ago. Bill
was taken with a sick .spellv-oue of
those recurring attacks which to him.
at those times- base made life almost
unendurable, so agonizing was the ac
companying pain. He imagined lit In
digestion or something akin. At any
rate, (on the evening in question, be
was igain attacked, and it was not
many minutes before two or three run
ners Were scurrying bare and there to
find, so moons who knew something
about indigestion and who could in,
some way render a little relief. Sev-|
sral women came; ditto men. This ad
»isory board got busy, and thought of
many things that migiu or might not
give belief. Oh, for an emetic. Hot
water; with and without salt^ internal
ly, notii it ran out of hia head hair
pores; rolling and rubbing; hot appli
cations—from all of which came no
aeticekble relief. Eric Hard then took
Bill in his arms, handling him the same
as a child, tossed him up .and down,
stood him on his head, etc.* and still
no apparent relief. Someone suggest
ed laudanum, That didn’t sound goqd
to Bill, but he took->uet & Little! more,
perhaps, to please his visitors-than- for
any other purpose. He bucked on any
second dose. It didn’t sound good to
him—as a matter of fact it sounded
dangerous. Then someone suggested
mule. But what was the use? No
animal , like that hereabouts, and .if
there ware-r-well, it would be the las;
oca that he would stand for.
At any rate, Mr. Hummel suffered
terribly from the time of his attack,
about .9 in the evening, until about 7
the next morning, at which time the
pain began easing. V
But out of all those groans, twins,
agonies, contortions, distortions, or
whatever one might call them, Ger
trude Rody, who for several hours did
all possible to lessen the suffering of
the patient, thought she- saw some
thing coincidental. She was reminded
of a woman frieDd whom she had
nursed some time in the past. This
friend suffered the sauna way, aad all
symptoms were similar. To Assure
herself, Miss 1.110(17 the next morning
sent the following telegram:
Tokotaa. April 18, 1924.
Dr. Romig, - * 1
Fairbanks, Alaska:
We have a very; sick man here.
Symptoms very much like gallstone at
tacks. Attacks are about three. weeks
to month! ^part.” Only get relief by
cleaning the stomach. Also supposed
to have sngiqA, pectoris. Advise bjt
Wire. GERTRUDE Rody.
the above same the
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la response to
following:
Seward, April 20, 1924.
Gertrude Rody,
Tokotna, Alaska:
Send sick man to McGrath on Wed<
nesday. Air mail plane will take him
to Fairbanks hospital. Will see him
there, ’ r Dr. JEJomic.
The two telegrams tell the whole
story. Suffice it to say that on Tues
day last Mr. Bumruel was conveyed to
McGrath by Jack Mutohler, and. inci
dentally, Quite a few Tokotnan* found
excuse to go to the lower town j»* bid
goodbye and tender best wishes fbr a
speedy recovery to, the departing ooe
Aviator Etelson, in his sixth flight,
left Fairbanks »t- 6:45, and lauded at
McGrath at 3:30. bringing with him a
good-sized consignment of mail. De
parture was made at 11:35, and the last
heard was that ’piano, pilot and. patient
had landed at Fairbanks about 3 p. m.
Eric Hard and Bob Lowrie are two
of iha latest who would build an air
plane. Id pursuit of this idea, after
the mall plane landed at McGrath Last
Wednesday, it is averred by several,
they were so busily epg&geid ip design
ing the same that they came upon the
ball room doer that night just the
hand was playing “Home Sweet Home.”
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Mr. and Mrs. John RSeck and famiiyj
the Misses Clara, Helen and Elsie
Rieck, will leave within the aext few
days for Spruce creek, where they will
make their home for the summer.
Frank J. Guskey
Notary Public
McGrath, Alaska
Statement of the Condi tiotrof the
Miners & Merchants Sank of Idltarod, Alaska,
At the close of business April 7, 1924.
Resources; > .
Loads .$ 23,959.00
Overdrafts... 383 78
Cash .. 25,222.34
Bui ion. ; 861.25
Bui ding .. 2,000.00
Fixtuies... 1,000.00
Bonds. 65,248.08
Liabilities. --
Capital stock._.$•' 25,000.00
Surplus .. 7,000.00
Undivided profits . 686.84
Deposits._. 63,475.87
Due to banks.. 22,511,74
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Total.
8118,674.45
Total....8118,674^45
J, Lee T.-Pence,. Cashier of the above-named bank, do solemnly swear
that the abova^taleotenpis tvue to the best of my knowledge and belief.
| Lee I. Pence, Cashier;
United States of America, )
Territory of Alaska . f55'
Subscribed to and; sworn to before me thislOth day of ApriU.-1924. -'<%>
Geo. W. Aijbkecht,
[Seall: Notary Public in and for the Territory of Alaska.'
Mv commission expiresJune^G, 1927.
At Reasonable Honnl
Mrs. Robert E. Lowrie
T7tT
Former Interiorites
Now On tlie .Coast
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Anchorage, Apml 18.—Among for
mer Interior]tea who went from here
to Seward to witness the arrival of the
world flyers were Mr. and Mr*. Charles
Stanford, Mrs, E. P. Werner and Miss
Dora Werner. The 'plaoes were the
first that Mrs Stanford ever saw, and
she was as excited as any little girl
when she saw the "birds" as they cants
sailing through the high mountain
gaps. Mrs. Stanford has been in Alaska
! twenty three years, arid she said she
> would gladly have given ten years of
i her Ufa rather than misled seeing
them.
Fred Beaureac, a former McGrath
ite, is now in the employ of the Alaska
railroad, painting cars.
Tommy Roberts, former chef of,the
steamer Tana, and who with his. facsr,
ily resided at McGrath last winter, ie
now a resident of Seward.
E. Z. Roberts, former chef for the I.
D>Company on Ganes, is also located
at Seward.
Tommy Jasper, formerly with tha
Alaska Tread well Company at Nixon,
is now emplojed at the Seward Grill.
Jim Newman, former oldtimer of Mc
Grath and the Kuskokwim, is located
on a fox f%rm not far from Seward.
Dili W epuer* former McGrathite, has
a couple of good-looking propositions in
view, one at Seldovi* and another at
Kodifk. He left a couple of days ago
on a visit to both places.
Mr. and Mri. Victor Hill, who were
Yesterday arrivals for a brief town
’visit, returned this afternoon to their
Victor gulch home.
L. F. Bullard and Owen Gray, who
returned here Thursday from a trip to
Nixon, left yesterday afternoon for Me*
Grstfe._
Albert Peterson, for many Team a
resident of the Ruby section, wan
among yesterday’s arrivals.
Pete Michels, from Flat, headed for;
McGrath, was a Thursdav arrival.
Mrs. Bessie Ravmond, McGrath, was
a Thursday arrival
John Holm is a recent arrival from
the Outside.
Matt Vaughn left yesterday for Yan
kee creak. ______
Scotty Anl® left yesterday for Mc
Grath. ___
Seattle.—A half dozen steam whalers
are being overhauled for Alaskp ser
vice. - _
Berlin—William Bayard Hale, Amer
ican writer and editor, died here Tues
day.
Tokotna,
First Class in Every
Resuect *
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- Prlratelropms, with aprinrlbeds.l
Good Meals Served ;
for^
Bath room, with unitary toilet.
i Pure well water.
Good, clean dog bouae.
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Getting Ready for
Summer Operations
Flat, April 20-Jerry Wtoo©, Dan
Buckley ;aod Bill Hereford, all well
known old timers, are on the pick list.
Dawson A Keller, Paul Reimer(Bud
weiser) and Felix Boucher hare moved
large quantities of supplies to Moore
creek durine the past few weeks, pre
paratory to summer operations.
Ira Wood aod his crew are putting
boats in shape, getting ready for the
summer season.
Matheson Bros. A McKenzie, on the
Beaton dredge, and the Otter Dredge
Company opened their mess houses a
few. days ago, and crews are at work oo
both boats getting them in readiness
for the coming season's operations.
Several operators are cleaning
ditches, among them the Richardson
Bros., on Discovery, Otter.
Bill Thoms, at the bead of Fiat, has
opened bis mess house and is doing
preliminary work.
Jaka Mutchler’s tractor is temporar
ily out of commission, through a slight
break received a few days ago. Repair
pair arv alreadv on the way.
Washington.—Manager Butler an
nounces tha: Cool Id ge baa 563 dele
gates, enough to einch the nomination.
Seattle.— Mrs. F.J. McArthur, prom
inant church and charitv worker, waa
killed in an auto collision, Monday,
Tokotna Radio Station Schedule.
Following is tbe schedule now ob
served by the-Tokotna radio station'
whrk pars...
»:4S a. m.—Receive from Anchorage.
11:45 a. m.—Send and receive Iditarod.
11:00 a. m.—Receive from Anchorage.
2:00 p. m.—Receive from Fairbanks.
2:30 p.,*.—Receive from Anchorage.
3:30 p. m.—Send and receive Iditarod.
6:16 p. as.—Receive from Anchorage.
SDHDars.
16:46 a. a.—Receive from Anchorage.
1:00 a. m —Send and receive Iditarod.
4:00 p. m —Send and receive Iditarod.
4:30 p. ra.—Receive from Anchorage.
□ Pittaburg.—Madame Fleanora Duse,
famuli* Italian tragedienne, passed '
away Monday, death resulting from in
fluenza. _
Chicago.—Eight firemen and one
civilian were killed when a burning
wall topplad on them, Thesday,
Palatka. — The Florida republican
convention elected ten delegates for
Coolidge.
Notice to Creditors.
Please taka notice that the under
signed having been appointed byt the
Probate Court for Innoko precinct,
Fourth Division of Alaska, as adminis
trator of the estate of Thomas Robin,
deceased, and bavinr duly qualified as
such, all persons having claims against
tha said estate of Thomas Robin, de
ceased. are hereby required to present
the same to the undersigned within six
months from the date beieof.
Dated Tokotna, Alaska, April 10tb,
1024. J. H. McLean,
Administrator of the Estate of
of Thomas Robin., deceased.
f. O. address. Tokotna, Alaska.
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