The Cordova daily times., 1921-05-23
w. H. Gilchef of Nenana Tells of Sourdoughs Seen Dur ing Winter in California and Elsewhere

in the coast states, mostly iNe. the Los Angeles section of California, I Mr. and Mrs. w. H. Gilcher, former well known residents of Nenana and Fairbanks, have lodkted permanently in Utah, wheratMr. Gilcher will be associated with Frank Moves in a big ranching proposition. Their ad dress is Cedar City,
 we have been travelling some, since we have been out" MT. Gilcher says, in a letter to the Nenana News, from Venice, where they enjoyed several weeks just prior to their start for Utah. "I was looking at the speedometer today and it read $500 touring. Made two trips to San Diego, and the Imperial valley, and yes, we crossed the line into Mexico, just for the fun an everything.
 we made a trip to San Francisco, up the coast, and back through the valley, with numerous side trips.
 San Francisco, including Mr. and
 Mrs. R. c. Wood, MT. and Mrs. Leroy Tozier, MT and Mrs. Tom Me Kinnon," Frank Wood, Frank Manley, Frank Berry, Hunter Scales, Bob
 Menzie, "Kippy" Boomers, Ira Wood, Dave Mutchler George Ray Pat numerous others From Frisco we made a trip through Petaluma to Santa Rosa, meeting Pink Whiskers" Bruning and Charles Dittmer at the latter place. On our way home we went via Oakland, Martinez and Napa, staying over night at the last-named fine hotel and very good business, with Charles Gasgoyne and Bill Ken yon helping him run the place. Paid a visit to MT. and Mrs Louis Rhodes, also at Napa. They have a beautiful ranch near the city. Reed Harris and wife nee Daphne Moody, live within eight miles of Napa, on dairy ranch. 1
 From Napa we went to Sacramento and thence to Stockton, where we met Leslie Drury, former Fairbanks as sayer. He is foreman of the drafting room at the big Holt works. We left Stockton at noon and were in Fresno for the night. Took a side trip to Visalia and came on through Bakersfield and stopped within fifty miles of Los Angeles that night, in the mountains. There was snow on the side of the road--in fact, the day we arrived at Stockton, we were right | behind snow storm. We met Al Raap at Martinez
 "We intended making a trip into Texas, but Frank Manley discouraged | us. i
 Emil Hartwick, who worked at the Tavern Cafe, in Nenana, now has a little cafe in San Diego. The ! Heacock boys and father and mother are also there, Art being employed on the San Diego Union, Len in a joiners shop, and, the father running a jitney Pete Buchholz is working for the Hardy Meat Company and his son, Thaggard, is there also. Also met Bera Mooores, Mrs. Masters, Matt Ryan and a number of others.
 Went down to see Bert Smith the other day. He is working for the company that acquired the Ahl- burg patent fruit stamping device. The brewer who was with the old Arctic brewery, in Fairbanks, is with the same outfit.
 "The Alaskans in Los Angeles are planning to hold a reunion on Mon day and we are. going in to get a line on the oldtimers.
 "We have been in this so-called civilization for almost five months and we both are dead tired of this roaming around. We will certainly be happy when we get settled again. You can talk of your big cities but give me the woods or a small town for mine. Lots of excitement, shows and other attractions in the cities but that all gets tiresome in time too long in the north for us.
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 Elmer Deiser is attending the Los 1 Angeles branch of the University of California. Ernest Foster is solicit ing for a cement company, at Long