The Nenana news., 1922-01-05
FORMER INTERIOR OLDTIMER
 SAYS HEART IS IN ALASKA


 the Fairbanks district and for sever al years 8 resident of Nenana, who is now located in Centralia, Wash, has written the following interest ing letter to Harry Davis, of the Terminal, under date of December IS:
 Tn looking over the Nenana News 1 see that you are back in the old stamping ground again. Well, I don't blame you. My old friend Jim Burrows sends me the papers and believe me, 1 enjoy every inch of them. It makes me homesick when 1 look over the paper and read about my old-time friends. I would rather spend two hours with an Alaskan than 8 week with an Out sider. There Is something about man from the Far North that really cannot describe.
 Il have met quite a few Alaskans down here. On Armistice Day I met Judge Erwin in the garage with Dave Courtemanche. The judge" was on his way to Texas and Cali fornia.
 Jim Mulally formerly of Fox) has garage and sells cars and parts and looks the same. He has two fine looking boys.
 Ed Keys lives here also. He is { selling real estate and looks fine on it. He would like to go North again who wouldn't?
 You remember old Chris, who worked at the Model Cafe in Fair banks? He was in last week and he looks just as fine as ever. He is working at sawn1ill for an cid friend Of his. about nine miles from here.
 Charlie Nelson, who operated on Dome Creek, comes in here quite often. Andy Brevick, my mining 1 partner, passed here last summer on his way to Portland, in a new sport model Chandler car, and with . camp outfit and ten bottles of but any way. the most of his trou- ble here was to keep me away from l his car. Andy has a garage in Seat tie.
 Frank Rotch was mere some time back, with his wife he married in France. She is some fine looking woman. Frank Is just the same as ever-no hat on and with a pipe and plenty of tobacco. But believe me, he made some record for him self while in service.
 MT. and Mrs. (Blly) Lawrence , were here last summer and spent 2 couple Of days with Us. They have not changed a particle. Bill works at the Buick Co.,, Seattle. He has a Buick car and is getting along fine. ! Three years ago Armistice Day landed in Seattle and i: has been 3 long three years When I first came out did not feel like looking for 2 job ard it was six months be- fore l made up my mind to go to work. I finally wen: to the A,nes shipyard and there I stayed eleven months. l met all kinds of men they would steal your lunch, coat, anything you didn't have tied to you. Well, anyway, I got along fine, was tank tester and got everything in shape for Government inspection. One day. when I was getting things ready, who should come up as Gov ernment inspector but our old friend Billy McKinnon, who worked on the boats for the N. c. Co.,, at Fair- banks. I saw by the Seattle Times where he had died, poor fellow. He sure was Q true blue Alaskan i T am working for Pete Olsen, who was on the Midnight Sun when Frank Rotch and were on the boat in 1916. We have a garage and storage big enough to store 30 or 70 cars, and we have the best equipped shop in town. There are 15 garages all told and about ten thousand people. We repair every thing but broken hearts. Remember me to all the boys and when I say boys, I mean up to l 95 years old" := ....... ! LADIES