The Kusko times., 1928-11-03
INTERESTING LETTER FROM
 BOB STOUT, TELLING OF OLD-
 TIMERS AT PIONEERS HOME

well known oldtimer of this section,
 in letter to Mrs. D. E. Clough, re-
 ceived a few days ago, writes inter-
 estingly of former Pioneers now at
 the Pioneers Home, as follows:
 Sitka, Alaska, Oct. 3, 1928.
 Dear Mrs. Clough: You can't inn
 agine. how surprised and delighted I was to receive your splendid letter, so full of news about the "old camping ground,". and also concerning the old timers, many of. whom I consider my true friends. [ thank you for men, tioning everybody, nearly, but there
 are still a few whom I should like to haar ahout-Harvey Mitchell, Charlie Woods, Tom Mclean and wife, Char lie Smith, Von Frank. Mss.. Werner, and Lee Page. think you mentioned all the rest.
 Now suppose you want to hear something about the Pioneers Home,. and d~especially about those you knew ina the Kuskokwim. Well,. these Sibelle,. John Lundberg (the watch- man on the Quickstep), and Al Haynes, from the lower river, came here shortly after did. They are all dead. At the present time there are Charlie Rebhun, Ike Koski, Mir. Rab- i6.eau, who was Gasoline Nick's part ner, Dan Rice, who was at McGrathi when. Charlie Grover shot Phillips, Gus Mc1saac, and myself. They all wish ito, be, remembered to all their friends. and especially to you and Dave.
 You remember Gus McIsaac. He rooms with me and he is fine part nan He is partly paralyzed, but he is cheerful, and says to tell you he is going back to the. Knskokwim pretty quick. Nearly all our boys are. in rooms, two in a room-Charlie Re- bhun and Dan Rice, Gus McIsaac and myself, and Mr. Rabideau with Victor Lord, from Fairbanks.
 Ike.aKoski came here few months ago, and was here couple of weeks before I knew it; would never have known him. It seems he went out to Seattle and went to work for some Finnish friends near there. Finally, after two years, he went to, Tenakee Springs, and from there he came over here
 Charlie Rebhun is quite a character here. He came here with bunch of watchex rings and trinkets, which he disposed of among the natives, and has donessome small jobs of. painting and lettering. He wishes to be spe- cially remembered.
 Now as to the, Home itself. Vel have first-class superintendent. There are 168 Pioneers here, and the, place is about filled up. They built a new addition of "A rooms two years ago, but the old buildings should be torn down and new cement building erected. The Home is splendidly To- cated, right is the heart of the town, and close to the postoffice, churches, and near to the wharves. When the band turns out they always come here to play, and we. have good Thanks giving, Fourth of July and Christi 1 mas. The. Pioneer igloos in general are very good. Ketchikan alwaysI sends $1D0 every Christmas and. Ruby. Iditarod and Fairbanks also contribute Last Christmas MT. Gross,- of. the movies, suggested that all the movie houses of Alaska should ! dontribute one nights performance for the old pioneers. They did so, and raised about $500 in Southeastern Alaska. You may imagine how, pleased the oldtimers were. We all hope the whole Territory will con- tinue it.
 mustn't forget to ask you to- |