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Saturday October 2fo,d I'.<20
TOPICS IN BRIEF
(Literary Digest)
Wheat is going down, unbe
knownst to bread. — Wichita
Eagle.
Henry Ford has reduced the
price of flivvers again. His mot
to is a rattle for every child on
earth. — Brooklyn Eagle.
The Volstead law may have
improved the country’s health
but it has increased the nurn
ber of ailments requiring a pre
scription with a kick in it. —
Associated Editors (Chicago)
Between the income-tax and
the campaign fund collector,
these are sad days for the idle
rich.
GEOLOGICAL REPORTS
FROM MAYO B. C.
Dr.W. K. Cockfield, Dominion
Government geologist, has re
turned to Vancouver, B. C.after
completing examinations of the i
mineral areas in the vicinity of!
Keno Hill and Mayo, Yukon Ter
ritory.
From the Yukon Dr. Cockfiald
brought a message of extensive
development by the Yukon Gold
Company, a subsidiary enter
prise ot' the Guggenheims.
That wasatKeno Hill and from j
there it was expected 3000 tons
of o-e would be shipped by the
company this winter. The ore
assays high grade silver lead
varying from 200 to several!
thousand ounces of silver toj
the ton, and about fifty to sixty
per cent of lead.
Dr. Cockfield w-s at the head
of a party of four and this sum
mer his activities were confined
exclusively to the Keno Hill
area, a distance of about sixty
square miles.
The principal ore found is]
rralena, side rite manganese,
occasi mally enriched with frel
bergite. The gold content is
very small, the proportion not
exceeding $4 to the ton.
Placer mining lias been suc
ceeded by stamp mills on the
banks of the Upper Stewart
River, where Mayo and Reno
Hill are Incited; although on
Highest Creek a dredge vv .s in
operauon tins summer for gold.
HATTLE OF THE MOOSE
A trio of big game hunters
who arrived in Anchorage last
week report witnessing a terri
fic battle between rival leaders
of two big moose herds on the
Kenai peninsula.
One band of mote than a bun
died moose was sighted which
was approached by a band of
about thirty, led by a bull with
a <U inch spread ol antlers.
After the usual preliminaries
the bulls charged each other
I with terrific force, the leader of
i the lesser herd Leing thiown
back on Ins haunches with a
deep gash on his iorenead.
He later arose and accompan
ied by one lone cow, staggered
aw'ay, but was shot by tut
“sportsmen”. The animals paid
no attention whatever to tne
ha man spectators.
“Your personal business interests '«uld be bettered! by k
bank connection. We believe tiut tl is bank can serve you
advantageously."
BANK OF ALASKA
Cordova
Capital $ 1 7().000.< H)
Alaska’s liiancli I >. rK mu Svsierri
Sk.\ow\y Wra.nokll Anchorage
Copper River
and Northwestern Railway
'"he following schedule will be pub into efleot.
Trains leave Cordova tor Chitina Monday and
Thursday.
Trains leave » diitina for Konnecott Tuesday and
Friday.
Trains leave McCarthy for Chibina, Sunday and
Thursday.
Trains lew* 7-iibmi for 'Lrdova, Tuesiiyand
Fridays
The above schedule subject to chanjre without notice.
CALEB COiiSEH Supt. F. W. SOMMER Agent
F. H. FOSTER
ATTORNEY
Notary Public Real Estate
Transactions of all Kinds
Regally arranged
Cordova, Alaska
A R0T1C BROTHERHOOD
CAMP 33
Meets every Monday evening
at A. B. Hall. Visiting members
cordially invited to attend these
meetings.
EFFECTIVE APRIL 1st.
Initiation Fee $10.
Monthly Dues 50 cents.
J. W. Nickel! A. C.
McCarthy, Alaska
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