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By Voting the People’s Ticket You Will Elect 7 Good Councilmen
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\(|l.l ME ONE. XI MBER EIGHTY FIVE. CORDOVA, ALASKA, TUESDAY, MARCH 1<», 1915. PRICK TEN OBfW'S.
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WORK ON ROAD TO BEGIN THIS SPRING
ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR
K~; i THE LADIES TO REGISTER
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Tomorrow afternoon, between the
hours of 2 and 4 o’clock, Registrar
Mickelson will be at the city hnll to
register voters for the muncipal elec
tion. Last Wednesday ,twenty-eight
enrolled and it is expected that even
a larger number will register tomor
row. ’’
CLAIMS BONDED
PORT ILLS
DISTRICT
Gunwold Ohm, who is now In Seat
tle, has bonded to Seattle parties a
group of claims at Port Wells known
ae the North Star group, owned by
himself, “Scotty” Malone and Mrs.
C. K. Hanson. The papers in the deal
were received on the last boat, and
have been executed by Malone and
Mrs. Hanson. It is understood that
the purchase price is $70,000.
In a letter received by Mrs. Hanson
from Ohm, the latter states that the
parties taking the bond are to do ex
tensive development work on the
and that he, (Ohm) will sail north at
an early date with a crew of men and
a large quantity of supplies for the
season’s work.
Considerable work in the way of de
velopment has already been done on
property during the coming summer
these claims, and they are generally
reported by mining men to be very
valuable.
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COUNCIL TRANSACTS
ROUTINE BUSINESS
The city council met in regular ses
slon last night In the city hall. Lit
tie business outside of the regular
routine was transacted. The ques
tion of appointing the clerks and
Judges of election was discussed, and
as the council meets on the evening
before election it was decided to defer
action in this matter until that time
As the law requires notice of twelve
hours to the judges and clerks the
meeting will be called an earlier thar
usual, that this formality may be com
plied with.
The names of George Dooley and E
F. Medley. as judge and clerk re
spectively.' were suggested as repre
sentatives of the People's ticket, an<
was apparently favorably received.
Almost Sure la' ;■ Over Gspper River Railway
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Washington, March U>—President Wilson has decided upon the route for the
Alaska Railroad, but the announcement will not be made public until negotiations with
one or two existing lines, which the government may buy, have been completed.
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT WAS OFFICIALLY
MADE EARLY THIS EVENING BY SECRE
TARY LANE, WHO STATES THAT THE AN
NOUNCEMENT MAY BE WITHELD UNTIL AF
TER HIS RETURN FROM CALIFORNIA, WHICH
WILL BE SHORTLY AFTER THE FIRST OF
APRIL.
THE NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE OWNERS
OF THE COPPER RIVER & NORTHWESTERN
! ROAD RUNNING OUT OF CORDOVA, AND OF
THE ALASKA NORTHERN, FROM SEWARD,
HAVE BEEN IN PROGRESS FOR SOME TIME
WHILE THE PROGRESS OF THESE NEGOTIA
TIONS HAS NOT BEEN MADE PUBLIC, IT IS
GENERALLY UNDERSTOOD THAT SECRE
TARY LANE IS DRIVING A SHARP BARGAIN.
AND IF THE GOVERNMENT TAKES OVER
EITHER OR BOTH OF THESE ROADS IT WILL
BE PRETTY NEARLY AT A FIGURE HE HIM
SELF SETS. NOTWITHSTANDING THIS IT IS
GENERALLY CONCEDED THAT THE OWNERS
OF BOTH ROADS WILL MAKE ALMOST ANY
CONCESSION HE MAY DESIRE BOTH AS TO
PRICE AND TERMS WHEN ASSURED THAT
THE PURCHASE WILL BE MADE
SECRETARY LANE ALSO STATED THAT
WORK ON THE ALASKA RAILROAD, ACTUAL
CONSTRUCTION WORK, WOULD BEGIN THIS
SPRING. THIS POINT, HE STATED, HAD
BEEN DEFINITELY DECIDED UPON BY THE
PRESIDENT.
WO AFFAIRS
WASHINGTON. March 16—The
plundering of two houses belonging
to Swedish citizens and the robbery
of Swedish subjects on the streets in
Mexico City, is reported by the Swed
ish Charge d’Affairs there who de
clares the conditions in the city under
Zapata are as deplorable as when
Obregon held the city with the Car
ranza forces. This news is contained
in a message sent to the Swedish lega
tion in this city.
WASHINGTON. March 16—Secre
tary Bryan has instructed the Ameri
lolcan consul at Manzanillo, Mexico,
to consult with the commander of the
American cruiser Cleveland in re
gard to the protection of the life and
property of foreigners in that city,
and to make representations to the
local authorities as to the dangers
which are likely to arise from any fur
ther disregard of the rights of the
foreigne residents.
Consul Williams, at Vera Cruz, has
also been instructed to urge General
Carranza to take immediate steps to
insure the protection of foreigners
and their property in Manzanillo.
WASHINGTON, March 16—Advices
received here state that General Mateo
Almanza, a Cgrranza commander and
his entire staff, have been courtmar
tialed at Torreon for treason by Gen
eral Villa, and have been condemend
and executed. This report was sent
to the Villa agency in this city.
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NEWPORT NEWS, March 16—The
United states dreadnaught PennByl
vania, just completed, was launched
here today. This new battleship Is
prounced by naval experts to be the
most powerful warship in existence.
The keel of the Pennsylvania was
laid in 1912. When she receives her
full armament she will have a dis
placement of 31,400 tons. Her engines
are to be of 35,000 horsepower and
her contract calls for a speed of 21
knots. Her batteries will consist of
tweleve 14 inch guns, twenty-two 5
inc.h guns and four 3-pounders. Her
cost will be $7,260,000.
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Will Go Inside
William Canavan has accepted a
position for the summer with the Val
dez Mines Company and will leave in
a few days for, the Interior.
NEW YORK, March 16—The court
today denied the motion of the at
torneys for Hary Thaw to return him
to New Hampshire, from which he was
extradicted on the charge of con
spiracy. Before the decision was ren
dered a writ of habeas corpus was
served on the warden of the Toombs
prison, preventing him from returning
Thaw to Matteawan before Friday.
SLIGHT BLAZE BRINGS
OUT FIRE DEPARTMENT
Shortly after noon the fire depart
ment was called out to subdue a slight
blaze in the Horseshoe. The fire
started in a small closet under the
stairs, and for a moment looked seri
ous, but a few pails of water put out
1 the blaze before the firemen nrrived
on the scene. The orgin of the fire is
a mystery, as there is nothing of a
combustuble nature stored in the
closet.
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A fresh supply of Augustine & Key
or‘s Candies received on the las'
steamer. S. BLUM & CO.
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Looking After Trade
W. K. Martin, the Alaska represen
tative of ituhstaller's brewery of Sac
ramento, is in town, circling among
the trade. He is of the opinion that
when the Prohibition law goes into
effect in Washington state, this busi
ness will naturally go to California.
MIL LINE
SETTLES WITH
SEATTLE, March 16—The officials
of the Admiral line of steamers have
reached an agreement with the union
longshoremen, granting the demands
made by the men. All the other
steamship lines plying between this
city and Alaska are having trouble in
loading and discharging steamers, the
union men refusing to handle cargo
until their demands have been grant
ed.
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Is Again With Old Friends
W. H. Lear, who formerly worked
at the Horseshoe, and has been living
at Juneau recently, is circling among
old friends.
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Hon't miss It! If it Is the last thing
you ever do, take in the dance on St
Patrick's Night.
SEATTLE NOT A
MARKET
The strenuous efforts Seattle is re
ported to be making to retain the fish
ing business of Alaska, which the
Canadian city of Price Ftupert threat
ens to take away, apparently does not
have much effect in securing for Al
aska shippers of fish anything like a
square deal. This is illustrated in the
case of Hamilton & Cole, of this city,
who some time ago shipped 32 barrels
of salt salmon to a Seattle fish broker
for sale. Twenty-two barrels of the
| fish were sold to San Francisco' con
! cerns for $9 per barrel, and two days
later 10 barrels were sold to Tacoma
[ parties at $5 per barrel, a fluctuation
1 of $4 per barrel, which looks as though
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1 present profits looked better to some
| Seattle houses than future business.
I When the broker had deducted his
commission and other charges, a check
was mailed for the balance to the con
signors. Deducting from this amount
the cost of barrels, salt, etc. their net
return for the shipment was a trifle
less than $1 per barrel for the work ofj
catching, cleaning and salting the fish.
It is very evident that Seattle Is not
a good market for Alaska fish.
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R. L. PATTON COMING
TO LOCAL CABLE OFFICE
W. n. Gilbert, operator In charge of
the local cable office, yill leave for the
outside, and will be stationed In Seat
tle. Mr. Gilbert's position here will
be taken by Ft. L. F’atton, now of Seat
tle, who was formerly in charge of this
office. Fie is expected to leave for the
north about the first steamer in April.
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MKIILEY LAKE
Four gold quartz mining claims,
known as the Camel Back group, and
owned by Norman Rice and R. R.
Beebes, of this city, have been bonded
by out side capitalists, through the
agency of Capt. VVm. N. Armstrong.
The purchase price is $40,000. •
These claims are situated in the Me
Kinley Bake district, and are said to
be very valuable. So far nothing but
the annual assessment work has been
performed in the way development,
but a remarkable good showing has
been made.
Under the terms of the bond, work
on the property must begin not later
than June 1, and must be pursued con
tinously, winter and summer, with not
less than two men employed. The
parties taking the bond have also
agreed to put a mill on the property if
the development work shall open up
sufficient ore to warrant its installa
tion.
QUAKE VICTIMS
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ROME. March 16—The complete re
turns. carefully gathered, from the
district In Italy devasated by the earth
quake last January, gives the total
number of persons killed as thirty
thousand. This does not Include those
pefsou who died afterwards from in
juries received or Illness resulting
from the quake, which will swell the
list by several thousand.