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MEXICO CITY, Aug. 23—The fam
ine situation in this city is worse than
it was during the days of the Zapata
occupation of the capital. There were
twenty-five deaths from starvation
within the last few days and the prices
of all kinds of foodstuffs is prohibi
tive. It is feared that the starving
people will break out into violence
unless the Carranzaites in control do
something to relieve the terrible con
ditions which are rapidly growing
worse. Corn, which should be plenti
ful, can only be bought by the wealthy,
and the poorest of the people are
eating herbs in an effort to keep alive.
The infants and younger children are
suffering the most.
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SHIPWRECKED CREW ARE
GRATEFUL TO CAPT. GREGORY
Capt. Bing Halleck and T. J. Hast
ings, of the schooner Favorite of Cor
dova, which started from Douglas for
Warm Springs Bay the latter part of
July, and losing its course finally
landed on the beach three miles from
Point Hook, desire to tender their
thanks to Capt. Gregory and crew of
the lighthouse tender Kukui, for
bringing the ship-wrecked men to Cor
dova. The schooner is high and dry
on the beach, but does not appear to
have suffered any from its experience,
and as soon as the prevailing high
wind goes down an attempt will be
made to launch the Favorite of Cor
dova.
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LOCAL JOTTINGS
The Edythe O. was in port yesterday
on her way south from Anchornge.
E. M. Bates and wife have engaged
passage on the steamer Alameda for
Seattle.
The tug boat Pioneer was here yes
terday for fuel. She is on her way to
Anchorage.
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Supt. S. Pedersen, wife and daugh
ter, MisB Esther, will return to Seattle
for the winter on tomorrow’s steamer.
Mrs. P. Borgman and daughter,
Miss Erma and son Willie will be out
going passengers for Seattle on the
Alameda.
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Attorney P. M. Tamany and wife,
who have spent several weeks very
pleasantly in Cordova, will return to
their home in Seattle tomorrow.
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H. Stanley Cooke, who has been in
charge of the Hamshaw properties in
the Chisana and E. H. Erost, the book
keeper, arrived in Cordova from the
interior camp Saturday night. They
will leave for the states on the steam
er Alameda.
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Sam Rlum and family will be out
going Alameda passengers for Seat
tle, where they will spend the winter.
A trip to the Panama exposition will
also be made.
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SAN RAFAEL, Aug. 23—Abe Ruef,
the famous San Francisco politican,
walked through the gates of the peni
tentiary here today a free man. He
expressed his delight at once more
being able to experience God’s sun
light and free air whenever he wished,
and hurried off to visit friends in San
Francisco.
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LOST—A bunch of keys, enclosed
In black leather holder. Finder please
return to this office.
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TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 24, 1915.
LILLYLANTRY
The celebrated Favorite of two continents
In
“HIS NEIGHBOR’S WIFE’’
A Tense Drama in Three Acts.
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The future prospects of Chisana as
a producer are very discouraging un
ess more discoveries and new pay is
found than that which is already be
ing worked. Up to August 12th the
James-Nelson properties had only yield
ed $155,714.85, with only 250 feet of
ground left on No 6, which will proba
bly bring the full production of these
properties up to about $160,000.00.
These figures are still lower than the
estimated production which was
placed at $175,000.00. Taking the pro
duction of the James-Nelson proper
ties as 3091 of the total production of
the camp, Skookum Gulch and No. 2,
Little Eldorada Creek excepted, the
total production for the present year
will be about $135,000.00 Had it been
possible for Range on Skookum and
Whitham on Little Eldorado to put
in a good slucing season, instead of
being handicapped for want of water,
these figures would have been materi
ally increased bringing the possible
output for the season up to $175,000.00.
The James-Nelson people are going
right ahead with their ditch with an
idea of going over the ground which
Hamshaw worked as well as figuring
very strong on the side pay. They
have stated at different times that it
was possible to get two-bit pans in
Hamshaw's tailing piles, but Ham
shaw's foreman, with an enviable re
cord as a miner in the lower country
and considered one of the best, if not
the best, in the Chisana District has
never been able to obtain the results
which the James-Nelson people claim.
All of claims No. 4, 5, 5 Fraction and
6 Bonanza Creek as well as No. 1 and
No, 1. Fraction Little Eldorado will be
worked out. This is the ground which
the James-Nelson neonle fienre nn
hydraulicing next season. As virgin
ground, and the best of it at that, it
produced less than $175,000.00. They
will also find as Hamshaw found it
that there is practically no "side pay.”
The creeks are so narrow in that dis
trict that in some places, and not a
few at that, the cuts run from rim to
rim, but where the cuts do not run
from rim to rim, the pay cuts off short
and does not gradually peter out as is
most often the case and where there
is anything about the Hamshaw old
workings that will justify the install
ing of a hydraulic plant is one which
the miners of Chisana feel very skepti
cal.
It will be surprising if there are
more than fifty people who will winter
there this coming winter, the ma
jority of those who are leaving are
buying or building boats and floating
down the Chisana and Tanana Rivers
into Fairbanks, though many plan on
going outsilde coming out by way of
McCarthy. The reason for the river
trip is easily seen as those who go
that way figure the cost per person
does not run over $20, besides their
getting a greater amount of baggage
moved than would be possible were
they to pay 25c a pound to have it
taken to McCarthy.
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Groceries
Good goods, good service, right
prices at Cordova’s Co-Operative
Store. Phone 21.
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Rescued by Sailor.
Miss Helen Kepper, of Denver, a
tourist on the steamer Dolphin, fell
overboard while the steamer was at
Haines, and was rescued by Victor
Peterson, a sailor. The sum of $100
was raised to buy the sailor a suitable
gift.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 23—Mrs. Brugie
res, who was reported to be one of the
two Americans who lost their lives
when the Arabic was torpedoed by a
German submarine. Is now admitted
to be dead. Her son. who was also
on the boat, confirmed the report of
the loss by cabling to relatives and
friends in this city. He said that they
were together in the water when the
ship sank, and for twenty minutes he
could see his mother, when suddenly
she sank and did not again arise to
the surface. The son made efforts to
reach his mother but was prevented
by the action of the wind and waves.
NEW YORK, Aug. 25—The body of
Mrs. Brugieres has been reported,
found. ^
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