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GOSSIP ABOUT
YOUR FRIENDS
The Alaska Copper Corporation will f
resume operations at its property on i
Nugget creek next Thursday*
The bents taken out of the Chitina
bridge by the ice floes will be replaced
next week, when trains will again be g
run across the river. 1
William Anderson, the last of the r
smallpox patients, has been dis- E
charged, and there is no longer any c
of the disease in the community. 1
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How many Cordovans know that the t
Pioneer clam cannery, since it has \
been increased in size, now bears the t
distinction of being the largest clam t
cannery in the world?
Joseph ReeVes will leave on the Ala
meda for the States, and will go from
there to Cananea, Mexico, where he
has mining interests. He expects to
be gone from Cordova a couple of 1
months. (
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W. D. Harding will leave in a day s
' or two for Katalla, where he has ac- I
cepted a position with the Alaska An- J
thraclte railway. It is reported that 1
a steam shovel, new engines and other t
equipment are fceing' shipped from the t
States for use on this road. I
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The Carlisle Packing Company ^
showed its appreciation in a substan- (
tial inanner of the excellent work done j
by the Cordova fire department upon j
the occasion of the recent fire at their j
earinery by sending the department a (]
check for $425, which the latter de- j
sires to gratefully acknowledge. g
Joseph H. Ibach has received a '
cablegram from London informing him *
that the twenty-five blue fox pelts ^
sent to that city brought $250 apiece. '
Mr. Ibach shipped a hundred skins r
to New York, for which he received !l
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only $150 apiece, and in consequence
is $7,500 loser by the transaction.
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Rev. E. P. Ziegler today sent by ex- v
press to Archdeacon Stuck at Fort a
Yukon a painting he made from a t
copy of Ruben’s "Crucifixion.” It is J
about five by eight feet in size, and s
is a memorial to Mr. and Mrs. Walter fl
Harper, who were drowned through J
the sinking of a launch in the Tanana 5
river last fall. S
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MDOVA GOES
OVER IDE TOP
IN LOAN DRIVE
revious subscriptions .$60,900
oday’s subscriptions . 11,460
Total . *72-35C
The above amount is exclusive ol
ubscrlptions from Copper river val
>y towns, Katalla and the local can
eries, which at a very conservative
stimate will be at least $20,000. La
al committees are still at work, and
; ts safe to say that Cordova has re
eemed itself and again gone “ovei
he top.” The exact amount raised
rill not be known until all the re
urns are in, but from present indica
Ions it will be nearer $100,000 that
The local banks will receive belated
'ictory loan subscriptions on Monday
he quota of $90,000.
Today's subscribers were:
Chester Mellison, Ida ©owalder
frs. Charles Argali, Joe Frey, Phi
1'NeilI, William A. O’Neill, Harry J
I’Neill, Jr., J. G. Johnson, Gus Jep
on, Alvah Eames, John George
leaker, Gerald E. Hoadley, Ole Malm
ohn Pietila, Robert Lunday, G. Gul
ksen, John D. Nordman, B. H. Sand
erg, John Wickstrom, Andrew Chris
[anson, J. C. Smith, George Dooley
l. T. Greenig, William Snyder, J. H
Loss, B. F. Miller, J. M. Steffgen
William J. Crooker, O. E. Holmberg
harles M. Rosswog, Ida Dyson,' F
1. Ford, Alaska Transfer Company
I. Brennan, Norman Bigford, Arthui
’erry, Jack Heath, L. jG. Belter, Cor
ova Chapter, O. E. S., Frank Palo
Irs. E. Tuerk, Conrad Johnson, Johr
pitz, Francis Oleson, J. W. Graves
/illiam Hayes, H. P. Hansen, Fred
Ixcell, A. M. Broadfoo, R. H. L
oaks, W. R. Cameron, N. F. Kleyn
/illiam McFadden, H. A. Skog, Fred
eterson, Joseph Kisling, Pete Tay
>r, Lewis J. Day, Mr. and Mrs. P
amany, Phil Rer’ail, A. J. Adams
limy Okahira, A. A. Mitchell, Mrs
[ary E. Mitchell, Nick Delich, Dr. L,
an M. Zesch, Charles R. Auer, Ron
Id Higginson, Andrija Wukiehevich
orothy E. Ward, Jesse E. Rice, T,
Sully, Ole Nelson, H. S. Hutchin
an, G. W. Dillon, Fred Hartwig, John
awson, D. Beaton, Peter Olson, T,
McCarthy, Joseph White, Annie K
loody, David H. Shoemaker, Ivan H
uphellan, D. L. Leaton, John Hed
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strom, Charles E. Rogers, Mrs. Effle
Lindig, Knights of Pythias, Edna M.
Morris, Grant Caughey, John Chllll
guous, Peter Johnson, Bryan Doster,
W. E. Brown, Dlmon NlckolofT.
KANTI8HNA COMMI88IONER
CHANGE8 HEADQUARTERS
The residents of the Kantlshna re
cording district have presented a peti
tion to Judge Charles E. Bunnell ask
ing that the headquarters of the com
missioner for that precinct be changed
from Glacier City to Eureka creek,
and that another person be named to
act as commissioner instead of J. C.
Van Orsdel, who is Outside.
Judge Bunnell will grant the peti
tion of the Kantishnaites and states
that the headquarters will be moved
as requested. To succeed Van Ors
del as commissioner, C. Herbert Wil
son, who is engaged In mining there,
will be named. This will meet with
the approval of the miners of that
section, as it was upon their request
that the appointment of Wilson was
made. “Herb” is a capable man and
will make good.
LOCAL HUNTER
KILLS LARGEST
ALASKA BEAR
“The biggest brown bear shot in
Alaska'1 is the unanimous verdict of
all who have seen the hide .of the
monster animal on display in Dr.
W. H. Chase’s office. In fact, Joe
Ibach swears that his first impression
of it was that it was not a bear at
all, but some mammoth strayed down
from prehistoric ages. And Dr. Chase
is the lucky and courageous man to
conquer this latest wonder. For four
years the doctor has dreamed of and
hunted for the big bear of Hinchin
brook, and now he can calmly point
to his trophy and say “Here he is.”
'Dr. Chase and Joe Ibach left Cor
dova Tuesday for Hinchinbrook
island, and at 1 o’clock Wednesday
afternoon they got on the trail of
spveq bears. For four hours and a
half they followed this trail, and
finally came upon a group of four
bears in some deep, heavy under
brush. The doctor and Mr. Ibach
were below the bears, having followed
up a creek which drowned the noise
of their approach, so the bears were
totally unaware of any human pres
ence.
At a distance of about sixty feet,
and half hidden in the brush as they
were, the position was a difficult one
to shoot from. But the first shot from
the doctor’s rifle entered the bear’s
hreast, smashed four ribs and tore
open one lung. Mr. Bear fell down
and then got right up again, and there
was murder in his eye as he looked
about for his assailants.
Not seeing them immediately, he
made a rush for a near-by tree, and
standing up on his haunches, dug his
claws fnto the tree, tearing down
branches and digging out big splin
ters, all the while giving vent to the
rage within him, not by the regular
high, squeaky call of most bears, but
by deep, lion-like roars which would
have curdled the blood of any but
the bravest.
Over the top of the tree he caught
sight of the hunters and made
straight for them. Dr. Chase stepped
out into the open and waited for the
infuriated animal. Closer and closer
he came, until at a distance of fifteen
or twenty feet, the doctor fired the
second shot, which struck the mon
ster squarely between the eyes, kill
ing him instantly.
As the huge beast rolled over he
was caught between a tree and a boul
der, and now the most difficult part
of the task ^egan, that of extricating
the beast. He could not very well be
moved, as his weight was estimated
at from 1,600 to 1,800 pounds. With
an axe they had to chop out pieces of
the bear in order to remove the skin,
which process occupied two days. And
then the skin, weighing 150 pounds,
and the head, weighing forty pounds,
had to be packed to Charlie Ross’s
ranch.
The bear was killed with a .401
Winchester. The skin, unstretched,
is more than thirteen feet in length,
and the animal stood about four and
a half feet high. The face measures
twenty-six inches from the tip of the
ears to the nose, and from ear to ear
is eighteen inches across, which is
really some face to have glaring down
at one. The carcass was in splendid
condition, being simply rolled in fat.
A frame twelve by fourteen feet
will be made on which the skin will
be stretched.
Fur Warden Cal Townsend, whose
headquarters is Fairbanks, is getting
the government launch Swan ready
for the annual cruise of the Yukon
river and its tributaries. He expects
to start out on the tour immediately
after the opening of navigation. The
Swan was recently built at Fairbanks
for the bureau of fisheries of the de
partment of commerce, and is com
fortably fitted and powerfully engined.
I Fred Hovey recently arrived at
Wangell to be foreman of the Alaska
Santary Packing Company plant at
that place, succeeding S. E. Walker,
who will be foreman at Capo Fan
show.
A 3% horsepower Evinrude engine,
with new housing, gears, and shaft
for 75.00 at Northwestern Hardware
Co. 1-tf
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