LOCAL AND PERSONAL GOSSIP [
Lieutenant J. S. McAllen, who re
cently received his discharge from
the army and arrived on the last boat
from Seattle, left on the local this
morning for Kennecott.
Frank B. Hall, who was chief dep
uty in the clerk of the courts office
at Fairbanks, and who left for Seattle
on the last steamer, has resigned and
will locate in the States.
Combining business and pleasure
Ed. W. Wolcott, court reporter from
Fairbanks, arrived in Cordova yester
day and will leave on the North
western for Fresno, Cal.
George Ray, a successful operator
cn Ester creek, Fairbanks district, is
spending a few days in Cordova while
waiting for the return of the North
western from the westward.
Word has been received in Cordova
of the shooting of Dan McCarthy at
Brooks, in the Tolovana mining dis
trict, by his wife. He was reported
to be in a serious condition. Dan
McCarthy’s father was one of the
biggest operators on Fairbanks creek
in the early days.
R. W. Neighbor of Portland, Pacific
coast manager for the Atkins Saw
Company, is in the city.
Nathanael Greene, territorial bank
examiner, was a passenger for Val
dez Saturday on official business.
Helen Coffee, an unfortunate from
McCarthy, was brought to the city
Sunday, and will be taken Outside to
be placed in a sanitarium.
Deputy Marshal H. C. Cavanaugh
arrested six Japanese boys last night
for gambling. All of them pleaded
guilty in the United States commis
sioner’s court this morning and re
ceived a fine.
H. M. McCue and J. W. Underhill
are spending a few days in Cordova
awaiting a steamer for Seattle, after
having spent the past summer with
the Abercrombie Packing Company at
Abercrombie.
OIL BUSINESS
IN MEXICO IS
MEXICO CITY, Aug. 25 (Corres
pondence of Associated Press).—The
vast petroleum deposits in Mexico,
veritable rivers of gold to their own
ers, have within the past few years
attracted the attention of the world;
first, because their exhaustless sup
plies filled a demand in the commer
cial world which was emphasized dur
ing the war, and secondly, because of
late they have formed one of the
most fruitful sources of misunder
standing between the governments of
Mexico and the United States.
The development of this industry
by foreign capital has reached the
point where dividends are declared in
millions of dollars and production
runs into millions of barrels.
Legislation designed by the Mexi
can government to divert what it
terms its just share of profit into the
national treasury has been met by
' charges of confiscation on the part of
the foreign interests, whose opposi
tion has become so vigorous that
President Carranza recently stated
in an interview that the petroleum
companies were deliberately engen
dering ill-feeling between the United
States and Mexico.
Exploitation of petroleum in Mex
ico for commercial purposes is con
fined to the past eighteen years, ac
cording to a statement recently fur
nished to the Association Press by
the department of commerce and in
dustry.
Exploration of the oil fields began
about 1900, and has been conducted
since by the Mexican Petroleum Com
pany of California, the British firm
of Pearson & Son, the Huasteca
Petroleum Company, the East Oil
Company, the Oil Company of Tepe
tate and others.
Vessels mow available to convey
Mexican oil have approximately
700,000 tons capacity and are worth
$90,000,000. In addition it is stated
that the value of pipe lines is esti
mated at $50,000,000 and storage de
pots at $60,000,000; bringing the total
of such investment to $200,000,000.
The pipe line system is 780 miles
long and the steel tanks for the stor
age of oil have a capacity of 26,000,000
barrels.
Commenting upon these figures the
statement says that “the Mexican oil
industry has not yet equaled the
American because of the lack of
means of transp<ytation and of stor
ing, which are not equal to the pro
duction of the oil lands.” It is as
serted that the potential production
of the fields is nine-fold greater than
that registered at the present time.
ECONOMIST URGES
ANOTHER PACIFIC CABLE
WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 (by Asso
ciated Press).—H. G. Eldridge, chief
of the Far Eastern bureau of the de
partment of commerce, told a senate
committee today that American trade
with the Orient would be seriously re
tarded unless another Pacific cable
were laid. He said that at least twen
ty-five million dollars would be re
quired.
We have just received a line of
boys’ wearing apparel such as pants
waists, shirts, jerseys, hose, union
suits, pajamas, shoes, etc., at the Cor
dova Dry Goods Company. 17-3
Fresh Ever-Ready Flashlight Bat
teries, all sizes. Blum-O’Neill Co. 3-ti
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! NO FOOD SHORTAGE
IN KUSKOKWIM DISTRICT
DURING COMING WINTER |
General satisfaction was expressed
* throughout the camp when A1 Walsh
arrived at Flat last Monday morning
from the Kuskokwim river with the
cheering news that the Northern Com
mercial Company’s new thousand-ton 9
power schooner Ozmo had safely
reached Bethel with a big cargo of
supplies, all of which arrived in first
class condition, says the Iditarod
Pioneer. There were about thirty
passengers aboard. The vessel made
the trip from Seattle to Bethel in fif
teen days. Besides carrying large
consignments of goods for miners and
traders of the Kuskokwim valley, sup
plies were aboard for the fish packers
near the mouth of the river. Imme
diately after discharging cargo and
taking on about 500 tons of fish, the
Ozmo lost no time in “beating it”
back to Seattle, from which port she
is scheduled to sail on August 10 on
her second voyage to Bethel. Mr.
Walsh says the schooner is a splendid
vessel, equipped with a crude-oil
burning engine of 350 horse-power,
operating at a daily expense of not
exceeding $15 for fuel oil. He also
learned that the delayed arrival of the
vessel was due to the fact that she
was delivered to the N. C. Co. thirty
days later than she should have been.
The freight rate to Bethel is $30 per
ton, and to Seattle from Bethel $10
per ton.
E. W. Parks and a party of six men,
Mr. Glass and about a dozen employes
going to Golden Gate falls for develop
ment work, and an expert engineer
for Tom Aitken’s Candle creek
dredge, were on the Ozmo’s passen
ger list.
Mr. Walsh traveled from Bethel on
the steamer Tana (Captain Wallace
Langley) as far as the mouth of
Crooked river, and hiked overland to
Flat. He intends to return to Bethel
shortly.
It’s the flavor and the gram which
make the bread at the City Bakery
famous.
FOR RENT—Three nicely-furnished
rooms for select couple. $30 per
month. Apply P. O. Box 192 22-2t
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W. R. Huffhines of Eyak spent Sun
day in Cordova.
Dr. J. H. McCallum of Fairbanks
is on his way Outside for the first
time in twenty years.
Jack Hansen, a well-known and pop
ular young man of Fairbanks, recently
died at Nenana from appendicitis.
J. F. Dennis of Kennecott is spend
ing his vacation in Cordova and the
Copper River flats in search of game.
Judge Charles E. Bunnell has wired
that he will be in Cordova on the
return of the Northwestern from
Seward.
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Carl Stotel, who has been working
at Slate creek the past season, left
on the train this morning for Mc
Carthy and Kennecott.
H. Claude Kelly, clerk of the court
at Fairbanks, arrived on the train
yesterday en route to Seattle and
other Outside points to spend his va
cation.
G. W. Sias and party—G. Strachan,
M. Flotow and N. Eberts—returned
from Valdez creek on the local yes
terday and will leave for Seattle on
the next boat.