MINING FOR
MANGANESE
SHORT-LIVED
BUTTE, Mont. Feb. 11 (by Associ
ated Press.)—Signing of the armis
tice November 11, 1919, automatically
ended the manganese industry in
Montana, as it made possible the re
lease of shipping for the importation
of this product from Brazil and Cuba
at a lower figure per ton than it could
be produced in this state.
“Only another war, and we hope
there will never be another one,” said
one of the chief engineers of the Ana
conda Copper Mining Company, “can
revive the industry in Montana. The
outlook is hopeless, although the Ana
conda company, at the urgent request
of the government, constructed a
ferromangansee plant at Great Falls
at a cost of $750,000. This plant pro
duced approximately 1,250 tons of
manganese, which carried manganese
content of 80 per cent, 10 per cent iron
and 4 per cent of silicia. It was espe
cially desirable for steel manufactur
ing, because of its concentrated man
ganese, but not a pound had yet been
sold when the armistice was signed;
consequently ■ we still have it on our
hands.*’
Philipsburg, which, before the war
ended, reached a maximum capacity
of 17,000 tons monthly, at a guaran
teed net profit of $20 a ton, sold
through the government, will be
closed down completely except for its
silver activities by July 1, 1919, when
the last of its pre-armistice contracts
expire.
The Emma mine, the largest pro
ducer of manganese in Butte, with a
daily output of 400 tons, stopped pro
ducing the week the armistice was
signed. Approximately 760 miners
were thrown out of work at Philips
burg and 360 to 600 in Butte. In ad
dition there was loss of employment
for hundreds of more in the Great
Falls plant and several score in the
Ophir mill of the Butte-Detroit Min
ing company, the only company in
Montana which milled manganese. A
small amount of manganese also was
mined as a by-product by the Davis
Daly Mining Company of Butte. The
Great Falls plant had reached a
capacity of 9,000 tons of ferro-man
ganese monthly.
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GERMAN WOMEN WANT WORK
COBLENZ, Fob. 11 (by Associated
Press).—Three hundred German wo
men factory workers, many of them
widows of soldierB, applied recently
to the Third American army head
quarters in Coblenz for employment,
contending that with the ending of
the war they had been thrown out of
work. The question of employing
the women as menders of American
uniforms was taken under consider
ation.
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PERSONAL AND LOCAL I
NOTES OF INTEREST
You are due to receive a valentine
on Friday.
There will be a train for Chitina
in the morning.
H. B. Malcolm came down fronf
Strelna on this afternoon’s train.
Tomorrow, being a legal holiday,
Lincoln’s birthday, the local banks
will be closed.
The Donaldson will leave Fort Lis
cum for Cordova tomorrow morning,
returning Thursday.
A baby boy was bom to Mrs. Fred
Nicholls, of Paxton, at the Cordova
general hospital, last night.
Registrar C. H. Lamprey has opened
the books for the registration of vot
ers at the municipal election.
Marshal F. R. Brenneman returned
to Valdez this morning, and took with
him N. J. Smith and Cliff Summerlin.
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Charles E. Herron, publisher of the
Anchorage Times, was in town this
morning on his return from Seattle to
the westward.
Yesterday S. Koyama was found
guilty of violating the “bone-dry” law,
and Commissioner Adams fined him
$150 and costs.
Arthur H. Miller, superintendent
of the native schools in this division,
returned on today’s train from a trip
to the interior.
Cliff Summerville was arrested yes
terday on the charge of impersonating
an officer last fall when he visited the
Byers fox ranch.
William A. Hesse has been dis
charged from Uncle Sam’s service
and will soon be wending his way
back to Cordova.
H. E. Chambers was an arrival from
the States on yesterday’s boat,'and is
visiting his friend, E. R. Games. Mr.
Chambers will likely locate here.
The launch Pioneer left Katalla
this morning on her return to Cordova
with a cargo of gasoline from the
plant of the Chilkat Oil Company.
A. J. MacConnell left this morning
for Seattle tb arrange for the central
heating plant which the Alaska Pub
lic Utilities intends to install this
summer.
Our former townsman, George E.
Burleigh, has been discharged from
the army and is visiting his sister in
Boston. He expects to return to
Cordova in the spring.
At a meeting of the executive com
mittee of Cordova Chapter, American
Red Cross, held last night, it was re
ported that $850 had been subscribed
to the Christinas roll call.
The steamship Curacao arrived in
port this morning, bringing mail and
a few passengers. She left Seattle
January 29, and was delayed on her
trip north by frequent stops at can
neries.
A meeting of the Cordova fire de
partment will be held on Thursday
evening to elect an assistant fire chief
and complete the final arrangements
for the mask ball to be given on
February 22.
Governor Thomas Riggs Jr. has
been appointed and accepted the
chairmanship of the newly constituted
“Liberty Loan Central Committee for
the territory of Alaska?’ with power
to select and appoint other members.
In a letter to (fudge A. J. Adams
from Manchester, Mass., Attorney E.
F. Medley states that his health has
improved considerably and he gained
thirteen pounds. Since then he has
arrived at Rochester, Minn., where he
will undergo another operation1 at
Mayo Brothers’ institute.
The following additional names
have been added to the Red Cross
roll call: James O’Brien, E. B. Jar
rett, R. G. Shively, J. K. Smart, H. U.
Bollinger,, Mrs. H. U. Bollinger, J. V.
Patten, Marllda Alson, Horace Leach,
Mrs. Horace Leach, Louise Dejoug
her, Jeannette Byers, A1 Hamilton.
Dr. W. D’Arcy Chace was an arrival
In Cordova on this morning’s boat,
and intends locating here. Dr. Chace
is a pioneer physician of Alaska and
the Yukon, having gone to Dawson in
the '98 stampede, and for nearly
eighteen yearas was a successful prac
titioner at Nome. As soon as he se
cures a home he will be Joined by
his wife, as the doctor sajrs “Cordova
looks good to me and I intend to set
tle here permanently.”
Hereafter local chapters will not
have to pay for any material fur
nished by divisional headquarters,
thus removing their greatest expanse.
They are requested to report the
amount of money on hand, together
with an estimate of their expenses
for 1919, and remit the balance; also
to inventory the material on hand and
instructed not to dispose of any of
its equipment or material.
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ENTERPRISING SOLDIER
SAID TO HAVE BEEN KILLED
MEXICO CITY, Feb. 11 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Nicanor Sandoval,
credited by the war department with
having set a record in blowinig up,
with a small force of followers, five
trains in one day, is reported by Gen.
Alfredo Ricaut, chief of military oper
ations in Coahuila and Nuevo Leon,
to have been killed near Zacatecas.
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NOTICE.
Tonight is the regular meeting of
the Cordova Home Guard. Don’t fail
to be there. Military tactics will be
dispensed with and our whole time
will be devoted to the perfecting of
our organization. Election of officers
for the executive committee, secre
tary and treasurer and social commit
tee will be held. These will be the
governing bodies of the organization,
so be on hand to take your part.
CALVIN C. HAZLET,
Captain.
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REGISTRATION NOTICE
The registration book of the town
of Cordova will be open at my office,
in the corner store, Michelson & Cur
rier building, First street, Cordova,
every day from 12 o’clock noon until
8 p. m.
The registration book will be closed
at 4 o’clock p. m. Saturday, March
29, 1919.
C. H. LAMPREY, Registrar.
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