OF GENERAL INFORMATION
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Cordova, April 22.
Frank Pratt was a recent arrival
from the Shushanna and took the
steamer for Seattle, where he wi'l
secure machinery and soon return
1 to work some promising property in
the new diggings. He is very hope
ful that as a result of the winter’s
work and the work to be pushed for
ward the coming season that the
benches will show rich values.
Mr. Pratt states that just before
he left the diggings a good showing
had been made on Xo. 2 below on
Bryan Creek, which was greatly
interesting the gold hunters. Xeal
Houlsdump is working the claim j
and struck water at 15 feet before
reaching bedrock. But three pans j
on the rim gave values at different!
depths of 3 cents, 10 cents and;
SI.25. He will ground sluice this j
summer for bed rock and thaw the j
dirt in the winter. Mr. Pratt is an
old miner from the. Nome country,
having spent considerable time in
the Candle district, and informed
Charley Ross that he had great hope
that rich values in the Shushanna
would be found in the benches.
A change is pending in the owner
ship of the Reidy, Slater & O'Xeill
store, and it will likely be completed
this evening. J. B. O'Xeill and Jas.
D. MacCormac are buying out the
interest of John Reidy. The latter
expects to leave the nortlf and will
locate in one of the. southern states,
w T. B, Tansey, who has been em
ployed for the past year at Kenne
cott, in writing to a Cordova friend
this week anJong other things, says:
“Spring is with fcs upon the moun- j
tain. The mill is expected to start *
by the 1st of May. The company is■
putting many men to work.”
Cordova, April a
After a residence of 3 years at
Katalla and 7 at Orca and Cordova,!
John Reidy will leave on the Ala-,
me.da for the outside. His earlier
experiences began in Dawson and
Nome, and when he was in the states!
recently John decided that he had
served long enough in the north and
that he would prefer a different
experience in the south. As a conse
quence he disposed of his business
interests here and has an idea that
he may possibly go to Mexico. John j
has a large circle, of friends ancV no
enemies in this section, and his de
parture will be generally regretted. |
With the departure from Seattle j
of the steamer Admiral Sampson on i
the 25th of this month a new port
of call will be established at Port •
Wells. Going to the westward from j
Valdez all Admiral steamers sailing
on the 25th of each month will put
in at Port Wells.
The steamer Admiral Evans dis
charged freight and a few pas
sengers at Katalla this morning
about 7 o’clock and word was tele
phoned over that she would reach
Cordova about 5 o'clock this after
noon. She will not remain in port
long, before proceeding to the west
ward. Passengers who left Seattle
for Prince William Sound ports weie
>• as follows:
For Cordova—E. A. Hinckley,
John Gunnerly, Mrs. Anna Beahl,
Nellis Phillips, Tracie Vanie.
For Valdez—Henry Deyo and
1 bride, Mark Tatum, A. Connully,
August Kreiger.
For Seward—D. Nutter and wife,
Miss Retteg, Migs Fairman, J.
Stevenson, F. P. Skeen, Albert
Coat, William Fairman, R. Castigan,
wife and baby, Oscar Christiansen,
Mrs. Hopkins, Mrs. Markey, J.
Ormund and wife, Mrs. Nell, Mrs.
Morford, J. Dawson, R. Dawson,
Frank Dalong. E. Hathaway, Mrs.
Fishe and son, Albert Quarry and
wife, C. Elvas and Robert Evans.
For Knik—E. Bartholf, W. Bart
holf, Ike Rosenthal, W. B^hon and
wife, C. Sapp and wife and 2d second
* class.
Cordova, April 24
The arrival on the steamer Mari
posa last night of a very attractive
/ young lady from Vancouver, B. C.,
was the signal for some little
activity and excitement upon the
part of H. C. Bennett and his
friends. Miss Nellie Phillips was his
fiance and it was decided to have
the marriage ceremony performed at
once. -Mrs. Scott threw open her
home, where a few friends gathered,
and Rev. Ziegler said the. words
which united for life a couple who
expect to make Cordova their
future home. Mr. Bennett Is in
the employ of the Alaska Transfer
Company and has been here, for the
past year. The ceremony was wit-1
* nessed by Mr. and Mrs. Deward A.
Mosser, Miss Jessie Darrls, Mrs. Ed.
Griset, Miss Ruby DeGraf, Dave
Phillips and Mrs. Scott. Afterwards
an apetizing supper was served. The.
newly weds have taken up their
> residence in the former Eby home
and will have the well wishes of the
community for future happiness.
E. V. Boyle, mayor and president
of the city council, has completed
his list of permanent committees for
the ensuing year, which he an
nounces as follows:
Assessment and Collection of
Taxes—E. J. Davis, J. E. Currier,
Geo. C. Hazelet.
Street and Street Improvements,
Sewerage and Wharfs—Chas. Good
all, Geo. C. Hazelet, J. E. Currier.
Fire Protection, Light and Water
—J. E. Currier, E. J. Davis, Chas.
Goodall.
Public Health and Police^Chas.
Goodall, Tom Davis, J. E. Currier.
Finance and Claims—Geo. C.
Hazelet, H. A. Slater, Tom Davis.
Printing and Election — Tom
Davis, Chas. Goodall, H. A. Slater.
Judiciary—J. E. Currier, Tom
Davis, E. J. Davis.
Public Buildings and Improve
ments—Tom Davis, H. A. Slater,
Chas. Goodall.
Indigents—H. A. Slater, E. J.
Davis, Geo. C. Hazelet.
Ole Berg, who has large mining
interests on the Kuskulina. returned
last night from a trip to the states.
He went back to Boston to confer
with some people who had taken a
bond on certain claims.
Cordova. April 25
S. Blum & Co. received a new
bicycle on the steamer last night.
It will be used in making trips to
the wharf by employees of the firm.
Now that all freight is received
there it is necessary that many
trips be made each day.
Among the arrivals on the Mari
posa last night was Miss Celia
Sherman, of San Francisco. She is
the daughter of Peter Sherman and
will spend the summer in Cordova
with her father.
The Haines Democratic club has
adopted a resolution asking that the
question of the sale and manufac
ture of liquor in Alaska be sub
mitted to referendum vote of the
people, at the next general election.
The arrival last night of the last
word in automobiles is an indication
that as the town expands we are to
have, the most up to date methods of
travel. Capt. Lathrop is now the
proud possessor of a White Big Six
touring car of maroon' color, and it
is said to be a beauty. It was the
prize car at the recent Portland
automobile show and cost in the
neighborhood of $5,500. It will be
an attractive addition to the. present
service of the Alaska Transfer
Company.
Mrs. K. G. Robinson and young
girl, who spent the past four or five
months in California, returned to
Cordova on the Mariposa.
Cordova, April 27
Geo. Max Esteriy, accompanied by
his wife, took the train this morn
ing for the interior. Mrs. Esteriy
will return on Friday and sail on
the. steamer Alameda Saturday for
Seattle. Mr. Esteriy will go on to
Chittitu Creek, on the other side, of
the Xizina river, where he has large
hydraulic holdings. He will employ
40 or 50 men this season and if
there is plenty of water expects to
make a clean-up of two or three
hundred thousand dollars in placer
gold.
This morning Capt. Lathrop re
ceived a wire from Seldovia stating
that the steamer Evans had lost her
wheel. There was no further infor
mation and if a new wheel can be
placed on her at Seldovia the wheel
will have to be sent up from Seattle.
If that is not practicable the steamer
may have to be towed back lo
Seattle and undergo repairs there
It was expected that the Evans
would reach Cordova Tuesday or
Wednesday on her southbound trip
had no accident occurred.
Lea Brothers, who operated last
year in the neighborhood of Algan"",
reached here on Saturday in their
gasoline. launch Shark. They
brought five men and considerable
fishing gear with them, starting
from Ketchikan and making the run
in ten days.
The steamer Mariposa was in
port Saturday evening for about an
hour, sailing southward at 9:30
o’clock. Her passengers from Cor
dova were as follows:
For Seattle—N. O. Nelson, Fred
Back, T. D. McGee, Miss Gabriel
Centard. Monroe Beheleo, Mrs.
Leroy Bundy, Jack Reidy, L. l\.
Bush, W. H. Graham, H. W. Kirby,
A. L. Werner, Gust H. Nelson, A.
Martin and 9 second class.
For Juneau—J. V. Stewart and
Victor Secoth.
For Skagwav—Thre.e second class.
G. E. Gardner was an arrival on
the last steamer and took the train
this morning for Chitina. From
there he will go by stage to Fair
banks. Mr. Gardner is from South
Carolipa and is accompanied by a
young man whom he registered as
“friend.” He admits that be is an
attorney and from an Intimation
given to some people about town Mr.
Gardner is about to assume charge
of the District Attorney's office ot
Fairbanks. District Attorney Cross
ley is now on his way to San Fran
cisco, where he. was ordered to go to
appear before the circuit court of
appeals in connection with some
appeal cases from the Fourth divi-i
sion. As the story goes Mr. Gard-j
ner is to first assume the office of
Assistant District Attorney and
later to be. appointed head of the
office when Mr. Crossley finishes his
business at San Francisco. Mr.
Crossley is a Republican hold-over
whose term does not expire until
August 8? 1916, and efforts to secure
; his political scalp have been in
: progress for a year past.
The Gun Club shoot yesterday
1 afternoon showed some, improve
: n.ent over the first spring shoot,
' and was witnessed by a large gath
j ering of citizens as spectators. The
j result out of a total of 50 birds,
was as follows:
Dr. Council killed 41; M. Brock,
41; Dr. Hale, 30; FT L. Harwood, j
29; J. Sapiro, 27; E. J. Davis, 23;
IC. M. Frazier, 18.
In the double shoot, out of 20
birds, E. J. Davis killed 10; E. L.
Harwood, 9; Dr. Hale, 8; C. M.
Frazie.r, 7; M. Brock. 7; J. Sapiro, 4.
George Cristo, the Xelehina pros- j
I pector, has written to his partners
at Veldez that he has struck six foot
of pay on the claims located by him
near the he»d of Willow Creek in
j the Xelehina district, and that he
has started to cut lumber and will
build sluice boxes for the summer s
work. Cristo writes that he will
ground sluice the waste gravel
covering the paystreak, which is six
feet.
Cordova. April 2S
The steamer Latouche arrived in
port last evening and discharge!
powder for S. Blum & Co. and con
sidejable machinery for the Jumbo
mine at Kennecott. It included sev
eral miles of wire rope for the new
tram.
j Among the arrivals at Cordova a
! couple of weeks ago were Mr. C.
i Lowell, wife and young daughter of
13 years. They were old time
| Alaskans on their way to the Shu
! shanna country. They took the first
1 train out after the recent blockade
; and made good progress. On Friday
j last they were crossing the Nizina
' glacier when Mrs. Lowell was at
tacked with a stroke of apoplexy.
Within five minutes she had passed
away. Her body was brought bacK
! to McCarthy by team and reached
| Cordova this afternoon by train. It
was taken in charge by O. E.
Lambert and prepared for shipment.
Mr. Lowell and daughter also
returned.
Among the arrivals from the in
terior this afternoon were Cal F.
Townsend and J. C. Van Orsdel, who
are registered at the Hotel Norther 1.
The former has been the fur warden
for the Fairbanks distict and has
i been transferred to Kodiak, being
now on his way there. Mr. Van
' Orsdel has mining interests on Fair
banks creek and is on his way to
California. These men came as far
as Copper Center with dog teams. On
the other side of the summit the
traveling is good but on this side
the snow is fast disappearing.
Cordova organizations have fre
quently expressed desire for an ail
night cable service and resaluted, to
the proper authorities to secure the.
desired service. Juneau has taken
ui) the matter and the Commercial
Club has adopted the following reso
lutions:
'Be, it resolved that the Commer
cial Club of Juneau hei-eby respect
j fully requests and urges the war
department of the United States to
increase the service of the. Alaska
cable now operated by the signal
corps of the United States army, by
the addition of a night service, to
the end that the increased business
interests of Alaska may be facili
tated and benefitted; and that busi
ness interests here may be able to
communicate with the outside world
' at any and all times.
“Be it further resolved that the
chambers of commejce and commer
cial bodies of Alaska and oi the
i cities in the United States of Wash
ington and Oregon, and the great
| mercantile bodies of which concerns
are doing business in the Territory
; of Alaska, be requeste.d to join in
j this movement J or a better tele
! graph service in the Territory of
; Alaska.”
SEATTLE, April 25—The. steamer
Alameda sailed north last night. For
i Valdez there were 10 cabin and 13
(steerage; for Seward 11 cabin and
(3 steerage; for Cordova there were
• 12 steerage and the following cabin
passengers: Will Clayson, Mrs. M.
j C. Harbouneau, John Larson, J. N.
j Barnharth, X. Bauman, Ed Welsh
and wife, J. A. Solmes, James L.
McBride and wife, W. Arrowwood,
R. Y. Xearson, W. McCrain, Captain
Warner.
Capt. Ben Durkee, familiar to all!
Cordova people, was a returning
passenger to Katalla on the steamer i
Admiral Evans today, having spent
considerable time performing for a
motion picture company at Trucke",
Arizona. Captain Durkee came to:
Alaska 21 years ago and made the
trip in a sailing boat that he built
at Everett. Latex he gave up the
transportation business because the
population of cities on the coast ol
Alaska was not great enough to war
rant it at that time. Wtih nothing
else to do, beach mining at Nome
attracted his attention, but about
10 years ago he went back to run
ning boats between upper Alaska
coast ports. For several years he
has been captain of the steamer
Triton and works in the oil trade
between the Katalla and Bering
river oil fields and Cordova. Valdez,
and points on Cook inlet. His debut
as a motion picture actor was
entirely unintentional, according to
the story that he tells, but he says
that he had a whole lot of fun out
of it.
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Court is now in session at Valdez j
but there will be no jury trials until
May 25, at which time 30 petit
jurors will report. Twenty-three
grand jurors have been summoned
to appear a week earlier, on the,
18th, and it is expected that they
will have found several indictments
by the time the trial jurors report.
When the city council at Va’dezi
reorganized last week a precedent j
was broken by unanimously re-elect, j
ing to the position of mayor, E. E.
Ritchie, who was not the high man j
on the ticket this year. Salaries of
the men appointed to office were
fixed as follows:
Fire Chief Graham. $150 a month, j
Marshal Scott, $150 a month.
Deputy Marshal Larson, $125 a
month.
City Cierk Ashby, $35 a month.
City Treasurer Ames, $35 a
month.
Magistrate Ganty, $25 a month.
Health Officer Dalton, $25 a
month.
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Valdez now has two electric light
and power companies and there is a
strong probability that she will soon
have a new water and sewage sys
tem. Edwin Eekern, representing
the American Contracting Companv,
of Seattle, has applied to council
for a franchise. He states that his
company intends to build a sewage
and water system at once if granted
the franchise. The plans of the
company were to secure a fall of
200 feet by securing the water throe
miles from town and this fall would
be sufficient to throw the water over
the top of any four-story building
which might be constructed. The
company also proposed to give the
city free water and three fire
hydrants free during the life of the.
franchise.
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It is expected that soon another
mine near Valdez will be producing
gold. A. Wilcox, a representative of
California capitalists interested in
the Rig Four mining property on
Mineral creek, has received a big
shipment of machinery. A ten-stamp
Straub mill will be installed on the
property as early as possible. The
mill will be operated by a 15 horse
power gasoline engine.
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SEATTLE. April 23.—Col. D. r.
•Tackling will make his first Alaskan j
cruise on the Cyprus under the com
mand of Capt. Morton, leaving here
June 1. The Duke de Montpensier
is now cruising along thj China
coast, in the palatial yacht Mekong, |
formerly owned by Mortimer Singer,
the New York millinoaire, and con
sidered one of the finest afloat. The
Duke will visit Seattle and Alaska
next fall. ' He will come, here on
his private yacht Mekong and will
make the inside passage trip *o
Juneau. At Juneau he will join the
Prince of Monaco, ruler of the little
principality where Monte Carlo
casino is located, on a big game,
hunt in the interior of Alaska. The
Prince of Monaco hunted in Wyom
ing last year and there heard of the i
fine hunting to be found in Alaska.
He will come to Puget Sound on his
private yacht, Princess Alice. His
agents have, been in Alaska for the
past month arranging for guides, 1
whom they expect to pick up at
Juneau. The Duke de Monpensier j
is equally as well known as a
hunter, but generally uses a camera
instead of a gun. He maintains
homes in Spain and France. The
announcement of the plans of there
two huntsmen means that three
members of the nobility will visit
Seattle during the coming summer,
as announcement has already hee.n
made that the Duke d’Abruzzl. on a
world tour on an Italian battleship,
would come here during the
summer.
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WASHINGTON, April 28.—Secretary Lane has given his
final approval to plans for the continuation of Alaska mineral
resources investigation, by the Geological survey for the
coming field season. Field parties will be organized and
special examination will be made of the areas tributary to the
present railways and in the neighborhood of possible railway
routes. The Talkeetna region will be included as this is expeced
to have a bearing on the railroad route up the Susitna valley,
which is one of the proposed routes for government railroad
construction. Mineral investigation will also embrace the
route advocated as an outlet for the Matanuska coal. Lake
Clark, which is to the westward of Cook’s Inlet, the Kusko
kwim valley and the Valdez mining country will also receive
attention, with the possibility of later having railroad
connections. Reconnaisance and surveys of the Upper White
and Tanana region will be made, to be extended so as to
include the Chisana gold fields. The Geological Survey has just
issued a report discussing the coals of the Matanuska fields,
with maps showing the areas that are underlain with coal
strata.
WASHINGTON, April 28.—Late this afternoon President
Wilson ordered six troops of cavalry from Fort Ru-sell into
the Colorado strike zone.
A\ ALENSBX RG, Colo., April 28.—Last night seven were
killed in a battle between the guards and strikers at the
AA a lens mine. 1’wo were kliled and several were wounded in
a battle at the McNally mine.
BOX LDER, April 28.—Sheriff Buster and others have
been imprisoned at the Heekla mine. Eson Buster, a college
bov, leading a posse of 40 has gone to the rescue of his father
and the men with him.
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