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Cordova, September 3
The Fraternal Order of Eagles
^ demonstrated their belief in the
permanency and rapid growth of
Cordova by an action taken last
night. They ordered the purchase
of two lots at the corner of First j
street and D avenue for a considera
tion of $2,000. This property is
owned by Pool & Crawford, of Val
dez, and their representative re
ceived most of the money this after
noon and the deed was given. It is
k the intention of the Eagles to erect
a two-story building on the lots,
50x100 feet, one floor to be used
for a club room and the othe.r as a
lodge room, general dance hall and
for public meeting purposes. If the
coal leasing bill passes this month
and the Doom of activity starts im
mediately it is possinie that con
struction of the building will start
before the snow flies.
Cordova, September 4
The steamer Mariposa arrived
from the westward this afternoon
shortly after 3:30 o'clock. She
brought a few passengers, including
Lieut. Mears and Thos. Riggs, Jr.
She will be decayed in port a few
/hours taking on seven cars of cop
( per ore, expecting to sail south dur
ing the early evening. The follow
ing passengers for Seattle are booked
from Cordova:
Craig Haze.let, H. S. Sprague,
DeLinn Eames, Mrs Alvah Earaes,
Mrs. J. K. Bryson. Mrs. A. E. Burk
hart, Miss Lila Crosby, r.rrs. J. Y.
Ostrander, Mrs \V. W. Council, Miss
Olga Thisted, Mrs. C. M Frazier,
L. Summerlin, J. R. Bryson, Capt.
and Mrs. O. J. Wheatly, \V. Som
mers, • J. R. Hirst, Mrs. Annetta
Fyler and son, Mrs. M. Finkelstein,
Sanford Finkelstein, Mrs. T. Vogel,
Mrs. L. K. Kerwood, Floyd Harvey,
Frank Rae, E. J. Uhl.
E W. Exum came down from
Chitina yesterday and will be in
town for a few days. He is inter
ested in the passage of a bill that
will open to development the Alaska
coal fields and has induced his old
friend Senator Williams, of Missis
sippi, to favor legislation of this
character.
Frank Kernan, who has placer
mining interests in the Xizina, re
turned from the interior yesterday.
He. is at the Rainier-Grand.
Craig Hazelet and H. S. Sprague
were returning passengers from Ken_
necott yesterday, where they have
been employed during the summer
vacation. Both will return to pur
sue their studies at the University of
Washington.
At a meeting of the W ickersham
Club last night it was decided to i
remove headquarters to the Borden j
Building, which is more centrally j
located, and to keep the name of j
the delegate prominently before the j
public. There was a discussion as to
the advisibility of endorsing cand1--1
dates from Cordova for the Terrl
j torial Legislature. It was decided,
[ however, to take no action in this
matter for the present.
Cordova, September 5
A special train went out this
* morn'ng to take Lieut. Frederick
Mears over the C. R. & N. W. Rail
way. With him were several officials
of the. company, including Superin
tendent Corser, Attorney Capers and
Agent Tracey. The train went
through to Kennecott, reaching
there at 5:30 this afternoon. About
three days will be taken in making
the, return trip, as the member of
the Alaska Engineering Commission
is desirous of making a thorough
examination of the road. Lieut.
Mears recently went into Fairbanks
from Ship Creek. He started out
with Commissioner Thos. Riggs, Jr.,
who left him at Tazlina to go over
into the Matanuska oral fields and
out that way to Seward. Chairman
Edes came over from Ship Creek to
meet Lieut. Mears at Valdez and
will now return to the westward.
He and Mr. Riggs will later come
to Cordova.
The First Bank of Valdez and the
First Bank of Cordova have been
designated as depositaries of terri
torial funds.
The Granite, Gold Mining Com
pany are producing $1,000 per day
at their gold quartz property at Port
Wells.
Mayor Boyle received through the
mail a box containing $50 in gold
dust, which was sent him from the
Chisana by a debtor of long ago.
1 Chas. J. Goodall, contractor, is
erecting a new buil--ng on Front,
street, adjoining his present build
ing. It will give him enlarged
capacity for shop work.
Dr. Chase reports the arrival
% early this morning of the stork at
* the home of Mr. and Mrs. John
Raymond, on Third street. A fine
bouncing boy was left. Mr. Ray
mond is engaged in mining over in
the Port Wells district.
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Mark Thompson returned on the
Mariposa from a visit to Valdez.
While there he submitted the peti
tion, to Judge B^own, praying for a
liquor Iicejise, for himself and Mr.:
Murphy. As it was in good form iti
was promptly granted. They expect
to open up next week in the room
formerly occupied by Carscadden As
Gilovich.
Harry Brown, deputy U. S .mar
shal from Knik, was a passenger
over front Knik. He brought a
Japanese insane man and turned
him over here to Deputy Brightwell,
who will take him to Seattle and
then on to Morningside, near Port
land! The prisoner is confined in
an inner room on the steamer Mari
posa, so that he will not be able, to
escape through a port hole.
Cordova. September 7
eries Company. The cannery is still
putting up silver salmon and it is
expected that the season s pack will
aggregate 60,000 cases. Mrs. Berg
man and her attractive daughter
Miss Erma, will leave for Seattle
on the steamer Alameda.
Today, Labor Day, was generally
observed in town, most of the mer
chants closing their places of bus‘
ness, at least for the afternoon. Tito
bank was closed, while the cab'o,
and post offices conformed to the
holiday short hours. In the after
noon everybody went to tne game or
ball between the Buffalo and town
teams, while this evening the attrac
tion will be the Firemen’s dance.
C. O'Connor was an arrival on
the steamer yesterday from Seattle.
He will go to Chltina on the train
Wednesday to assist in the office of
his father, Judge William O’Connor,
who holds the position of U. S. Com
missioner and Recorder, and who i3
making one of the best officials the
Chitina precinct has ever had.
H. D. Foster, who is superin
tendent of the Westove.r property in
the Nizina district, and which is one
of the properties operated by the j
Alaska United Copper Exploration '
Company, arrived on the afternoon
train and will make a business trip
to Seattle.
Capt Bergman, who has been m
Cordova all summer with his family, j
sailed on the ship St. Paul on Sat-!
urday afternoon for San Francisco. !
He took with him 46,000 cases of
the salmon pack at Urea cannery,
operated by the Northwestern Fish
D. C. Sargeant, who has extensive!
mining holdings in the Chisana and i
Nebesna districts, was a passenger j
on the afternoon train. He will go !
outside for a few months. He takes |
a hopeful view of the ultimate result |
of the new diggings.
The special train that went out aa
far as Kennecott with Lieut. Mears,j
of the Alaska Engineering Commis
sion, and several officials of the
railroad, is due to arrive at Chitina
tonight on her return trip. it is
possible that she will reach Cordova
tomorrow night.
Harry H. Knox, who "'as recent).'
granted a light and power franchise
by the Town Council, has sent.his
acceptance of the same and it is now
cn file with the Town Clerk. Mr.
Knox went to Seattle to confer witn
the men interested with him and
reports that the money for the
enterprise will be, forthcoming He
expects to get started before the
expiration of the time specified in
the franchise. In the meantime,
plans and arrangements will be per
fected so that when the work starts
it will go on without interruption.
Mrs. R. F. McClellan, of >Saw
telie, Cal., was an arrival on the
steamer Alameda yesterday. She
will go to Kennecott on Wednesday
with Mrs. W. H. Seagraves and
spend a few days with her until the.
arrival of her husband and son from
the Chisana .when they will all re
the Chisana, when they will all re
Cordova, September 8
Bob Sheldon left Fairbanks on
Wednesday last in his Ford auto but
is net meeting with his usual good
luck in getting through. There have
been many washouts and he lias had
innumerable delays, but expects to
reach Chitina tomorrow afternoon.
Among his passengers Mrs. Horace
Leach is returning from a visit to
Fairbanks.
Mrs. Hancock and he.r little girl
came down from Kennecott yester
day and wil. go outside on the
steamer Alameda. They will go on
to Boston, to spend several months.
There were a large number of
arrivals yesterday from the Chisana
and all are very much concerned
over the information that the post
office at Chisana is to be abolished
on September 15. They realize that
without a post office it will be im
possible to have the government
contract to send in the mail. And
they think that a great ‘injustice,
will be done the 150 or 200 men
who remain inside for the winter by
depriving them from a regular ser
vice. As Cordova is the source of
all supplies they consider that some
effort should be made here to have
the office reestablished. D. C Sar
geant, who came out yesterday. Is
on his way to Washington and will
personally lay the matte.r before the
postal officials. He realizes that thej
postmaster was careless about per
forming his duties and says that he
has now left the diggings for Fair
banks. Mr. Sargeant believes that
if Geo. Goshaw or some, other in
terested man were to be appointed
postmaster that he would give strict
attention to the business of the
office and that the government
would have no further trouble or
annoyance in receiving reports, etc.
Charley Range and Geo. Stone,j
the partners who have the three
years lay on Bud Sargeant’s claim'
on Skookum creek, in the Chisana,
were displaying some pretty heavy I
gold nuggets today. These men
were arrivals yesterday and will
spend the winter outside, expecting
to return to the interior in the early
spring. It is said that they have
?lfi,500 with them in gold dust and
that there is plenty more to be
taken from the same claim. Both
men believe that more valuable dis
coveries than ever will tje made In
the Chisana and that it will he a
good small canxp for years to come.
They report that Hamshaw has run
nto some dirt richer than anything
lie, has yet workeds. "he nuggets
taken out by Range and Stone run
up to three, ouunces in weight ana
are free from quartz.
‘ The Mecca” will be the name or
the new place to be opened by M. C.
Thompson and H. C. Murphy in the.
former Board of Trade room. Altera
tions and improvements are now
being made and it is expected to
have everything in readiness for the
opening in a few days.
The dance given last night by the
Cordova Fire Department was not as
well attended as was expected, al
though those who we.re tnere had a
good time. The music was good
and Drummer Dooley presented an
assistant in the person of C'nas.
O'Connor, who had some new taps
and flourishes.
McCarthy, Alaska,
August 30tli, 1914.
Thomas and Miller lately returned
from the head of the Chitina river, j
make, the following statement re
garding placer prospects:
On right fork of Cavagne River, a
tributary of the Chitina, and on the 1
streams running into said stream,
eoverig an area of a number of
square miles, prospects running from
two to ten cents were found on the
surface, and to a depth of about six
feet. They were unable to reach
bedrock by reason of the water, but
Indications are that bedrock would
be reached at a depth of 10 to 12
fee.t. Good prospects are also found
on the benches to a height of sev
eral hundred feet above the river.
There are at this time about 15 men
in the, district, several of whom are
well outfitted. Thomas and Conrad
Miller, formerly of Katalla, with
Fred Cope the McCarthy Restaurant
man, left for the new diggings
August 29th with pack train an'd
sufficient supplies to last until the
freeze up. In their opinion, the,
ground staked by Miller and Thomas
will pay $15 per day to the man.
Jimmie the Bear is expected to come
in for supplies most any time now.
The boys report the crossing at the
Chitina River dangerous except by
boat. The country abounds with fish
end game, there is plenty of timber,
unlimited water for sluicing and
good grazing for horses.
Will send you report of any fur
ther developments.
Bryson Brothers pack train of 50
horses are loading for return trip
to Shushanna having arrived here
four days ago. Andy Taylor’s pack
train of 25 head is due tomorrow. S.
O. Breedman’s big pack train leaves
on fhe 10th o' September with sup
plies for his Shushanna store.
Captain and Mrs. Wheatley re
cently arrived from Shushanna. The
Captain i3 on his way to join his
regiment at Ottawa for service in the
European war.
Recent arrivals from the Shu
shanna are more optimistic regard
ing the future of the camp than a:
any time since the first strike. Pay
has been found in large amounts on
[ 11 ad 12 on Bonanza, on Chicken
Creek, on the bench claims adjoin
ing Bonanza and Little Eldorado, on
Big Eldorado and in several other
■places. A more careful exploration
of the vicinity of the pay streak has
•proven the extent of the, pay tc
be wider than has been thought.
Charlie Range is taking out pay on
his lay on Skookum in amounts
eminently satisfactory. He had five
pans which averaged $20 to the pan.
Th« pay streak is 17 feet wide where
he is now working and Is richer
than ever. , _
Cordova, September 2
A telegram, sent from McCarthy
was received this afternoon. it
had been written in the Chisana and
sent out by a returning gold seeker.
It is signed by Geo. R. Goshaw, for
merly a deputy U. S. Marshal. He,
says:
“The Chisana postotfice has been
ordered closed in September. The
Cordova Chamber of Commerce
should protest against this. At least
150 persons will winter here. Much
prospecting will be done on the
benches and hauling wood and sup
plies. To date the production is
over $250,000 and may go to
$300,000. This should merit a twice
monthly delivery service via Mc
Carthy. All supplies for the next I
season will be hauled in during the
winter. Irrespective of all knocks
and extreme adverse conditions of
nature, the lack of trails and the!
high prices for food, this camp will
be a big producer for many years, j
Cordova is the natural port for the
source of supplies and should ge:
'busy to aid the people here in hav
ing a reasonable mail service.”
The interior has be.en getting a
good mail service of twice a month
for a long time past. In July Chief
Mail Clerk Alvah Games advertised
fcr bids for a continuance of this
service during the winter. He re
ceived several and forwarded them
on to the department. On the last
oteamer he received word that the
bids would not be considered as the
post office at Chisana had been dis
continued, effective September 15.
This was the first that Mr. Karnes
knew of the matter. He attributes
it to the hack of management upon
the part of the postmaster at Chi
sauR. At times it has been difficult
and almost impossible to get reports
from him. And it is customary
whe.re the department makes two or
three requests for reports from
small offices, and they are not forth
coming to simply abolish the office,
and Mr. Karnes presumes this was
the case with Chisana. Considerable
difficulty has also been encountered
in having the postmaster sign the
proper receipt upon which the mall
contractor could get his money. In
most instances they had to be re
turned fcr corrections, which caused
much delay. He. says that he also
received notice of the discontinu
ance of the post offices at Wortnran
and Homer.
In referring to the proposed trip
of Secretary Lane to Alaska, which
he will have to give up for this year,
a special correspondent writing from
Washington says:
“Secretary Lane, of the depart
ment of the interior, for a long time
has been anxious to get away and
go to Alaska. There is much that
he wants to do there. For one
thing, he wants to visit the several
possible terminals of the Alaska
railroad, for he is the man who will
have to decide where to place that
terminal. The Engineering Commis
sion is merely to make recommen
dations; the final responsibility rests
with the secretary.
“But, first pending legislation,
and now the European war, con
spired to keep him here. True, war
and diplomacy ha m nothing to do
with the department of the interior,
but Secretary Lane is one of the
President’s counselors, and there are
reasons why he should be on the
ground so long as the President is.
“As originally planned, the secre
tary hoped to s;art for Alaska by
August 15, and certainly not later
than August 30, since he has to be
back here early in October to write
bis annual report, which must be
in by November 1. Now, however,
be has about given up hope of gel
ling away.”
Among the passengers going
through on the steamer Mariposa
from Valdez were some of the crew
o> he Midas mine, owned by the
Granby Consolidated Mining Co.
This property has been closed down
for the present because of the war
u Eurooe, which has stopped the
exportation of copper. The prop
erty was being opened and prepared
for shipping and the necessary pre
liminary work has almost been com
pleted and mining operations were
about to be carried forward on a
large scale when the war broke out.
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j District Attorney Crossley has
! undertaken to abolish the redlight
district in Fairbanks. He gives the
city council thirty days in which to
clean up, otherwise he threatens to
prosecute the. property owners who
have rented their buildings for this
purpose. The citzens of town are
up in arms and have protested to the
department at Washington against
the interference ol' the federal offi
cial in a matter that is being satis
factorily handled by the town
authorities.
Judge Brown will hold a term of
court at Seward, comme.ncing Oct.
2. A grand jury will serve during
the term, the following 23 names
having been drawn:
J. S. Baur and H. C. Feldman, of
Cordova.
Frank Kempfer, Wm. T. Hooper,
L. C. Townsend, Henry W. Stocker.
W. M. McEachern, H. L. Rider, of
Valdez.
L. C. Bates, C. Henning, Oscar
Anderson, Sol Silverman, Al. Wolf,
of Seward.
James Fielder and Carl Johnson,
of Ellamar.
A. C. Murphy, of Chitina.
W. S. Beck, of Fort Liscum.
Charles Sealey, of Cliff Mine.
J. F. Dennis, of Kennecott
R. W. Johnson, of Latouche.
H. E. Carlton, of Roosevelt.
Frank Lamson, of Copper Center.
Thomas Blakney, of Fidalgo Bav.
There will be eleven criminal
cases for trial, two of them being
murder trials, one from Knlk and
the other from Alitak. Cases aris-1
ing from the Prlbilof Island scandals
will also be tried.
Cant. J. J. Alger was in command
of the revenue cutter McCullough on
her recent trip to the westward, and
the federal officials testified their
appreciation of his courtesy and
efficiency by presenting him with a
handsome watch charm of old ivory
and a “round robin" signed by all
the officials
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The school at Chitina is again !n
running order, presided over by the
new teacher, Miss Smith, daughter
of P. F. Smith, of the Orr Stage j
Line, and who recently arrived from
Seattle. After enrollment it was
found that 10 pupils would start
with the school ,term, others ex
pected later.
At a semi-annual meeting this
week the Valdez (onnuercial Club
decided that its existence should
continue. But it was further de
cided to make it somewhat more
democratic by reducing the monthly
dues to $2, in the expectation of
securing additional members. .A
board of trustees for the ensuing six
months was elected as follows: C. E.
Bunnell, Edwin Eckern, W. M.
Finical. C. H. Kraemer, .T. C. Mar
tin, B. F. Millard and W. M. Wilson.
In a report made by the grand
jury last month at the placer camp
on the Kuskokwim it was stated
that Iditarod was the only incor
porated town In Alaska that lived
without taxation.
FORT LEAVENWORTH. Kas.,
Sept. 8.—Under the Manchu act Col.
W. P. Burnham, commanding the
Army Service Schools, was relieved
by Col. H. A. Greene, unattached,
stationed at the Cenarat Department
at Chicago. Under the same act.
Col. H. J. Slocum, commandant of
the United States military prison
was relieved by Col. George A. Dodd,
stationed at the recruit depot of
Columbus Barracks. Ohio. The Man
elm act provides that officers must
serve at least tv o years of every six
sears with the.’.r commands.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 8.—Reduc
tion of the number of Capital
saloons from over ."00 to 300 was
begun today by the excuse board.
The dry order goes into effect
Nove.mber 1.
PITTSBURG, Sept. 8.—Pittsburgh
annual industrial and trade show at
Exposition Hall was opened and
will continue for 40 days. Latest in
ventions, particularly in the steel in.
dustry and trade, are. shown. Enter
tainment features include music by
the great orchestras and bands,
which come for periods of from one
week to ten days while the “Expo”
is in swing.
The passengers from Seattle who
arrived Sunday on the, steamer Ala
meda included A. F. Black and wife,
Grif Ellis, Thos. Gardner. Mrs. W.
T. Harris, Mrs. R. F. McClellan.
Chas. O’Connor, C. Wold and two
second-class.
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