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Cordova, July 14.
The recent fire that destroyed the
power house, at the mining property
of the Hubbard & Elliott property,
has not interfered with the con
tinued development of the mine. The
destroyed building contained an air
compressor, a gasoline engine and
112 cases of gasoline. The black
smith shop was also burned. The
long tunnel 500 feet below the sur
face is now in 900 feet and lacks
less than 200 feet of striking the
main ore body. The latest report
from the Kuskalana country is that
the H. & E. Company have struck 5
feet of bornite ore in the tunnel,
upon which they have drifted 4 5
feet.
Lawrence Bowman Clapp, the
architectural designer and water
color artist, left on the train this
morning for Miles glacier, where he
will take up camp with Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Schiller for the next few days.
He expects to get a number of views
of the glaciers and will then return
to Cordova and paint surrounding
scenes.
Saturday night Dr. Council left
for Chitina, where he had been
summoned because of the serious
condition of Dr. Hamilton who had
been accidently shot in the foot a
few' days before while out hunting.
Blood poisoning had set in and when
the Dr. reached Chitina he did not
deem it advisable to perform an
operation. The patient continued to
gradually get worse and died this
afternoon at 12:30 o'clock.
Dr. Hamilton came from Seattle
where he had a wife and brother, A.
L. Hamilton, a leading photographer
with studio in the Colman building.
The Dr. was a graduate of McGill
college, Toronto, where he took a
course in medicine. He spent last
winter in Cordova and left about
the first of February to go to the
Chisana. After reaching McCarthy
he changed his plans and later re
turned to Chitina, where he had
since beeu residing.
A regular meeting of the Cordova
Chamber of Commerce was held last
night, at which a number of com
munications were read and disposed
of. One matter of considerable im
portance was a communication from
Governor Strong, in which ne
urged co-operation in the effort to
secure a creditable exhibit from
Alaska for the San Francisco expo
sition. The Chamber referred the
matter to the executive committee
to take steps to se.e that an exhibit
from the Copper River country was
assembled at Cordova so that it
could be shipped to San Francisco by
November. It is particularly desired
in this connection that miners in
the interior should ship to the chain,
be.r specimens of the various ores
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desired both for a local exhibit as
well as for the exposition.
A party of large stockholders in
the Alaska Copper Corporation, who
le.ft a week ago to visit the proper
ties of the corporation in the Kus
kalana country, returned last night.
They were: Baron Bulow von
Ravens, of New York; M. P. Martin,
of Scranton, Pa.; D. E. Drery and
Geo M. Drery, of Catasauqua, Pa.;
and Alfred B. Illes, of New York.
These me.n came down yesterday
from Strelna on a speeder. They
left the mine in the morning, had
dinner at Strelna and left there ut
3 o’clock, spending an hour each at
Chitina and Mile. 117, and reaching
Cordova last night at 11 o’clock.
They passed the Sewell family at
Mile 52, where they are making
headquarters while painting the
glaciers, expecting to go on to Nug
get cre.ek in about a week.
The stockholders who examined
the Rarus and Nugget Creek mines
express themselves as being well
satisfied with the. development and
showing made. H. W. DuBois, the
mining expert from Philadelphia is
still on the property and will con
tinue his Investigation and examina
tion for a few days longer, and likely
until the arrival of Ambler .1.
Stewart, of New York, vice, president
and treasurer and Frank P. Lauer,
of Reading, Pa., who is a director,
and president of the Lauer Brewing
Co. These two men will sail from
Seattle on the ste.amer Northwestern
tomorrow night. Baron von Ravens
and the Baroness will 'remain at
Cordova until after their arrival,
while the party from Pennsylvania
will sail on the Alameda Thursday
for Seattle. Mr. and Mrs. lies will
go to Valdez on the. first steamer.
Cordova, July 15.
A speeder that le.ft Strelna this
morning arrived this afternoon at
2:30 o’clock, bringing in a party of
mining men. Willis J. Holden, of
Boston, Frank S. Sinnicks, of Man
chester, Mass., and C, A. Anderson
are the men and they had been into
the Kuskalana country making an
investigation of the workings on the
Ole Berg copper property. They will I
likely return south on the steamer!
Alameda tomorrow.
Lon Meenich was brought over
from Cliff mine in a small launch
Monday night and placed in the hos
pital, to undergo an operation for
appendicitis. There was a delay be
cause of the absence of Dr. Council
at Chitina. He returned to town,
however, this afternoon, and with
the assistance of Dr. Chase per
formed the operation.
Four years ago the salary of the
postmaster at Fairbanks was $2,600.
But it has gradually been reduced
until now when a new postmaster
takes hold he finds that his stipend
is but $4,000.
Cordova. July 16.
A well attended meeting of base
ball enthusiasts last night made a
fine start toward getting a good ball
ground for Cordova. Various meth
ods of reaching the desired result
were discussed and several commit
tees were appointed to carry out the
will of the meeting and report it
another meeting to be held on Fri
day night after the first show, at
the Chamber of Commerce room. A
| committee consisting of Malcolm
| Brock, Harry O’Xeill and H. U.
I Steel was named to secure the right
| to use the ground in the rear of the
Arctic Lumber Co. building. Dr.
j Council, E. V. Boyle and John Berry
were given the pleasure, of securing
I subscriptions of either money or
j labor to make the necessary im
I provements. Geo. C. Hazelet, C. P.
; Mickelson and Capt. Lathrop were
appointed to ascertain the most
| economical way of Improving the
ground and to furnish an estimate of
' the probable cost. It was decided
! that an association should be formed
i on Friday night and an experienced
I man selected to take charge of
j the work, which it is hoped to have
i completed during the first week in
1 August, when the transport Buffalo
will be in port. Up to this after
noon about one thousand dollars in
money and labor had been sub
[ scribed.
The members of the Cordova Vol
' unteer Fire Department are seri
j ously considering the advisability of
building a new gymnasium and club
■ house. They claim that the present
! quarters are not suited for that
| purpose. At the meeting of the de
| partment on Monday night a com
j mittee was appointed by Chief
Byers, consisting of Howell I.
Lewis, Tom C. Price and C. P.
Mickelson, with instructions to ascer
tain the prices of available lots, the
cost for constructing a suitable
building and the preparing of rough
plans for the permanent building.
The steamer Alameda arrived
from the westward this morning and
at 8 o'clock a train was at the wharf
to take the party of 40 excursionists
to the glacier. In the meantime a
cargo of copper ore was being loaded
and when the train returned at 1:30
this afternoon all was in readiness
to sail south. The following pas
sengers left from Cordova:
For Seattle—Griff Ellis, H. Al
bright, Guy Busch, J. E. McGillivan,
C. Wold, F. D. Sinnicks, E. Talbert,
R. H. Clark, Baroness Von Ravens,
i M. J Martin and wife, R. E. Dery,
| Geo. M. Dery and 5 second-class,
j For Juneau—T. J. Conway, R. D.
| Pinneo.
i iMttjui r reuvu auu vuias. neriuu
| are expected back in Seward this
J week and they will likely come to
Cordova on the steamer next week.
They took an option on Resurrec
tion creek on the Knight ground,
and put 15 men at work doing exten
sive prospecting. They then went
to Sixmile, back of Sunrise, to ex
i amine an extensive hydraulic propo
i sition. They may go to the interior
from Cordova to examine some prop
erty that has been offered them.
Cordova, July 17.
Stephen Birch, managing director
for the Guggenheim mining interests
in Alaska, came over from Latouche
on the steamer yesterday morning
and went out to the glacier with the
party of excursionists. He remained
there until the afternoon, when a
gasoline car took him through to
Chitina and Kennecott. He expects
to return to Cordova next week, to
be here when the party of Kastern
capitalists arrive on the steamer
Mariposa, which sails from Seattle
tomorrow night and should be at
Cordova next Friday.
Mrs. H. B. Burkhart received a
wire this morning announcing the
death of her aged father, Mr. Wil
liamson, which occurred at their old
home at Lee Summit, Mo., a short
distance from Kansas City. He was
a civil war veteran and carried
wounds as a result of action in sev
eral contests. Mrs. Burknart is un
decided as yet but is awaiting fur
ther information before concluding
to take the steamer tonight and
going to Missouri. '
The train yesterday afternoon
brought in from the interior, the fol
lowing who are registered at the
Rainier-Grand: N. J. Smith, Alganic;
T. Antisell and L. R. Hyster, Mc
Carthy, Sam McWilliams, Chitina;
Dan Vanderford, N. O. Cameron. At
the same hotel are C. G. Goss, of
Salt Lake; S. P. Hunt, of Juneau;
W. A. Lamont, San Francisco.
James Carscadden has returned
from a trip to Port Wells. He
visited the mining property of the
Golden Eagle Mining Company, at
Golden, and declares that the show
ing already made is of itself suffi
cient to make wealthy the various
Cordova stockholders.
Mrs. Ed. Griset has returned from
a pleasant visit spent with Mr. and
Mrs. Gillis at the wireless station,
Whitshed.
Cordova, July 18.
There was an enthusiastic meet
ing of Cordova baseball fans at the
Chamber of Commerce room last
night. Definite steps were taken
toward forming a permanent organ
ization and starting the work of
making a good baseball ground. Tile
meeting was organized by the elec
tion of Dr. Chase as chairman and
H. G. Steel as secretary. The sub
scription committee reported that
$1,310 in money and $430 in labor
had been pledged. The committee
appointed to make an estimate of
the probable cost of putting the
ground in good condition stated
that they considered that the work
could best be done by the use of a
donkey engine and two shovels,
which Supt Corser was willing to
give the free, use of. and that the
cost would not greatly exceed
$1,000. The available ground that
all favor is the tract on the other
side of the railroad in the rear of
the Arctic Lumber Co.’s building.
The railroad company state that
they have located on it, while Tom
Teets savs he homesteaded it last
April. The company is willing that
the association should have the free
use of the ground. Mr. Teets was
present and first indicated that he
would make a term lease on the
ground if a satisfactory offer was
made, him as to price. After a dis
cussion he agreed that the associa
tion should go ahead and improve
the ground and use it for the present
without cost, stipulating that when
he secured title that a rental would
be. agreed upon. Mr. Mickelson was
instructed to take charge of the
work of getting the machinery in
readiness and taken to the ground,
so that active operations could he
commenced Monday morning. The
matter of incorporating was referred
to a committee of five, to report «.t
a meeting to be held on Sunday
afternoon at 4 o’clock, at the Cham
ber of Commerce room.
I he steamer Admiral tivans did
not arrive, in port this morning until
nearly 6 o’clock and sailed south a
couple of hours later, with but two
or three passengers from here.
Fred Glassbrenner was a passen
ger this morning with Capt. Durkee.
on the launch Triton for Katalla.
He will return on the Sampson.
Cordova, July 20.
Deputy Marshal Joe Feaster came,
down from Chitina on Saturday on a
matter of business, in connection
with a complaint entered by Game
Warden Alheit, who charged that a
morintain sheep had been killed at
Alganic last spring.
A large number of people were out
on the, bay, on the lake, or in the
j woods, enjoying the mild weather
of yesterday. As a result straw
berry patches were raided, trout
streams were whipped, and some big
catcher were made in the Sound.
Councilman Thomas Davis, who
! has been visiting with his wife for
the past two months in Idaho and
at Seattle, is now on his way north,
having sailed with Mrs. Davis on
the steamer Mariposa. Saturday
night.
Baron Buelow von Ravens and
Alfred B. lies left this morning for
the lake expect ng to litt a large
number of trout with the fresh eggs
that they secured at tne Orca Can
nery. If they succeed in having a
big catch they will take some of the
fish with them to their mine on the
Kuskulana, expecting to leave on
Wednesday’s train.
Mrs. W. H. Chase, wno has been
spending several weeks with her
folks in New York, sailed for Cor
dova on the Mariposa, leaving
Seattle on Saturday night.
Willis J. Holden, of Boston, ac
companied D. W. Walker to Alganic
yesterday and will look over the gold
quartz mining property in the Mc
Kinley Lake district.
Cordova, July 21.
Mr. and Mrs. Ambler J. Stewart,
of New YTork, and Mr. Frank Lauer,
of Reading, Pa., were, arrivals this
morning on the steamer North
western. Mr. Stewart is vice presi
dent and treasurer of the Alaska
Copper Corporation, and Mr. Lauer
is a director in the corporation.
The latter is president of the Lauer
Brewing Company and also vice
president of a bank. These men
will take the train tomorrow, in
company with Baron von Ravens
and A. B. lies, and go to Strelna.
From there they will go by horse to
the Rams and Nugget creek copper
properties of the corporation, on the
Kuskalana river. A mining expert is
now on the ground and has been for
a couple of weeks. Extensive, de
velopments are contemplated and
various stockholders are this sum
mer making a personal visit to the
property. Mrs. Stewart will remain
with Mrs. lies at the. Windsor hotel
while the men are in the interior.
Cordova now has a municipal j
Australian ballot law. The ordi-;
nance that has been before Town;
Council for a month or more past
was finally adopted last night, with j
but one amendment. The hour for j
closing the polls was changed from
6 to 7 o’clock in the evening. Under \
this ordinance all municipal elec
tions, regular and special, shall be
held in the secret manner provided
by the law. It does not affect ti.e
general elections neld for the elec
tion of Delegate to Congress and for
members of the Territorial Legis
lature. The ordinance passed by an
unanimous vote. It will be pub
lished tomorrow
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The Cordova Park Association -s
now an assured organization, as
articles of incorporation were signed
today and the necessary papers will
be filed with the Clerk of the Court
and the. Secretary of the Territory.
The capitalization is $5,000, shares
at $1 each and non-assessable. The
intention is to establish parks, play
grounds, conduct games, etc., for
the pleasure and benefit of the peo
ple. of Cordova. The board of direc
tors, whose names appear in the in
corporation papers, is composed of
the following: Dr. W. IV. Council,
Dr. W H. Chase, Geo. C. Hazelet, M.
Brock, C. P. Mickelson, Capt. A. E.
Lathrop and John Berry. These
names were, recommended at a meet
ing of the men who have subscribed
to the new association. They will
serve until May, 1915. The direc
tors nave elected officers as follows:
Fresiden't—Dr. IV. H. Chase.
Vice President—E L. Harwood.
Secretary—T. J. Tallent.
Treasurer—Howell I. Lewis.
Manager—Dr. W. W. Council.
One of the first activities of the
association will be the making of a
ground to be used for baseball and
other athletic sports. The right has
been secured to use a tract across
the. railroad and in the rear of the
Arctic Lumber Co.’s building. It is
about 300 feet square. The work of
improving this ground was started
this morning, with C. P. Mickelson
as superintendent. A donkey engine
has been secured from the. railway
company and it is being used to pull
out stumps, preparatory to putting
two shovels at work in a day or two,
leveling off and covering the area
with six inches of gravel. Money
and labor necessary to do the re- j
quired work has been subscribed and
it is expected that in about two
weeks the ground will be in condi
tion to play base ball on.
Lieut. Glen E. Edgerton, of the
: engineer corps, and member of the
Alaska Road Commission, came from
! the interior on a speeder yesterday
and is at the Windsor hotel. He,
! recently went to the Nizina country,
to inspect the new bridge that had
largely been carried away by the
I high water. He found that thre.e
j spans of 150 feet each, and crossing
I the deeper channel of the north end,
! were no longer in evidence.. In ad
■ dition the cribbing had aiso entirely
washed away. When the rock was
placed in the cribs last winter it ap
peared to be hard and had to be.
blasted out of the hillside. But
| after being exposed to the sun's
! rays and to the water it seemed to
! crumble and disintegrate, because of
the limestone which it contained.
It was about June 8 that a glacier;
stream burst and brought such a
torrent of water down that within
eight hours the five feet that had
previously been running had been
increased to 14 feet, a rise of 9 feet, j
R. S. Giddings, who had been sent!
by the Road Commission to make;
the trail approaches to the bridge!
was in camp on the river side when |
the accident occurred, but could do
nothing to stem the current. Three
smaller trusses of 75 feet each still
remain and it is believed that they
will not be washed away as they are
on the side where the current is not
so swift or water so deep. The com
mission will either have to repair the
present bridge, at considerable cost,
or possibly save what they can of
It and rebuild at another location
where the stream is wider and cur
rent not so . swift. The Lieut, will
return on the next train and will
make further investigation of con
ditions along the Nizina river.
According to the Seward Gateway
a wonderful paystreak has been dis
covered in the Turnagain Arm sec
tion. The paystreak found is re
garded as one of the greatest in the
whole territory. It runs clear across
the creek from rim to rim and one
pan picked no less a sum than 54 1
was wasned. The width of the
streak is 200 feet and ft is believed ;
that there is work in sight there for s
50 years. The discovery has created <
the greatest excitement all over the i
Sunrise and Hope sections as it is 1
taken as an indication that much ;
greater development is in sight for
those districts than people had
dared to hope before. ,
This paystraek is on the property ,
of the Crow Creek Mining Company. ,
composed of H. L Jaffe, Dick Daw- ■
son, Charles R. Brown, X. B. Sol
ner, R. R. Rhodes and Harry Nutter.
As a result of four days run, $12,000
was cleaned up.
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NEW YORK, July 21.—There is
serious trouble in baseball circles.
This morning the Baseball Fratern
ity ordered all players in the Major
league to go on a strike. The reason
given is because of the suspension
of Clarence O. Kraft, for declining
to obey an order of the National
Commission. He was directed to re.
port from the Newark International
League to the Nashville club of the
Southern Association. He refused
on the ground that his salary would
be $130 per month less. And in
taking this stand Kraft is supported
by the Fraternity.
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ALBANY, Ore., July 21.—Plans !
to further statewide prohibiton will
be considered at the annual con
ference. of the Epwortli League of
the Methodist church in Oregon
west of the Cascade mountains,
which opened a six day session.
Routine business occupied the atten.
tiop of the conference today.
WASHINGTON, July 17.—Secre
;ary of State Bryan has put himself
jn record as favoring universal
suffrage. In a formal statement
;iven out last evening he declared
sositiveiy for woman suffrage, say
ng that he would ask no political
•ight for himself that he was not
willing to grant to his wife. The
nany representatives here of the
mffrage cause are jubilant over this
expression and believe,that it will be
)f great assistance in their fight to
lave the question made a national
ssue.
PUERTO MEXICO, July 21.—
tgain Huerta changed his plans and
lecided not to insist upon being
■onveyed abroad in a Mexican battle,
thlp. Last night in company with
lis family and Blanquet and his
amily, they all sailed for Kingston,
(amaica, on the cruiser Dresden.
MADISON, Wis., July 21.—Mov
ng pictures devoted to municipal
opics and especially to city improve,
nents, were to be shown before
nembers of the Wisconsin League, of
Municipalities which met here today
ivith about 2b0 city officials present.
\ three days session was opened by
President Joseph Fisher.
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