WANTS WOMEN OF
CORDOVA TD
The Daily Times is in receipt of a
letter from Mrs. Thos. V. Conor,
president of the Douglas Island Wo
man’s Club, enclosing a copy of tenta
tive by-laws and constitution for the
purpose of organizing a Territorial
Federation of Woman’s Clubs, and ask
ing us to turn the same over to any
woman whom we think would be in
terested in forming a woman’s club in
Cordova. This we will be glad to do
and suggest that if any one is particu
larly Interested in this work that they
call at the Times office.
That there Is to be no boundary line
in the work of the women is indicated
in the following list names to which
the open letter has been sent:
Mrs. R. W. J. Reed, Aurora Club,
Nome, Alaska.
Mrs. W. H. Cramer, Valdez Study
Clnb.
Valdez Civic Club.
Mrs. C. E. Bunnell, Women’s Civic
Club, Fairbanks.
Mrs. William P. Harper, 551 Kin
near Place, Seattle.
Editors of Skagway Alaskan, Cor
dova Times, Ketchikan Progressive,
Wrangell Sentinel, Petersburg Repart,
Cook Inlet Pioneer, at Anchorage,
Seward Gateway. Whitehorse Star,
Dawson News, Ruby Record.
One is also directed to the Juneau
papers and to Mrs. Harry Fisher of
Juneau.
The proposed name for the organiza
tion is “The Alaska Federation of
Women’s Clubs of the Territory of
Alaska.”
The objects are given in article two
of the constitution and is as follows.
"The objects of this federation shall
be to unite the women’s clubs of the
territory for the study of cultural and
altruistic subjects, for the considera
tion of public issues and to secure
Buch concerted action thereon as its
members may desire, for mutual help
fulness and co-operation in the gene
eral interests of humanity.”
Th officers as provided are a presi
dent, a first vice-president, treasurer
and first trustees, to be elected in the
odd years; second vice president, sec'
ond trustee, auditor and recording sec
retary, to be elected in the even years,
and corresponding secretary to be
selected by the president, to serve
only during her term of office, and a
parliamentarian to be appointed by the
board. The excutive board shall
consist of the officers and past presi
dents of the federation. A resident
member of the general federation
board shall be a member of the board
during her term of office.
The other articles refer to the usual
duties and dues and when meetings
shall be held. Every club of ten
members or less shall be entitled to
one delegate at the general convntion;
clubs up to 25 are entitled to two
delegates, and one delegate for each
25 additional members.
“Meetings of this federation shall be
held annually, time and place to be de
termined by the board.”
OWNERS?SiUGE
For some time past it has been gen*
erally known that Anchorage has been
run wide-open, although no liquor
licenses have been granted for that
camp. Numerous small shops were
doing business ostensibly as cigar
and Boft drink stands, while in reality
there were conducted as “blind pigs.”
In fact conditions over there became
so notorious that the federal officials
were forced to take conizance of
them. As a result a number of secret
indictments were returned by the
grand jury and a raft of people are
now in the Anchorage jail awaiting
trial at the Seward term of court,
charged with selling liquor without a
license. It la reported that two or
three former Cordovans are among
those under arrest.
FlBisIolTPUT
INCREASED HALF MILLION
FAIRBANKS. Oct. 11—The gold
output for this district has been grati
fying to the mine owenrs and will be
$600,000 greater than it was last year.
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CORDOVAN OPENS NEW
THEATRE AT 8EWARD
Capt. Lathrop opened his new Em
press theatre at Seward on Thursday
night. He has arranged with Clyde
Alexander to represent him there and
Mrs. Arthur McNeer, daughter of our
townsman, W. E. Root, has been en
gaged to furnish the music for all the
performances.
LANE WRITES ARTICLE
FOR SEWARD POST
SEWARD, Oct. 11—The Evening
Post today published the first of a
series of articles on government in
Alaska, from the pen of Hon. Frank
lin K. Lane. In the opening state
ment the Secretary of the Interior
says:
“Heretofore we have done little
in Alaska than keep a few policemen
stationed at close noors. Now we are
to open the doors, we need more than
a police force.”
It is a gripping story of a misgov
erned land, and it’s based on facts.
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CHARTERED
THIS RUN
For the second time this season, the
Pacific Cold Storage Company’s steam
ship Elihu Thompson has been char
tered by the Alaska Steamship Com
pany to help handle the rush in the
transportation corporations freight
traffic to and from Alaska. The
Thompson immediately proceeded to
begin loading a full cargo of coal and
miscellaneous freight for the North.
On the return voyage she will bring
a full cargo of canned salmon from
Southeastern Alaska points. i'he
charter calls for one round voyage.
In the middle of the summeu. the
Thompson was chartered by the
steamship company to help relieve
the freight pressure on its tonnage.
She made two voyages under the char
ter. The company also operated the
steamship Pavolf of the Pacific Ameri
can Fisheries, in a voyage to and from
Alaska under a charter in the sum
mer. Vice President R. W. Baxter
has again arranged to have the Pavolf,
now in Alaska waters for the fisheries
company, handle 20,000 cases of can
ned salmon of the steamship company
on her forthcoming southbound voy
age.
The los of the freighter Edith and
the heavy volume of the northbound
and south bound freight movement,
are responsible for the Thompson
charter and the arrangement made for
the Pavolf’s southbound voyage.
The deals closed by the Alaska
Steamship Company contain an ele
ment of the sensational. The com
pany operates by far the greatest fleet
plying the Seattle-Alaska routes, yet
has found it necessary to seek the aid
of more vessels to fulfill its promises
to shippers.
Having stood all the tests of dry
dock inspection the Great Lakes
freighters Bennington and Burlington
were accepted by the Alaska Steam
ship Company. They were purchased
from the Ruthland Transit Company,
a subsidiary of the New York Central
Railroad, subject to inspection in dry
dock. Both vessels were found to he
in perfect condition and the formal
transfer was made October 1. They
went from Ogdenburg down the St.
Lawrence river to New York where
they were loaded for the voyage to
Seattle via the Panama Canar.
Because of their greater speed, the
Burlington and Bennington will give
a service equal to that of three ves
sels of the lost Edith’s type and
speed.
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FAIRBANKS, Oct. IS—All the rivers
in this section are beginning to freeze,
and while the ice is far from being
solid, great quantities of ice are run
ning in the streams,
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CHARGES EDITOR WITH
BRIBING CITY COUNCIL
SEWARD, Oct. 12—Editor Sawyer
of the Seward Evening Post, buys
control of the council to pass the
franchise asked by the Seward Elec
tric Company.
GATEWAY.
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SEWARD, Oct. 15—A wholesale
slaughter of moose is reported here
from Katchetak Bay and Chickaloon
Flats and it is said that the meat is
beng shipped to Anchorage where
there is no game warden. The law
prohibits the taking of moose from
Kenal peninsula and Warden Erick
son has been sent from Seward to put
a stop to the practice.
DRILLS NEEDED
CHISMIII TO
PROSPECT
Editor Dally Times:
I would like to give you a few facts
about the conditions in the Shushan
na.
The work has ceased and the camp
is abandoned, with the exception of
some fifty or sixty people, who will re
main and prospect this winter. These
fifty or sixty people still have con
fidence in the camp. We are all glad
the most of the no-good element and
knockers are gone. A great many
men came into the country with a
good grubstake, but made no use of it.
I can mention a number of them who
never left the cabin, and many more
who have never seen Bonanza, Eldo
rado or any other creeks in the dis
trict; who sold their outfits and hit
the trail, and it has made a great dif
ference in the feeling of those were
trying to do something.. Everyone
was glad to be see the “misfit” go. I
have spent many, many years all over
Alaska, but the element who stam
peded to Shusanna were the oddest
hunch I have ever seen. Among them
came sneak thieves and hold-up men
from Dawson, pimps and tinhorn gam
blers from Fairbanks, cache breakers
and murderers from Nome, etc. The
riff raff of rotteness from all parts of
Alaska and the outside took refuge in
the little camp of Shushanna and lived
and thrived, robbed cabins and caches,
committed depredations and murder;
jumped claims and brought about liti
gation and trouble for the rightful
owner. But now we are almost clear
of this element; they have gone down
the river or over the hump of ice that
that seperates us from outside hu
manity,the people remaining here are
now getting their winters meat. But
they have to go fifty miles further
now than they the first year on ac
count of the havoc wrought by the
“would be” hunter who would go out
and cripple sheep, caribou and moose
and leave them to wander away and
die. • The cost of provisions in Shu
shanna has been a vital subject, and
only can be overcome with the de
velopment of the country. We have
had no assistance whatever in way of
building trails and bridges only indi
vidually, and about 100 miles of
rough mountainous, glacial country
seperates us from the nearest point of
transportation.
The past season has been very dry,
no rain at all, even Bonanza was short
of water for slucing, only on the lower
end. The James-Nelson people are
installing a large hydraulic plant on
Bonanza and expect to operate exten
sively next summer. The "pay” gold
that has been taken out of the district
so far, was taken with very little min
ing, the ground on Bonanza, Little and
Big Eldorado ets. all being shallow.
The outlook for Big Eldorado is good
and almost the entire creek has been
let out on lays for next season.
Now comes our great want. Shu
shanna district lies In that great allu
vial belt. This great belt reaching
out across Alaska and Yukon terri
tories has produced countless millions
in placers and quartz etc. and as a
matter of fact less than two fifths of
this great country lies unexplored.
Getting back to Shushanna what we
need here, is assistance. This is a big
country with 25 or 30 fine big creeks—
with fine wash gravel that will pan to
within a few feet of surface. But on
no creek in the district, except Bonan
za and Eldorados, has a hole been
put to bedrock. Alder, Johnson,
Trail, Rabbit, Ruby, Notch, Copper,
Lime, Powell, Wilson, Bryan, and
many more w’tb >ut a single hole to
bedrock—Why? Simply because It
costs too much for foodstuffs and
freight, and not many men in camp
who ever get the money together at
one time, to buy enough grub to last
them while he puts a hole to bedrock.
On Alder creek two holes are down
over a hundred feet, but owing to the
lack of pumps and other facilities for
taking care of the water these had to
be abandoned.
Mr. Capps, a geologist of wide re
pute says Alder is one of the ancient
channels and deserves a fighting
chance as do all the old channels and
in all probabllty when Alder creek haB
been prospected and bedrock reached,
we can begin to realize a camp of
some importance. These old chan
nels laying across the country hav
ing been covered up by volcanic action
—upheaval and settling of mountains
into the river beds of long ago—where
the wealth in inestimable figures lies
sleeping—patiently waiting the ener
getic and never tiring prospector to
burrow into it and help himself. Now
what we most need is the drill, one
that will go to the bottom of these
channels and tell us what is there. Up
to the present time not on edollar’s
worth of mining machinery has come
into thig camp, excepting, of course,
the small prospecting outfit, and the
small outfit is useless without high
pressure pumps and other ways and
means of handling water. Now I think
if the Seattle and Cordova spirit would
wake up, it could help us materally,, in
holding down exhorbltant prices and
lending an encouraging hand in land
ing mining machinery. Robt. Clark,
one of Shushanna pioneer operators is
in the city preparing to bring in a
wake up, it could help ug materally, In
touch with the immediate needs of the
country, and I wish him every suc
cesg in this venture. Thanking you
Mr. Editor, very kindly,
I hope to remain,
Yours Respectfully,
M. S. MCALLISTER.
misKHiS
BEFORE CIRCUIT COURT
Judge William A. Munley, assistant
district attorney at Seward, who re
cently passed through Cordova on his
way to San Francisco will appear be
fore the Circuit court of appeals in
thq case of United States vs. W. A.
Polland. The case in question deals
with the attempt of the government to
cancel a patent issued for 190 acres
adjoining the Seward townsite on the
ground that said land is contiguous to
another tract along the shoreline, the
law. The law asserts that not more
than 160 acres attempted to be located
under soldier's additional homestead
law. The la wasserts that not more
than 160 acreg may be located con
tiguously and that 80 rods must in
tervene between each 160 acres.
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KEEL SLIGHTLY
The steamer Northwestern arrived
in port at 7 o'clock Sunday evening,
after an exciting experience in com
ing north. On Tuesday morning last
at 2:15 o’clock she struck a rock off
Potters Buoy reef, on Pinnock Island,
two miles south of Ketchikan. The
vessel struck at half-tide and three
hours later listed to port twenty de
grees and at 9:35 that morning she
proceeded on her way.
The Northwestern ran into a heavy
fog just before 2 a. m., and as the
density of the fog increased Captain
J. C. Hunter, who was on the bridge
with Pilot Lindstrom, stopped the en
gines. The fog prevented the view of
the lights on shore. As the vessel
drifted, Captain Hunter sighted the
land of Pinnock Island, about 600 feet
straight ahead. The engines were re
versed, with the result the big vesssl
backed onto the rock of Potter’s Buoy
Reef, at the hour stated.
At 4 a. m., the steamship Dolphin,
of the same line, passed to the star
board. The Northwestern, it had
been discovered meanwhile, was in
no danger from the contact and the
Dolphin proceeded to Ketchikan.
A diver made an examination of the
Northwestern at Ketchikan and found
that her keel was slightly damaged,
but otherwise she was unhurt.
The Cordova passengers aboard the
Northwestern were Mrs. A. Fields, S.
T. Brightwell, Mrs. C. L. Byers,
Geo. F. White, J. Whalen, Eliz Hef
fermah) Mrs. Eva Hinckley, Hary
Warren, C. J. difference, H. G. Bal
lard.
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LITIGANTS DAMAGE SUIT
ON WAY TO SEWARD
John E. Baliaine, accompanied by
his attorney James A. Haight, of
Seattle were on the Admiral Evans
returning to Seward to prosecute his
suit for $500,000 against W. J. Bo
land of Washington, D. C., F. G.
Emmett and W. E. Stavert of Toron
to, Canada, trustees of the Alaska
Northern railway.
Ballaine alleges that the suit
brought by the Alaska Northern, in
volving the title to the Seward town
site, held by Frank E. Ballaine, was
malicious and without foundation,
and that it was filed at such a time
as to prevent Ballaine from making
profitable sales. He asks damages
amounting to $500,000.
W. J. Boland, a defendant in the
case, was also aboard the Evans, as
well as his counsel, Attorney T. C.
West, of San Frkancisco.
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New Road Completed.
Contractor Bartley Howard has
completed the building of the new
roadway from the lawer end of Second
avenue to the Old Town and with the
funds available he did a good job.
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS OF THE WEEK
What Is Transpiring In and About Cordova
%
MONDAY
Mrs. Eva Hinckley was an arrival
on last night’s steamer.
*Mrs. T. M. Lynch, of Strelna, is
spending a few days in town.
A. S. Dautrick, representing the
Great Northern railroad, is in town.
C. J. Clifford, of Seattle, and G. E.
White of San Francisco, are registered
at the Alaskan hotel.
H. D. Smith, the mill-man at the
Bonanza mine, Kennecoot, came to
town on yesterday's train.
Deputy Marshal Sam Brightwell and
H. G. Ballard have returned from a
trip to Seattle and Portland.
W. E. James and W. A. Johnson
returned on the Farragut Saturday
night from a trip to Valdez.
Chas. E. Herron, Republican terri
torial chairman, was in town Satur
day night on his way to Chicago.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Aiken, of June
au, are spenrding a few days here and
are registered at the Windsor hotel.
H. S. Wilson, route agent for the
Wells-Fargo Express Company, is here
on his semi-annual tour of inspection.
Mrs. Archie Field, who has made
an extended trip to the states, was a
returning passenger on the North
western .
Mine Inspector Sumner S. Smith
arrived from the westward Saturday
night and left on today’s train for
Kennecott.
Mrs. E. L. Harwood and Mrs. D.
A. Mosser left on this morning’s
train for Alganick, where they will
spend a few days.
J. H. Sears, of the Harriman bank,
Seward, accompanied by his wife, was
an outgoing passenger on the Farra
gut Saturday night.
( Geo. C. Hazelet, accompanied by
Falcon Joslin, pf Fairbanks, will leave
tomorrow for Bering river to examine
the coal fields there.
Geo. Mosser left for Seward on the
Northwestern, Capt. Lathrop having
sent for him to go there and instal his
new moving picture show.
Mrs. Clark R. Byers, who spent the
past four months with relatives in
Seattle and Vancouver, returned home
last night on the Northwestern.
Miss Grace Gaines, who has been
spending severay months to the west
ward, passed through Cordova Satur
day night on her way home to Chica
go.
Chas. Cole and D. C. Nelson were
arrivals on the Northwestern, register
ing at the Alaskan hotel. They left
on this morning's train for the inter
ior.
Former Senator 'Henry Roden is
on his way to the coast having left
Fairbanks in one of the Northern
Commercial Company’s first auto
trucks.
Mall Contract for Anchorage
The government has asked for bids
for carrying 400 and 800 pounds or
mail from Seward to Anchorage every
week this winter.
Assistant District Attorney W. H.
Whittlesey, of Seward, is in town on
behalf of the government, taking over
the donated site for Cordova’s $100,
000 federal building.
W. T. Soule, who is in charge of
the Valdez Creek Mines placer prop
erty in the interior, accompanied by
his wife, is registered at the Windsor
hotel, and will leave on the next boat
for the states.
Murray Holland and wife, of Sew
ard, were among the Farragut passen
gers for the states.
On the next sailing of the North
western from Seattle she wili go west
as far as Anchorage, which will likely
be he last steamer to touch at the new
railroad terminal before navigation
closes for the winter on Cook Inlet.
The Admiral Farragut arrived from
the westward Saturday evening about
7 o’clock and remained in port until
Sunday morning at 9:30 o’clock load
ing ore. The outjolng passengers
from Cordova were G. Lamprey, John
Cain, P. Lexey, A. B. Frick, L. Waz
ha and J. F. Hoege.
TUESDAY
The /steamer Northwestern sailed '
for the westward late yesterday after
noon. Passengers from Cordova for
Valdez were Geo. W. Seay, Roberta
Florry, Knute Nafsted, J. W. Frame
and F. Rind man; for Seward, J. E.
Boynton, Tom Tacy, C. H. Sickles,
W. Wright, Wm. Kasking and R.
Agnew.
Charles Monroe, charged with the
crime of petty larceny, was given a
hearing before Commissioner Medley
yesterday afternoon and after being
found guilty sentenced to serve three
months In the federal jail.
Dr. W. H. Chase will leave for
Port Wells this evening on the steam
er Northland, taking over a Foos en
gine for the Cordova Mining and De
velopment Company's gold quartz
properties.
The cableship Burnside arrived at
Sitka yesterday morning, but as the
natives are likely holding a potlatch
the good ship has not as yet started
for the scene of the cable break,
which Is off Cape SL Elias. The wire
less, however, is working better today
and some press reports being received.
Col. Swanitz, formerly connected
with the Alaska Northern railroad at
Seward, was a passenger on yester
day’s Northwestern from Seattle to
Valdez, where he will be a witness in
some litigation involving this road.
WEDNESDAY
S. O. Breedman returned from Mc
Carthy yesterday.
Lars Holland, of the Alaska Road
Commission, is in town, having come
from the interior yesterday.
“Dutch” Blanch field and W. E.
Terril, Fairbanks freighters, arrived in
Cordova yesterday afternoon.
Geo. R. Goshaw, who has been con
ducting Breedman’s store in the Chis
ana was an arrival on yesterdays
train.
Ex-Senator Henry Roden, of Fair
banks and Iditarod, was an arrival on
yesterday’s train, having made the
trip as far as Chitina by automobile.
He reports the trail soft and heavy,
seven days being required to make the
run. Attorney Roden is on his way
to the states.
Mike Maker, who has been working
for the company at Mile 52, is in town
and will leave on the Northwestern for
a trip to the states.
The first mail of the winter season
arrived in Cordova yesterday after
noon from Fairbanks, having been j
brought over the trail to Chitina in
auto trucks. On account of the poor
condition of the roads it required seven
days to make the trip, but when the
freeze-up comes it is believed the dis
tance will be covered in three days.
Yesterday George Caird and Thomas
Cathcart, who were arrested by Chief
of Police Dooley, on the charge of vag
rancy, were given a hearing before
Commissioner Medley and sentenced
to srve thirty each in the federal jail.
THURSDAY
The mineral patents granted to Al.
Lowe, Wm. Boswell and Jennie Dal
:on for the Comet and Juneau frac
tions and to Al. Lowe and Jennie
Dalton for the Bear claim, have been
placed of record in the local record
ng office. This is the ground that
vas in litigation for several years be
fore the district court and on July 11
the General Land office gave title to
jame to the above named parties. ^
FRIDAY
S. O. Breedman left this morning
>n a business trip to Anchorage.
Rev. D. A. Holsvitiky, a Russian
priest from New York, passed through
own this morning on his way to ITn
ilaska.
Attorney R. E. Capers returned
today from a business trip to Juneau.
Mrs. George Osborne has returned
to Cordova.
Mrs. James Flynn, who has been
on an extended visit to her folks in
the middle west, was a returning pas
senger on the Evans.
Mrs. J. S. Warmwright, mother-in
law of Lieutenant Mears was aboard
the Evans, en route to Anchorage.
Also Mrs. H. W. Stoughton, wife of
the government physician at the new
railroad terminal.
Northwestern Sails Tomorrow
The steamer Northwestern arrived
here at 3:30 o'clock this afternoon
and will sail for Seattle sometime to
morrow morning after loading a cargo
of copper ore.
Geo. C. Hazelet and Falcon .Toslin
arrived at Katalla, last night, on the
launch Prospoctor. This morning
they visited the oil wells and then
started on their trip to the Bering
river coal fields.
The steamer Admiral Evans docked
here at 2 o’clock this morning. She
picked up the passengers, mail and ex
press from the wrecked Mariposa at
Ketchikan, and did not sail for the
westward until five hours later. Most
of the Mariposa second-class matter
was water-soaked and the force at
the local postoffiee is busy today try
ing to decipher the names on the
wrappers.
The Evans had the following pas
sengers for Cordova:
Mrs. James Flynn, Mrs. Geo. Os
borne, Mrs. E. L. Whittemore, Mrs.
O. P. Marson, Miss Alvina Schenk. .1.
A. Johnson, Geo. S. Sholseth, Deming
Wheeler, R. E. Capers, Frank Short,
Peter Hain, Geo. P. Riley and three
steerage.
Those going from here to the west
ward were S. O. Rreedman, H. C.
Feldman, N. II. Brown for Anchor
age; Geo. R. Goshaw, N. Jensen, P.
Ross, Valdez; D. C. Nelson, Seward;
O. W. Anderson, Seldovia.
Homing Wheeler, the Terre Haute,
Indiana, banker and intrepid Alaskan
musher, returned to Cordova today,
after taking in the Panama exposition
Bob Robinson has leased Knney
Lake roadhouse for the winter and
will manager that popular stand for
the season.
H. C. Feldman was a passenger for
Anchorage on the Admiral Evans. He
took over a stock of goods and will
open a branch store of the North
western Hardware Company.
Mrs. E. L. Whittemore, who has
been visiting friends in the states, was
on her way home to Seward on the
Evans but stopped over in Cordova
to meet Mr. Whittemore who arrived
here from the westward this after
noon.
Yg\ ALASKA
\ ^ STEAMSHIP CO.
Fast and commodious ateamera aaiiing between Seattle, Ketch
ikan, Wrangell, Juneau, Skagway, Cordova. Valdez, Seward and
ANCHORAGE, via INSIDE PASSAGE.
Saila from Seattle— Sails from Cordova—
September 24.ALAMEDA.October 4
September 30.NORTHWESTERN.October 9
Regular freight service for Ketchikan, Juneau, Sheep Creek,
Treadwell, Douglaa, Cordova, Ellamar, Valdez ard Latouche. Explos
ives, 3. S. Seward. 8. 8. Seward, 5th; S. 8. Latouche, 15th; S. S.
Cordova, 25th of each month.
Thia company reaervea the right to change schedule of steamers
without notice.
Tickets on sale at up-town office Alaska Steamship Bldg. Baggage
or freight will not be received at the dock later than one hour before
sailing time.
r. B. TRACY,
General Agent
T. J. TALLENT,
Tickei Agent
COPPER RIVER & NORTHWESTERN RAILWAY
Good Passenger and Freight
Service to Interior Alaska
For Sates and,Other Information Apply
DEPOT OFFICE