LOCAL NEWS
H. H. Crawford, accompanied by
his faithful “Yorrick ” arrived here
on Thursday’s accommodation from
mile 173 en route to Cordova, where
he will in all probability add his
beaming countenance to Cordova’s
social world. ^
James Larkin, one of Engineer
Boyle’s party, arrived here Thursday
afternoon and will spend his win
ter basking in the sunshine of Cali
fornia.
The pole gang are now operating
in the vicinity of mile 160 and mak
ing rapid progress with the wire,
weather considered.
Andy Ham, of oyster cocktail
fame, has taken up a homestead at
Long Lake adjoining that of P. D.
Burke.
A crew will shortly be sent to mile
177 for getting ties out on the grade.
Prospector Gillispie killed a large
moose on the upper waters of the
Lackana last week and now has a
winter's supply of meat.
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There are no accommodations be
tween camp 160 and the mines, ex
cepting the vacant camps, and mush
ers headed in had best provide them
selves accordingly.
H. B. Malcom is now stationed
with Engineer Spangler at mile 149
and will be there all winter.
Double bob sleds are now being
used on the upper trail for freight
ing, which, together with horse team,
make an picturesque appearance.
Work is going on rapidly at the
Kuskalina bridge, nearly all the false
work being in and two sections of
the steel assembled.
Rabbits are again making their
appearance in the upper Copper reg
ion are quite plentiful, both the
snowshoe and the cotton tail.
E. E. Durgin, the versatile kid, af
ter presiding over the cusine of En
gineer Boyle for the past two months
is asain Cordovaward bound, where
he will winter to await the opening
of the "swat” season.
T. M. MacCauley, of the Katalla
Company’s timekeeper department,
arrived here Thursday night outward
bound. An extended tour of the
states is his intention.
Genial “Fat” Reed Is now riding
the cushions these days, due to an
injured "hook.” He says it is all
the same to him, being in the ob
servation end of a train and not
quite so dusty. As a fireman in a
passenger coach he is hard to beat.
A crew of twenty-five men will
shortly be sent from mile 149 to mile
177 to distribute ties along the grade,
being gone about a month.
Telephonic communication can
now be had as far as the Kuskalina,
mile 149, and in a short time the
company hopes to have the line com
pleted to the mines the gang setting
the poles are making rapid progress.
Several moose are reported as be
ing seen in the vicinity of the Lacka
wa, three having been killed so far
this season.
Bill Trundy is the envy of all the
muBheru over the Bonanza trail,
when he goes spinning along in his
Bled drawn by the best team of dogs
in the country—Barney, Smith, Pi
lot, Rowdy and Ring.
Timekeeper W. A. Thompson has
•nished his duties at mile 149, at
which place he has been stationed
for the past seven months, and will
bqod be cn his way outside.
p, D. Burke, the Copper river
scout, of Long Lake contemplates
erecting a large modern hotel at that
place next summer and making other
necessary additions, such as boats,
arbors, gardens, tennis courts, cro
quet grounds and other appurtenan
ces necessary for the installation of
a complete up-to-date summer resort,
which, with the natural environ
ments and an abundance of game,
will be the ‘‘paradise” of Alaska.
Jack O'Brien, formerly commis
sary man at ISO, is now a “brakin'"
at 14S.
Bert Skinner, a mine operator on
Esther creek, was an arrival from
Fairbanks this week, and will look
around Chitina with a possibility of
loading here.
Fred Gearhart, a Fairbanks gard
ener, arrived in Chitina this week,
and left for Cordova en route to the
Eastern states.
W. H. Keller, the Fox Gulch mer
chant, near Fairbanks, passed
through Chitina this week en route
to Seattle to purchase a new stock
of goods.
Gibson & Gage have fresh fruits
and vegetables arriving on every
train. You know where they are.
Chitina Heights. 10-22-tf
Ned HIU, tne well known commis
sary man, who has been at 146 un
til relieved by Mr. Fitch from Tie
kel, left on Friday morning’s train
for Cordova. Ned has worked stead
ily and merits a well earned vaca
tion, which he may possibly spend
in the states.
Sydney D. Charles, ye erstwhile
editor of the North Star, of Cordova,
was an arrival in Chitina last Mon
day evening, and it was really good
to see that expansive smile on his
homely old mug once more. Mr.
Charles is busy on a big write-ur
of the Copper River way, which we
expect to see soon in the Alaska
Yukon magazine. He returned to
Corova after a couple of days here
and at the front.
Bert Poe, the well known team
ster who has been in charge of the
Katalla Company horses loaned for
work on the new cut-off trail this
fall, shipped the two handsome
teams and left with them for Cor
dova on Friday morning. Bert made
many friends while in Chitina who
are sorry to lose his good natured
presence.
We had the pleasure of a short
chat with A. F. Fitch, T. H. Bar
nett, A. A. De Leo, A. H. Osborne,
A. L. McCoy, Charles Newby and sev
eral others of the contracting com
pany’s forces, who passed through
here on Tuesday evening from Tie
kel en route to their new quarters
at 146. Mr. Fitch is chief clerk on
the staff of commissary clerks, Mr.
Barnett, assistant. Mr. De Leo is in
the chief timekeeper’s office, and Mr.
McCoy general foreman of the camp.
We haven’t met all the boys in the
many departments of the forces a:
the front, but those whom we have
met are all good fellows. We don’t
say it because a number of them
have subscribed for the Leader, eith
er, but because we have found the
majority of them like many others
of those- who are instrumental in
building up this great northern em
pire, big-hearted, whole-souled and
congenial, ever ready to do you a
good turn if you are right.
FAIRBANKS TRANSFER MAN
BOOSTS NEW CUT-OFF ROAD
D. F. Coombs, proprietor of the
Fairbanks Transfer, arrived in Chit
ina Thursday with a horse and cut
ter and has the distinction of being
the first man to make the through
trip from Fairbanks with a teaffi
over the trail. Mr. Coombs stated
that he was discouraged at several
of the roadhouses from coming this
way, and that at one place he was
told he conld not cross the Tonsina
and that there were no accommoda
tions along the new trail. He wanted
to see for himself, however, and on
arriving at Chitina expressed himself
as amazed at the great amount of
thorough and substantial work done
on what he says is a boulevard com
pared to some Alaska trails. From
what was represented to him he ex
pected to find only a double-ender
trail, and a temporary one at that,
but as he found a first-class wagon
road and all completed his surprise
was complete. Mr. Coombs has a
team of horses and some freight
which will arrive on the next steamer
from the states, all of which he says
will certainly go into Fairbanks by
way of Cordova and Chitina and ov
er the new trail. Mr. Coombs left
for Cordova Saturday morning, leav
ing his horse and outfit in the Chit
ina Btables until his return.
Have a talk with Klmberlin If you
are figuring on buying property or
want to rent a cabin or building.
11-5-tf
STR. PORTLAND
IS WRECKED
The steamer Portland met with
an accident early Saturday morning,
while en route from Seattle to Cor
dova. During havy weather she
struck a rock off Martin Point, and
was run onto the beach at the mouth
of the Katalla river. Passengers and
mail were immediately gotten ashore I
and with the assistance of the launch
es Swan and Triton the freight was
landed. During the afternoon a
stiff wind came up and the vessel
took on nine feet of water in half
an hour. Later the weather settled
and the indications are favorable for
saving the steamer.
An attempt was made to get in
communication with the Alameda, by
wireless, and if successful the latter
will go into Katalla Sunday and pick
up the passengers and mail. If the
wind does not again shift it is be
lieved that the hole in the Portland
can be patched, in which event the
Alameda will tow her to Cordova.
MAIL IS COMING
ON NOV. 16
It is now definitely settled and the
date set when the mail is to leave
Seattle lor the interior by way of
Cordova and Chitina. A telegram
was received by Postmaster Diggs at
Cordova on Friday from the First
assistant Postmaster General, in
forming him that the mail would
leave Seattle for Fairbanks and in
terior points on the steamer North
western, !eaving from Seattle on No
vember 18. Additional clerks have
been sworn in at the Cordova post
office, and preparations made for
handling the large amount of mail.
The trail is ready, and so is the stage
line, the necessary teams and sleighs
now being in Chitina at the Orr
barns. The mail should arrive in
Chitina about November 21.
Whether it will be necessary to
place a third vessel on the south
western Alaska route in order to
maintain a punctual mail service dur
ing the winter months is the ques
tion faced by officials of the Alaska
Steamship Company.
Conditions of the United States
mail contract call for a regular eight
day service from Seattle to Cordova,
Valdez and Seward, and, during the
fairly reliable weather of the sum
mer months, no difficulty is exper
ienced in carrying out the terms of
the contract. On their regular
schedules the steamships Alameda
and Northwestern cover the route to
Cordova and Valdez with three days
allowed for traveling between Prince
William Sound ports, and return to
Seattle with a margin of three or
four days.
In battling with winter storms this
margin may not be sufficient. If this
is found to be the case as the sea
son progresess the steamship Olym
pia probably will be put on as an
extra vessel.
Job work at the Leader office.
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All Kinds of
WOOD WORK
Here in
CHITINA
Is a genuine opportunity for a man or
woman with a few hundred dollars to in
vest in lots, for either a home or for busi
ness purposes, if the advantages of this great
undeveloped empire are accepted now.
Thousands of settlers, prospectors and
tourists will come into this country next
spring to make this their home and add their
mite to the development of this vicinity.
You cannot afford to miss this oppor
tunity to get in on the ground floor and to
get established for the business that is sure
to come.
DO IT NOW
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