Cordova, May 5
Both Seward and Valdez voted
if “wet” in the recent enumeration. At
Seward 505 persons were, recorded
and of that number 365 were in
favor of licenses, 105 against and 35
non-committal. At Valdez 705 votes
were registered, of which number
564 favored the. granting of liquor
lisensec, 119 were opposed, and 37
were non-committal. At Cordova
494 persons were interviewed by the
enumerators. Of that numbej 319
voted wet, 113 dry, 52 had no opin
ion and 10 refused to vote. At
Chitina 91 persons were interviewed
and 42 favored licenses, 39 were
opposed and 10 had no opinion.
When the census was taken at Mc
Carthy several weeks ago the town
voted dry. Over at Katalla there,
have been two saloons during the
past year but they have been closed
most of the time and it is doubtful
whether either will apply for re
newal of license.
Mrs. Geo. Max Esterly, who came
north a week ago with her husband
returned today on the Alameda to
her Seattle home, after having had
a short but pleasant visit in Cor
dova. Geo. Max will leave on the
morning train for Chittitu Creek to
supervise his placer operations for
the season and incidentally take out
two or three hundred thousand dol
lars.
Will Clayson, Cordova’s merchant
prince, was an outgoing passenger
on the steamer Alameda. He is on
a business mission and will inci
dentally take in the San Francisco
exposition. On his return north he
will spend two or three weeks at
^ Skagway, where he has the leading
clothing and gents furnishings store.
He will stop over there a boat on
his way south.
The steamer Alameda arrive 1
from the westward at midnight and
was in port exactly 12 hours, sailing
south at noon today. At Ship Creek
her freight was unloaded on barges
and on the freighter Latouche. Gen
eral Agent Tracey remained there to
see that it was all landed. When
the Alameda sailed at noon she was;
loaded with copper ore to her
capacity. At Ellamar 450 tons had!
been put in her hold, while here aj
cargo of 1,050 additional tons was (
taken aboard, making a total of
1,500 tons. A few passengers from
Cordova sajled south as follows:
For Seattle—Mrs. Thos. Davis, C.
» P. Brown and wrife, Mrs. Geo. M.
' Esterly, Hans Ditmanson, C. M.
Norton.
For Juneau—Miss Kate J. Hanson, t
For Skagway—Will Clayson.
Roger S. Summa, of Katalla, who
has been in Cordova the past week,
will be a passenger on the North
western tomorrow for Seward. He
expects his father up on that
steamer from Seattle, and he will
accompany him to the westward.
The patrons of the Co-Operative
store are keeping the manager and
assistant so busy these days that
they haven’t yet found time to
properly display all their fresh and
attractive looking groceries and
^ supplies.
Cordova, May 6.
Among the passengers on the
Northwestern are Mrs. P. M. Brown,
Agoing to join the Judge at Valdez,
and his daughter Mrs. Middlecamp,
who will join her husband at Ella
mar, where he is superintendent at
the mine. They have both been
spending some time in California.
W, G. Sutton and wife left on the
morning train for the end of the
line, where Mr. Sutton will be
employed.
Nels Smith left for the interior
this morning and will spend the sea
son working on some mining prop
erty and making new locations. Nels
is said to be one of the most indus
jh trious and persistent workers who
ever went into the hills.
Rev. McBride went out on the
train this morning to Alaganic,,
where his wife and little daughter
are spending a few days with Mrs.
)). W. Walker.
At the benefit performance given
by the school children on Tuesday
evening the receipts aggregated
$68.25, of which sum $21.50 was
paid the Empress theater, $7.00 to
the Daily Times, and $4.60 for mis
cellaneous expenses, leaving a bal
ance for the library fund of $35.15.
There was a large attendance last
night at Eagle Hall to enjoy the
jy pleasures of a dance given by the
members of the Cordova chapter.
Order of Eastern Star. The. hall
wKs prettily decorated and good
music was provided.
W. Medar, who has been one of
the faithful employees at the mines
at Kenne.cott for some time past,
has Jleft the interior camp and Is
spending a few days in Cordova
prior to permanently locating else
where in this section.
Alvah Eames, who has been in
Seattle for a couple of we.eks, hav
ing been called there for consulta
tion by Postal Superintendent Vaile,
returned home today on the steamer
Northwestern.
The. steamer Northwestern arrived
in port this afternoon shortly before
3 o’clock, after having had an ex
ceptionally smooth and pleasant
passage north. She will remain in
port until after midnight as she has
to discharge 430 tons of freight.
There are. a large number of p .s
sengers aboard for westward ports.
The following made the voyage
north:
For Cordova—H. Delvig, J. M.
Dennis, M. W. Pope, Rcbt. Tucker,
H. McKinnon, T. A. Coates, A.
Eames, and 25 second-class. From
Juneau—Guy Taylor, Mrs. M. Mc
Knight. Ray Griswold and 2 seeond
claSs. From Wrangell—C. M. Pring
Fcr Ellamar—Mrs. L. L. Middle
camp.
For Vrldez—Mrs. F. M. Brown,
M. Blum and wife, F. Kiernan, W.
A. Dickey, 'da Oliver, W. Gales and
3 second-class. From Juneau—D.
D. Muir, Mrs. U. .T. Karth, J. An
derson. B. F. Millard and wife. O
Hubbard and wife, Miss Del’a
Hubbard, C. M. Day, J. C. Dier
inge.r, Paddy Bo'le. From Ketchi
kan—J. A. Solmis.
For Ft. Liscum—J. Hess, J. A.
Rogers.
For Knik Anchorage — Henry
Login, G. M. Campbell and wife,, C.
Gleason.
Meier Blum, manae-er of the S.
Blum & Co. store at Valdes, accom
panied by his wife, are passengers
on the Northwestern. They spent
the winter outside and Mr. Blum
returns much improved in health.,
Senators B. F. Millard and O. P.
Hubbard, and Representative Chas.
Day, of Valdez, and Representative.
John Noon, of Seward, are among
the passengers on the Northwestern,
returning from Juneau, where they
all served in the Legislature with
credit to this division and with some
distinction to themselves.
Cordova, May 7
Mrs. Wickersham has just re
turned to Juneau from the Sitka Hot
Springs and will go to Skagway for
a visit with friends until navigation
on the Yukon opens. She will then
start for Fairbanks to join her hus
band, Delegate James Wickersham.
They both expect to spend the sum
mer in the, interior.
The Canoe Pass Cannery Co. is
making substantial progress in get
ting everything in good shape to
start operations at the new cannery,
located near the outer wharf. On
the Northwestern yesterday a num
ber of Orientals arrived, also 5,000
cans upon which are stamped the
word ‘‘Cordova,’’ the brand of the
fish that*Vill be packed by the new
concern. King salmon are begin
ning tc^ run in the waters here
abouts and it is expected that within
a week they will be running in
numbers sufficient for cannery work.
In the meantime the local market is
being well supplied with this
luscious fish, which everybody is
eating.
Jim Norton has taken the place
of C. M. Rosswog as night watch
man at the wharf, during the
absence of Mr. Rosswog at Valdez,
where he went to serve as a juror.
The steamer Admiral Watson ar
rived in port this afternoon from the
far westward and' is booked to sail
south at 6 o’clock.
The steamer- Northwestern sailed
for Valdez last evening at 7 o’clock,
taking a few passengers from here
to the westward, to augment the
hundreds from Seattle and Juneau.
The steamer is expected back on
Sounday morning and will be in
port most of the day, taking on a
cargo of copper ore for the Tacoma
smelter.
Exclusive of the cannery boats
there are 26 launches, row boats
and other craft tied up around the
outer dock.
M. W. Pope and Murdock Dennis,
of Baltimore, Md., were arrivals on
the steamer Northwestern and are
registered at the Hotel Windsor.
They will leave on Monday’s train
for the interior to indulge in a
couple of months hunting. Mr.
Pope is not new to this country, as
he served for several years with
Thos. Riggs, Jr., on the Alaska
boundary survey. He is a big game
hunter and has been on several
expeditions to Alaska and Canada.
Tony Lynch received two cows
and a crate of chickens on the
steamer yesterday. In the course of
time he expects to Bupply the peo
ple of Cordova with fresh milk and
cream.
Cordova, May 8.
Assayer Geo. F. White, of Valdez,
who recently passed through Cor
dova oh his return from several
months spent with his wife in Cali
fornia, has-again opened an office in
Valdez and is prepared to do assay
' ing for all persons in this section of
Alaska.
j After ten days of sunshine and
j warmth the streets began to dry up
i and get dusty so a gentle rain today
is having the effect of making
[things look and feel natural about
j town again.
Harmon & Deever received an
j other 5-horse power Regal engine on
the steamer Thursday. They had
just sold two of these wonderfully
popular engines.
Father Cremont will be a pas
senger over from Valdez on the!
steamer Northwestern early tomor-!
row morning, and will hold services
at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church. j
Cordova, May 10. i
Caleb Corser, superintendent ofj
the Copper River & Northwestern
Railway, was an outgoing passenger
on the steamer Northwestern last
night. He will join his wife and
family at Seattle and together will
journey to San Francisco and enjoy '
the expositions. Mr. Corser has j
be°n working hard for the past two [
years and is taking a well earned j
vacation of a month or five weeks, j
During his absence his duties here j
will be looked after by the efficient 1
'rain dispatcher, Harry N. Wilson, j
The warm and bright weatlW yes- j
te.rdav had the effect of drawing a!
'arge cr^wd to the new base ball .
park. The first game of the season i
was played, and it was thoroughly
enjoyed, even though most of the
boys were out of practice. The, con
test was between the Married Men
and the Single Men. resulting in a
victory for the former by a score j
of 11 to 6. But the. defeated nine
promise to make a better showing
next time and give assurance that
they will reverse the score. Dr.
Chase, who is the president of the i
baseball association and father of
the park movement, gave the audt- i
ence a fetching little talk about j
there still being an indebtedness j
against the park, which he thought \
should be wiped out that all might ;
enjoy the games this summer with-'
out the thought of any clouds hover- j
ing about. The hat was then passed
around, with the result that $42 was
contributed, which now leaves an
indebtedness of only about a similar
amount.
Assistant District Attorney Mun
ley has just returned from Ship
creek or Woodrow Creek, or Ship I
Anchorage, or whatever the new
terminus is called, and declares that!
already 700' people have gathered
there, with more coming every,
week.
Maurice McGurk, who has been:
enjoying a vacation outside and•
incidentally viewed the wonders of |
the California expositions, returned I
'~fl the last steamer and left on the
train this morning for Kennecott,
where he will resume, his labors at
the mine.
Billv Bnlte. formerly of the com
missary department of the railway,
recently took a bakery outfit to Ship !
Croeh It is reported that this he i
sold and returned to Valdez to buy |
a stock of hardware to take over to
the new railway terminal.
Charley Goodall Started in this
morning on a contract to enlarge:
and otherwise improve the home of i
C. M. Rosswog. He will raise, the
building and put in a 6-foot base- :
ment and add a building 20x22 feet, j
The steamer Northwestern reached |
Cordova yesterday morning about
11 o’clock-, having stopped at Ella
mar several hours to take on 500
tons of copper ore. She remained
at Cordova for twelve hours and
loaded 23 cars or 1,100 tons of
copper ore from the Bonanza anl
Jumbo mines.
The passengers going south on
the Northwestern from Seattle were
Caleb Corser and F. B. Carter for
j Seattle, and F. E. Hicks for Ketehi
i kan.
Capt. Cnthrop is preparing to
ship part of his transfer outfit to
Ship Creek, to engage in business.
He is also shipping the new auto
mobile he received last year back to
the states with the. idea of having
a motor truck sent up to Cordova in
its place.
Attorney Capers was a passenger
to Chitina on the morning train.
Cordova, May 11.
Tom Teets received word from the
court at Valdez that the case against
him had been dismissed by Judge
Brown. He. claims to have a home
stead location on the ground that
has been taken and is now occupied
as a baseball park. He had a tent
established the,re and had given
warning, when the park was being
made, that trespassing would not
be permitted. On July 25th last he
was arrested for criminal trespass
He was taken before, the XT. S. Com
missioner and after the case was
.tried he was found guilty. He took
an appeal and. was represented be
fore the court by Attorney E. E
Ritchie. A motion had been made
to dismiss the complaint, on the
ground that it did not state facts
sufficient to constitute an offense,
under the criminal code. This view
was taken by the. court and on Sat
urday last the judge dismissed the
complaint and so notified Mr.
Teets, and ordering his bond re
leased.
On the Mariposa tonight there
will be, several shipments from
Cordova. M. Finkelstein is taking
over to Ship Creek a stock with
which to establish a clothing and
gents’ furnishings store. It will be
conducted in a tent for the present.
\. Laska, who is now at Ship Creek,
will have his stock of miscellaneous
goods shipped to him and wlil ope»
a novelty store. Capt. Lathrop will
have four horses and wagons go over
and conduct a teaming and transfer
business at Ship Creek. He is also
sending over considerable, lumber
and expects to put up a building,
which will also be used as a moving
picture house. Cap will himself he
a passenger tonight, as well as
John Berry.
The steamer Admiral Evans
which sailed north from Seattle on
Thursday" morning at 12:30 o’clock
made a good run and reached Cor
dova at 9 o'clock this morning. The
passejigevs for this port were Ed.
Mansfield, Margaret Higginson and
6 second class. Some perishable
*'re!ght' was brougnt and 662 sacks
of coal for the survey boat Taka.
There were a large number of pas
sengers for Se.ward and Ship Creek
and they spent an hour or more
taknig in the sights around Cor
dova. The steamer sailed for the
westward at 11 o'clock. F. ivl.
O’Neill and Ralph Gordon went from
here to Valdez and Link Wain and
6 second-class to Ship Creek.
Link Wain sailed on the Evans
this morning for the. westward. He
will be employed for the balance of
the season with a government sur
vey party. Engineer Roy William
son, who is under Frank Warner,
will be in charge of a party that
will survey homesteads that have
been located between Cook’s Inlet
and the Broad Pass country, and
L'nk will be engaged with him. A
large number of homesteads hare
been located within the past year
in the westward country.
Some of the New Laws
Workman’s compensation act.
A ballot law, and a corrupt prac
tices act.
A law providing a bounty of $10
on wolves.
A uniform school law.
A law reducing- Indian liquor sell
ing to a misdemeanor and making
the Indian solicitor an accomplice.
A general mining law.
A law providing for the assess
ment of unpatented claims.
An 8-hour day law for placers
(Quartz passed in 1913.)
Acts referring to people, the
liquor and general 8-hour questions.
A new mine inspection act.
Five new banking bills.
Twelve acts correcting defects in
the statute,? of 1913,
An act pensioning aged and
indigent prospectors.
An act severely punishing traffick
ers in women.
Acts revising the laws of munici
pal elections and taxes.
An elective, attorney general.
An act establishing the political
status of Indians.
A* act providing local govern
ment in certain native villages.
An act * preventing professional
jurors.
An act compelling travelers to
register at roadhouses.
An act providing for incorpora
tion of second class cities.
A restaurant food inspection act
Memorials asking Congress to re
move limitations on Legislature,
particularly in regard to “Alaska
Fund,” fish, fur, etc.
Memorials asking for a full form
of Territorial government, for postal
savings hanks, for equitable parcels
post rates, and for wireless stations
in various parts of the interior and
the north.
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Dining Room
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CHITINA, - ALASKA
THE BEST
of Everything in the Market
Since Capt. Frederick Mears
member of the Alaska Engineering
Commission, took up his headquar
ters at Ship Creek a week or mor^
ago he has been deluged with in
quiries of all kinds from the hun
dreds of n-,en who have gathered
around the construction camp. This
has prompted him to make the fol
lowing announcements:
The following appointments in the
railroad force are announced for the
information of ail concerned:
R. E. Remore, carpenter foreman,
will have charge of ail carpenter
work at Ship Creek.
Dave, McEachern, pile driver fore
man, will have charge of all pile
driver and dock work in that
vicinity.
C. G. Jones, foreman, will have
charge of all grading, track laying
and clearing gangs.
K. K. Kuney, locating engineer,
will take charge of locating party
No. 1 and will make final location
in that district from Eagle Rivej to
Matanuska coal fields.
C. R. Breek. jr., locating engineer,
will take charge of locating party
No. 3, and will make preliminary
*'ud final location in the Bread Pass
District.
Judge Brown, at Valdez, fined the
Fldalgo Island Packing Company
1500 for wilful waste of salmon last
ear at the canneries of the com
pany. Five indictments were brought
against the company and $100 was
"harged for each offense. The corj
)any plead guilty.
Alvah Fames, chief clerk of thi3
postal district, will be a rassenger
on the steamer Mariposa to the
westward. At Seward he will trans
fer to the steamer Santa Ana and
will go on her to Nushagak, in
Bristol Bay, in connection with the
postal service. He will be, accom
panied on this trip by Mrs. Eames.
The steamer Mariposa tonight will
bring the mail for one day from
Seattle.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE
To Ben C. Hannam, administrator of
the Estate of James Garrett, de
ceased and to his hears and
assigns of said James Garrett.
You are hereby notified that I, the
subscriber, Ringwald Blix, have ex
pended and paid for your share in
labor and improvements upon the
Jacobson Placer Mining Claim for
the year 1912, 1913 and 1914,
Said Placer Mining Claim is situ
ated on Slate Creek, Copper Center
Recording Precinct, Alaska. Thi
noticeof location thereof is of
record in Book 1, Page 120 of Min
ing Locations in said recording office
at Copper Center Alaska. To which
book and page reference is hereby
made for a more particular descrip
tion of said claim. Such expenditure
was made for the purpose of bolding
possessory right and title to said
claim under provisions of Section
2324 of the Revised Statutes of the
United States and the amendment;
thereof providing for annual labor
upon mining claims. That is to say
that an hundred dollars worth
labor and improvements was made,
upon said placer claim and that I as
co-owner have expended the amounts
which were for the interest of said
Garrett's estate.
You are further notified that un
less you pay your proportion of such
expenditure together with the cost of
this advertisement to the under
signed within ninety days from the
last publication of this notice your
interest in said claim will become
the property of the undersigned co
owner under said Section 2324, Re
vised Statutes of the United State/;.
RINGWALD BLIX.
First publication, March 9, 1915.
Last publication, June 15, 1915.
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Capti Peterson of the Orca can
nery, was in town today. He says
that the salmon are beginning to
run and within a week he expects
to be receiving good catches. Yester
day 750 reds and 150 Kings were
brought to the cannery.
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