The Chitina Leader
CHITINA, ALASKA.
Entered as second-class matter. November 12 1910. at the postoffice at
Chitina, Alaska, under the Act of Congress of March 3. 18.9.
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CHITINA, ALASKA, TUESDAY, APRIL 27, 1915.
A NEW RULING BY THE COURT
If a ruling made by Judge Brown at Valdez is sustained,
foreign corporations doing business in Alaska will hereafter
be more particular about complying with the law in the filing
of certain papers with the Territorial Secretary and the clerk
of the court in which the corporation may be doing business.
The case at issue was where an Oregon corporation sought to
recover the value of merchandise sold a resident of Cliitina.
The defendant, through Attorney Capers of Cordova,
contended that the plaintiff, a foreign corporation, was dis
qualified from bringing an action because of a failure to
comply with the statute in several respects. He pointed out
that the compiled laws of Alaska require that all foreign
corporations shall file an authenticated copy of their charter
or articles of incorporation in the offices of the Secretary of
the District and of the clerk of the court in the division
wherein they intend to carry on business; must file a certificate
that the corporation has consented to be sued and that service
of process may be made upon some person named and acting
as agent; must file the written consent of the person so
designated to act as agent; must annually file with the
secretary of the Territory and clerk of the division, a report
showing the amount of capital stock, amount of capital stock
actually paid in money, amount paid in any other way and in
what, amount of assets of the corporation and of what they
consist and the actual value thereof, the liabilities and ho\%
secured and upon what property. The territorial laws further
provide that a foreign corporation shall pay an annual license
fee of $15. , . j
The defendant contended that there was no cause of action j
as section 660 of the Compiled Laws provide, “If any such
corporation or company shall fail to comply with any of the
provisions of this chapter, all its contracts with citizens of tlmi
District shall be void as to the corporation or company, and,
no court of the district, or of the Lnited States, shall enforce j
the same in favor of the corporation or company so filing. ’
Attorney Capers contended that no agent had been j
appointed or acceptance filed at the time of the sale of goods,
neither had any annual report ever been filed, consequently
“every contract made by such corporation, or any acrent or :
agents thereof, during the time it shall so neglect to file such 1
statements, certificates, or consents, shall be voidable at the ,
election of the other party thereto.’’ The question was argue 1 j
at great length by the attorneys on both sides and Judge j
Brown took the matter under advisement last Friday. Yester
dav he rendered an opinion sustaining the contention of
Attorney Capers and dismissing the action. The plaintiff’s |
attorneys, Donahoe & Diamond, will take an appeal to the!
Circuit Court of Appeals.
GOVERNMENT , RAILROAD LINES
When the definite announcement was made by President
Wilson of the route for the government railroad it was desig-j
nated as starting at Seward north over the line of the Alaska
Northern, “thence crossing Broad Pass and entering the
drainage of the Xenana River, thence continuing northward j
following the drainage of the Xemjna River to the I’anan i.
River. Total distance from Seward being four hundred and j
sixteen miles, more or less.” No reference was made to Fair-’
banks. And on April 12, in answer to a wire from a news-:
paper at Fairbanks, Commissioner Riggs replied from Wash-1
ington, “On account of the small appropriation for the Alaska J
railway work, there will he no construction this year in
Interior Alaska. The Commission will make the final surveys
so that construction to the interior may start early in 1916.”
On April 20th Commissioner Riggs gave out a statement
at Washington, undoubtedly authorized by the President, in
which he said: “The people of Fairbanks need have uo fear|
that the government will not extend the railroad to their city.
No definite location had been fixed for the line from the
Xenana River because there are several routes that may be
followed, and the particular one has not yet been chosen. This
summer the commission will continue its surveys from Xenana
to Fairbanks, with a view to submitting an additional report
to the President for the selection of a road to the Yukon. It
is not expected that the government road will be extended
farther to the interior than Fairbanks, for the present.”
So it look- as though the undoubted intention from the
start was to build the line to Fairbanks as the interior terminus.
The fact was not made clear when the original announcement
was made of the selection of the route. Neither was it then
stated that the government intended to build a branch railroad
into the Bering River coal fields, although it now looks as if
that was part of their plan. Various reports have since leaked
out that a permanent survey of this line was to he made this
summer. Need the purpose he inquired into? If so let us
look into the statement made by Commissioner Riggs on April
20. Our wire from Washington quotes him as saying:
“In order to get into the Bering River field we will make
a definite survey from Mile 38 on the Copper River & North
western Railway. This will provide a means of vetting this
valuable coal to seaboard by a government line to Mile 38 and
the Copper River road from th«re to deep water at Cordova,
whence it can be shipped to the states.”
Later it was stated that the survey party would be in the
field within the next month. Now under these circumstances
who would be surprised to hear the definite announcement
that the government was to build the branch line from Mile
38, with traffic arrangements over the C. R. & N. W. into
Cordova. And why should it be unreasonable to suppose that
construction might start during the year 1913. And then look
out for smelter construction.
EDITORIAL COMMENT
The law should also make it unlawful to engage “paid
workers” at the polls or elsewhere on election day or before.
The favorite method of buying votes is to pay a man a certain
sum for his sendees on election day. His services frequently
consist of voting for tfie candidate in the interest of whom he
gets his pay.—Juneau Empire.
Hoboes, as well as republics, are ungrateful, judging by
the turning down given to James Eads How, the millionaire
oboist, by the Baltimore convention which elected another
leader.
Premier Asquith seems inclined to let Britons pass their
own individual prohibition laws. He says, for instance, it is
up to the members of Parliament whether their palace in
Westminster shall go dry.
It is feared that the hundreds who will throng to Seward
this summer will have no occupation after they get there. In
order to keep them entertained Capt. Latlirop intends to. open
up a “movie” house over there. Who said that Cordova
doesn’t have a kindly feeling for Seward.
After a party of engineers start in at Mile 38 to make r
permanent survey of the route for a government railroad to
th° Bering River coal fields some of the doubting Thomases
will begin to think that the future greatness of Cordova is not
so very far off.
A Terra Haute repeater complains that, although he voted
hventy-one times, he was paid for only twenty votes. Terra
Haute bribers evidently have a sense of honor. They respect a
nan’s suffrage by permitting him one untrammeled ballot
What a haven of revenue that Terra Haute town would be for
Cordova’s “bung-i-loo” voters.
A good, “live” commercial bodv could effect wonderful
changes for the better right now if they showed to people of
money the advantages which they could reap by making richt
here several articles of general use. There is no reason why
we could not have manufactured on the spot shoes, overalls
j shirts, shovels and a thousand and one other articles which it
j is unnecessary to mention. Is is not enough to say there is no
' reason why. It is an absolute certainty that we shall, sooner
I or later, have all those manufactories.—Seward Gateway.
Secretary Lane will likely be a visitor to Alaska in July.
; After he takes a ride over the Copper River & Northwestern
Railway he will undoubtedly be sorry that the government
does not possess such a modern and well equipped railway.
The people of Fairbanks undoubtedly now feel easier over
die government construction of railroads, since Commi sioner
Riggs has plainly and postiviely stated that the n°w trr^V line
will run into Fairbanks. Heretofore the official designation of!
the interior terminus has been the Nenana River. And of!
course we are all glad that the big placer camp and great
metropolis of the interior is not to be overlooked.
If the building of canneries continues in this neighborhood
Cordova may soon be recognized as a fishing center. For years |
there has been a large cannery but a few miles away, at Orca.;
which is now being doubled in its capacity, a new cannery is
being erected near the outer wharf at Codova, while a third
will soon be in operation on Copper River at Mile 53.
Some of the knowing ones expect soon to hear that the j
gunboat Buffalo has been ordered to bring north the!
machinery, apparatus and crew of men who will build the large
new government radio station on the Copper River flats this
summer. It is expected that work will start early in June.
There is every promise that the placer camps in the Nizina j
district will be the big producers this season. A larger number i
of men than usual are working on a greater number of pron
erties than heretofore, and many are looking particularly!
promising. >
Outside it is said the cry i<« “Shin Creek—or bust.” With
many of the men who come north it will later be “Ship Creek-r
and bust.”
-NOTICE OF FORFEITURE
To F. M. Brown, John Lyons, Gust
Djarf, Charles Garwood, T. J
Donohue and Edmund Smith, your
heirs, administrators and assigns,
and to all it may concern:
You are hereby notified that we
have expended during the years 1913
and 1914 upon your F. M. Brown
and John Lyons joint one-tenth in
terest, three hundred and sixty del-(
iars ($360.00); Gust Djarf's one
forty-eighth interest, seventy-five dol
lars ($75.00); Charles Garwood’s
one-forty-eighth interest seventy-five
dollars. ($75.00), lawful money of
ihe United States in labor and im
provements upon your above men
tioned interest in those mining
j claims lying and being on Hidden
Creek in the recording precinct of
Chitina, Alaska, which are known as
the Tjwsevig group, consisting of the
Tjosevig No. 1 to 15 inclusive, also
Norway No. 2, Nebraska and Char
lotte; also on your’s T. J. Donohue,
and Edmund Smith’s one and six
tenths of one-forty-eighth interest in
the above mentioned claims also on j
vour seven and one-half of one htjn- j
dre.d per cent interest in the “Dagny J
Marie” and Carbonate Hill claims, I
being in all one hundred and fifty
dollars ($150.00) lawful money of
the United States in labor and im
provements upon your joint above |
mentined interest in those mining j
claims lying and being on Hidden j
Creek in the recording precinct of j
Chitina, Alaska. The location notices'
of all above mentioned claims being
of record in the Mining Recording j
Books in the office of the commis
sioner and recorder at Valdez and at
Chitina, Alaska, in order to hold1
said claims under the provisions of I
Section 2324 of the Revised Statutes
of the United States, concerning an
nual labor on mining claims, being
the amount required to hold said
lode claims for the period ending
December 31st, 1914.
And unless within ninety day;
after the cpmpletion of the publica
tion of this notice towit: w-ithir
ninety days after the 8th day ol 1
June. 1915, you contribute your pro
portion of such expenditure incurred
in performing said annual labor and
improvements, which is the above
mfenyoned sum, your interest in said
claims will become the property of
your co-owners who have made the
required expenditure by the terms
of said section.
Dated at Chitina, Alaska, this
22nd day of February 1915.
CHRISTIAN TJOSEVIG.
ELI TJOSEVIG.
First publication, March 2, 1915.
Last publication, June 8, 1915.
Why Not Invest?
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With the building of the government railroad from
Chitina to Fairbanks, the future of the Town of Chitina
is assured.
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Lots are still offered at attractive prices and there
are many desirable ones remaining.
A few months later lots in Chtiina will be held at
largely increased values. Why not invest NOW?
GEO. C. HAZELET,
Agent Chitina Townsite Company.
TIN SHOP
IN SHUSHANNa
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Xo more need to carry
STOVES and TINWARE
over the long trail to the
interior, as we are pre
pared to till all orders in
our tin shop,
W. H. CARSTENS & CO.
SHUSHANNA - - ALASKA
Chitina GRILL
Good Eats for Particular People
Prompt Service. Popular Set vice.
Next to Chitina Hotel.
CHITINA : : : ALASKA.
OilTINA: BAKERY
AND
Coffee House
HENRY GESSNEK, Prop.
FRESH BREAD, CAKES AND
PIES ALWAYS OX HAND
* i
Chifcina
Pharmacy
DRUGS,
STATIONERY,
CANDIES,
KODAK SUPPLIES
CIGARS & TOBACCO
If you cannot cull, write
us. MAIL orders our
Specialty.
A. G. MOREY, Prop.
0. ADRIAN NELSON
U. S. Mineral Surveyor
CHITINA 2 - - ALASKA
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