Cordova, June 3.
Dr. W. W. Council is out in the
neighborhood of Mile 67 and when
he returns he expects to supply his
friends with bear meat for the next
month or two.
A farmer, horse and plow will go
out on the train tomorrow to beyond
Eyak Lake, where a start will be
made to establish a farm.
Henry Deyo, of Valdez, the engi
neer in charge of the government
railroad survey from Chitina to
Matanuska, will leave for the in
terior to join his party tomorrow. He
is taking from Cordova food supplies
to last his men a month. He is not
yet certain whether the supplies for
the season are to be furnished bv
the Engineering Commission or
whether he is expected to secure
them. In the event that he is, the
orders will be placed at Cordova and
shipped from here to Chitina on the
railroad. Mr. Deyo states that there
are several routes available between
Chitina and Matanuska, and that he
expects to survey them all, so that
he and his 16 men will be occupied
until early winter.
It is predicted that in this section
of Alaska one of the biggest runs of
fish in the history of canners will be
recorded. The ru.n is earlier than
usual and larger in number, while
the fish are larger in size. Yester
day on the Copper River flats the
boats from the Orca cannery secured
* more than they could handle, while
the catch of nineteen independent
fishermen, who expected to sell to
the cannery, had to be thrown back.
It is estimated that in all 25,000
fish more than could be cared for
were caught.
Cordova, June 4.
Depu.ty Marshal Brightwell has re
ceived a letter from Attorney P. V.
Davis, at Seattle, stating that he is
informed that a man named Steele,
from Black Diamond, Wash., is in
Cordova representing that he has
authority from W. G. Whorf to
secure, men to work at the latter’1!
mines at Port Graham. Mr. Davis
states that Mr. Whorf is now in the
cast but that he has not authorized
anyone to employ men to work this
year for him or the coal company
he represents. And Mr. Whorf fur
ther does not wish anyone to be im
i posed upon through misrepresenta
tion. An inquiry upon the part of
the deputy marshal does not dis
close the identity of Mr. Steele or
anyone else here presuming to speak
tor Mr. Whorf. f
In all probabilities the railroad
boys will gather together their
forces and take a ball team to
Chitina on July 4th that will make
the interior boasters look like thirty
cents after they leave the diamond
on the national holiday. A chal
lenge has been issued for our team
to go up to the coming town that
expects to have railroad connections
with Fairbanks and the Matanuskn
coal fields in the course of a couple
ag| years. As there is small prob
ability of Cordova having a ball
ground within the next month many
cf the ball tossers believe it would
be a good idea to go to Chitina and
gtshow those fans and enthusiasts up
^there a few things they don’t yet
know about the great game. A chal
lenge has been sent to Price Nettle
‘(on from A. A. Cloninger, manager
of the Chitina ball team, which reads
as follows:
“Visitors from Cordova, and “has
been” ball players that work for
the railroad insist that Cordova is
•apable of raising a ball team that
could give us a game. As we. are
about to celebrate the glorious
Fourth we hereby challenge you to
a game on that day, and hope you
will be able not only to accept our
Challenge, but also scrape up a team
that can make, the game interesting.
There will be a purse for the win
ners of which the amount has not
been decided. The purse, however,
-ft of no interest to you as in your
wildest dreams you will not consider
the, possibility of winning. Hopng
to see you on the Fourth with that
bunch of players and fans we read
about In the Cordova papers, anJ
promising to give you a good time
whatever the outcome of the game ”
The steamer Dirigo steamed into
port this morning about 8 o’clock
and after unloading five tons of
explosives left for EUamar, Valdez,
Eatouche and the Cook’s Inlet
country. As she has a considerable
cargo of explosives she carries no
1%ssengers and . will not stop at
Seward. The regular trip this month
from Seward to the westward, which
has been heretofore taken by the
Dora will be made by the steame.r
Northwestern, sailing from Seattle
on the 6th. Commencing the middle
of duly the Dirigo will permanently
take the schedule heretofore main
tained by the Dora. The Dirigo has
^ been converted into a passenger
carrier, with accommodations for 48
first-class and 32 steerage passen
gers. High ceilings form one feature
of the first class staterooms on the
saloon deck.
W. L. Smith has put in an attrac
tive front and soon his new rooming
house will be ready to take care of
the crowds who may be coming here.
Cordova, June 5.
Dr. Council forever establisnea
his reputation as a mighty hunter
by bringing to town this afternoon
a black bear which he killed in the
neighborhood of Mile 67. It is also
reported that he shot one or two
others which the people of the
interior are now' devouring.
Judge Roscoe R. Smith, accom
panied by his wife, sailed on the
Alameda this morning for Valdez,
expecting to return on the same
trip and go outside, making a trip
to California and then go back to
Nebraska for a short time, prepara
tory to again coming north. Judge
Smith came to Cordova and spent a
few days looking over the situation,
wdth a view of locating here. He is
fully imbued with the 'idea that
Cordova is to become one, of the
great and substantial cities of
Alaska, and in the course of a few
months will return and locate here,
to devote his time to the practice of
law.
Three geological survey parties
will leave Cordova on the morning
train. One headed by Fred H. Mof
fit will go to the Kuskulina and
Kotsina section, where Mr. Moffit
was engaged last season. The other
two parties, headed by S. R. Capps
and C. E. Giffin will go to the
Chisana country, where there will
be extended work, as that section
has not been reported on in recent
years. These men will take with
them horses and supplies sufficient
to last several months.
The steamer Alameda reached
port this morning at 8. o’clock and
sailed to the westward about 11
o’clock. After leaving Valdez she
will put in at Portage Bay, when
members of a government survey
party will be put ashore, as well as
a large quantity of supplies. The
Alameda will return from Seward
on Sunday shortly after the noon
hour, but as she will take, on a large
quantity of copper ore she will net
sail south before midnight.
Bob Ashland was a passenger on
the Alameda for Seward. He expects
to return to Cordova and spend a
few days before going back to the
states.
Cordova, June 6.
At the Chamber of Commerce
meeting last night there was a dis
cussion of the probability of Con
gress passing the Alaska coal leas
ing bill before, adjournment. From
reports received it looks as though
there was a strong possibility of this
accomplishment. The efforts of
President Wilson upon behalf of
favorable legislation for Alaska was
j highly commended, as was also the
strong support given various meas
ures by friendly senators and repre
sentatives. It was decided that the
executive committee send to the lat
ter letters expressing the apprecia
tion of the people of Cordova, also
that the Legislative committee send
a wire to President Wilson, which
was done today .in the following
words:
“Sincerely appreciative of your
efforts behalf of Alaska. Prayer
fully urge your insistance. for pas
sage of coal leasing bill before
adjournment. Vital to prosperity
and happiness of people of this
section.”
Capt. Fred Warner and his crew
returned this morning from Cape
Hinchinbrook, where they found
that the swells were so bad that
Diver McKay could accomplish little
in the way of dismantling the light
house tender Armeria, which was
submerged two years ago. Much
valuable property was secured, in
cluding 53 acetylene drums and two
buoys. All the wrecking material
was brought back on the Swan and
Captain Warner and his men will
return to Seattle on the steamer
next week.
The steamer Admiral Evans ar
rived in port this morning at 5:30
o’clock. Captain Jenson reported
that he, had fine weather on his trip
to the westward and particularly in
Cook’s inlet, where he took aboard
part of the coal mined by the gov
ernment in the Matanuska field
This coal will be taken to the navy
yard at Bremerton, to be tested
later by the cruiser Maryland. The
balance will be brought down by the
Sampson, which sailed north from
Seattle at noon today. Passengers
from Cordova going out on the
Evans were: Tom Davis, Mrs. R.
Brown, Mrs. Geo. Teal, J. C. Lewis
and Mr. Olson from the wireless
station.
A train went out this morning
that will connect at Chitlna for Mc
Carthy and Kennecott. The next
train out will be on Wednesday
morning. It will go through to
Kennecott, returning to Chltina on
Thursday and coming to Cordova on
Friday. A train that will take out
passengers and freight from the
steamer Northwestern will leave
Cordova on Saturday morning next.
A train from the interior will reach
Cordova this evening about 7 o’clock
bringing mail from Fairbanks,
which will go out on the steamer
Alameda tomorrow night.
W. Steigelmeyer has. leased the
Nome railrqad from the receiver and
will operate it as a mule car line
thus saving fuel and avoiding the
government mileage tax. The only
improvements Steigelmeyer will have
to make will be to build a board
walk over the trestles.
R. J. Boryer,- formerly attorney
at Cordova for the Copper River <t
Northwestern Railway, the Alaska
Steamship Co., the Kennecott Mines
Co., and the M. J. Heney estate, and
who recently went to Seattle, has
opened law offices in that city. He
is located at 622-23-24 Central
Building, where he will be pleased
to greet his Alaska friends. Attorney
Boryer had been in the north since
the first railroad activities started
at Katalla, and later came to Cor
dova when construction work com
menced here. He has a large circle
of friends in this part of Alaska,
who wish him success in his new
field of labor, and who will be glad
to know where to reach him if they
desire to have any legal matters
attended to in Seattle.
Cordova, June 8.
The challenge from the Chitina
baseball team has been seriously
considered by the ball players of
Cordova. It is believed that if a
team is formed from uoth the; rail
road and town teams that they
would prove invincible as against the
combined effort of the best players
from Chitina to McCarthy. It has
been decided to make Capt. Lathrop
manager of the new team and he
was authorized to take up the
Fourth of July challenge with the
Chitina manager. If some guarantee
is arranged the boys here are anxi
ous to lake a swipe at the. team of
the interior. This afternoon Capt.
Lathrop took the matter up by wire
and it is expected that within a day
or two it will be known just what
can be done. The railroad boys
want the Cordova crowd with them if
they go to Chitina on the Fourth.
They believe that if a special train is
secured and the excursion tickets
placed at $5 each that a sufficient
number can be secured to take the
trip.
A special train carried over 140
people to Mile 15 yesterday after
noon. They were all enthusiastic
fans and greatly enjoyed the ball
game. The railroad boys se.emed to
play under adversity from the start.
When any of that team would hit
the ball there was sure to be some
one right there to catch it and put
him out. And when the same team
was in the. field the ball never
seemed to come just where a rail-'
road boy was expecting it. The town j
team was in good practice and form
from the start and soon gained such J
a lead that there was no doubt as to |
the result of the game. The, score
was 17 to 7, but there were some I
good plays made and lots of good
natured joshing, so that the spec
tators had the full worth of their
money and are keen for another
conte.st. “Tony” was on hand, and
to make sure of the town boys win
ning he took out a mascot that
proved invincible.
E, P. Medley and wife, Mr. Gillis
and wife, Miss Olga Thisted, Miss
Genevieve Whalen and Dr. W. H.
Chase went over to the wireless
station last evening and will occupy
a cabin and tent there for two or
three days, on a pleasure and hunt
ing outing.
Cordova will have a celebration
on July 4tli. It will not be an elab
orate affair, but something on the
line of last year’s event. This con
clusion was reached at the meeting
of the Chamber of Commerce on
Friday night. A committee of Dr.
Chase, M. Brock and M. Finkelstein
was named to have the affair <n
charge and raise the funds neces
sary. While it is not expected that
the celebration will draw many peo
ple from neighboring towns, it is in
tended that there shall be entertain
ment t0 interest the people who re
main in town on that day.
The steamer Alameda came in
from the westward yesterday after
noon about 5 o’clock. She was de
layed he,re until 4 o’clock this morn
ing, taking on 775 tons of Bonanza
copper ore, 90 tons of Mother Lode
ore and 15 tons of mild cured
salmon. The following passengers
left here for southern ports:
For Seattle—W. J. Brown, P. F. '
Smith, Mrs. O. Book, Willis Book,
W. D. Boyer, M. Griook, R. Arnold
and 2 second-class.
For Juneau—Mrs. N. M. Eby, A.
Stellmathe.r, E. D. Carlisle, W. Mc
Crary and S second class.
Mrs. N. M. Eby, formerly stenog
rapher for the attorney of the C. R.
& N. W. Ry.t left on the Alameda
this morning for Juneau! where she
will tase a position in the omce 01
Attorney Cobb.
There is a disturbance in the cable
service in the neighborhood of
Seattle. As a consequence there has
been no communication today With
the outside over the government
lines. It is not definitely known
here Just what the trouble is, but an
intimation has been given that the
trouble will be. righted within a day
or two.
W. D. Boyer, one. of the railroad
boys who has been on the baseball
team, left this morning for Seattle,
where he expects to secure a posi
tion.
The town of Chitina is arranging
for a big celebration on July 4th.
Games of various kinds and public
speaking will add to the entertain
ment of the day. It is expected to
have a big crowd from all parts of
the. Copper River country.
Charles Simenstad, superintendent
of the Galena Bay Mining Company,
was a passenger over from Valdez
yesterday. He will take the train on
Wednesday and go as far as Strelna.
He will then go up the Kuskulina
and Kotsina rivers and see that
notices arc, posted in connection with
the application for patent for twelve
lode claims that his company has
been working in that district.
Judge Hayes, one of the well
known characters of the Copper
River country, came to town last
evening and expects to linger lie.re
for a time. He has been conductor
on the branch line of the railroad
that runs from Chitina to Kennecott.
He has a lot of friends in town who
will try to make his stay pleasant.
Charley Orr, with his launch
Waif, was in port today. He had a
cargo of oil from Katalla for Ship
Creek and Valdez. He left this after
noon and will make his first stop at
Valdez.
Capt. Ben Durkee came over
from Katalla on the. launch Triton
last evening, bringing a consignment
of gasoline. He returned on tide
this afternoon.
Capt. P. Be.rgman of the schooner
St. Paul, has been joined by his
wife, daughter Erma and boy Willie.
They have taken apartments in the
Borden building, adjoining the Cor
dova Drug Co.’s building. They ex
pect to remain until after the fishing
season, when Capt. Bergman will
take the product of the Orca can
nery back to San Francisco.
Cordova, June 9.
Henry Deyo, in charge, of the gov
ernment railroad survey from Chit
ina to Matanuska coal fields, came
from the interior on the train this
ORDER OF PUBLICATION
N PROBATE COURT FOR CHITINA j
PRECINCT, TERRITORY OF!
ALASKA.
In the Matter of the Estate of Nels
Oscar Sail, a Mentally Incompetent
Person.
Charles G. Sal] having tiled his
petition that he be appointed guar
dian of the estate in Alaska of Nels
Oscar Sail, a mentally incompetent
person, it is ordered that the same
be heard on the Twenty-third day of
June A. D., 1914 at 10 o’clock a. m.
of said day, and that notice be pub
lished in the Chitina Leader for a
period of four weeks.
Dated May 11th, 1914.
(Seal) OSCAR FISH,
Com’r and Ex-Officio Probate Judge, j
NOTICE OF PROBATE
________
Notice is hereby given that I have
been appointed administrator of the
estate of Paul d’Heirry, deceased,
which estate is now being probated
in the Probate Couit of the Chitina
Precinct, Alaska. All persons hav
ing claims against the said estate
will please present them for pay
ment with the proper vouchers,
within six months from the 29th
day of April, A. D. 1914.
HORACE LEACH,
Administrator.
Dated At Chitina, Alaska, April
29, 1914.
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same
Chas. Pafir, MSfi. i
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IN THE HUUT OT THE CUT ,
13BBpMisYlmiCMit-50SMintBo(iH5
afternoon. He wishes to confer with
the members of the Alaska Engineer
ing Commission, who are now en
route to Ship Creek on the steamer
Northwestern, that is due to arrive
at Cordova on Friday next. Mr.
Deyo states that his party of 19
men are making good progress and
that they are now at Camp Comfort.
Father Van der Pol was an arrival
from the westward on Sunday after
noon. He expects to remain here
for two or three weeks and will hold
services at the Catholic church.
A train came in this afternoon at
12?30 o’clock. The next train for
the interior will leave tomorrow
morning, connecting at Chltina for
Kennecott. Another train will go
out likely Saturday morning, after
the arrival of the steamer North
western. It will also make connec
tions for Kennecott.
The government cable line is still
“disturbed," and as a consequence
the only way to receive messages
from Seattle is via the more expen
sive Canadian line to Ashcroft and
from there to Fort Egbert and
Valdez.
Meier Blum, vice, president of the
First Bank of Valdez and manager
of the Valdez firm of S. Blum & Co.,
was a passenger on the Alameda
from the other part of the Sound. He
expects to go to Chitino on the
morning train.
t-ITTSBURG, June 6.—Ten thou
sand employees of the Westinghou.se
Company went on a strike today.
Their demand is for a recognition of
the union. The question has been in
dispute for a long time past and it
nowr looks as there would be a long
drawn-out light.
Announcement is made by the
Alaska Steamship Company that
hereafter the steamers Alamedt,
Mariposa and Northwestern will
leave Skagway regularly at 11 p. m.
on their scheduled sailing dates
southbound, reaching Seattle in 312
days. Only two stops will be made,
at Juneau and Ketchikan.
It will be remembered that T. C.
Macauley was a former employe of
the Copper River & Northwestern
Railway, located at Chitina and
other interior points, who left this
section a couple of years ago to
study aviation. From here he went
to San Diego), Cal., and in about two
year's time he had not only built his
own machine but had also estab
lished the American record for alti
tude. He is now at Toronto, Can.,
where he is making some record
breaking flights. Two weeks ago the
Toronto Sunday World devoted two
pages to illustrations taken from
photographs by a camera man who
accompanied Macauley and caught
views “3,000 fee.t up looking down.’’
Mr. Macauley's own story of his
achievements is also published.
“Eight days later, on February
25th, I was ready for my fourth and
last attempt. Taking fuel for a
little over an hour, I started away
and with the light load had no diffi
culty at all. In 15 minutes I had
reached 6,568 feet, an altitude that
had taken me two hours on my first
attempt; in 30 minutes I had
reached the 9,800 foot mark; and
in exactly 53 I had reached 12,139
feet. I had made the American
record.”
-u-u-u
A. W. Swanitz, chief engineer and
general manager of the, Alaska
Northern left Seattle for Seward on
the Admiral Sampson today. ;t
has been reported that considerable
improvement work will be done, on
the line this year, and it is probable
that after the field headquarters of
the Alaska Engineering Commission
are established at Turnagain Arm,
that the line will be kept open 10
Kern Creek.
-o—o—o
WASHINGTON, June 9.—Presi
dent Wilson is expected to accept
the Senate amendment specifying
that the United States does not
waive the right to discriminate in
favor of our own shipping.
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP COMPANY
Past and commodious steamers sailing between Seattle, Ketchikan,
Wrangell, Juneau, Skagway, Cordova, Valdez, and Seward, via
INSIDE PASSAGE.
Sails from Seattle— Sails from Cordova—■
June 6.NORTHWESTERN.June 16
June 12.MARIPOSA.June 21
Regular freight service for Ketchikan, Juneau, Sheep Creek,
Treadwell, Douglas, Cordova, Ellamar, Valdez and Datouche. Explosives.
S. S. Seward. S. S. Seward, 5th; S. S. Datouche, 15th; S. S. Cordova,
25th of each month.
This company reserves 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 dock later than one hour before
sailing time.
F. B. TRACY, T. J. TALLENT,
General Agent. Ticket Agent.
Pacific-Alaska
Navigation Co.
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Puget Sound=Alaska Route
Steamers leave Seattle every ten days of each month on the
5th, 15th and 25th
Via the INSIDE PASSAGE for Ketchikan, Jnnean, Yakutat, Katalla,
Cordova. Valdez, Seward, Cook Inlet points and Kodiak Island.
Seattle-San Francisco connecting with steamers Yals and Harvard
for Southern California ports.
Schedule subject to change without notice.
1$. F. WATSON, ALASKA TRANSFER CO..
General Agent. Eocal Agent.
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