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Cordova, March IT. |
T. M. Hunt, chief of the Forestry1
service here, gave a lecture to the:
school children this afternoon in the
Empress Theater. After explaining
the object and uses of the Forestry.
service he. showed a large number of
pictures on the screen, illustrating
the workings of the service. The
pictures shown were, excellent repro
ductions of photographs taken all
over the' country.
A number of citizens attended the
lecture and were well repaid for the
hour or so spent in listening to Mr.
Hunt.
Cordova, March 18
After this week but two mails a j
week will be sent through to Fair-i
banks, on Mondays and Thursdays, i
As the. mails fronts the • interior will,
be coming out at the. rate of three
times a week until March 21, the
change of train schedule will not go
into effect until April 1st. From
then on until ne.xt fall the regular j
trains will leave Cordova cn Thurs
days and Mondays, going as far as,
Chitina and returning on Tuesdays
and Fridays. Trains will continue j
to run between Chitina and.Kenne-j
cott, and possibly at the ra*e of
three each week, depending on the
amount of copper ore shipped out.
On Monday next the amount of mail
leaving the coast for Fairbanks will
be reduced from 1,600 pounds three
times a week to 800 pounds twice, a
week, leaving here on Mondays ami.,
Thursdays. This mail will continue
to be sent until navigation opens in
the spring. During the_ “stBmnei*1
months the interior mail will go via :
Skagway and Dawson, down the.
river. - is ~ : (J|
Two St. Patrick's day celebrations
were observed last night. One at
Eagle's hall, where a large fcroWd of
young folks enjoyed themselves
until midnight, and the other at
Oldtown. where the Cruskene Lawn
Club made merry at the home of
Joe Rowan.
Cordova, March 19
John Berry returned from Chitina
this afternoon, where he has been
on a short visit since the fore part
of the week. .
A wind and rain and sleet storm t
set in last night. At times is has i
raged with terrific force. Today the
wind has subsided but the rain con- j
tinues to come down.
The steamer Admiral Watson is i
)due to reach Cordova Sunday morn-:
ing about 6 o'clock. She sailed
north from Seattle on Monday morn
ing and should bring the mail that
accumulated at Seattle, since the
night of the 9th. Her passengers
for Cordova include: W. B. Cum
mings, W. T. Elmdorff, Geo. TV.
Trahey, Frank L. Gibbs. Fred Hup
preck, Geo. Huppreck. Walter John
son, P. R. Barlow, John Carrol and
four second-class. There are 15
Orientals on board for Port Wells,
while TO cannejymen will go
through to Port Graham and Sel
dovia. For Valdez there are Viola
; Furrow, Vera Furrow and two sec
ond-lcass. For Seward there is
Mrs. X. S. Xatt, August Olson, T. M.
Donohue. W. E. Donohue, John
Kirby, G. A. Niles and 21 -second
class.
Cordova, March *!0
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Kane, wno
have been at the Xortliern Hotel
since last November, awaiting news
about railroad construction, will
leave on the steamer Alameda to
night for Seward. They contemplate
engaging in business at some, point
to the westward.
The steamer Admiral Watson w.:s
in port an hour or two yesterday
t morning and proceeded to the west-,
'sward with a large number of pas-j
Wengers. She will go as ar as Kodiait
and Cook’s Inlet and is not expected
to return before ’Thursday night.
Cordova, March 23
The steame.r Alameda arrived in
port this afternoon at 3 o’clock and
Its now unloading 300 tons of
freight. She will then take on a
cargo of copper ore from the
Bonanza and Jumbo mines for the
Tacoma smelter. The following
passengers came from Seattle to
Cordova:
For Cordova—Pete. Lund. H. F.
Lund, T. H. Gibson and wife, W.
Stewart, Mrs. G. Wells, D. Loring,
G. B. Cederholm, Captain S. Peder
son and wife, Miss E. Pederson, C.
Berks. J. S. Wood, S. B. Summer
lid, B. C. Sigtrig, W. E. FultoD, Miss
i\ Rousseau, O. Baker, Mrs. Mary
Bartley, H. Wagner and wife, E. S.
Robinson. Miss E. A. Radford, Mrs.
•p w. Lynch, J. P- Hoege, G. Sande,
A. Orme, H. A. Hadley, Mrs. H. B.
Burkhart, Gerald H. Hutton, W. A.
Peterson, J. C. Fleming, 3. Palmer,
Ed Packer, A. JDedrick. M- Ruckko,
M. Ewing, T. W. Jackson,
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I Jones, J. B. Laurie, M. Maher, J. H.
' By, J. H. Joslin and wife., Mrs. F.
: B. Martin, J. Martin, O. M. Grant,]
! Pete Monahan, Miss Mary Lowes,
1C. Matzdorff, Miss Merle Helmick,
Frank Pigeon, John Hess, Otto
Mayer, E. Johnson, Thos. Sather,
R. C. Miller and 26 second-class
passengers.
Cordova, March 23 ’
Pete Monahan came back from
! Seattle yesterday and is at the
Rainier-Grand for a couple, of days.
He is one of the original large
holders of placer property in the
Valdez creek district and retains
; claims which he believes will mak<\
I him wealthy. He and associates sold
j considerable property two or three
[>ears ago to the Valdez Creek Mines
! Company, which is now being exten
sively worked by President Sias. Mr.
Monahan will go inside on Thurs- j
day’s train.
Thos. McGann, senator-elect from]
I Nome, is a guest at the Windsor j
I Hotel, having arrived on Sunday]
I after a trip that consumed a little:
lover 19 days from his northern
] home. He will sail on the steamer;
| Alameda for Juneau. Senator M -
I Gann states that he still hopes to
accomplish some legislation r t
I Juneau, favorable to the laboring
man. He favors the maintenance, o’
; the present mining laws, the enforce-1
1 ment of 1hd 8-1iour law, the doing of
assessment wofk each year and the ]
enactment of a law to give employees
!n heir t>n‘placer property for wages
I earned. ,He states that owing to a
j recent decision of Judge Fuller, a
| number of niiners in the Second
i division have, been deprived of their
j hard, earned season’s wages because
1 they could enforce no collection of
the money due. Senator McGann is
an--enthusiastic devotee, of the Aus
tralian ballot law and commends the
; progressiveness of the Council in
i Cordova for enacting it for munici
' pal elections. He states that he will
! make-a strong effort to have, an
Australian law passed for general
elections throughout the territory.
The steamer Alameda did not get
away until about 3 o’clock this
•corning, having taken on a cargo rt
copper ore. She will return from
Seward early Thursday morning and
• is not expected to delay here long
j before sailing south.
Mr$. Thos. F. Lynch was an ar- j
j rival on the Alameda from Seattle., j
where she spent the winter. She;
will go out cn the train Thursday to j
Strelna, where she wil' be met by'
Mr. Lynch, who is in charge, of work
on the. Kuskulina for the Alaska \
United Copper Exploration Com
pany.
The friends of Mrs. H. B. Burk-.
hart were glad to welcome her re- j
turn yesterday after spending the;
winter outside. Most of the time I
she was with her mother at Lees
Summit, Mo. She returned by way
of California, where she visited the
j expositions, and also spent a few
• days in Seattle.
J. E. Laurie, formerly with
j Finkelstein & Sapiro, who went out
I side a month or so ago, returned on
S the Alameda, and is en route to Mc
Carthy, taking in a stock of men's
furnishings and clothing. Jack
thinks McCarthy looks good to him
and has arranged to open a store
there. '
Slibrtly aiter the steamer Ala
meda sailed south from Cordova on
her last trip Salmon day, March 12,
was observed. Chief Steward S.
Sanders prepared for the occasion
and made all passengers aboard feel
glad that Alaska was a salmon
country. For dinner on March 12th
he served salmon in every imagin
able style, which included canape o'
smoked salmon. Cape Prince of
Wales salmon chowder. Bisque of
Columbia river salmon, Metlakahtla
salmon a la IIollandaise„ Skeena
river salmon croquettes. Icy Straits
salmon a la 'Chesterfield, Petersburg
salmon curry with rice, Taku harbor
salmon patties, Raffed Bristol bay
salmon. Mile T>5 salmon cutlets en
mayonnaise and salmon salad. The.se
various dishes were prepared in the
hef’s best style and the passengers
are said to have declared that they
never before knew the. many appetiz
ing uses to which salmon could be
put. The bill of fare w’as unique,
being in the form of a can. printed
in gold and red, with a large fat
salmon, in colors, jumping from the
water forming the frontispiece. In
side the bill of fare the list of south
bound passengers was printed in
gold, with the flag of the. Alaska
Steamfhjp Company- -in black and
red'. ' Aftogether it was' one of the
most afctraptiyq menus eyqr presented
to Alaska- traveler* -and.- -reflects
great credit upon the very popular
and excellent chief steward, Mr. S.
• Fmuiors. *'• ‘ •
Miss Merle Helmjck, the very at
tractive "young lady who was here
for a time a couple of years ago, re- j
turned on the Alameda yesterday i
aud is again smilingly presiding over j
the E. A: Hegg store.
J. H. Joslin and.rwifd are guesis
at the Northern Hotel. The.y arrived
on the steamer Alameda and will
leave on Thursday’s train for Fair
banks, where Mr. Joslin has long
been a resident. He is a brother of ^
Falcon Joslin, president of the
Tanana Mines Railroad.
McCarthy. March 20. j
Finally McCarthy is to have a
school. After many ineffectual at-j
tempts, committee after committee
appointed, T. T. Lane studied the
situation over and suggested to the
government officials during their re
cent trip here an outline of the re
sult of his investigation. The. plan
looked feasible to them and they in
structed that an effort be made along
the line as outlined by Mr. Lane. A'
meeting was called and another com
mittee appointed to confer with the
directors of the Kennecott district.
The plan met with their approval
and Mr. Seagrave, manager of the
Kennecott Mines Co., assisted them
in every possible way, with the re- j
suit that we ate to have a school.*
An election of school board has been !
ordered for April 6th. next. Every i
one feels that all credit is due Mr. |
Lane, whose efforts resulted in
securing the school and in a great!
measure to Mr. Seagrave for the t
kind’y interest he took in our
behalf.
Snow is g-un™ from the trail very;
rapidly and these who have not yet'
finished their winter’s freighting
a~e rushing the work with all speed. I
Since my last letter. Mr. Finkel-;
stein, of Cordova, has opened a j
gentlemen's furnishing goods store 1
here, in the Pets Johnson building. '
He is enjoying a good trade and with
his pleasant, genial manner, has
quickly made, a place for himself in
ctlr midst.
W. R. Faddis. who has been;
operating a restaurant in McCarthy
has put in a line of fine groceries
End seems to be doing a nice busi
ness.
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The Hotel Golden has closed its;
d^ors. Having been refused a ,
liquor license for the ensiling year !
It was decided to close the hotel and
go out of business, thus leaving Me- '
Carihv with one saloon.
During the past month our com-1
missioner’s officp has liad no trials!
of any kind, which seems a pleasant!
change from the daily grind that
v as the. order of the day a few
weeks ago.
Mr. Royal’s fam;!v has moved to
Kennecott. whore Mr. Royal is em- j
plowed. They will be greatlv;
missed from our midst, where Mrs j
Roval has always been active in
church and social work. No longer
will we hear Charley driving m •
dog team and Scotty’s barking
rpsne*’ SO.
Attorr.ov F. H. Foster nut in -he
past week in Chitina. where he was
called on legal bus-'ness. He was
accompanied by Attorney Murry.
Mileage for Legislators
As is his duty Governor Strong
has just finished his labor of com
piling a table, of distances and mile
age to be paid the members of the
.second territorial legislature, and
t the report will be sent to Washing- j
! ton in the near future. The,' total i
[distance traveled by the members
[to Juneau and return, amounts to I
[60,983 miles, and at the rate of 15 |
(cents per mile, this amounts to
| *9,147.45.
I The. greatest distance was traveled
[ by Representative Martin Moran.
| whose journey was from Chumgnak
I to Seward by dog team, to Juneau
• by steamer, and returning from
I luneau to Seattle and home by way
of the outside.. His mileage was
2.216 miles to Juneau and 4.216
en the- return -making- »'• totall of
6.432 miles amounting to *964.80.
Representatives Britt and Heid of
Juneau are ea h al'owed the mini
mum- of two miles .amounting to 30
I’nlforin Reboots Asked
Representative. Burns introduced
an act to provide a uniform school
system in Alaska, with the Governor
of the Territory as head of the sys
tem. The bill provides the Governor
shall appoint a school superintend
ent and an assistant, to comprise
‘he ‘Territorial Board of Educa
tion,” which shall consist of three
members. The bill was referred to
the education committee,
cents each. The mileage to Juneau
and return, with the amounts, is
given below by divisions:
Miles Amoun*
First . 1,736 * 260.40
Second ..33,671 5,050.65
Third . 8,906 1,335.90
Fourth ....16,670 2,500.50
Totals .60.983 $9,147.45
The total mileage allowance comes
to withi.i $30.75 of the maximum
allowed by Congress.
Rex Creek. Maych 11, 1915.
Oni Rex Creek, above the tanyon
pn Taylor’s ground, things are run
ning without any change.
On Brooks. Edison is cutting
wood for summer u§e. intending to
mine as .soon as the season opens.
Mr. Brennan and wife are visiting
him.
Ole Hanson, one of Andrus’ lay
men. was taken §ick last week and
taken to. the hospital at McCarthy.
He. has just returned looking a 11
right and started to work again.
Slantien and Slauser, on No. 2
Chittitu. will soon lay pipe for sum
mer work. Slauser had a bad fall
on Saturday, spraining his hack.
Although in a bad tvay he continues
to work.
On White, at the head. Harris is
still doing some work.
On the right limit of White, at
lower end of the line, Powell and
Body have a shaft down 60 feet,
30 feet below the rim. probing a
channel. As they are getting much
fine gold they fully expect (as
others do) to find pay in quantity.
They will be handicapped for water
and tailing ground, as the company
owns the creek claim.
Ralf Roth, one of the Andrus
field men, has taken a lay-off and
went to the Shushanra with Mr.
Cole who is conducting a mail and
express service between McCarthy
and the Shushanna. Roth went
there to see his cousin, Martin
Vtckelson, who has been hurt on
Horsfe.lt creek.
Mr. Miller is still prospecting on
No .S bench, right limit of Chittitu. ;
He is in two-cent dirt with his tun
nel and prospects increasing.
Gust Carltrom, next below Miller, t
recently completed preparations for
summer sluicing, and is now con-'
tinning his tunne.l into the bench. |
with very encouraging results, j
picking quite a few small nuggets
from the best.
Mrs. Riser, of Easterly’s camp, is
paying Mrs. Cole a week-end visit.
Erve Harring and crew are now '
freighting from McCarthy. They
are bringing provisions and 1.000
feet of pipe to be used to carry
more persons on the Andrus' plant.
Mr. Marshall, teamster for the
Mothe.- Lode Co., paid the creek a |
visit the other day, looking for an
opening to mine.
The boys on Dan Creek are sav
ing nothing these days but all seem
to be satisfied with their winter's
work.
It has been reported that Mr.
F'elds has taken over the infprests
of Murry, Stevens, et al., on Young
c-po’t but the report has not been
verified.
M- Sanderson, who is employed
by Pricp and Manley, together with
1 J. F. Clarkin and James Hyland,
have purchased one of the Harmon 1
fr Deever drills that we see adver
tised in thp Daily Alaskan. It has
been shipped out and they are now j
setting it up near Clarkin’s road- j
house on the Xizina. It is the im
pression that they intend to pros
pect Xizina flats, as they have
j located quite a bunch of ground.
iTbe weather is fine here, thawing
. every day.
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Sunday Closing Upheld
By a vote of 9 to 7, an amend
; ment to kill the law providing Sun
| day closing, now in force in
| Alaska, was lost in the House. Reo
' rsentatives Britt. Burns, Driscoll.
; Heid. Holland. Moran, Shoup, Snow
; and Tansey voted against repealing
i the law while Representatives
Coomb3, Daly, Day, Getchell, Heck
man, Xoon and Speaker Collias
voted to repeal.
Want Xative Hospitals
Representative A. G. Shoup intro
duced a memorial which asks that
'’’engross appropriate at least J12
non for the establishment of well
equipped hospitals in each division
• f Alaska, and thus provide a medi
cal service for the natives of the
Territory. The memorial says the
natives in Alaska are today being
given inadequate medical attention,
Pnd points out that in this respect
the Indians of other sections of the
T'nited States are far better cared,
A large number of people are in
town awaiting the departure of the
train Thursday so that they may get
started to the'- interior .
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Seeks Removal of Commissioner
The. House of Representatives has
asked the removal from office of
John F. Dillon, United States com
missioner at Fairbanks, for charg
ing extortionate fees, for wilful
neglect of his duties In connection
with the registration of vital statis
tics, and for showing an “utte.r con
tempt of the Territorial laws.” The
judiciary committee of the House,
to which was referred the report of
Secretary of tha Territory G. E.
Davidson, in compliance, with the re
quest made by the House, relative
to the non-enforcement of the Terri
torial laws, signed the report ask
ing Dillon's removal, and copies of:
the. report will be forwarded to;
Judge Cbas. E. Bunnell, of the,
Fourth division, and to other Fed
eral judges in Alaska. A roll call
on the adoption of the report
showed a unanimous sentiment j
against Dillon.
Back Mileage to Be Paid
Announcement that Uncle Sam
has decided to give the members of j
the First Legislature some J2.26T.I
to make up the deficiency of the |
First session mileage., caused the
members of the Second Legislature
to feel that they too, will be reim
bursed for the shortage in the mile.- .
age account that they declare was
made at this session. The mon^yj
will be paid to the First Legislature I
by Governor Strong. Here is the,
amount-each man wil! receive:
Name Miles Amount
J. C. Kennedy.167!) $ 251.85
Daniel Driscoll.... 6S0 .102.00
E. B. Collins 6SS 103.20
Henry Roden . 964 144.60
Chas. E. Ingersall.. 102 15.30
R. D. Cray . a92 28.80
Milo Kelly . *93 73.35
\V. T. Burns. 695 104.25
Eiwood Bruner ....151S 227.70
Conrad Freeding ..1518 227.70
Thos. Gaffney ....1518 . 227.70
Chas. D. Jones ....1518 227.70
Frank A. Aldrich ..1518 227.70
Dan A. Sutherland. 635 95.25
L. V. Ray . 350 52.50
A. G. Shoup . 92 13.80
, J. M. Tanner . 44 6.60
B. F._ Millard . 285 42.75
H. B. Ingram . 285 42.75
1 v. m. Boyle . 285 42.75
N. J. Svindseth. . . . 55 8.35
Totals .15H4 $2,267.20
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE
To Ben C. Hannam, administrator of
the Estate of James Garrett, de
ceased and to his he.irs 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. The
notice of 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 holding
possessory right and title to said
claim under provisions of Section
2324 of the Revised Statutes of the
United States and the amendments
thereof providing for annual labor
upon mining claims. That is to say
that an hundred dollars worth of ■
labcr and improvements was made
i upon said piacer claim and that I as
co-owner have expended the amounts
I which were for the interest of said
: Garrett's estate.
You are further notified that un
l less you pay your proportion of such
| expenditure together with the cost of
I this advertisement to the under
j signed within ninety days from the
last publication of this notice your
'interest in said claim will become
i the property of the undersigned co
owner under said Section 2324, Re
i vised Statutes of the United States.
RINGWALD BLIX.
First publication, March 9, 1915.
Last publication, June 15, 1915.
Tiiqnor Question T.aiil Away
a vote of 8 to 5 the Snow pro
hibition memorial to Congress,
ainended -bv providing that Congress
shall be asked to “enact laws gov
erning the manufacture and sal^ >f
intoxicating liquors in Alaska," in
stead of “extending the privileges to
Alaska, of voting on the liquor
question.” was laid on the table, on
motion of Mr. Shoup. seconded by
?dr. Rri't. The motion was not
d°hptable.
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or freight will not bo received at dock later than one hour before
sailing tune.
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