OF GENERy FORlTION
Cordova, August 12.
William Bradshaw was a return
ing miner from the Nelchina district
on the train yestexday, having been
in the interior since March. He
states that while there have been
several hundred men in the dig
gings they have not accomplished
much as ye.t. Just before he came
out a clean-up of 54 ounces had been
taken by Thomas from Discovery
claim. On one claim on Poorman's
gulch about 250 ounces had been
secured. The diggings generally are
deep, one shaft on Crooked Creek
having been sunk to a depth of 190
feet. Bedrock had not been reached
and McGowan and Deckers decided
to take hold and sink dee.per. Every
where there are indications of gold
but it has not been found in paying
quantities in many places. Mr.
Bradshaw is on his way to his home
in Seattle.
A special meeting of the Cordova
Chamber of Commerce was held this
afternoon with a view of taking
steps to urge upon Congress the
necessity of enacting coal legislation
for Alaska. Learning of the inten
tion of the House to again take up
and consider a coal leasing bill the,
Chamber deemed that the measure
might be assisted in its passage
through the efforts of the various
commercial bodies in Alaska. After
discussing the matter it was decided
that the Chamber send a number of
telegrams this afternoon to Presi
dent Wilson, Secretary Lane and
various members of the House, ad
vocating early action on coal legis
lation. This to be followed up by
a circular letter to all members of
the House and Senate. It was also
decided to endeavor to enlist the
support of other bodies in all parts
of the territory in wires urging that
they also do their part toward In
ducing Congress to favorably con
sider a measure that will permit of
the early opening up of the coal.
Among the men on the. transport
now in the harbor is an organization
known as the Buffalo Club. It is
composed of 46 members, and tile
various ports that have been visited
have reason to remember this club,
because of their activities in social
affairs. A committee was in town
today arranging for a dance to be
tendered by the Club to the people
of Cordova. It was desired to give
it this week but owing to the ex
pected absence of Drummer Doole.v
it was decided to await his return.
As a consequence the date has been
fixed for Friday night, August 21.
The affair promises to be an event of
more than the ordinary pleasure, and
besides the members of the club it
will be attended by most of the
officers on the Buffalo.
K. G. Robinson and family have
taken one of the Stewart cottages
* on B avenue and will remove there
to from the Hotel Northern.
Dr. Alfred H. Brooks and A. C.
Martin, members of the X". S. geo
logical survey, returned from the
Kotsina and Nizina country on the
train yesterday. Dr. Brooks expects
to go to Fairbanks and may accom
pany Col. Richardson on an auto
trip from Valdez, or if not he will
likely go via Skagway and Dawrson.
Mr. Martin expects to return to the
states on the next steamer.
Chief Mail Clerk Alvah Eames
received a wire this afternoon from
Seattle stating that 950 pounds of
mail for hairbanks would leave on
the steamer Alameda tomorrow
night for Cordova, to be forwarded
to Chitina. The experimental auto
truck trip that Col. Richardson,
president of the Alaska Road Com
mission. has planned will be shortly
carried out. The, Col. will go from
Valdez to Chitna, where he will take
' aboard the mail from Seattle re
ferred to and r«0 pounds of local
mail. This trip is being made with
a view of demonstrating to the post
) office department at Washington
that the government trail between
Chitina and Fairbanks is feasible
for summer auto traffic.
Among the passengers to arrive
on the train yesterday was Alex.
Park, who has been employed dur
ing the past summer at the mining
nroperty of the Mother Lode Copper
Mines Company. He will leave on
the next steamer for Seattle.
William Godfrey and Supt. Parks
were among the men who returned
yesterday from the Mother Lode
mine, on McCarthy creek. They
tytth expect to make a trip outside.
Jack Horsfe’d, who has been in
most of the Alaskan placer camps,
returned from the Chisana yesterday
and will go to Valdez this evening,
nrior to leaving for his home at
Seattle. He still has confidence
tba'll the Chisana will open up a lot
of good ground. But he says it will
take time, and money, with the aid
of machinery. The latest scheme is
to operate a big hydraulic plant on
Johnson creek and the flats. By
consolidating certain properties it is
expected that next summer consider
able work will be. done in this line.
Men who are interested in this
project, he says, are Hamshav,
Wiley, James, Nelson, Baldwin.
Noyes, Irving and others. A drill
is now being taken in from White
Horse and will be used this winter
for prospecting.
Cordova, August 13.
! Clias. E. Herron was a passenger
! for heward on the Sampson. He
: made a hurried trip to Seattle to
I purchase some mining machinery,
j He is interested with Major French
i in the operation of extensive placer
ground near Sunrise, in the Turn
: again Arm district. Incidentally
| Mr. Herron is chairman of the Re
! publican Territorial committee of
Alaska, but that isn’t worrying him
very much these days. He says he
is too busy making money to pay
] attention to politics.
In a letter received today from
I New York it is stated that Jack
j Carlisle and wife, have returned
| from the'r vacation trip to Buenos
j Ayres and that they will return to
| Cordova about September 1st.
A number of excursions are being
run to the glaciers these days. One
I left this morning, taking the pas
| se.ngers on the, steamer Mariposa,
another will go out tomorrow morn
: ing with the passengers on the
j steamer Victoria, which is coming
j from Nome. On Sunday morning
I a number of men from the transport
Buffalo will enjoy their leave by
chartering a train and spending the
day at Miles and Child’s glacier.
John J. Underwood, of Seattle,
was a passenger on the steamer
Sampson for Seldovia. from where
he will go to the far westward to
write up the people of a Russian
village, of whom very little is now
known. He takes with him a
photographer named M. .1. Burns
who will take views to illustrate an
article, that Mr. Underwood will
prepare for Harper’s Magazine. Mr.
Undewood is a familiar character in
various parts of Alaska, and spent
several years in Nome during the
early days. He is the author or
“Alaska—An Empire, in the Mak
ing.”
John E. Rarrett. of McCarthy, re
turned this morning front .1 une.au,
where he recently went to transact
business.
Mrs. D. W. Griffin is returning
from a trip to the states and arrived
on the Marjposa expecting to take
the train for Chitina tomorrow.
Mrs. L. H. Royal and children
were arrivals this morning and are
at the Windsor Hotel. They will
leave on the morning train for
Chitina.
N. B. Solner, cashier and director
I of the Union Savings & Trust Com
! pany, of Seattle, made us a short
call last evening. He is on his
i annua! trip to the westward, being
interested in the hydraulic opera
tions in charge of Dick Dawson and
which recently gave a clean up of
over $30,000, with plenty more to
follow. Mr. Solner was a banker in
Nome during the early days.
Karl Armstrong, deputy l'. S.
j marshal at Kodiak, is a passenger
| on the, Mariposa, returning from
Seattle, where he went with his
wife who is in poor health.
Among the arrivals on the Mari
i posa this morning were Robert E.
: Capers and his mother, who have
: taken up their residence in our
! midst, remaining for a time at the
, Windsor Hotel* They were met at
I the wharf this morning by Supt.
! Corser and taken with the excur
; sion party to the glaciers. Mr.
j Capers formerly resided at Seattle
and comes here, to assume the
duties of attorney for the C. R. &
X. W. Railway, which office was
held until recently by R. J. Boryer,
who is now practicing law at Seattle.
Attorney Capers has been in the,
office of W. H. Bogle, general attor
ney for the railway and the Alaska
Steamship Co. He is a young man
and recently came from Texas.
Chas. T. Butler, of New York, and
I Dr. Ethan H. Butler, on the staff of
the Mayo Bros.. Rochester, Minn.,
arrived on the Mariposa and are
registered at the, Windsor hotel.
They will make a trip into Kenne
| cott and remain a couple of weeks
in this section.
Cordova, August 14.
For seven years past R. R.
Stewart has been manager of the
Arctic Lumber Company, at Cor
dova. during which time he has fur
nished practically all the lumber
that has been used in constructing
the buildings of town. However, he
is about to depart from Cordova
and enter a new scene of labor. He
will become associated with the
Puget Sound Mills & Timber Co., ot
which Michael Earles is president.
Mr. and Mrs. Stewart will depart for
Seattle on the next saiPng south of
the steamer Alameda, about August
23. For the present M. J. Kearney
will look after the business here.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Stewart have a
large number of friends in Cordova
who will regret their depature.
They have been particularly active
in social and musical circles, while
Mr. Stewart has always taken a
foremost interest in public affairs
and matters that concerned the wel
fare of Cordova.
A ditching train came into the
shops last night, after having been
out for six weeks past. Recently
work has been going on in the
neighborhood of Mile 114. Slides
have been cut down and other parts
of the road filled up. A slight acci
dent requiring a few hours repair
necessitated bringing the engine into
i the shops before proceeding to ttie
| Chitina branch, where work will
i now be done. The crew of Reed,
i Ketchum and Pike were not averse
! to coming to town to enjoy a day
or two of high life. They will al1
! go out again tomorrow.
This morning a party left on a
! launch for McKinley Lake, to spend
l a week. In the, number was Law
rence Bowman Clapp, the water
color artist, who will make a num
ber of sketches o* the lake country.
I Others were Miss Olga Thlsted. Tat.
j Thisted, Harry Rice, and a friend
; from the eastern states.
Red Nels came in from the Brevn
ner country yesteroay with a party
' of workers. He brought the. latest
! bear story, that he and his party
! actually witnessed. They did, for
. they say they did. A brown bear
| was in the act of crushing to pieces
! a mountain sheep when a black bear
; hove in sfght and scented blood. He
| had soon joined in a contest for
! possession of the smaller animal
and the two big bruins turned one
on the other and fought to a finish.
; the brown bear finally falling over
J in death throes. Black bruin proudly
i marched off with his trophy’ of vic
tory. and Nels and his friends struck
out for home.
The steamer Victoria arrived in
port this morning at 9 o'clock, on
her return from Nome. She ha 1
about 30 excursionists, who were
taken on a special train to the
glae;ers. The other passengers
spe.nt the time about town, meeting
many old friends who had formerly
been in the far north. Passengers
were also on board from Seward and
! Valdez. The men from Nome re
ported that a scarcity of water this
summer will somewhat reduce, the
amount of gold produced, although
they added that it was still the best
gold camp in Alaska. After the ex
cursionists returned from the glaci
ers the” had time to see the town
The. steamer sailed about 3:30
o’clock for Seattle direct.
Cordova. August lo.
The telegraph wire to Fairbanks
was connected last evening, after
the break in the morning, caused by
an earthquake. It is reported thai
i the quake rocked the buildings, but
' other than breaking glass did very
j little damage. No cne is reported
| as injured. The shake occurred
! yesterday morning.
: Robert E. Capers, the new attor
i new who came from Seattle a few
| days ago with his mother, to locate
! here., is temporarily residing in the
Clayson apartments in the building
i of that name.
Arrangements aye being perfected
I for the complimentary dance to be
given by the Buffalo Club on Friday
; night next. The people of Cordova
; will be expected to attend and enjoy
| the. pleasures of the evening. Printed
programs will be provided and there
! will be twelve dances arranged,
I with four extras. The best music
; obtainable will be provided and it is
I expected to start at 9:30 o'clock
| sharp, at Eagle hall. The club is
composed of 4S of the crack men on
the U. S. S. Buffalo. The officers
are: M. A. Sprengel, president; E. .!.
Ostrom, vice pres cient; A. R. Mur
ley, secretary; P. H. Payne, treas
urer.
Early this afternoon Dr. Council
was summoned to Kennecott, by
reason of the serious Illness of one
of the women residents. He took a
speeder and will likely have to be on
the way most of the night. He will
not return for two or three days.
Mrs. John Y. Ostrander and niec?,
who have been spending a few w'eeks
'with friends at Valdez, are expected
to come to Cordova on the steamer
Mariposa tomorrow. They will be
at the Northern Hotel for a couple
of weeks.
Cordova, August 17.
SEATTLE, Aug. 17.—The Admiral
| Evans sailed north on Saturday
night with Mrs. James Flynn for;
1 Cordova. For Seward there were five
cabin and one second-class passen-1
Jgers, and three cabin for Valdez.
I The rain of the past two or three j
! days has made it impossible to worv I
on the new ball grounds, and now it
is not expected that the park will
he in condition for a base hall game
until Saturday or Sunday next.
Among the arrivals on the train
yesterday were Mr. and Mrs. N. P.
Nelson, from Chisana, who are at
the Windsor Hotel. They reached
here in seven days after leaving the
interior diggings.
Soon after the. war scare upset
the financial conditions in this
country word was sent from New
York by President Janies J. Godfrey,
of the Mother Lode Copper Mines
Company, to shut down the opera
tions on the property of that com
PHiiy. Accordingly on August 7th
h force of 30 men were, let out and
but six men remained to look after
the interests of the company, which
aie located near McCarthy creek.
Supt. J. B. Parks. William Godfrev
and other employees came to Cor
dova. expecting to make a trip out
side. while other of the men re
mained at McCarthy and Chittna. A
cable was received yesterday in
structing Mr. Parks to resume opera
tions at once, which he will proceed
to do. taking the next train for
McCarthy, as will also Mr. Godfrey.
It is expected to gather up most of
the old crew who had become rest
less because of the war rumors and
were glad of a little vacation that
would tiring them nearer the news
center.
Ttie Democrats of the Third judi
cial division will hold a convention
>t Valdez on Tuesday, September 5,
for t'ne purpose of selecting nomi
n- fi r the territorial legislative
ticket, there being one senator and
four members of the house to be.
elected from this division. Chair
man Joseph A. Baxter has issued the
tall and directs that delegates to the
convention he elected under direc
tion of the precinct committeemen,
on or before Tuesday, August 27.
"I tie apportionment of delegates is as
follows: ,v
Afognak 2. Kodiak 1, t'n^a 1,
I'nalaska 1, Kenai 1, Knik 1, Nush
agak 1, Sunrise 1, Seward 6, La
touche 2, Golden 1, Granite 1, E1U
insr 2. Copper Center 1, Nelchina 1.
Katalla 2, Chitina 4, McCarthy 2.
Kennecott 1, Shushanna 2, Cordova
7. Valdez 9: total. 50.
The steamer Mariposa sailed south
yesterday afternoon about 2 o’clock,
after waiting for the arrival of the
train, and also taking on nine cars
of Bonanza copper ore. Among the
passengers from Cordova going to
Seal tie were: Miss J. B. Potter. .Tas.
Shand, Jr.. M. B. Miller and wife.
Mrs. P. Tammany, A. K. Sloan, .1. A.
Graham and Tom Gerrhity.
a special train yesterday took a
number of the men from the trans
eon Buffalo out to Mile 49. They
spent several hours in viewing the
wonderful working glaciers and
enjoying a picnic lunch.
Cordova. August IS.
Colonel Richardson has had a
wire to the effect that two members
of the Alaska Engineering Commis
sion will leave Fairbanks today to
come out over the government road.
These men are Lte.ut. Mears and
Tlios. Riggs. The former recently
went in from Ship Creek and met
Mr. Riggs at Xenana, together re
turning to Fairbanks. It is the in
tention of these two members of the
commission to come as far as Taz
lina. then to branch off and go over
to the Matanuska coal fields. It is
not yet known whether they will
ret nrn to Tazlina and come to
Chitina or whether they will go to
Ship Creek. If they should decide
to pursue the latter course Mr. Edes,
the chcairman of tne commission,
would likely join them and come out
to Valdez, where they might hit the
trail and go in to Willow Creek and
over to Chitina. returning to Cor
dova over the railroad.
The Cordova Chamber of Com
merce will give a dinner tomorrow
night complimentary to one ol* the
directors, R. R- Stewart, who is soon
to remove to Seattle. Mr. Stewart
has always been foremost in every
public movement tending to the ad
vancement of the interests of the
town or of Alaska in ge.neral, and
tlie Chamber desires to give some
evidence of appreciation of past
efforts. The affair will be held at
Slater’s restaurant.
William Godfrey was an outgoing
passenger on the Sampson this
morning. He will make a short
visit to his mother at Seattle, as
she is not in the be.st of health. Mr.
Godfrey will return in a couple of
wee.ks and resume his duties at the
Mother Lode copper property which
will resume operations after two
weeks idleness
Col. Wilds P. Richardson, chair
man of the Alaska Road Commission
was an arrival from Valdez on the
steamer Sampson this morning
Arrangements had been made for
the Colonel to go from Chitina to
the interior on the Commission's
auto truck, taking 1,000 pounds of
government mail, 950 pounds of
which came from Seattle on the
steamer Alameda, which arrives this
evening. The truck started from!
Valdez to Chitina on Sunday after
noon with A. Swallow as driver and
with Lieut. Kunzie, the disbursing
officer of the commission. It was
the intention of Col. Richardson to
leave Cordova on the train Thursday
morning, at which time the mail
would also go to Chitina. Dr.
Alfred Brooks, in charge of the
Alaskan mineral resources division
of the geological survey, is now in
Cordova and is expected to accom
pany the Colonel to Fairbanks.
But there has been a hitch in the
plans, owing to the unusual and
heavy rains of the past few days in
the interior country. Colonel Rich
ardson's reports indictate that the
government road is getting in b.icl
shape at certain sections. He. has
directed that wires be sent him here
tomorrow from the various stations
along the line, and if the conditions
are such as to make the trip inad
visable at the present time he will
delay the start possibly for a week.
'The Colonel is masing this run for
tlie purpose of inspecting the road
and also to demonstrate to the post
office department that the mail dur
ing the, summer could better be
taken over this shorter route by
autos, rather than by the present
long route from Ska gw ay to White
Horse, Dawson and Fairbanks. On
the return trip from Fairbanks tile
run will be made direct to Valdez,
carrying such mail as is available
for the outside..
The Cordova ledge of Loyal Order
of Moose held a meeting last night
and initiated 7 new members, which
increases the total membership to
6S. Another meeting will he held
on Thursday evening at 8 o’clock
and some new members will be
initiated at 8:30 o'clock sharp.
There is every indication that this
lodge will gradually grow to large
proportions. Xational Organizer
Johnson expects to return later. He
is now organizing lodges at Haines.
Cariboo and Atlin.
One of the passengers on the
steamer Alameda arriving this even
ing will he Chas. E. Bunnell, the
Democratic candidate for Delegate
to Congress. He will mingle among
our townspeople for the several
hours that the steamer is in port,
with the idea of extending his
acquaintance and talking politics.
Mr. Bunnell is on his way home
from a campaign tour of South
eastern Alaska, where he was most
favorably received. He is seek’ng to
build up a strong Democratic party
in Alaska, in the elnnnation of all
factional feeling, and to unite, all
the elements that recognize the
great benefit that the national ad
ministration has already done and
will continue to do, for the territory.
Tonight, at Valdez the people of
that enterprising little city will be
further strengthened in their idea
that Valdez is the logical sea coast
terminus for a trunk line railroad.
Judge O. P. Hubbard has just re
turned from a lengthy stay at Wash,
ington, as a representative of the
Valdez Chamber of Commerce, and
he will tell his fellow citizens of the
efforts he exerted to convince the
President and Congress that while,
there may he other desirable loca
tions for a terminus, that Valdez is
the logical location. The Judge in
sists that the proper way to open
the country is by the, construction of
a network of railroads from Valdez
connecting with a line to the Mat
anuska, and with a line to the
Chitina. thus opening up the copper
and coal fields and also giving the
interior cheap transportation.
The Democratic Territorial Com
mittee for Alaska, so far as selected,
is composed as follows:
Chairman—Joseph A. Baxter of
1 Valdez.
First Division—D. Noll of Ketch
ikan and .1. F. McDonald of Juneau.
Second Division — Referred to
Nome delegates, none of whom were
present in person at convention.
Third Division —C. H. Scheffler of
Cordova and C. J. Todd of Valdez.
Fourth Division—R. F. Roth and
F. A. Martin of Fairbanks,
i The members of the division:.t
committee for Cordova are Thos. C.
Price ami C. P. Miokelson.
The Democratic Territorial com
mittee lias decided to call conven
tions in the various judicial div
sions of Alaska for the purpose of
nominating candidates for the legis
lature. forming divisional organiza
tions and transacting such other
matters as may come before them.
The convention for the First Jud -
cial convention will be held at
Juneau September 6th, and the pri
maries for the selection of delegates
to the convention will be held on
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