OF GENERAL 1
Mrs. G. L. Buchanan and daugh
ter Madeline, will be outgoing pas
sengers tonight on the Northwest
ern, expecting to go east as far as
Minnesota and later to return to
Seattle to remain during the sum
mer. Mr. Buchanan will go out the
line in the morning for the summer.
Fred Schringer and wife have re
turned from the sojourn near Whit
shed and on Friday they will take,
charge of the dining room at the
hotel Windsor and cater to the pub
lic in their usual satisfactory way.
Dr. Frodenburg took passage this
afternoon for Cook’s Inlet and will
likely go into business at Ship
Creek.
The launch Waif came over from
Valdez and Ellamar yesterday, where j
gasoline was discharged. She waited
here for the arrival of the steamer j
Evans and this afternoon at 3:30 •
proceeded back to Katalla.
The steamer Admiral Evans ar
rived in port from the south at 3
o’clock this afternoon and sailed at
5 o’clock for Valdez and the far
westward making her first run this
season to Knik. Her passengers
from Seattle for ports hereabouts
were as follows:
For Cordova—J. W. Porter, D. S.
Dixon, Hugh McGillvray and one
second class.
For Valdez—Mrs. J. H. Ingram
and 5 second-class.
For Latouehe-—Five second class.
For Seward—G. M. Kimi, and
wife., Carl Osterland. Dick Dawson.
Louis O. Todd, Chas. Kitzmuer, C.
G. Burke, A. J. Lawrence, J. T.
Wallace, J. M. Sheehan, Dr. J. M.
Sloan. J. A. Coombs, Otto Anderson,
Dan Wood, Mrs. L. Holt, J. C. Me
Naughton and wife, J. C. Black,
Eunice Ryan, J. L. Nyman, E. E.
Condray, Berry Donnely and 58
second class.
For Seldovia—J. H.' Day, E. H.
Houghton.
For r Kodiak—Miss Mary Pavloff.
Mrs. R. R. Sears, V. Maces, J. P.
Burns, Geo. V. Prickett, Jame.s
Sheridan, W. J. Kennedy, A. Hogen,
Archie Boise, D. S. Wurtenburg,
Tony Bergseth, D. W. Smouse, F.
C. Hubbell. P. G. Pie.demont, Jas. N.
Lyman, Z. T. Haferty, J. D. Moore, j
For Knik Anchorage there were
61 first class passengers and 37 i
second class.
Cordova, April 21
There is ncJ change in the condi
tion of the bridge, at Chitina which
crosses tie Copper River. Although
it has been warm around Chitina
and the ice has been running, the
cold weather around Copper Center
has prevented the ice from breaking
in that section. Usually it only re
ouires three or four days for all the
ice to clear, but this year the condi
tions are different. In the mean
time no attempt has been made to
repair the bridge as more bents will
be carried out a few days later.
Freight and passengers are being
transferred across the river.
Capt. Lathrop returned on the
steamer Northwestern from Valdez,
where he went to select a site for a
new moving picture house which he
intends to establish there, so as to
complete a circuit to include Cor
dova, Valdez and Seward.
It is reported that Judge Kenneth
Jackson, Who practiced law at
Juneau in the early days and went
to Nome in the rush of 1900 and
who later made a small fortune in
mining at Tonapah, will soon come
north and go into the Broad Pass
country with a view to making an
investment there. At Nome, Judge
Jackson was a law partner of Key
Pittman, now U. S. Senator from
Nevada.
Cordova, April 22
During an altercation this morn
ing at the new- cannerv located at
Mile 55, Ed Lee and Bert Homan
mixed up in a fight. Homan threw
a brick at Lee and the latter in self
defense picked up a sugar bowl from
the table and hit Homan on the
head, killing him. Lee came to
Cordova and surrendered himself to
the marshal. Homan’s body was
brought in on the train this after
noon, and an inquest will be held.
As we go to press Commissioner
Adams is empanneling a jury.
Ed. Barnett was an arrival on the
train this afternoon from Mile 30.
He came in to meet his wife who is
a passenger on the Mariposa arriv
ing tomorrow. The1v will return
home on the train Monday.
The steamer Mariposa arrived in
port this afternoon about 1 o’clock,
bringing a large number of passen
* gers for the westward and all the
freight that the ship could carry.
There, are over 90 passengers for
Knik Anchorage, more than half of
whom are employees of the Alaska
Fmgineering Commission. Commis
sioner Mears was at the head of the
! party. The steame.r was in port
until after 4 o’clock, discharging
freight. The following were her
passengers for this section:
For Cordova—Geo. C. Hazelet,
Mrs. E. Barnett, E. I. Clarke, H. F.
Berry, Mrs. H. Hickey and baby,
Miss Hickey, Mrs. J. Gillis and 4
second class. From Juneau—W. E.
Cathcart, R. McGuire, T. H. Scheis
ter, H. Roden.
For Valdez—Rev. T. J. Punstan, |
Mrs. Dunstan, J. Miller, M. Hopkins, (
Mrs. Hopkins, A. V. Daniels, Mrs.,
Daniels and ba'by, W. S. Dow, Mrs. I
| Dow, Neal Dow, Opal Dow and 3,
i second-class.
For Latouche—L. W. Vitrue and
! 1 second class.
The corner room in the Currier
and Mickelson building has been
j vacated by the Terminal Cigar
; Store and the large room is now in
■ the hands of W. M. Wolff, who is
! repainting and repapering it. It
i will be made attractive and be ready
: for the Cordova Co-Operative Trad- ,
ing Companv next week, when the:
: O. M. Kinney stock will be moved
over and rfie new goods placed in
j position when they arrive on the f
j steamer Alameda. sailing from
: Seattle tonight and due to arrive :
| next Friday.
: Tlios. C. Davies, a well known
-figure in the transportation and
I lighterage business in the early days
j of Dawson and Nome, is a passen
ger on the steamer Mariposa mak- j
ing the round trip to Knik, with a i
view to business possibilities in
; Southwestern Alaska.
Among the passengers to arrive
cn the steamer Mariposa today was
Geo. C. Hazelet. He. has been out
side since the middle of December
: and spent most of the time at Wash
1 ington, D. C.
| That Bert Haahejn came to his
I death on Friday morning, April 23,
| by reason of an injury sustained -
j from a fall after he had been j
struck by a sugar bowl thrown by -
Ed. Lee Thinaus in self defense, tvos j
the verdict rendered by a coroner's1
jury at Cordova last Friday night. ■
: The verdict was signed by E. W. j
1 Exum, foreman, Gus Reuter, James !
1 Norton, Dean Searles, Harry Rolfe j
i i
and Clark Byers.
The witnesses examined were C.
A. Leonard, foreman of the cannery
at Mile 55, Chas. Edwards, T. Bivig,
E. L. Tunnell, Christ Olson, ,T;
Nicolvich, Dr. Y\7. W. Council and!
Ed Lee. who gave his full name as j
Ed L. Thinaus. With the exception I
of Dr. Council all the witnesses were ;
present when the trouble occurred
in the mess house of the new can-1
nery at Mile 55. Their evidence was
practically all to the same effect.1
It appears that while the men;
were having breakfast about 6:45
' yesterday morning there was a row 1
(about passing hot cakes from one j
table to another. Haahein became i
abusive in his remarks, which were
| directed largely toward Leo„ who j
resented them. Lee then arose fro”1 j
f'« f>blo and war passing toward j
the oth»r table at which Haahefn |
was sitting when the latter reached:
for a brick. Lee held up a hand to ■
shield himself and caught the brick j
: in that hand. He then picked up a
; sugar bowl and threw it, striking
Haahein on the left cheek, whic1,
I caused him to lose his balance and
fall. As he went down he struck
both his head and chin on the;
bejich. He did not appear to be
badly injured and after picking him
| self up went to the store and gat j
bandages with which he dressed his
wounds. He then went to the bunk
house, w’here. Lee went about 9
o’clock and was accompanied back
to the cannery by the injured man.
He, however, soon returned to the
bunk house and lay down. When
R. L. Tunnel went there at 11:30
o’clock he found the man dead.
The bodv was brought to Cordova
on the afternoon train and taken to
the Lambert parlors. Dr. Council
made an examination and found a
clot of blood inside the skull caused
by a rupture. There was an incision
about two and a half inches above
the ear and a cut on the chin.
Haahain was a Norwegian who
came from Minnesota to Seattle,
i where he had a Jjank account, and a
few weeks age came north to work
in the cannery. He has a brother
in Seattle and a sister. Mrs. Jennie
D. Smith, living at Scanlon, Minn
Lee is he'ng held by the authori
ties awaiting a decision from the
office of the District Attorney as to
whether prosecution shall follow.
Cordova. April 23
SEATTLE, April 26.—The steam
er Alameda sailed north on Satur
day night at 9 o’clock with every
available space taken both by pas
sengers and freight. The big rush
to Seward started in earnest with
.•
170 passengers. The Cordova pas
sengers were: Geo. Max Esterly
and wife, Capt.' Gilbert T. Rude and
wife, Mrs. C. Tillman, Stephen
Palmer, Geo. Kantzler, W. A. Hol
comb, Arthur Joachims and wife, C.
N. Crary, Mrs. (Georgia Phillipos,
Dave Boisseau, W. Tichner, Otto
Ackerson, Stanley Cooke. A. E.
Anderson, W. B. Stewart, Peter
Xiles, Carl Carlson, Hugo Berg
land and 12 second-class. For La
touche there were E. F. Ewing, E.
T. Stannard, C. S. Mooers; for Val
dez, six cabin and 3 second-class;
for Seward, 53 cabin and 117 sec
ond class; for Knik, 36 cabin and
10 second class. There are a few
employees of the Alaska Engineer
ing Commission, but most of the
men for Seward and Knik are
either laborers or men wanting to
lock over the railroad situation j
with a view of engaging in business
of some kind.
SEATTLE, April 26.—The sail
ing hour for the Admiral steamers
to Southwestern Alaska has been
changed from 10 o’clock in the
morning to 5 o’clock in the after
noon. At the latter hdur the steamer
Watson sailed on Sunday. For
Cordova she carries four second
class passengers; for Valdez four
cabin; for Seward 31 cabin and 27
second-class; for Knik 25 cabin and
18 second-class; there were also sev
eral for Yakataga, Seidovia and
Kanai.
Cant. Gilbert T. Rude, com
mander of the IT. S. survey boat
Taku, le't for the north on the
steamer Mariposa Saturday night.
He is accompanied by his crew of a
dozen or more men. The Taku has
boon la'd up in the slough all win
ter. Her boilers had. been taken
out and shipped to the Bremerton
navy yard for repairs. They are
likr.ty being brought back on the
Mariposa and it will'require at least
six weeks to put them in and do the
annual repair work and renovating
on the boat.
When Capt. Mears, a member of
the Alaska Engineering Commission
was in Cordova on Saturday he
stated that it had not been decided
on as to the means of communica
tion between Ship Creek and the
outside world. The matter is now
under consideration at Washington
a-id it is a question whether a tele
phone will be established between
Seward and Ship Creek or whether
a radio station will be established
at Ship Cre.ek. If the latter were
adopted communication would be
with the wireless station at Kodiak,
which in turn would communicate
with the wireless at Cordova. Mes
sages from here would then be
sent by cable over to Seward or to
Seattle.
Ed Lee Thinaus, who defended
himself from an assault committed
at the cannery at Mile 55 on Friday
last, returned on the train this
morning to resume his occupation
at the cannery.
Sal Reed is in from out the line
and will take a vacation of two
months. He expects to leave, on the
steamer Mariposa for Seattle and
will then go back to Minnesota to
visit his people.
Cordova, April 24
Thos. A. McGowan, one of the
prominent attorneys of Fairbanks,
and representative of the Northern
Commercial Company, was an ar
rival on the train this afternoon. He
will leave cn the first steamer and
will make, a business trip to San
Francisco.
M. Finkelstein returned to Cor
dova on the afternoon train. He
has sold out his store, at McCarthy
and is now likely to go to Ship
Creek to engage in business.
A1 Church, who is now conduct
ing a meat market at McCarthy,
which is a great convenience to the
I oeople cf that interior country,
arue into town on business this
afternoon.
Tom Lane and wife, who have
been at McCarthy and the. Chvgana
during the past year, came to Cor
dova on the train this afternoon.
They will be c tgoing passengers on
the firs', stunner and will spend the
summer at their former home, San
Francisco.
Walter Dempster, who has been
running the ditcher a few days for
Mr. Buchanan, was an arrival on
the afternoon train.
T. McGuire, the discoverer of the
rich pay dirt on Dry Cree.k, in the
Fairbanks district, and who bonded
his claim for $200,000, arrived this
afternoon and will go outside for a
visit on the next trip.
A nice little fall of snow last
night cleared the atmosphere and
this morning the sun again shone.
Fred Schiller, who is keeping a
weather record, reports that on the
23rd of every month since the be
ginning of the new year, the sun
has shone. Yesterday it looked
though April would be the first
execution, but it turned out to be no
slciddo.
Chittitu, April 15.
Erve Herring, foreman for Esterly
is busily engaged routing freight up
the creek. The early break up
caught them with ten ton in Mc
Carthy, which -is now being packed
over.
There will be more gravel turned
this season than ever before in this
section. The output of gold will be
doubled. The outlook for Rex, White
and Chittitu is bright and the per
manence of a big camp is assured.
Gus Carlstrom recently returned
from McCarthy and is now getting
ready for the. spring water.
Laborers are beginning to arrive.
Nearly all the Andrus crew will be
old hands, second season men.
The weather continues to be warm
and cle.ar, causing the operators to
anticipate a dry season, which is
not to their liking.
The customs drill which has been
drilling at the mouth of Dan Creek,
left limit, is at present idle. The
operators broke the cam shaft and j
are. waiting for a duplicate fi'om!
the makers, Harmon & Deever, at
Cordova. The operators claim they
can make two feet an hour in the
most difficult ground with this drill.
Thev are pleased with it and the
v-crk it does. It is the first of many
that eventuallv will be used to pros
rect for dredge ground on Nizina
and Young creek. The fact that it
j is “Alaska made” also appeals to the
| men who use it.
On Rev Creek
Sanderson & Jackson, laymen for
the R. A. M. Co., are building boxes,
dams and hauling wood for the
summer. They had the misfortune
to lose a horse while snaking logs
off the Hytay bunch.
Bill Woodward, Taylor’s layman,
is hauling timbers for the summer's
work on the Edison group.
Andrus’ field men have finished
assessment work for the year 1915.
Brooks & Co., are building an
{automatic dam on the pay off 12
j creek claim, left limit. They intend
! to boom down to the pay.
| Bert Carvev, one of the most
j prominent operators on Rex, has
landed a large plant to work his
benches.
Andrus will soon begin operations
on the creek.
R. Vutch has completed the tele
phone line to Clarkin’s roadhouse
for the Nizina Mines Co. It has been
decided not to build it on to Mc
Carthy this season.
Fred Hotchkiss, the right hand
man of Mr. Andrus, is expected here
in a few days to start the ball a
j rolling in earnest for the season.
On White Creek
Morris has uncovered a little
j money at the head and intends to
turn over the creek %ed this season.
The Lubie boys will work No. 12
this se.ason. Their outfit has been
landed on the creek.
Bodie, Bunch and Priesner will
mine on the Kiser bench this season,
where some rich pay was supposed
to have, been uncovered last month.
Arthur Powell has built himself
a cabin on Blv gulch. He is saying
nothing but seems to be pleased with
his prospects.
Slaucer and Stanton are building
their flume and penstock. They will
i be driving pipe, shortly.
PHILADELPHIA. April 27. —
Pennsylvania is the seventh stale
I whose legislature has voted this
year to submit a woman suffrage
measure. The vote goes to the peo
ple in November 1915.
STATEMENT
—
Of the ownership, management,
j circulation, etc., required by the
'Act of August 24, 1912, of The
Chitina Leader, published weekly at
Chitina, Alaska, for April 1, 1915.
Editor and publisher, Will A.
Steel, Cordova, Alaska.
Owner: Will A. Steel, Cordova,
Alaska.
Known bondholders, mortgagtes,
and other security holders, holding
1 per cent or more of total amount
of bonds, mortgages, or other
securities: None.
WILL A. STEEL, Publisher.
Sworn to and subscribed before
me this 31st day of March, 1915.
C. M. FRAZIER,
Notary Public.
Ovgland Hotel
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[ of Everything in the Market
The taking of the license census
of the three important towns in this
division will soon be under way.
At Seward Commissioner Conroy ap
pointed Frank E. Young and Cliarles
Sheldon to ascertain whether a
majority of the people of that pre
cinct favor the. selling of liquor.
They started work on Monday. At
I Cordova two census takers were also
■ appointed on Monday but they have
not started on a general canvas,
only interviewing some of the resi
dents who were about to take the
steamers for the westward or out
side. It is expected that they will
start In earnest within a day or two.
At Valdez it is expected that census
takers will soon be. named. In re
ferring to the recent order made by
,the court the Valdez Prospector
says:
“A number of business men
waited upon Judge F. M. Brown, of
j the district court, Thursday and re
quested him to rescind the order he
i recently made in the matter of tak
■ ing a census of the people when an
application for a saloon license is
applied for. The business men
urged the judge to allow-the old.
method to remain in force until j
i after the election in the territory
I upon “we*” and “dry” shall have !
| indicated the desires of the people
| of Alaska.
! ' "Judge Brown, however, refused
| *o make any change in his order,
! which provides that instead of the.
! saloonmen circulating a petit’on for
! a group of saloons that the commis
! sionor shall appoint two fair and
| impartial citizens to secure an ex
1 nression of the desires of the people
under the federal statute which re
ouires that before a liquor license
shall be granted the applicant shall
receive the approval of a majority
of the male end female citizens
living within two miles of the pro
nosed saloon. The anpljcants w-ill
then he granted a license if the
maiority favor it, and no license
will be granted if it is opposed by a
i majority of the citizens.
_ __
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE
To Ben C. Hannam, administrator of
the Estate of James Garrett, de
ceased and to his heirs and
assigns of said James Garrett.
You are hereby notified that I, the
subscriber, Rir.gwald 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 «f
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 <»f this notice your
interest in said claim will become
j the property of the undersigned co
' owner'under said Section 2324. Rd1
vised Statutes of the United States.
RIXGWALD BLIX.
First publication. March 9. 1915.
Last publication, June 15, 1915.
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