The country surrounding the Hon
agita and Bremner Rivers, twenty
five miles from Chitina, have all the
physical conditions that have distin
guished the country adjacent to Val
dez, and it certainly is an excellent
place to prospect. It may add an
other large gold-producing area to
those already uncovered in Alas
ka.
This is the opinion of Dr. F. H.
Moffit, of the United States Geologi
cal Survey, who, in company with
Theodore Chapin and D. C. Wither
spoon, spent the summer in making
examinations of that region.
Indicate Auriferous Bodies.
While several quartz veins have
been located in the region which the
party has just examined and map
ped, the work done on them has been
insufficient to determine their value
but the surrounding conditions indi
cate that some excellent auriferous
bodies of quartz and alluvial gold,
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will be uncovered.
A little placer mining is now in
progress, a small hydraulic plant hav
ing been installed on the head of the
Bremner river. Practically the en
tire summer was spent in getting the
plant in working order. A party of
men are drilling the stream beds
running into the Little Bremner and
have found excellent prospects. Some
placer mining also is in progress on
Golconda creek, where another small
hydraulic plant has been put in oper
ation.
Few Prospectors There
Owing to the inaccessibility of the
country, prior to the establishment of
the Copper River & Northwestern
railroad, only a very few prospectors
had ever reached this section. Now
that it has been opened, the con-j
struction of a government trail,
which may be undertaken next year,
will greatly facilitate its develop
ment.
N AMES ARE CONFUSING.
The attention of shippers is called
to the fact that there is a locality on
the Tanana river called McCarthy.
Much mail matter intended for deliv- i
ery at McCarthy Creek, mile 191, on |
the Copper River & Northwestern
railway is being addressed simply to
McCarthy’s. Mail for the latter place
should contain a specific address
showing that it is intended for mile
191 on the railroad.
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Constantinople, Oct. 7.—Tele
grams have been sent by Turkey to
the other nations protesting against
Italy’s war, claiming that it is un
justifiable.
Mexico City, Oct. 7.—The revolu
tion against General Madero is plan
ned for Oct. 15.
New York, Oct. 7.—McCoy knock
ed out Janies Savage last night, in
the fourth round.
The district court convened at Yal
iez Saturday morning and the appli
cations of the Senate saloon of Val
fez, and J. H. Randall, of Cordova,
for renewals of licenses were heard,
and were granted by the court.
Friday morning the newly elected
school board secured from General
Manager E. C. Hawkins the donation
of Lot 20, Block 17 for school pur
poses and Senator Poindexter broke
the ground for the new building af
ter short speeches by Mr. ^Hawkins
and the Senator. Mr. Poindexter
said that he considered it the greatest
honor that could be conferred upon
him by any community, and wielded
the shovel until he reached frozen
ground. The school house will be
erected with as little delay as pos
sible.
Lake Atlin, B. C., Oct. 7.—Stanley
McClellan and wife were killed in
a snowslide which demolished their
home.
ALASKAN PICTURES ARE
SHOWN IN TACOMA
Scenes showing Cordova, the Cop
per river and views of the Copper
River & Northwestern railroad, were
shown at the scenic theatre yester
day afternoon in a private exhibi
tion given by Manager Meyer Cohen
to a few' invited guests, says the Ta
coma Tribune.
The guests included transportation
men, members of the Commercial
and Rotary club and newspaper men
of the city. The vklws were shown
for the first time, the reels having
been secured by W. H. Harbeck who
was in the north at the same time
that Secretary Fisher and his party
were making their trip of inspection.
The pictures were unusually clear
and good. About 8,000 feet of pic
ture film was exposed on the trip, of
which 3,000 W'ere shown.
Cable communication lias again
been established with the states. The
cableship Burnside picked up the
cable in the narrows and communi
cated with Sitka, showing that the
break was between that point and
Valdez. The break was finally locat
ed about three miles from the shore.
The condition in which the cable
was found indicated the powerful
effect of the earthquake, which
caused the break, on the bed of vae
bay, for it was covered many feet
deep with a big slide and the cable
was cut squarely in two as if by a
gigantic boulder falling upon it.
When raised to the surface trunks of
trees, some of them of large size,
were brought to the surface with it.!
These were probably washed in*o
the bay by the glacier stream.
So deeply was a portion of the!
cable buried that it was impossible!
to raise it, and a new' section was i
spliced in.
NOTICE.
All persons indebted to the Chit
ina Grill prior to this date are here
by notified that said bills are due
me personally.
JOE JAXEY,
Chitina, Sept. 25, 1911.
London, Oct. 7.—King Manuel j
says that he will not accept the Por-1
tugal throne.
CLARK FIGHTING
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Juneau, Oct. 4.—Governor Walter
E. Clark left yesterday to meet Pres
ident Taft upon his arrival in Seattle.
The special purpose of his trip to
earnestly urge upon the President
his cooperation to secure the ena t
ment at the next, session of Congress
a budget of six so-called minor lavs
These are a quarantine law, a san
itary cods, provision for vital statis
tics, supervision of banks, compul
sory school attendance and relief for
tire destitute whites.
Governor Clark intends to make a
strenuous endeavor to obtain these
six things for Alaska because they
are so obviously needed. He says
“Alaska is the only territory from
which these things have been with
held and the territory suffers for
the lack of them. The failure to
supply these laws has been pure neg
lect on the part of congress and is
responsible fer a phase of neglected
Alaska.’”
"r. Cmiih, c’ule surgeon Tor the
Katalla company and Copper River
& Northwestern railway, has tender
ed his resignation as the construc
tion work is about completed. He
has been succeeded by Dr. Council
formerly in charge of hospitals for
the Katalla company and the late
Contractor Heney.
Dr. Smith and his estimable wife
will be outgoing passengers on the
Admiral Sampson. During their resi
dence in Cordova and Katalla they
endeared themselves to a large circle
of friends, all of whom will be sorry
to learn of their intended departure
from Alaska. The doctor will go
to the states and take up post gradu
ate work and tnen look around and
decide where he will locate perma
nently. Dr. and Mrs. Smith take
with them the well wishes of all
Cordovans wherever they may decide
to make their future home.
Let us do your job work.
Among the articles of ineorpora
tion recently filed with the Secretary
of the district are the following:
The Standard Mines Company,
with a capital of a million dollars,
has been organized at Cordova, for
the purpose of encouraging prospect
ing in that vicinity. R. J. Barry. R.
E. Swergal. S. Christensen, Louis G.
Belter. R. J. Boryer, Geo. \V. Handy,
and F. H. Estabrook, all of Cordova,
are the directors.
The Skagway Milling company has
a capitalization of $10,00~0. L. S.
Keller, O. L. Dickeson, E. J. Shaw,
and tV. \V. Boughton are the direc
tors.
Other Alaskan companies recently
incorporated are the Valdez Publish
ing company and the Skeen Lechner
Mining company, with a capital of
$125,000, Frank Skeen. John Lech
ner and Samuel I. Silverman, direc
tors.
The charter of the town of Iditarod
which has been in business since last j
January, has been filed with the sec
retary of the territory. There was a
close vote on the incorporation of thei
town. 208 voting against, and 270
voting for the incorporation.
SEISMOGRAPH REGISTERS
A SEVERE EARTHQUAKE I
New Orleans, Oct. 3.—The seis-j
mograph registers a violent earth- i
quake thousands of miles distant.
NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION OF
PARTNERSHIP.
This agreement made and entered
into this twelfth day of August, 1311,
by T. AA\ Cloninger aud I. J. St.
Clair.
AVitnesseth, That it is mutually
agreed that the partnership hereto
fore existing under the firm name of
St. Clair & Cloninger be and here
by is dissolved and that all accounts
for and against the said firm shall
bee paid and collected by T. AV.
Cloninger.
I. J. ST. CLAIR.
T. AA'. CLONINGER.
Seattle, Oct. 4.—A new order has
been issued by the Chief of the Sig
nal Corps( that cablegrams can be
sent collect, but there is no reduction
made in the tolls.
JUSTLY
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Seattle, Oct. 7.—Returning Alas
kans are very emphatic in their de
nunciation of Poindexter and Pin
chot whom they declare are in the
north for political purposes only,
and that their plans include the re
election of Wickersham and an In
surgent delegation from Alaska for
LaFollette.
Washington, Oct. 7.—The attor
neys for Chas. Munday and A. W.
Sliiels, have filed their briefs in the
pending Alaska cases, which include
a scathing arraignment of the gov
ernment's coal land policy.
Pasadena. Oct. 7.—The baby fam
ine among millionaires has been
: broken by twenty-eight births in two
days.
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Chicago, Oct. 7".-—Jules Krutt
schmidt, head of the Harriman lines,
says the passenger traffic is normal
on both systems, notwithstanding
the strike.
London, Oct 7.—Duke Connaught
sails for Ottawa to succeed Earle
1 Grey as governor of Canada.
7 IS YOUR HOUSE | jgjf FOR THE WINTER 7
We will make the following prices on lumber delivered in Chitina
on cars in car load lots, terms cash.
Rough timber and dimension 2x3, 2x4, 2x6, 2x8, 2x10, 2x12 up
to 22 feet at $42.00
lx8shiplap, mixed lengths.$42.00
6 in. drop siding . ..50.00
6 in. Rustic.50.00
4 hi. flooring, tongued and grooved, slash grain in short
lengths 4’-5’<6’-7’-8’-9’-10\ $45.00
4”-flooring V. G. 4’ to 16’ $60.00
lx4’-5”-6”-8”-10”-12” surfaced four sides finishing lumber $60.00
Shingles $5.50 per thousand. Lath $6.50 per thousand.
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We also carry plaster, roofing pitch, tar paper, P. & B. Building
paper, rialhoid roofing, nails and sash and doors on which we will
make SPECIAL PRICES.
ARCTIC LUMBER CO.
CORDOVA