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Cordova. February 18
Advices from Boston state that
Geo. IV. Sias, president of the Valdez
Creek Mines Company, will not come
to Alaska in May as he had expected.
His trip will be delayed until July.
Most of his party has already gone
into the interior from Cordova. A.
H. Bryant, hydraulic expert for the
company is now in Seattle and will
sail north on March 8 bringing with
him Thorvald J. Anderson, an expert
Keystone driller. The drill has been
sent from the east and formed part
of the shipment recently sent over i
the trail from Chitina to Valdez'
Creek. Anderson formerly resided
in Alaska and is familiar with the
conditions of the work which he has
undertake#.
Among the arrivals at Valdez on j
the Mariposa was Dr. G. Musso. The j
Prospector says that he is an in-,
ventor of prominence and has r
worked out an invention whereby he I
believes it will be possible to com-1
municate over submarine cables oy
telephone as well as by telegraph.
Before the opening of hostilities in
Europe. Mr. Musso had arranged to J
test his invention over the trans-1
Atlantic cables but the war pre
vented the test being made. It is1
for the purpose of testing his inven
tion over the Alaska cable from Val
dez to Seattle that he has come
northward at this time.
Cordova, February 19
There is considerable activity
these days among the members of
the Cordova Fire department. A
few weeks later the annual election
of officers will be held. Two of the
present officials, C. R. Byers, chief, j
and Jack Way, secretary-treasurer,:
are candidates for re-election and j
they are drumming up support, j
Many of the members are imbued
with the idea that the department is
badly in need of a change in manage
ment. The Fire Chief is recom
mended by the department but he
must be elected by the Town Coun
cil in April. Some friends of A1
Johnson have been urging him to
make the race and he will likely do
so unless George Dooley can be in
duced to get into the running. It is
generally recognized that Dooley is
the best and most experienced official
that the department has ever had
and many of the fire boys are anxi
ous that he again take the position
and build up the department to its
former efficiency.
R. J. Kenefick, who has been in
charge of the grocery department of
S. Blum « Co., will leave that firm
tomorrow and go outside on the
next steamer. His family are now
in Oregon, where he will join them.
A ctiy ordinance, republished in
another column, requires property;
owners to remove, snow from their >
pavements, and on failure so to do
the town authorities may proceed to
have it done. As there are a nuni-,
ber of non-resident lot and property ;
owners it has been necessary that
the. town do the work. As a conse
quence Chairman Goodall of the
Street committee gave a number of
unemployed men work today clear- ;
ing the snow from in front of prop
erty, for which the owners will later
reimburse the city, and on street
crossings. The town residents have i
been industrious and prompt in re
moving snow and keeping the pave
ments in good condition for pedes- j
trians.
Cordova. February 20
The Alaska Medical Society of the
Third division is arranging to have ]
a big meet at Cordova on April 16.
An organization was effected at Val
dez a year ago, attended by 11 phvsi-!
cians. Dr. J. H. Romig, of Seward,
was elected president and Dr. W.
H. Chase, of Cordova, secretary, it
is planned to have the forthcoming
meet attended not only by the physi
cians but also by the dentists in the
division. Dr. Chase is now actively
at work sending out invitations and
notices and is hopeful of having an ,
attendance of between 20 and 30J
Every physician and dentist will be.]
requested to read a paper upon some
subject of general interest. Dr. ]
Daggett, of Seward, will be over,
with a photographic apparatus that
will demonstrate, new dental ipro
cesses. It is also expected to con
sider matters upon which legislative
action might be required.
Mrs. Dan Jacobson and daughter
Miss Florence, the latter having
been chief clerk in the office of j
Judge Dillon at Fairbanks, were pas
sengers on the train yesterday after
noon. They left Fairbanks with 1
Bob Sheldon’s auto on the morning]
of the 10th. They were met at the;
IRapids by Harry Webber, who took
the passengers by double enders over,
the hill to Meier’s roadhouse. There'
Maurice Ashton was on hand with ]
his auto and carried the passengers]
into Chitina. Mrs. Jacobson and her
daughter will leave Cordova on the
steamer Alameda and will spend
the winter in Southern California
Hon. W. W. Getcbell, who 113s
been a resident of Nome since 1901
was an arrival on the train yester
day afternoon. He left Seward
peninsula with a dog team on Janu
ary 9, arriving at Fairbanks about
a month later. He pushed on with
his dogs until he reached Chitina.
where, he took the train. Mr. Getch
ell is a member of the Territorial
legislature and will sail from Cor
dova on the steamer Alameda for
Juneau. He says that the business
conditions in the far- north this win
ter are. very quiet, but that the out
look is favorable for the coming
season, as considerable new ground
has been opened up. Practically all
the prospecting in the Xcme district
is now done by drills. During the
winter the wage scale is $3 per day
and board.
In the opinion of Mr. Getcheli
there will be little for the coming
legislature to do and for one is op
posed to over legislation, decrying
the tendency in new territories or
states to overdo. He wants to s e
the present mining law repealed an 1
says that this is the undoubted wish
of his district. Therefore, he .s
pleased to find a similar sentiment
obtaining all through the interior.
Senator Sutherland he believes is
favorable to either its repeal or the
removal of many objectionable
features of it and as practically the
entire delegations from the Second
and Fourth divisions favor it, it’s
a safe bet that the Roden law will
soon be mere history.
Announcement was made last
evening that George Dooley had con
sented to make the run for endorse
ment bv the Fire Department for the
position of Fire Chief. The present
Chief, C. R. Byers, is a candidate
for re-ele.ction. There promises to
be quite a lively fight for endorse
ment and already much activity is
being taken in the contest. A num
ber of new members will be taken
into’tlie department before the meet
ing in April at which officers’ are
elected.
The W. F. Whitely Co., in the last
last mail received an interesting let
ter from one of the fire insurance
companies for which it is the local
representative. It is interesting be
cause of the statement made in :t
that the Alaska territory has shown
25 per cent less losses in proportion
to the amount written than anv
other section of the United States
Consequently the big companies like
Alaska pretty well. — Fairbanks
News-Miner.
Cordova, FeDruary zz
The steamer Alameda, which
sailed north from Seattle on Tues
day night, made a good run with
Capt. John Johnson in command,
and reached Cordova Sunday morn
ing about 10 o’clock. There were
a number of passengers for this port
and 114 tons of freight, mere than
half of which were supplies for the
railroad. In the early afternoon the
steamer sailed for Valdez and is ex
pected back tomorrow afternoon.
She will take on a cargo of copper
ore here. The. following were pas
sengers booked from Seattle.
For Cordova—Mrs. L. K. Till
man, Mrs. A. D. Read, A. T. Erick
son, W. A. Johnson and wife, A. H
Bryant, C. W. Joynt, G. L. Perusse,
F. McCrary, Mrs. J. McCrary, J. H.
Unternaher, E. I. Scrafford, J. Keith,
E. L. Schemer, F. F. Denman, C. A
Nettleton and 8 second class. From
Juneau—W. H. Aiken, C. A. Schon
aker, W. C. Baird, R. H. Chadwick,
G. P. Reily, F. Safford, C. Goldrich.
For Valde.z—Miss E. E. Johnson,
J. Smith and wife, A. R. Evanson
and 3 second class.
For Latouche—A. E. Redfem.
For Ellamar—J. V. Smith.
For Seward—1). G. Leland, M
Button and wife, B. B. Green and
wife, G. Lechner, J. Frink, Scott
Price, J. H. Denny, P. Friel, L.
Groner, W. Devine, M. D. Crocker
and wife, J. Anderson, W. M. Nunn,
R. W. Riner, R. A. Cunningham, A
Marlatt, R. C. Miller, S. A. Hoffman
F. A. Weber and wife, P. Nielsen
and 7 second class.
For Cnalaga—R. J. Cornwall.
For Kodiak—C. H. Parker.
Clayton H. Packard, who was em
ployed on the Daily Alaskan for
three months, was a passenger to
the westward on the. Alameda. At
Seward he expects to transfer to the
Santa Ana and will go to the Cook’s
Inlet country. He may locate at
Ship Creek or some other point on
the Inlet, although his intention is
to later go to Kodiak Island and
take up a homestead.
S. R. Sanderson, a large placer
operator of the Nizina placer dig
gings, who has been in town for the
past few days, left this morning for
McCarthy, where he will wait *or
a carload shipment of machinery
| which is bejng shipped him by Har
! mon & Deever of this city. The
! shipment contains one H. & D.
Standard Steam Drillers, which are
being manufactured by them in this
city. Mr. Sanderson is a former i
partner of Price & Manley of the,
Iditarod district and has been an
active operator in Alaska's placer
mines since the early rush. For
several years he was superintendent
of the drilling operations of Idita
rod's dredging placers which was
done principally with the Keystone i
| machines. He has also operated in !
the Tanana and Fairbanks district in j
this capacity and is an expert driller
and instructor in this method of
prospecting placer ground. In mak-'
ing a selection for a heavy Steam
Driller for the Nizina district he
quickly decided upon the purchase
of the H. & D. Standard in place of
1 a Keystone as the H. & D. Standard
contains many new and advantage
ous features over the old style
Keystone and has given better suc
cess in this class of work. The H.
-& D. Standard Steam Driller is an
Alaska manufactured product and
bears the epigraph, “Made in
Alaska.” Tt has proved a decided
improvement over other makes
where heavy gravel drilling is
i desired.
W. E. Wilcox, national bank
j examiner, vas an arrival on the
j train yesterday from the interior.
, Just a month ago he left San Fran
1 cisco to perform his annual duties in
i Alaska. He stopped at Juneau and
: then came on to Cordova and into
i Fairbanks. He is now on his return
i and expects to reach his point of
■ start in a little over five weeks, just
i a "week shorter than he made the
trip a year ago. He will sail south
on the. Alameda.
Notwithstanding the reported
quietness in the interior Mr. Wilcox
i reports that he found the First
National Bank of Fairbanks hav
ing over $700,000 in deposits, about
70 per cent of which was held in
I reserve,. The other bank there in
i creases the Fairbanks deposits to
; about a million dollars, which is
considerable money for the camp,
which promises to have a greater
| output from its quartz properties
: this year than it had last year.
; Mr. Wilcox states that he is
1 familiar with the interests that
have just received a charter for a
; rational hank at Seward. They a-e
; men of large means and are. con
i nected with the Harriman National
Bank, of New York, of 'which Jos.
W. Harriman is president, and who
! is also named as President of the
| Seward National Bank. Although
I the charter has been granted Mr.
Wilcox states that it does not neces
sarilv follow that the new bank will
i immediately open. He has known
instances where there, has been de
! lay for six months after the charter
has been issued.
At present there are only two
!
national banks in Alaska, at Juneau
and Fairbanks. All others are man
aged under the territorial laws.
The annual election of officers of
the Golden Eagle Mining Company,
held Saturday night, resulted as
follows: President, H. N. Wilson;
Secretary-Treasurer, Abe Courtright.
Directors: J. V. Lydick, Carl Peter
son, A. N. Fields, H. N. Wilson,
Brady Howard. They have valuable
gold quartz property in the Port
• Wells district.
1
As a result of two steamers arriv
ing Sunday the train went out this
I morning with about 25 passengers
for various interior points, some
j going as far as Fairbanks. The
j weather was mild and everything in
; good condition out the line so that
i the train reached Chitina in good
! time this afternoon.
Cordova, February 23
j The steamer Alameda arrived
| from the Westward shortly after 1
o’clock this afternoon, bringing some
of the court officials and other pas
sengers from Valdez. She is taking
on a cargo of ore this afternoon and
is scheduled to sail south at 6 o’clock
although there is a possibility of her
waiting for the arrival of the in
terior train. The following pas
sengers will sail from Cordova:
For Seattle—R. J. Keneflck, A1
Barrow, Jerry Perry, W. E. Wilcox,
Miss Flolrence Jacobson, Mrs. D.
Jacobson, Mrs. L. Pierson, Mrs. C.
Thompson, Miss E. Davis.
For Juneau—W. W. Getchell.
For Ketchikan—John Moulton.
Judge F. M. Brown, District Attor
ney W. N. Spence, U. S. Marshal J.
J. Brenueman and Court Stenogra
pher Ike Hamburger were arrivals
from Valdez on the steamer Alameda
this afternoon. They will go to Mc
Carthy on Thursday morning’s train.
In the meantime Judge. Brown will
have a Hearing at Cordova on
charges preferred against an U. S.
official.
ATTACK OX DARDANELLES
IS PROVING EFFECTIVE
LONDON, Feb. 20. — The
British and French fleets have
been bombarding the Darda
nelles since early Friday with
considerable effect. There was
some cessation during the night
but the attack was renewed
this morning with greater force,
and is expected to soon prove
effective.
CHICAGO. Feb. 23.—The middle j
west is prostrated in a storm of sleet
and snow. There has be.en high wind i
and traffic generally has been sus-:
pended. Reports from various cities
and towns indicate that there is al
ready much suffering.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23—Another
of the appropriation bills was passed
by the Senate today. It carries pro
vision for pensions in the sum of
$164,000,000.
SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 23.—A
brief that was carried 1.200 miles
through Alaska oa a dog sled is
being argued today before the. U. S.
court of appeals. It is a Nome case
that involves the question as to
whether a social club that dispenses
liquor is compelled to have, a saloon
license. The district attorney at |
Nome took the view that it is neces- ;
sarv and the club, rather than take
oi't a license closed its doors. The
matter got into the courts and an
appeal was taken.
WASHINGTON, Fe.b. 23.—Follow
ing the announcement of the char
ter of the Seward National Bank by
Joseph W. Harriman and associates.
Mrs. J. Borden Harriman comes for
ward this morning and states that i
she proposes erecting a public I
library at Seward, Alaska, as a
memorial to her late husband. It is
accepted here that the building of a
government railroad from Seward j
will make that one of the coming
important towns of Southwestern
Alaska.
BORDEAUX, Feb. 23.—The divine
Sarah had her right leg amputated
yesterday at a hospital in this city. |
For several weeks she. had been j
afflicted with trouble in the knee and
it was finally decided that the only
thing to save her life would be an
operation. It was performed by
several skilled physicians and today
Mme. Bernhardt is resting easy. Al
though 70 years of age she under
went the operation remarkably wei). ;
DENVER, Fc.b. 23.—The battle
between tug marshal's posse, now >
numbering 50, and the men at Piutes
Bluff, Utah, was renewed today. Dur
ing last night three Indians yvere
killed.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23.—It has
been reported here that President
Theodore, of Haiti, has abdicated.
The feeling is so strong against him
that in order to seek refuge he has
taken passage on a Dutch steamer.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23.—The
supreme court of the United States
today rendered a decision upholding
former President Taft in the with
drawal of oil lands in California and
Wyoming. and annulling . entry |
claims. The latter were practically
made by the, railroads and the land3
involved are said to be yvorth a
hundred million dollars. This is a
case that has been bitterly fought
through all the lower courts and the
decision will be a heavy blow to the
railroads. The supreme court also
rendered a decision upholding the ,
constitutionality of California’s eight
hour for women law.
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NATIVE CATHOLIC PRIESTS •*
BEING HELD FOR RANSOM -•
- -t
WASHINGTON, Eel». 20.— *
According to official advices re- t
ceived by Secretary Bryan all t
native Roman Catholic clergy H
in Mexico City are I wing held t
for half a million pesos ransom. 1
The secretary has instructed i
Consul Canada to intervene -i
ulth Carranza in Iwhalf of the i
priests.
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CHIT1NA, - ALASKA
THE BEST
of Everything in the Market
It will be interesting to know that
within the past ten years a total of
$2,831,517' has been expended in
Alaska by the. board of road commis
sioners for building dirt and wagon
roads in the territory. Of this
amount $1,5.00,000 was appropriated
by Congress and the balance of $ 1 -
331,577 was from the Alaska fund
paid in by the people of Alaska. This
revenue is derived from business
ind trade, licenses outside of incor
porated towns. For the last year
this fund aggregated in colections
from the four judicial divisions as
follows: First. $68,187.18; Second.
$35,060.42; Third, $130,405.72;
I Fourth, $52,074.73. Sixty-five per
I cent of the moneys paid into the
[ Alaska fund is appropriated for
roads and trails outside of incorpor
ated towns, 25 pe,r cent for the main
tenance of schools outside of incor
porated towns, and 10 per cent for
the relief of indigents. Any unused
surplus from schools or indigent
funds eventually reverts to the road
and trail fund. The following table
shows the amount of money spent
by the Alaska Road Commission in
the territory since 1903, when that
commission first took hold of this
work:
Y t,AR From Congress
1905-6 .
1907 .$150,000.00
1908 250,000.00
1909 250,000.00
1910 350,000.00
1911 100.000.00
1912 . 150,000.00
1913 . 125,000.00
1914 125,000.00
Total .'.$1,500,000.00
Alaska Fund Total
|| 64.201.34 i 64.201.31
1 10,647.47 260,647.47
103,564.80 353,564.80
187.S67.50 437,867.50
96,188.66 446,188.66
189,130.82 289,130.82
191,469.86 341.469.86
217,759.17 342,759.17
170,68*.37 295,688.37
$1,331,577.99 $2,831,517.99
TRADES COMMISSION
NAMES ARE CHOSEN
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23.—
The President yesterday defi
nitely derided <»n the members
of the newly created Trades
Commission and today sent the
names to the Senate. His selec
tions ere:
Joseph E. Davies, of Wiscon
sin, now commissioner of cor
porations.
E. N. Hurley, of Chicago,
president of the Illinois Manu
facturers' Association.
W. .1. Harris, of Georgia, now
director of the census.
Will H. Parry, of Seattle,
formerly city comptroller.
Geo. Rublee, of New Hainp
hsire, now attorney for the
Alaska Engineering Commis
sion.
The first three are Democrats
and the other two Progressives.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
IN THE PROBATE COURT, CHIT
INA PRECINCT, THIRD JUDI
CIAL DIVISION, TERRITORY OF
ALASKA.
In the Matter of the Estate of Alex
endra Crichton, Deceased, Notice
to Creditors.
Notice is hereby given by the
undersigned administrator of the
Estate of Alexendra Crichton, de
ceased. to the creditors of, and all
! persons having claims against, the
[ said deceased, to exhibit with the
necessary vouchers, within six
months after the first publication of
this notice, to the 'said adminis
trator, at his residence in Chitina.
Alaska, Chitina Precinct, Territory
of Alaska, the same being the place
for the transaction of the business
of said estate.
HENRY M. CHAMBERLAIN,
Administrator.
Dated at Chitina, Alaska, January
28, 1915.
Date of first publication, February
2, 1915.
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