The Chitina Leader
CHITINA, ALASKA.
Entered as second-class matter. November 12. 1910. at the postoffice at
Chitina. Alaska, under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879.
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WILL A. STEEL, Editor and Proprietor.
Office: Hotel Chitina Building. Cordova Office: Daily Alaskan
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CHITINA, ALASKA, TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 1915.
THE GRANTING OF LIQUOR LICENSES
Judge F. M. Brown of the Third Division seems to have
decided upon the manner in which lie will handle all liquor
licenses in his division when the time for renewals approaches.
He has made an order and sent copies to the various U. S.
Commissioners throughout the division, stating the mode of
procedure. He states that hereafter no license will be granted
unless it is clearly shown that a majority of the white male
and female citizens, residing within two'miles of the place
where the liquor is to be sold, shall give their consent thereto.
When one or more applications are made the commissioner
shall appoint two disinterested persons to take the census of
the persons qualified to express an opinion and propound the
question as to whether they consent to the sale of intoxicating
liquor in such place or places where business is sought to be
conducted. After this is done the applications and census
returns shall be sent to the Clerk of the Court at Valdez.
There are two clauses in the order that may excite com
ment and possibly some crticism. One provides that “no
further consent or expression of the people in said community
will be required or taken, within one year thereafter.” The
other is with reference to giving an expression on all applica
tions as a whole instead of on eac hindiv’dual application. ! he
order says that “the consent taken in the manner above sot
forth shall be sufficient for all, and that each applicant is not
required to take separate lists or enumerations.”
Take Cordova for instance, all the liquor licenses will |
expire on June 30th next. Possibly the seven present dealers!
may again apply for licenses. A majority of the people mav j
generally favor the granting of licenses for the next year and;
might feel inclined to give an affirmative answer concerning!
practically all. But they might have a particular objection to!
some certain one or two. And if that feeling were intense!
they might be inclined to vote against the several in order to
defeat some special one. And that would hardly be entirely
fair to the ones against whom there is no objection. Possibly]
Judge Brown does not intend that this should be the effect and ;
he may be induced to ?o modifv his order that if an applicant
requests a separate vote on his application that it be taken,
or if several wish to be separated from others that their wishes
be regarded. It would not cause any confusion or delay, or
extra expense.
CHOICE OF INTERIOR TOWN
The Fairbanks Times expresses the following o])inion
with reference to the different routes for a government
railroad:
If it is true, as stated in today’s dispatches from
the national capital, that President Wilson, has selected
Seward as the coast terminus of the government rail
road, with the intention of building the mad from that
point to the interior, his action will be received with
approbation by Tananaiips, the great majority of whom
favor that route above others. It is ' realized by
Alaskans that the extension of the Copper Iliver &
Northwestern railroad from Chitina could be completed
as far as Fairbanks somewhat more quickly than the
extension of the Alaska Northern, but till belief is
general that the Seward-Fairbanks route offers the
greatest possibilities in the way of development. A
railroad extending fnom Seward, or any point in that
vicinity, to Fairbanks would tap the most extensive
agricultural areas in Alaska, besides making accessible
the fuel of two of the greatest coal regions in the
territory.
The agricultural areas of the Susitna, Matanuska
and Tanana basins, including land suitable for tillage
and grazing, are estimated at from five to seven
thousand square miles, with an additional two or three
thousand square miles in the Kuskokwim valley, which
could be reached easily by a spur line. The country
tributary to this route also is rich in minerals—more
so, probably, than any other route that could be
selected.
No such claims can be made for the Chitina-Fair
banks route, although it might have the advantage of
opening more fully to development the Tanana valley,
which, from the Delta to the Yukon, is the most fertile
in Alaska. The productive area is estimated at some
thing more than two million acres.
The Chitina extension also has the advantage of
being the cheaper of the roads to construct, requiring
only about 313 miles of new road, while the Seward
Fairbanks mute requires 391 miles, at an estimated cost
of nearly $18,000,000.
The chief interest iof Alaskans, however, is not how
much the work is going to cost. We want a railroad
that Avill open up the most country—one that will give
the greatest assurance of results, both to the territory
and to the road itself. The President doubtless appre
ciates the importance of choosing Aviselv in this respect,
and we, if he has not already made his selection, can
rest assured that he will choose the route that offers the
greatest promise of returns.
THE RAILROAD DECISION
Although the news from Washington during the past
month indicated that the President was to select the route to
the westward for the construction of a government railroad
the definite information received on Saturday was none the
less disappointing, j^tany in Cordova held to the belief that
while a road would likely be built from Seward to the Mat
anuska coal fields that the trunk line would run from Cordova
and Chitina to Fairbanks. But this hope has been dispelled
by the announceemnt of President Wilson. Hope that springs
eternal in the human breast is now awaiting the announcement
that the Copper River & Northwestern Railway will build a
branch line to the Bering river coal fields. That would mean
coke ovens, coal bunkers and a smelter at Cordova, and that
surely would be equal to being selected as the coast terminus
of the trunk line railroad. In the meantime there is assurance
that considerable repair work and betterments will have to be
done this summer on the railway, which will give employment
to large gangs of men. There will be two new canneries running,
one at the wharf and the other at Mile 55. Again there is a
bright prospe< t that IT. IT. Kpox will soon have a force of men
at work on the pew electric light and power plant. So really
things are not looking so dark for us.
Dr. F. M. Boyle at Valdez, received a highly compli
mentary vote at the election on Tuesday and as the leading
candidate he will undoubtedly be chosen mayor. This position
he held for several years. Likewise so did a brother in
Cordova hold a similar position in this town. He made a most
efficient official and the majority of - the men and women
interested in the town gave him an endorsement. But the
purchased and booze-soaked “floaters” annuled the «R?cision.
Alleged assets of the Rock Island Company, having a
book value of $105,000,000, were appraised by government
experts at $29,000. It was one of the operations in the infla
tion of that company that recently enlarged on the injurious
effect of “governmnet interference with business.’
The Interstate Commerce Commission has ruled that
trunks need not be any particular shape specified by the rail
roads. But can the commission guarantee that the baggage
smashers will not take it out on the trunks.
A new co-operative store for Cordova is an indication that
the people are willing to combine for their own business and
other interests.
That St. Louis man who married when he heard that
single men were to be dismissed will, however, always have
his wife guessing whether he loved her or his iob more.
A Massachusetts man has discovered an inoculation for
tobacco plants that produces larger leaves. It might have
helped more if he could inoculate the wheat crop.
Valdez now has two commercial organizations, which is
in line .with what many people think Cordova should have. A
real expression of sentiment you can’t get from a dozen or two
men. It needs the many and a Commercial elr,b C'ot would
include numbers instead of quality might accomplish much
good for the town. ,
RUBBER GOODS
For your out-of-door work you
need a pair of Red Sole Boots or
Pacs. Our stock is new and com
plete. O’Neill & Slater Company.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE
To F. M. Brown, John Lyons, Gust
Djarf, Charles Garwood, T. J
Donohue and Edmund Smith, your
heirs, administrators and assigns,
and to all it may concern:
You are hereby notified that we
have expended during the years 1913
and 1914 upon your F. M. Brown
and John Lyons joint one-tenth in
terest, three hundred and sixty dol
lars ($360.00); Gust Djarf’s one
forty-eighth interest, seventy-five dol
lars ($75.00)t-~. Charley Garwood's
one-forty-eighth interest seventy-|ve
dollars, ($75.00), lawful money of
the United States in labor and im
provements upon your above men
tioned interest in those mining
claims lying and being on Hidden
Creek in the recording precinct of
Chitina, Alaska, which are known as
the Tjosevig group, consisting of the
mjosevig No. 1 to 15 inclusive, also
Norway No. 2, Nebraska and Char
lotte; also on your’s T. J. Donohue,
and Edmund Smith’s one and six
tenths of one-forty-eighth interest in
the above mentioned claims also on
your seven and one-half of one hun
dred per cent interest in the “Dagny
Marie” and Carbonate Hill claims,
being in all one hundred and fifty
dollars ($150.00) lawful money of
the United States in labor and im
provements upon your joint above
mantined interest in those mining
claims lying and being on Hidden '
Creek in the recording precinct of j
Chitina, Alaska. The location notices
of all above mentioned claims being
of re.cord in the Mining Recording
Books in the office of the commis
sioner and recorder at Valdez and at
Chitina, Alaska, in order to hold
said claims under the provisions of
Section 2324 of the Revised Statutes
of the United States, concerning an
nual labor on mining claims, being
the amount required to hold said
lode claims for the period ending
December 31st, 1914.
And unless within ninety days
after the completion of the publica
tion of this notice towit: within
ninety days after the 8th day of
portion of such expenditure incurred
in performing said annual labor and
improvements, which is the above
mentioned sum, your interest in said
claims will become the property of
your co-owners who have made the
required expenditure by the terms
of said section.
Dated at Chitina, Alaska, this
22nd day of February 1915.
CHRISTIAN TJOSEVIG,
ELI TJOSEVIG.
First publication, March 2, 1915.
Last publication, June 8, 1915.
June, 1915, you contribute your pro
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE
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To L. M. Price, his heirs, adminis
trator, assigns, successors oi
personal representatives, and ic
Henry I)e,yo or his personal repre
sentative.
You are hereby notified that the
undersigned, your co-partners, have,
expended in labor and improve
ments for the. years 1913 and 1914
the sum of twenty-four hundred
(2,400) dollars, or the sum of one
hundred dollars on each one of the
following named mining claims for
the years 1913-1914: The May
flower; Pacerjf^locum; Rosy No. 1;
Rosy No. 2; Fairview; Lucky
Strike; Esperanza; Webbfoot;
Yenkee; Hercules; Samson; all sit
uated in the Chitina mining and
recording district, Territory ol
Alaska and which have been duly ,
recorded in the office of the United
States commissioner in and for the
Chitina mining district at Chitina,
Alaska.
The above amounts have been ex
pended in order to hold the. said
mining claims under the provisions
of the law concerning annual labor
upon mining claims, being th;
amount required to held sai<P above
named mining claims.
And you are further notified that
if within ninety (90) days.after the
last publication of this notice you
fail to contribute your proportion >t'
said expenditures which is one-sixth
(1-6) respectively, of the whole,
your interests in said mining claims
will become the prope.rty of the
undersigned.
Your cc-owners
James McConnell,
Gl’S F. JOHNSON.
First publication, Jan. 12, 1915,
Last publication, April 16, 1915.
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over the long trail to the
interior, as we are pre
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