Stye CEhitina Walter
CHITINA, ALASKA.
Cordova Office: Daily Alaskan
Published every Saturday by
WILL A. STEEL HABIT O. STEEL
Editors, Managers sad Proprietors
o. E. BEHHETT, City Editor
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will be found reasonable for the ser
vice given.
CHITINA, SATURDAY, NOV. 26, ’10
LET US MINE
OUR OWN COAL
POOR OLD PORTUGAL.
Ever since the head of Charles I.
dropped neatly into the basket and
Britian was proclaimed a republic,
the belief of the Divine Right or
Kings received a body blow that has
made many a king think twice be
fore levy a crest tax or doing some
kingly act that might antagonize his
people.
Political freedom has been the
cause of the greater number of the
revolutions of this world.
Portugal, with its past grandeur
and diminishing colonies, is the last
on the list to declare itself a repub
lic. Nearly every revolution has
been a conflict between church and
state, or rather one should say be
tween the Church of Rome and some
political party that is fighting for
political freedom, education of the
masses and a government that is in
no way connected or governed by
the clerical party. Although in the
case of Portugal it is really hard to
say what is the real cause of the
revolution.
For years the country has been
misgoverned and plundered by polit
ical rings which have succeeded one
another in office and whose greatest
ambition has been to run the na
tion more deeply in debt and to steal
as much of the public money as pos
sible. Of these political rings one
succeeded the other, each as corrupt
as its predecessor and each with un
derstanding of rotation which utter
ly defeated all attempts of reform.
When the late King Carlos and his
disinterested ministry attempted to
upset this machine the assassina
tion of the king happened shortly
afterwards. It is at times highly
convenient to have anarchists to
blame when a murder has been com
mitted and a man in high office has
been removed—looking on the cause
of the removal from an economic
side. The financial resources of
Portugal have steadily decreased. At
the time of the ascension of Manuel
to the throne the national debt was
about $800,000,000, and the revenue
for the past fiscal year, according
to the New York Herald, fell near
ly short by $27,000,000 of meeting
expenditures.
Emigration has been heavy, espec
ially of young men to North and
South America and in 1900 the pop
ulation was about five and one-half
million, with considerable excess of
women and girls.
The manufactures of Portugal are
poorly developed. There are no coal
deposits. The exports are not great,
and in fact Portugal has never re
covered her financial position since
the loss of her vast colonies in the
West Indies and South America. The
civil list of Portugal was not high
($365,000), but possibly the king
had a hard time, like some of the
lesser government officials, to col
lect u's salary.
A good many of the government
positions seem to be hereditary and
one can well live on what is owing
his grandfather if he is lucky enough
to collect it. This is not the first
time one of the nations of the Iber
ian Peninsula has tried the form of
a Republican government. Castelar
and Serrano, in 1873, raised the Hag
of Republicanism at Madrid, and
Spain became a republic. The
new regime lasted only about two
years and in 1875 Alfosno XII was
crowned in Madr’d with a pomp of
religious ceremony that one only
finds in a Latin European country.
Now it remains to be seen wheth
er Theophile Braza and his minis
ters can maintain a staple and pro
gressive Republican government, that
will raise them intellectually and po
litically and give them a place among
the enlightened and educated nations
of the world. Only twenty per cent
of the population can read and write.
The house of Braganza has never
been popular. Carlos was in no way
a tyrant, although he was exceed
ingly extravagant.
Queen Amelie has shown much de
votion to the public good, but fail
ed utterly to win their good graces.
Manuel had not time even to show
what kind of stuff he was made of,
in fact th-' people did not have time
to hunt out or make up any scandal
about him and his failure to catch a
wife among the royal houses of Eu
rope wa? sufficient evidence that his
throne .as not considered secure.
M. GALLAND.
Local News
Alex. Fowler and W. MacDonald
arrived in Chitina on Tuesday from
Fairbanks, having mushed the entire
distance in twelve days, and say they
took th?ii time. Mr. Fowler has
been connected with one of the Fair
banks banking houses, while Mr.
MacDonald is a mining man from
Cleary creek. They are loud In their
praise of the new trail and state that
it is a boulevard compared to what
they were told about it. They were
only a short distance behind Messrs.
Bachman, Simpson, Bloom and
Rhind, who were hurrying to catch
the steamer for the outside. They
left for Cordova Wednesday morning
on their way outside, and will give
the Fairbanks men who hired a team
at WTillow Creek the laugh, and go
outside on the same steamer with
them, after a few days wait in Cor
dova.
Billy Clark, who has been in
charge of Stringer’s place with Cliff
Johnson, since Mr. Stringer’s absence
at Cordova, left on Tuesday’s train
for the coast terminus. He was sum
moned to appear as a witness in one
of the cases coming up this week
for trial. Cliff says his side-kicker
must have “picked the can” for an
extra quarter, or got a double al
lowance of peanuts during the night
shift, for it was a noticeable fact that
he failed to put on the coffee pot
the morning he left, and previous to
that he was pretty regular with the
“coffee and." Clark expects to be
gone about a week, and in the mean
time Cliff must “pick the can” and
watch the peanuts until his return.
Mrs. Ora L. Burrows left on Tues
day morning’s train for Cordova,
where she expects to meet her sister,
who is sailing from Valdez for the
states. Mrs. Burrows will spend the
winter at her old home in Fresno,
Cal., and in the spring expects to re
turn to Alaska. She has been in
business near the Chitina roadhouse
at mile 133 since last spring and has
made many friends who regret to see
her leave, all hoping that she will
return to Chitina in the spring.
Nelson Bros, are getting atong
nicely with their new building. They
have a good location on lot 18, in
block two, on Fairbanks street, and
will no doubt do a good business, as
they will have a big store room on
the first floor and the upper story
partitioned off for rooms.
Eddie Walsh, the popular tallow
pot, was in town on Tuesday and
left a few pesos with our merchants
for supplies of a small nature for
himself and the boys at camp 140.
W. W. Shorthill, chief clerk for
the Katalla Company, was a visitor
in Chitina on Tuesday evening. Mr
Shorthill made a business trip to the
two busy camps at the front—mile
146 and the bridge camp at mile
1A9, returning on Thursday’s train
just in time to make connections
with his turkey dinner at hjme.
J. G. Mulroy, of the Orr stage
company, arrived in Chitina on
Tuesday evening’s train.
Inspector of United States Sur
veys Warriner arrived in Chitina on
Tuesday evening’s train from Cor
dova.
Jesse Brown, the well known chef,
who has been with Superintendent
O’Neil for the past five months, has
resigned his position as chef at the.
big bridge camp, and will hereafter
make his headquarters at Chitina.
after spending a few days at the
coast terminal.
H. E. Elliott, one of the foremen
of bridge carpenters, who has been
at the big cam pof 146, getting the
bridge timbers for mile 160 in readi
ness, left on Tuesday morning’s train
for a visit to his daughter, who has
charge of the section mess at mile
121. Mr. Elliott states that over
400,000 feet of bridge timber is now
framed at 146 and ready to ship tc
mile 160, as soon as the Kuskulana
bridge will have been completed.
Tom O’Rourke, the mushing Irish
lad, who carries papers and maga
zines to the boys up the line, return
ed from a trip to the front on Mon
day. Tom says the work on the
bridge is certainly going on with a
rush, and that the other camps, 140
and 146, are lively. He made an
other trip up the line on the fol
lowing day, taking with him a big
bunch of Leaders and Cordova Alas
kans. Outside papers are in demand
up the line, but for some reason the
Cordova news stands fail to send
them out, possibly too big a demand
in Cordova. Anyway, Tom, as well
as others here, would like to find out.
Timekeeper Stevens, under W. S.
McCune, was a returning passenger
on Tuesday night’s train.
H. V. Robinson, the material man,
returned from a business trip to Cor
dova on Tuesday’s local.
Assistant Chief Engineer Alfred
Williams arrived on Tuesday's train
from a trip to Cordova.
H. Robinson, paymaster for the
Katalla company, made a business
trip to the front the first of the week,
to distribute a few checks among the
steel workers and others along the
line in the employ of the Katalla
company. He returned to Cordova
again on Wednesday morning’s train.
Superintendent S. Murchison made
a business trip down the line on
Wednesday morning.
Engineer Secrest has finished his
work at Chitina and left on Wednes
day moruing's train expecting to gQ.
to the states for a well earned rest.
HOT FROM THE WIRES.
Seattle, Nov. 25.—A. M. Montgom
ery, a traveling salesman of Madi
son, made two unsuccessful attempts
to commit suicide yesterday. Being
homesick on Thanksgiving is attrib
uted as the cause for wanting to take
his life.
Philadelphia, Nov. 25.—Before an
immense crowd the University of
Pennsylvania football team yesterday
defeated Cornell University, the score
being 12 to 6.
London, Nov. 25.—Ambassador
Whitelaw Reed in an address before
the American Society, spoke of the
needs of a high service in the Ameri
can diplomatic corps.
Washington, Nov. 25.—Embassa
dor Wilson wires that the situation
in Mexico is improving, with Presi
dent Diaz recovering ground.
Spokane, Nov. 25.—The Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers has
ordered a strike on all railroads west
of Chicago, December 10, unless its
ultimatum is accepted.
Cary, Ind., Nov. 25.—The steel
corporation has refused to put bath
tubs in the houses occupied by its
workmen, declaring that they can use
the coal bins for their weekly dip.
Seattle, Nov. 25.—The football
championship of the Pacific coast was
yesterday won by the University of
Washington by defeating the Oregon
Agricultural College. Score 22 to 0.
St. Louis, Nov. 25—The Federa
tion of Labor has issued orders that
all locals must first get permission
from the federation executive coun
cil before declaring a boycott.
Washington, Nov. 25.—Overton
Dickinson, son of Secretary of War
Dickinson, died yesterday at Nash
ville.
New York, Nov. 26.—Speaker Joe
Cannon says that he does not expect
much legislation to be enacted at the
coming session of Congress.
Ads in the Chitina Leader get re
ssults.
ED. S. ORRJTAGE GO.
Leaves Chitina
TUESDAYS,
FRIDAYS
and SUNDAYS
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Carrying Passengers Express
and U. S. Maii
Office in Hotel Chitina
E. E. DAVID
CONTRACTOR
And Builder
MILLWKKiHTIXG
All Kinds of
WOOD WORK
CHIT! BARBER SHOP
CHVRCH & BRADY, Props.
And Cigar Store
SOFT DRINKS,
CONFECTIONERY
First-Class Barbers
First-Class Goods
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Northern Meat Market
CHITINA BRANCH
Wholesale and Retail Butchers
HOTELS, RESTAURANTS, MINING CAMPS, STATION CAMPS,
AND ROAD HOUSES SUPP PLIED AT CORDOVA PRICES
PETER SHEARMAN, Manager.
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DRUGS I
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When in Cordova Stop in
and See
“DENVER MIKE”
at the
DENVER
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THE WORKINGMAN’S
RESORT
Corner First Ave., and C
Street
FURNISHED
ROOMS IN
CONNECTION
CH1TINA ROAD HOUSE
Mile 133
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C. M. F. COLE, Proprietor
Chitina Transfer
F, ACKLES, Proprietor.
Freighting and Teaming
of all kinds
BAGGAGE DELIVERED
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Chi tin a Laundry
and Bath House
NICE HOT BATHS
Good Work
Guaranteed
v Branch Office and Barber
Shop at Stringer's.
JOHN RAWSON. Prop.
Washington Fir Lumber
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ALASKA STEAHSHIIP CO.
Fastest and most commodious steamers sailing between
Cordova and Seattle.
Sails from Seattle— Sails from Cordova—
Nov. 8....ALAMEDA.Nov. 16
“ 16.NORTHWESTERN.. '* 21
“ 24....ALAMEDA.Dec 1
Dec. 1.NORTHWESTERN..Dec. 9
This company reserves the right to change schedule or
steamers without notice.
Tickets on sale at up-town office Alaska Steamship Bldg.
Baggage or freight will not be received at dock later than one
hour before sailing time.
R. J. BARRY, THOMAS J. TALLENT
General Agent. Ticket Agent.