IJF GENERAL
Cordova, November 5
Wim. P. Hemenway, who arrived
from Washington on the Alameda
last week, departed on the train for
the interior this morning. He bears
a commission as forestry and fish
• eries warden, but it is understood
that the principal object of his trip
is to examine mining properties at
and near Copper Center for Senator
Johnson of Maine, Senator West of
Georgia and other members of a
syndicate of eastern capitalists who
contemplate the investment of sev
eral millions of dollars in this part
of Alaska. Mr. Hemenway expects
to return to Cordova by Christmas.
The steamer Admiral Evans was
in port for an hour this morning,
with 90 passengers from points to
the westward. She departed for the
south at 9:30. The only passengers
from Cordova were E. J. Seitz and
two second class.
Lieut. Mears. a member of the
Alaska Engineering Commission, is
now at Valdez, having come from
Ship Creek on the Alameda. He ex
pects to sail south next wee.k on the
steamer Northwestern.
Cordova, November 6
The street department has J.
Gamble employed in rebuilding and
repairing storm sewers on streets
leading from hill to bay, in prepara
tion for the. winter campaign of the
real wet forces.
James H. Morris was an arrival
this afternoon frcm McCarthy and
reports a serious shooting that oc
curred last night. A. E. Todd and
Dean Officer engaged in an argu
ment over the election resulting in
Todd shooting * Officer through the
head, inflicting a serious wound.
The man will be brougnt to the hos
pital at Cordova on the next train.
Mr. Todd is the proprietor of a
large store at McCarthy and has
been well an dfavorably known. He
formerly resided at Nome.
A meeting of the executive com
mittee of the Cordova Chamber of
Commerce wras held last night. The
advisability of sending a telegram
of congratulation to Delegate Wick
ersham was considered, with the re
sult that it "was decided to advise
him that the people of Cordova are
glad of his success. The telegram
was sent this morning to the Dele
gate at Fairbanks.
Cordova, November 7
A large steam turbine and acces
sories for the mines at Kennecott
were among the freight on the
steamer Cordova, which arrived
from the south at 7 o’clock this
morning. Other items on the mani
fest were 804 cases of dynamite, also
for the mines, and gasoline for local
merchants. The Cordova is due to
leave for the westward at 9 o’clock
tonight.
Charles Sage has been appointed
temporary night jailer and will as
sume his duties commencing Mon
day, November 9.
James Reilly is in town for a few
* days, having been working at Mile
52. He will return on the next
| train to Alganic to do some more
work on his gold quartz property at
McKinley Lake.
Wm. Madden, foreman of the Rex
Gulch camp of the Esterly & Andrus
Company, operating in the Nizina
district, was one of the passengers
on the train from the interior yes
terday. He will spend the winter
at Seattle and will go out on the
Ncrth western. Mr. Madden was
unable to give the amount of the
output of the company’s two camps
for this season, but stated it was
better than that of last year. Be
tween 50 and 60 men were on the
payrolls of the two camps and two
giants were operated on each prop
erty Mr Madden, stated that the
only quartz property of consequence
in that immediate vicinity is owned
by the Crumb people and is located
on the divide between Dan and Rex
♦gulches. The quartz contains anti
mony and free gold and carries high
values. Mr. Madden is one of the
pioneers of that district.
The steamer Dirigo arrived at
Seward last night from the westward
and is now on the way to Cordova,
expecting to reach here tomorrow.
The officers and crew will be trans
ferred to the old reliable little
steamer Dora,, which will make the
run westward from Seward for the
next three, or four months.^. The
Dirigo will be towed by the freighter
Cordova to Seattle, where her boil
ers will be repaired. She will then
return north and again replace the
Dora, which will be laid up at uor*
dova to be held in case tn. any
emergency. _
The greater portion of yesterday a
trail from the. interior consisted of
s'x cars of concentrates, or about 300
tons, from the mines at Kennecott.
The train crew reported the “noth
'V ing doing" sign out all along the
line, so far as news was concerned.
The freighter Cordova arrived in,
port this morning with the old
veteran Thomas Moore in command.
He is the proud possessor of a new
gold watch, which was recently pre
sented to him in appreciation of his
work in effecting the rescue of 58
men from the wrecked revenue cut
ter Tahoma off the Aleutian islands.
A luncheon was given at the Rainier
Grand hotel, Seattle, on October 27
in honor of Captain Moore, at which
they presented him with a gold
watch in commemoration of the
Tahoma fescue. In addition Cap
tain Moore received a personal
letter from S. W. Eccles of New
York, president of the Alaska
Steamship Company, in which Mr.
Eccles eulogizes the seamanship and
courage of the Seattle mariner.
Officers of the revenue cutters
Bear, Unalga, Areata and the.
wrecked Tahoma and Senior Capt.
F. M. Dunwoodv were the hosts.
Seated at the. table with them were
Vice-President R. W. Baxter and
Superintendent R. R. Pierson of the
Alaska Steamship Company. Capt.
Richard O. Crisp, commander of the
wrecked Tahoma, presented the gold
watch from the revenue cutter
’fficers, engraved with the seal of
the revenue cutter service and the
words ‘semper paratus,” (“always
re.ady”). Above the seal are the
words, “Capt. Thomas Moore from
the officers of the United States
Revenue Cutter Service.”
Dean Officer, who was shot at Mc
Carthy on Thursday night as re
ported as still alive. Ho was not
brought today on the train to
Chitina, to be sent on to the hospital
at Cordova.
The steamer Northwestern sailed
north from Seattle on Tuesday night,
maugurating the winter eight day
schedule of the Alaska Steamship
Company. She arrived at Juneau
early this morning and from there
will come direct to Cordova, expect
ing to reach here early Monday
morning. Stops at Wrangell and
Skagway have been cut out. On her
return to Seattle the Northwestern
will be laid up for the winter in the
Hast Waterway, while, the Alameda
and Mariposa, operating to South
eastern and Southwestern Alaska,
and the Jefferson and Dolphin, oper
ating to Southeastern Alaska, re
main in service. Under the winter
schedule,, Knik Anchorage, in Cook
Inlet, and Skagway and Wrangell are
omitted from the ports of call. The
westward route will have its termi
nus at Seward.
Cordova, November 9
Lieut. Fredick Mears, a member
of the Alaska Engineering Commis
sion, accompanied by Engineer
Henry Deyo, came to town yesterday
cn a speeder. They were at Mile
89, mushing in. when the speeder
with Engineer Malcom and V. ,T.
Dwyer came along and picked them
up. The.y had gone over the trail
from Valdez and were coming out
via the C. R. & N. W. Railway. Mr.
Deyo expects to return to Valdez on
the steameY Northwestern tomorrow,
while Lieut. Mears will await the re
turn of that steamer and go south on
her. The other two members of,
the commission reached Seattle a
couple of weeks ago and considerable
office work in the way of getting up
maps, etc., preliminary to a com
pleted report, is being done at the
Seattle office, where Mr. Riggs is in
charge. Mr. Edes went on to Cali
fornia but expects soon to be back
in Seattle.
The Tacoma smelter Jjas made an
announcement that is encouraging to
owners of copper properties, because
the. low prices that have prevailed
since the European war deprived
American producers of one of their
largest and best markets. The
smelting company has announced
that until the copper market resumes
its normal condition, it is prepared
to make advances against shipments
on a basis of 10 cents a pound, with,
out interest. This action will make
possible the continuance of mining
in the Alaska copper region and
save, properties from shutting down.
The company agrees to settle for
the copper at whatever price the
metal is sold for, as soon as there
Is a copper market again.
Traveling time on the mail route
between Seward and Iditarod has
been scheduled by the government
for 25 days, according to advices re
ceived at the Cordova postoffice. The.
service commenced November 1.
when about 500 pounds of first-class
rna'l was sent out from Seward.
J. W. Spaulding, superintendent
at the property of the, Golden Eagle
Mining Company, came over to town
on Saturday night and has made a
very satisfactory report to the stock
holders. He Is driving two tunnels
and bas encountered very good ore.
V. J. Dwyer, of Strelna, came in
on a snpeder vesterdav and will sail
south on the steamer Northwestern.
He goes for a vacation trip to Cali
fornia and will spend the Christmas
holidays with his sisters at Los
Angeles. Mr. Dwyer is very en
thusiastic over the mineral prospectB
of the Kuskulana country. He says
that the developments during the
past summer have demonstrated
quantity and richness of the copper
ore in various properties. This is
particularly true of the Hubbard
Elliott and the Rarus and Nugget
Creek groups of the Alaska Copper
Company. The Ole Berg property
also looks promising.
The train for the interior this
morning had six loads in addition to
the coaches, one consisting of a tur
bine and accessories and the other
five of lumber for the Kennecott
mines.
Max Reed, foreman of the Dan
Creek mines, was a passenger on
the morning train for the interior,
having come down last week for a
short vacation.
Cordova, Novemoer 10
i W. S. Alexander, of London, En?.,
was one of the passengers on today’s
train from the interior. He mushed
alone from Circle City to Chitina, a
distance of 400 miles in 14 days,
which is considered good time. Mr
Alexander is a member of the Seven
teenth Australia Mounted Horse and
is returning home to join his com
pany and go to the front. He is
stopping at the Rainier-Grand and !s
j going south on the steamer North
western.
W. E. Dui.kle. mining expert for
the, Alaska Syndicate, was a pas
senger this morning from Latouche,
coming on the steamer Dirigo.
An inquiry at McCarthy today
brings the information that no elec
tion returns from the Chisana have
been received from there. No one
leaving the diggings since the elec
tion has turned up as yet.
The steamer Dirigo came into
port this morning and will remain
here until after the arrival of the
steamer Mariposa. The officers and
crew from the Dirigo will be trans
ferred to the little steamer Dora, j
which will again take the run to !
the westward from Seward. The j
Dirigo will be towed by the freighter i
Cordova to Seattle, where she will j
go on the drydock for a couple of j
months, after which she will be sent
north to resume, the run from
Seward. She reacned the latter
town on the 5th and came direct
from there to Cordova, only stop
ping at Latouche to take on about
30 tons of copper ore.
Six new men were admitted to i
membership in the Cordova Fire j
Department at a special meeting j
held last night. This was the. first j
meeting in the new headquarters
in the city hall, and was well at-!
tended. The new members are:
Warren Taylor, Fred Fuller, Geo.
Faussett, V. E. Elliott, L. Norgan
and Mr. Anderson, a recent arrival
from Valdez.
The condition of Dean Officer, the
man who was shot at McCarthy a
few days ago, is reported as aboi^t
the same.
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Packers, fishermen, miners and
traders on the Shumagan and San
nak Islands and the adjoining main
land are endeavoring to convince
the government and the Marconi
j Company \hat they are entitled to
service with the outs’de.
Considerable complaint has boon
voiced by them, says the Pacific
Firherman, that they are totally
neglected so far as cable,1? and wire
less are concerned. At the present
time the government cable extends
only to Seward, and in order to
bridge, the gap between there and
Unalaska the Navy Department sev
eral years ago established wireless
stations at Kodiak, Unalga (ohe
mile from Unalaska) and on the
Pribilof Islands.
On the Shumagin Islands and
vicinity the codfish companies oper
ate about 20 shore stations through
out the, year, while some 15 vessels
are fishing in the section during the
summer months. At King Cove is
located one of the most important
salmon canneries in Central Alaska,
that of the Pacific American Fish
eries, while some five or six small
salte.ries are operating throughout
the region. Several quite impor
tant villages, notably Unga and Sand
Point, are also located in this
region.
Very frequently the owners of
these plants and vessels, who live in
Washington and California, wish to
communicate, on short notice with
their superintendents or captains,
but are unable to do so except bv
mail boat which makes a trip from
Seward to Unalaska and return once
a month. Often the delay in com
municating by mail causes the loss
of thousands of dollars.
The Shumagin Islands lie about
midway between Unalga and Kodiak,
and it would be a comparatively in
expensive matter for the government
to estabhsh a station on the group
This should be done at the earliest
poRpihle moment.
It was in the latter part of Sep
tember that the government party
of surveyors arrived at Iditarod, hav
ing lejt Knik on June 20th last. This
party was in charge of J. L. McPher
son, of Seattle, and they successfully
made a reconnoisance of the coun
try between Knik and Iditarod. They
were under the direction of the
Alaska Engineering Commission,
whose work is carried on under
three heads—first, the reconnois
ance; second, the preliminary sur
vey, and third, the survey proper.
The reconnoisance is for the purpose
of gaining general knowledge of the
country to be traversed, with espe
cial reference to the location of such
physical features as mountain
ranges, passes through the same,
rivers and the general character of
the country. The preliminary survey,
which follows, goes more into detail,
mapping definitely the route and ob
taining data as to altitudes, grades
and other details necessary for the
information Of the engineers. The
final survey will locate definitely the
route to be followed by the construc
tion engineers. In speaking of the
work accomplished Mr. McPherson
says:
‘ The route followed by the party,
in the reconnoisance just completed
was from Knik to Susitna, thence
proceeding 30 miles above Susitna
to a crossing of the Kahltna river,
five miles from its mouth, crossing
the Yentna river at the mouth oi
the Swentna, ud the Swentna valle.y
and Happy river valley, through
Rainy pass and down to the south
fork of the Kuskokwim river; thence
up the south fork to Hartman rivei
and Styx river, and up the latter to
Ptarmigan valley. Recrossing the
summit at the, head of Happy river,
at Houston pass (named by Mr. Mc
Pherson in honor of Congressman
William C. Houston of Tennessee,
chairman of the House, committee
on territories), crossing the old trail
down Happy river and up the Moose
river, following the headwaters of
the Yentna. and recrossing the sum
mit through Simpson pass. The party
then proceeded down the Tahini to
the south fork and dowij the south
fork to Farew'e.ll mountain, across
the Kuskokwim valley to McGrath,
up the Taketna, and down Bonanza
creek, proceeding thence to Idita
rod.”
Mr. McPherson discovered a new
pass in the Teoeolli mountains of the
Alaska range and called it Teoeolli
pass. It is situated south of Rainy
pass. An area of 30 square miles
was examined in this range, with a
view to locating all possible passes.
The miners of the Koyukuk be
lieve they are entitled to better
roads and have, circulated a petition
throughout that district asking Con
gress that the sum of $75,000 be ap
propriated for that purpose. Com- j
petent engineers have passed over
the proposed road from Wiseman,
the Koyukuk town, to Tonana on the
Yukon rive.r, a distance of 138
miles. The present route over which
the mail travels is about 380 miles,
and consumes from 12 days to two
i weeks in making the trip. The,
i Koyukuk placers are declared to
have, produced more gold for the
amount of money expended than any
other camp in the north. The quartz
outlook of the district is also very
promising but is being retarded from
development through lack of trans
portation. It is estimated that
[about 05 per cent of the output
of the district is naid to the trans
portation companies. Engineers have
declared that should the appropria
tion of $75,000 be made thht would
be sufficient to build a road which
would enable the delivery of freight
for less than half the rates now
charged.—Valdez Miner.
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Rich gold-bearing gravels have
been discovered on O’Donnel river
in the Atlin district. The gold i«
coarse, running from a few cents up
to nuggets worth $5 and $6.
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CORDOBA, Nov. 10.—Gen. Car
ranza, who assumed the reins of
government when President Huerta
abdicated, has issued a proclamation
announcing himself as president.
SEATTLE, Nov. 10.—Judge. Mel
vin M. Goodman, a pioneer and
prominent in affairs of this state,
died here last night.
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