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Cordova, May 19
James Brennan has purchased the
Dashing Wave from Harry Thisted
and Charley Ross. As master of the.
new craft, with Harry Eggert as
engineer, Jim will leave on Friday
for the halibut banks near Seward,
where he will spend the summer in
fishing and contributing his quota
to an industry that promises to as
sume large proportions on Prince
Wliliam Sound.
The small steamer Shamrock,
Capt. Emil Mende, is expected in
port tomorrow morning from Wran
gell. She is bringing an elevator for
conveying fish and other machinery
ior the Canoe Pass Cannery Co.
Buy bread at Fred’s Place.
The Canoe Pass Cannery received
some salmon this morning, which
was immediately packed. Tomorrow
the launch Three M with two scow's,
will go to the Copper River flats to
take on such number of salmon as
the fishermen may have caught. On
Monday the Orca Cannery put up
1,000 cases, which is just ten days
earlier than the first 1,000 cases
were filled a year ago.
Among the passengers on the
Northwestern, to leave Seattle last
night Was M. L. Scoville, a son of
Mrs. T. M. Hunt. He is accompanied
by his wife and they have left their
Oregon home to spend the summer
in the north with the Hunt family.
Samuel N. Laurie, who conducts a
clothing store at Seattle, is a pas
senger on the Northwestern for Cor
dova. From here he will go to Mc
Carthy, where he is engaged In the
clothing business wi|h his brother.
Jack E. Laurie, and spend a couple
of w'eeks enjoying Alaska life.
The government launch Lieut.
Donaldson came over from Valdez
yesterday to have her boiler and
hull inspected by the officials who
are now here from Juneau. Seven
sturdy young soldiers are aboard
from Fort Liscum. The launch w'ill
return to the Fort tomorrow
morning.
Mrs. H. I. Lew'is will be an out
going passenger on the steamer Ala
meda. She w'ill spend several weeks
in Seattle, and California.
Malcolm Brock returned on the
train yesterday from out the line. He
met with an accident to his foot and
as a consequence is walking on
crutches. He expects to leave on the
Alameda Saturday on a trip of a
couple of months to California.
A. Hagen and G-under Hagen,
who have been associated with Lars
Mickkelsen for two years past in
operating a saltery at Mile 55, are
in town in connection with business
matters concerning this year's
operations.
Capt. Rude, in command of the
survey boat Taku, now being re
paired at Cordova, is very much
grieved over the reported loss on
the Lusitania of a much respected
and admired brother officer. It is
Capt. J. B. Miller, one of the best
known commanders in the Seattle
Alaska fleet of the United States
coast and geodetic survey. He won
fame all over the Pacific last Sep
tember when he drove the survey
steamship Patterson at forced speed
to the rescue, of the officers and crew
s of the wrecked revenue cutter
Tahoma in Bering Sea.
Cordova, May 20
For years pact A1 Harper has
been occupying part of the govern
ment reservation at Deep Bay, on
the northern end of Hawkins Island.
Thee he has hunted and fished, oc
casionally coming to town and
bringing over fish for sale. He has
made garden and otherwise improved
five acres, a permit for which he re
ceived about five years ago from the
forestry office of T. M. Hunt. He
contends that he was freuqently dis
turbed by invaders and in order that
his cabin and property might not be
molested when he was absent he
he. placed signs of warning about
the grounds.
Mr. Harepr took the stand and
explained his various actions and
signs that he had posted. He told
of how persons had gone to his cabin
and purloined his supplies and he
wished to keep them away. He is
'2 years of age and says that he has
never had any trouble, with any one
and simply wanted to be left alone
to make his living in fishing and
clam digging. The matter was then
taken under advisement by the jury
and after a few minutes delibera
tion at 5 o’clock a verdict was
brought in. Harper was found in
sane. He was then taken into cus
tody by the deputy marshal to be
transported to the asylum at
morningslde.
Cordova, May 21
^ev. Geo. Edw. Lewis and party,
from Sioux Falls, South Dakota,
who have been in town for several
days, left on the morning train for
Tiekel, where, they will spend a
couple of weeks an an outing vaca
tion. Rev. Lewis is a brother of
•‘Doc” Lewis, who has been mining
in the vicinity of Tiekel for several
years past.
A wire, was received yesterday re
questing that 15 men be sent at once
to Kennecott to work in the Bonanza
and Jumbo mines. The train leav
ing this morning carried a number
of passengers for points along the
line, principally Kennecott. The in
creased demand for copper and the
high price of the market at present
has put a stimulus in the activities
at the Kennecott mines and this
•nimme.r promises to be a record
breaker in copper ore shipments over;
fhe Copper River & Northwestern j
Railroad. The last two steamers;
carried capacity cargoes as will also j
the Alameda leaving here Saturday |
night.
The reports that there is danger;
in the vicinity of Strelna from forest,
fires are not warranted. Eight or j
ten miles back of Strelna and near
the Kotsina river fires have been;
raging for same days past, but other!
fhan dense clouds of smoke that at
times have been wafted, from the
north there has been no annoyance
in the immediate vicinity of Strelna.
Six shipwrecked Japanese sailors
arrived at Unalaska on May 10th on
the schooner Polar Bear. They were
members of the crew of the Diaflco
Marti, which was wrecked on Nuni
vak Island recently.
Cordova, May 22
The steamer Watson reached port
this afternoon at 3:30 o’clock with
a number of passengers for the
westward. Several representatives
of the government were aboard, also
John E. Ballaine, owner of the
Seward townsite and the original
projector of the Alaska Northern
Railroad. He will remain to the
westward until August, spending
part of the time in the Willow Creek
mining district. The Watson only
remained in port an hour.
Attorney R. E. Capers was a pas
; senger to the interior on the train
j yesterday, expecting to be absent
; a week. He will go to Chitina and
: Kennecott.
i The other day a call was sent out
: from the Bonanza and Jumbo mine
| for more men. There was some
j response from Cordova, which
i nearly cleared the town. Now Man-1
| ager Hanley of the Copper River
Packing Co., has sent in for 35 men
to be used at his cannery.
We have received a card from S. j
W. Eccles, president of the Copper
River & Northwestern Railway Co.,
and of the. Alaska Steamship Com
pany, stating that his office has been
changed from 165 Broadway to the
34th floor of the new Equitable
Building at 120 Broadway New
York.
Cordova, May 24
The steamer Alameda this morn
ing took a consignment of U. S.
mail that had accumulated at the
Cordova postoEce and which is in
tended for the inerior. All the let-j
ter mail received here has been for
warded to interior points. But this
second-class and parcel post mail
will go to Skagway to he shipped to
Fairbanks and other points via the
Yukon river route- On the Alameda
•746 sacks, or 17 tons, were shipped
to Skagway. That leaves 15,000
pounds more to be sent out on the
Northwestern. The last letter mail
for Fairbanks will go via Cordova
on Monday, May 31. There, will
then be an intermission until nest
October.
The steamer Alameda arrived in
nort from the westward at 1 o’clock
this morning. She remained here
until shortly before noon, taking on
16 cars, or about 800 tons, of cop
per ore. from the Bonanza and
Jumbo mines. The following pas
sengers were booked at Cordova for
other ports:
For Seattle—Mrs. Wm. McFad
den. Mrs. W. R. Faddis, Elizabeth
Faddis, Virginia Faddis, Chas
Cochran, Mrs. Cochran, Mrs. Robin
son, M. Brock, Mrs. H. I. Lewis, .T.
H. Wood, Mike Gutovich, John
Gutovich, Capt. A. E. Lathrop.
For Juneau—W. G. Pierce, and
K. P. Donnelly.
For Skagway—J. C. Nicholls.
Mrs. Wm. McFadden was an out
going passenger on the steamer Ala
meda. She will spend the summer
in Seattle returning to Cordova
about October 1.
The executive committee, of the
Cordova Chamber of Commerce met
last night and re-elected Edward F.
Medley as secretary. The salary is
to remain the. same as he received
during the past six months, 10 per
cent of the monies colletced for
dues. 1
Paul B. Coe, who was formerly
freight clerk on the steamer Ala
meda, left on Thursday's train for
Kennecott. There he will act as
secretary to Superintendent Sea
graves of the Kennecott Mines
Company, succeeding Mr. Erickson,
who in turn will take the place of
Larry Bitner, recently resigned as
storekeeper.
upraova, May zo
Among the number who went out
on the train this morning were Mr.
and Mrs. J. V. Lydiek, Miss Francis
Lowe and Mr. Goo. C. Hazelet. They
will go as far as Kennecott and are
not expected to return until next
Tuesday.
Capt. Frank Cole and Ben Elliott
took the launch North Star out th's
afternoon. They will be engaged in
towing fish boats between the Cop
per River and Katalla. The North
Star has recently been overhauled
and a new engine installed and with
a new coat of paint looks very trim.
The steamer Seward arrived in
pert at 2 p. m. today, bringing 8
tons of dynamite for the Kennecott
mines and 150 tons of coal for town.
From here she will go to Valdez and
Latouche. The. Seward will take on
1,000 barrels of crude oil here to be
delivered at Latouche. Captain
Johnson says he will possibly return
to Cordova to load copper ore, pro
viding there is a sufficient quanti’y
to warrant him doing so.
Mrs. Coleman, who has been in
Cordova for the past two months re
turned on the morning tr->in. with
her H**'0 *~irl and babe to her home
at Milo 19.
The train vent out this morning
with a fe.w passengers and will re
turn tomorrow afternoon.
E. L. Harwood, E. W. Exum and
Dr. Council made a good haul on
their fishing expedition on Saturday.
They brought in 159 deep sea black
bass, and many have since enjoyed
the eating of these fine fish.
The firemen gave a smoker on
Saturday night that was attended
by a crowded house. There were
eats and drinks a plenty, with a lot
of side attractions. These included
several wrestling bouts, boxing
matches story telling, comic songs,
and violin playing. Possibly the.
most interesting feature was the
boxing bout between George Ken
nedy and “Jedge” Medley. For
three rounds there was excitement
and fun. The. friends of youthful
George contemplated a knock out in
the first round, but they overlooked
the fact that the “Jedge” had been
under training for a week prior to
the. big event, and contemplated
settling a few scores on his own
account. Some heavy shot3 were
sent out on both sides, but the side
stepping seemed to be good and no
particular injury was done. The,
third round continued indefinitelv
and when both parties were tired
out the contest was allowed to end
and was declared a draw.
Miss Marie Lattin, daughtelr of
M. and Mrs. M. V. Lattin of McCar
thy, will be a passenger on the
Northwestern in the morning. She
is returning from Juneau, where
she attended school during the past
year.
The new Canoe Pass Cannery
was in good working order yester
day and many people were attracted
to the. Dalton wharf to witness the
dissecting of the big salmon and
their canning. About four thousand
fish were brought in, mostly reds,
although there were a number of
kings. The run in these waters
starts at least six weeks earlier
than in Southeastern Alaska, and
ends correspondingly sooner.
At 8 o’clock this morning Mrs.
Lee Norgren presented her husband
with a fine baby girl. Beth are
reported as doing well.
The railroad men and town boys
crossed bats on the diamond yester
day afternoon and their efforts were
witnessed by a good sized crowd.
The game was somewhat exciting at
times and was a one-sided contest,
more in the nature of a practice
game. The score was 21 to 4 in
favor of the tov-. After the play a
meeting ves held and Dr. Council
was re-elected manager and Dick
Kerwood captain. There was an
informal discussion of July 4th
games.
The launch 3M which has been
employed in bringing fish boats to
the new cannery, will return to
Valdez tonight.
Cordova, May 26
Among the passengers on the
Northwestern this morning was B.
H. Dow, an engineer from Seattle,
who goes to Latouche. to take a
position at the copper mines. He
was formerly from Massachusetts,
where he knew Mrs. Fred Schiller,
of Cordova. Shortly after coming
west Mr. Dow was engaged with
Thos. Riggs, Jr., in establishing
the Alaska boundary survey.
FOR SALE CHEAP
Two first-class hunting dogs. In
quire Dally Alaskan office.
CHITINA OBSERVATIONS
Alaska Road Building
While Chitina will not have a
government railroad at present—ot
course she will sometime—there are
signs of a greatly improved auto
road to Fairbanks. The work of
preceding years makes the work ot
each succeeding year much more
efficient. Through ditching and the
removal of the tundra the ground i9
dry and the frost out o fit earlier
each year.
The Alaska Road Commission has
just completed a warehouse in
Chitina 100x45 for the storage of
equipment and supplies. This, with*
their barn and other buildings, gives
them a very well finished plant for
the business of road building.
There is at present a crew of
about 30 men working at Tonsina
where they are extending the bridge
across the river. When completed
it will be about 1,000 feet in length.
They have begun the work of put
ting a surface of gravel on the road
which it is intended will eventually
extend over the entire length.
Base Ball
The Ball Park at Chitina looked
|'ike a grading camp last Sunday.
I Every able bodied man in town was
i there with a shovel or a team and
under the able and enthusiastic
di-ccticn of John M. S. Nelson, the
manager and promoter, they accom
plished wonders. That is getting to
be some ball park and there are
some ball players headed for Chitina.
John is already laughing to himself
at the way he is going to clean up
the country around for about 60
mi'es north and, say 131 miles
south. He was somewhat disap
pointed last year because a certain
town on the coast was scared to
cross bats with him. He hopes their
courage has improved some this
t
j year.
Chitina Is Pry
People are just beginning to
realize that the innovation of a town
without a saloon is really approach
ing. The applicants for licenses
were notified by the court from Val
dez that no licenses would be
granted in Chitina for one year.
This is the outcome of the census
taken which showed 42 for, 39
against and 11 no opinion. Evi
dently the residents who refused to
express themselves were considered
as not granting their consent.
There is considerable variety of
opinion as to the effect the change
’vill have on the town, in a business
way. Business has been so de
pressed recently that most people
consider that a change for the worse
is impossible. Some of course feel
that it will be a death blow. Others
contend that the town will be better
off than it other wise would have
been. The.re seems to be very little
in sight now indicating much
activity here during the next year
but it is very probable that unless
the place is a hummer during the
next year that some people will
b'ame it to the lack of saloons. And
they may be right. We will know
more about it a year from now.
It is recognized by most people,
including the saloon men, that the
opposition to the, saloons in Chitina
is due to the depressed state of
money which made it necessary for
the saloon men to employ loose
methods which they were really
averse to, but which seemed abso
lutely essential to their existence,
and they are men who recognize the
fact that when a business can’t be
run properly because of a lack of
trade it is time to quit.
One thing that is very apparent
is the fact that the liquor business
has lost its control of the public
policy of our town and are. not apt
fo regain it as long as the adminis
tration of affairs is left with the
present officials. This condition is
better both for the liquor business
and the community in general.
Incidents
Dr. and Mrs. Smith are intending
to go to Fairbanks by way of Skag
way in a week or two. This climate
is altogether too healthful. We offer
no inducements for a good doctor
to stay with us.
It may not be very generous, but
the good people df Chitina can’t
help feeling a little satisfaction
when they hear from friends to the
westward who recently left here
with a smile of pity for those left
behind, saying that Chitina looks
better to them than anything they
have found yet.
Summer is about a month early at
Chitina this year.
Miss Helen O. Anderson, of Miles
City, Mont., is the young lady who
was elected by the Cordova school
board recently to teach the primary
' department next term.
NOTICE OK MARSHAL’S SALE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
THIRD DIVISION, DISTRICT OF
ALASKA, ss.
Public notice is here.by given that
by virtue of a writ of execution
dated April 30th, A. D., 1915, issued
out of the District Court, for the
Third Division, Territory of Alaska,
on a judgment rendered in the U. S.
Commissioner's Court, Chitina Pre
cinct, Alaska, on the 21st day of
December, A. D., 1914, in favor of
S. O. Breedman, and against E. \V.
Exum, I did on the 17th day of
May, A. D., 1915, levy upon all of
the right, title and Interest of the
defendant E. W. Exum, in and to
the following described real estate,
situated in the Chitina Recording
Precinct, 3rd Division, Territory of
Alaska, to wit:
Lots one, two and three in Block
twenty-two and lots one, two and
three in Block (E) all situated in
the townsite of Chitina, Alaska, and
that I will accordingly offer all
of the right, title and interest
of the defendant in said real
estate for sale, at public vendue1
to the highest and best bidder, for \
cash, on the 24th day of June, A. D.,|
1915, at 2 o’clock P. M. at the front
door of the U. S. Commissioner's
Office. Chitina. Alaska.
Dated Chitina, Alaska, this 18th
day of M?”. A D., 1915.
F. R. BRENNEMAN,
U. S. Marshal, 3rd Division,
Territory o^ Alaska.
By W. J. FEASTER. Deputy.
First publication, May IS, 1915.
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The trade extension division of
the San Francisco Chamber of Com
merce states in a recent announce
ment that arrangements have been
completed for a direct ocean service
between the Golden Gate and South
western Alaska. The principal
object is the. carrying of freight,
which must now be shipped from
San Francisco to Seattle
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE
To Ben C. Hannan), administrator of
the Estate of James Garrett, de
ceased and to his heirs and
assigns of said James Garrett.
You are hereby Notified that I, the
subscriber, Ringwald Blix, have ex
pended and paid for your share in
labor and improvements upon the
Jacobson Placer Mining Claim for
the year 1912, 1913 and 1914.
Said Placer Mining Claim is situ
ated on Slate Creek, Copper Center
Recording Precinct, Alaska. The
notice of location thereof is of
record in Book 1, Page 120 of Min
ing Locations in said recording office
at Copper Center Alaska. To which
book and page reference is hereby
made for a more particular descrip
tion of said claim. Such expenditure
was made for the purpose of holding
possessory right and title to saul
claim under provisions cf Section
2324 of the Revised Statutes of the.
United States and the amendments
thereof providing for annua] labor
upon mining claims. That is to say
that an hundred dollars worth «f
labor and improvements was made
upon said placer claim and that I as
co-owner have expended the amounts
which were for the interest of said
Garrett’s estate.
You are further notified that un
less you pay your proportion of such
expenditure together with the cost of
this advertisement to the under
signed within ninety days from the
last publication of this notice your
interest in said claim will become
the property of tne undersigned co
owner under said Section 2324, Re
vised Statutes of the) United States.
RINGWALD BLIX.
First publication, March 9. 1915.
Last publication June 8, 1915.
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The W. C. T. U., which proposes
to take an active part in securing
prohibition in Alaska next year,
| closed an annual session at Skag
way the other day, with twelve
rfe1»eafes in attendance.
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP COMPANY
Fast and commodious steamers sailing between Seattle. Ketchikan,
Wrangell, Juneau, Skagway, Cordova, Valdez, Seward, Kenai
Anchorage and SHIP CHECK, via INSIDE PASSAGE.
Sails from Seattle— Sails from Cordova—
May 18.NORTHWESTERN.May 28
May 24.MARIFOSA.June 4
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Treadwell, Douglas, Cordova. Ellamar. Valdez and X.atoache. Explosives,
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25th of each month.
This company reserves the right to change schedule cf steamers
without notice.
Tickets on sale at up-town office Alaska Steamship Pidg. Eaggage
or freight will not he received at dock later than one hour before
sailing time.
F. E, TRACY, T. J. TALLENT,
General Agent. Ticket Agent.
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