VOLUME 2.
CHITIXA, ALASKA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1911. ,
NO. 4
Local News
D. C. Fallis of the government
Toad commission and the tallest man
In this section is in town for the
winter. Mr. Fallis thinks this is a
good place to spend the long winter
months in common with many of his
fellows on the work.
H H„ Pollard left for his old home j
in Council Grove, Kansas, Friday
morning. He'orders the Leader sent
to him there for the winter.
Mrs. Henry Thoday, of Cordova, is
spending the week end with Mr. Tho
day, who is building the Blum ware
house.
Mrs. Hattie Gooeman has been on
the sick list the past week.
The Bleuen saloon has been leased
to Horace Leach of Cordova, who has
taken charge and promises substan
tial improvements on the place.
E. R. Gwynn is building a hew
barn on the Tibbs homestead on Fair
hanks avenue. i
A1 Brimner has decided to remain
in Chitina until after the holidays
instead of going to the states as he
had planned. When it comes to ac
tually pulling up stakes and leaving
Chitina it is surprising how hard it is
to get started.
As soon as the glass front for the
Chitina Cash Store arrives the build
ing will be furnished at once and the
goods which have been arriving on
every train will be placed on sale. A
heavy trade is being anticipated by
Manager Glllman.
The banquet tendered by the
school board to the party at the fare
well reception to Mr. Howkins was
one which places John Hirst in the
very front ranks of the good chefs
of the country. The viands wrere
appetizing and the arrangement tasty
in the extreme and when it is remem
bered that less than an hour’s no
tice was given the fete seems almost
impossible but the popular “Senator”
rose to the occasion and did himself
proud to the delight of his guests.
Chitina is justly proud of her first
class grill and the excellent chefs
who serve her kitchen.
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O. L. Larson and Lynn W. Stout, of
Cordova, came in on the north bound
train Thursday evening.
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Los Angeles, Oct. 21.—Attorney
Darrow, who is defending James Mc
Namara cnarged with dynamiting
the Times plant, says that it will re
quire two months to secure a jury
in this trial.
MR. HAWKINS LEAVES LOR STATES
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The many friends of Mr. E. C. Hawkins, General Manager
and Vice-President of the Copper River & Northwestern Rail
way company, will learn with regret that he has left Cordova
for the states h aving completed the construction of that road,
and to whose skill, daring and courage in overcoming all ob
stacles in penetrating Alaska and opening up its resources, is
entitled much credit for the marvelous engineering feats and
best pieces of pioneer construction ever attempted in the
United States.
But few- men ever leave a community enjoying the con
fidence and esteem of their fellow-townsmen to such an extent
as does Mr. Hawkins. Notwithstanding the fact that he was
at all times called upon to settle questions that were of great
moment to the community as well as the welfare and interest
of this company and employes, he never once faltered in his
duty and by his honest and straight forward dealings with
man as man he enjoys the proud distinction of being the most
respected citizen in this part of Alaska. Always fair and con
siderate of the rights of others, no matter how humble their
position might be, he won the confidence and regard of all.
And in return the loyalty and energy of the “men at the front”
rebounded to the advancement of the work.
Cordova appreciates all that Mr. Hawkins has done for
this town, and also admires his strong personality and his
capacity to meet and dispose of the many complex and unusual
conditions that constantly arose in the discharge of his duties.
As a mark of respect and to show their appreciation of Cor
dova’s best friend the entire town will turn out tonight and
say goodbye and God-speed to Mr. Hawkins
The City Council and Chamber of Commerce have adopted
suitable resolutions, which are now being engrossed, and will
be presented to Mr. Hawkins before his departure for the
states. The mayor was also instructed to issue a proclama
tion declaring a holiday during the hours that the Alameda
was in port, but as her arrival is uncertain this part of the
program had to be abandoned, as well as the plan to have the
populace assemble and to inspiring music escort Mr. Hawkins
to the dock. Instead there will be an informal reception held
at Eagle Hall tonight at 8:30, when Mr. Hawkins will bid
good-bye to. his friends. There will be no speech-making,
merely a gathering of people who will have an opportunity of
shaking hands with and expressing their good wishes to a
friend whose place will be hard to fill in Cordova. Everybody
is invited to be present tonight. There will be music and
light refreshments.
Just a word as to Mr. Hawkins’ achievements in the
Copper River Valley. In the fall of 1905 the Guggenheims
set about to build a railroad from the nearest available salt
water harbor to the Bonanza mine. Valdez was selected as the
terminal. Meanwhile the Bering river coal fields came into
prominence and while work was continued at Valdez the
main base of operations was changed to Ivatalla and more than
$2,000,000 was spent in an unsuccessful attempt to build a
breakwater to form a suitable harbor. The late M. J. Heney
had also spent $500,000 and built a few miles of road from
Eyak, old Cordova. In 1897 E. C. Hawkins, former chief en
gineer of the White Pass road, was called into consultation
as to the prospective tidewater terminals and he decided in
favor of Cordova harbor because of the short haul on the coal.
Regarding the difficulties of bridging the Copper River be
tween the two abutting glaciers, and crossing Baird Glacier, he
told the capitalists that they could build a railroad any place
if they furnished enough money. This resulted in the Alaska
Syndicate, and the Morgan-Guggenheim combination, which
took over the interests of M. J. Heney.
For nearly three and a half years past, men numbering
into the thousands, from the highest officials to the laborers
who shoveled mud or snow, gave of the best that was in them
At times over 6,000 men were employed, while at the end the
number had decreased to about 500. During the period of
construction such adverse conditions were encountered and
surmounted as are very seldom met with in other parts of the
world.
It was Wednesday, March 29, 1911, at 3:30 p. m., when the
copper spike was driven that marked the completion of the
Copper River & Northwestern Railway from Cordova to Ken
nicott, a distance of 196 miles. Since that time he has been
busily engaged in getting the road in shape to turn it over to
the operating department and now that his labors are finished
too great a tribute cannot be paid to his extraordinary re
sourcefulness, courage and ability. His masterly achieve
ment in driving this northern railroad at top speed into the
heart of a mountainous wilderness has placed him well in the
front rank of railroad construction in the world today.
The visit of Mr. Blum to Chitina
this week resulted in a radical
change in plans for his feed ware
houses. The north end of the build
ing was torn out and an extension is
being built tnat reaches Main street.
This end of the street will be oc
cupied by the Chitina Cash Store,
Mr. E. H. Gillman, manager, and will
carry a general line of men’s goods
groceries and trail hardware, and
will act as forwarding agents for
S. Glum & Co. The rear end of the
building will be used by S. Blum &
'Co., as a hay and grain warshouse.
This will enable miners and pros
pectors to secure everything they
need without the tedious details ex
perienced in ordering from elsewhere.
PAY STRUCK ON KUSKOKWIM.
it Is reported that good pay has
been struck on the Aniak river,
which is the first river below the
Holokuk which again is forty five
miles below Georgetown and on the
left limit of the Kuskokwim.
Fairbanks, Oct. 17—The local Commercial Club proposes
to address the following communication to President Taft,
members of his cabinet, United States Senators and Congress
men, and asks the endorsement of all similar bodies to the
movement:
“One half of the total gold output of Alaska is eaten up
by transportation charges. This burden' to the mining indus
try could be reduced one-half by a system of good roads, which
would make it possible to open the mines of an immense area
of the territory which cannot now be touched because of the
high cost of transportation. The growth of the Alaska popula
tion and industry depends upon good roads. The civic and
commercial bodies of Alaska therefore unite in requesting
Congress to appropriate $1,000,000 annually during the next
five years for the improvement, construction and maintenance
of roads in Alaska and request the President to incorporate a
recommendation for such appropriation in his annual mes
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Vancouver, B. C., Oct- 1G.—The steamer Princess
Beatrice, of the Canadian Pacific line, operating be
tween this port and Prince Rupert, went aground on
Saturday night at 10 o’clock in Crystie Pass. The ac
cident occurred one hour before low water and the
Beatrice is lying safe in three fathoms under her
stern and bow, hard ashore. They hove ner up at
high water and have hawsers ashore, keeping her
fast.
The Beatrice had on board three hundred passen
gers and 12,000 cases of salmon, all of the latter be
ing in the lower hold. The engineer soon pumped
the bulkheads free of water and the passengers were
all gotten safely ashore.
kA A AA A A A AAAAAAAAAA. AAAAAAAAAA.
Copper mining on the sound is
rapidly gaining ground according to
recent arrivals from Latouche, and
several of the properties are getting
into a position to ship ore to the
smelter.
At the Beatson Bonanza the
amount of ore shipped is steadily in
creasing, and it is rumored that dia
mond drill tests have demonstrated
the continuance of this enormous ore
body to a considerable depth.
The plant of the Seattle-Alaska
Copper company at Montgomery bay
has been installed and is now work
ing. It consists of mining, crushing
and concentrating machinery, and the
trial runs have been very success
ful. The ore will be concentrated
and the concentrates shipped to the
smelter, shipments to commence' with
in a short time.
Wilson and Little, who have a
promising property on Latouche, on
which is installed a modern mining
plant, are engaged in extending their
tunnel. They are employing no men
at present, but are making good prog
ress with the work.
On the north end of the island
a very promising gold quart* prop
erty has been located. No develop
ment work has been done on the
property as yet but the surface show
ings are better than the average.
IDITAHOl) OUTPUT $«,000,000
According to the most conserva
tive estimates the total output of the
Iditarod for the season will exceed
$3,000,000. This is a splendid show
ing for what has claimed to be noth
ing more than “a good small camp.”
Everything points to an increase in
, production next year of at least one
quarter in excess of that* of the sea
son nearing its close.
Seattle, Oct. 17.—The Arctic Club
tendered Dr. Alfred Brooks a recep
tion last night, at which the head of
the Geological Survey declares that
transportation Is the vital necessity
in the development of Alaska coal,
n^nerals> agriculture and smelters
air drills. The compressor from the
shaft house has been moved up the
hill to the mouth of the tunnel, and
as soon as connections with the mine
are completed will be put Into ser
vice.
Let us do your Job work.
DIKEMAX TO GET A
WIRELESS STATIOX
Falcon Joslin, president of the
Alaska Wireless Telegraph cm'; any,
informed a Fairbanks newspaper man
that the wireless plant which was
sent to Kuskokwim this spiing will
be brought up the hlitarod river and
erected at Dikeman. where it will
prove of great service to the resi
dents both of this place and the low
er town. Mr. Joslin states that the
business done since the opening of
the station at Iditarod has been very
satisfactory.
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Fine candies, cigars and tobaccos
at Tlbb's.
Local News
Miss Katherine Regan has accepted
a position as nurse to the patients
of Dr. Thom and will devote herl*
time to the hospital service in Chit
ina this winter.
Ground is being broken for the
new feed barn of Jack Lawrence and
it will be ready for occupancy in a
couple of weeks.
Heavy rains still continue con
trary to the expectations of the old
timers who say they never remem
ber so much rain at this time of the
year. The roads are getting to be
well nigh impassable and cannot im
prove until after a good freeze.
T. H. Holland, who cut his foot
severely with an axe last Tuesday,
has improved rapidly and is now able
to be out.
The Fairbanks stage arrived on
time despite the bad roads with the
mail and three passengers, J. P.
Morrison, Geo. Leach and Walter H.
Lore all of Fairbanks.
Buck Hoyt returned from Cordova
Thursday where he went to purchase
the lumber for his new barn and
warehouse which he will erect in the
north part of town. Mr. Hoyt is
the proprietor of the Gulkana road
house.
Ten new men from the outside pas
sed through Chitina last week for
the Kennicott mines.
On tue register of Chitina’s popu
lar hotel are the following names
since Tuesday: Ole Berg, Spirit
Mountain; Peter S. Erickson, Carl
Larson and Erick Helm, Kennicott;
Kalph T. Hirst, manager for the Hub
bard & Elliott mines; Judge Wm.
Hayes of Cordova: J. Milsap, Val
dez; Joe Kriery, Nizina; Al. Nor
mand. Wm. Irish and J. A. Kelly.
Seattle; J. F. Hayes, J. Lowry, Cir
cle City; J. M. Garrison, Denver;
Geo. Stephens, S. Brush, A. Lynch,
and Wm. Danielson, Fairbanks; Os
car Larson and Lars Holland, Val
dez, and Louis Irvein, of Cordova.
Pocatello, Idaho, Oct. 21.—Gov.
Brady announces that the western
governors have perfected arrange
ments to visit twenty-two Eastern
cities, starting November 28.
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New York, Oct. 17.—There is weeping and gnashing of
teeth in the metropolis this afternoon over the fact that the
mighty Mathewson lost a game in the world’s series and to
Philadelphia.
The fact that it was the best contest of the season and if
required eleven innings to determine which team was the
victor affords no balm to the wounded feelings and purses of
the local fans.
Mathewson and Meyers were the battery for the Giants,
while Coombs and Lapp performed similar service for the
Athletics.
Baker was again the hero of the day and to him Phila
delphia can give credit for both of its victories. Yesterday lie
knocked the ball over the fence and scored the two winning
runs. This afternoon his home run hit was a heart-breaker for
the local rooters, as it tied the score in the ninth inning
The run getting was started by New York in the first
inning, when one man crossed the plate. Neither side tallied
again until the ninth, when Baker’s long drive brought him
home. Both sides were shut out in the tenth and the Athletics
scored two in the eleventh and won. The result by innings
follows:
Athletics 0000000010 2—3
Giants 1000000000 0—1