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Cordova, April 28
^ Wm. Bolte who has been con
nected with the C. R. & N. W. R. R.
Co for the past six years as their
most popular chef, at the various
camps, has severed his connection
with the company and will be. a pas
senger on the steamer Alameda en
route to Ship Creek. He is going
over to size, up the situation, and
later on intends to open up a
bakery and coffee house.
The census enumeration on the
liquor question was completed early
this afternoon, and Duard Mosser
and J. F. Appleby, the enumerators,
made their sworn report to U. S.
Commissioner Adams about 3
o’clock, delivering to him at the
same time, the book of record. The
enumeration included the names ofj
all grown residents of Cordova and
the territory within two miles
thereof. It will go forward to Judge
Brown on the steame.r Friday and
will serve as a guide to him in de
ciding whether the people of this
section are in favor or otherwise of i
issuing a renewal of liquor licenses j
when the present ones expire.
The Cordova Chamber of Com- j
merce has appointed a committee j
to take up with a Tacoma capitalist
the matter of erecting a manufac
turing plant in some part of Alaska.
The committee will find out just j
what kind of a site is desired and
the extent of the. concessions
expected. .
Cordova, April 29
The gasoline launches Islander and
Whilmea arrived this afternoon from
Seattle, having come via the Inside
Passage. They report having passed
the. Columbia with her tow 'atI
Yakatat. The latter is enroute to
Knik Anchorage and has a scow,
small stern wheeler and other ma-j
chinery for the lighterage company,
that is to engage in business at the
upper end of Cook's Inlet. Omar
Humphrey and Jack Dalton are said
to be interested in the new company.
The Columbia encountered a heavy
sea after she struck the ocean,
which gave, rise to the report that
she had lost her tow.
The Islander reports that the |
Edith G., a 59-foot launch with four,
men aboard, was passed on April1
18th, 30 miles from Latuya bay, in;
Southeastern Alaska, about 2 o’clock j
in the morning. Later she disap-!
peare.d from sight and the Islander
started a search for her, without,
a^ain seeing her. Capt. Neeley is of
the opinion that the launch and all
aboard vtere lost. The Edith G. was
on her way to Knik and left Seattle
about the time the other two vessels |
did, which was March 29.
Both the Islander and Whilmea
are bound for Knik, with freight.
On the former is Capt. Thomas
Neely, Richard McBride, Peter Me-1
Guire, Joseph Johnson, Lem Wychoff,
Gus Johnson and Pete Erickson.
They had fine, weather until they
reached Dixon Entrance and it was
“dirty” until they reached Cordova.
The steamer Admiral Evar.s ar
rived in port from the westward at
2 o’clock this morning and sailed an
hour later for the south. Passengers
going from Cordova included W. G.
Will for Ketchikan and the_ follow
v ing for Seattle:
U. S. Marshal Erwin. C. T. Spen
cer, Fred Carter, Frank Adams,
Harry Cow'an, W. J. Elmendorf, T.
A. McGowan, Harry Warren and 7
prisoners.
James Carscadden, who recently
went to Ship Creek, has decided to
establish a restaurant there. His
place in Cordova was discontinue/!
yesterday and the material and sup
plies packed up for shipment to the
new location.
Edward Hegner and son R. E.
Hegner will leave tomorrow morn
ing in their small 18-foot Evinrude
boat for Ship Creek. They expect 10
reach Ellamar tomorrow evening
and Valdez the next night. They
will then continue by easy stages
until they reach their destination.
* if the weather conditions should be.
unfavorable they may leave their
boat at Seward and ship it from
there, they themselves also taking
passage on one of the. large steam
ers. The Hegners expect to engage
in business at Ship Cr^ek during the
summer and later to go farming in
that section.
Capt. Frank Cole, is now remodel
ing his boat getting it ready for an
18-horse power Corliss engine,
which he soon expects from the out
fide. He will be engaged this sea
on running between sloughs bring
ing in fish for the Canoe Pass Pack
ing Company which expects to have
its new cnnnery at the outer dock
completed by May 10th. The fish
wifl likely commence to run between
the 15th and 20th of May. . . .
There has been another interrup
tion of the cable. It occurred this
morning between Sitka and Valdez,
but not until considerable of the
press dispatches had been received, j
Later telegrams were received by j
wirelesp from the station at Sitka'1
to Whitshed. From here it is sent!
by cable to Valdez and Sew^ard and 1
rom Valdez the usual way to the!
interior.
George, the Japanese cook at Fred j
Schiller'S, expects to start a res
taurant in the building formerly
occupied by the. Jap at the end of
First street.
It is reported that the bond of E.
F. Medley, recently appointed U. S.
Commissioner for the Cordova pre
cinct, has been approved by the
court and that his commission ar- i
rived on the morning steamer.
Harmon & Deever have fixed up
an attractive office at their expansive
and popular machine shop, and to
day a telephone was installed. The
number is 39.
Billy Urquhart expects to close his
barber shop in the Rainier-Grand
Hotel, as the room is required as an
entrance to the new Cordova House.
He will move up to the, Horseshoe,
with his partner, Charley Quintan.
Cordova, April 30
The coming of George Max
Esterley to this northland every
season is like the blooming of the
flowers in the springtime. Both are
as certain and as welcome. Since
last fall he has spent considerable
time with his family at Seattle,
when not otherwise entertaining his
scores of northern friends who have
been in the Queen City during the
past few months. He finally set
sail from Seattle on the 24th, on the
steamer Alameda, accompanied by
Mrs. Esterley. They arrived at
Cordova last night and the big min
ing operator expects to leave on the
train tomorrow morning for McCar
thy. From there he will cross over
Sourdough hill, the Nizina river and
hit the trail for his large and com
fortable camp on Chittitu creek,
where he expects to find everything
in readiness for a big season’s j
work. Mr. Esterley has a big
hydraulic plant there and is work
ing in some rich ground. It. re
quired several years of hard work to
open up this section and put in the
necessary machinery but he has
been getting substantial results for
a couple of years past. It is ex
pected tfiat the present season, if
water conditions are favorable,
will permit of a quarter million dol
lars being cleaned up.
Sydney Cooke was a returning
passenger last night from Seattle,
where he went to take Mr. Mickel
son to a hospital. The man had his
leg broken in the Chisana country
and it was three months before he
finally had the bones properly set.
He is now doing well. Mr. Cooke
is an engineer employed by F. T.
ITamshaw in looking after his prop
erties in the Chisana. He will leave
for the. interior on the morning
train. He states that Mr. Hamshaw
is in New York this week but is
expected soon to leave for Seattle
and the north. Mr. Cooke states
that the recent rich strike on Dry
Gulch is very encouraging and is an
indication of what may be expected
on many creeks after the long dis
tance is driven to bed rock.
(.apt. Gilbert T. Rude, in com
,mand of the coast and geodetic
survey boat Taku, which has been
stationed in Prince William Sound
for several years past, was an
arrival on the steamer Alameda last
night. He, is accompanied by Mrs.
Rude and their active young son
Gilbert, Jr. First Officer Geo. R.
Kantzler, accompanied by his wife
and baby, were also arrivals, as well
as a crew of thirteen fine young fel
lows, whose, names are: W. A. Hol
comb, A. W. Berglind, C. W. Con
nors, M. R. Jewett, A. M. Clark, 0
N. Marten, Ivan M. Phelps, Thos.
Strimple, Carl Carlson, W. B. Stew
art, K. Hanaya, S. Umatani. The
entire party are quartered for the
present at the Hotel Northern.
Capt. Rude’s orders for this sea
son will keep him close to Cordova,
as the work of surveying wil] be
confined largely to Port Gravina
which is a little to the westward of
the. U. S. Military reservation that
adjoins the Nelson townsite, and to
Port Fidelgo. The Taku has been
laid up in the slough adjoining town
during the past winter. It will re
quire considerable overhauling be
fore it is ready for commission. This
the crew will start in to do within a
couple of days. The boat will be
painted and l^ef deck corked. A new
engine came up on the Alameda and
will be installed. New boilers are
coming, on a freighter due here
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about May 12. The old boilers will
be taken out and replaced. It may
require six weeks to do the work
necessary before the Taku is again
ready for her season’s work.
Capt. Rude and family spent the
winter in Seattle, where he was en
gaged most of the time in the coast
and geodetic office and part of the
time on the Sound. First Officer
Kantzler has also been stationed at
Seattle.
The steamer Alameda, after mak
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ing the trip to Cordova in five days,
reached port la.t night shortly after
nine o’clock. She was crowded
with passengers, most of whom were
for Seward and Knik. There was
also considerable freight for the lat
ter place. The steamer was in port
until after 3 o’clock this morning,
discharging freight. Some of it j
conssited of supplies and machinery I
for the government boat Taku. The
following were the Seattle passen- j
gers for Cordova:
Mrs. C. Tillman, J. J. Collins,
Peter Xiles, W. B. Stew-art, C. X.
Crary, Mrs. G. Philips, A. E. Ander
son, D. Bosseau, W. Tickner, G. K.
Kartzfel, W. A. Holcomb, A.
Joachims and wife, Capt. Gilbert T.
Rude and wife, C. Carlson, H. W.
Ee.rglund, S. Palmer, O. Ackerson,
S. Cooks, Geo. Max Esterley and
wife, Gus Pada, P. Delmage, Kick
Klick, M. Cholovich and 25 second
class.
Cordova, May 1
The steamer Admiral Watson was
in port today about an hour, arriv
ing shortly after noon. She had a
large number of passengers aboard
but they were principally for the far
westward, including 25 cabin and 31 (
second-class passenge.rs for Knik.
There were four second-class for;
Cordova and the Simpson family for i
Valdez, composed of M. Simpson and ;
wife, John, Philip, Ted and Edwin
The steamer Mariposa arrived |
from the westward this afternoon at j
2:30 o’clock and sailed at 4 for j
Skagwav and Seattle. She. will not '
stop at Juneau on her southbound j
passage. .She was occupied threej
and a; half., days at Knik Anchorage ;
in discharging freight. This loca
tion is just opposite Ship Creek and
18 miles south of the. town of Knik,
to which place the large vessels
cannot go. The following took
passage at Cordova:
For Seattle—L. S. Bitner and
wife, Curly Welsh, Roy De.Leo, S. E.
Reed, T. T. Lane and wife, Louis
Anderson, Mrs. Jeonne Derval, Mrs.
M. Brock, Miss Christine Oslund,
Mrs. Caleb Corser an dchildren.
For Ketchikan—Geo. West-.
For Wrangel—E. C. Murphy, E.
Menaa.
The boys and girls who attend the
Presbyterian Sunday school had
their regular monthly gathering at
the Manse last night. Games were
indulged, refreshments furnished
and a general good time had by the
large, number present.
C. N. Crary states that the only
work to be done on the Copper
Mountain properties this year by the
Great Northern Development Com
pany will be the necessary assess
ment work, which will be performed I
later in the season. He states that
Mr. E. F. Gray is now in New York
and that he is in hopes of doing
some more work this season in the.
development of the Hegal property,
near Kennecott. Mr. Crary has
been engaged by Geo. Max Este.rly
and will leave with him on Monday’s
train for Chittitu creek, where he j
will be employed for the season. i
Ge.o. Max Ester'.y, who has the j
big placer mining operation on i
Chittitu Creek decided not to leave j
for the property until Monday morn
ing, although several of his men left
on the train this morning. Mrs.
Esterlv will not go to the interior on
this trip, but will remain at the
■Windsor hotel for a few days until
♦he return of the steamer Alameda
♦rom Knik Anchorage, when she
will depart for her home, in Seattle, j
Mrs. Maleom Brock and son John
were outgoing passengers this after
noon on the steamer Alameda. They
will spepd s^'-’-al months in Cali
fornia end will return after Mr.
Brock goes down for a little visit
and to bring them back.
Cordova, May 3
A cannery employee, fell over the
outer wharf on Saturday night an.l
struck his head on a boat that was
in the water below. He sustained a
bad cut and was brought to town to
receive the attention of Dr. Chase.
Another ejnploye was brought up |
from Orca yesterday to have his
foot attended to by Dr. Chase. >
bowlder fell on it and caused a ba .
injury.
The bridge at Chitina has been
temporarily repaired so that trains
may run ovej it. The ice, however,
is beginning to break again and the
floes may soon again cause bents of
the bridge to be carried away and
again suspend traffic temporarily.
The special train that went out on
Saturday was able to make conne'1
tions at 'Chitinh with a train" that
went through to the end of the line.
Twenty-five cars of copper ore was
brought across the bridge and
reached Cordova on the train early
Sunday afternoon. A good part of
this ore will be shipped to the
Tacoma smelter on the steamer
Alameda, due on her southbound
trip in a day or two. The train went
out this morning and will return
from Chitina tomorrow afternoon,
bringing a few more, cars of ore.
Owing to the fact that the Chitina
bridge was out of commission a few
days by reason of the ice floes carry
ing away a few bents considerable
copper ore accumulated on the other
side of the Copper river. But the
temporary repair of the bridge on
Saturday has again permitted trains
to run over the bridge. On Sunday's
train 25 cars were brought to Cor-;
Bonanza
and Jumbo mines with the exception
of one car from the Mother Lode
mine. Twelve, of the cars, contain
ing 582 tons, were unloaded on the
dock last evening and the empties
were sent back on the train this
morning to Kennecott, to reload. On
the train tomorrow afternoon 16 or
17 cars are expected in. Considerable
of thi3 ore will be loaded on the
steamer Alameda, southbound.
Cordova, May 4
The local interest in base ball is
to be revived at the new ball park
on Sunday afternoon. Commencing
at 3 o’clock the single men. under
the captaincy of John Berry, will
cross bats with a married team,
selected by Dr. Council. This was
the decision at the meeting held last
night at the Chamber of Commerce
room.
Dr. Council was in a very happy
frame of mind last night, as he had
just received a wire to the effect that
he was the father of another baby
girl, a young sister to Cordova's
favorite, little Nancy. Mrs. Council
is in Seattle and the report stated
that she. was doing well.
The steamer Alameda left Seward
last night on her return from Ship
Anchorage. She is due to arrive at
Cordova tonight about 8 o’clock and
will remain in port ten hours. It is
expected that she will take aboard
about 1,000 tons of copper ore,
which is about one-half the amount
now awaiting shipment to the
Tacoma smelter.
The steamer Northwestern sailed
from Juneau for Skagway about S
o’clock this morning, and is due to
leave there for Cordova this evening.
In that event she should reach Cor
dova early on Thursday afternoon.
That the new railroad terminus
on Cook’s Inlet is to have some ot
the up-to-date requirements of a
modern village is evident from the.
following article in the Seward
Gateway:
“A company composed of eastern
capitalists has been formed for the
purpose of establishing an electric
power and light plant for Ship Creek
and one of the capitalists interested
went through to that place on the
Evans. Jack McEachern, formerly
superintendent of the electric com
pany at Cordova, is the moving spirit
in the enterprise. He has been here
all winter but earlier in the season
he. staked the water right on Ship
Creek and has had a man working
on it a’l the winter at his own ex
?iense. The company is known as the
Shin Creek Electric Company. Mr.
McEachern left on the Mariposa for
the scene of his future, activities.”
A new election law will be in
effect at the Territorial election on
November 2, 1916. In fact it is no>\
effective, as it has received the sig
nature of the governor. The new
law will cause many changes in the
method of holding elections in
Alaska and will also regulate the.
primary elections and tend to dis
courage the purchase of votes.
The proposed law which would
have allowed the taxing of property
at a greater rate than 2 per cent
and would have done away with the
present license tax was defeated in
the legislature and the committee
was appointed to draft a special
license law in order to raise more
funds.
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McCarthy, April 26, 1915.
McCarthy is again showing signs
of considerable building activity.
Fred Cope has commenced the erec
tion of a two-story addition to his
hotel. A large refrigerator will be
built into it which will enable him
to supply his restaurant and the
community with good meats during
the summer months.
W. W. Harvey & Co. are erecting
a stoTe building on Front Street
which they have already leased to
Mrs. Marie Hendrickson.
A. E. Todd lately received a
large shipment of men’s furnishings
including Filson's waterproof cloth
ing, Dry-Sox and Olympic shoes,
S. White boots and pacs. His motto
is “Good Goods” and his stock
shows it. He says McCarthy is the j
coming Butte City of Alaska and lie
intends to stay with it.
Messrs. Ed. Lindig and Sam Rog-j
ers, proprietors of the Hotel Golden,'
gave a very pleasant party at their j
hotel last Saturday evening. Danc
ing was indulged in until midnight
and it was the unanimous expres
sion of all who attended that they
had a most enjoyable evening.
Everyone is pleased to see this
popular hotel again open to the
public.
It had been expected to have
“Alaska Day” at the San Francisco
exposition early in August, but
much complaint was offered because
that was the busy mining season
and a time not convenient for many
Alaskans to be outside. As a conse
quence the time will be deferred
and it will likely be October 18. the
anniversary of the transfer of the
j territory from Russia to the United
[States. The exposition management
had inquired of Governor Strong
• whether October 15 would be satis
1 factory to the people of Alaska, and
; he replied suggesting October 18 as
I “Alaska Day,” which will likely be
• acceptable to the exposition manage
jment. That date has already been
[ designated by the San Diego exposi
|tion as "Alaska Day.”
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE
To Ben C. Hannam. administrator of
the Estate of Janies Garrett, de
ceased and to iris heirs and
assigns of said James Garrett.
— You are hereby noticed that I, the
subscriber, Ringwald Iilix. 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.
JSaid ‘Placer Mining Claim is situ
ated on Slate Creek, Copper Center
Recording Precinct, Alaska. The
notice of location thereof is of
record in T3ook I, Page 120 of Min
ing Locations in said recording office
at.Copper Center Alaska. To which
book and page reference is hereby
made f.or a-,more particular descrip
tion of said claim. Such expenditure
was made for the purpose of holding
possessory "right and title to said
claim under provisions of Section
2324 of the Revised Statutes of the
United States and the amendment-!
thereof providing for annual labor
upon mining claims. That is to say
that an hundred dollars worth of
labor and improvements was made
upon said placer claim and that I as
co-owner have expended the amounts
which were for (he interest of sail
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 the undersigned co
owner under said Section 2324, Re
vised Statutes of the United States.
RINGWALD BLIX.
First publication, March 9, 1915.
Last publication, June 15, 1915.
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Natives Are Citizens
The governor has signed the hill
passed by the legislature and which
makes the, natives full ciitzens of
the territory and entitled to vote at
alt elections.
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