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Cordova, May 13.
J. W. Forrester and E. M. Bates,
holding responsible positions with
the Copper River & Northwestern
Railway, with headquarters at (
Chitina, returned yesterday from a
trip outside. Mrs. Bates and her
daughter, Mrs. Forrester, remained
a short time, longer at Portland,
but sailed on the Alameda last night
for Cordova.
Otto Lubbe, who is engaged in the
freighting business at McCarthy,
came from the interior to meet his
wife and two children, who arrived
on the steamer yesterday. They will
go out on the train tomorrow.
Capt. Rude and his crew boarded
the survey boat Taku early 'this
morning and steamed away to
Portage bay, where the. captain will
perform some triangulation, in com
pletion of the work started last
summer. After he finishes that he
will go to Landlock bay and other
near localities, expecting to make
his headquarters at Ellamar for a
couple of months. He will then
return to Cordova and continue
work in this part of Prince William
Sound. Mrs. Rude and son Gilbert
accompanied the captain on the trip.
Mrs. C. C. Coulter and young son
were arrivals yesterday from Chitina,
having come through from Nelchina,
where they went with Mr. Coulter
the latter part of March from Valdez
and over the summit. Mrs. Coulter
states that nothing new has been
discovered this spring although
' when she left one hole was down
150 feet and there were indications
that bed rock would soon be reached.
Colors were found and all were
anxiously awaiting an anticipated
strike of pay dirt. Commissioner
Shaw was still hopeful that some of
the creeks upon which work was
being done would show up good
results. About 200 people are in
camp. Mrs. Coulter will return to
her home at Seattle on the steamer
Mariposa.
Cordova's three school directors,
Mrs. W. J. McDonald, James Flynn
and A. J. Adams held a short session
last evening and made selection of
teachers for the term commencing
September 1. The present incum
bents were re-elected, at the same
salaries. They are: Miss Elsie
Ware, who teaches the higher
grades, salary $135 per month, and
Miss Ella Crabb, primary teacher,
. salary $125 per month. In view of
the resignation of A. M. Laska, a
new janitor was elected in the per
son of C. C. O’Neil, at a salary of
$60 per month. The present term of
school will close on Friday May 22.
Dr. Council, president of the
Cordova Democratic Club, received
a letter last evening from Secretary
of the Interior Lane, with reference
to his entertainment by the club
upon his visit to Cordova in July.
Secretary Lane stated that he
would be dee-ligntea, out inai at
this time, he could make no defi
nite plans. Governor Lister, of
Washington state, replied through
his secretary that he expected to
leave with the excursion on May 15,
and would be pleased to be enter
tained by the club if opportunity
permitted. Secretary Scheffler had
a wire today from Governor Strong
stating that he had been detained
in Washington and would not be
able to leave there for a few days,
consequently he could not be one of
the excursionists to leave Seattle on
the 15th of May. He did state,
however, that he expected to be n
Cordova later in the summer.
The ice is still flowing in the
Copper River and there was quite a
run last evening and today. As a
result some additional bents of the
timber bridge at Chitina have been
carried away. About 560 feet, or
34 bents, of the three quarters of a
mile structure have be,en affected,
x which is more than usual during the
spring runs of ice. As no repairs
can be started until the ice is all
out it is not likely that the bridge
will again be in condition to run
'' trains over until the first part of
June. In the meantime Chief Gooi
la-Taw is conducting a ferry and
safely transporting passengers across
the stream so that they can make
connections with all regular trains.
A train will go out from Cordova
tomorrow, as usual, and run to
Chitina. Passengers will be taken
across by the Chief and a connecting
train on the other side of the river
will continue through to Kenncott.
The mail will also go through, al
though at present it is not possible
to get heavy freight through.
> Cordova, May 14.
The train went out this morning
with a few interior passengers and
reached Chitna in good time this
afternoon. While there was a heavy
run of ice in the Copper river last
i^ght it was running lightly today
and it is believed that there will be
no further damage to the Chitina
bridge. So soon as the ice is ail out
a big force of men will be put to
work to put in the number of bents
that were washed away.
Cordova, May 15.
Andrew Huldberg, who was in
jured some time ago at the Kus
kulina bridge, was an outgoing pas
senger on the Mariposa this after
noon. He intends going back to
Rochester, Minn., to enter the hos
pital of the Mayo Brothers for
treatment to his foot.
R. J. Boryer, local attorney for
the Copper River & Northwestern
Railway, left on the steamer Mari
posa this afternoon. there are
reports that Mr. Boryer contem
plates locating at Seattle to practice
his profession.
The Chamber of Commerce has
taken up the matter of trying to
secure a tract of land to be used
as a baseball ground. The mo3t
available location is across the rail
road track in the. rear of the lumber
yard. A conference was had today
with Su'pt. Corser and he indicated
that he would have the field sur
veyed and get an estimate from
Engineer Sellin as to the probable
cost of doing such work as is neces
sary to make an available ball
ground. There is a strong senti
ment throughout the town of having
a ball park if it can be secured
without too much cost.
J. B. Carlisle, and wife were out
going passengers on the steamer
Mariposa. Jack has a six months
lay-off from the railroad company
and will take a trip to Buenos
Ayres, expecting to return to
Cordova.
The street committee of council
is employing men and teams to do
work on the various streets where it
appears to be urgently necessary.'
Some of the bad places in the roa 1
to the wharf will be repaired, so
that a better appearance will be
presented to visitors and passengers
entering town.
Father Van der Pohl w as a pas- i
senger on the. Mariposa from Val- j
dez. He will remain here over the j
coming Sunday only, and will go to j
Skagway on the steamer next week
to remain there a couple of weeks.
J. W. Spaulding and family are
recent arrivals in our midst, having
come from Seattle on the Mariposa
and taken up their residence in the
Price cottage on Fourth avenue. Mr.
Spaulding has lived in various parts
of Alaska, including Valdez. Seven
years ago, when Cordova was
known as Eyak he was here for a
time. Mr. Spaulding is hopeful that
contemplated railroad construction
in this section will make Cordova a
good town in which to live and do
i business.
Cordova, May 16.
Rev. Ziegler returned yesterday
front a trip to Chitina, where he
held service in the new A. B. build
ing. He reports the people of that
town in a hopeful frame of mind,
and that the new Arctic Brother
hood organization is doing much to
'■ foster a more friendly spirit. It '8
now the custom to have weekly
gatherings of a social nature, at
tended by nearly all the people ’n
town.
M. Brock is having the Gilman
house made bright and attractive
with a new coat of paint. Tom Scott
and family are now occupying this
house.
H. J. WatKins, Jr., postmaster,
station agent, express agent, and
I with other multitudinous duties on
his shoulders wtfen he is at Kenne
cott, came to town yesterday and
will go to Valdez on Monday to serve
as a grand juror.
The grand jury that has been
drawn in connection with the May
term of court at Valdez are expected
j to get together on Monday, upon the
I arrival of the steamer Alameda.
Those drawn from Cordova are:
Oscar Larson, J. P, Swanson, John
P. Orwin and Len A. White. From
Kennecott, H. J. Watkins, Jr., is a
member. The petit jury will appear
a week later, on May 25. Those
from this section are as follows:
Cordova—D. P. Griswold, V. A.
Schmitz, Charles Eklund, Charles
Goodall, Bartley Howard.
Kennecott—T. B. Tansy, John
Thorp, E. C. Maddox, L. S. Bitner.
McCarthy—John E. Barrett, Janies
Heney.
Tiekel—Edward Bates.
James Heney, Alick Holman and
Axsel Almdahl were passengers from
the interior on yesterday’s train.
John E. Barrett, one of the old
timers at McCarthy, or as it is now
known, Shusnanna Junction, was an
arrival in town yesterday. He re
ports that the new town is growing
rapidly.
Interest is keen over the prospects
of having a ball ground in town. It
is believed that the acreage over
"Beyond the depot ~can~ be’fixed up at
comparatively little cost. The com
pany has agreed to do everything
possible to help the project along.
By having one or two days when the
town people would turn out and give
a hand, and with the aid of a
ditcher, it is thought that a good
ball park could soon be made. The
towns of Chitina and McCarthy have
already hall grounds and teams and
it is believed that they would be
glad to come to Cordova on July 4th
and engage in a contetst if we had
suitable grounds.
L. S. Bitner and wife came down
from Kennecott yesterday and are .it
the Hotel Windsor. They will go to
Valdez neat week, where Mr. Bitner
will serve as a member of the petit
jury.
Yesterday morning Fred O’Neil
arrived on the launch Swan from
Cape Hinchinbrook where he is em
ployed by Capt. Warner to assist in
salving the wrecked lighthouse
tender Armeria. He returned later
in the day with supplies for the camp
that has been established there. Mr.
O’Neil states that they have raised
several buoys and a number of
acetylene tanks and are hopeful that
the project will prove quite profit
able.
Cordova. May 18.
There is trouble out tlie railroad,
caused by the unusually early
freshets. Formerly ice gradually
rotted and melted but this year it is
breaking up and moving. As a re
sult part of the bridge at Flag
Point has been affected and so has
some of the idling crossing the
flats. No attempt was made to get
out a passenger and freight train
this morning. The mail, however,
was sent out and was transferred
over the bad places and will be
taken through to Chitina today. It
is not expected to send out a train
until the end of the week.
Although government mail in
limited quantities has been going
into the Chisana throughout the
winter, Chief Mail Clerk Alvah
Karnes recently let a new contract.
It provides for a mail every two
weeks to go from McCarthy to
Chisana, and return. The. weight is
200 pounds, which it is thought will
be liberal enough to take in thei
first and second class mail offered,
which includes, letters and news
papers. It is not the intention to
carry groceries, hardware, feed, or
any other heavy commodities. The
contract has been awarded to J. A.
Fagenberg. The first mail under the
new arrangement left McCarty Sun
day morning. A special contract
will be given to take in all the
accumulation that is now nt
McCarthy.
J. L. O’Brien, chairman of the
mining committee of the Chamber of
Commerce, is making every effort to
secure a large and creditable exhibit
of ores of all kinds for exhibit in a
cabinet to be placed in the new
rooms of the Chamber, which are
about ready for occupancy. The
mines committee is desirous of
having all the properties in the in
terior country represented with
specimens of their copper or gold
ores.
Cordova, May 1 9.
The steamer Alameda sailed for
the westward last evening about
5:30 o’clock and left Valdez at 3
o'clock this morning, being due to
arrive at Seward at 5 p. m. and sail
this evening at 9. She should return
to Cordova about 3 o'clock Wed
nesday afternoon, and will only be
in port an hour before departing for
the south. The following passengers
from here went to the westward:
For Valdez—A. F. Sejlers, Nor
man Leopold, James Heney, L. A.
White, J. E Barrett, P. Jersted, Geo.
Winter, Tom Coffey, H. J. Watkins.
For Latouche—-John Nelson.
For Ellamar—Sam Savage.
For Seward—Alex Holstein, Axel
Almdahl.
The freighter Seward will arrive
at Cordova on Wednesday morning
about 2 o’clock, with 125 tons of
freight for this port.
Capt. Lathrop has not heard any
thing definitely about the arrival of
the Admiral Sampson, but rather
expects that she will leave Juneau
tonight sometime and reach Cordova
on Friday morning. The excursion
ists may not make the trip to the
glacier until on their return from
the westward.
The conditions out the line are
improving and it is expected that
soon the present difficulties will he
overcome. At Chitna they are still
transferring mail and passengeis
across the Copper River. The ice
has stopped running and this morn
ing the pile driver and a force of
men were put to work in repairing
the Chitina bridge. The work will
be rushed as rapidly as possible, but
in the meantime transfers will con
tinue. .
The water is receding at Mile 34
and Flag Point, but repairs will not
be made for several days. Trains
will run as usual with mail and
passengers but transfers will ne
made at the troublesome points. A
'train from Chitina, bringing pas
sengers and mail from Kennecott
will arrive this evening. A train
for Chitina will leave Cordova on >
Thursday morning and transfers of
passengers and mad will be made.
William O’Connor, recently ap
pointed U. S. Commissioner for the
Chitina precinct, sent bis bond to i
Judge Brown on the steamer last
evening. This morning he received
a wire from the judge stating that
his bond had been approved and re
questing that he proceed at once *o
Chitina and assume the duties of his
office. Mr. O’Connor will take the
first train for the interior, which
leaves on Thursday morning and
expects to reach Chitina that evening
and take over the office, which has
be.en temporarily filled by Judge
Oscar Fish, since the death of Judge
d’Heirry.
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Fred Brown, the veteran operator
on Unga Island, recently came from
Seattle with a crew of six experts!
who will install a 200-ton cyanide |
plant at the Appollo mines this j
summer. Equipment and supplies to
| the value of $30,000 are following
| them. Something like 400,000 yards
i of tailings from the 60-stamp mill
are to be handled by the new cyanide
plant, some of it being taken from
the sea dump by special permission
of the government. Thirty stamps
j were operated last season and al
I most as many more will be worked
| this year. Mr. Brown has the
; Appollo leased from the Alaska
Commercial Company.
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The Valdez Civic League has been
formed by the women of our neigh,
boring town. The organization plans
many things for the improvement of
the city and will take steps at once
to have the vacant lots cleaned of
the winter’s accumulation of trash;
will arrange for the planting of trees
along the. principal streets and take
an active part in improving the gen
! eral appearance of the city. Mrs.
| T. J. Donohoe was elected president
! of the new organization, Mrs. Mt
i Gilvery vice-president, and Mrs.
* Albert White secretary-treasurer.
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The grand jury went into session
j at Valdez this morning. There are
j several cases to be brought before
: that body. The petit jury will con
l vene on Monday next so that if true
: bills are found trial can proceed at
once. A number of jurors will sail
front here either on the Sampson or
Northwestern, the. latter steamer
having left Seattle last night.
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j The day following the appoin:
, nient of Harry A. Bishop, of Juneau,
as U. S. Marshal for the First divi
sion, he assumed the duties of his
office on the 12th, through an emerg
ency appointment from Judge R. W.
1 Jennings of the United States Dis
trict court. Judge Jennings, acting
upon telegraphic instructions re
ceived from the attorney general,
entered an order making the ap
pointment, and Mr. Bishop will serve
i under that order, pending the action
of the Senate upon the nomination
; for the. office by the President. The
former official, Mr. Faulkner, states
| that he had not resigned. He was
appointed by President Taft on April
i 30, 1910. His confirmation by the
Senate came on May 8, the follow
ing year, after the bitter Alaskan
political fight that waged in Wash
ington. His term would have ex
| pired next year.
The United States marshal’s office
at Juneau is the distributor of con
siderable patronage. There are ten
deputies which the marshal names.
I They are stationed as follows: Chief
deputy, Juneau, salary $2,200; office
deputy, Juneau, salary $1,800; office
; deputy, Ketchikan, salary $1,600;
| deputy, Haines, salary $1,500; dep
uty, Skagway, salary $1,600; deputy
' Petersburg, salary $1,600; deputy*,
I Craig, salary $1,600; deputy, Doug
las, $1,600; deputy, Wrangell, salar^
$1,200; deputy, Sitka, salary $1.200,,
| The marshal is paid an annual salary
of $4,000, for a term of four years,
i In addition to the deputy mar
shals, there are 17 guards appointed,
8 in the Juneau jail, 2 each at Sitka,
Ketchikan and Wrangell, and 1 each
at Petersburg, Skagway and Haines.
The guards are paid at the rate of
$100 a month.
NOTICE OF PROBATE
Notice is hereby given that I have
been appointed administrator of the
estate of Paul d’Heirry, deceased,
which estate is now being probated
in the Probate Couit of the Chitina
Precinct, Alaska. All persons hav
ing claims against the said estate
will please present them for pay
ment with the proper vouchers,
within six months from the 29th
day of April, A. D. 1914.
HORACE LEACH,
Administrator.
Dated at Chitina, Alaska, April
29, 1914.
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Send the Daily Alaskan to friends.
The Juneau Democratic Club at a
well attended meeting the other
night adopted a resolution approv
ing the appointment of Harry A.
Bishop for United States marshal,
and asking the United States Sen
ate to confirm the appointment. It
directed the secretary to notify
Chas. Rosenberg, of Katalla, who
had suggested that Democrats and
Republicans alike endorse Judge
James Wickersham for Delegate to
Congress that the club could not do
so “because he's not a Democrat.”
Communications from the Nome
Democratic Club attacking Judge
John Randolph Tucker, United
States District Attorney Saxton and
United States Marshal Jordan for re
taining Republicans in office were
read. The. Nome Club has 178 mem
bers. The secretary was directed to
notify it that the Juneau club al
ready has gone on record in favor of |
the appointment of Democrats only j
to political offices.
The Fairbanks Demcrats, who said
they would have. 300 members in
their club before opening of the
campaign, desired to keep in touch
with the Democrats of other divi
sions, and invited discussion of can
didates for the nomination of a
Delegate to Congress. Fairbanks has
no candidate at this time. The
secretary was directed to reply that
the First division has no candidate
as far as is known.
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The Yukon Gold Company, which
is the title of the Guggenheim cor
poration operating placer mines in
Yukon Territory and the Territory
of Alaska, has filed with Charles
E. Davidson. Secretary of the Terri
tory, papers revoking the appoint
ment of Senator Henry Roden as
Alaska agent for that corporation.
At the same time a certificate of ap
pointment designating Edwin A.
Austin of Iditarod as the company
agent for Alaska, was placed on
record.
Frederic W. Bradley, president of
the Alaska Treadwell Gold Mining
Company and president and princi
pal stockholder of the Alaska
Juneau Gold Mining Company, la
now on his way from San Francisco
to Juneau and Treadwell to spend
the summer looking after his large
mining interests there.
President Bradley was recently In
New York, on a mission connected
with the further construction work
on the Alaska Juneau property.
New York mining papers have re
ported that a plan to consolidate the
Alaska Juneau mine with the
Alaska Gastineau property, while
not yet consummated, may go
through before this time next year.
The first clean-up has been made
at the Alaska Juneau mill, where
ten stamps have been steadily drop
ping. According to Supt. Robert A.
Kinzie, the returns were very satis
factory.
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ROME, May 19.—From the high
est Vatican sources it is learned that
Pope Pius has postponed until the
latter part of May the calling of a
consistory in order to permit the
attendance of the three American
princes of the church. Cardinal
Gibbons, Cardinal Farley and Cardi
nal O'Connel. The consistory was to
have been held at Faster and its
postponement at that time caused uo
little comment as there are now six
teen vacancies in the Sacred College
and the immediate creation of new
cardinals is deemed most urgent.
Pope Pius’ deference to the
wishes, however, of the three Ameri
can cardinals was influenced, it is
stated, also largely by his own de
sire to have them present at the
consistory. The latter were obliged
to come to Rome this year to make
their “ad limina’’ visi's to the Pope
and having arranged to do this in
May, Pope Pius decided that a
month’s postponement of the con
sistory should take place for their
benefit. The presence of the three
American princes together with the
large number of cardinals to be
created is expected to give the con
i sistory almost the same importance
and interest as attached to that of
1911 when Cardinals Farley, Fal
conio and O’Connell were elevated to
the purple
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