Cordova, April 7
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* Citizens’ Progressive Ticket *
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* H. C. Ross.104 *
* Dr. AV. H. Chase.158 *
* E. E. Ray.155 *
* E. V. Boyle.148 *
* Price Nettleton.148 *
* J. E. Currier.142' *
* Chas. J. Goodall.136 *
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* Peoples’ Ticket *
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* Henry A. Slater .174 *
* Bartley Howard.108 *
* Ar. A. Schmitz.108 *
* AA’. Ii. Smith.165 *
* Thos. C. Price.165 *
* E. J. Davis.164 *
* Geo. C. llazelet.162 *
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FOP. SCHOOL CLEF.X:
Frank A. Jones.100
Duard Mosser.193
Immediately after the polls closed
last night at 7 o’clock a large crowd
assembled at the Town Hail to
watch the, count. As the ballots
were first read off, the first seven
being for the entire Peoples’ ticket,
the followers of that side began to
smile, triumphantly and whisper
about a landslide. Then three solid
votes for the Citizens’ ticket fol
lowed and thus it went on, the solid
tickets coming out in bunches for
one or the other side. When 200
votes had been cast the high men
were Slater, Howard, Schmitz and
Smith of the Peoples’ party and
Ross, Chase and Ray on the. Citizens
ticket. This continued on and off
until near the end of the counting,
when a couple of bunches of solid
tickets displaced Chase and Ray
and gave Price and Davis a place
among the highest seven. Ross led
his ticket as soon as split tickets be
gan to appear, and vied with Slater
for first place. Hazelet fell to the
rear by a few votes as soon as split
tickets appeared, and in the end was
defeated by Ross, the only man
elected on the Citizens’ tickef.
A change of six votes would have
elected Chase and Ray and defeated
Davis and Smith. A change of ten
votes would have elected Boyle and
Nettleton and defeated Price, and
Schmitz. So the closeness of the
contest may be appreciated. Had
the Citizens’ ticket received ten of
the solid votes cast for the Peoples’
ticket by the 20 or 25 men, desig
nated as the “floating” vote and
w'hich were, controlled by booze and
money, five of the Citizens’ ticket
would have been elected. Had the
change been 14, six of the Citizens’
candidates would have been buc
cesstul.
Deming Wheeler and his dogs are
again with us„ hav;ng arrived on
yesterday’s train. Last fall Mr.
Whee’er went to the westward from
here and struck out over the trail
to Kaltag. He went to the Iditarod,
on to Kaltag and over into the Nome
' country. After five weeks the.re he
returned on March 24. After a few
days there he came on to the coast
and will remain here, for a time.
Geo. Howard Birch, manager of
the Dan Creek Mining Company,
was an arr-’val yesterday and will
leave on the morning train for Mc
Carthy. From there he will go over
Sourdough hill and the Nizina river
to his big placer operations near the
mouth of Dan Creek. He had his
supplies for the season freighted in
long before the break-up, and only
brought with him some chickens,
vegetables and a few other necessi
ties. He states that George Max
Esterly is in Seattle and will not
leave for the north until towards
the end of the month. Mr. Birch
brings no new railroad information,
jf James J. Godfrey and wife were
arrivals on yesterday’s train from
the interior, having been on the
property of the Mother Lode Cop
per Mines Company for several
months past. They took the steamer
this morning for Valdez and will re
turn and go outside on the same
steamer. Mr. Godfrey is president
of the Mother Lode Company and
' will go at once to New York on im
portant business. During the past
winter considerable high grade cop
per ore has been shipped to the
VaCoiria sme.lter. But the breaking
up of the trails has prevented any
further shipments until next winter,
as the ore has to be hauled by
teams for 12 miles from the tram
vjyv to the, railway at. McCarthy. The
hreak-un came three weeks earlier
this year than heretofore, the last
shipment being a car-load that was
se.nt south on the last steamer. Mr.
Godfrey left 30 men at work at the
mines and they will be engaged in
olocking out and getting ore ready
for shipment next winter. They
have uncovered large bodies of the
high-gp-ade ore that it is expected
will place the. Mother Lode on a par
with the Eonanza and other great,
copper mines.
The steamer Mariposa arrived
from the south at 9 o’clock last
night and remained in port until 3
o’clock this morning, when she
sailed for Valdez. She will only go
as far as Seward and is expected
back on Friday morning. She will
likely remain at Cordova until the
early afternoon, to wait for passen
gers and mail that will be on the
rain for Chitina. The passengers
■'or this section of Alaska were as
follows:
For Cordova—P. W. Lee, E. J.
Tves, J. N. Barnhart, Mary Difflev,
T. Fitzgerald, Thos. Hyde, G. H.
Birch, Mrs. M. C .Smith, C. Smith,
H. Ross, F. M. Poore, F. J. Mc
Croskey, M. Edgren, Ed. Straecke1-,
8. L. Sjolseth, A. McCall, Gus Nel
son. Jno. Peterson, J. Malcolm. A.
\nderson, Wm. Hull, Jno. Hansen.
E. Soden, Carl Sandberg, C. Haer
rvil, V. A. Schmitz and 8 secoud
c'ass. F^om Juneau—W. J. Shep
ard and 8 second class.
Cordova, April S
Among the Highbrow crowd there
is said to be much difficulty in ad
justing pre-election promises and
already many conferences are being
held in the e.ffort to get the matter
satisfactorily adjusted. Applicants
for places to be given by the new
Council are reported as follows:
Town Clerk—Lewy Belter, E. F.
Medle.v, Natjjanael Greene.
Municipal Attorney—E. F. Med
ley.
Municipal Magistrate—Nathanael
Greene, Ed Kelter.
Chief of Police—Hub Bollinger,
Curley Hickman, Dixie Hennecke,
George Dooley.
Fire Chief—Clark Byers, George
Dooley.
Health Officer—Dr. W. W. Coun
cil.
Town Treasurer—H. I. O’Neill,
Jack Sapiro.
Assessor—O. E. Lambert.
Horace Leach came down from
"'hitina on the last train and will
remain here a few days with his
family before leaving for the west
ward, where he expects to spend the
summer in connection with the new
railroad construction.
The Women's Society of Church
Workers he,Id their monthly busi
ness meeting at the Manse yester
day afternoon. Mrs. Hunt was
elected as president, to fill the
vacancy caused by Mrs. Capers
leaving for the outside. A new
order for the social meetings will
be that once a month two ladies
of the society will act as hostesses
at one of the ladies’ home and a
nice time will be had at each meet
ins.
E. A. Cathcart will be an out
going passenger on the steamer to
morrow'. He will go to Seattle to
attend to some business, expecting
to return on the steamer sailing
north on the 24th.
Mr$. J. L. O’Brien will go to
Seattle on the steamer Mariposa to
morrow. After a short visit there
she will go to California and spend
a few weeks with her mother.
Cordova, April 9
E. R. Peoples and wife, C. H.
Sellen, Robt. Lavery, R. J. P. Le
Blanc and wife, and Angus McBride
were arrivals this afternoon from
Fairbanks and are registered at the
Northern Hotel.
The steam freighter Edith arrived
this morning about il o’clock bring
a cargo of lumber and explosives—
divided as follows: C. R. & N. W.
Ry. Co., 51,000 feet; Kennecott
Mines, 119,000 feet; Arctic Lumber
Co., 100,000 feet. Fifty thousand
feet of the latter consignment will
be shipped to Chitina, having been
sold to the U. S. government to
build the warehouse for the Alaska
Road Commission at that interior
town.
Captain McMullen Is in command
of the Edith. .1. H. Proctor, who
for the past couple of years has
ber.n chief freight clerk on the Ala
meda. has been promoted to purser
of the, Edith.
Jack Dalton’s saw mill started up
this morning getting out the lum
ber for building the new cannerv
to he located alongside the mill. It
will take about a week to get out
the required amount. The follow
ing named men are employed at
present: J. E. Currier, Thos. Coch
ran, W. A. Shepard, J. P. R.
Appleby, John Gamble an t A1 Low.
A crew of men in charge of Mr.
Chambers will arrive on. the Ala
meda to put up the cannery.
Mrs. Spurlock, mother of Mrs.
Strattman, left on the steamer
this morning and will go back to her
old home at Galesburg, 111. She is
71 years of age but still active and
fond of travel.
H. P. King, elected to the council.
in Valdez, was formerly mayor of'
Nome, and in 1910 was a member of
the Cordova Council.
Gus Rueter, an employe at the
dock was slightl- injured this after
noon unloading lumber from the
steatner Edith. He was taken to
the hospital. Agent S. R. Hedges
savs his injuries are slight and he
will speedily recover.
Cordova, April 10
E. B. Hanley, who is erecting the
cannery at Mile 55 is a returning
passenger on the Alameda. He will
rush work on his new enterprise
and get everything in readiness for
a busy season.
After an absence of several weeks
in Seattle Capt. A. E. Lathrop will
bo a returning passenger on the
steamer Alameda Sunday night.
The weather record for Cordova
during the past 100 days of the year
1915, up to and including 'April
10th, as kept by Fred Schiller, is
as fellows:
Rain. 30 days; clear, 56 days;
snrw, 14 days; IS days of sunshine
Mrs. Jack Sapiro, who left with
her husband for Seattle about the
middle of November, will arrive on
the steamer Alameda. She spm* |
tlie time with her mother and j
bro+he" in Seattle.
Father Crimor.t came over from i
Valdez on the steamer Mariposa,
and will remain here until the next
southbound steamer.
Codorv.a April IJ.
Of our former townsman the
Juneau Dispatch says:
“Mike Sullivan, he of Portage Bay
fame, returned on the St. Nicholas
from Chichagof, where he has been
making an examination of mining
properties. Mr. Sullivan is an
authority on mining and made a
thorough examination for his peo
ple, but when seen refused to give
any statement regarding his views
on that section of the country.”
E. B. Hanley, who is erecting and
equipping the large new cannery at ,
Mile 55 was an arrival on the morn
ing steamer. He will go out on the
train Thursday. He brought with
him 27 Orientals and 13 fishermen,
who -went to the new cannery this
morning.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Patton
were arrivals on the steamer Ala
meda this morning and are tem
porarily sojourning at the Hotel
Northern. Mr. Patton comes to
again take charge of the Cordova
cable office, after having served at
the Seattle office during the past
year. He will relieve W. B. Gilbert,
who will depart for Seattle on the
Alameda. Mr. Gilbert has a large
circle of friends here who will re
gret to see this efficient and pleas
ant young man leave us. The Pat
tons will be warmly welcomed for
during their former residenec here
of several years they made a host
of friends.
Considerable material and sup
plies, as well as a number of men
arrived on the steamer Alameda for
the Canoe Pass Packing Co. Tlii3
is the new company that is about to
erect a cannery adjoining .Tack
Dalton’s saw' mill. The Wh'arf ir
also being extended from the m'U. |
J. B. Parks, who has been era- j
ployed at various interior mines for 1
years past was a returning passen
ger on the Aalameda. He has been
spending the winter at Seattle and
San Francisco. He now may go to
the westward.
Delegate James Wiekersham was
an arrival on the steamer Alameda
early this morning. He took the
train at 8 o’clock this morning and
will go to Fairbanks, to spend the
summer. Tne Delegate has been at
Juneau for a couple of weeks past.
When asked about his intentions re- j
garding statehood for Alaska he
siated that th"> fight had just com
menced and that while it might
take several years to bring it about
he expected to be on the job every
minute while lie was a member of
Congress. While he did not know
whether Alaska would become
“dry” in the immediate future, the
Delegate expressed the belief that
within five years the entire country
would he under a prohibition law.
Judge Wiekersham expressed regret
that he could not meet and confer
with his friend^ and constituents in
Cordova but urgent business at
Fairbanks did not permit of any
longer delay. Mrs. Wievkersham 1s
not with him but expects to go to
the interior later via Skagway and
the river route.
John Gillis, operator in charge or
the wireless station at Whitshed
came to town today and will go
with T. P. Hurd tomorrow to sur
vey the land for the new radio sta
tion on the Copper River flats. They
expe.ct to start at Mile 12% and will
survey a section of land.
The steamer Admiral Watson ar
rived in port early Sunday morning
and left an hour later for the west
ward. She had a large list of pas
sengers for westward ports.
The steamer Alameda reached
Cordova last night shortly after mid
night and remained in port until 5
o’clock this morning, before pro
ceeding to Valdez and Seward. She
is expected back on Wednesday
morning.
W. T. Harris and wife of Oldtown
will be outgoing passengers on the
steamer Alameda. Mr. Harris has
taken a 60-day leave of absence and
with his wife will visit the. exposi
tion at San Francisco.
Malcom Brock was a passenger on
the Alameda this morning on a
business trip to Valdez, where he
will confer with S. Blum, and return
on the same trip.
Rev. Jas. A. McBride was a pas
senger on the morning train. He
will go as far as McCarthy and ex
pects to return on Friday next.
Cordova. April 13
All of the members of the new
Council subscribed to the oath of
office, and according to the ordi- i
nance became duly qualified Coun
f'ilmen. But,' instead of deferring
until next Monday night, the regu
lar time for holding meeting, and
■when the full organization could
nr.lv be accomplished by the. elec
tion of such officers as are pre
scribed by the ordinance, Mavor
Slater announced that a spoe!a'
meeting would b° held. He and Mr.
Davis had issued a call for a meet
ing to elect officers and pass a sal
ary ordinance. Mr. Slater asked
Geo. Dooley to serve as temnorarv
clerk and then nominated H. O.
Ross as temporary chairman, which
carried. Mr. Slater was then nomi
nated for President and ex-offici o
Mayor and was elected. He then
took the chair and proceeded with
the nomination and election of offi
cers by a yea and nay vote. The
following were elected:
Vice President—Bartley Howard.
Oitv Clerk—E. F. Medley.
City Magistrate—E. F. Medley.
City Treasurer—Harry I. O’Neill.
Health Officer—Dr. Council.
Chief of Police—George Dooley.
Chief of Fire Dept.—C. R. Byers.
Mayor Slater then read a salary
ordinance, which provides the fol
lowuig monthly salaries: Clerk
$ 5 Of Municipal Magistrate. $10;
Health Officer. $23; City Treasurer
$1 per year: Chief of Police, $130:
Fire Chief, $50. A question then j
arose as to whether the ordinance j
n-m’d he passed at this meeting, so i
the Mayor decided to let it go w’ith
a first reading, action to be taken at
the regular meeting. An adjourn
ment was then taken.
Will Clayson took E. R. Peoples,
->f Fairbanks, out in his launch to
day, so that he might see the Copper
River flats and also how well an
Evinrude.’ motor works in the.se
waters.
Mr A and Mrs. R. L. Patton
brought their furniture with them
from Seattle and are now preparing;
the residence, part of the cable office |
building so that they may remove j
there in a day or two.
The Cordova School Board will J
organize Wednesday night with
President A. J. Adams, Treasurer
Mrs W. J. McDonald and Clerk
Drard Mosser. It is not expe tad ]
that teachers frill be elected for the
present.
The principal event in our village
for some time past was the election
of school directors today. It re
sulted in the choice, of Fred Handy
as director, with 55 votes; Mrs.
Hilda Marshall, secretary, with 4 7
and John Pitcher, treasurer, with
:i. Other candidates wrere: M. V.
Lattin, W. R. Faddis, A. Church,
C. L. Graber and Judge Barnes.
During the. past week Judge
Barnes entertained with two jury
trials, one for alleged trespass on
a mining claim and the other for
possession of a wagon.
Mr. John Baltuff, who recently
petitioned for a saloon license for
'he. Golden was unsuccessful, mak
ing the second application that has I
‘ailed for that hostelery.
McCarthy, Alaska, April 6, 1!'17.
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Announcement is made that the
First Territorial Convention of the
Alaska branch of the National \V.
C. T. U. will convene in Skagway on
May 13th and 44th. These meet
ings will be conducted by Mrs.
Cornelia Templeton Hatcher, who is
at the head of the temperance work
in Alaska. Mrs. Hatcher is we.ll
known in Alaska, having personally
visited all the towns on the coast,
including Cordova, where she made
a pleasing talk in the Presbyterian
Church a couple of years ago. A
number of delegates will be pres
ent representing the temperance
work in various towns in South
eastern Alaska and the meetings
promise to be of great interest.
Court will again be in full blast
at Valdez with the beginning of
May. Clerk of the Court Lang and
the jury commissioner have drawn
a jury for the coming term and the
following men will be, required to
report before Judge Brown on May
6tli:
Cordova—Chas. Quinton, George
Kenned ', Aug. Boone. H. J. Brandt,
E. Hardy, R. E. Hegner, Fred
Glassbrenner. C. M. Rosswog, and
James Lyons.
Valdez — Ross He.ekey, Frank
Korth. John T. Giles, H. B. Cooper,
Wm. Conley.
Seward—W. H. Hatch and Henry
Richards.
Wortman's—E. P. Cashnian.
Granite-—Gert Gauthier.
Ellamar—A. Laviosa.
Latouche—D. F. Griffith.
Chitina—F. M. Bean.
Cooper Creek—John Rice.
About eighty people were, living
at Ship Creek on March 23 and
others were constantly arriving.
Nine or ten places of business have
been established. Trouble took
place there over the possession o"
a lot last month and the people are
asking for the appointment of a
deputy marshal. They are. signing
a petition to have L. N. Markie
appointed.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE
To Ben C. Hannarn, administrator of
. the Estate of Janies Garrett, de
ceased and to his hears and
assigns of said James Garrett.
Ydu are hereby notified that I, the
subscriber, Ringwald Blix, have ex
pended and paid for your share in
labor ahd 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
hook 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 said
claim under provisions of Section
2324 of the Revised Statutes of the
United States and the amendments
thereof providing for annual labor
upon mining claims. That is to say
chat 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 tor the 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 s: id 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.
NEW ORLEANS, April 13.—Car
ranza placed an order today for 37,
000,000 rounds of catridges for ma
chine guns and rifles. This is taken
as an indication of some active
fighting in the, immediate future.
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