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Cordova, June 17.
James S. Ramage and E. J. Bower,
two prominent men and capitalists
of Spokane, returned on the train
yesterday afternoon from a two
weeks’ trip to the interior, and left
on the Sanjpson this afternoon for
the outside. These men went to
examine some copper property on
the Lakina river, about 12 miles dis
tant from Long Lake, or Mile 176.
They are thoroughly satisfied with
the showing on the property and ex
pect to return and recommend that
operations be continued on a larger
scale. They are directors in the
Lakina Copper Company, which re
cently bought out the holdings of
the Alaskan Copper Co. E. A. Pat
rick, formerly with the latter com
pany, is president of the new
organization. Two tunnels have
been started on the property and
Mr. Bower and Mr. Ramage will
recommend to the company that a
saw mill, air compressor and other
improvements be installed as soon
as possible. In the meantime de
velopment work will be pushed with
out interruption.
The steamer Admiral Sampson
reached port from the westward
about noon, sailing an hour or two
later for Juneau and Seattle For
the latter port she took as passen
gers from Cordova: R. W. Byram,
A. D. McPherson, C. J. Bush, L. A.
Jones and wife, and 3 second class.
For Juneau there were: P. C. Whor
ley, Miss V. Clark and 2 second
class. The Sampson has 400 tons of
coal aboard which were mined in
the Matanuska field and which will
be taken to the Puget Sound navy
yard. Later it will be taken aboard
the cruiser Maryland and given a
test for steaming purposes. About
400 tons of this coal still remain at
Ship Creek and it will be brought
out on the steamer Admiral Evans
on her return from the westward
next week.
George Steele is in from out the
railroad and states that up Chitina
way there is great interest mani
fested in the talked-of game of base
ball between Chitina and Cordova on
July 4th.
Cordova, June 18.
R W. Baxter, vTee president of
both the Alaska Steamship Company
and the Copper River & Northwest
ern Railway, is a passenger on the
steamer Mariposa and circulated
about town a cc.ijile of hours this
morning. He went on to Ship Creek
and upon the return of the steamer
on Monday he will stop off at Cor
dova, expecting to make a trip out
the line with Superintendent Corser,
after which it will be decided just
what betterments and improvements
shall be made this year. While Mr.
Baxter did not express himself in
detail he was hopeful that there
would soon be an improvement in
general conditions in this section of
Alaska.
W. A. Mears, manager of the
bureau of transportation for the
Seattle Chamber of Commerce, is a
round trip passenger on tne steamer
Mariposa. He is very much inter
ested in the copper mining section of
Alaska, being a director in the
Alaska United Copper Exploration
Company, which is developing prop
erties in the Nizina and Kuskulina
districts. On his return from the
westward Mr. Mears may give a
little talk before the Cordova Cham
ber of Commerce.
R. R. Stewart returned last night
from a trip to the westward.
Miss Lola Turner, who has been
absent for the past 18 months, in
attendance at the seminary at Cum
berland, Md., returned on the
steamer Mariposa this morning. She
has completed her course and her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Turner are much pleased to have
her home again.
The steamer Mariposa put into
port this morning at T o’clock, de
parting at 9:30 for the. westward,
expecting to go as far as Ship Creek
to discharge some freight for the
Alaska Engineering Commission. As
a consequence of this extended voy
age she will not return to Cordova
until Monday, when she will likely
take aboard some copper ore. When
she sailed this morning sue had as
passengers from Cordova: J. L. Fisk
and J. T. Frasier for Valdez, and
Mrs. E. P. Ziegler, Miss Elizabeth
Boyle, Albert Lee, Mrs. A. Wilson,
Miss Lizzie. Wilson and Ed Wilson,
for Seward. Passengers for Cordova
and the westward from the south,
were as follows:
For Cordova — C. P. Hazelet,
E. B. Hanley, R. W. Davis, B.
Howard, L. Mikkelsen, G. B. Good
man, J. Way, Miss Lola Turner and
Mrs. P. Gilovich.
* For Valdez—R. E. Grigsby, Miss
M. Ingram, Miss D. Dickey, Miss S.
McBride, G. L. Harrington, B. L.
Johnson, J. J. Brennan, F. Dicker,
Miss S. Kretick, Miss A. Clark, B. O.
Peterson and wife, C. Hammond, J.
A. Hammond, B. Thrasher and 6
second class.
For Seward—H. R. Burke and
wife, W. J. Holden, A. L. Agee and
wife, G. T. Carpenter, J. Pastil, .T.
V. Statine, G. H. Stigglin, Mrs. H.
j Jarvis, A. Parker and 5 second class.
For Seldovia—P. Morris, J. B.
Houck and B. Welty.
For Knik Anchorage—W. E. Bar
telhoef, AA\ H. AA’alsh, G. A. Thayer,
E. J. AA'eidner, and A\\ B. Robinson.
Round Trip—R. AV. Baxter, H. R.
Curtis, Mrs. C. C. Beaman and AA'. A.
Mears.
The. steamer Northwestern re
turned from the westward last even
ing about S o’clock and sailed south
an hour later. She had aboard 4 5
men who are returning to California.
They were on the schooner Paramita.
which came from San Francisco and
was wrecked at Lost Harbor. Akutan
Bay, a short distance, northeast of
Unalaska. She had aboard a cannery
crew of 114. All these men reached
shore safely and were soon picked
up by one of the revenue cutters,
and the cannerymen were taken to
their destination while the other 4 5
were, taken and landed at Unalaska.
There they were picked up by the
steamer Dora on her way from Bris
tol Bay. They were transferred at
Pott Dick to the steamer North
western and will be taken to Seattle.
Judge John Lyons, of Valdez, who
has property interests at Cordova,
came over from the westward yester
day and will remain until the arrival
of the steamer Evans on Sunday. He
has many friends here who are al- i
ways glad to greet him.
It now looks as though there
would be no base ball game, at
Chitina on July 4th between teams
from the interior and Cordova. Capt.
Lathrop, manager of the local team
declared that all negotiations were |
practically off and that the team
would not go to Chitina. As a con
sequence there will be no enort made
to arrange for an excursion to the
interior. When this fact became
known the special committee ap
pointed by the Camber of Commerce
decided that it was time to get busy
to arrange for a little celebration at
Cordova for the Fourth. Dr. Chase
went around among the business
men and had no difficulty in secur
ing subscriptions to a fund for
prizes for local events to be pulled
off.
The steamer Dora got into port
this afternoon from the westward
and will be tied up here for the pres
ent. Her run has been taken by the
Dirigo. Capt. Johannson brought 60
tons of codfish and some furs. These
will be unloaded here and shipped
south on the Mariposa. The captain
and crew, who came up on the
Dirigo, will also return to Seattle on
that steamer.
It was expected to hold the next
interior train from starting until the
arrival of a bunch of cattle on the
freighter Latouche. But as she will
not get in until Sunday the train for
Chitina and Ke.nnecott will leave
tomorrow morning at 11 o’clock.
Peter Gilovich is no longer a
lonesome man. ' His wife and chil
dren, who have been in Seattle since
January last, returned this morning
on the steamer Mariposa, and they
say they are glad to back in the
good old town.
D. M. Ruggles, representing the
Alaska and Northwest Mining Jour
nal, published at Seattle, was an
arrival this morning. He will re
main about a week before going to
Valdez and Seward. He will then
return and go to Chitina and Fair
banks, in the meantime gathering
all available information about min
ing conditions.
Craig P. Hazelet was a returning
nassenger on the Mariposa from
Seattle. He has been attending the
University of Washington and is
home for the summer vacation.
Cordova, June 19.
A party composed of Dr. Council,
Geo. Scott and N. D. Black, were out
fishing yesterday and brought home
a big catch of black bass and red
snappej. It was unusually fine fish.
S. R. Lindsay, who won fame and
fortune in the e.arly days of Seward
Peninsula, is a recent arrival and a
guest at the Rainier-Grand. It is
stated that he is looking around this
section with a view to investing. He
spent the winter at Knik and re-|
cently has been at Seward.
Mrs. O. M. Kinney arranged a
little affair last night at her apart
ments in the Northern Hotel, com
plimentary to her young guest from
Tacoma, Miss Anna Hinckley. Twen
ty-eight of the young folks of town
assembled there and indulged in all:
kinds of merriment and social pleas-j
ures, followed by a dainty supper, .
Until after the hour of midnight the I
enjoyment continued and Miss
Hinckley was made to realize that
her presence is a welcome addition
to the social life of the town. The
young visitor expects to remain most
of the summer and her pleasing
personality has already won for her
a host of friends and admirers.
Dr. Chase, reports the arrival of a
baby girl this morning at Charley
Game’s home. Mother and little one
are doing well.
Ccrdova, June 20.
T. M. Hunt, assistant supervising
forester for the Chugach reserve,
left with a party this morning for
the westward. With him were W.
J. McDonald, Clyde Xettleton, Harry
Nettleton and Edward Harwood.
They will go to Ship Creek, at the
head of Cook’s Inlet. While Mr.
Hunt will establish headquarters in
that locality, the men named as well
as others who may be employed
later, will go inland and establish
camp at various locations. These
men will be on the alert to prevent
the starting or spread of forest fires.
That section of the country is par
ticularly dry at this season and ex
treme vigilance must be exercised
to prevent the. destruction of timber.
In the Prince William Sound section
of the reserve there is very little
danger at any time of a devastating
forest fire, as the timber is wet and
slow in burning. While to the
westward Mr. Hunt will look into
various applications for homesteads
:n the Cook Inlet and Susitna coun
tries, that nave been referred to him
by the forester at Ketchikan, where
the headquarters for this section are
located.
The special committee appointetd
by the Cordova Rod and Gun Club
to look into the available sites for
the erection of a home for the club,
made an investigation along that
line yesterday. At the next gather
ing of the club members a site on a
big slough this side of the mouth of
Eyak river will be recommended.
Cordova, June 22.
R. W. Baxter, vice president of the
Alaska Steamship Company and the
Copper River & Northwestern Rail
way, in company with R. R. Pierson,
superintendent of the Alaska Steam
ship Company, arrived from the
westward on the steamer Mariposa,
and both will remain in this section
until the re.turn trip of tne Alameda,
which is due here from the south on
Wednesday morning. Mr. Baxter,
in company with Superintendent
Caleb Corser will go out over the
railroad in their private car, on the
train leaving tomorrow’ morning at
8 o’clock. This trip of inspection
is likely to determine the conclusions
of Mr. Baxter as to what better
ments and improvements should be
made this season. Tnis afternoon
he had a conference with the base
ball boys and the manager concern
ing the making of a base ball ground
on company property.
The freighter Latouche arrived in
port today shortly after the noon
hour, expecting to leave again for
the westward about 8 o’clock. She
brought to this port 70 head of
cattle, in charge of "Dutch” Blanch
fleld and six assistants. They will
be taken on the train tomorrow to
Chitina and will then be driven over
the trail to Fairbanks. The pas
turage is good at this season of the
year and the weight that the cattle
lose while traveling on the steamer
is more, than made up by slow travel
over the trail.
Fred Schringer apd wife, who
have been enjoying a good rest and
vacation at their homestead claim
near Cape Hinchinbrook, have re
turned to town and are again at
home at Fred’s Place, which has
been successfully looked after dur
ing their absence, by Fred Schiller.
A. E. Harris, the popular travel
ing agent of the Chicago, Milwaukee
St. Paul Railway, who makes his
headquarters at Juneau, is again
meeting tne people of this section,
arriving at Cordova on the steamer
Mariposa from Seward, and expect
ing to visit Valdez on the Alameda.
He finds here a very friendly feeling
for what is generally accepted as
one of the best and most progres
sive railroads in America.
The Cordova Gun Club held its
weekly shoot at its traps on Bay
Front yesterday resulting in kill
ing out of a trial at 50 birds as
folows: Dr. Council, 38; E. L.
Harwood, 37; E. J. Davis, 26; M.
Brock, 24; Ralph Stewart, 12.
In the double shoot at 16 birds
Dr. Council killed 12; E. L. Har
wood, 4; E. .7. Davis, 3.
This is the poorest shooting ever
done by the club and may be
accounted for by reason of the
brightness of the sun and its loca
tion at the time of the shooting.
Several parties will leave on the
tide in the morning for the Port
Wells district. Chris Jensen will
go in a small gasoline launch to
Passage canal. Capt. Sage will
make the trip to Golden alone, in a
small boat. Frank Cole will go with
Gus Ohms on the North Star. An
other party is composed of Alex
Smart, Harry Hays and Jack
Reagan. They will go on the Eva
line. Jack Reagan has been sum
moned by his partners Harris and
Owens to close, a deal on their 7
claims in King’s Bay. It is being
bonded and will be worked by new
people.
The steamer Admiral Evans ar
rived in port yesterday about 11:30
and sailed for Valdez and the west
ward at 1 o’clock. Seattle passen
gers for here were: R. W. Brown,
H. Bailey, Nels iWatkins and six
second class passengers. Those for
westward ports were as follows:
For Valdez—Mary Wright, Miss
Lafarge, E. E. Campbell, Mrs. Camp
bell, Floyd Harvey, W. W. Harvey,
Henry Hanson, Wm. Hogan, J. S.
Scott, R. S. Wright, J. J. Conas, Miss
Burr and 11 second class.
For Seward —Carrie Charlton,
Mrs. Donberg, B. C. Pilcher, J. M.
Bond, O. B. Hanson, J. H. Bird, Sam
Parker, P. H. Moore, Mrs. Moore,
Mrs. R. O. Anderson and 5 second
class.
For Knik—T. D. Rice. J. H. Win
ter. Ed. Johnson, L. H. Luhman, H.
H. Bennett, S. J. Vaughter, G. N.
Woodward, C. Hendricks and 2
second class.
For Kodiak—Mrs. Chas Clay, Miss
Dorothy Davis.
Round Trippers—J. C. Scott, Mrs.
Scott, W. J. Rowland, Mrs. Row
land. Miss Healos, Miss Welsh, Mrs.
J. Parry, Mrs. Frink.
Announcement has been made at !
Kennecott ot' the engagement ‘oi
marry of W. E. Dunkle, mining
expert for the Guggenhe.ims, and
Miss Florence Hull, who has been
employed at the Bonanza mine. A
reception was given by some of the
friends of the, young couple at the
mining camp the other day, and it is
expected that wedding bells will
soon ring.
Cordova, June 23.
The IT. S. lighthouse tender
Columbine has been in port from
Saturday night until this morning,
when she left to place several buoys
at near-by points. She will remain
hereabouts until the 1st of July,
doing work at various parts of
Prince William Sound. She will then
take on coal here and steam away
to the westward and go to Scotch
Cape and Cape Scarichief, at the
entrance, to Bering Sea. When work
is finished there, the Columbine will
take on coal at Unalaska and return
to Ketchikan, the headquarters for
this lighthouse district.
Capt. Wm. E. Gregory, who was |
in command of the tender Armeria
when she. struck a reef on May 20,
1912, at Cape Hinchinbrook, is now
in command of the Columbine. W. J.
Wright, who has been In Alaskan
waters for the past 14 years, is the
machinician. Capt. Gregory was at
Cape St. Elias last Thursday and
succeeded in placing an acetelyne |
blinker light of 375 milometer, on
the cape. It is visible from 12 to
15 miles by the average watch out
at sea. A survey was made for a
lighthouse and fog signal at this
cape. The money has been appro
priated and it is expected that con
struction will start next summer.
A light at Zaikof Point off Mon
tague Island, has been discontinued j
and a similar blinker light of 200 i
milometer has been placed on Pointy
Johnston, about 40 miles this side!
of Zaikoff Point. A bell buoy was j
also established about 2 miles this ]
side, of Point Johnston.
The train left this morning at S j
o'clock making the run to Chitina i
in 5% hours, reaching there at!
1:30 this afternoon. She continued:
on to McCarthy and Kennecott. The
return trip will likely be made on
Thursday, reaching here in the
afternoon. Vice President Baxter
and Superintendent Corser went out
n their private car to inspect the
j line and will return on Thursday.
The steamer Evans is expected to
j return from the westward on Thurs
I day night or Friday morning. The
Alarne.da that leaves here tomorrow
I afternoon will be back on Sunday.
Capt. Lathrop and his aggrega
; tion of ball tossers have not yet
1 decided about going to Valdez for
i July 4. The sentiment of the peo- j
j pie of town will be secured and an
i answer sent to our neighboring town -
on the steamer Alameda tomorrow.!
W. H. Crary, of Valdez, is regis
tered at the Rainier-Grand and will
remain here a few days before tak
. ing a trip to Portland. He states
1 that when he last heard from his
brother Charley that he was at Ely,
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Xevada, and wrote that he expected
to come north late in June and do
the assessment work for Mr. Gray,
on his Regal mining property near
Kennecott.
At the Chamber of Commerce
meeting last night Dr. Cbase re
ported that sufficient money had
been raised to have a Pleasant
Fourth of July celebration at Cor
dova. The program is now being
arranged to be published later in
the week, with the prizes to be given
for the different events.
It was about 4 o’clock yesterday
afternoon when the steamer Mari
posa finished taking aboard twenty
cars of copper ore and a consign
ment of fish. When she sailed she
had the. following passengers from
here for other ports:
For Seattle—Mrs. M. Ackerman.
Mrs. Alex Orme, E. B. Wildt and
wife, L. Mikkelson, A. J. Rosenstihl,
J. S. Harris, Dennis Carava.
For Skagway—J. E. Milligan, H.
Burns, Frank Ryan, Frank Hohen.
For Juneau—Mrs. Jeanne Derval,
Patrick Falton. J. Collins, L. H.
Picker, Dan Bikn, Joe Betty, Cook
Etchison, T. P. Lindsay, W. B.
Finn.
For Ketchikan—Milo S. Hoadley.
James Riley was in town for n
day or two securing additional sup
plies for his camp at Alganik. Ho
went out with D. W. Walker on his
launch with the tide this afternoon.
Mr, Riley has been working on his
Gold Rods group for the past three
vears, and believes that with a little
more development work he will es
tablish the big value of the Lake
McKinley district. He has several
hundred feet of tunnel that taps a
vein 70 feet in width at different
depths. This vein is traced for a
distance of over 4,000 feet. At the
present tunnel, where he is in 40
feet he has over 500 feet of stoping.
Everywhere he can find free gold
and within a year or two Mr. Riley
expects to have capital to establish a
big mill and open up a mountain of
ore that will far exceed in values
the Juneau operations..
Word has been received that Mrs.
C. J. N'unne, who has been court
stenographer at Nome for many
years, died at Nome a few days ago.
She was a very competent stenog
rapher and for a time went to Seattle
to work; but returned to the North
land where her ability was realized.
BOSTON, June 23.—The Ameri
can Baptist Foreign Missionary
Society are holding a well attended
meeting in this city. This afternoon
Rev. Carter Helm Jones, of Seattle,
was re-elected president of the
society.
ORDER OF PUBLICATION
N PROBATE COURT FOR CHITINA
PRECINCT, TERRITORY OF
ALASKA.
In the Matter of the Estate of Nels
Oscar Sail, a Mentally Incompetent
Person.
Charles G. Sail having tiled his
petition that he be appointed guar
dian of the estate in Alaska of Nels
Oscar Sail, a mentally incompetent
person, it is ordered that the same
be heard on the Twenty-third day of
June A. D., 1911 at 10 o’clock a. ni.
of said day, and that notice be pub
lished in the Chitina Leader for a
period of four weeks.
Dated May 11th, 1914.
(Seal) OSCAR FISH,
Com’r and Ex-Officio Probate Judge.
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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