OF GENERAL INFORMATION
Cordova, January 27
The fastest American steamship
is the ne.w Hill liner Great Northern,
as shown by her trial trip, made re
cently off the coast of Massachusetts.
Telegraphic advices from C. E. Stone,
manager for the Great Northern
Pacific Steamship Company, show
that the Great Northern made 24.7 j
knots an hour in a rough sea. The
sister ship, the Northern Pacific, will
soon be ready for its four-day trial
trip over the same course.
Overflows are interfering with
work on Hammond river where sev
eral large outfits are working. This'
stream, a tributary of the Koyukuk.
is noted for having produced some
of the largest chunks of gold in the
world. Thos. G. King, returning to
Fairbanks from a 1,200-mile trip to
Wiseman, said encouraging reports
were coming from Wild river, a new
camp established last fall, but bed
rock had not ye.t been reached.
Heavy storms have prevailed all win
ter in that part of the territory.
Friends of Marshal L. T. Erwin
of Fairbanks are worrying because
of his long absence and silence in
the east. He has not be.en heard
from in more than a month, the last
telegram announcing that he was ill
and had gone to a sanitarium at
Battle Creek, Michigan, for treat
ment.
J. Elmer Clark, chief deputy mar
shal, who has charge of Mr. Erwin's |
office during his absence, sent qf
telegram last week, but failed to re
ceive a reply to it. The telegram
was of an official nature, and if Mr.!
Erwin is able to do so, it is believed
that he would have, replied to it
promptly.
Fntil three weeks ago, Mr. Erwin
kept in touch with his office, by
wire, though his last letter was
written in November.
Cordova, January 28
U. S. Marshal Lewis T. Erwin, of
Fairbanks, was an arrival on the
Mariposa this afternoon and he will
continue on his journey to the in
terior on the train tomorrow morn
ing. Judge Erwin has been outside
on official business for several
months, during which time he was
laid up with illness two or .three
weeks. The Judge is one of the
Democratic leaders of the territory
and a strong admirer of President
Wilson, whom he believes will be
re-elected if the promise of a renewal
of prosperity throughout the country
is verifie.d.
Judge Erwin spent some time in
Washington and expresses the opin
ion that he would not be surprised
to hear any day that a prohibition
bill for Alaska had been passed by
Congress. Although it requires a
two-thirds vote to submit a prohibi
tion amendment to the states it only
needs a majority vote to establish
prohibition in the territories. The
Judge is of the opinion that there i3
more than a majority in both'
branches of Congress that would
favor the abolition of liquor in
Alaska, particularly in view of the
early development of the country by.
railroad construction.
Judge Erwin has the distinction of
1 being considered, by the department
of justice at Washington, as one of
the best marshals that the territory
has ever had.
K. K. Kuney, representing the
Alaska Railway Commission, who
arrived from Seattle on the Alameda
last we.ek, is engaged in studying
snow conditions along the line of the
Copper River & Northwestern rail
way and obtaining data for use of
the commission in connection with
the proposed government operation
of this road. Mr. Kuney was one of
the locating engineers of the Mil
I waukee line, and also had charge of
^ the location and construction of
snowsheds along the Great Northern.
He was last summer a member of
the railway commission, with head
quarters at Ship Creek. and had
^charge of the survey from that point
to the Matanuska coal fields. Mr.
and Mrs. Kuney have taken the
Gamble cottage for a temporary resi
dence, as he. expects to be engaged
in his observation work several
months.
L. F. Shaw, formerly U. S. com
missioner in the Nelchina district, is
returning on the. Mariposa from a
trip to Juneau. Judge Shaw received
a commission as notary public and
will go to Knik or Ship Creek to en
gage in business. He believes that
t*e first railroad construction work
will commence this spring from the
head of Cook’s inlet.
Judge Fred M. Brown, of the
Third division, was a passenger on
the steamer Mariposa from Seattle
to Juneau. He has been on a two
months vacation and spent several
weeks at Los Angeles, where Mrs.
Brown has been for two or three
months past, recuperating her health.
When Judge Brown reached Juneau
he was met by Judge Jennings and
was induced to remain over, to try
the cause of U. S. vs. J. F. Maloney,
et. al., which involves title to part
of the townsite of Juneau. The ca3e
was set for January 2$. Judge
Brown expects to come to the west
ward of the Alameda and rather in
timated that a term of court would
be called for Valdez, to convene in
March. He might, however be pre
vailed upon to first hold court at
Cordova, as he had expected to da
last fall.
Cordova, January 29
Does EyaK Lake, adjoining the
townsite of Cordova, cover a reser
voir of natural gas? Put this in
terrogation to any of the skaters
who have been enjoying themselves
there du ing the past few days and
nights and the answer will be a
positive affirmative.
tV. E. Dunkle and bride are pas
sengers on the steamer Mariposa and
will go through to Seward, expecting
soon to return to Cordova. Mr.
Dunkle is mining expert for the
Guggenheims and is on a vacation
trip of a couple of months to the out
side. During his absence he mar
ried Miss Florence Hull, formerly
of Kennecott. Their many friends
in this section will be glad to give
them a hearty welcome back. They
will make their home at the Hotel
Northern.
Will A. Steel, editor of the Daily
Alaska, who has been outside for
two and a half months, was a re
turning passenger this afternoon on
the steamer Mariposa.
Judge W. N. Spence, district attor
ney for the Third division, is on the
Mariposa, en route to -Valdez. He
has been on a vacation for two
months and during the time visited
his cotton plantation in Georgia and
spent a couple of days in Washing
ton. The district attorney states
that he has heard nothing officially
from his deputy, Guy C. Brubaker,
as to his intention of resigning his
position to engage in private
practice.
B. H. Haack, who formerly owned
a drug store at Ketchikan is a pas
senger on the Mariposa, going to the
westward. He recently sold out his
business at Ketchikan and expects
to open a drug store at Ship Creek.
The financial troubles between
Jack Dalton, of Cordova and Attor
ney J. H. Cobb, of Juneau, were aired
in court before. Judge Jennings on
Monday. A hearing was had in the
case of J. H. Cobb vs. Jack Dalton
on the motion of the plaintiff to
strike a portion of answer and de
murrer to cross complaint. Argu
ments were presented by Cobb and
by He.llenthai for Dalton. The motion
was taken under advisement. In his
answer Dalton alleges he promised
to pay Cobb SI0,000 attorney fee in
case certain claims were sold inside,
of 13 months time, otherwise inside
of 3 8 months time Dalton, was to
pav Cobb $1,000. He claims on the
latter agreement he paid Cobb $500
and that he advanced from his own
funds $8.50 for Cobb for one-fourth
interest in a wharf built at Cordova,
and that Cobb owes him, Dalton, the
difference between $8 50 and $500.
Dalton asks judgment for the differ
ence.
Governor J. F. A. Strong, accom
panied by Senator Frank Aldrich, of
Nome, has gone to Sitka to make
an inspection of the Pioneer Home
r.hrje under the management of
Superintendent Shoup. The governor
will include in his report to the ter
ritorial legislature the condition of
the home.
Bishop Peter Trimble Rowe, who
looks after the Episcopal churches
and missions in Alaska, came from
Seattle as far as Ketchikan on the
steamer Mariposa. He is due ta
reach Juneau tomorrow, and on Sun
day at the. Episcopal church he will
ordain the Rev. George E. Howard,
of Sitka. Bishop Rowe will be the
house guest at Juneau of the Rev.
and Mrs. G. E. Renison until ne-d
Wednesday, when he. sails on the
Alameda for Cordova, on his way into
the interior, to visit the several
Episcopal missions.
Cordova, January JO
Word has been received here ot
the death of Mrs. S. Hall Young,
which occurred in New York on Jan
uary 1 3. For a couple of years Rev.
and Mrs. Young resided in Cordova,
where Dr. Young presided over the
fresbyte.rian church. From here
they went to the interior and later
to New York, where Dr. Young is
connected with the Presbyterian
board of missions. Mts. Young's
illness was of long duration, during
which she was cared for and evejy
( attention bestowed by kind and lov
ing hand3, her whole family being
; with her during her last illness. A
i husband, two daughters, and their
I families survive her. Mrs. Young
I was a woman of unusual intelligence
j and activity, a fluent, public speaker
and a fine singer and choir leader.
She was very fond of life in Alaska,
and much interested in all that con
cerned its welfare.
Dr. and Mrs. Young in the eariy
days resided for about ten years at
Wrangell, where three daughters
were born to them. Later Dr. Young
was superintendent of Presbyterian
missions in Alaska and the couple
resided at different times at Skag
wav, Fairbanks, Nome, Cordova and
Iditarod. Mrs. F. E. Klicnschmidt,
i wife of Capt. Klienschmidt, the
j Arctic trader and moving picture
• man, is a surviving daughter of Mrs.
i Young.
J. B. Howard, an old-time resident
of Cordova, is now in Seattle and to
j a reporter he gave his ideas as to
! the future development of the Cou
! tier river country, as follows:
“Cordovans believe that the Ber
ing River coal fields will be opened
before the Matanuska properties,
and that Cordova will largely profit
as a result. This is due to the near
ness to the Bering fields and to the
fact it is the. natural and logical mar
| ket place for the Bering product.
The Bering fields, inside of 90 days
I from the start of railroad construc
jtion, could produce coal in Cordova,
via the Copper River & North west
j ern Railway.
i “The Bering fields are about 30
I miles east from Mile 39 on the Cop
i pe.r River line, and a part of this
| distance, which lies through good
| country, already has been graded by
: the Guggenheims. No matter what
j the route selected for the govern
) ment road and irrespective of
| whether the terminus is at Portage
! Bay or Seward, Cordova will be. the
! port for Bering River coal.
The team of ten dogs with which
: Mine Inspector Maloney and James
| Protopapas came out from Nome,
made the trip of 307 miles between
Fairbanks and Chitina in the fast
time of 5 Vj days and beat the stage
4 8 hours. The best day's run was
76 miles in nine hours, the third day
out from Fairbanks, with one pas
senger and 300 pounds of express.
With this team are four of the
dogs which were purchased by Jafet
i Lundeberg of Nome for the Amund
son Arctic expedition which was
| abandoned last year.
Mr. Protopapas will be a passenger
; for Seattle on the Mariposa, and
j expects to return in time to partici
pate with this team in the great
j sporting event of the north, the All
Alaska Sweepstakes race from Nome
to Candle and return. The dogs were
left at Chitina. In a race these dogs
participated in a short time before
Messrs. Maloney and Protopapas left
Nome, in which 17 teams partici
pated, they broke trail, covered 21/&
'miles in 17 minutes and 40 seconds
; in a heavy storm and finished third,
the three teams with the best time
j having the advantage of the broken
i trail.
Cordova, February 1
The steamer Mariposa arrived in
: port from the westward at 5 o’clock
this morning and sailed about 1 this
afternoon for June.au and Seattle.
She took on 13 cars of copper ore,
having previously taken on 6 cars
before sailing west. This makes 19
cars or nearly 1,000 tons for the
Tacoma smelter. It comes from the
Bonanza and Mother Lode, mines.
The following passengers went south
from Cordova:
' For Seattle—Wm. Hull, Ed.
, Berry, J. Laurie, J. H. Van Ider
j stine, Mrs. J. M. White, and 3
i se,cond class.
For Juneau—J. Protopapas, Mrs.
! Bessie King and 1 second class.
The steamer Admiral Evans made
I a good run north on this trip,
, reaching Cordova last night about
9:30 o'clock, and sailing a couple
| of hours later to the westward. She
! brought the following passengers for
1 this section:
' For Cordova—Otto C. Miller, H.
; D. Bailey, J. Hendricks, H. J.
j Brown, Bob Le.e, W. E. Wilcox and
| R. D. Gray.
For Valdez—Earl Gray, J. O.
i Hamilton, Elsie Brown, Gordon Mc
Govern, M. H. Matino, Mrs. M. M.
McDonald and 2 second class.
For Seward—C. N. Anderson. B.
L. Halpin, W. A. Wolf. Wm. ^ait
land, Mrs. ,W!avne Blue and two
children, Ge.orge Boles, W. Haeder
man.
Yauktat—Four second-class.
W. E. Wilcox, of San Francisco,
was a passenger on the steamer
Admiral Evans last night. He is
connected with the treasury depart
ment, of the government and among
his duties is the examination of
national banks in Alaska. Outside
these banks are examined twice a
year, but in Alaska Mr. Wilcox only
comes once a year, owing to the long
time consumed and tne large ex
pense, which is borne by the banks,
of which there are but two national
banks in the territory. Mr. Wilcox
came north on the steamer Mari
posa as far as Juneau, wnere he ex
amined the First National bank. He
I then took tne first boat for Cordova
land left on the train this morning
: for Chitina, expecting to take the
stage tomorrow morning for Fair
banks, where he will examine the
national bank and then return io
the states. Mr. Wilcox is a very
pleasing and competent official.
Effective, today the new night
cable rate is available between (
Seattle and all parts of Alaska. A
message filed anytime during the
day up to the closing nour at any of
the cable offices will De. accepted at
three-fourths the regular rate for
delivery on the following morning.
Thus a message of 10 words from
Cordova to Seattle costs $2.40, but
by having it delivered the. follow
ing morning it will only cost $1.80.
! Longer messages will be sent at the
j same reduction, or at the rate of 18
j cents per word.
For years past Seward has been
the headquarters for the connecting
steamer to run to the far westward,
under operation of the Alaska
Steamship Company. There has fre
j quently bee.n talk that the head
quarters were to be changed to Cor
dova. This has been revived by the
j fact that the steamer Santa Ana,
| which is soon coming north to take
! the place of the. steamer Dora, has
j been changed into an oil burner.
And Cordova is the oil headquarters
i for all the steamers of the Alaska
j Steamship Company. On this sub
ject the Seward Gateway speaks as
lunuw a.
“There is only too much reason to
believe that the Alaska Steamship
Company has decided to cut out
Seward as the “terminal” for the
westward run. It is stated on the
best authority that, when the new
steamer comes to take the place of
jthe Dora she will make her head
quarters at Cordova instead of this
| place. Some, people directly con
nected with the Dora have alreadv
received intimation of this fact al
though no official notification has
; been given.”
Jack Hendricks, of Chitina, was a
; returning passenger on the steamer
, Evans, and returned to his interior
home this morning. Jack has been
j south on a pleasant vacation, that
; included trips to Panama and San
Francisco.
Cordova, February 2
A meeting of Town Council last
night was attended by Mayor Boyle,
| Henry Slater, Chas. J. Goodall.
Edgar V. Davis, J. E. Currier and
Tom Davis. The most important
business was the consideration of
an extension of the time for begin
ning work according to the electric
J light and power franchise to Harrv
H. Knox. An ordinance extending
the time six months was introduced
; two weeks ago and when it was
j placed on final passage last night
1 the six members present voted in
j favor of it. No change has been
■ made in the time when the work
. must be completed, which is in
August, 1916.
; The Alaska Road Commission is
i making preparations to do the:r
1 regular repair and . maintenance
I work on the,roads and trails in this
j section of Alaska. On the steamer
i Mariposa, 175 tons of supplies were
received, consisting largely of oats
and hay. Thi9 was sent out on Sat
J urday's train to Chitina. There it
was met by Supt. Jack Ingram, who
has 20 head of stock, and who has
started in to distribute the supplies
along the trail leading to Fairbanks.
Seven head of stock will also he
I used to take supplies from Valdez to
|Tonsjna for the use of the crews that
! will be employed on repair work be
| tween the coast and the junction of
j the Valdez and Willow Creek roads.
Lieut. Kunzig, secretary of the
road commission, states that the sup
; plies for next season’s work will all
be sent in this winter because it is
cheaper to transport ove,r the trails
in the winter than in the summer,
: as the horses of the commission are
; also then needed to work on the
i roads, while in the winter the. horses
! are idle.
The late and authentic war news
; is read in the Chitina Leader.
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SEATTLE, Feb. 2.—The steamer
Alameda sailed north last night tor
Southwestern Alaska. There are
about 15 cabin passengers for CoT
dova.
Dr. W. IV. Council, who has been
visiting his family for the past six
weeks, is returning to resume his
practice. He was himself in the hos-.
pital here a couple of we.eks under-;
going an operation for hernia.
V. J. Dwyer and bride returned the
other day from a month's visit in
California and after reaching Cor
dova will take the first train for
Strelna, where, they will take up
their residence and where Mr. Dwyer
is in business.
Oscar Breedman spent a week in
California on business and pleasure..
He is returning with about 40 tons
of provision's and supplies which he
will freight from McCarthy to the
Cliisana.
M. Finkelstein, town treasurer of
Cordova, saw his attractive daughter
Miss Minnie, happily wedded, ami
after spending a pleasant month
with his family returns to be pre
pared for the rush that is soon ex
pected to start for the railroad town
of Cordova.
Other passengers for Cordova are:
N. S. Smart. Mrs. B. Ewing. F. B.
Thompson, H. Roden. F. B. Cordell.
J. C. WIckersham, M. Ridenour, Joe.
Matthews, M. V. Snow and W. B.
Pratt.
For Valdez there are five cabin
and two second class passengers, and
23 cabin passengers for Seward.
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It is evident that there is to he
considerable activity this season in
the Broad Pass mining section,
which" will bring material benefit to
Seward. The Gateway says:
“A letter has been received from
Tom Aitken by one of the ow-ners of
the Broad Pass property which was
recently purchased by Mr. Aitken.
saying that Mr. Aitken is about to
return to this district on the way
into the Broad Pass. In the letter
he makes inquiries as to whether :t
would be possible for him to secure
1 a gang of good miners at Knik and
he also asks about supplies of vari
ous kinds so it is apparent that he
contemplates accomplishing some
work. It was stated at the time the
deal wds made that he represented
the Guggenheims in the matter but
there is nothing positively to prove
that fact. Mr. Aitken is wealthy
himself and perfectly able to de
velop any mining ground. His com
ing back seems rather to suggest
that he is the real principal in tlio
deal.”
If you wish to buy a saddle horse,
write to No. 375. c-o Daily Alaskan,
Cordova. Alaska.
Ed. Berry was a passenger on
the Mariposa this afternoon for a
trip outside. He will be gone about
a month.
Capt. R. D. Gray was a passenger
over from Katalla on the Evans last
night. He. had some business to
transact in town.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
IN THE PROBATE COURT. CHIT
INA PRECINCT. THIRD JUDI
CIAL DIVISION, TERRITORY OF
ALASKA.
In the Matter of the Estate of Alex
endra Crichton, Deceased, Notice
to Creditors.
Notice is hereby given by the
undersigned administrator of the
Estate of Alexendra Crichton, de
ceased, to the creditors of, and all
persons having claims against, the.
said deceased, to exhibit with the
necessary vouchers, within six
months after the first publication
this notice, to the 'said adminis
trator, at his residence in Chitina,
Alaska, Chitina Precinct, Territory
of Alaska, the same being the place
for the transaction of the business
of said estate.
HENRY M. CHAMBERLAIN,
Administrator.
Dated at Chitina, Alaska, January
28. 1915.
Date of first publication, February
2, 1915.
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