OF GENERAL INFORMATION
Cordova, October 21 \
Ben Durkee arrived this after-j
noon on his launch Triton with a
cargo of oil. He also brought over
the mail.
Ed. Griset, one of the big operat
ors in the Port Wells district, came
over from Golden today to attend to
business.
Mrs. J. B. O’Neill was a returning
passenger on the steamer North
western, having been with her par-'
ents near Seattle since last spring, j
She and her young baby are in I
good health.
Mrs. S. H. Graff and Miss Betty
Graff, two of Seward's most promi
nent ladies, are spending a few days
in Cordova and are guests at the
Windsor. They came over particu
larly to have dental work done by
Dr. C. H. Hale, whose fame is known
and whose worth is recognised from
the Chisana to Cook’s Inlet.
Cordova, October 22
This afternoon the oil ship Lucas
arrived from the. south with 31.000
barrels of oil. She will be here a
couple of days discharging the
cargo.
Joe Baxter, chairman of the Dem
ocratic Territorial committee, was a
passenger last evening on the
steamer Northwestern, going to the
westward. He will make a short
stop at Seward and then return to
Valdez for the rest of the campaign.
He has been in the First division
for several ‘weeks past and declares
that Bunnell will carry that division
by a big vote. He states that the
candidate was to have left Juneau
today in a small boat for Sitka,
where he will make an address to
morrow night. From there he will
go to Petersburg, Wrangell and
Ketchikan. Chairman Baxter states
that Candidate Bunnell will carry
three out of the four divisions, con
ceding the Fairbanks division to
Delegate Wickersham by a reduced
plurality.
Cordova, October 23
E. B. Hanley came into town this
afternoon and is arranging to leave
on the steamer Northtwestern. He
will go to Medford, Ore., to remain
for the winter. For several weeks
past Mr. Hanley has been engaged
in erecting a big cannery out along
the railroad at Mile 55. His build
ings have been completed, and in
clude cannery, office, bunk house and
cook house. He will return in
March with the necessary machinery,
so that when it is installed he will
be ready for a big catch next season.
Mr. Hanley has displayed consider
able energy in putting up his build
ings and as there is usually plenty
of fish where he is located it is ex
pected that he will in time have one
of the largest canneries in this sec
tion of Alaska.
E. J. Ives and Mrs. F. T. Ham
shaw were among the arrivals this
afternoon from the Chisana. They
will both go outside on the steamer
tomorrow. Mr. Hamshaw will re
main at the new diggings for at
least a part of tne winter.
A. J. Elliott, one of the owners of
the Hubbard-Elliott property in the
Kotsina country, accompanied by his
foreman L. G. Hinckel, were arrivals
on the afternoon train and are at
the Rainier-Grand hotel. They will
take the steamer tomorrow for
Seattle. They have been busy for
the past year installing machinery
and opening up their property.
Parties returning this afternoon
from the interior say that Delegate
Wickersham held well attended
meetings at Blackburn, McCarthy
and Chitina. He left yesterday
morning with Bob Sheldon, in an
automobile, and expects to reach
Fairbanks on Monday next.
The train arrived from the in
ter^ this afternoon about 2 o'clock,
bringing passengers from interior
points, including Chisana, Fairbanks
and Iditarod.
Henry Riley and wife were among
the arrivals this afternoon^ and will
leave on the. steamer tomorrow.
They are registered at the Rainier
Grand, and came through from the
Iditatrod, where Mr. Riley is exten
sively engaged in mining operations.
Mrs. Lillian A. Damon, who has
been at Blackburn for the past six
months, came into town this after
noon and will leave for Seattle on
the steamer tomorrow.
Cordova, October 24
Judge Nathanael Greene, bank ex
aminer, has arrived on his profes
sional tour. He has recently visited
rther cities on the coast in his
professional capacity and will leate.
on the next southward bound boat.
»Mr. Greene ‘ resides permanently at
Cordova.—Seward Gateway.
From the above we learn for the
first time that our townsman is a
texritorial official. Under the new
banking law each division has a bank
examiner, appointed by the Terri
torial Banking Board, composed of
Govenor Strong, Secretary Davidson
and Treasurer Smith. Examiner,
Greene will have four banks under
his jurisdiction, the First Bank of
Cordova, the First Bank of Valdez;
the Valdez Bank & Trust Company
and the Bank of Seward.
The freighter Cordova will sail
north from Seattle on the 28th, with’
explosives and coal.
The steamer Admiral Evans sailed
north from Seattle on Thursday
night and is due to reach Cordova
on Wednesday next.
Cordova. October 26
Walter Dempster who has been
outside on a vacation for the past
month returned yesterday on the
Mariposa. He made a visit to his
mother at Snohomish and was fat
tened up on chicken and waffles.
Mr. Wm. McFadden the well
known train man, was married at
high noon yesterday at the residence
of Commissioner Adams, to Mrs.
Mary Crocker, of Seattle, who ar
rived on the. steamer Mariposa. Wil
liam has rented the Rosswog cottage
on Nob Hill, where the “Vitualier'’
is well stocked and the new couple
will be glad to welcome their manv
friends after November 1. Mr. and
Mrs. McFadden have the heartiest
wishes of the entire railway fra
ternity for a pleasant journey down
life’s pathway. May it be long.
Rev. J. L. McBride was a passen
ger on the morning train for
Chitina. expecting to return on Fri
day. While at Cnitina he will hold
religious services one evening in the
Arctic Brotherhood hall.
Our former townsman Judge O. A.
Tucker, has opened an office at
Juneau and will engage in the prac
tice of law.
Among the passengers on the
steamer Mariposa yesterday was
Edgar E. Raine, deputy U. S. rev
enue collector for Alaska. He spent
a few hours circling among Cordova
friends and continued on to Valdez
to attend to duties of his office. He
will return on the same trip of the
Mariposa and w-ill go outside. He
has resigned his present position.
although it has not yet been ac
cepted. So soon as it iB he will
establish a tourist office in Seattle
and will arrange to send personally
conducted tourist parties through
Alaska. He says: “The war will
turn the tourist trade in the direc
tion of Alaska. There is not a more
beautiful or more healthful spot in
the world than in the Northland. I
expect to see in a few years resorts
in Alaska more famous than any
thing in the old country. The tour
ist trade turned in this direction will
mean as much to Alaska as some of
the important resources that have
already added millions to the treas
ury and will add millions more.”
The Sunday Post Intelligencer of
issue October 18, contains a splen
did picture of Miss Minnie Finkel
stein. a Cordova girl whose engage
ment to Mr. Alex K. Goldman has
been announced.
The return of Mrs. Will Clayson
on the steamer Alameda this week
will result in several changes about
town. Attorney Capers and mother
will vacate the Clayson apartment
and will occupy the Finkelstein
home for the winter.
The steamer Mariposa arrived in
port yesteroay morning about 11
o’clock and was accupied until 4:30
in the afternoon in discharging
freight, when she. sailed to the west
ward. H. B. Ingram was a passenger
for Valdez and the following took
passage for Seward: Mrs. S. M.
Graff, Miss Elizabeth Graff, H.
j Christenson, H. Hanson, H. L. Long,
Chas. Mahi, B. Jensen.
There were few passengers north
on the Mariposa. Those for Cor
dova being Mrs. Mary Crocker and
Walter Dempster. For neighboring
towns there were the following:
For Ellamar—H. Halger.
For Valdez—Mrs. L. A. Brown,
Arthur Hill, A. M. Marovich, Walter
Stewart.
For Seward—Mrs. S. A. Golley,
W. B. Hastings, Leonti Siftsof, Alex.
Snigeroff, Mrs.' L. V. Ray and child.
For Knik Anchorage—Mrs. Chas.
Jones, F. W. Kincaid, Miss Caroline
Mann, E. W. Robinson.
Cordova, Octobex 27
E. W. Bates and wife came in on
the train this afternoon from
Chitina and will be guests at the
Windsor for a few days.
The train from the interior ar
rived this afternoon about 2:30
bringing a few passengers. The
next train out will be on Thursday
morning.
A meeting of the Cordova Cham
ber of Commerce was held last night
with about eighteen memoers in at
tendance. The following officers were
elected for the ensuing six months:
President, Geo. C. Hazelet; vice
president, Harry Thisted; treasurer,
H. A. Slater; executive committee:
Caleb Corser, A. E. Lathrop, Mal
colm Brock, Dr. W. H. Chase, H. C.
Feldman, M. Finkelstein, A. J.
Adams. The secretary is elected by
the executive committee. The
question of dues was discussed and
it was decided to reduce the rate
prevailing for the past six months
one half. The dues now are $10 per
month for business men and $5 for
men otherwise occupied. A com*
mittee was appointed to visit the old
members and solicit their continued
membership under the reduced fee.
Secretary Steel presented a report
showing the many accomplishments
of the Chamber during the past six
months and the work necessary to
be done, in the immediate future. It
was decided to retain the present
quarters of the Chamber.
The steamer Admiral Evans sailed
north from Juneau last night and is
due to arrive at Cordova about
Wednesday midnight.
Harry Rolfe, Fred Haeff and E.
W. Exuni returned this morning
from a hunting trip that lasted for j
a week. But they had something j
to show for it and it required a i
wagon to bring from the wharf their,
The steamer Admiral Watson
from the westward was due to ar
rive this afternoon but was delayed j
and the latest bulletin is that she j
will reach Cordova at 6:30 o'clock'
tonight. She will then remain in j
port until 11 o’clock, thus giving her!
passengers an opportunity to enjoy
the big show at the Empress tonight, j
The government mail, southbound, i
will not leave the postoffice until
after the show.
Chairman Goodall of the. street
committee put a force of men to;
work this afternoon to relay the!
sidewalk of about 300 feet, that had j
been blown up and away during the I
windstorm of early yesterday morn-;
ing. It is expected to board up the. j
weather side of the walk so that:
there will be no more trouble with j
the high winds.
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 27.—Presi- !
dent Wilson has written a letter
urging the re-election of F-rank T.
O’Hair as a member of Congress
from the 18th Illinois district. Rep
resentative O’Hair is the Democrat
who defeated '‘Uncle Joe” Cannon
two years ago. The same men are
again opponents and the influence of
the administration will be used to
prevent the return to the House of
the former Speaker.
WILLIAMSPORT, Oct. 27.—Col.
Roosevelt has just completed a four
days tour of 30 of the 67 counties of
the state. He is particularly inter
ested in the success of his friend
Gifford Pinchot, who is the progres
sive candidate for United States
senator. The Colonel felt good over
the reception he had received every
where and in his speech here grew
enthusiastic over what he considers'
the bright prospect for success and
declared that he believed Pinchot '■
was going to do better in Pennsyl
vania than he did himself two years
ago.
PERRx, 111., Oct. 27.—Last night
a terrific explosion occurred at the
! Rovalton mine, causing 300 em-!
! ployees to be imprisoned. Crews of 1
' men were immediately set to work
! to remove the earth that filled the
1 passage to the level on which most
| of the men were working. At noon
today 40 of the bodies had been re
covered. An hundred men were at
| work on a lower level, which is now
' on fire. It is feared that many of
! the. men will perish.
CHICAGO, Oct. 26.—W. C. Brown
former president of the New York
Central lines, and Thomas O’Gara.
head of the big coal company that
bears his name, were placed on trial
! here before Federal Judge Landis,
! charged with violating interstate
i commerce laws. Brown was indicted
on the charge cf permitting the giv
ing of reba'es to the O’Gara Coal
Company and O’Gara was accused at
the same time of accepting the fav
ors. The trial was originally set for
t*he first of October but Brown’s
attorneys were not ready to proceed;
then.
WINNEPEG, Man., Oct. 27.—The
immense internal storage elevators
.it Saskatoon and Moose Jaw are
now receiving grain. These elevat
ors, which cost $3,000,000, have j
' been equipped with a modern bag-!
ging and cleaning apparatus, and
will be used to furnish seed grain
which at present is generally secured
from line, elevators. Each of the
elevators has a capacity of 3,250,000
1 bushels.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 26.—Amer:
I can Consul Silliman reported to the
i state department that he had been
reliably informed that it was Car
■ ranza’s intention to retire, under
the condition that no objection
would be interposed to his candidacy
at the, regular election. Also that
the tenure of the provisional presl-i
dent should be short. '
WASHINGTON, Oct. 26.—Com-i
menting on the recent passage of the
Alaska coal leasing bill. Secretary
Lane has said: "This is the end of
an eight-year struggle. Eight years
ago the coal lands in Alaska weje
locked up. During that time Alaska
has oeen declining. Now her coal is
to be opened to the world under con.
ditions that will prevent monopoly,
and, I hope, insure development.
The enactment of the bill is an
achievement of which Congess may
be proud, for it was brought about
without bitterness and without par
tisanship. It is a real victory for
a sensible anti-monopoly policy.
"Three-fifths of a true conserva
tion program—a railroad for Alaska,
a new reclamation law and the
Alaska coal leasing bill—have been
crystallized into law. The other two'
measures, which have already passed
the House and will come before the
Senate in December, are the water
power bill and a measure under
which our oil, phosphate and potash
lands may be opened and put to
use.”
The. bill that finally passed Con
gress is designed to throw open the
immense coal resources of Alaska
under a system of leases, with com
petitive bidding. It also provides;
that pending claims shall be adjudi
cated within a year. An appropria
tion of $100,000 is made for the
purpose of making surveys of the i
coal lands of Alaska. The Bering
River, Matanuska and Nenana coal
fields will be the first surveyed, the
government retaining 5,120 acres in
the Bering and 7,8S0 acres in the
Matanuska fields and one-half of all
other coal areas. To prevent mon
opoly or in any emergencies, the
government reserves the right to
mine coal for the benefit of the army
and navy or for the operation of the
government's railroads in Alaska, or
to relieve oppressive, conditions.
Leases will be. made in blocks of |
forty acres or multiple of that
amount, not exceeding 2,500 acres
altogether in any one lease, and to ;
run not more than 50 years. Pres
ent coal claimants may relinquish
the.ir rights to patent under the old j
law, payments being refunded.
Royalties paid by lessees must be j
at least i cents a ton, with a maxi- t
mum unrestricted. Proceeds from j
leases will be usable, to reimburse j
the government for building the!
Alaskan railway.
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PHOENIX, Ariz., Oct. 27.—By
wielding .weapons placed in their
hands by the granting of women’s
suffrage. Arizona women have under
taken the task of disciplining states-1
men, politicians and others who had ;
the temerity to oppose the equal.
suffrage amendment before the polls.,
Headquarters have been opened for
the Congressional Union of Women
Suffrage, which is prosecuting a
vigorous campaign among women to
“rebuke" candidates who appear on
the November ballot, w-ho failed to
support women suffrage in the past.
U. S. Senator Marcus A. Smith and
Rep. Carl Hayden, candidates for re
election. were expected to bear the j
brunt of the attack.
SEATTLE, Oct. 26.—This morn
ing the revenue cutter Bear arrived
from the north bringing the sur
vivors of the U. S. revenue cutter
Tahoma which was wrecked to the
west of the Aleutian Islands. The
schooner Bartlett also came into
port after having stopped at Victoria
to leave eight of the Karluk sur
vivors, who had been brought down |
from Bering Sea on the Bartlett.
NEW YORK, Oct. 27.—-After cen-!
tering for weeks on the war to the!
neglect of pretty much everything
else, there are indications that pub
lic interest hereabouts is turning
back to its own affairs. For the past
few days local news has been break
ing into the war columns all along
the line. New York grows more
interested in its state elections. Can-!
didates begin to look real. Their
records and platforms are discussed
as if they mean something. Various
local matters find increasing space
and better position in the public
prints. Even Wall Street speaks up
with a hope that somebody will
listen. There’s a change. People in
this city begin to turn from war
abroad to ask what is doing at home.
By the time cold weather comes it
will be poor policy in these parts not
to be busy.
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They don't link their names with
any “moses” for votes. For Delegate
No booze, hot-air, cigars, or bunk JOHN M. BROOKS
for support.
Were not nominated because they
are “smart” or “good” men, but in
consequence of their full recognition For Senator
of the conflict between private inter. _ _
est and general welfare. GERMAN
STAND FOR __
Power in, not over, you.
All laws submitted to the people r°r Representatives
for ratification. jj jyj CARTER
People to own and control their
wealth, not their wealth to own and D. M. LYNCH
control them.
Should they prove traitors to the CHAS. G. GANTY
cause, their signed resignations will p tp HFGNER
immediately become effective. * "
VOTE FOR
George R. Goshaw
TO THE VOTERS OF THE THIRD DIVISION:
As it is impossible for me at this time, owing to the dose of
the mining and business at this placer camp, to come before you in
person. I find it necessary to make this announcement through the
medium of the press.
I desire your vote for Senator to the Territorial
Legislature, from the Third Division, at the
Election on Tuesday, November the Third.
My friends have not urged me to seek this office, nor does the
office seek me, 1 SEEK THE OFFICE, and I want your support
and vote.
I am solely responsible for my candidacy, and have made no
pledges or promises to any individual, party or concern, and if
elected will go to Juneau, absolutely unhampered with ties of any
kind; to do that which will advance the interests of the whole
people of Alaska;—not to go there and vote “aye and nay" during
the session, but to work with a will and knowledge of affairs,
gained from a considerable experience, especially in this Division;
and continue such work, throughout the year and the entire term
of office.
If you feel that you can NOT honestly and sincerely cast your
ballot for any of the other candidates for this office, THEN VOTE
FOR ME. Yours very truly,
Chisana, Alaska, Sept. 1, 1914. GEORGE R. GOSHAW.
For Senator
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP COMPANY
Fast and commodious steamers sailing between Seattle, Ketchikan,
Wrangell, Jnnsau. Skagway, Cordova, Valdez, aud Seward, via
INSIDE PASSAGE.
Sails from Seattle— Saili from Cordova—
October 18.MARIPOSA.October 28
October 24.ALAMEDA.November 3
Regular freight service for Ketchikan. Juneau. Sheep Creek,
Treadwell, Douglas, Cordova, Ellamar, Valdez aud Eatouche. Explosives,
S. S. Seward. S. S. Seward, 5th; S. S. Eatouche, 15th; S. S. Cordova,
25th of each month.
This company reserves ths right to change schedule of steamers
wlthont notice.
Tickete on sale at np-town office Alaska Steamship Bldg. Baggage
or freight will not be received at dock later than one hour before
sailing time.
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General Agent. Ticket Agent.
Pacific-Alaska
Navigation Co.
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Puget Sound-Alaska Route
Steamers leave Seattle every ten days of each month on ths
5th, 15th and 25th
Via the INSIDE PASSAGE for Ketchikan, Juneau, Takutat, Katalla,
Cordova. Valdez. Seward, Cook Inlet points and Kodiak Island.
Seattle-San Francisco connecting with steamers Vais aud Harvard
for Southern California ports.
Schedule subject to change without notice.
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