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VOLUME 2.
CHITINA, ALASKA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1911.
SO. 4
Local News
All kinds of job work at the Lead
er office in the Tibbs building.
The grading in Main street which
was done by Tibbs Bros., has been
completed and adds another improve
ment that will be appreciated by all
who have occasion to use the street.
Chief Good-La-Ta was circulating
among the merchants Monday.
Mrs. Gates, wife of Foreman Gates
and mother of Mrs. James Forrester,]
arrived in Chitina this week and will
make this her home for the winter
while Mr. Gates in constructing the
tunnel.
Mrs. Ora Burrows and her sister,
Mrs. Goodman, have taken charge of
the Chitina laundry and will contiu
ue to conduct the bath and laundry
business as heretofore.
A1 Church has gone to Kennicott
to conduct a store for Dick Ficken.
Several cars of ore from the Bo
nanza mines are on the siding await
ing transportation to Cordova.
Cordes & Simons are building an
addition to their building to be used
as a butcher shop.
The office of the Orr Stage Co.,
will be moved from the hotel*build
ing to the main building of the
Orr group in north Chitina and Mr.
Rockefeller, the new manager, will
occupy the upstairs of the same
building as a residence.
Sam and Norman Erickson are in
town this week from their quartz
claims on O’Brien creek.
Nelson brother shave received the
first car of their stock of feed and
unloaded in record time. See them
for feed, hay and coal.
Billy Tibbs associated b,'Tr.self with
the business end of a scraper work
ing on the street Monday but a
couple of hours convinced him that
he was too heavy for light work and
resigned in favor of the hired man.
G. \V. Smith. E. R. Deffenbaugb
and A. Y. Halliday, who have been
prospecting on the headwaters ol
the Chitina this summer are in town
for the winter and report that while
they found some placer prospects
there is nothing here that will war
rant extensive work. They say tha'
the section of country drained by the
upper Chitina is never destined to
become a mining district. They
have no yet decided where they will
work next season.
George Blouen is confined to his
bed with a severe case of pneu
monia, which is the first of tht
season.
The first dog team to arrive ir
Chitina this fall came in Sunday ove.
the Fairbanks trail and attracted
considerable attention. Owing to the
bad roads the load was light.
The largest nugget that has been
brought to town this fall was being
shown by Geo. Max Esterly from his
Rex Creek property. It weighed a
trifle over $45.00.
The sluicing worx in tne tunnel
east of town was finished last week
and the course gravel is being hauled
out on flat cars. The timber for the
tunnel proper has arrived and is
now being cut by the carpenters.
It is hoped to have the work fin
ished before the holidays when the
switchback over the hill will be
abandoned.
Henry Snider fron\ nine miles
above Copper Center is in town with
samples of the products of his farm
which verifies our contention that
produce can be successfully grown in
this latitude. Judge Healy is in pos
session of some of the oats wheat and
barley which would make any farmer
set up and take notice and he also
has a rutebaga raised by Mr. Snider
that weighs six pounds. There is
nothing wonderful about this only
it proves that thousands of farmers
can operate successfully in this sec
tion if they ever get started.
The water pipe carrying water
from the mountains west of town has
been shut off for the w'inter in an
ticipation of a cold wave which is
expected at any time.
Operator Brown was absent from
his duties at the depot between trains
last week while he was sojourning
In Cordova.
FAREWELL RECEPTION
TENDER® MR. HAWKINS
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A farewell reception was tendered
to Mr. E. C. Hawkins, the retiring
General Manager of the Copper River
& Northwestern railway, by Judge
M. R. Healy at his offices that prov
ed to be the most delightful affair
that has ever been held in Chitina.
A number of Chitina’s representa
tive business men w-ere the guests of
Judge Healy from eight o'clock un
til eleven thirty. The out of town
guests besides Mr. Hawkins were
Cal. Richardson Lieut. Edgerton,
of the Government Road Commission,
Chas. Simenstad, a prominent mine
owner of this territory, J. P. Erd
lets, reporting engineer for the Alas
ka Syndicate and R. Emmel, engineer
at the Bonanza mine.
Judge Healy introduced the guest
of the evening in a happy vein and
proposed a health which was drunk
from a bottle of real Irish whisky
which was brought from Ireland by
the judge over twenty years ago and
which has been awaiting this momen
tous occasion to these many years.
The judge said that he felt that he
might wait many years before he
found a more appropriate time to
break the seal of this ancient treas
ure and remembering the services of
Mr. Hawkins to the Copper river
country, and his many acts of ben
evolence, the entire party drank to
the health and future happiness of
the man who has done more toward
the development of this section than
any other. Mr, Hawkins responded
in a brief talk in which he expressed
his appreciation of what he termed
the highest honor that could be con
ferred upon any man for the per
formance of his duty, namely, the es
teem and confidence of his colaborT
ers for the upbuilding of Alaska. He
recounted the many obstacles over
come in the construction of the road
and spoke with much feeling of the
credit due tue men who had financ
ed the great undertaking. He said
that while he was leaving us, ne
could not say goodbye, for wherever
he went his heart was with the peo
ple and the country where he had
spent sewn of the best years of his
life. His gr-eatest regret, however,
was that he must go and leave his
ambition of years unaccomplished—
a railroad from the coast to the Yu
kon, but he admitted that the most
difficult part of the great task had
been completed in the Copper River
& Northwestern railway as it is to
day. Mr. Hawkins spoke with much
feeling of the uniform kindly treat
ment he had received at the hands of
Chitina citizens and his confidence
in a great future for this city.
Major Richardson responding to
the toast ‘ The Alaska Road Commis
sion,” said that where the work of
the railroad stopped his work began
and it was his desire to be able to
go forward with the work of building
roads and bridges for Alaska that
would enable people to travel about
without enduring the hardships of the
present. He pointed out that time,
as well as money, was a great factor
in the economical construction of
highways. He referred the road
question to his assistant Lieutenant
Edgerton, whom he said had prom
ised great things. Lieutenant Ed
gerton responded by telling a story
of a farmer who had promised a
puppy to more than twenty of his
neighbors before the litter was born
and as an excuse for promising more
than the supply said it did not seem
right not to promise a pup anyway,
but in the case of the roads also the
pups might not go round. The story
was the cue for much mirth that fol
lowed. Everyone present responded
briefly to toasts pertinent to the oc
casion and many good natured
thrusts were indulged in. Mr, Rocke
fellow in speaking for the Orr Stage
Co., paid a glowing tribute to the
retiring manager, Jesse Martin, and
told of the difficulties encountered
on the Fairbanks trail. He was stren
uous in his demands for one of Lieut.
Edgerton’s pups. Dr. Thom re
sponding to the toast “The Chitina
Leader,” said he rose with a pitch
fork and boost, not with a hammer to
knock. He said his efforts would
be to. print the truth and spread
broadcast a knowledge of the great
advantages of Alaska. He closed with
a glowing tribute to Mr. Hawkins
which brought forth a demand for a
second speech from the guest of hon
' or which was not in vain.
Judge Healy spoke briefly upon the
hardships of the early days and Mar
shal Brown responding to the toast
“Your Uncle Sam,” told another pup
story. While the marshal was speak
ing T. H. Howland and Dr. Thorn
threw a large flag over him and the
speech was finished beneath the
tars and stripes.
After all had responded to toasts
the entire party was taken in charge
by the Chitina school board Messrs.
Schaupp, Hull and Holland and es
corted to the Hotel Chitina Grill,
where an elegantly served banquet
closed the most memorable gather
ing in the history of Chitina. The
demonstration in honor of Mr. Haw
kins was spontaneous and impromptu
and was arranged after his arrival in
town, still it but feebly expressed
the esteem in which this great and
good man is held by all our people.
If sincere good wishes count for
aught, Mr. Hawkin’s declining years
should indeed be bright for his
friends are numbered only by his ac
quaintance.
The entire credit for this pleasant
affair is due to Judge Healy and the
School Board. Those present were
E. C. Hawkins, Col. Richardson,
Lieut, jiidgerton, Chas. Simenstad
J. F. Erdlet, R. Emmel. J. L. Brown,
M. R. Healy, J. Healy, O. A. Nelson,
Fred M. Schaupp, J. P. Rockefellow,
C. C. Hull, T. H. Holland, E. H. Gil
man, A. G. Morey and Dr. Thom.
Fairbanks, Oct- 34.—R. ,7. Barry, general agent of the
Alaska Steamship company and the Copper River & North
western railway at Cordova, was the first passenger to arrive
here this season over the Chitina-Fairbanks trail. The com
mercial club, having leanied that Mr. Barry was coming, sent
a deputation in automobiles to meet him ten miles on the
trail and brought him to town in one of the machines.
Mr. Barry was given quite an ovation here, as it is be
lieved that his visit will prove of valuable assistance to the
residents of the Tanana valley in their fight for an automobile
road between Fairbanks and Chitina. He declares that he
would be willing to contract to carry the mails overland dur
ing the summer as the trail now stands, but is confident that
if the matter is properly presented to Congress that the
necessary appropriations can be secured to put the trail in
condition for all kinds of travel the year round.
A meeting of the Commercial Club will be held tonight,
which will be addressed by Mr. Barry, whose strong person
ality and interest and enthusiasm in Alaskan affairs is mak
ing a big hit.
Encouraging reports continue to
come from Port Wells, and a recent
prospector from that section has the
following to say about its resour
ces:
“The belt immediately back of
Port Wells is mostly copper and back
of that is the gold belt. We traveled
over the copper belt without making
any locations until we found a par
ticularly good looking prospect,
which seemed too good to pass by
and we located it. The ledge is thirty
fedt wide and carries high values in
copper and silver. The copper on the
surface is of the peacock variety.
Starting at the edge of the bay at
high tide the ledge runs back for a
distance of five miles and widens
out to better than 50 feot.
“With but little development there
are a number of prospects in the Port
Wtells district that can be turned into
shippers. I examined a number of
them and all that is needed is a
method of transportation. The ore
belt at Port Wells crosses the bay
and strikes into Passage Canal. It
Finsr etME OF SEDIES
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New York, Oct. 14.—The first ball game in the
series for the world’s championship was played here
this afternoon and the result lias been the cause of
great rejoicing among the local fans. New York de
feated Philadelphia by the close score of 2 to 1, and the
town has gone ball mad.
Forty-five thousand people witnessed the contest
and the rooters received their money’s worth.
The receipts amounted to $80,000. Although the
betting was light, with no odds offered, New Yorker’s
are now willing to wager any amount at odds that
their team will win the series.
New York scored one run in the fourth and one in
the seventh inning, while the Quakerites were able to
cross the home plate bnt once and that was in the
second inning.
Bender occupied the box for the visitors and his
pitching was the feature of the game, which was lost
through a costly error made by Collins, the second
baseman. Mathewson twirled the ball for New York
and received excellent support, his team playing an
errorless game- The following is the score by in
nings
New York 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0—2
Philadelphia 01000000 0—1
Hits—New York, 7; Philadelphia, 6. Errors—New
York, 0; Philadelphia, 3.
is probably a continuation of the for
mation that runs through the north
Seward region.”
Pine candies, cigars and tobaccos
at Tibb’s.
A boneheaded pucilanimous came
into the Leader office the other day
and after ordering his paper stopped,
offered to throw the editor into the
street, but after sizing up our hun
dred and eightly pounds of adverdu
pois he changed his mind. This par
ticularly near relative of a mule had
hobnobbed with four-flusher Pinchot
and muckraker Lathrop until he ab
sorbed some of their surplus gall.
He further promised us that if we
printed anything else derogatory to
the fair name of the four-flusher
Pinchot that we would be summarily
annihilated. We tremble with fear
at the very thought and only answer
meekly. To hell with muckraker
Pinchot and his hair-brained follow
ers. We are not a prize fighter,
but we will continue to print what
seems best to us, especially when we
know it to be the truth. We are
going to stand up for Alaska as long
as the ink holds out.
Subscribe for the Dally Alaskan.
Local News
Oscftr Breedman is back in town
for a few days looking after his in
terests here. He will make the trip
up the iine before he goes back to
Cordova.
A social dance will be given in the
Blum building as soon as it is fin*
ished.
A. J. Adams, president of the
Cordova Chamber of Commerce was
in town between trains this week and
went out to Kennicott on business.
Mr. Adams first surveyed the town
site of Chitina before the railroad
reached here and he is naturally in
terested in the welfare of the town.
He expressed himself as well pleased
with the prospects for a bright fu
ture for this busy little place.
Mr. Zeigler writes that owing to
the serious illness of Mrs. Zeigler in
Cordova, he has been detained front
coming to chitina to hold services,
but promises to come at the earliest
opportunity.
The first stage to arrive from Fair
banks reached Chitina at four o'
clock Thursday night carrying mail
and two passengers, Capt. Ed Moore
and Gus Dannebier, both enroute to
the outside. While tne roads are in
bad shape owing to the recent rains
the stage came through on schedule
time and connected with the trains
Friday morning.
The following have letters on hand
unclaimed at the Chitina postoffico
Brown, Ralph, J., Enger Erling, Er
win John, Haber, A., Hill, Red, Isac
son, Emil, Johnson, Chas., G. Kelly,
J. F. Koskl, Jahan, Malensledt, L. S.,
Nilson, Jahan, Clausen Christ Pier
son Robt., N. Pike, Ed. Sarin K
Sherwin, B. H. A. G. MOREY, P. M.
Jake Nafsted of the Tonsina road
house is in Chitina on his way home
from Valdez and Cordova.
Col. Richardson of the road com
mission with his assistant Lieut. Ed
gerton, passed through Chitina Tues
day tothe Nizina where they will in
spect the sight for the proposed
bridge on the new' trail from Kenni
cott. This bridge has long been
badly needed at this point as it was
necessary to ford the river here and
during the summer months it was
often so swollen that passage was Im
possible.
N. S. Jenkins and F. W. Irish, of
Seattle, are registered at the Hotel
Chitina.
Max Giegold, the barber came up
Tuesday to take charge of the hotel
t-arber snop.
Dave Hickey and Pete Ross came
in from Iditarod last week and will
make Chitina their nome this winter.
O. E. Lambert, the Cordova under
taker spent a couple of days in Chit
ina this week but he reports the
general health so good here that he
sees but little hopes of business in
his line from this source.
The visit of Mr. Blum to Chitina
this week resulted in a radical
change in plans for his feed ware
houses. The north end of the build
ing was torn out and an extension is
being built that reaches Main street.
This end of the street will be oc
cupied by the Chitina Cash Store,
Mr. E. H. Gillman, manager, and will
carry a general line of men’s goods
groceries and trail hardware, and
will act as forwarding agents for
S. Glum & Co. The fear end of the
building will be used by S. Blum &
Co., as a hay and grain warshouse.
This will enable miners and pros
pectors to secure everything they
need without the tedious details ex
perienced in ordering from elsewhere.
The Log Cabin Restaurant boasts
of a unique and popular attache in
the person of one of the proprietors.
Capt. Andrew Lund, who until re
cently was skipper of the launch
Swan of Katalla uarbor. Capt. Lund
some years ago gained much notor
iety while sojourning through the
forests back of Katalla by running
down and capturing, empty handed a
half grown brown bear and since
that time he has more often than
otherwise sailed under the sobriquet
of “Silvertip.” Since Silvertip and
Captain Lund are synonymous terms
the little captain is not particular
which you call him while enjoying a
good meal at his popular place.