OF SEHEOU IIIFIIIIMI
Cordova, November 19
The Alaska Steamship Company
has made a change in previously
announced sailings for Southwestern
Alaska ports. The Northwestern
was to have left Seattle on Novem
ber 27, but instead will not sail
until the night of the 30th. Here
after sailings from Seattle will be
on the 10th, 20th and 30th of each
month, sailing south from Cordova
about nine days later. The North
western will take the place of the
Mariposa while alterations are being
made and will continue on the run
until the Alamed^ is also renovated
and some alterations made.
P. D. Jacobs, A. H. Brown and L.
A. Brown are three live wires who
came from Nome on the Steamer
Corwin. They had a good time
about town yesterday and the longer
they remained the less anxious they
were to get away. At times they
had about decided to remain over
until the next southbound steamer.
They were still debating the matter
at 1 o’clock this morning when they
strolled down to the wharf, and
came to a hasty conclusion when
they learned that the Corwin had
sailed a half hour earlier. They
then decided to return to the
Windsor hotel and get better ac
quainted with Cordova during the
ensuing few days.
Cordova, November 20
A force of men was put to work
this morning at the water dam of
the Cordova Power Company, in
order to clean out the silt and rub
bish so that the water can freely
run through to the pipes. If the
work can continue uninterrupted,
it is expected that everything can be
made right in a week or ten days.
During that time there will be no
electric light or power during the
daylight hours. The juice will be
available between 3 and 4 o’clock
during the afternoons and barring
storms will continue until 8 or 9
in the morning. Instead of water,
oil will be used to furnish the
power at the plant.
Another fall of snow this after
noon, which reminds us that soon
Thanksgiving day will be along and
it will be white and appropriate.
Dr. Council reports the birth last
night of a baby girl to Mr. and Mrs.
Magne Kippe, who reside at Lake
Eyak.
Foreman Keenan at' the railway
shops has had various applications
during the past few days for posi
tions. And they all came from
Skagway and from the men em
ployed by the White Pass & Yukon.
A wire received by him today states
that it is the intention to close down !
the shops for the next three months,
commencing presumably on Decem
ber 1st. If this be correct it would
indicate that the White Pass rail
road intended to close down for the
winter months, as it would almost
be an impossibility to operate the
road with the shops closed.
Cordova, November 21
The steamer Sampson arrived in
port this afternoon at 1 o’clock. She
encountered a blinding storm in the
neighborhood of Katalla last even
ing and was compelled to put to
until early this morning. She took
on fuel oil here and continued to
Valdez about 3 o’clock. Six pass
engers got aboard at Katalla, of
\
whom Aug. Thiele, Mrs. Gibbie
Brinley and F. A. Hallabough came
to Cordova and Ott Kappen, Capt.
R. D. Gray and A. C. Meager took
passage for Valdez. Passengers from
Seattle for this section were as fol
lows:
For Cordova—Call Cyllivy, F. F.
Erickson, W. D. Thomas, Jas.
Booker, E. L. Britt, W. Lee and 2
second class.
For Katalla—L. C. Knickbocker,
and A. E. Williams.
For Valdez—H. Behrends, Mrs. C.
Thomas, W. Warren T. J. Dowling
and 2 second class.
For Latouche—W. G. Priestley,
and P. C. Stoess.
For Kodiak—William Kraft and
B. F. Watson.
G. T. Edgar and wife arrived on
the afternoon train, having come in
from Ruby. They expect to take the
next steamer for the states.
H. P. Plate came down from
Nome on the steamer Corwin and
expects to go into the Chsana coun
try. Mr. Plate is an old-time
Alaskan and of recent years has
been operating in the Candle dis
trlct.
H. J. Brandt, cashier of the C. R.
& X. W. Railway, returned this af
ternoon from a trip out the line,
where he passed out checks that
were particularly pleasing to the
railroad boys.
Harry Wilson, train master of the
C. R. & X. W. Railway, has been out
the line as far as Kennecott and re
turned on this afternoon’s train.
The train from the interior got
in this afternoon at 2 o’clock, bring
| ing about 15 passengers and the
I mail from Fairbanks. The track is
! in good condtion, with the snow
i falling only part of the way out.;
Around Chitina there are about two
feet of snow, but none has fallen
during the past 24 hours.
Grant Reed, who has temporarily
been filling the position of station
agent at McCarthy for the C. R. &
j X. W. Railway, during the absence\
of M. V. Lattin, has tendered his i
resignation. If he can be checked
out in time he will return to Cor-1
dova on Tuesday’s train. The posi-1
tion will be filled for the present by !
V. J. Dwyer, of Strelna. F. H. Esta
brook has gone to Strelna to look '
after the station there.
Cordova. Xovember 22
Among the passengers from
Chitina yesterday afternoon was J. i
C. Lafarie, who was taken to the
hospital by Dr. Chase. He has a cut
in his abdomen and another on his
left hand, the result of an alterca
tion with Jack Curley. The trouble
occurred at Chitina the other even
ing and it was feared that the
wounded man was seriously injured.
However, Dr. Chase states that if
no complications set in that his in
juries will not prove serious. In
the meantime Curley has been
placed under arrest and is now in
the custody of Deputy Marshal
Wood. He will be given a hearing
before U. S. Commissioner d’Heirry
at Chitina.
Yesterday afternoon Miss Tillie
LeRoy died at the hospital, where;
she had been for treatment during
the past 12 days. She was afflicted
with tuberculosis. Dr. Chase was
the attending physician. The girl
was generally known as Ethel and
her parents reside at Malo, Wash.,
where she had expected to go to
spend Christmas. They have been
wired and asked as to what disposi
tion to make of the body. Funeral!
services will be conducted at the
Catholic church Sunday afternoon at
1:30 o'clock, by Father Shepherd.
The general public is invited.
H. Fox, who spent several years
at Fairbanks filling various capaci
ties with the newspapers there, came
to town on yesterday’s train. He
tvent to the Chisana in July and
came out by way of McCarthy, where
he was employed for a time.
Bill Harris of Juneau was an ar
rival on the train from McCarthy
yesterday having come out from the
Chisana recently. Mr. Harris will
purchase supplies and double end
ers, returning in a few days and will
at once start prospecting on his
claims on Johnson creek.
P. R. McGuire of Fairbanks, for
merly a detective of Dawson fame,
is now on his way to the coast. It
is rumored that Mr. McGuire will
try to unfathom the murder mys
tery of the trail.
Rev. E. P. Zeigler returned yes
terday from a few days spent at
Kennecot and Chitina.
The committee appointed to get
the opinion of the merchants of
town on the suggestion to have all
freight handled at the wharf, in
stead of some of it at the uptown
railway depot, are meeting with en
couraging responses. The feeling
prevails that if the railway com
pany will move one of the present
warehouses on the wharf and put up
a building such as is desired by the
halibut fishers, that it will be agree
able if a newer and larger ware
house is also constructed at a more
convenient place on the wharf to
care for all the town freight. And
w-hen this change is made the rail
way passenger station will be re
moved to the foot of C avenue, a
much more convenient and available
location than where it is at present, j
The more information that is se- '
cured with reference to the growth
of the halibut industry the greater
is the feeling that Cordova is soon
to be the headquarters of an indus
try that will mean enlarged revenues
for the merchants of the town. The
halibut banks in Alaska farther
south are being fished out and it is
now almost a necessity that they
come to the waters of Prince Wil
liam Sound. A captain of one of the
halibut steamers declares that 65
vessels are now engaged in the hali
but trade and he predicts that next
year more than half of them will
be coming to the waters in the
neighborhood of Cordova. They will
bring their catch into the port to be
iced and boxed, ready for quick
shipment to Seattle. That will mean ■,
that these vessels will make their
headquarters at Seattle, with from
six to forty men on each vessel
doing their trading and getting
their enjoyment at this port.
Cordova. November 24
Judge L. T. Erwin, of Fairbanks,
who recently assumed the duties of
U. S. marshal for the Fourth divi
sion. returned from a trip outside
yesterday. He took several insane 1
men to Morningside. While In
Seattle he purchased four fine
horses which he brought up on the ]
Alameda and took out with him on
the train this morning. He also had
a supply of poultry for Arthur Wil
liams, the Fairbanks restaurant ;
man, and will freight it in with the :
horses from Chitina. Judge Erwin ;
will use the horses in the interior |
for wood delivery, as he is also
engaged in that business.
George C. Hazelet returned front .
the interior on the train yesterday, |
fully satisfied that the winter trail j
had been established over the !
glaciers. He will prepare a report :
of the work done by liis expedition
I
and will present it to a meeting of j
the Chamber of Commerce to be:
held likely tomorrow evening at City j
Hall.
A pool had been formed to guess I
on the first date that the snow j
rotary would go out this winter. A j
number of guesses placed the date
between November 15 and Decem
ber 8. Three made the correct
guess of November 24, as the rotary
was sent out this morning. Last
year it went out for the first time I
on November 17.
Henry T. Ray, of Fairbanks, ar- \
rived on the Alameda yesterday. He !
has been out attending the annual 1
camp of the Arctic Brotherhood at
Seattle, at which he was elected
Grand Arctic Chief for the ensuing
year. He says that the question of
establishing lodges in places other
than in Alaska has finally been dis
posed of as the Grand lodge deter
mined that no charters should be
issued for ouside the territory. It
was decided that the next meeting
should be held at Seattle but after
that the sessions will be held in
Alaska. It is believed that these
concessions will satisfy the element
in Southeastern Alaska that met last
spring and after practically depos
ing the officers previously elected at
Vancouver, proceeded to elect new
officers. Chief Ray expects to soon
get that element in line and again
have a united order. He says that
one of his first official acts was to
sign a charter for the Chitina camp,
which was presented for his signa
ture at Skagway by Secretary
Keller. He rather expects to install
the officers of the Chitina camp to
night, as he intends to take the
stage for Fairbanks tomorrow. Mr.
Ray is the government trustee for
the Fairbanks town site.
The steamer Alameda arrived at
Cordova last evening shortly after
6 o’clock, bringing 32 passengers, 6
horses and 300 tons of freight for
this port. She sailed this morning
at 6:30 for Valdez and is expected
back on Wednesday evening. She
will take on copper ore here and sail
south on Thursday morning. The
following passengers came for this
section of Alaska:
For Cordova—Mrs. W. K. Faddis
and family, J. A. Nicolet, F. A.
Douse, J. Sundin, Carl J. Anderson,
T. Handbeck, F. Schmitz, M. Brock
and wife, M. W. Pickle and wife, C.
Nuessler, H. T. Ray, J. C. Under
wood, Mrs. E. Clark, Mrs. W. M.
Smith, C. Kitsman, Mrs. E. M.
Bates, Mrs. C. R. Byers, H. Hag
gerty, Miss M. Rivers, Mrs. A. R.
Young, Miss L. J. Walters, Jay
Caldwell and wife, J. Sipperell, W.
Bunting, J. Grashell, and R. Evelle.
For Valdez—Miss W. J. Korth, J.
E. Morgan and wife, J. A. Baxter,
Mrs. A. L. Florence, S. L. Erwin, L.
White, F. W. Fitzgerald, Charles
Crawford and W. A. Black.
For Fort L'scum—M. Hock.
For Seward—W. A. Eberly, H. P.
H«-»h *nd C. W. De Hoff.
Dr. W. W. Council reports the
ari\val of another lusty lunged
hopeful. The boy appeared about 2
o'clock this afternoon in the home
of Antone Johanson, at Eyak.
Mother and child are doing well.
Mrs. W. R. Faddis and three chil
dren came up from Seattle yester
day on the Alameda. They took
the train this morning for McCarthy
where they will make their home.
Mr. Faddis is connected with A. E.
Todd in the general merchandise
business.
Our former townsman George Os
bourne was married at Juneau on
Saturday night to Miss Charlotte
Haukee. The ceremony was per
formed at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Ben Dalzelle, the latter having been
Miss Miriam Hansen, of Cordova,
and a chum of the bride. They ex
pect to ttake up their residence at
Juneau, where Mr. Osbourne is in
business, his store at Cordova being
conducted by his brother.
James Riley will go to McKinley
lake on Thursday’s train to resume
work on his gold' quartz property.
He has already driven considerable
tunnel and got a lot of stoping
ground ready. While he has secured
some high grade ore the large
bodies average from $6 to $8 in
value. Scotty Malone went out on
the train this morning and will
break trail and get some of the sup
plies to the mine.
Father Vander Pohl was a re
turning passenger on the steamer
Alameda. He had been outside re
ceiving medical treatment and re
turns very much improved in health
and able to resume nis clerical
duties. He went through to Valdez
and was joined here by Father
Shepherd, who held services here,
yesterday. In the future both
priests will look after the parishes
between Cordova and Seward. The
many friends of Father Vander Pohl
will be delighted to know- that he is
to continue his duties in this part
of Alaska.
The elegant solid silver cigarette
holder that was drawn at the
Horseshoe was won by H. G. Steel,
who held the lucky number, 87.
Robert Eiller and G. C. Gipprelle,
both of Skagway, J. W. Grathey, of
Jackson, Ohio, W. Bentry, of Chi
cago, and J. C. Underwood, of
Seattle, were arrivals on the Ala
meda and took the train this morn
ing for McCarthy, expecting to go
to the Chisana.
J. J. Sherlock and wife came from
the interior on the train yesterday
and will go out on the Alameda.
Fred Douse came up from Seattle
on the Alameda, bringing with him
5,000 pounds of poultry and beef.
He also had a fine team of bays, all
of which went out on the train this
morning to Chitina. “Butch” Blanch
ford brought up four horses on the
last steamer and is now waiting at
Chitina for the shipment so that he
might freight it into Fairbanks.
Malcolm Brock, who went to
Juneau to meet his wife and young
son, who Had spent several weeks
at Seattle, returned with his family
on the Alameda.
This morning the amount of mail
sent to Fairbanks was increased
from 800 to 1,500 pounds, on the
winter schedule. Hereafter 1,500
pounds will go out from Cordova
three times a week, leaving on Mon
day, Thursday and Saturday, while
mails will arrive from Fairbanks
and the Nome country on Tuesday, j
Friday and Sunday.
Mrs. J. E. Clark and Mrs. Geo.
M. Smith, both of Fairbanks, came
up on the Alameda and left this
morning for Chitina, where they will
take the stage tomorrow morning
for home.
George Faucett, who has been
temporarily employed in the cloth
ing department of S. Blum & Co. re
turned on the steamer this morning
to Valdez, where he will resume his
regular duties in the big store of
S. Blum & Co.
Mrs. E. W. Bates was a return
ing passenger on the Alameda from
Seattle, where she went with her
daughter Mrs. J. W. Forrester. Mr.
Bates came down from Chitina yes
terday to meet his wife and they
both returned on the train this
morning to the interior country. i
There will be a large class of
birds who will be made Eagles to- j
morrow night at the hall of that
popular order.
Cordova, November 25
The steamer Alameda will ar
rive from the westward tomorrow |
about noon. She will take on ore i
here and expects to sail for the
south early Thursday morning. A
number of passengers will go out j
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