CARD GAME AT FAIRBANKS
RESULTS IN COLD MURDER
Fairbanks, June 16.—As the result of a trivial card game
played in the Imperial Cigad Store early yesterday morn
ing, Borisa Racocevich has been bound over to the grand
jury on the charge of murder in the first degree. Racoce
vich, who is a wood chopper, became angered at some re
marks made by Fred Sellers, champion light weight wrestler,
and hurled a stack of checks across the table at him. This
was the signal for a fight and Sellers leaned over and struck
the Slavonian a powerful blow. ,
Rakocevich accepted his punishment without a murmer and
arose and walked across the room. As soon as he neared the
front door he turned and pulling a gun from his shirt fired
tour shots. Sellers tried to protect himself by jumping be
hind a back door but the second shot took effect in his right
side above the stomach and he dropped to the floor. Medical
aid was summoned but the wounded man died within halt
an hour.
The shooting attracted a large crowd and when the officers
arrived Rakocevich gave himself up. He had the gun ir
hand at the time and offered no excuse for having taken a life.
BATCH OF MINING NEWS
FROM VALDEZ DISTRICT
Valdez, June 15.—Work has begun
establishing camp on the Williams
Gentzler property on Mineral creek.
Prevented for a long time by the
deep snow, Robert McIntosh has
finally succeeded in packing supplies
to the property and is now rapidly
moving the balance of the 12 tons
up the hill. The supplies were
cached about two miles from the
property. They are being packed
with horses to within half a mile of
the ground and carried by the men
the rest of the way. Seven men are
now at campi and J. M. Hall expects
to have 15 men busy before the end
of the week.
A good lead has been uncovered
fully 3,000 feet from the tunnel on
the property of the Vancouver-Val
dez Mining company, which carries
values at every place along the vein
from which samples were taken.
These samples were pounded up in a
mortar and panned, and in every in
stance yielded sufficient free gold
to demonstrate that the ore will
yield a handsome profit over the
cost of mining and milling. So far
as traced the vein appears to carry
uniform width of about two feet
and this width is maintained in the
tunnel at sea level, which is now in
a distance of 115 feet and at a depth
of more than 100 feet.
Because of the sale of 1,000 shares
of Shoup Bay Mining company stock
at five cents a share, there has been
considerable speculation as to what
caused demand for stock even at
that low price. It is rumored that
a very rich lead on the Silver Gem
property has been traced across the
Shoup bay property. Still another
rumor is that the purchasers and
holders of a majority of the stock
will pool their shares and that ac
tive development of the property will
begin at an early date.
Keep your eye on Chitina and
watch h r grow.
LUMBER COMING FOR
MORE SNOW SHEDS
Seattle, June 17.—The steamer
Northwestern sailed last night with
the following passengers for Cor
dova: Mrs. Mamanny, Mrs. Gardner,
Mrs. Buchanan, Misses Rose and
Minnie Finkelstein, attorney C. M.
Frazier, Kennett Kerr, Messrs. Por
ter, Tierney, Vallincant and Elle
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pany, which will be used in the con
She also has on board 150,000
feet of lumber, the first shipment
of a million feet for the Katalla com
struction of snow sheds along the
line of the Copper River & North
western railway.
Job work at the Leader office.
WELL KNOWN ALASKAN
DIES AT SEWARD
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Seward, June 17.—William Mc
Crea, proprietor of the Northern
hotel, was found dead in bed early
this morning. He had a paraletie
stroke a couple of years ago from
which he never fully recovered,
although since coming here his
health has been improved. Mr. Mc
Crea was one of the successful oper
ators in the Nome country during
the early days, but left there several
years ago. He was well-known among
most Alaskans, who will be grieved
to learn of his sudden death.
LAEOLLETTS CANDIDACY
IS NOT VERY POPULAR
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Washington, June 17.—The La
follette boom for the presidency re
ceived an awful jolt today, when
a number of Insurgent leaders re
fused to sign a letter requesting
the Wisconsin senator to be a can
didate for the Republican nomina
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tion. Among those whom Lafollette
counted .upon as supporters and re
fused to join in a plea for him to
run were Senator A. B. Cummings,
of Iowa, Senator William E. Borah,
of Idaho, Senator Jos. M. Dixon, of
Montana, and Senator Norris Brown,
of Nebraska.
Mining Companies and
Mineral Claim Owners
Publication of Final Proof Notices
Preparations are now making by many com
panies for the securing of patents to copper and
gold claims in that rich mining section known
as the Chitina-Kotsina-Nizina district. Publi
cation of final proof must be made in accord
ance with the requirements of the law- which
are contained in the following excerpts of in
structions issued by the General Land Office at
Washington:
A notice of intended final proof must be published
in a newspai>er of established character and of general
circulation in the Ticinity of the land affected thereby,
such paper having a fixed and well known place of pub
lication.
No newspaper shall be deemed a qualified medium
of notice unless it shall have been continuously publish
ed during an unbroken period of six months immediate
ly preceding the publication of the notice, nor unless it
shall have applied for and been granted the privilege of
transportation in and by the United States mails at the j
rate provided by law for second-class matter, a privilege
available to all newspajiers having a legitimate list of
subscribers and a known place of publication.
The notice must in all cases l>e published in the news
paper which may be issued at a place nearest to the lands
which the notice affects. By the word "nearest” as here
used it is not intended that geographical proximity shall
be measured on an air line drawn between the land and
the place of publication, but by the length of the shortest
and principally traveled thoroughfare between such
places, being the highway ordinarily used and employed
for travel by vehicles of any kind.
The law invests registers with discretion in the se
lection of newspa|iers to be the media of notice in such
cases as are here referred to.
Persons seeking to establish their right to a legal title
to any publie lands are not authorized to interfere with
the discretion of the register in the choice of a news
paper in which to publish notice of their claims; nor
will any designation of a newspaper made by a register,
in the reasonable exercise of that discretion, lie disturbed
on the ground that the claimant recommended another
newspaper. J
Upon tlie receipt of the papers, if no reason appears
for rejecting the application, the register will, at the ex
pense of the claimant (who must furnish the agreement
of the publisher to hold applicant for patent alone respon
sible for charges of publication), publish a notice of such
application for tile period of sixty days in a newspaper
published nearest to the claim, and will post a cow of
such notice in his office for the same period.
The law imposes upon registers the duty of procuring
the publication of proper tinul-proof notices, and charges
tl(e claimant with no, ooligation in that behalf, except
that he shall bear and pay the cost of such publication.
The Chitina Leader
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fills the above requirements, and wilt' publish
t the necessary notices at less than 50 tents per 1
line, the price allowed by law to weekly news
papers, .for the entire publication during sixty
days. So that there may be no delay, publish
ers’ agreement should be secured by writing to
WILL A. STEEL, HARRY G. STEEL,
Publishers of
The Chitina Leader, Chitina, Alaska
Cordova Daily Alaskan, Cordova
Or to the SEATTLE OFFICE, 551 Column
Building.
GEO. DOOLEY
[ General Commission Merchant
Agent: Ageiit:
Aimonr’s Hot Drink Supplies Fire Extinguishers
Kahn Bros. “Monogram” Royal Typewriter Co.
“What We Haven't Got We Get”
New and Second-Hand Goods Bought'and Sold
I. J. ST. CLAIR T. W. CLOXIXGER,
Proprietors
THE WORKINGMAN’S RESORT
LOG CABIN BAR
AND ROOMING HOUSE
WINES, LIQUORS,
AND CIGARS
FURNISHED ROOMS AND COTS.
SOLO, POOL AND BILLIARD TABLES.
Comfortabe Chairs and Reading Room.
Restaurant and Barber Shop in Connection.
CORDOVA’S BIG STORE l
S. BLUM & O.’S |
WE SOLICIT YOUR 0?.rERS f
We Carry a Large Stock of :- ♦
General Merchandise l
Of Every Description X
Having been in the outfitting business for many years, we are J
particularly well equipped to furnnisli your outlit, whether large X
of small. J
We have reduced the price of hay & oats t $30 per ton (in ton lots) £
Prompt Attention to Mail Orders ♦
We Will Sa*ve You Money Cordova, Alaska, ♦
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i The Nevada
Just Open
Special Line of OLD CROW and other Standard Brands
of Whiskies. Double Stamp Goods, Bottled in Bond are
; found here. Special Wines and Liquors for Family U3e.
Our prices are the lowest and floods the best in town
WE INVITE YOUR PATRONAGE.
Watch this space for futrre announcements.
McCUTCHEON GRIFFITHS, Props.
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The Fort Seward military band is
touring southeast Alaska, giving con
certs.
The Indian police service in south
east Alaska is to be resumed on July
1st.
Two theatrical companies will tour
Alaska this summer.
Pete’s Lodging
House
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SECOND HAND STORRE
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CHiiiXA HEIGHTS
Hunks 25c; Beds 50c.
PETEK CORDES. Prop.
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Chitina
Pharmacy
Drugs Toilet Articles
and magazines our
Specialties
Parisian Chocolates
The Best of the Bast
Mi Eleccion Cigars
An All-Havana Smoke
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A. G. MOREY, Proprietor
Chitina, Alaska.
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