OF GENERAMNFORMATION
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Cordova, March 3
Sam Shucklin, who returned from
a three, months trip to Seattle, w*ll
l,eave on the morning train for the
Chisana. There he conducts two
stores and he is hopeful that the de
velopments this season will estab
lish the. permanency of the camp.
The launch Waif arrived early
this morning from Port Wells. Dr.
W. H. Chase was a returning passen
ger and he reports the mining pros
pects in that locality as looking very
encouraging. This is particularly
true, of property in which the Dr. is
interested. Charley Ross had ex
pected to return on the Waif, but
as he is cross-cutting a ledge he is
loth to leave until he gets through
it, which will be. next week. The
Waif will leave for Katalla tomor
row night.
Cordova, Mrach 4
Complaints having been made in
various sections of the Third division
over the continuance of slot
machine.?, when they had been for
bidden in every other division of the
Territory, the District Attorney and
Marshal conferred and decided co
take action. As a consequence, an
order was issued yesterday by Mar
shal Brenneman ordering that all
slot machines in the division be taken
out. The various deputies were
wired to this effect with instructions
to cause the arrest of any operators
who refused to comply. In Qordoya
Deputy Brightwell made the' prober
notification and all the. machines
were immediately taken from their
accustomed places and play has
ceased.
One of the men on the launch wait
was placed under arrest yesterday
for rifling a mail bag and extracting
letters therefrom. When the launch
left Port Wells one of the passengers
saw William Pyne go through a mail
‘ bag and extract letters there.from. He
was confronted with the theft and
it is said several opened letters were
found on his person. The launch
ihe.n ran into Valdez and the matter
was reported to the District Attor
ney. That official, however, was not
certain as to his duties in the matter
as the bag had not been given into
the possession of the government or
an agent. The launch had volun
teered to bring the mail to Cordova, j
But yesterday Deputy Marshal
Brightwell received instructions by
; wire to cause, the arrest of Pyne.
Cordova, March 5
The steamer Admiral Watson ar
rived in port this morning about 7
o’clock and left shortly after for the
south. She only went as far as
Seward. The Admiral Evans which
sailed from Seattle this morning will
go as far to the. westward as Kodiak.
The Alaska Road Commission has
arranged to build a large warehouse
at Chitina, where supplies may be
stored for use along the government
trail leading to Chitina. 50,000 feet
of lumber will be usel in the con- j
struction, and it is coming north on j
one of the freighters of the Alaska :
h Steamship Company. Joe Olson has
^ received the. contract to do the work.
He came over from Valdez earlier in
the week and went to the interior
^ on yesterday’s train. He. will get
things in readiness so as to start
work so soon as weather conditions
permit.
Cordova, March 6
Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Hunt enter
tained informally last night in
honor of the newly engaged couple,
Mr. McCullough and Miss Crabb.
Mrs. Horace. Leach was an arrival
on the train yesterday and is the
guest of her siste.r Mrs. Roy DeLeo.
Mr. Leach is expected down shortly
and it is possible that they will give
up the.ir residence at Chitina.
Cordova. March S
ttf D .C. Sargeant, who spent the win
ter at his old home in Washington,
D. C., returned on the Alameda and
will leave on Thursday’s train for
the interior. He has large mining
^interests in the Nebesna and Chisana
districts. He states that when he left
Washington the general feeling was
that it was the intention of the ad
ministration to take over the Cop
per River & Northwestern Railway,
but that it might not be. done this
year. It was believed that the
actual construction would first start
from Ship Creek. Mr. Sargeant had
several conferences with Secretary
^ Lane and endeavored to convince
™ him that the most feasible and rea
sonable route to the interior was
^om Chitina to Fairbanks, with
branch lines running to various
mining sections.
A. E. Grigsby and Jos. A. Baxter,
both of Valdez, who went to Juneau
last week with the hope that pos
sibly their services might be re
quired by the legislature, returned
on the Alameda. They found that
the faithful rewarded from Valdez
were of a different political hue.
The steamer Alameda reached port
last evening at 9 o’clock, just five
days out from Seattle, and also hav
ing jjut in at Skagway. After un
loading freight here the steamer
pulled out about 6 o'clock this
morning- for Valdez, expecting to
return on Wednesday morning on
her way south. The following were
passengers mostly hooked from
Seattle:
For Cordova—J. E. Holmgren,
J. P. Anderson, D. C. Sargent, J. L.
Woods, E. Danielson, H. D. Foster,
E. Sullivan, C. A. Leonard, E. G.
Tannall, E. Torro, H. McIntosh, H.
Bergman, H. Flore, C. Edwards. R.
C. Barthel, Mrs. H. Barthel, J. Fro
topapas, C. DeCuyper, Mrs. B. Mar
tinez, U. O. Wold. J. Olson, G. H.
Vern, E. Osterstad, E. Knudsen, T.
J. Nerno, A. Stuart, Mrs. A. Graves,
I. Ternigen.
For Valdez—S. A. Hemple, Mrs.
S. A. Hemple, A. E. Grigsby. J. A
Baxter, Sam Patterson and 7 second
class.
For Latouche—Calvin Hazelet and
one second-class.
For Seward—H. W. Berrv, J. C.
Frwin, C. F_. Porter, W. Lodge, N.
151. Lewis, Geo. Madden, Thos. Mc
Fwan, E. Theriault, W. Heitman, A.
W. Tye, K. Gideon, J. P. Owens, O.
Ellington. S. Haynes. Mrs. S.
Haynes, Reginald Kerr, W. Kingslev,
E. R. King, Mrs. T. J. Ericksen, .T.
Folsom, G. Bates, W. O. Clark, Mrs.
W. O. Clark, C. C. King, G. A.
Bettes, C. A. Clark, E. M. Clark,
.1. Campbell, P. J. Eckert, J. Webb,
Gust Haller, E. Anderson, H. Har
mon, A. Anderson, F. Carignan, 1,
Boldue, T. J. Madlen and 12 second
class.
The train went out this morning l
with about 35 passengers for vari-1
ous points in the interior. A third ;
of them were for the cannery that i3 j
be.ing established at Mile 55. Man-1
ager Hanley did not arrive but will |
come north in the near future. C. j
A. Leonard is the man in charge i
and he will proceed to get everything j
in readiness for installing the. ma
chinery that will come on one of fhe
early boats. The cannery will be in
readiness for the opening of the fish
ing season, with the expectation of
putting up a large sized pack by
what is known as the Copper River
Packing Co.
H. U. Foster was a returning pas
senger on the Alameda from Seattle,
where he spent the winter months.
He took the train this morning i
for the Nizina country and will re- j
sume work on the. Westover copper
property on the mountain above Dan
Creek. This is one of the several
holdings of the Alaska United Cop
per Exploration Company.
J. Protopapas, wno recently made!
a record trip mushing out from '
Nome, was a returning passenger on j
the steamer Alameda. He took the j
train this morning for Chitina and :
from ihere will start with a dogj
team for Fairbanks and Nome, \
where, he is engaged in merchan
dizing.
During the past year the Mother
Lode Copper Mines Company, that
is developing a big mine on Mc
Carthy creek, across the mountain
from the celebrated Bonanza mine;
at Kennecott, has made shipments ]
that netted the company over one,
hundred thousand dollars. The last
shipment went south on the Mari-,
posa on March 3 and consisted of j
206,480 pounds, or about 106 tons.
A recent statement issued by the
Mother Lode, Company from its New
York office refers to two recent ship
ments on the Mariposa. One was of
smelter delivery on January 21 and
'consisted of 275,135 pounds dry
weight. Its value in copper was
48.32 pe.r cent per ton, and silver
14.45 ounces. The net settlement
was $I2,269.uO.' On February 8, the
delivery was 418,739 pounds, of
42.64 per cent copper and 11.45
ounces silver per ton. The net settle
ment was $28,673.90.
The ore shipment from March 4,
1914, and not including tne ship
ment of March 3, 1915, was a total
of 1,901,277 pounds; copper pro
duced therefrom, 934,170 pounds;
silver, 14,016 ounces; smelter
settlements received, $91,191.45;
copper per ion, 4 9.13 per cent; sil
ver per ton 14.74 ounces.
Cordova, March 9
The. steamer Admiral Evans,
which sailed north from Seattle on
Friday, morning last is due to reach
Cordova on Thursday about noon.
She sailed fr.Qm Juneau last night
about midnight and will make stops
at Yakatat and Katalla.
The steamer Alameda will arrive
.Prom .Seward .tomorrow morning at
7 o’clock. She will be. in port all
VALLEJO, March 9.—The cruiser
Annapolis is expected to reach here
very shortly to undergo repairs. She
has been in Mexico waters but is
expected to sail for Alaska about
May 1st. She will take, north a
number of men who will overhaul
the naval radio stations in the north.
The Annapolis is one of the smallest
of the government cruisers, being
only 168 feet long and carrying a
crew of 11 officers and 136 men. !t
is expected that when work starts
on the new radio station near Cor
dova that a larger cruiser will lie
sent north to carry the workmen
and equipment.
HAVANA, March 9.—Announce
ment was made, this morning that
the big fight between Jess Willard
and Jack Johnson would be pulled
off at Havana on Saturday, April 3.
All arrangements have been com
pleted and Willard is expected to
reach here shortly and continue his
training. Sporting men from all sec
tions of the United States give assur
ance that they will sail for this city
in good time to witness the contest.
WASHINGTON, March 8.—Presi
dent Wilson has named May 10 as
the date for holding the Pan Ameri
ca^ financial conference. This
meeting will be participated in by
the ministers cf finance in South
American countries and the leading
financiers of this country.
EL PASO, March 8.—Jess Wil
lard’s manager states that the big
fight with Jack Johnson will be
pulled of at Havana during the first
week in April. Negotiations to that
end have been going on for some
♦ime back, as it is evident that John
son will not be able, to get to
Juarez to participate in the event,
as originally planned. The sport
ing element at Havana have offered
satisfactory inducements and both
sides have agreed to-Jight there.
WASHINGTON, March 8.—Secre
tary of the Navy Daniels has an
nounced that the battleship fleet
would visit Puget Sound next sum
mer. After the fleet passes through
the Panama canal it will proceed to
San Francisco for a time and then
go north to Seattle. Its arrival at
San Francisco will be made the Oc
casion of elaborate cere.monies and
festivities at the exposition. It is
also planned to hold a potlatch or
some other elebr'ation at Seattle
when the fle.et is there. It is re
garded as a great drawing card and
that people from this state and
neighboring states will crowd here
to witness the unusual sight.
WASHINGTON, March 8.—Gen
eral Carranza this afternoon noti
fied Secretary Bryan that Mexico
City would be. evacuated and that
the diplomatic corps have decided to
remain in that city. This conces
sion upon the part of Carranza is in
| answer to a sharp demand made
I earlier in the day.
WASHINGTON, March 8.—It is
evident that the United States is
losing patience with the actions of
the men who are looting and de
moralizing Mexico City. This morn
ing representations equivalent to a
demand were made by Secretary
Bryan to General Carranza. It is
insisted that there be immediate im
provement in the deplorable condi
tions that now exist in and around
the capital of Mexico.
SEATTLE, March 8.—Consider
able interest and wonder was
aroused on Saturday afternoon i
among old-time Alaskans when a
warrant was received from Fair- j
banks, causing the arrest of Capt. I
A. E. Lebaster. He was formerly in j
charge of the Yukon river steamer;
Robert Kerr and is now accused with
forging the name of F. White, the
second mate on the vessel, to a
salary receipt for $100. The Capt.
d-elare.s that he is innocent of the
charge and his many friends believe
that he will be able to clear hie
name.
NEW YORK, March 8.—Post
poned from a previous date the trial
of Harry Thaw was commenced 4IHs
morning and efforts are now being
made to select a jury. The charge
against him is that of conspiracy
with attempt to e.scape from the Mat
teawan asylum. j
SAN FRANCISCO, March 8.—The
great race for the Vanderbilt cup
was run on the Exposition ground
Saturday afternoon, witnessed by an
immense crowd of people. There
had been so much rain re.cently that
the course was not of the best and
so no record time was made. The
crack drivers of the country were
entered, while, there were cars from
all over the world, aggregating 81
in number. Ralph DePalma and
his Mercedes car were the favorites,
but the victory was won by G. Res^i
with his French car Peugoet. Resta
also won the Grand Prix race in
February with thg. same car. He
covered the distance of 296 miles in
four hours and 27 minutes. Had
DePalma again won on Saturday lie
would retain the permanent posses
sion of the trophy. Previous races
The following interesting letter
has been received from a correspond
'ent now working on Chittitu creek,
which flows into the Nizina river.
This is a rich placer section and sev
eral big properties are being
developed.
On Rex Creek there is considerable
work going on. Powell and Cooper,
who have had a lay on the?upper end
of J. S. Taylor’s claims have dis
solved. Cooper bought out his part
ner and then took in Mr. Taylor
writh him. They have started to
throw dirt In the boxes for spring
sluicing. Bill Woodward, Taylor’s
lower layman, has a tunnel in the
rim, 40 feet, with 40 more Jo tap
the pay channel.
On the Edison group Manley and
Price this winter run a tunnel into
the channel, where Brooks mined
last September with a satisfactory
showing. The new men went 100
feet with six feet of two-cent dirt,
and had the same pay in the face
when they quit last month, making;
the channel at that point 100 feet or
more wide. Below the Brooks cut
these men put down three holes, 20, j
30 and 40 feet, with at least 4 feet
of 3-cent dirt. Above the cut they!
put down three holes, which should '
have been 60 feet if in a channel,
but they were only 20 feet deep.
They had good prospects from the
muck down, with plenty of room on
I each side for the channel. At this
stage of the work J. J. Price arrived
early in February and to a party in
terested he said, “The proposition
looks good as far as it has been
prospected, but we must pay $20,
! 000 the 1st of March, and I don’t
think it warrants it.” Price then
closed down and went out. It is
said that it is his intention to get
more time in which to do further
prospecting before making a pay
ment.
John Lombeck, on No. 10 left
limit bench, is still running a tunnel
but has no pay as yet.
Baldy is cutting wood on Rex for
| Mr. Andrus to. last through the sum
i mer.
oiny and Carl on No. 6 have 4,000
wheelbarrows of dirt on the boxes
and are still in good pay. They have
quit cross-cutting and are drifting,
as they were near the line of the
bench which belongs to Hal Hoffman,
now deputy marshal in the Shu
shanna.
On White Creek Morrison is sink
ing at the head, while lower down
Louie and Ralph Rothe are doing the
assessment work for Mr. Andrus.
Bodie and Powell are prospecting
the right limit benches on Chittitu.
Houser and Stanton have their
pipe in from McCarthy and are build
ing boxes. They and Kernan expect
to move lots of dirt on eleven this
season. It hasn't been worked for
years.
Brown and Miller are taking out
a little money from Sunday gulch.
Carlstrom is putting in a hopper
for summer work on seven bench.
Mrs. Cole is closing out the Fag
enberg stock at reasonable prices.
Mr. Cole has the Shushanna mad
contract. He left for there on Febru
ary 15 and is expected back early in
March.
Erve Herring, who is working for
Geo. Max Esterly, had four more
days hauling logs this year than
last. Over 90,000 feet have been
freighted.
Sam Means is prospecting on one
below.
Murry and Jerry Oleany recently
quit prospecting on 2 below. They
had one hole 30 feet deep but no pav
and much water. They have left
for Young Creek.
Jim Golightly and partners are
prospecting the Young flats but they
have found nothing up to date.
The Duke made his rounds this
month as usual.
Good progress is being made in
moving the supplies for Howard
Birch from McCarthy to Dan Creek,
where there will be extensive work
this season.
Cayuette, on the Dan Creek
benches, is taking out good money.
He is sluicing with drain water
under cover in his tunnel.
Old miners are unanimous that
we have had the best winter ever
known in the interior. It has been
clear and pleasant most of the time,
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CHITINA, - ALASKA
THE BEST
of Everything in the Market
with hardly any snow. And there
has been no extreme cold, as 10 be«
low was the coldest.
The pay as now lined up runs
from above the canyon down the left
limit to No. 17 on Brooks’ Edison
group, over to the right limit under
the hill at Carl’s and Oles lay, com
ing out on the right limit of Chittitu
on No. 5. The pay has been found
in 8 places, in the length of 7 miles.
There is a good field here for more
prospectors. One great objection is
that much of the ground is being
held under the old law and few are
doing any work, this being especially
true on Young Creek claims.
Chittitu, February 25, 1915.
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JUNEAU, March 9.—A renewal
of the fight that was inaugurated at j
the first session of the legislature]
over the number of hours thatI
should be. worked by miners is ex- j
pected at this session. The ball was]
started to rolling today when Repre
sentative Snow, of Ruby, introduced
a bill making the eight-hour liill
apply to all underground diggings.
At present the new 8-hour law
applies to metalliferous lode mining
only. The act excludes the time
going to or from the place where
work is actually carried on amif
intermission for meals. The inten
tion is to limit the hours of employ-!
mcnt in any 24 hours to eight hours
of actual labor whe.re work is actu
ally performed. It is also expected
that another effort will be made 'O
include all placer mining under the
eight-hour restriction.
SEATTLE, March 9.—The steam
er Mariposa was deiayed in reaching
here irom the north and was not
able to again sail last night, her
scheduled date. Instead she. will
sail for Southwestern Alaska to
night and will have the following
passengers for Cordova: C. II.
Sickles, Ed Oleson, William Patrick,
H. J. Christoffer, John Minalicek,
Mrs. A. L. Lawson, A. H. Bryant,
W. W. Elliott, John Hammil. F.
Eckholm, R. H. Grotan, C. B. Frank,
and five second class. For Valdez.
there, are *on cabin and 40 second j
class passengers. For Seward there;
are 20 cabin and 7 second class.
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The. late and autnentic war news
is read in the Daily Alaskan.
Subscribe for the Chitina Leader.
WASHINGTON. March 6.—Vice
President Thomas Marshall left the
city last night fcr nis home, and
then on to San Francisco, where he
will represent President Wilson at
the formal opening of the Exposi
tion on March 20. The President
may have to defe.r his trip to the
Pacific Coast until later in the
spring. To an inquiry he stated that
he had not yet positively decided
that he will be unable to make a
trip to Alaska while on his contem
plated trip west.
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NOTICE OF FORFEITURE
To Ren C. Hannarn, administrator of
the Estate of James Garrett, de
ceased and to his heirs and
assigns of said James Garrett.
You are hereby notified that I, the
subscriber, Ringwald Blix, have ex
pended and paid for your share in
labor and improvements upon the
Jacobson Placer Mining Claim for
the year 1912, 1913 and 1914.
Said Placer Mining Claim is situ
ated on Slate Creek, Copper Center
Recording Precinct, Alaska. The
notice of location thereof is of
record in Book 1, Page 120 of Min
ing Locations in said recording office
at Copper Center. Alaska. To which
book and page reference is hereby
made for a more particular descrip
tion of said claim. Such expenditure
was made for the purpose of holding
possessory right and title to said
claim under provisions of Section
2324 of the Revised Statutes of the
United States and the amendments
thereof providing for annual labor
upon mining claims. That is to say
that an hundred dollars worth of
labor and improvements was made
upon said placer claim and that I as
co-owner have expended the amounts
which were for the interest of said
Garrett’s estate.
You are further notified that un
less you pay your proportion of such
expenditure together with the cost of
thi$ advertisement to the under
signed within ninety days from the
last publication of this notice your
interest in said claim will become
the property of the undersigned co
owner under said Section 2324, Re
vised Statutes of the United States.
RINGWALD BLIX.
First publication, March 9, 1915.
Last publication, June 15, 1915.
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