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Cordova, August 7.
According to the latest govern
ment maps the correct name of the
Alaskan river which is the scene of
the latest gold stampede is Chisana
river. It has been sometimes called
the Chusana river, and during the
latest excitement has been corrupted
to Sushanna and Shushanna river. It
is one of the principal forks of the
Upper Tanana and was discovered
by Allen in 1885.
Private advices from Seattle state
that Jack Underwood will leave on
an early steamer for Cordova to take
the train for the interior and push
on to the new gold diggings. Jack
spent six or seven years in the
Seward Peninsula country and is
Somewhat familiar with stampedes.
He was in Cordova two years ago
with Secretary Fisher and his party.
His recent book, “An Empire in the
Making,” giving many interesting
facts about Alaska, is meeting with
a ready sale.
L. H. Smith, who has spent the
past six years in Cordova, Chitina
and Kennecott, left for the Sushanna
on the morning train. He says he
has remained for several years past
in the country waiting for a chance
such as is now presented to strike
it rich in a short time.
Mrs. G. W. Bowman and boys
came over from Orca this afternoon
and will go south on the Mariposa
tonight. As the pack at the canners
has been practically put up Mr.
Bowman will soon follow.
F. W. Mitchell, special Indian
agent, will sail on the Mariposa to
night with half-dozen native chil
dren. He will take them to Oregon
and place them in the Salem Indian
Training school at Chemawa. There
are three from Cordova, Albert Wil
son, Oscar Wilson and a girl named
“Fadeda.” The others come from
the interior.
Mrs. R. J. Boryer and son, Robert
Boryer, Jr., will go to Seattle on the
Mariposa tonight. Later they expect
to make a trip to Pennsylvania,
where Mrs. Bcryer’s mother resides.
Glen F. Edgerton, a member of
the Alaska Road Commission came
over from Valdez on Saturday night
and will leave on Thursday’s train
for Chitina. There he will meet Col.
W. P. Richardson, due to arrive
Tuesday or Wednesday. The colonel
is returning from an official visit to
Nome where he examined the road
work and the new bridge across
Nome river. He sailed on the night
of July 1 8 for St. Michael and caught
a river boat up to Fairbanks. He is
now on his way out over the govern
ment road. He does not expect to
come to Cordova but will go over
the road from Chitina to Valdez.
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Cordova August 8
Capt. Ben Durkee brought several
passengers over from Katalla yes
terday on his launch Triton. He con
tinued on to Valdez today.
The steamer Northwestern, with
about 200 passengers for Cordova
will arrive Tuesday afternoon at 4
o’clock. She also brings 50 horses
and 500 tons of merchandise for
our merchants.
The freighter Latouche will arrive
from Seattle later in the week with
56 horses, to be used by the gold
stampeders.
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Cordova, August 9
Yesterday afternoon at 5 o’clock
Mr. W. J. McDonald and Miss Meldah
E. Nettleton were quietly married at
the home of the bride. The cere
mony was performed by the Rev. M.
E. Koonce, the only witnesses being
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Kendrick and
Mrs. Koonce. After the wedding a
delicious repast was served by Mrs.
Kendrick in her home near by.
Miss Nettleton has been a teacher
in the public schools here ever since
Cordova was establlhsed, and has en
deared herself to the children who
have come under her instruction and
to the public in an unusual way. Mr.
McDonald is one of Cordova’s enter
prising and popular young men who
was formerly engaged in business
here but who now holds a position in
the Forestry service. The many
friends of both will unite in wish
ing them every happiness.
Governor Strong has appointed
Henry Alheidt as game warden for
the White river district. He will
likely go to the new scene of his
labors on Thursday’s train. He was
employed on the railroad for a time.
Our former townsman Louis Mar
guiles, now one of Seward’s loyal
boosters, is here with two good
horses and with a partner he is pur
chasing an ample supply of provi
sions and tools to allow them to stay
in the Sushanna country for several
weeks. After that time he will send
out for more supplies if the camp
continues to look good and is likely
to be permanent. In that event he
may go into some business.
Captain Morris came over from
Valdes this morning on the launch
Flirt. He also brought the 3M.
The latter he will place on the ways
at Eyak and build an extension of 12
feet. It is now 45 feet long and it
will be enlarged to 57 feet. A
double engine will also be built and
the speed capacity increased to 9
knots per hour. This work will be
completed in six weeks and after
that time the 3M. may be placed on
a run from Cordova.
The governor’s office has issued
hunting licenses to George S. Biggs
and C. S. Crookshank, both of
Santa Ana, California. It is their
intention to hunt for large game in
the upper White river section. They
will reach that country via Cordova
and the Copper River & North
western railroad. They left Cali
fornia about two weeks ago and ar
rived here this afternoon on the
steamer Northwestern taking an
apartment at the Windsor.
The train from Kennecott and
Chitina arrived this afternoon about
5 o’clock. Several stampeders re
turned from the Sushanna country,
among the number being Mike Sulli
van. A few passengers from Chitina
came to town. The next train for
the interior will leave on Thursday
morning.
The steamer Northwestern arrived
in port this afternoon shortly after
3 o’clock. She had nearly 200
passengers for Cordova, most of
whom are gold stampeders. There
are 30 excursionists and a special
train was awaiting them at the dock
to take them to the glaciers, where
they will view these gigantic won
ders and return to the city about
8:30 o’clock. The Northwestern will
discharge 200 tons of coal, nearly
50 horses and considerable merchan
dise, after which she will sail for
Valdez in the morning.
There were 185 passengers for
Cordova, nearly all of whom are gold
stampeders bound for the Chisana
diggings. The other passengers are
as follows:
For Valdez—C. E. Dippman, C. F.
Dippman, Sam Nilson, R. M. Clark,
A. Nilsen, J. M. Stender, F. G.
Hardenburgh, Dr. W. H. Caswell, C.
S. Black, A. H. Stewart and R.
Ashland.
For Seward—Mrs. C. Henning, H.
Tecklenberg and Miss E. Boyle.
For Westward on steamer Dora—
G. Glick, B. Hettell, N. McGlashen,
Mrs. Call, G. Salzbury, Mrs. Cox and
baby and Miss D. Lacrone. '
Round Trippers—F. Riegel and
wife, R. Galloway and wife, Miss M.
Murphy, Miss Lillian E. Jones, Miss
I. Adair, Miss W. Calkins, Miss R.
Broman, Miss L. Barton, Mrs. F. M.
Fitts, R. A. Tatro, C. Bartlett, H. R.
Hill, C. S. Hill, C. D. Renck, R. E.
Rolf, M. W. Karnes and wife, Miss
Ethel Richards, E. Dickenson, A. H.
Dickinson and wife, Mrs. W. C. Mc
Millin, Mrs. H. Neil, Mrs. M. Gard
ner, Miss M. Chrystal, Mrs. E. Bram
shaw, Miss M. Laverty, Miss Beulah
Laverty, P. C. Holdoegel and wife,
E. W. Lyman, Miss Clarence Merrill
and Miss Maude Howell.
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Cordova, August 11
The first decision of the interior
department on the Bering river dis
trict applications handed down since
the government passed on the Cun
ningham group of claims in June,
1911, was received the other day
by Field Agent Christensen at
Seattle. It cancels the James War
dell group of coal land claims, ad
joining the famous Cunningham
group in the Katalla district and
which were located in 1905. This
decision by the general land office
reverses the report of Register
Walker and Receiver Boyle, of the
Juneau land office.
The Kodiak wireles sstation was
destroyed by fire, July 27th. The
details of the fire have not been re
ceived as yet.
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* PROVISIONS OP NEW *
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* PLACER MINING LAW *
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* No association placer min- *
* ing claim shall hereafter be *
* located in Alaska in excess of *
* forty acres. *
* Not less than $100 worth of *
* labor shall be performed during *
* each year, including the year *
* of location, for every twenty *
* acres or fraction thereof.
* No person shall hereafter *
* locate or cause to be located *
* for himself more than two *
* placer mining claims in any *
* calender month. *
* A person duly authorized by *
* power of attorney, recorded in *
* >*ny recorder’s office in the *
* judicial division where location *
* is made, may locate placer min- *
* ing claims for not more than *
* two individuals or one associa- *
* tlon under such power of *
* attorney.
* But no such agent shall *
* locate more than two placer *
* mining claims for any one prin- *
* cipal or association during any *
* calender month. *
* No placer mining claim shall *
* be patented which shall contain *
* a greater area than is fixed by *
lawT, nor which is longer than *
* three times its greatest width. *
* Notices of location of min- *
* ing claims shall be filed for *
* record within 90 days from the *
* date of discovery of claim de- *
* scribed in notice, and shall be *
* filed in the recording district in *
* which the property is situated. *
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Cordova, August 1 2
“It is the history of the mining
business that placer mining is an
evanescent industry,” remarked one
of the members of the senate com
mittee last month and presented
arguments to show why the govern
ment should help to develop the re
sources of the territory. Thereupon
Falcon Joslin, of Fairbanks, pro
ceeded to enlighten the senator and
all the rest of the senators on the
committee, and when he finished
there was none so careless as to re
peat the remark about the firefly life
of placers.
All Mr. Joslin did was to cite the
history of the placers in California.
The first discoveries of placer gold
in California were made more than
60 years ago. Since that time there
has not been a year in which the
California placers have failed to
produce a considerable amount of
dust. Last year the state produced
a total amount of $20,000,000 in
gold, a large part of which was
placer gold. Of course, this placer
gold in California today comes
largely from the dredges, but it is
nevertheless placer gold.
In the judgment of Mr. Joslin, as
he expressed it to the senators, the
placer mining industry in Alaska
will last a thousand years, the area
is so enormous.
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Running the longest straight line
boundary in the world, between
| Alaska and Canada, has practically
j been completed. It measures from
I beginning to end exactly 1,507
| miles, and runs as straight as the
;crow flies from Mt. St. Elias directly
north, over moving glaciers and
some of the highest mountains in
the world, to the Arctic Ocean. It
took several years’ labor of 75 men
to accomplish the task. It cost the
United States government in round
figures $750,000, with the Canadian
government contributing a like
amount, the cost of the whole work
amounting to $1,500,000.
The end of the work has been in
the placing of the monuments in
the neighborhood of Logan glacier,
which is near Mt. St. Elias. D. W.
Eaton and A. C. Baldwin have been
in charge of this task, each aided by,
a crew of experienced men. Mr.
Eaton has returned to McCarthy’s
where he is awaiting the arrival
of Mr. Baldwin and his twelve men
with their equipment. They will
arrive in about two weeks, when
they will sell their 22 horses and
saddles, which will undoubtedly be
purchased by stampeders bound for
the Sushanna gold district. The
latter part of the month the mem
bers of the Alaska boundary survey
party and eight Canadians will ar
rive at Cordova and take the steamer
for Seattle. (t I} i| 1 j
FAIRBANKS, Aug. 12.—Follow
ing is the outline of the summer trail
from Fairbanks to the Chisana, as
sketched by W. H. Newton:
Fairbanks to Richardson—73 miles.
Government trail. Supply station.
Richardson to McCarty—21 miles.
Government trail, right limit.
McCarty to Clearwater creek—13
miles. Dry trail, left limit; cabin.
Clearwater to Healey river—22
miles. Dry trail, left limit. Trad
ing post.
Healey to George creek—22 miles.
Dry trail, right limit; cabin.
George to Sam creek—13 miles.
Dry trail, right limit; cabin.
Sam to Billy creek—14 miles. Dry
trail, right limit.
Billy creek to Paul's cabin—8 miles.
Dry trail, right limit.
Paul’s cabin to Mansfield—28 miles.
Dry trail, right limit. Indian
village.
Mansfield to Tanana Crossing—8
miles. Dry trail, right limit.
Trading post and Episcopal mis
sion.
Tanana Crossing to Relay, cabin—22
miles. Left limit. First 17 miles
known as “Dry Stretch,” no
water.
Relay cabin to Tetlin lake—22 miles.
Indian village.
Tetlin lake to Nabesna rier—30
miles. Good Indian trail.
Nabesna to Big Bend country, Chi
sana river — About 60 miles.
Indian trail.
Total distance—335 miles.
Estimated mushing time—12 to 13
days. Indian guides advisable
from Tetlin lake to the Chisana.
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The revenue cutter Thetis left Dill
ingham Friday on her return trip to
Valdez and will make stops at
Neknek and then at Unalaska,
Kodiak, Unga and Seward.
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S. Blum & Co. are busy putting
up outfits for the Sushanna strike.
SUMMONS.
In the Justice Court, Chitina Pre
cinct, Third Division, Territory of
Alaska.
Joseph' Fe’asterTPlaintiff
vs.
Jack Lowery, Defendant.
Summons No. 114.
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA, GREET
ING:
To the above named Defendant, Jack
Lowery:
You are hereby required to appear
in the Justice Court of Chitina Pre
cinct, Third Division, Territory of
Alaska, within thirty days of the
completion of the publication of this
summons, and answer the complaint
of the above named complainant,
Joseph Feaster, which alleges that
the defendant is indebted to the
plaintiff in the sum of Ninety-five
dollars for goods and merchandise
sold and money loaned and praying
for a jugment in that amount to
gether with interest thereon and ac
crued costs in this action, and that
unless you, the said defendant, so
appear and answer the complaint,
plaintiff will apply to the court for
the relief demanded in his said com
plaint.
Date of order for said publication
of Summons, June 24th, 1513.
Witness, Justice of said court Paul
d'Heirry, this 24th day of June, 1913.
First publication, July 1, 1913.
Last publication, August 12, 1913.
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