OF GENERAL INFORMATION
Cordova, February 10
T.- B. Tansy, who was recently
elected a member o£ the Territorial
Legislature, will remain in town
until next Wednesday, when the
steamer Mariposa will be due south
bound. Senator Hubbard, Repre
sentatives Day, Noon and Holland
will also likely go to Juneau on the
same trip. Mr. Tansy is assayer at
the Bonanza mine and he states that
most of the shipments of high grade
copper ore that is now being made
from Kennecott is from the Jumbo
mine. An immense body of ore, rich
in glance, has been ■ uncovered- at a
depth of 500 feet. And it is antici
pated that this w ill prove an' even
richer mine than the Bonanza. The
latter is expected to run at full
capacity so soon as there is suffi
cient water to run the mill. Another
mine, named the Glacier, which is
betw’een the Bonanza and Jumbo is
also being opened up by the Kenne
dbtt Mines Company. And Mr.
Tansy says it gives promise of also
being a world wonder.
This afternoon Mrs. W. H. Chase
met with a painful, although not
serious accident. She was playing
with her dog Dodo when he. snapped
at her and caught her face near the
mouth, necessitating several stitches.
Thos. Sullivan, one of the. men
who was acquitted yesterday on the
charge of petty larceny, was after
wards placed under arrest on a
charge o&» vagrancy. He had a trial
this afternoon before U. S. 'Commis
sioner Adams. A jury was sum
moned as follows: Fred Schiller,
Howell I. Lewis, M. Finkelstein, II.
C. Feldman, George Dooley, J. F. R.
Appleby, J. Berry, Wm. McFadden,
V. G. Vance, L. Ray, James Smith
and L. F. Cox. The government
sought to prove that the defendant
was an idle person with no visible
means of support or lawful occupa
tion. For the defense one witness
testified that Sullivan left $7.50
with him yesterday for safe keeping.
A grocer testified that he had fre
quently purchased groceries from
him. Sullivan claims that he has
been occupied in making shawls, two
of which he sold.
The. jury was out about an. nour
and returned a verdict of not guilty.;
Vincent J. Dwyer and wife will he
passengers on the morning train for
Strelna. They have been enjoying
their few days stay in Cordova and
are now anxious to take, up the
active duties of life.
Deputy U. S. Marshal Hal Hoff-:
man was an arrival on yesterday’s
train. He will go on to Valdez to
night, taking with him as a prisoner,
James Kingston. The latter was ar- j
rested for the murder of Store
keeper Louis Schornborn, in the
Chisana on December 26 last. He
was given a hearing before U. S. i
Commissioner Finnigan and was
bound over to the grand jury.
The freighter Cordova arrived in
port this morning and is discharg-,
ing freight, which includes 200
tons of coal for town and 300 tons
for ’the railroad. There is some
gasoline and a car of dynamite, most
of which is for the Valdez Mines
Company and the Alaska Road Com- ;
mission. Capt. Tom Moore is the
amiable commander of the Cordova
and he expects to leave in the morn
ing for Valdez and Latouche.
Cordova, February 11
For a time everything indicated
that, the western headquarters for
the steamer Santa Ana would be
transferred from Seward to Cordova.
If that was the intention of the
Alaska Steamship Company they
have evidently changed their plans,
as announcement is made that she
will connect with the steamers Mari
posa and Alameda, and later also the
Northwestern, at Sew ard and make
the peninsula route from there.
The Santa Ana has been remodeled
from a freighter with limited pas
senger accommodations into a com
fortable passenger liner, at a cost
of $25,000. She will take the run
of the famous old Dora, and will snil
north from Seattle tomorrow, expect
ing to reach Seward in ample time
to start on the Alaska peninsula
run February 22. She now has ac
commodations for 75 first-class pas
sengers and 30 steerage passengers.
The steerage accommodations can be
'extended. On the way north, the
Santa Ana will take a shipment of
coal and supplies for the Chichagoff
mine on Chichagoff Island, South
eastern Alaska.
On his recent heturn from a trip
to Seattle and while in Juneau Dr.
W. W. Council expressed the preva
lent opinion with reference to gov
ernment railroad construction, as
follows:
“I do not know any more than
what has appeared in the news
papers. However, the people of
Cordova are not worrying any about
available sites, knowing that the.y
have the only logical route to Fair
banks, the best protected harbor for
a naval coal base on the coast, and
a railway that has already pioneered
a route for which big tonnage is in1
sight.
“People, in Cordova know that the
government cannot enter any exten
sive plan of railway building in
Alaska without making use of the
natural advantages offered by the
Cordova route.”
There was no new snow’ out the
line this morning, although for some
little distance the. train encountered
high winds and drifting snow. There
was a little delay in the running of
the train, which is not due to reach
Chitina until 6 o’clock this evening.
The train will return tomorrow
afternoon.
When R. W. Baxter, vice presi
dent of the Alaska Steamship Com
pany, recently returned to Seatt'e
from Southern California, he stated
that the report of his company
acquiring additional steamers was
merely talk, as nothing definite
had been decided on. S. W. Eccle.s,
president of the company, came
from h.’s home in New York to spend
a few weeks needed rest and vaca
tion at Mexicali, just across the line
from California. Mr. Baxter visited
Mr. Eccles and went over various
business matters with him.
The Empress theater was more
than half filled last night by an
audience of all beliefs that turne.d
out to do honor to Bishop P. T.
Row-e. Service was conducted by
Rev. Maloney of Valdez. The sing
ing was led by Mrs. J. B. O’Neill
and Mrs. Appleby. A duet by them
w’as very swe.etly .rendered and
greatly enjoyed. The Bishop first
made a little talk in which he urged
the expressing of different opinions
for it is only by this means that
there can be progress in the world
and reforms brought about. He
took for his text the story of
Daniel in the lion’s den. The les
son he sought to teach was that in
the effort to do good and perform a
duty to mankind the victim of envy
and hate would eventually be pro
tected by the Lord’s goodness, as h?
made impotent, the claw’s and teeth
of the lion when it Was expected
that Daniel would be mangled and
killed.
Cordova, February 12
Thos. H. Holland was a pessenger j
from Chitina this afternoon. He will I
join the Legislative delegation from 1
this division and take passage, next
week on the steamer Mariposa for
Juneau. Mr. Holland was the only
Democrat elected from the Third
division.
The water in the Cordova Power
Company dam is getting low and to
day at 1 o’clock it was necessary to
start up the. steam engine, which will
furnish power until 10 o’clock to-1
night, when the water will again be ;
used.
Will Clayson has returned from a '
couple of weeks stay at Skagway, ‘
where he was occupied in taking j
stock at his store. He says that the j
little city at the head of Lynn Canal
has received the overflow from
Juneau and that the town presents
quite a lively appearance. He was
impressed with an advantage at
Skagway that is not possessed at
Cordova. That is a general club to
which the railroad boys, clerks,
mechanics, business and professional
men may belong. They have such
a club at Skagway and a comfortable
club house. Bowling, gymnastics, j
games of various kinds and baths i
[ are all enjoyed by a large member- j
! ship and good attendance. Mr. j
| Clayson believes that such an insti- j
I tution in Cordova, where all ele-1
| ments may get together for pleasure j
and recreation, is badly needed. j
Vincent J. Dwyer and bride, on
! their way to Strelna, we.re given a
pleasant welcome and reception last
night at Chitina. The members of
the Arctic Brotherhood made elab
orate preparations to greet their re
| turning and popular brother. Until
a late hour Arctic hall was the scene
of much pleasantry, ending in a
grand ball.
TUTUILA, American Samoa, Peb.
12.—Not only a hurricane but an
| earthquake and tidal wave swept
over the Manna Islands this after
noon. Three were killed, one of
whom was beheaded by flying wreck
age, while many were injured. Entire
j villages disappeared and thousands
of the natives were made, homeless.
The disaster came suddenly and it
was only because of the greatest
activity upon the part of residents
that there we.re not more deaths.
The train from the interior ar
rived this afternon about 3 o’clock,
bringing a few passengers. The
track was clear of snow, although
there was some little wind blowing.
On the Chitina branch they are ex
periencing some told weather that
at places sent the thermometer this
morning down to 20 degrees below
zero.
On the last steamer Fred Schiller
received a crate containing four Bel
gian hares. He had them taken to
his home yesterday morning and
when he returned to his domicile
last night he found that the four had
increased to ten. And now he is
keeping it quiet lest the steamship
company should want to bill him for
the ten hares.
Dr. J. L. McBride returned this
afternoon after having made a trip
as far into the interior as McCarthy.
J. J. Price was a returning pas
senger from the Nizina country this
afternoon. He recently came north |
and left nearly two weeks ago to in- j
spect the workings on Rex Creek.
He and his partners, Manley and
Ives, are doing extensive prospecting j
on the creek.
J. J. Price, the mining man w;ho ’
is associated with Frank Manley and j
E. J. Ives In the Iditarod and!
Chisana, was a passe.nger last night
on the steamer Watson. Late last
summer some rich dirt was found
on the benches of the Brooks claims
on Rex Creek, a branch of the
jChittitu. which in turn runs into the
Nizina river. Mr. Price and his
associate,* took an option on this,
property and during the past winter <
have had a number of men prospect
ing the benches, with the intention
of putting in machinery this spring,
if the investigation warranted it.
I Mr. Price recently sailed north
; from Seattle and on the 1st of
| February took the train from Cor
dova for the interior, crossing over
| from McCarthy on the snow and ice.
! After a few days on the Brooks
i property be realized that his great
I hopes for establishing a good camp
! were doomed to disappointment.
| After months of prospecting nothing
particularly good had been found, i
j Mr. Price immediately laid off his I
j force of men and suspended any j
‘ further investigations. He states 1
; that the option will be thrown up, as 1
I the benches do not give the promised
| return. The creek may be, rich in
j some parts, as has been demon-1
strated by Mr. Esterley and Mr.
Andrus, but Mr. Price has but little i
! hopes for the benches upon which |
; his party had the option.
Judge, C. M. Frazier will be a pas- ,
senger to Valdez on the steamer
Mariposa. He has several matters
to bring before the court, providing ,
a term is not to be held at Cordova ,
this spring. A term will open at
Valde.z on Monday morning.
Reports from the interior indicate 1
that Hon. William T. Burns, of Little i
Eldorado, member of the first legis- |
lature and recently re-elected to the
House, is on his way from Fairbanks
to Chitina. He. is accompanied by
his family and after adjournment of
the session they will go outside for
a few weeks.
Chisana has a new postmaster in
the person of Geo. R. Goshaw. The
first official, Theo. Kettleson, left
last summer for his former home at
Fairbanks. Since then Mr. Goshaw
has given much attention to the
office,. Upon the petition of a num
ber of the Chisana residents George
1 has been made the permanent olii
i cial. Before going to the interior
i Mr. Goshaw was field deputy U. S.
| marshal, with headquarters at Val
dez. At the last election he was an
! independent candidate for the Ter
I ritorial Senate.
Senator-elect O. P. Gustad, of
! Cleary Creek, near Fairbanks, will
i wait in Cordova until the south
j bound trip of the steamer Mariposa
i on Tuesday night. He will then join
Lae legislative delegation from this
i division and proceed to Juneau, to
i oe in readiness for the opening se>
! sion on March 1. The Senator is
| intensely interested in better roads
i for Alaska, and in order to familiar
ize himself whh s»me of the present
! conditions he mushed through from
the Tanana river to Chitina. This
method of traveling will give him a
knowledge, of the trail that he Will
be apt to remember longer than
if he scooted through on a fast stage
cr by dog team and he was able to
visit along the way. Another im
portant legislative, work in which he
is interested particularly is the re
people of the present territorial min
ing law, known as the Roden law.
This he says is so complicated that
no two attorneys in the city agree
upon the same interpretation of its
proviisons.
Cordova, February 13
Morgan Belmont and Chas. Olive
Iselin, Jr., were arrivals on the train
yesterday afternoon, and are at the
Windsor. They will take the
steamer Mariposa southbound to
morrow night, returning to their
homes in New York. For nearly five
months past the young men have
been on a hunting expedition to the
country in the neighborhood of Mt.
McKinley. They got their equip
ment and guides at Fairbanks, from
which point they started. In com
pany with Carey Morgan, who re
turned home a month ago, the young
men bagged some big game, which
[ has been shipped east. They are
enthusiastic ovej their Alaskan
experience and hope to return be
fore many years shall have slipped
away.
During construction days of the
railroad Archie W. Shiels was a
well known figure hereabouts, as
he was one of the right hand men of;
Contractor Henry. But when Archie
deserted the wilds for the comforts
of Seattle, he took unto himself a
wife. Now they are celebrating the
birth of a son.
A. B. lies, who has been managing
the property of the Alaska Copper
Corporation for a couple of years
past, was a passenger on the steamer
Mariposa. He went through to Val
dez but expects to return tomorrow
night and take the train on Thurs
day for Strelna, where, he has some
business in connection with the
copper company. Mrs. lies is now
in Washington, where she expects
to remain for the winter.
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McCarthy, February 8, 1915.
McCarthy people called a public
I
meeting during the past week to
discuss methods for obtaining a
[school fpr the 24 children now in
McCarthy for the ensuing year. A.
K. Todd was elected chairman and
he appointed the following commit
tee to take the matter up with Gov
ernor Strong and Delegate Wicker
sham: F. H. Foster, chairman, R. T..
Marshall and John Barrett. It
seems quite probable that those em
powered to act do not understand
that a distinctly new condition pre
vails with regard to the school by
reason of McCarthy being a new
town, in no way connected with
Blackburn, which is one mile and
a quarter nearer the Kennecott
school than is McCarthy. The peop’e
i here feel that on account of the
J inaccessibility to the above men
| tioned school and the large number
of children of school age that they
are entitled to a school. These chil
dren have been without school privi
lege for a year and it is to be hoped
; that they will not be unprovided for
another year.
George Goshaw, with seven dogs,
i made the trip from Chisana to Mc
! Carthv yesterday bringing Deputy
Marshal Hoffman with Jim King
ston. prisoner, over Rohn glacier in
I j 5 hours, which is the record trip to
' date.
McCarthy had another dance
1 since the last news letter, which was
'attended bv 30 couples, held in
; Johnson’s hall and all had an enjoy
able t:m?. Several couples from
Ke.nnecott were present.
Bill Spencer took two relief tents
1 up onto the glacier on the Sliushana
j trail. He is entitled to no little
credit for furnishing these safe
guards to trail life, first, by getting
1 up a dance, to provide funds to buy
the tents, then going up with h's
dog team and putting the tents in
place.
The Dan Creek Mining Companv
has been busily engaged the patt
' three weeks in hauling the sum
mer’ outfit over to the Creek for the
coming season.
The Mother Lode people have also
handled a big outfit of food and
supplies to their working head
I quarters.
J. J. Price, of Price, Ives &
jManlev, is over on Rex Creek with
| Sam Sanderson, looking over de
1 velopment work done bv Sanderson
| during the past six wedks.
All indications point to a busy
season on Dan, Rex, Chittitu and
Young creeks the coming summer.
Dog teams are leaving almost
daily for Shushanna with passen
gers and freight.
McCarthy, February 12, 1915.
Mr. Tom Lane, who has been a
familiar figure in McCarthy for the
past 18 months, is disposing of his
effects preparatory to a visit outside,
j*rom where he contemplates return
' ing to the. Nome country, having
i considerable rich ground in that
jcamp. While we have argued freely
I with Tom Lane (usually unsuccess
fully) on the European war and other
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of Everything in the Market
matters, It Is with keen regret we
learn of his intended departure. Mr,
and Mrs, Lane have made for them
selves a warm place In the hearts of
McCarthyites who wish them success
in their new home.
Oscar Breedman is again among
us, having returned from a sojourn
in the states, and has startetd his
freighting outfit to work getting his
stock of goofls into his store in Chi
sana. Oscar reports times Improving
outside.
Rev. James L. McBride of Cordova
was a visitor to Kennecott last Tues
day night, where he held services.
In passing through McCarthy he was
greeted by a considerable number of
children, whose friendship for him
was evidenced by the greeting ten
dered him. As a result of Rev. Mc
Brides ‘ detective” work here we
have a regular Sunday school, full
set of books, a good attendance and
the children and grown people as
well, had a most enjoyable Christ
mas tree and exercises, also occa
sional church service. In passing
through McCarthy last Tuesday the
Reverend gentleman doffed bis coat,
grabbed a truck and assisted the
agent and train crew in unloading fiO
tons of freight. May the. efforts he
puts forth in “detective” work be
more frequent.
Last Sunday Gtis Priesner and Mi33
Peggie Ward went out hunting the
elusive ptarmigan. After a day's
sport they repaired to the Blackburn
roadhouse for dinner. It was thought
by some of Gus’ friends that he was
contemplating matrimony. However
their mistake was apparent when it
was ■* arned next day that “Peggy”
had taken hop departure for Chisana
with Chester P. Brown.
The weather conditions here dur
ing the whole of the present winter
have been the most pleasant ever
experienced by our residents either
nere or elsewhere. Twe.nty-four be
low, the lowest registered, with 13
above the highest, with sufficient
snow for excellent sleighing and no
winds or storms.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
IN THE PROnATE COURT. CHIT
INA PRECINCT. THIRD JUDI
CIAL DIVISION, TERRITORY OE
ALASKA.
In the Matter of the Estate of Alex
endra Crichton, Deceased, Notice
to Creditors.
Notice is hereby given by the
undersigned administrator of the
Estate of Alexendra Crichton, de
ceased, to the creditors of, and all
persons having claims against, the,
said deceased, to exhibit with the
necessary vouchers, within six
' months after the first publication of
this notice, to the Said adminis
trator, at his residence in Chitina.
Alaska, Chitina Precinct, Territory
[of Alaska, the same being the place
for the transaction of the business
of said estate.
HENRY M. CHAMBERLAIN,
Administrator.
Dated at Chitina, Alaska, January
28, 1915.
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SEATTLE, Feb. 16.—Officials of
the Alaska Steamship Company are
now in San Francisco, including
1 President R. \V. Baxter, Superin
J tendent R. R. Pierson and General
'Freight and Passenger Agent John
| H: Bunch. For some time past the
! company has bee.n negotiating for
the purchase of one or more steam
ships, but when President Baxter
| was recently in California nothing
definite was done toward making a
■ purchase. The other day a vessel
'that it is thought will be suitable for
' their purposes was offered at an at
1 tractive price. With the idea >f
' closing the deal Mr. Baxter went
j south and took the other officials
with him. It is believed that the
steamer is to be run from Seattle to
Cook Inlet, in connection with trans
porting supplies for the Alaska En
gineering Commission in the build
ing of new railroads in the. north.
Until the purchase is actually made
the name of the vessel will not be
given from official sources.
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP COMPANY
x asi ana commodious steamers sailing- oetween Seattle, lLetcnikan,
Wrangell, Juneau, Skagway, Cordova, Valdes, and Seward, via
INSIDE PASSAGE.
Sails from Seattle— Sails from Cordova—
February 9.MARIPOSA.February 17
February 16.ALAMEDA.February 24
Regular freight service for Ketchikan. Juneau, Sheep Creek,
Treadwell, Douglas, Cordovr., Ellamar, Valdez and Batoncho. Explosives.
S. S. Seward. S. S. Seward, 5th; S. S. Batouche, 15th; S. S. Cordova,
£.5tli of each mouth.
This company reserves the right to change schedule of steamers
without notics.
Tickets od sale at up-town offlee Alaska Steamship Bldg. Bpggage
or freight will not he received at dock later than one hour before
sailing time.
F. B. TRACY,
General Agent.
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