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Cordova, October 14
E. W, Green and wife were pas
sengers on the train yesterday and
are registered at the Rainier-Grand.
They came from the Nelchina and
are on their way outside for the
winter. They expect to return in
the spring as Mr. Green has confi
dence that the district will develop
some good properties.
R. J. Keneflck, in charge of the
grocery department at S. Blum &
Co., has received word that his
.father is seriously ill in California.
"Accompanied by his family Mr.
Keneflck will leave for the outside on
0 the steamer Alameda. His pla'-e
will be temporarily taken by one of
the. men from the Blum store at
Valdez.
Some excitement was caused about
town today by the report that be
cause of the expected passage of the
Alaska coal leasing bill the price of
coal had gone down, to $7 per ton
at the dock. This later proved not
to be altogether correct. Cap*.
Nordyke returned from Cook’s Inlet
on his boat Rosebud, bringing with
him 7 or 8 tons of coal from Sel
dovia. It was mined on the prop
erty of W. G. Whorf, who recently
received his patent from the gov
ernment. And it was brought over
for sale so that the people of Cor
dova could try this fuel and see
what a superior and clean quality it
really is. Tom Davis bought the
product at 8 / per ton and paid addi
tional for having it hauled up town.
At the meeting of the Cordova
Lodge, Loyal Order of Moose, held
on Monday night, it was announced
that 91 names were on the list of
charter members. It was the inten
tion to close the list that night but
the names were not read out and the
formality of closing the charter was
deferred until next Monday night.
In the meantime it is expected to
run the number up to an even
hundred.
Cordova, October 15
The stockholders in the Golden
Eagle Mining Company are in high
glee today. Secretary Chase re
ceived a wire this afternoon from
Assayer White at Valdez stating
that the-concentrates sent, him went
$111 to the ton. This was way be
yond the expectations of the owners
of the property and they think it
assures the value of their mine,
which is located at Golden, Port
Wells. As they are milling about 25
tons per day it is expected that over
$100 alone will be received from
the concentrating tables, without
regard to the free gold. A meeting
of the company will be held tonight.
All the stockholders are Cordova
people.
James Carscadden is establishing
a lunch counter and delicatessen in
the building at B and First streets.
He, will have a green room for pri
vate parties.
Cordova, October 16
Laurence B. Clapp, who spent sev
eral months the past season in Cor
dova and out along the railroad, and
who made many water colors of
scenes in this section, is giving
views of his excellent work in cities
outside. He first accepted an invita
tion of the Washington State Art
Association th show his pictures in
Seattle. And for a we.ek or more
past he has been doing this. The
invitations sent out by the Associa
tion contain a view of Mount O’Neil
and prospector’s cabin, made in half
tone from a painting of Mr. Clapp’s
made on the other s'de of the stee.l
bridge at Mile 49. Artist Clapp will
now go east giving exhibitions of his
work and continuing to advertise the
scenic advantages of Cordova and the
Copper river country. Early in the
year he will return to San Diego and
give exhibitions of his work at the
exposition there,,
The train from Chitina that was
expected in this afternoon will not
reach here until early tomorrow
afternoon. This morning a rock
slide occurred at Mile 127. It was
about 100 feet deep and 12 feet
long. A crew was at once set to
work to clear the obstruction and
this work will have been completed
by tonight. The train will come
through in the morning. The next
train out will be on Monday morn
ing.
Edgar C. Raine is w-ell remem
bered in Cordova, where he has
made many visits in connection with
his duties as deputy collector- of
^ internal revenue. He is now in the
interior and declares that the influx
into Alaska next year will be so great
that he intends to resign his federal
position to devote his energies to
conducting tourist parties to this
■^northland.
Among the arrivals on the Ala
meda today was Judge John Lyons,
of Valdez. He is a candidate for
| the House of Representatives and it
[ is generally conceded that he is pos
sibly the best equipped man for the
position of any who are now asking
I the favor of voters in this Third
j division. The judge will mingle
among th€" people of Cordova until
| the next steamer leaves for the west
i ward. As he has property interests
! here and has always been concerned
in the welfare and growth of the
i town it is expected that he will re
ceive a large vote at the. November
election. He is running as an inde
pendent candidate and is very much
interested in opening up of the
resources of Alaska for the present
generation.
A special train left this morning
at 2 o’clock and went as far as Mile
127. The rock slide of about 100
feet in length had not been fully
cleared away so mail and passengers
were transferred and came in on the
special, reaching Cordova at 1:27.
A number of people from river
’ ->oicts were aboard and they took
passage on the Alameda for the.
outside. This afternoon the slide
was reported as all clear, so the
regular train will leave Chitina to
morrow morning and arrive here
about 2 o’clock. The next train out
will be. on Monday morning.
C. M. Day, of Valdez, is another
j : spirant for legislative honors who
j came over this afternoon on the
I Alameda. Charley has a good
j chance of assisting to make, laws at
i the next meet of the solons at
■ Juneau.
wunam Martin, attorney ana
mining operator of Seattle, was a
passenger going outside on the
steamer Alameda. For several
years he has been operating on Fish
creek, 35 miles north from Knik.
; He has a valuable gold quartz prop
! ertv and this year has taken out
j $150,000. He is now treating 75
| tons of ore a day. During the win
| ter he expects to put in a cyanide
| plant, which will largely increase his
| output. He looks for much greater
‘returns next year, and will continue
| work through the winter. He states
that an adjoining property, the Gold
| Boullion has taken out $135,000 this
season.
‘ Judge Brown adjourned court at
! Seward yesterday afternoon and
with court officials returned to Val
dez on the steamer Alameda. The
next term of court in this division
will open at Valdez on November 10.
On Wednesday evening at 7:30
o’clock Bob Sheldon arrived at
Chitina from Fairbanks, with his
two automobiles. He brought out
six passengers with their baggage,
consuming 5% days enroute. He
reports a fine trip and the trail to
be improving.
Mrs. C. E. Bunnell, of Valdez, is
the house guest of Mrs. A. J.
Adams, and will remain here a
couple of weeks. Several of the
ladies of town entertained for her
this week.
Cion, Fawce+t. from S. Blum
Co.’s store, at Valdez, was an arrival
on the Alameda to take charge of the
grocery department of S. Blum &
Co., during the absence of R. J.
Keneftck who has been suddenly
called to San Francisco owing to the
illness of his mother. Mr. Keneficn’s
family accompanied him and will re
main in the states during the winter
months. Mr. Fawcett will occupy
the Kenefick residence during their
absence.
Cordova, October 17
The steamer Alameda arrived
| from the westward this afternoon
i shortly after 1 o’clock and sailed
j southbound about 3 o’clock, a num
i ber coming from the interior on the
train this afternoon and taking
passage. The list for Seattle in
cludes the following:
For Seattle—E. W. Green and
wife, Miss M. Summers, Mrs. E. P.
Clark, Ole Sathtex, B. F. Osbourne,
A. Hawkinson, M. Manners, N. 3.
Smart, A1 Lund, R. J. Kenefick and
wife, M. L. Stickney, J. R. Gibson,
L. C. Short, R. H. Mault E. E. Stahn,
J. J. O’Toole, F. Mallerby, C. E.
Bertenker, Miss M. C. Graves, R. E.
Summers, F. Snow, G. A. Galbraith,
M. Selich, Mrs. Cabin, M. M. Lassen,
A. Ovine, C. Anderson, H. Smith, F.
B. Judson, D. R. Kitner, A. Boek,
W. Thies, E. A. Allen, J. Dard, H.
Hillman, W. A. Patrick, J. Golden,
M. Radich, M. Besko.
A. J. Henneke was one of the
arrivals yesterday afternoon from
the interior. He accompanied the
surveying party that run a connec
tion of about ten miles between
Mile 38 and a connection on a line
that had been run from Miles
Glacier via Lake Charlotte to the
Bering River coal fields. The work
has be.en ocmpleted and the grade
was found easy. It was done under
direction of the Alaska Engin' /ring
Commission.
The whirlwind campaigner from
Valdes, A1 White, was an arrival
this afternoon. He will spend a few
days among the voters of Cordova
and will endeavor to convince them
that he is one of the four men who
should be sent to Juneau to repre
sent this division in the House of
Representatives. A1 is making a
thorough campaign through the dis
trict and there are many who are
placing their money on him as one
j of the leaders tn the race.
Cordova, October 19
Delegate Wickersham left on the
train this morning for the interior.
He expects to address a meeting at
Chitina tonight. Tomorrow he will
go on to McCarthy and speak there
Tuesday night. He will then return
to Chitina and either leave there
Wednesday afternoon or Thursday
morning for Fairbanks. He expects
to have a week to build up nis
fences in the Tanana valley before
the election. Shortly after .he will
return over the trail to Cordova and
go outside.
The matter of the number of
tickets to be voted and ballot boxes
to be used at the November election
is giving various cand’dates consid
erable anxiety. The question was
taken up with Judge Wickersham
last night by George Dooley and he.
examined the statutes, coming to the
firm conclusion that there, was a re
quirement for two ballots. He wa^
not so positive as to the necessity
for two ballot boxes. The. section
providing fcr the election of a Dele-(
gate to Congress clearly states that
the ballot shall contain the words.
“For Delegate from Alaska,” and
the name of the person voted for.
Such ballot shall be folded and
handed to a judge of election. The
bill creating a Legislative Assembly
provides that the form of ballots
shall be the same, as those pre
scribed in the act providing for the
election of a Delegate. Which is
taken to mean that a similar ticket
shall be voted. But there is no sug
gestion that but one ticket be used.
It might naturally be inferred that
two ballot boxes are necessary,
otherwise if both tickets go in one
box a voter might cast two ballots
for Delegate or two for the Legis
lature, which would result in a cer
tain number being thrown out. As
for instance if there were 300 votes
cast and there were but 260 for
legislature and 340 for Delegate the
last 4 0 tickets for Delegate would
not be counted. It might be urged
that with two boxes there could be
some confusion by tickets getting
into the wrong box, but at the recent
city election where, two boxes were
used to contain the tickets of Coun
cilmen and School Director, there
was but one ticket that got into the
wrong box, and it necessarily was
thrown out and not counted.
The Cordova Mining & Develop
ment Company has been organized
with Dr. W. H. Chase, president and
general manage.r; N. Clasen, vice
president; Dave Huych, secretary
and treasurer; the above officers and
A. B. Cooper, John Rawson, John
Gillis and Carl Dunlap, directors.
This company has taken a bond on
two claims in the Port Wells coun
try, adjoining the property of the
Golden Eagle Mining Company. This
is among the property that was
under bond-to J- E. Chilberg and
associates of Seattle. When their
October payments became due they
decided that owing to war conditions
and the scarcity of money they
would put up no more money at
present for new mining projects.
On one of the claims, Golden Won
der. No. 9, 80 feet of tunnel has
been driven, with ore. the full length.
On the Home Rule claim 30 feet of
open work has been done. The
ledge can be traced for a distance
of 3,400 fee.t. Th-'s property was
bonded from Billy Little, Bebe
Little, Dr. Frodenburg, Mr. Ander
son, and Mr. Efstrum. It lies below
the Nugget property, operated by
Tom Davis and associates. Permis
sion has been given to place a small
stamp mill on the Golden Wonder
claim to work ore from the Nugget.
The Shamrock Mining Company of
Seattle, recently bonded property
near the Golden Eagle from Ed
Grise.t. A plant is now being
Secured from Seattle to operate this
property.
Cordova, October 20
The steamer Admiral Watson ar
rived in port last night shortly be
fore midnight and continued, a
couple of hours later, to the west
ward. She will go as far as Cook’s
Inlet. Her passengers for ^Cordova
were: James Ryajp and J. P. Ryan
who came over from Katalla. Pas
sengers for other ports were as fol
lows:
For Valdez—H. S. Brederson.
For Ft. Liscum—Peter Duncan.
M. Morgan.
For Landlock—Eden Helm, Mrs
G. Helm.
For Seward—R. H. Woolsey. Guy
McConnell, wife, and child, J. C. Bell.
The steamer Northwestern sailed
from Juneau yesterday about noon,
going to Skagway. She should
reach Cordova tomorrow afternoon
at 4 p. m. She will only go as far
west as Se.ward and is expected back
at Cordova on Saturday morning.
Here she will take on copper ore.
The winter schedule of the Alaska
Steamship Company will go into
effect on November 1st, when the
steamer Northwestern will make her
last sailing from Seattle for this
season. She will be laid up for
repairs. The steamers Alameda and
Mariposa will continue during the
winter. The stops at Wrangell and
Skagway will be cut out, so that it
will be possible to make sailings
from Seattle on the ist, 8th, 16th
and 24th of each month, or every
eight days. They will only go west
as far as Seward.
Harfy Thisted has received a let
ter from Dan W. Steacy. dated at
McCarthy, October 12. In it he says
that Oscar Breedman had just ar
rived from Chisana. On the way
out, crossing the Russel glacier, his
horse slipped on the ice and fell on
one. of Oscar’s feet. As a result he
has a badly swollen foot and a
couple of jammed toes. Among
ether things Dan writes as follows:
“Oscar says that Mr. Simonds and
nine mjn are on the Rhoan glacier
locking up a winter trail. Within
a couple of days Dick Waters is ex
pected here to let the people know
whether the route is passable. If it
is they are going to put some men
on and flag the trail. They say that
the part of the glacier the.v have
covered so far is almost level, and
on which bob sleds can be used.
They expect to be able to find a way
off near Jim Clark’s road house.
The ne.ws regarding the Rhoan
glacier trail is certainly eneourag
ng, as it means a lot to this part of
the country if they get a good trail.
“The news from the diggings is
that they have struck it as rich on
Shamrock creek as it was on Skoo
kum. They found the pay on the left
limit on the. creek claim bench and
rim. They also got it rich recently
on Gold Run creek.
“Some fellows arrived from the
headwaters of the Chitina last night
with good reports. They are getting
supplies and starting right back.
Bryson’s pack train is expected in
today, and Jim Morrison leaves for
the diggings tomorrow. I am going
in to stake a claim or two and
coming out to stay here until New
Year’s, when I am going in again.
“Business is good at McCarthy,
j A1 Church sold his interest in the
: saloon to Gus Anderson and is going
to open up a meat shop, putting in
a cold storage plant, etc.”
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 20.—In a
letter addressed by President Wil
son to Oscar Underwood, in which
he endorsed the Democratic mem
bers of Congress who are seeking
re-election, he paid a tribute to the
achievements of the Democratic
Congress. He declared that notwith
standing the diversions and disputes
over the European war that there
had been sufficient time to prove the
success of the tariff act. Also that
the currency bill created by the.
Democrats had established such
credit in the country as had never
• before been known. He added that
| the Democratic party is the. onlv
I nstrument ready to the country's
j band by which anything can be
I accomplished.
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| Send in your orders to Kinney for
j groceries. Haven’t the time to walk
j to Kennecott to take orders.
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STATEMENT
Of the ownership, management,
■ circulation*, etc., of The. Chitina
Leader published weekly at Chitina.
1 Alaska, required by the Act of
; August 24, 1912. Name 0f editor,
i managing editor, business manager,
publisher and owmer, Will A. Steel,
I post office address, Cordova, Alaska.
Known bondholders, mortgagees,
and other security holders, holding
1 per cent or more of total amount
of bonds, mortgages, or other
securities: none.
WILL A. STEEL, Publisher.
Sworn to and subscribed before
me. this 3rd day of October, 1914.
(Seal) S. P. CHAPIN,
Notary Public.
My commission expires March
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George R. Goshaw
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TO THE VOTERS OF THE THIRD DIVISION:
As it Is Impossible for me at this time, owing to the close of
the mining and business at this placer camp, to come before you in
person, I find it necessary to make this announcement through the
medium of the press.
I desire your vote for Senator to the Territorial
Legislature, from the Third Division, at the
Election on Tuesday, November the Third.
My friends have not urged me to seek this office, nor does the
office seek me, I SEEK THE OFFICE, and I want your support
and vote.
I am solely responsible for my candidacy, and have made no
pledges or promises to any individual, party or concern, and if
elected will go to Juneau, absolutely unhampered with ties of any
kind; t<» do that which will advance the interests of the whole
people of Alaska;—not to go there and vote “aye and nay" during
the session, but to work with a will and knowledge of affairs,
gained from a considerable experience, especially in this Division,.
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and continue such work, throughout the year and the entire term
of office.
If you feel that you can NOT honestly and sincerely cast your*
ballot for any of the other candidates for this office, THEN VOTE
FOH ME. Yours very truly,
Chisana. Alaska. Sept. I. 101J. GEORGE R. GOSHAW.
For Senator
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