LOCAL NEWS
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Geo. Blowen is now putting the
finishing touches to his building,
which is the largest and most sub
stantial so far erected in Chitina.
Fred Schaupp, the sheet metal
worker, now has his two-story frame
building completed. He has arrang
ed cozy and comfortable living quar
ters in the second story for he and
Mrs. Schaupp, and is getting nicely
settled for the winter.
Dr. Whiting returned on Tuesday
after a few days absence to the const
terminal.
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Cloninger & St. Clair now have the
interior of their bar room clothed
with a rich dark green burlap, which |
greatly adds to the appearance of the
room.
Charley Stevens, sometimes known
as “Hercules Steve,” the well known
fireman for Billy Hinds, arrived on
the six spot from Tiekel Tuesday ev
ening. “Steve” is another of the
old-time boys on this road, and we
f are glad to see him with us in Chit
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John Canning, Geo. Micken and
E. G. Rontrin, returned to Chitina
on Sunday last from a trip to the
several promising copper claims.
They will purchase a winter’s outfit
and grubstake here after which they
will return and develop their pros
pects.
Billy Hinds—you know Billy, of
course—he’s the “rolly-polly good
natured Dutch boy” who is in charge j
of the six spot—came up from Tiekel
Tuesday evening and expects to work
on this end awhile. Now that hej
, and Jack Reed are within whistling
distance of Chitina, with the every
other day visit of Dan Rice, it takes
us back to early railroad days in
’ old Eyak, when all the old-timers
were as one happy family.
Capt. Stretch, the Katalla Co
statistician, paid us a visit this week
arriving on Monday evening’s tram.
Harry Kreik and Jos. Gogenberg
have purchased an interest in the
gold quartz property located at the
head waters of the Nizina river and
' expect to do some substantial devel
opment work in the near future.
' “Rudolph”—that’s all the name
most everyone knows him by—the
little Dutchman who used to conduct
a fish market in Cordova, and well
known in the days of old Eyak, has
a bear story for his friends when
he comes out this winter. He is
, somewhere between the Kuskalina
and the Bonanza mine, and recent
ly put up a cabin, of which he is
very proud. On hanging the door
' for his new domicile, he found he
had no hinges, so resorted to prac
tical or primitive methods as other
old-timers in Alaska do. Most impro
vised hinges are made of an old piece
of leather or a nail and a piece of
tin, but Rudolph had an original idea
and used two good chunks of bacon
rind to swing the door by. He went
to bed the following night, happy
in the thought of building a house
by his own hands and the saving of
two bits for a pair of hinges.
About midnight Rudolph was
awakened by a gnawing sound at his
new door and realized that it must
be a bear. He “hollered” and “shoo
ed” and beat a tattoo on the dish
pan—but the bear kept on gnawing
and before long Rudolph’s “bacon”
hinges were a part of the hungry
bruin, the door falling on the animal
as the last piece was severed. This
, stared the bear away, but Rudolph
took no chances, and watched the
open door the remainder of the
night with his trusty dish pan and
fire poker close by.
| Mrs. Mary E. Hart, Alaska’s well
known lecturer and writer, visited
’several days in Chitina last week
^ and is very enthusiastic over the fu
ture of this part of the territory.
She did considerable “mushing”
around all the places of interest, vis
ited with the Indians, in order to as
certain the facts concerning the re
port of their destitute circumstan
ces, and sized up every foot of the
new government trail now under
construction from Chitina to Willow
creek, in fact familiarized herself
with all the existing conditions trib
utary to Chitina—and those who
have done likewise can easily under
stand her enthusiasm. Mrs. Hart has
mushed and traveled all over Alaska
and states that no where in this great
north can the traveler find a better
road than the trail now being built
from Chitina, and predicts that e
large amount of travel to and from
the interior is bound to be diverted
this way when the trail will have
been completed and winter traffic
once starts. Mrs. Hart left on Mon
day morning's train for Cordova,
stating that she regretted being un
able to visit with us longer and make
the trip to the Bonanza mine, which
she had in mind when first arriving
here.
Eustace (not useless) P. Ziegler,
who has been in charge of the Red
Dragon club house for over a yeai
at Cordova, paid us a pleasant visit
.ne first of this wees, and conducted
an interesting service in the String
er building on Sunday night. Like
Rev. Newton, the “shrimp,” as he is
sometimes called by his friends—he
has no enemies—is a most ardent
worker for the interest and enter
tainment of the boys who have a few
idle hours to spend. He is anxious
and ever willing to do a good turn
to his fellow man, and as a result
is well known and receives a hearty
grip of the hand and a warm wel
come wherever he goes. He brought
out all the reading matter he coulf
carry on this trip and immediately
got busy and started on a mush t(
the Bonanza mine last Monday morn
ing. On his return he expects to re
main here several days, arranging, i
possible, the while, the estabtishmen'
of a branch to the Red Dragon elul
house of Cordova, which will be rui
on the same plan as that at the cops'
terminus. All the reading matte,
and other forms of encertainmen:
cannot be installed at once, of coursf
but within a few weeks he hopes to
have a warm and comfortable club
house for the boys, and he will, nr
doubt, receive all the help and en
couragement necessary in this con.
mendable undertaking.
There hasn’t been much stirring
among the railroad boys this week
In fact a feeling of sadness seems
to prevail among the whole bunch,
who are usually such a jolly, whole
souled congenial crowd. Why? Well,
we hate to be the first to chronicle
the sad news, but it is whispered
that Eddie Walsh, the popular fire
man, is losing his mind. Isn’t it
awful, fellows? Such a loveable
chap, and so young, too. As the
boys from over the “hump” were
waiting for their mail and “next” in
the barber chair at Stringer’s place
on W’ednesday evening, we couldn't
help but note the feeling of respect
and loyalty to their young com
rade, as they spoke with lanterns
turned low, and in awed whispers
of Eddie’s terrible affliction and last
hallucination and ravings of a bob
tailed Malamute dog surviving the
cold and treacherous waters of the
Copper river.
“Allen, the caterer,” now has a
little five stool lunch counter in the
rear of Stringer’s place and keeps
chile concarne, clam chowder, sand
wiches, good coffee, etc. The boys
say it is a good place to get a hot
meal or a light lunch.
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Quartz Mines
Are Sold
A mining deal of considerable im
portance to Cordova has just been
consummated, which means that thr
gold ledges of the McKinley lake dis
trict have attracted the attention of
mining men from the states and will
now be worked on an extensive scale.
G. T. Nichols, a mining expert from
Utah, who has been looking up the
quartz prospects found in this section
yesterday purchased the Walker
Erickson property at McKinley lake,
which he has had under option for
the past thirty days. These claims
have been thoroughly tested and the
leads are all big and strong, with
every indication of depth. The ledg“
continued to show better values and
more width writh every foot worked
and active operations will begin im
mediately under the direction of Mr.
Nichols, who intends to remain here
this winter.
This property was owned by B. W.
Walker, Tim Erickson E. S. Malone
and Sam Erickson, who have been
working it for the past three rears
Two tunnels have been driven, one
87 feet and the other 60 feet, also
two or three open cuts. At no place
is there less than a foot of comm -r
cial ore and it runs as high as ir>
feet. There are six claims in all
with a sufficient amount of work
done to go to patent.
The conditions for mining in the
McKinley lake district are ideal
there being plenty of timber and wa
ter. with excellent transportation fa
cilities. The apparent rich value of
the ore, in which telluride of go’d
has also been discovered, and the ex
tent of the ledges and their well de
nned walls means that when worked
on an extensive scale a good quart/
camp will be established.
Mrs. Wallace, who has accepted
the position as cook at the Chitina
railroad camp, having had her choice
between here and the station at mile
78, returned on Monday evening's
train to assume her duties. After
visiting here last week she returned
to Cordova and camp 13, where she
has been in charge of the mess for
a number of months. Mrs. James
Burgun accomptanied her and may
remain with us all winter.
Frank Alba made a trip to mile
161 this week with a pack train of
four horses. He had a supply of
fresh meat, reading matter, etc., for
the different camps along the lire
and his trip was a profitable one to
the camps as well as himself. He
reports having met a number of
pack trains en route, among which
were the trains of Superintendent
McClellan, of the Bonanza mine A.
N. Gray, of the Copper mountain
properties, taking a train of eighteen
horses out for the winter, by way
of Valdez, and two big trains pack
ing for Heney, one of which was in
charge of Phil Wilson, well known In
Cordova and Valdez. Frank bays
all the “skinners” are glad the ice
is soon to come, so they can aban
don the pack and load up the douolc
enders.
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E. E. DAVID
CONTRACTOR
And Builder
M1LLWRIGHTIXG
All Kiwis of
WOOD WORK
Honestly Now, What Do You
Think of Our Town ?
Have you ever visited a more beautiful
spot for a town in your life?
Don’t you think that the arrangements
of our streets are the finest ever?
t Can’t you see how the concentration of
business to three short blocks add to the val
ue of the business section?
Don’t you realize the advantage of the
switch track along the back of the busi
ness lots for handling freight cheaply?
Don’t you know that the fire risks are
less than in any town you ever lived in?
What do you know about the scenery
and natural beauty? Can you beat it?
Do you know this is going to be one
of he largest towns in Alaska?
Wouldn’t you like to live and do busi
ness in such a delightful spot?
Do you know you can buy lots in this
best of towns on easy payments?
Do you know that the price of lots are
from $50.00 to $700.00.
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