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CHITINA. ALASKA.
Entered a8 second-class matter,
November 12 1910, at the postoffice
at Chitina, Alaska, under the Act of
Congress of March 3, 1879.
Office: Hotel Chitina Building.
Cordova Office: Daily Alaskan
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TILL A. an XL IAUT O. STEEL
■Alton, Managers and Proprietors
O. S. ■■■■ETT, City Editor
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CHITINA, SATURDAY, JUNE 10
LET US MINE
OUR “OWN COAL
NOW IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY.
Everyone should take advantage or
the offer made by the Leader in sub
scription rates for the next thirty
days. Two dollars a year will send
all the news of this mineral belt to
your friends outside. There are a
number of people in and around
Chitina who have been getting the
Leader since the first publication in
September, and we are proud to say
that not one single complaint has
leached this office or a discontinuance
ordered. Our main reason for not
soliciting subscriptions is that too of
ten unreliable publications are inflict
ed upon communities, where adver
tising and subscriptions are usually
collected in advance and after secur
ing the people’s money suspend publi
cation. The Leader wanted first to
prove that it was here to stay and
it has demonstrated this fact by pub
lishing regularly every week since the
24th of last September. We a^-e now
entitled to postage rates, as mail mat
ter of the second-class and having
been in existence for over six conse
cutive months, are entitled by law to
publish legal notices for patent to
coal and mineral claims or legal pub
lications of any nature. It is ex
pected that there will soon be many
copper and mineral claims ready for
publication throughout this mineral
belt, and as the law requires the no
tices to he published in the nearest
paper to the properties, the Leader
will unquestionably carry the no
tices in its columns. There are many
people who are interested in these
notices and now is the time to sub
scribe for the Leader, thus securing
both the local and legal information
of the district. This offer closes on
July 1st, so send in your subscrip
lion now.
ALASKA’S OPPORTUNITY.
Enterprising Americans are boost
ing the movement already started at
Baltimore to induce Americans to see
their own country before going
abroad, and a big convention will be
held in Baltimore next winter to
further this idea. A short publicity
campaign was started last month and
the governors of different Eastern
states have asked for a commission
of citizens from different states
throughout the West to see that they
are properly represented. Baltimore
has the most advantageous building
for such a gathering to be found
anywhere in the United States, and
if over one hundred great pictures,
fully portraying the scenic, indus
trial, agricultural and livestock re
sources of the Northwest could be
shown at that convention, they would
make a wonderful impression and be
of lasting benefit.
Alaskans should get busy now and
be represented at this convention.
Many tourists and men of means who
have hitherto held a wrong impres
sion ot this territory ? could they see
some of Alaska’s wonderful scenery,
would be induced to cancell their
European tour and spend the sum
mer months in this great North. Let
us keep this convention in mind and
have Alaska’s scenery and resources
portrayed along with the different
Eastern states. If we can secure only
one-half of one per cent of the peo
ple of the congested cities of the
East who make an annual tour some
where we can double our population
and many will remain good Alas
kans after once seeing our territory.
AX ODE TO THE WAITER.
(By “Scotty” Muir).
Oh, for the life of a biscuit shooter.
And the joy of “peddling" stew;
With the clatter and clash of sling
ing the hash
To a railroad construction crew.
Hurrah for the life of the flunkey,
With their arms stacked with
plates two feet high,
Running, swinging and jumping like
monkeys,
Aud juggling beef, pudding and
pie.
Oh, the bliss to be up in the morn
ing,
Before anyone else is astir;
j The first to be up and the last one to
bed,
\Nfould you '.hange that for heav
en? No, sir!
Oh, how sweec to hear someone cuss
ing;
The joy of it couldn’t be beat;
See him scowling and fuming and
fussing;
Who the devil’s that collared my
seat.
Oh, the rapture to hear someone
growling,
When dinner has just begun:
‘Here, waiter, this roast beef is far
too rare,”
And another grunts, “too well
done.”
The tea for one is weak, for another
too strong.
Or the cake’s cut too short, for an
other too long;
Or the salt, it is tasteless, the pep
per don’t bite,
Or the spuds are all eyes—there Is
nothing just right.
Oh, my eye, but the heavenly hap
piness,
They hand it out to you in lumps.
And give you the grin and look ugly
as sin,
While you wear your poor feet
down to stumps.
out tne gong nas just rang, so lor
glory.
With the grub I must now loop
the loop,
And if you want the rest of the story
You will find it spelled out in the
soup.
So that’s all now I’ll ask you to en
dure,
Just the truthful experience of Old
Scotty Muir.
NEWSPAPER WOMAN MAKES
TRIP TO THE KENNECOTT
Mrs. H. H. McEvoy, a newspaper
woman of great experience, late from
the East, made a trip over the road
this week as far as the end of the
line. In a short interview with a
Leader representative, Mrs. McEvoy
stated that she is now the “solar
plexus” of the Alaska Bureau of In
formation and Publicity, an organ
ization recently established in Alas
ka with a view to keeping matters
pertaining to this territory constantly
and regularly before the people in the
states through the medium of a press
syndicate, and particularly to get the
matter before the people of the
great Eastern states, who see and
hear but little of the Northwest and
Alaska.
Mrs. McEvoy has established her
headquarters at Cordova, and
through the help of the Crdova bus
iness men expects soon to keep the
wires hot with news of the North
and get the -wonderful resources of
this territory before the people,
which will greatly add in securing
the recognition long since due this
northland.
LOCAL NEWS.
A large number of tie makers ar
rived on Friday evening’s train and
will pitch camp at 173, where several
thousand ties are contracted for by
the Katall aCompany. James Hart
ney had arranged to take his team
and get out the ties, but now says
his part of the contract has fallen
through.
Jack Lawrence has been engaged
by the party of engineers who are to
make the preliminary survey from
the Kennecott to the White River
country, to take his stock and freight
the supplies for the party.
Quite a number of bear are being
killed along the line. Special Engi
neer Spangler and two of his party
have each bagged a handsome skin,
and others along the line are getting
a crack at bruin every now and then.
Part of the government survey
party which is going back of Taral
through the Hounegata valley, ar
rived in Chitina on Friday’s train.
They have eight head of horses which
will be out on Monday’s train, and
which will be taken across the river
near Taral, arrangements having
been made with Tom Holland to
swim the animals over when they ar
rive.
A. J. Elliott, of the Hubbard-El
liott copper properties, was an arriv
al on Friday evening's train, and will
leave for the properties by the next
pu-train.
Capt. R. H. Stretch, the well known
Katalla Company statistician made
a trip up as far as mile 146 this
week. The captain expected to go as
far as the gravel pits to get the
estimates on work up the line, but
had to take the return train in or
der to be in Cordova by the time the
Alameda arrives.
J. W. Garrison, who has mining
interests near the Kuskulana. was an
arrival in town Thursday on a busi
ness trip.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
In the District Court for the Dis
trict of Alaska, Third Division, Chit
ina Precinct, before M. R. Healy,
Commissioner.—In Probate.
In the matter of the estate of Char
les W. Babbage, deceased.
All persons having claims against
the estate of Charles W. Babbage de
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ceased, are hereby required to present
them for settlement to the undersign
ed, the administrator of the said es
tate, at his office in Chitina, at the
Chitina Pharmacy. not later than six
months from date.
All persons owing money to the
said estate are required to pay the
same to the said administrator at his
office without delay.
Done at Chitina. Alaska, this 9th
day of June, A. D. 1911.
A. G. MOREY,
6-12-4 w Administrator.
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the North and Chitina is the Gateway to Inter
ior Alaska. Here’s where the rail meets the
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