OF GENERAL INFORMATION
■> Cordova, May 20.
A wire was received this morning
from Tom Lane, at Shushanna Junc
tion requesting that twenty bits
worth of war news be wired at once.
#■ as the Daily Alaskan has not been
received since the 12th. We of
course responded, but “there ain’t
no war news’’ and we scarcely think
that the reply was worth the money,
but when mediators take hold of a
proposition all other doings must
necessarily cease, for the lime being,
at least.
The steamer Alameda wag delayed j
in leaving Seward, not getting away
from there until last evening. She
is expected to reach Valdez this;
afternoon about 4 o’clock and to
i arrive at Cordova tonight between 9
and 10 o’clock. She will only be in!
port about an hour. The following j
are the passengers booked for!
Seattle: Henry Thomas, Mrs. T.
Davis, J. W. Hill, Mrs. C. C. Keenan,
Mrs. Robt. Gottschalk, Jack Way,
Miss Anna Hassel, Mr. and Mrs.
James J. Godfrey, Harry Chamber
lain, Tom Price.
Cordova, May 21.
Geo. C. Teal and wife are guests
at the Windsor hotel. They came
from Southeastern Alaska on the
steamer Alameda, going through to i
Valdez and returned to Cordova last
night. They expect to spend the
summer in this section. Mr. Teal
is a real sourdough, having been en
gaged in th:- cannery. ..lining and
transportation in various parts of
Alaska during the past twenty years.
In the early days when men were
rushing into the Klondike Mr. Teal
was at Dyea and later was a resi
dent of Juneau. Recently he was
engaged in the cannery business at
Gambia Bay. Mr. Teal Is a progres
sive Alaskan and a valuable asset to
any community. It is to be hoped
that he and his wife may find condi
tions so alluring and pleasant la
Cordova that they shall decide to
make this their residence.
Rev. Ziegler received a letter on
the last boat from Bishop Rowe tell
ing of the serious illness of Mrs.
Rowe in Seattle, and stating that
the lady, who has be.en sick for some
months, has been steadily declining
and all hope for her recovery has
been abandoned. The bishop is at
the bedside of his wife and will not
* come north for some months.
The Northland came into port yes
terday with a cargo of gasoline from
Katalla and will proceed to Valdez
and the westward.
Late yesterday afternoon the
grand jury at Valdez reported a true
bill against C. A. Eby, formerly
cashier at the bank in Cordova. He
was accused of embezzling funds of
the bank. He was arraigned this
morning before Judge Brown and
plead guilty. The court stated that
sentence would be pronounced on
Tuesday next. It is said that friends
have interceded to secure a light
sentence.
The efficiency of our volunteer
Mire department was again demon
strated this afternoon. An over
heated stove pipe, running from the
Horseshoe through a vacant room
above set fire to the frame work
p and caused a little blaze at 1:30
o’clock. An alarm was sounded and
the bell had not ceased tolling be
fore the, chemical and hose carts
were being rushed to the scene of
the temporary excitement. The fire
hoys immediately did what was
necessary and comparatively little
damage was done.
Father Van der Polil and Father
Crimont were passengers on the
Alameda last night, going through
to Southeastern Alaska.
C. H. Busehmann, manager of the
Northwestern Fisheries Company, is
in town for a few days in connection
with business concerning the Orea
cannery. He will go to the west
ward by the next steamer.
The pupils in <n< r public schools
enjoyed the closing day exercises
^ this afternoon and if the weather is
prop!'ions they will go on a basket
picnic tomorrow. The schools will
he closed until September 1st.
Cordova, May 22.
The steamer Seward was in port
yesterday and discharged T25 tons
of freight.
The oil boat Ascunsion arrived
yesterday with a full cargo of oil
for the C. R. N. YT. Railway. This
she is discharging and expects to
Bail south on Saturday.
Capt. Smith, with the power
Y schooner Pathfinder arrived in port
last evening, in company with the
gas boat Lozier. After spending a
few days in Cordova Capt. Smith
will continue over to Seward. He
came from Sitka.
w Last night S. Blum and his force
succeeded in completing the transfer
of the hanking business heretofore
conducted by S. Blum & Co., to The
First Bank of Cordova. This was
made necessary by the recent Ter
ritorial act which makes the private
bank in Alaska an impracticability;
by reason of cash reserves, examina
tions, etc. The greater part of the
stock of the newly incorporated
bank is held by S. Blum, who will
act as the president, and continue
to have personal supervision over
the affairs of the banking institu-'
tion. He will be assisted in the
careful and accommodating conduct
of business by- a board of directors
that include some of Cordova’s
most prominent business men. M.
Brock is the vice president, Thos. 3.
Scott, the cashier, and the directors
include Geo. C. Hazelet, A. E. Lath
rop, Fred Glassbrenner, S. Blum and
M. Brock. The new institution starts
under most auspicious circumstances
with deposits exceeding $160,000
and a cash reserve of $106,000, or
62 per cent, while the reserve re
quired by law is only 20 per cent.
The management announces that the.
same strict attention will be paid in
the future as in the past, to the
accommodation of patrons and to
the conducting of a strong and safe
bank.
This w-as picnic day for the school
boys and girls of Cordova. The pri
mary classes held the.ir good time in
the school gym, where lunch was
served and enjoyed. The higher
grades went to Murchison falls.
Through the courtesy of Superin
tendent Corser they boarded the
auto car at the railroad station and
were soon at Mile 3. Ed Wilson
briefly describes their doings as fol
lows: “We climbed on the hill and
took a view of the falls; came back
and played many games, built a bon
fire, cooked cofTee and at 12 had
the big meal; then we wanted to
come in to see the visitors so we
formed a walking club and hiked in
the three miles, and we want to
thank Mr. Corser for telling us how
to have a good day’s pleasure and
for giving the car.”
L. L. Wakefield and T. L. Bing
ham arrived at Cordova last even
ing at S o'clock, in their gas boat
Lozier, having come from Juneau.
Their little vessel is only 28 feet
long and has but a five horse power
engine, so that their crossing the
Gulf of Alaska was quite a feat, and
possibly established a record for
the smallest launch. On the. 20th
they ran into heavy weather and the
seas rolled over the craft and made
the trip anything but pleasant. They
camped Wednesday night at Eng
lish bay, around from Cape Hinch
inbrook. They report that Capt.
Warner and his crew have had bad
w-eather for the past w-eek and have
not been able to make much progress
in raising the light house tender
Armeria. Mr. Wakefield and Mr.
Bingham are bound for Kodiak
Island, where they will do some
hunting.
Cordova, May 23.
The Hon. J. Lindley Green, for
merly assistant district attorney at
Seward, was a passenger on the
Sampson yesterday, returning front
a sojourn at Washington, where he
has been for three, months. He
made a strenuous effort to interest
congressmen in the necessity for ad
ditional and more liberal homestead
laws for Alaska. An article that he,
prepared, explaining why farming in
Alaska is making so little progress,
was presented on April 24 by Repre
sentative Humphries as an extension
of his own remarks on the subject
of agriculture in Alaska. While in
Cordova yesterday, Mr. Green spoke
very enthusiastically of the great
possibilities for agriculture and
stock-raising in Alaska. He believe.s
that this is a matter in which ail
Alaskans should take a greater
interest.
It is currently reported that soon
J. W. Spaulding expects >to eom
plete an arrangement tor the bond
ing of the ltice gold quartz property
at McKinley Lake. He returned on
the train yesterday from a short
visit to the property. Others who
are associated with Mr. Spaulding
are expected to arrive here next
week, when the deal will be closed
and arrangements made to work
the property on a large scale. Mr.
Spaulding represents large capital
and recently came here with his
family from Seattle. He has taken
a house and expects to be a Cor
dovan for some, time.
Oscar Fish, of Chitina, who ac
ceptably filled the temporary ap
pointment of U. S. Commissioner
for that precinct, writes to state that
the reference to him, with others,
as having been a candidate, for the
permanent appointment, was incor
rect, and to please so state. This we
take pleasure in doing, and at the
same time explaining that Judge,
Fish had some friends who realized
that he would make a good official
and accordingly urged his name for
1 consideration by Judge Brown. For
this reason it was likely assumed
that he was a candidate.
Cordova, May Zo.
The active life of Cordova was
transferred yesterday to Mile 15,
where a question was settled, for
the time being, that was of far
greater import than even the loca
tion of the government railroads,
the superior abilities on the ball
diamond of the playing qualities of
“Corser’s Kids” or “Michaelson’s
Kids.” For a week past the ques
tion was argued pro and con and it
was decided to hie themselves to a
field of battle and fight out the
vexed question. Accordingly the two
teams, accompanied by 150 town
people, repaired to the railway i
station yesterday afternoon and
boarded a waiting train, determined ;
to be eye witnesses to the culmina- j
tion of a very momentous affair.
A drizzling rain soon set in and
when Mile 9 was reached it was'
found that the ball ground was not
in proper condition to test the abili-1
ties of these professionals, past and ;
future. So Superintendent Corser
gave the order to move on, deter
mined to go to Chitina, if necessary
to find a suitable debating ground.
But when Mile 15 was reached a
field of dry gravel soil appealed to
the old socks, so the coaches were
unloaded and soon the merry war
was on, after selecting the proper
referees. Curley Hickman, Harry
Kerr and M. A. Redfield were the
umpires and Clark Byers the official
scorer. An impatient throng cried
j “play ball,” and for the next two
hours there was something doing
every minute.
Corser’s Kids. .01016010 1—10
Mickejson Kids 04020300 0— 9
There will be a through train for
| Chitina, leaving Cordova tomorrow
I morning at 8 o’clock. Passengers,
1 frieght and mail will go out. Re
pairs have been made to the bridge
at Flag Point and the trestle at
Mile 34, and everything will be in
readiness tonight for the train to
pass over on Tuesday. It is ex
pected to complete the repairs to the
bridge at Chitina by the end of the
week, so that a train for Kenne.cott
can pass over on Sunday morning.
Some Cordova citizens have re
tained Attorney Thos. Donohoe to
secure, a ruling on the legality of
employing members of the city coun
cil to perform service for the city. It
is said that a test case will be made
against Councilman Goodall, who
was employed to superintend the
| construction of a bulkhead on First
! stre.et. Certified copies of the
council records concerning this par
ticular work were sent to Valdez on
the steamer last night and Attorney
Donohe will now prepare his papers
to secure from the court a temporary
restraining order to prevent the
council from making payment to Mr.
Goodall for services performed, if
this be granted a date would be fixed
when both sides would be repre
sented and the question heard on its
merits, when Judge Brown would
either dismiss the temporary order
or make it permanent.
The steamer Northwestern arrived
| in port last evening at 9 o’clock and
| sailed a couple of hours later for
Valdez. The passengers from Seattle
for Prince William Sound ports
were as follows:
For Cordova—Davis Salholin, F.
Heubner, J. C. Lewis, M. N. Lar
j son, Wm. McFadden and 4 second
I class.
; For Valdez—H. Ober, H. Wallace
! Robe Fleming, Jno. Grull, Mrs. F.
I We.ncil, Mrs. G. M. Miller, P.
! Haines, Mrs. M. H. Faust, Edw.
j Liston, H. Liston, Mrs. Liston, J. E.
I Brown, O. C. Brown, A. H. Davis and
1 5 second class.
| For Seward—Joseph Moryas, G.
is. Whitehead, G. B. Whitehead, Jn>.
| Cooper, Mrs. Cooper, F. B. Rich, F.
! D. Wilson, Dr. E. V. Morrow, Mrs.
i Morrow, X Jerry, Max Kahn, Mrs.
M. A. Dates, T. Nieoloi, C. Faubion,
| A. B. N. Nary. Mr: Nary, J. C. Han
: sen. C. FLlter, S, T. Hope, Mrs.
| Hope and 4 second class,
j Among the arrivals from Seattle
| on the steamer Northwestern last
; night was J. C. Lewis,- an old-time
Alaskan sourdough, lie is the man
ager of the 101 Mining Company,
and accompanied by 12 men he will
| go on the train tomorrow to Tieke.l.
(From there the party will go west*
i ward nearly 12 miles to the placer
j property of this company For three
' years past Mr. Lewis lias been en
gaged in developing the placer
ground of his company, but this sea
son he will do some prospecting for
gold quartz. Mr. Lewis came to
Alaska in 1S91 and .was one of the
first traders along the Arctic. He
built the first trading post at D.
Mark Cushion Point. lie is well
known among the old timers. Since
I His several years’ experience around
'Cordova ho thinks that this is the
proper outlet for central Alaska and
looks forward with great confidence
to the development of the Copper
River country.
Cordova, May 26.
Cordova has another automobile,
that arrived on the Northwestern,
to be followed by an auto truck to
leave Seattle on the 30th. The ma
chine now here is the property of
the Alaska Auto Transportation
Company and will be shipped to
Chitina either on Thursday or Mon
day next. The new company will
maintain a service from Chitina to
Paxson's at present and later on will
go through to Fairbanks. The first
trip will be made on Tuesday, leav
ing Chitina at 8 o’clock that morn
ing and reaching Paxson’s, a dis-!
tance of 140 miles in the early i
evening. The return trip will be
made the following day. Passengers
will be carried but after the
truck arrives freight will be trans
ported to all the road houses and
mining camps on the road between
Chitina and Paxson’s.
The train went out this morning
with a fe.w passengers for Chitina
and interior points. The govern
ment mail and freight was also car
ried. No trouble was experienced in
crossing the Flag Point bridge or;
over the trestle that had been i
affected by the elements. Good time
was made and Chitina was reached
about 4:30 o’clock this afternoon.
The next train out will be. on Thurs
day morning. Another train will
leave Cordova on Saturday morning
and go through to Kennecott, carry
ing considerable freight for that
town and Shushanna Junction. A
train from the interior will arrive
here tomorrow1 afternoon.
The late John Y. Ostrander in his
will named Sam Blum as executor
without bonds to administer his;
estate, in Alaska. In accordance:
with ’that desire Mr. Blum has been
named executor by the United States
commissioner at Cordova, and in this
issue of the Daily Alaskan gives
notice to all persons having claims
against the estate to make presen
tation within the time allowed by
law. The will, which was probated,;
leaves all the personal and real
estate to the widow, Fanny F.
Ostrander. The deceased also had
property in 'the state of Washington
and Walter Crosby, of Olympia, was
designated in the will to admin
ister it.
There were many discussions last
night concerning the ball game
played on Sunday. The railroad
kids were very enthusiastic over
their victory, which they celebrated
with much eclat. As many of the
boys went out on the railroad this
morning it is questionable whether
it* will be possible to arrange a game
for next Sunday.
W. L. Smith has a force of men
at work completing the new build
ing adjoining his rooming house. He
will put in an attractive front and
the large room will be used for
store purposes.
Nathanael Greene, who made a
trip a year ago to have his eyes
treated will again go to Seattle on
the Northwestern, for the. same pur
! pose. He will be absent about a
month and expects to return with
E much improved sight.
Decorator Wolff has just com
pleted the ‘‘E. A. Hegg, Photog
rapher,” sign that adorns the front
of the lot adjoining the Hegg place
of business. It is artistic and
attractive.
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FOR SALE
26-foot Cabin Cruiser with 12
h. p. Roberts motor. See S. Blum
ORDER OF PUBLICATION
jlX PROBATE COURT FOR CHITINA
PRECINCT, TERRITORY OF
ALASKA.
In tlie Matter of the Estate of Nels
Oscar Saii, a Mentally Incompetent
; Person.
Charles G. Sail hating filed his
petition that he be appointed guar
j dian of the estate in Alaska of Nels
; Oscar Sail, a mentally incompetent
! person, it is ordered that the same
i be heard on the Twenty-third day of
■ June A. D„ 1914 at 10 o’clock a. in.
: of said day, and (hat notice be pub
lished in the Chitina Leader for a
1 period of four weeks.
Dated May 11th, 1914.
i (Seal) OSCAR FISH,
r, vn’r and Ex-Offtcio Probate Judge.
NOTICE OF PROBATE
| _
Notice is hereby given that i have
j been appointed administrator of the
'•state of Paul d’Helrry, deceased,
I which estate is now being probated
in the Probate Couit of the Chitina
Precinct, Alaska. All persons hav
ing claims against the said estate
will please present them for pay
ment with the proper vouchers,
within six mouths from the 29th
! day of April, A. D. 1914.
HORACE LEACH,
Administrator.
Dated At Chitina, "Alaska, April
29, 1914.
ANNOUNCEMENT
S. Blnm & Co., wish to announce that, on account of the passage
of a regulative banking act by the last Territorial legislature, their
banking department has been incorporated under the laws of the
Territory of Alaska as
The first Bank of Cordova
with the following officers and directors:
S. Blum, 1 “resident;
M. Brock, vice president;
Thos. S. Scott, Cashier.
DIRECTORS: S. Blum, Geo. C. Hazelet, A. E. Latlirop, >1.
Brock and l-'red Glassbrenner.
Cordova, Alaska, May 22, 1914.
REPORT OF THE FINANCIAL CONDITION OF
THE FIRST BANK OF CORDOVA
Located at Cordova, Territory of Alaska at the beginning of business
on the 22nd day of May, 1914.
ASSETS
Loans and discounts.? 49.4S5.36
Overdrafts . 1,454.31
Bonds . 37,400.00
Furniture and fixtures 2,250.00
Cash on hand ana
due from banks.. 106,433.33
Total .$197,023.00
LIABILITIES
Capital stock paid in. $23,000.00
Due to banks. 902.76
Deposits . 171,120.24
Total .$197,023.00
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, TERRITORY OF ALASKA,
THIRD JUDICIAL DIVISION, SS.
I, Thos. S. Scott, cashier of the above named bank, do solemnly
swear that the foregoing statement is true to the best of my
knowledge and belief.
THOS. S. SCOTT, Cashier.
CORRECT ATTEST:
S. BLUM,
O. C. HAZELET,
A. E. LATHROP,
M. BROCK,
Directors.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 22nd day of May, 1914.
(Notarial Seal) EDWARD F. MEDLEY,
Notary Public in and for the Territory of Alaska..
My commission expires October 11, 1917.
Cash reserve required by law, 20 per cent.
Our cash reserve 62 per cent.
Our statement shows .1537,400.00 invested in bonds, which are
of the most approved ty|*e, consisting of Seattle Improvement, King
County and Portland City bonds and form a secondary reserve of
22 per cent convertible into cash at any time.
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP COMPANY
Fast and commodious steamers sailing between Seattle, Ketchikan,
Wrangell, Jnnean. Skagway, Cordova, Valdez, and Seward, via
INSIDE PASSAGE.
Sails from Seattle— Sails from Cordova—
May 18.NORTHWESTERN.May 27
May 24.MARIPOSA.June 2
Regular freight service for Ketchikan, Juneau, Sheep Creek,
i Treadwell, Douglas, Cordova, Ellamar, Valdez and Latouche. Explosives,
S. S. Seward. S. S. Seward, 5th; S. S. Eatoucho, 15th; S. S. Cordova,
25th of each month.
This company reserves the right to change schedule of steamers
without notice.
Tickets on sale at up-town office Alaska Steamship Bldg. Baggage
or freig'ht will not be received at dock later than one hour before
sailing time.
F. B. TRACY, T. J. TALLENT,
General Agent. Ticket Agent.
,
Pacific-Alaska
i
Navigation Co. !
ALASKA FACIFIC S. S. CO- ALASKA COAST CO.
Puget Sound-Alaska Route
Steamers leave Seattle .very ton days of each month on the
5th, 15th and 25th '
Via the INSIDE PASSAGE for Ketchikan, Juneau, Yakutat, Katalla,
Cordova, Valdes, SO'.vard, Cook lulet points and Kodiak Island.
Scattlo-Ean Francisco connecting atith steamers Yals and Harvard
for Southern California ports.
Schedule subject to change without notice.
11. r. WATSON, ALASKA TKANSI’KR CO„
General Agent. Local Agent. j
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