The Chitina leader., 1911-10-07
EXPOSE OF A BIG POLITICAL JOB
Local News


 Friday night to take charge of the feed business for Mir. Blum.
 B. B. Dobbs and wife, of Cordova, are in charge of the photographing of scenery along the railroad and are stopping in Chitina fer couple of days.
 The ptarmigan is a very good bird and costs fifty cents piece on the market but most of our tastes run in the direction of fat hen or spring chicken. Who will be the first to catch the produce microbe?
 Outside potatoes cost seven cents a pound and we are often supplied with a poor article. Our native soil will produce ten tons of good pota- toes to the acre and the land costs nothing Can anyone afford to waste his time on such a trivial thing as few acres of spuds?
 O. A, Hatfield, who has been work ing at the Esterly mines is in town.
 A. s. Brimner, who has been pros pecting this summer in the Kennicott neighborhoot- is in town for a few days.
 Samuel Blum and wife of Cordova, were in town over Friday night. MT. Blum is looking after the establish ment of his warehouse at this point.
 Chas. Sprague and J. Saulick are registered at the Hotel Chitina from Seattle
 See Schaupp for hardware.
 Mrs. Goodman, sister of Mrs. Ora Burrows, has arrived in Chitina and will make this her home this winter.
 Excavation for the Nelson broth eer's warehouse has begun and when completed this buildin will add to the appearance of the lower part of town
 H. E. Cleveland. pioneer of the Slate creek district, is in from the middle fork on the Chestichena and says that only three or four of the boys will winter in that section this season. Mr. Cleveland has been doing assessment work in that dis trict all summer.
 The first stage of the Orr line to Fairbanks left Tuesday morning on Schedule time with a full load of mail weighing over 800 pounds. Az 'ent Barry, of the Copper River & Northwestern Railway, was the only passenger from this point on the in- itial trip but the prospect for heavy travel is very flattering. The object tof Mr. Barry's visit to the interior is to 'acquaint the people along the line and in Fairbanks with the ad- -vantages of patronizing this route during the winter months.
 The street grading has been finish ed but the main street was sadly neg lected being left lower than the streets surrounding. Unless the in- dividual property owners along the street take the matter up and finish the job we will have a mud hole right in town during mild weather. It will only require a little work to remedy this.
 Palmer & Cloninger of the Hotel Chitina have had erected a row of hitching posts along the street op- posite their place of business.
 The railroad company is sinking a new we'll in the east part of town from which it will supply the water tank for engine use.
 J. A. North% ay who has trading rost about one hundred miles above 1Tanana crossing is in town trading with our merchants and is we'll pleast ed with his treatment in Chitina and says this is by far the best way 10 get goods into his section at this time of the year. MT. Northway used to run the Owl roadhouse near Fair banks and is we'll known in this part of Alaska.
 The moving picture outfit which is photographing the scenery along the railroad for moving picture pur- poses went up the line Tuesday These pictures will doubtless prove interesting to the people in the states