The Chitina leader. [volume] (Chitina, Alaska) 1910-1928, 1911-12-02

HAPPENINGS
IN CH|T|NA

Chitina on legal business between
trains THIS week.
L. Shoemaker, freighter of Fair
banks, is in town this week. He is
taking in car of fresh meat.
Dutch Blankfield has received
four head of horses from the outside
for his Fairbanks freight line.
Mrs Ora L Burrows returned from
Cordova Thursday evening. She
brought her nephew, Mr.. Goodman,
who arrived from Seattle on the
Alameda, to spend the winter in
Chitina.
A. L. Winning, a wholesale grocer
of Fairbanks drove in Tuesday morn
ing. Mr.. Winning. who is enroute to
the states IN business says that the
greatest ne ed of the interior is good
summer mail service. He is also of
the opinion that all kinds of bust
ness will be better next summer than
in the past
Ole Berg who has been in Val
dez for couple of weeks is again
on the streets.
C. J. Atwell, of Fairbanks, who has
been teamboating in the Iditarod
and interested in the Ryan group
on Esther creek passed through Chit
ina Friday enroute to the out
He says That quartz mining is c
boom in his section and will
next summer
Al Doze of Valdez, is L il 3Nr
for the winter, but will e.1rn 10 We
DEE shortly for meeting of tn
stockholders of the Golconda Hy-
oraulic Mining company, of which he
is vice president.
H. E. Elliott, the we'll known Ear
Spenter was admitted to the local hos.
bital last Wednesday, suffering with
81 severe attack of heart trouble. He
is now mucn improved.
Late arrivals at the Chitina hotel
are Edw. Russell, Roberta Hamilton
Mrs. M. Williars, H. M. Badger, E. A.
Patrick, S. F. Brightwell, o. Larson,
Jack Cumberland, Malcolm McLeo
Ivan M. Miller, Lucy Smith, M Mang.
Fred Dodson Nick Gamin, o. Berg,
J. r. Mathews, Jas. Cochrane, F. M.
Strong, Geo. Bucsh, Joe Berger j.
J. Stewart, R. l.. Vining c. B. Atwell,
J. Swanson, Chas. Sterner, Mrs. M.
Saindon, Il. E. Giseland Mrs. Felix
Pedro, J. P. Shumaker, F. A. liver
son. Mike shannon, john McCrary, 1.
McCrary.
Mrs. Wallace is again inChitina
where she expects to spend the win
ter. She has accepted a position as
matron at the Lakeview hospital.
Work on the tunnel is rapidly
nearing completion and will be so
far advanced as to admit the pas
sage of trains in couple of weeks.
Thanksgiving was very quietly OBJ
served in Chitina this year.
The thermometer took sudden
drop Friday morning from ten de-
grees above to ten degrees below
zero.
Marshal Joe Brown returned last
Thursday from Cordova where he at
tended the session of the district
court
DR.. Thorn went down to Cordova
Sunday, returning Monday.
Tom Holland and Roy Wilson were
in Cordova last week.
James Hartney returned from Cor
dova last week where he had an i'm
portant case in court.
The sixteen hundred pound limit
of mail three times a week.-Mrs. en-
abled the postal people to clean up
all the interior mail in the Cordova
office, so he will not be bothered
with any more tedious delays.
The Chitina Cash store has finally
completed it's regular stock and is
making very creditable showing.
The store is credit to Chitina and
it must be very gratifying to Messrs.
Gilman anu Nelson to be able to sup
ply such An unexpected demand. Mr.
Gilman has grown from boyhood in
the mercantile business while John
nv Nelson-well everybody knows
Johnny.
Dennis Kelly who has been in very
poor health for several months was
admitted to Lakeview hospital or
Tuesday last.
Supt. Arnold of Grays mines was
in town last Saturday. He has jus
returned from trip to the states.
Mrs. John Gage came up Monda!
and took possession of the Brow
building where she is opening UP ,
line of women's and children's good
and millinery. Thus one by one tn
needs OF Chitina residents are bein
provided for.
The fill between the depot and tn
hotel on Second street is nearly cola
pleted which will greatly improve tn
visitors first impression of the towI