The Chitina leader., 1911-10-28
LOCAL NEWS

| will be laid up for a few days. l Buck Hoyt, of the Gulkana road house on the Fairbanks trail, was in town this week with a four horse. ! team for supplies for his place. I While waiting for the road to freeze i so as to be passable with a load he | went to Cordova and will return as soon as weather conditions become | favorable. MT. Hoyt is an old timer in this section and is enthusiastic in his efforts to give his patrons ev- cry attention. He says that if the roads were in better shape Chitina would be able to draw trade from far beyond him and that as soon as it freezes there will be considerable of a demand on our merchants to supply the road houses and camps along the trail. He also says that the greatest need of the trail Is a permanent bridge across the Gulkana near his place.
 Sam Larson and Christ Benson ar rived in town Friday from Fairbanks having made the trip in nine and a half days which is the record for mushing over soft roads. They are enroute to the states for the winter. Tbay raportad O considerable r,cb tn nuby which promises to be a good place this winter
 About forty laborers from the Be- nanza mine came to town fast week enroute to Cordova. The greater the winter, but other men have been secured to take their places at the mine.
 The cog population of Cnitina has increased so rapidly by prospectors coming in with dogs that they are becoming a nuisance on the streets. There is scarcely an hour passes, day UT HlSnL, lAdL ldllS to pllu5 d uoS fight, and many valuable animals have been severely punished lately. The season is fast approaching when good dog is valuable asset so it is we'll to look out for your canine.
 The lumber for the, Hoyt barn and warehouse has arrived and work will begin at once on the new building
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 MT. and Mrs. Jesse Martin depart ed Friday for their future home in Valdez. Everyone regrets to loose this most estimable couple and many good wishes follow them.
 James Galbraith. Jules Oliver and G. L. Greene of the Northern Naviga- tion company, came in from Fair banks on the last stage for the south on Tuesday mornings train. With them on the same stage came twelve boxes of gold aust. from the Iditarod,- valued at three hundred thousand dollars. It required six horses to draw the load.
 Joe DeScnamps and Jno Kelly, of Kennicott passed through town he first of the week enroute to the outside. They have been with the Bonanza mines the past season.
 Marshal Brown was at Bonanza last week serving papers for the next term of court at Cordova He re- ports about two feet of snow in the neighborhood of the mines and still showing.
 The uance given in the new Blum building was well attended and very pleasant time was had. There will be more social affairs in Chitina in the near future.
 John McAnsel, who has been ser- iously sick with typhoid fever at the Hotel Chitina is slowly improving.
 The Chitina grill is having attrac- tive signs painted on its doors by our local artist Norman Erickson.
 An engine went off the track on the switchback Saturday and tied up traffic for several hours.
 Twenty-four head of the finest horses ever seen in this section. ar-, rived from Seattle for the Orr stage line last Thursday.
 Judge Healy is erecting a building in front of his office which he will use as a court room as the office was too small for this purpose.
 Edwin Gilman and wife will oc cupy the new Holland cabin for