The Chitina leader., 1911-10-14
Local News

The grading in Main street which was done by Tibbs Bros, has been completed and adds another improve ment that will be appreciated by all who have occasion to use the street.
 Chief Good-La-Ta was circulating among the merchants Monday.
 Mrs. Gates, wife of Foreman Gates and mother of Mrs. James Forester, arrived in Chitina this week and will make this her home for the winter while MT. Gates in constructing the tunnel
 Mrs. Ora Burrows and her sister, Mrs. Goodman, have taken charge of the Chitina laundry and will contiu- ue to conduct the bath and laundry business as heretofore.
 Al Church has gone to Kennicott to conduct store for Dick Ficken.
 Several cars of ore from the Bo- nanza mines are on the siding await ing transportation to Cordova.
 Cordes & Simons are building an addition to their building to be used as butcher shop.
 The office of the Orr Stage Co.,, will be moved from the hotel@build- ing to the main building of the Orr group in north Chitina and MT. Rockefeller, the new manager, will occupy the upstairs Of the same building as a residence.
 Sam and Norman Erickson are in town this week from their quartz claims on O'Brien creek.
 Nelson brother shave received the first car of their stock of feed and unloaded in record time. See them for feed. hay and coal.
 Billy Tibbs associated h'r.:eif with the business end of a scraper work ing on the street Monday but a couple of hours convinced him that he was too heavy for light work and resigned in favor of the hired man.
 G. w. Smith, E. R. Deffenbaugh and A. Y. Halliday, who have been prospecting on the headwaters oi the Chitina this summer are in town for the winter and report that while they found some placer prospects there is nothing here that will war rant extensive work. They say that the section of country drained by the upper Chitina is never destined to become a mining district. They have no yet decided where they will work next season.
 George Blouen is confined to his bed with a severe case of pneu- monia, which is the first of the season.
 The first dog team to arrive ir Chitina this fall came in Sunday ovel the Fairbanks trail and attracted considerable attention. Owing to the bad roads the load was light.
 The largest nugget that has been brought to town this fall was being shown by Geo. Max Esterly from his Rex Creek property. It weighed a trifle over $45.OO.
 The sluicing worK Tn the tunnel east of town was finished last week and the course gravel is being hauled out on flat cars The timber for the tunnel proper has arrived and is now being cut by the carpenters It is hoped to have the work fin ished before the holidays when the switchback over the hill will be abandoned.
 Henry Snider from nine miles above Copper Center is in town with samples of the products of his farm which verifies our contention that produce can be successfully grown in this latitude. Judge Healy is in pos session of some of the oats wheat and barley which would make any farmer set up and take notice and he also has a rutebaga raised by MT. Snldel that weighs six pounds. There ls nothing wonderful about this only it proves that thousands of farmers can operate successfully in this sec ton if they ever get started.
 The water pipe carrying water from the mountains west of town has been shut off for the winter in an ticipation of cold wave which is expected at any time.
 Operator Brown was absent from his duties at the depot between trains last week while he was sojournine in Cordova.