The Chitina leader., 1911-05-13
Local News


 trips to their claims this week, and each time bring back some likely looking specimens.
 Geo. Wolfe came in from Iron Mountain yesterday after spending the winter in the employ of E. E. Gray. George states that splendid lea of ore has been uncovered al Iron Mountain. showing not so rich in percentage of copper. but indicat- ing depth and quantity.
 Hugo Rossi, who has been at the Savoy restaurant steadily since last summer, left on Friday nights train en route to Seattle. MT. Rossi sold the good will of the restaurant and appurtenances to his former partner L. Bregouzi, who has rented the building and will continue to, run the Savoy restaurant in the first-class manner it has always been conduct Su. MI INooSi Sldtcu thdt hiS PiOP erty was not for sale and that ne still had faith in Chitina.
 Postmaster Johnston and wife ex- pect to leave for the states on one of the next boats. Mrs. Johnston will visit her relatives near Seattle. while MT. Johnston expects to spend couple of months at the Queen City, after which he will take a boat for Skagway and go interior He will visit Valdez before leaving, as he is interested in some mining stocks which look promising near the glacier city.
 Everybody in Chitina is getting the cleaning up fever. A few garden rakes sent up from Cordova wouldn t do any harm. About all one can see for rakes here are 2x4's with bunch of "20 pennies" protruding for the teeth, but then they gather the garb- age all the same.
 The we'll known character, Cop per River Red" or Red" Ellis, came in over the trail from Valdez this week, and after spending a few days here left for Cordova on Fridays train.
 Jesse Brown is conducting the Ne vada cafe and finished sign this week for the Log Cabin bar, which is a credit to any sign painter. The sign is now hung across the rear of the Log Cabin bar, fronting the rail- road, and can be seen distinctly half a mile away. You need not send out of town for sign work, for Jesse is there with that paint stuff.
 Shorty" Quinn, who has b en at Copper Mountain for the past two months, returned to town this week. There were several other boys who came down with Mir. Quinn, two or three of whom went to Cordova and Valdez, and all intend to prospect or do development work on properties of their own now that the snow is gone, having secured a good seasons grub stake by work at the mines this past winter.
 Mrs. Johnny Reed and son, who arrived here last week, left Monday for mile 1S2. after spending a few days here waiting until MT. Reed, who has charge of the team shovel at that camp. could get their tent home prepared for them.
 MT. and Mrs. James Burgun expect to conduct the laundry and baths at mile 146, Mrs. Burgun having gone to the camp this week, and return ing Saturday, just as the bridge went out. She remained over night with MT. and Mrs. Newhouse, across the river.
 P. D. Burke, the Long Lake farm CT. remained in town all week. tell ing us what a mistake we Chitinaites made in not locating our town at Long Lake.
 E. F. Gray, of Copper Mountain, came down from his mines this week. with the intention of making busi- ness trip to Cordova. but owing to the delayed trains, returned to Cop per Mountain again after spending two or three days in Chitina.
 Sam Rogers came down rom the Kennecott last week, expecling a shipment of supplies to arrive here for him. He and Joe Deschampsi will conduct store within short dis tance of the ore bins, where some are