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The Chitina leader., 1911-09-09

conditions in our town was so evil
dent that he was looked upon as a
real leader in matters of public I'M
provement and it will be difficult
to fill his place. He labored with
unselfish zeal for every kind of pub
lie improvement and though he
knew he would reap no direct bene-
fit it was largely to his efforts that
We owe the establishment of a school
in Chitina Thus he has uncon-
sciously left behind him a lasting
monument which will mean more to
future generations of Chitina than
would granite shaft, although it
reached above the mountain peaks
that surround us. We need more
such citizens as Mr. Charles and his
estimable wife and lovely little girls.
What is our loss is Cordova's gain.
The best wishes of Chitina go with
them.
The Chitina leader., 1911-09-09
REV. KOONCE TO HOLD
SERVICES IN CHITINA

Rev. M. Z. Koonce of Cordova,
was visitor to Chitina the first
of the week. he promised to ar
range to preach for US occasionally
during the winter if the citizens
would provide place of meeting.
and his generous offer should meet
with every encouragement we can
possibly give. The Leader will be
found in hearty sympathy with every
movement that tends towards the es-
tablishment of religious, educational
and civic improvements If enough
Of our citizens are interested to war
rant Rev. Koonce to make the trip,
there will be no trouble in securing
him for an occasional service.
The Chitina leader., 1911-09-09

Lulu Thompson. wife of Arthur
Thompson, of the law firm of Thomp-
son & Thompson, at katalla, has
brought suit in the district court in
an alleged claim jumping case at
Yakataga The suit brought against
George FELTON,, Gus Dahlgren. and
another man is an action in eject
ment Judge Lyons, of the district
court. at the instance of Thos. Don
oboe, of Ostrander & Donohoe, has
issued temporary restraining order
and order to show cause in which
the defendants are restrained from
working the ground, consisting of a
number of placer claims, until the
matter is settled The order to show
cause is returnable Oct. II.
Mrs. Thompson. it is asserted, Sc.
cured judgment for several thousand
dollars against the Revenue Mining
company. which owned the claim in
question. She obtained title to the
property on the sale of execution and
later jumped the property.
The Chitina leader., 1911-09-09
BRING IN YOU
SPECIMENS OF ORE

Mr.. c. L. Andrews, who has charge
of the Alaska exhibit this winter in
New York came in on Monday re-
turning the next morning to Cordoya.
Mr.. Andrews is anxious for this sec
ton to make as good showing as
possible so we again request any one
who has not already done so to
bring in good sized samples of their
ore and leave same with the railroad
agent at the depot who will forward
them promptly. This is an excep-
tionally good opportunity to adver-
tise this section which we trust no
one will overlook.
The Chitina leader., 1911-09-09
LABOR SHORTAGE
ALONG LINE

There is a shortage of labor not
only in Cordova but along the rail-
road and at the interior mines. This
condition mas prevailed for some time
past, due to the fact, no doubt. that
many men left here early in the
spring to seek employment elsewhere.
IN business throughout the territory.
on account of the general stagnation
1t is with great difficulty that
enough longshoremen are secured TO
discharge vessels upon their arrival
here. while there is a shortage of
labor for all kinds of work planned
and under way by the Copper River
& Northwestern railway. Miners are
also in great demand by the opera
tors of the interior property.
General Agent Barry has made
frequent calls upon Seward and Val
DEE for help and most of the boats
from the westward have brought
some men but not enough to supply
the market.
The Chitina leader., 1911-09-09
VISITS
INTERIOR

Forbes Richard, mining engineer
of Denver passed out over the
trail via Jack Lawrences' pack train
enroute to Valdez creek where he
will inspect some mining property
for a party of Boston capitalists.
Should his report be favorable We
may expect much activity in that
vicinity at an early date as we are
informed that the negotiating parties
are ready to improve any new prop
erty that promises pay. MIR. Richard
recently headed party of explorers
and surveyors into Siberia and his
Judgment is much sought by pros
pective investors in mining proper
ty.
A brother of Mr.. Richard is editor
and proprietor of the Mining and
Scientific Press of San Francisco, and
he recently established in London.
England, the Mining Magazine at an
expense of 5000. The latter pub
LEGATION has proved a winner having
more than met the expectations of
the publishers. 1t deals with the
mining news of the world.
Berlin, Sept. 6.-There is a money
panic throughout the provinces as a
result of the Germany-France war
scare.
The Chitina leader., 1911-09-09
Al ASkA'S OPPORTUNITY
TO MAKE AN EXHIBIT

The greatest part of the people OF
the United States have not yet dis
covered Alaska. To the most OF
those who have, the country is a
vague, distant and misunderstood
land. They look upon it as beyond
ordinary sympathy and considera-
ton to them 1t is little reduced
scale plot in the Southwest part OF
the map of the United states and its
inhabitants are natives who live on
oil and blubber. The people OF the
U. S. need educating.
Men who have the interest of Alas
ka al. heart realize this and to assist
in bringing Alaska before the people
of the east where no comprehensive
exhibit of the products of the coun-
try has been made they have bought
space in the American Lands and Ir-
rigation Exposition at Madison Gar
den Square in New York City from
Nov. 3-12, 1911, to make an Alaskan
exhibit. They now ask the people OF
Alaska to bring the things which will
illustrate favorably what Alaska is
The Chitina leader., 1911-09-09
KENAI NOTED GAME RESERVE

The fame of Kenai peninsula as
the rendezvous of big game animals
yearly brings to this region sports
men from the four quarters of the
globe. The majestic moose, the
toothsome mountain sheep, the noun
tain goat, and black and brown bear
may be found in abundance Grouse,
ptarmigan, and water fowl are in
plenty The streams abound with
the various species of trout and the
bay affords fine salmon and bass
fishing.
September / the season opened for
grouse, ptarmigan and water fowl,
extending until March 81.
The Chitina leader., 1911-09-09
RESIDENTS ARE FURNISHED FREE WATER

of ten cents a pail or three for a
quarter. A flood of indignation
swept the town and especially were
the residents of the Heights" in
censed at the arbitrary action of the
owners. Mr.. and Mrs. Newhouse as
they depended entirely upon this
spring for water for domestic pur-
poses. The attention of Mr.. For
roster, the company's engineer in
the matter and he Immediately set
to work with gang of men to dig
a well. The Newhouses thereupon.
The Chitina leader., 1911-09-09

and place them before the people in
the largest and best known show
place in America.
Many have responded but there is
more needed to make an adequate
showing. 1t is the duty of every man
who has the good of Alaska at
heart to do what he can to assist.
Mineral and agricultural sueci-
mems are sought and those who have
them will assist by bringing them in
so they may be sent at as early date
as possible.
They will be taken care of at the
railway depots along the line and
forwarded without cost in care OF
the agent at Cordova and marked
Exhibit ? or left at the dock or
depot in Cordova.
If Alaska does not have good
showing it is the fault of the people
who live here.
The Chitina leader., 1911-09-09
HOTEL ARRIVALS.

The following names appear on
the register of the Hotel Chitina
since Sunday:
Robt Martin, NJ Morton, E. Lund
Jas. Fisher, E. A. Slantister, John
Johnson, Chas. Smith. B. Martin, P
Olson, o. w. Collins James Nc
Cluskey NJ. ]. Morton Chick Nelson
Ray Dayton, Lulu Palmer, Chas.
Simmenstead, Peter Kennedy and
wife, P. M. Camult, S. HI. Hardy. Nj
Mority, Chas. Malander, G. o. Olson
Gus Johnson, A. j. Larson, j. ID. f
Stephenson A. Walstrom, Ed Young
Rev. M. E. Koonce, and c. l.. An
drews.
The Chitina leader., 1911-09-09
PLACER GOLD FOUND
ON INTERIOR STREAMS

Those streams comprising the
southern tributaries to the Chitina
such as the Tana, Chikina and Klu
render particularly good surface
showing in both their present chan
nels and the ancient and much more
extensive bench gravels.
Bench gravels In a stream of I'M
broken continuity. and known to be
auriferous, lie in south and west
erly direction from the Tana river.
Up to the time of the completion
of the Copper River & Northwestern
Railway the comparative remoteness
of this section has precluded much
prospecting. This year, however. a
few of the more venturesome have
entered this field. and while 1t Is
too early in the season to gather
much authentic information as to re-
suits there have been some good re-
ports already verified. and the COM
ing season will undoubtedly see some
extensive mining developments goine
on in this hitherto little known and
inviting field.
The Chitina leader., 1911-09-09

sixteen feet. The well was at once
curbed and a house will be built
over it for protection during the win
ter. 1t is to be regretted that any
citizen of Chitina should be so short
sighted as TO try to corner the water
supply of the town while a never
failing, sparkling stream runs
through the townsite, and every
surrounding hill holds hidden reser-
voir. The cost of living is high
enough in Alaska without having to
buy water. 1t is believed the diff
Guilty is settled for the present.
The Chitina leader., 1911-09-09

through the prompt action of its
efficient employees has come to the
assistance of Chitina Until recent
ly the principal water supply has
come from a large spring of excel
lent water that comes from the east
slope into the stream which runs
through the townsite. The public
had patroniZed this spring pretty
freely until one morning last week
a placard advised the public that
the tract was private property, and
that water might be had at the rate
The Chitina leader., 1911-09-09

threatened to buy the ground upon
which the well was located, but the
engineer was not to be caught nap
ping. He had dug the well in the
middle of the street and informed
the purveyors of water that the well
was to be public and free to all.
When all efforts to stop the digging
had failed Mr.. Newhouse rescinded
the order and offered to permit the
free use of his spring again, but
the digging went on to completion
and an inexhaustible supply of the
best water was struck at a depth of
The Chitina leader., 1911-09-09

Parties recently arriving in town
from the headwaters of the Chitina
and whose names are withheld for
obvious reasons. have exhibited some
extremely fine samples of placer
gold. They expect to return soon TO
the place of its discovery and make
preparations to mine their ground.
This is one of the best ways OF
confirming the belief of many Of
the old time prospectors and miners
of that region that there is undoubt-
: eddy more creeks and streams, yet
undiscovered, lying within the water
shed of the upper Chitina region and
adjacent territory that will be as
good or better than those now oper-
ated in the Nizina country. The ma
jor portion of this field is unexplored
and the great tributaries of the Chit
ina, Tana, Chakina, Nizina and other
rivers yet unnamed. in as far as they
have been prospected all show re-
cent and uniform distribution of
placer gold little worn and of high
grade.
The Chitina leader., 1911-09-09
LICENSES ARE RENEWED.

The following renewals of Licenses
were granted by the district court;
Thos J. Davis, O'Brien & Simpson
Thisted & Ross of Cordova; Palmer
& Cloninger. of Chitina; F. b.
Vaughn, Clear Creek; Hitchcock &
Weierman, Susitna; Vile & Little
Latouche; Charles Cowell. Copper
Center; Bailey, Newman & Co., OF
Katalla, and w. H. Blackwell, Val
DEE.
The transfer of the license of M
j. Sullivan. of Cordova, to L. G. Bel
ter was also granted.
The Chitina leader., 1911-09-09
LOCAL JOTTNGS

c. j. Dykes. time keeper for the
| katalla company, passed through
| Chitina last week on his way to mile
1873, where he will be stationed for
the present. Mr.. Dykes is we'll and
favorably known in this section, hav-
ing previously run a store at Katalla
and Eyak at which latter place he
was burned out
Perry Jacobs has disposed of his
stock of goods to Finkelstein & Sap
iro and has gone up the line on
collecting trip. He has not yet de-
cided where he will locate in the
future. We will miss the congenial
Perry and host of friends wish him
we'll wherever he goes.
NJ. F. French. sourdough of the
early days, passed through Chitina
last week on his way to the White
river country. He has been spend
ing the last few years on his farm
in Oregon but says he could not
resist the call of the northland.
Oscar Freedman left for Cordova
on the first of the month, having
turned the hotel over to the new
owners, Messrs. Palmer & Clonin-
ger.
Richard Bell of the Slate Creek
district is in town this week.
Jerry O'Leary and John Dorney
of Nizina, went down the line Mon
day enroute to the outside. They re-
port everything quiet in the Nizina
Henry Stuck is in from Slate
Creek and reports that preparations
are under way for closing there for
the season which was unusually short
this year. He says that the Miller
claims have proven as productive
as heretofore, otherwise the creek is
narrowing down to smaller returns.
Louis Roussel has brought suit in
Judge Healey's court to recover on
note for s110.S0. alleged to have
been given by George Blouen. The
date for the hearing has been set
for Sept. 18th.
The Nelson brothers are putting
down a we'll on their property on
First street and expects to get
good flow at about twenty feet.
The Chitina hotel and bar is I'M
dergoing some radical changes and
many improvements under the man
agement of the new proprietors,
Messrs. Palmer & Cloninger. These
wide-awake business men are deserv-
ing of much credit for the expen-
sive and tasty improvements and We
bespeak for them a large and con-
stantly growing volume of business.
Chitina is justly proud of it's first
class hosiery which is entitled to
the support of every progressive cit
izen The travelling public are sure
to appreciate the efforts of mine
host"
The Chitina leader., 1911-09-09
CHITINA SORRY TO LOSE
EDITOR CHARLES AND FAMILY

Mr.. Sidney Charles and family de-
parted Tuesday for Cordova, where
they will again take up their resi-
6ence. This is distinct loss to
Chitina. During their stay here they
made many friends who sincerely re-
greet their going. The interest and
energy displayed by Mr.. Charles in
every move that tended to improve
The Chitina leader., 1911-09-09

c. H. Buschman has been appoint
ed manager of the Northwestern
Fisheries company. succeeding Capt
D. H. Jarvis, deceased. w. 7. Chut-
ter, for many years head of the
Chlopeck Fish company, was elected
vice-President of the Northwest Fish
cries company. Mr.. Clutter has
been connected with the fishing in
dustry on the Pacific coast for 80
years, while Manager Buschman is
perhaps the best informed man in
the salmon canning business in the
north.
The Chitina leader., 1911-09-09
LEADER LEADS

There is young man in this town
who thinks he can sing, while every
body within twenty miles will swear
he can't If we knew how to change
his mind the verdict would be unan-
imous
a new arrival started out the other
morning to walk to Mount Blackburn
AMI back before dinner. Round trip
1So miles. He didn't.
A dream in a cabin is as sweet as
though you slept in palace and the
net returns about the same.
A pair of moose horns weigh about
rs pounds and they are seldom of any
value to the animal-the chronic
knocker carries greater weight,
that is of no use at all to anybody.
The man who hunts for pay dirt
sometimes finds it. The man who
hunts for trouble always finds it.
If you are not sure whether you
can shoot or not better try your gun
at a mark first and then hunt up
your bear.
Don't always associate a malamute
dog with sledge team-the mala-
mute has way of knowing where
you cache your bacon.
The white man may enjoy the
blessings of Indian summer but he
cannot hope to rejoice in the glories
of the Happy Hunting Ground"
The chechaco may not be wise to
the business methods in vogue in
Alaska but you may put it down in
your note book that he did not come
here for his health.
Alaska is very proud of her own,
but she calls on Kentucky for large
quantities of the liquid which cheers
but does not inebriate "-provided
you know your capacity.
We were introduced to the spark
ling waters of O'Brien creek last
week and since then Rainier beer is
a failure as a beverage
MODERN JACK AND JILL.
Pete and Doc went down the hill
To fetch a pail of water,
They saw sign stuck on the spring,
That said .'you hadn't orter."
They looked around and found the
boss
The king bee of the water
Who smiled and said ten cents a.
piece,
Or three pail, for quarter"
Now pete and Doc both lacked the
To them it was whopper.
They said before they'd buy the juice
They'd carry from the Copper.
That very day came Forester
And looked the matter over,
And laid a plan by which to drive
The old shoat from the clover.
He dug well right in the street
And then blowed out the bottom.
The water rose right to the top,
And now the old shoat's ''got en-. !"
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The Chitina leader., 1911-09-09

Conductor George Saunders is en-
ioying thirty days vacation in. the
states.
The Chitina leader., 1911-09-09

Anything in the job printing line a.
the Alaskan office.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-11-04
upon which the Klickitat Irrigation

upon which the Klickitat Irrigation
and Power Company, l.. M. Pierce,
chief engineer. has started construc-
ton work near Goldendale. 1t Is an
nounced that 1000 men soon will be
at work. The understanding is fl
nanced by English and Canadian
capital. Five years will be required
to complete the works. The main
canal, lined with concrete, will be 25
feet in width at the top, Is feet at
the bottom, 2 feet in depth and 1872
miles in length, with three primary
laterals aggregating 200 miles and
1000 miles of distributing laterals
The project includes also five miles
OF tunnels, large storage reservoirs.
dams and weirs. Four thousand sec
ond feet of water will be required to
cover the acreage. The land to be
irrigated is owned by ranchers, who
will pay $50 an acre for the water
rights in 15 annual instalments, the
first being payable year after wa
ter has been available for farming,
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-11-04
SAYS Missionaries Lack Tact.

Professor Frederick w. Williams OF
Yale, who 10 an expert on China, be.
lieves too many missionaries to the
Chinese are tactIess, according to the
New York Sun. To their tactlessness
he imputes the small number of Chi
nese converts. .4sas
Professor Williams, at a luncheon
at Princeton said last month:
Il have known missionaries as liz.
norant of tact as Jim Driscoll was ig-
norant Of foot rules.
Jim Driscoll. farm boy, got a
Job in a steel mill, and his boss gave
him a foot rule one day, and said:
Measure me that plate out there
in the yard
Jim at the end of half hour,
returned and said:
"'The plate is the length of the rule
and three fingers over, with this piece
Of cobblestone, and the stem OF my
pipe and my foot from here to here
bar the toecap." .n
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-11-04
WEIGHING MACHINE FOR NAVY
Porhydrometer VIII Tell Dead Weight
Of Ships Cargo at
Any Time.

A nOrhydrometer Is to be installed
on the Neptune, the newest collier
built for the navy, for experimental
purposes. The secretary of the navy
has just authorized an expenditure Of
about $500 for that purpose. A por-
hydrometer is an apparatus designed
to weigh with the utmost accuracy
the dead weight placed on board or
removed from any ship, barge or other
floating vessel to which it is fitted. 1t
Is based on the principle that body
floating in liquid of whatever den
sity displaces quantity OF the liquid
exactly equal to its own weight. BY
It's application a vessel Is transformed
into gigantic weighing machine. Any
thing added to or removed from its
cargo Is accurately recorded by the
machine In accordance with its
weight In pounds That applies to hui
man beings as we'll as other freight.
so that the absene Of single pas
senger or member of the crew of
vessel or the addition of another per
son is recorded.
The weighing is done by means of
an aerometer connected with vertic-
al tute fitted In the center Of the yes
sci and extending from well below the
water line to well above the load line.
This tube is connected by pipe with
the outside shell of the vessel so that
when the valve or cock is opened the
water In which the vessel Is floating
has free access to the vertical tube
and rises In 1t to exactly the same
level as outside the vessel nfa.,
In case the apparatus does all that
is claimed for 1t, it will be Of great
value ia the handling of coal for naval
vessels and In the settlement of dis
pu.es about the quantity OF coal
shipped on naval golfers and de!iv-
cred to other naval vessels or at for.
eign stations
@. Unusual.
did you sec Jobbs just now raise
his hat when he met the lady he's
walking with, and take her bundles
from herr
~ don't see anything to remark
abou: that In a man"
Il do She's his wife"
T. x +. J. 81
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-11-04

III Tue macnlHe, HeT mar HylHg ana
sights changing all along the way.
Reading That Has Helped
Zone thing about stories is that you
do not have to do any talking your
self. Writers have way of making
people say just the thing that the
reader would like to say were she In
the book. That helps a lot. 1t doesn't
1ire one. unconsciously the reader
enters into the enjoyment of the spirit
Of wholesome adventure that runs
through the pages and 1t seems to be
real. You see 1t helps n woman to
get into new atmosphere, and in
that lies the secret of cheeriness.
The really busy woman has no
time to SWIVEL. She knows that 1t is
time wasted She knows that 1T means
nothing In comfort and that 1t Is
bound to make her nervous and take
the snap out of her eyes.
Yes, yes; crying is rapidly becom-
ing a lost art The bottle of smelling
salts still bangles at the end OF the
chatelaine chain, but its use is purely
decorative. The sniff and sob are no
longer modern"
Women" said DR.. Mary MacMil-
Ian, have become more philosophical
in recent years. They have found that
tears are unproductive of substantial
results and therefore not to be sum-
moned at frequent periods. A woman
friend of mine had daughter among
the passengers on the Olympic when
that vessel met with an accident on
the other side. The girl very Sought
fully sent a cablegram To her mother
telling of her safety 1t was received
on this side with smiles instead of
tears
II imagine 1t would have been diff
ferent generation or two back. One
might picture mother then wiring
ing her hands and sobbing quite as II
she had met with a great misfortune.
Days of Mingled Tears.
LIT was customary. | have been
told, for news of joyful character con-
corning an incident OF some serious
ness to be received with great out
pourings, which were not confined to
the person most interested. but par
ticipated in by others In the imme-
date circle Of relatives and friends.
The person whose tears fell first
would naturally send for the next
nearest relative, who would hear the
news and then mingle her tears with
the others. Then others would come
In and take out their handkerchief
and form part of the circle. About
dusk the manifestations OF lachrymal
disturbance would reach its height
for the shadow period Is supposed to
be appropriate for 1t, after which II
would subside and by and by there
would be general frightening up.
have heard It said that much salts
faction was had on occasions of the
sort, but We now know that 1t was q
mistake.
There are legitimate occasions fol
tears without creating them, but there
are few trials which may not be faced
by women without tears. Women M
longer live in an atmosphere of wha
may be called the woebegone. They
do not look at life from the vale o.
tears viewpoint, and 1t is well tina
they do not, With smiles taking tho
place Of tears there will be buoyanc,
instead Of depression, cheeriness in
stead of moroseness. Healthy, nor
nal women ought not to weep ant
few Of them do."--New York World.