The Chitina leader., 1911-10-07
Local News

Nizina enroute to the outside with his summer cleanup amounting to between S65,000 and S75,00O. He has been working 12 men this sum- mer on his Rex creek property and will work his White creek claims next season. He reports prospects even better for next year He left four men in the Nizina this winter to do assessment work.
 Swan Elmgren of the Copper Mountain road house was trading with our merchants this week and reports business flourishing in his locality He orders the Leader sent to his place for year.
 Louis Bregenze the restaurant man popularly known as Savoy has talk en charge of the Chitina Grill To- cated in the Hotel Chitina, and the travelling public is to be congratuIat- ed upon the improvements that have been made by the new proprietor Mir. Breganzy has closed the old Savoy but his old patronage quickly followed him to the new location. Wherever Savoy is in command the best of everything to eat may be had.
 NJ. M. French has returned from the Nizina where he has been with his cousin, Clarence French, estab- fishing a winter camp. He has been suffering with an infection growing out of a small scratch. which has laid him up for two weeks. As soon as he recovers he will return to camp.
 Fine candies, cigars anu tobaccos at Tibb's.
 Harry Warren passed through Chit ina last week with seventeen head of butchers steers which he will sell along the Fairbanks trail These cat tie were shipped from Seattle. Why not raise our own cattle right here at home? Well, why not!
 Jack Lawrence is out on the Fair banks trail with a load of merchan- disc purchased by various road house keepers from the Chitina Trading Co. which proves that it pays to trade in Chitina.
 Conductor J. P. Clarkin is on the sick list this week.
 Work has begun on the new school building, which when completed will be the pride of Chitina. The school board is determined to make the ap- propriation for building go as far as possible and then ask for dona- tions in the way of labor to help finish the building The main build ing will be 1Sx3O with an 8-foot en- trance and belfry. The building will be ready by Oct. 1st.
 Jack Lawrence will erect a feed barn on his lot back of Tibbs Bros -- place where he will also handle hay and grain.
 Judge Healy says that only four filings on mining property have been made so far thi, fall in his district In view of the fact that some val uable finds have been made near Chitian recently we would suggest that some one will have contests on their hands unless they comply with the law. No one can afford to take chances just to save small fee.
 A, large brown bear is reported in the mountains just south of town.
 Senator Poindexter when leaving Chitina, promised the editor that he would make a persistent personal ef- fort to get an appropriation through 10 finish the road to Fairbanks the coming year and we are going to- keep the Senator reminded of his promise.
 It is proposed to build a sidewalk ,n the hill from the round house to he store of Cordes & Simons who nave offered to supply the lumber at cost. This sidewalk is an absolute necessity in the winter as the hill becomes very slippery. Is is pro- 'osed to do the work by popular sub- cription.