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The Chitina leader., 1911-09-16

Z George Blouen, proprietor of the
Home Saloon, is making extensive i'm
provements on both the saloon and
| rooming house section of his place.
Chief Good-la-tah, has been on the
sick list this week and though I'M
der the care of the doctor has been
able to be around every day.
A good discovery of gold-bearing
quartz was recently made at a point
to the east of the Beaver Dam road
house by Bill Sitz and Charley New
ictus. They traced the ledge over
the surface for a long distance and
say it will average about four feet
in width. Samples show plenty of
free gold.
A piece of float literally alive with
free gold was Recently found near
the head of Flat creek, in the Idita-
rod country. and a number of pros
pectors are hunting for the lead
from which it came
The Alaska SSurdough is the name
of newsy and we'll edited newspaper
recently launched at Douglas.
Several miners who are not onto
! the fact that the beach is exempt and
cannot be taken up for mineral claim
| for distance of so many feet above
mean high tide, have been busy of
late, so report has it, stalking six
miles of beach to the westward of
Nome.
The development work at the
Bonanza mine has opened large de-
Bonanza mine has opened alrge de-
posts of chalcocite. The mine ex-
poets to start shipping high grade
ore to the Tacoma smelter this fall,
! the shipments to be taken over the
snow. The railroad has just COM
pleted it's survey for a spur to this
property.
The Squirrel river barometer has
gone up little. Not the weather
device, but the one that records pros
poets and conditions. According to
current reports prospectors and old
timers continue to mush into the
new country. which bespeaks their
faith in the fields which many have
already given up in disgust.
The Chitina leader., 1911-09-16

Washington, Sept. 1S.-United
States Senator Thomas Henry Carter,
of Helena, Montana, died yesterday
from an infraction OF the lungs. The
funeral will take place in this city
Tuesday.
Senator Carter was born in Scioto
County, Ohio, October 80, 1854. He
received a common school education
in Illinois; was engaged in farming
railroading, and school teaching for
number of years; studied law and
was admitted to the bar; in 1882
moved from Burlington, Iowa to
Helena. Mont, was elected delegate
from the territory of Montana to
the Fifty first Congress and upon
the admission of the state was elect
ed it's first Representative in Con-
The Chitina leader., 1911-09-16

Inc supplies when were placed in
the Rel Dragon consisting of dishes,
cooking utensils and three valuable
lamps have recently disappeared and
whoever took them left no word as
tn why or where they were removed
to without consent. We must there
fore assume that the goods have been
stolen, though we are 10th TO believe
that there is a man in all Alaska
n,eean enough to steal from the Red
Etagon
The building and it's contents was
a donation to Chitina citizens by
Bishop Rowe and the Rev. Zeigler,
of Cordova, and it's door is never
The Chitina leader., 1911-09-16
PASSENGERS ON
NORTHWESTERN

Seattle, Sept. 1S.-The steamer
Northwestern was delayed until Sun
day morning in sailing north. Her
passengers included DR.. c. L. Hale.
A. Mocridge, Mrs. Reeder, Mrs.
Bratton, Mrs. Alvah Eames, and w.
j. Holdin for Cordova; General
Maudlin. who will inspect Fort Lis
cum and Alex Brown of New York,
who is on hunting trip.
The Chitina leader., 1911-09-16

The Alaska Steamship company
in connection with the Copper River
& Northwestern Railway, has made
another big reduction in freight
rates, applying on hay and grain in
straight carload lots. The new tar
if is now in effect and for SHIPMENT
from Seattle to stations along the
railroad, as follows:
Hay, double compressed, in car
load lots, minimum 10000 pounds,
from Seattle to the following sta
The Chitina leader., 1911-09-16
STANDARD MINES co.
ELECTS STAFF OFFICERS

Mines company of Alaska, met Sat
urday night and organized by elect
ing the following officers: Presi-
dent, NJ. j. Sullivan; Vice President,
E. E. Swergal; Secretary-Treasurer,
Thos. J. Talent.
The company owns four gold
quartz claims at mile 107, from
which some likely looking ore has
been brought to town. A force of
men. in charge of Assayer Oster,
is engaged in stripping the groupings
and exposing the lead.
The Chitina leader., 1911-09-16
Local News

Mr.. F. M. Moffit with a force of
five men, of the United States Geo
logical Survey, is in town and will
depart for the outside this week. hay-
ing finished his work for this season.
This party has been studying forma-
tions and have taken the following
course: Up Canyon creek to the
head, down the Hanagita valley, up
Monahan creek, over the divide into
Golconda, down the Bremner river
to the Little Bremner, to the head of
Tebay and down the Tebay to point
of starting in the Hanagita valley.
The report of Mr. Moffit will of
course be used in compiling the Geo
logical maps of this section now be-
ing worked out by the government
The scattered bones of some pre-
historic animal was brought to light
last week. No one here is able to
say to just what species or age they
belong. They were imbedded in solid
ice twenty feet below the surface, up
on which grew forest, so they must
have lain in their icy bed for hun
dreds of years. Hopes are entertain
ed that enough of the bones will be
found to classify them.
Substantial Improvements are go
ing on in the north part of town and
more are promised in the near future.
r. ]. Rowland is erecting residence
2)x30, one and a half stories Geo.
Shade. Marshal Brown and William
Cameron, Supt of the Orr Stage line
are each building good houses. The
growth of Chitina is slow but sure
and every day adds something of
permanent nature in the way of i'm
provements.
Deputy Marshal Brown is putting
down new we'll and otherwise i'm
proving his property around the
Jail.
Engineer Forester is giving us a
graphic demonstration of his ability
to do things. The wise heads pre-
dicted that his plan to sluice the dirt
out of the cavedin tunnel would
prove dismal failure, but the pumps
are removing about rs yards of dirt
and gravel daily and at very little
expense Mr.. Forester hopes to have
the tunnel in operation again before
the end of the year.
Some unusually fine strings of trout
and greyling are being taken from
the surrounding lakes and the
Indians are offering large quantities
OF native mutton for sale, while
ducks and ptarmigan may be mad
almost daily on the market.
The case of Roussel VS.. Blouen,
wherein the plaintiff sought to col
lect $110.S0 from Blouen, on note,
was tried before jury in Judge
Healey's court, and Judgment was
rendered in favor of the plaintiff.
The main question at issue was the
authenticity of the signature but the
jury finally decided that the sigma
ture was genuine.
DR.. F. B. Whiting, who was in
charge of the Heney hospitals since
the beginning of construction of the
Copper River & Northwestern rail-
way. and for time served the Katal-
la company, left on the boat last
The Chitina leader., 1911-09-16
ANOTHER SLASH MADE
IN FREIGHT RATES

tions: Sheridan S19.15; Alaganik,
S20.75; Morane, Baird river, Brem-
ner. Cleave Creek, Tiekel, Urana-
tina, and Chitina. $500; Kotsina.
S26.05; Strelna, $24.75; Mccarthy,
S34.20; Kennecott, $34.95.
The rate on grain in carload lots,
minimum 10000 pounds as follows:
Seattle to Sheridan, $3.50; Morane
Baird River, Bremner, Cleve Creek,
Tiekel. Uranatina. and Chitina $25;
Kotsina, s2S; Strelna, $685.; Nc
earthly, $500; Kennecott, 1915.
The Chitina leader., 1911-09-16

night for his home in Seattle.
The stump pulling is progressing
rapidly and we will soon have some
good streets in Chitina.
Marshal Joe Brown made a num-
| Der of experiments in gardening this
summer and says he can now raise
show us how it is done next sum-
mer. He says the soil while very
rich requires special treatment to
produce good results.
Chitina hoasS3 :. poetess Of no
mean ability, Mrs. Ora Burrows, some
of whose writings have already APP
peared in the Leader. Mrs. Burrows
has kindly consented to furnish us
with more of her writings, ana we
are confident they will be read with
much interest and pleasure.
The horese belonging to the Geeo
logical Surveying party in charge of
Mr.. Moffit were sold at auction
Friday but the bidding at no time
showed any great demand for the
stock, owing perhaps to the high
price of feed. The prices of the
ponies ranged from IS to $3.50.
They were purchased by small oper-
ators in the surrounding country.
George Bibber and ). McCabe en-
gagged IN a personal encounter one
| day last week after imbibing too
freely of liquor and one thinking he
was getting the worst of it had the
other arrested At the trial it was
not made entirely clear just who was
the aggressor and as both had been
drunk and disorderly Judge Healy
made an example of them and fined
each man $4,000 and costs, which
they were unable to pay. Thy are
now both guests of the Hotel De
Brown, and are undergoing a series
of gymnastic stunts on the marshal's
wood pile.
Stump pulling began in earnest
Monday morning under the direction
of Engineer Forester and as soon
as sufficient help can be secured the
work of grading the principal streets
will be begun and rushed to compile
ton. The owners of lots on the
townsite should take their cue from
this work and remove their stumps
and meet the grade. This would
give the town the appearance of a
progressive place and induce capital
to come here for investment.
Chitina needs bank and we see
no reason why such an institution
would not prove great success here.
There are several responsible men
here who are compelled to do their
banking in Cordova or carry large
sums of money on hand, while those
who would borrow are compelled to
wait several days before arrange
ments can be made with the outside
banks for loans. Chitina must go
ahead and the first bank in the field
will doubtless hold the business for
some years to come.
The Nevada Saloon has been re-
moved to the Log Cabin rooms re-
Gently vacated by Palmer & Clonin-
ger when they took charge OF the
Chitina Hotel and bar. This gives
the Nevada people more comfortable
quarters. Mr.. Jerry Rooney is now
installed as night bar tender at the
NEW Log Cabin bar. The congenial
Jerry will surely make you glad you
called at his new place of business.
The Chitina leader., 1911-09-16
FAIRBANKS HAS JUST KICK
AGAINST MAIL SERVICE

At this time of year when speed
in business correspondence is of
more Importance than at any other
time. the present mail service is in
tolerable. With an automobile road
to Chitina, thence rail to Cordova,
and fiveday run to Puget Sound,
the mail service will be organized
into some semblance to regularity,
and it will be possible to receive re-
ply to correspondence within three
weeks at the longest-the time it
takes now for a letter to travel one
way.
From time TO time the Times will
submit the testimony of competent
persons to convince the people of in
terror Alaska who may be skeptical
that an eight-day route to the states
is feasible proposition. The sue
cess of the proposal depends upon
the entire people of the interior, and
will not succeed unless the people
take active interest in it, The Times
does not presume to be able to ac-
complish anything alone, but it hopes
TO arouse the people to realization
of what can be done, and to march
in the front rank with the workers.
The Chitina leader., 1911-09-16

Convinced that a short route to
the outside is the one, great crying
need of the Tanana Valley, the Fair
banks Times will at once devote its
first and best efforts to bring about
the fulfillment of that need. From
now on, the Times will carry at it's
masthead the slogan Eight Days to
success crowns the effort, or until
the paper dies in the attempt Need
less to say, the Times does not expect
to die
i" Bv the clrcuItous routes that eX-
list today between Fairbanks and the
outside, passengers and mail may
cover the distance in sixteen days.
Twenty-one days is very fair aver
age time and four full weeks is
common enough. A moderately good
automobile road from Fairbanks to
Chitina will reduce the time to eight
days. You will be able to make a
round trip to the states in the best
time it takes you now to go one way.
The present trail from Fairbanks
to Chitina will be converted into a
good road by summer of 1913 at
no colossal expense.
The Chitina leader., 1911-09-16
LOCAL J0TTINGS

Rev. E. P Zeigler, of Cordova, was
in Chitina last week and held services
at the Red Dragon. While he came
in on the evening train unannounced
there were seventeen in attendance
at the service. Mr.. Zeigler has ar
ranged TO come up at least once a
month in the future and invites all
who can to be present at these SER
vices. The Leader will try to an
nounce the meetings in advance.
No one in this section of Alaska is
more justly entitled to enjoy his
great popularity than is this whole
hearted, frank and jolly little minis
ter, for, in the pulpit, he is at once
q thoughtful and dignified exponent
of his church and out of it he is an
amiable and irresistible jolly good
fellow, the friend of everybody, with
out a trace of self conscious distinc-
ton. Ali Chitna extends the glad
hand to "Zeig" as he is familiarly
called, whenever he comes to town.
A visit to the store of Cordes &
Simons, Chitina Heights. would sur
prise anyone not familiar with the
business of this enterprising firm. AL
most anything you may want in the
way of camp supplies and household
articles as well as tools and notionA
can be found on their well stocked
shelves. They purchased most of the
equipment of the railroad camps and
are offering a variety of both new
and second hand goods at very reas-
enable prices. Mr.. Cordes is an old
time Alaskan and knows the needs
q this section thoroughly, while Mr..
Simon's knowledge of the grocery and
meat business specially fits him for
this branch of the trade. They are
progressive merchants as their ad
i. the leader indicates.
The Log Cabin Bar and Rooming
House, Griffith & Hyland, proprietors
and the Log Cabin restaurant in
connection, Clement & Lund, propric-
tors. have both undergone COM
.plete renovation the past week. These
progressive proprietors evidently
know just what the boys want and
have spared no pains to make COM
Portable and even luxurious quarters
for those away from home. The
meals are we'll served and the rooms
and beds are models of neatness and
cleanliness. We predict that the Log
Cabin will be a popular place this
season.
Perry Jacobs has disposed of his
building to the Chitina Bakery and
it will be removed and used in con-
nection with the restaurant as
lodging mouse.
Ole Berg of the Spirit Mountain
district. was in town this week and
saws he is at work with force OF
men making a road from the Copper
River to his property preparatory to
bringing out ore as soon as the snow
falls. He has an exceptionally fine
quality of copper, gold and nickei
bearing quartz in immense quanti-
ties.
John Hirst, night cook at the Savoy
was stricken with Apo
plexy as ne came off duty Monday
and for two days his life
was nearly dispaired of. DR.. Thom
him much improved and prac-
tically out of danger. Hirst, who IS
Familiarity known as Senator is
well known in this section.
The Chitina leader., 1911-09-16

A much needed rain fell in this sec
tiCn Saturday night and Sunday fol-
lowing severe dust storm which
prevailed for nearly a week.
The Chitina leader., 1911-09-16
TAFT IN FAVOR
ARBITRATION

Erie, Pa, Sept. 17.-In order to
gain arbitration, President Taft says
he is willing to obliterate the Joint
High Commission and refer all labor
matters to a board OF arbitration.
The Chitina leader., 1911-09-16

If two teams meet on public
highway, and either teamster fails to
turn to the right, he is subject to a
fine of five dollars. This applies to
all kinds of vehicles.
Burial lots are exempt from taxa
ton.
Dueling is prohibited, and chal-
longing for a duel and posting any
one who refuses to fight a duel as a
coward ars penal offenses.
The Chitina leader., 1911-09-16
THET|S To 60 To
NOME

Seattle, Sept. 1.-THE revenue
cutter Thetis has been recalled and
will go to Boring Sea the end of Oc-
tober.
The Chitina leader., 1911-09-16
POLICE GRAFT IN
CHICAGO

Chicago. Sept. 1.-THE Civil Ser
vice Commission report that graft is
rampant in the police department.
The Chitina leader., 1911-09-16
THIEVES ENTER CHURCH
AND STEAL CONTENTS

locked. Here all are welcome to
read the papers and library and
warm themselves by the fire, and par
ticipate if they choose in the services,
yet some low down scoundrel, with
no more, principal or manhood than
a hungry hyena, crept like the proven
bal thief in the night, in at the open
door. and carried away for his own
use that which was donated as q
sacrifice of others, for the use of the
public A man who would desecrate
the House of God, and steal from
the people at the same time, is doub-
ly guilty, and should go hide him
self with the brutes of the pountains
to which class he belongs.
The Chitina leader., 1911-09-16

Los Angeles, Sept. IA purse OF
$4,000 has been offered Wolgast
and Mcfarland to fight twenty
rounds on New Years day.
The Chitina leader., 1911-09-16
REFUSSEST0WED
Ex|LEO KING

New York, Sept. 17.-Gaby Deslys
says that she doesn't love and won't
marry the exiled King Manuel.
The Chitina leader., 1911-09-16

let us 90 your job Work.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-21
GLOBE SIGHTS
BY THE ATCHIsoN GLOBE.

1t never rains enough to suit boy who
owns rubber boots.
Does any man know where his wife
keeps his handkerchiefs2
As a rule, the man who is boss of his
own house, is a bachelor.
Most people are too much afraid of
dynamite to make good anarchists.
And so far as we are concerned we
don't blame it on the banking system.
No man is as much of a Ladies' Man
as some of them seem to think they are
So often it happens that the man with
a large stomach advertises it with a loud
vest.
People pay the office holders, and feel
entitled to bother them more than Is nee
esSary.
Winter is never quite so severe as the
skate advertisements in the ma gaines
indicate.
Wouldn't it be awful if other kinds of
hard work didn't pay any better than
hunting dOes2
creation and amusement which some peo-
pie fail to grasp
If you are not satisfied unless YOU are
growing it might be advisable to look
yourself over
Men who threaten to boycott meat
haven't said anything about cutting out
smoking and chewing
When a man says he doesn't care for
consequences, it is sign he is apt to
lie about other things.
Boys often send for a catalogue. when
they are confident they Will never have
the money to buy.
A woman always seems to have a pretty
fair appetite to the man who is lisfeninr |
to her order her dinner.
Another thing against the English spar
row is that 1T doesn't migrate and give
the long-suffering public a rest.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-21
JAYHAWKER JOTS

Reported by the Canton Pilot: A
fellow, owen Moore by name. left
Galva the other day OWN more than
he could pay.
Just brush the dust off your Bible
and see if this is not true, urges the
Muscotah Record: Verse %, chapter
Z. of Ezra, has all the letters of the
alphabet except j"
You often hear men condemned for
not practicing what they preach, says
Tom Thompson, and he asks: But
wouldn't it be awful to hear some of
them preach what they practice?
a noted scientist has discovered six
ways to avoid divorce, according to
the Ottawa Herald, which adds: And
among the six he fails to mention the
easiest way; avoid getting married"
There is one class of workmen,
thinks the Beaver Valley Booster, who
evidently does not believe in recipro-
city Did you ever notice that a bar
Der usually shaVes himself even when
he has a man working by his side?
"A Holton man remarked the other
day. with a good deal Of pride, says
the Holton Signal, that he had saved
tobacco tags enough to get a fine
rocking chair. His wife who has no
sense Of economy anyway has figured
it out that for the money which he
spent for tobacco he could have puT-
chased a new bedroom suite, rangs
for the kitchen, q parlor table and a
rug for the living room and hall.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-21
ADVERTISING Talks
pv wIIIIhA1 c. FREERfArI

There is a great difference OF opinion Oh
the question as to whether coihP"iS
should advertise or not when business -
at high tide.
Hugh Chalmers was recently asked ny
his associates why he continued TO auNef-
tfse when his company's output for year
ahead was provided for He said;
when my company faced the fact that
we were FAR oversold. and L stin desired
to keep up an aggressive advertising can
paign, was asked why IN the WIZ
considered 1t necessary to auNertiSt-
told my company that we were not IA
business for today only-we We're IN ouSi-
ness to stay. and that tomorrow ana the
day after were very real factors IN our
permanent business success IL we M
tended TO keep our business as active as
it is today. told them that adNerusihs
was prime essential
In every community the advertising
representative meets the merchant Mno
says. 4 am doing all the business pos
sibly can, so there is no need Tor me 10
advertise"
recall an experience of my own with
merchant who was on the crest Of the
wave. He had been spending SlO0,ON or
whereabouts in advertising, and his busi-
ness was going along swimmingly- He
suddenly decided that advertising was an
expense so he commenced TO cut IL down
and down. and then used irregular copy
After a period Of about six months the
business commenced to show signs OF
falling off His managers protested about
the non-advertising policy, but the mer-
chant was very stubborn and stuck TO IT,
He said that he had been i'm business
a great many years. that all the people
in the community knew all about him
that IL was the fault of the managers
that the business was not going forward
and not because the advertising was stop
ped.
He changed managers from time to
time, but the business has grown steadily
less until now the total Is less than one
million annually, whereas 1 recall the
time when il nearly four millions a
year, and it is just hanging by its
eye-iids.
A merchant cannot afford to stop adj
vertising. even after he has established
a big business.
People forget unless they are constantly
reminded, and not one OF as is big
enough to be remembered by the public
unless we are constantly doing things to
remind the public that we are on earth.
and the only way TO do that Is % adver-
tise.
(To be continually