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The Chitina leader., 1911-06-24
THE GULKANA FERRY
GOES ON A NEW JOB

A new ferry built by the Alaska
Road Commission at Gulkana, broke
loose from the cable shortly after
being launched and floated down
the stream few hundred yards,
where she now lies. No attempt has
been made at last accounts to get
the ferry back to her place, eros
sing the river being accomplished
by small boats.
The breaking away of the ferry
was caused by a sudden raise of the
waters in the Gulkana. The craft,
being exceedingly heavy, the eye
bolts holding the scow to the cable
could not stand the strain and gave
way.
The Chitina leader., 1911-06-24

always been business men. Bakers,
BARRIERS, dentists, merchants, saloon
men and all got busy and before six
o'clock in the evening Chitina had
a street which is a credit to any
town. M. w. Anderson, of the Town
site company, also caught the spir-
it and like other business men tried
to hire all the men he could but
also gave Oscar Freedman and Tom
Cloninger a hard run in seeing who
could clear the most ground. Some
more earth must still be hauled for
the remaining low places, after
which the street will be in first
class condition.
Posters announcing the Fourth of
July celebration arrived on Thurs
day evenings train and were i'm
mediately distributed around town.
The advertising committee also sent
number of the posters to each
The Chitina leader., 1911-06-24

sengers as we'll We have spent con-
siderable money in Chitina and feel
that the improvements promised us
should have been made some time
ago. However | am confident that
the Townsite Co. will at least build
a decent roac out of town to the
government trail, but if not, some
radical action will undoubtedly be
taken. BY reporting conditions ana
sending the photographs of which l
spoke to the postal authorities at
Washington, government aid might
be secured in building road out of
town in case conditions are not bet
tered.
1--WE expect to begin hauling feed
about the middle of September, and
l hope to see Chitina thriving little
burg by fall. The road commission
will by then have the new trail much
improved, and if the Chitina Townsite
Co. evinces the spirit shown by your
citizens last week in making street
impr ovements for your celebration,
The Chitina leader., 1911-06-24

the Orr Stage Co. was promised i'm
provements which have never been
made, and in consequence have suf-
fered both in delays as we'll as in
slight financial way. l don't hest
tate to say that the cause for all
this is the lack of street improve
ments the road from the office to
the barns being so bad that the
blacksmith was kept busy making
repairs on wagons since the spring
break up. 1 have some photos of
the last mail in from Fairbanks
which was packed from the barns in
on the drivers backs, the boys pre-
ferring to tote the sacks over the
slumpy trail in the townsite rather
than to take a chance of another
breakdown of the wagon.
"The Chitina Townsite Co. have
however, promised to remedy these
conditions, and l sincerely trust it
will be done before we begin haul
ing feed in the fall, for it not only
works hardship on us but our pas
The Chitina leader., 1911-06-24
CITIZENS ENTHUSE OVER
4tH OF JULY CELEBRATION

camp along the railroad and to the
different mining camps in this vicin-
ity. Sufficient money has been sub
scribed for the different events to
be pulled off, the committee on sports
being now engaged in arranging the
program for the day.
Encouraging reports have come
from Cordova relative to the ex-
cursion being run from the coast
terminal. and by the next issue of
the Leader, definite information
should be had. The Katalla company
wants $500 to run the excursion
train. and it is said that more than
the necessary 100 people have ex-
pressed a desire to attend, which
makes the required guarantee of the
amount at only IS the round trip.
The Chitina ladies are also TAX
ing an interest in arrangements, and
some have suggested place for our
The Chitina leader., 1911-06-24

Had stranger dropped into town
on Tuesday last it would have taken
him but a few seconds to figure out
that there was something doing or
something certainly expected to hap
pen in the immediate future. Every
available man in town was pressed
into service, and Main street was
lined with busy workers preparing
the streets for the races and getting
things into shape for the coming cele-
bration here on July 4. James Hart
ney donated his team and services
and was busy hauling stumps and
debris which powder. men and other
workers piled up for him. Every
property owner in town hired men
and even showed the proper spirit
by getting out themselves on a num-
Der two, and the way most of them
handled picks, crowbars, shovels,
rakes, etc., showed that they had not
The Chitina leader., 1911-06-24

Jesse Martin, manager for the
Orr Stage Co.. who has been one
Of Chitina's leading citizens and
business men since early last fall,
left on Wednesdays train for Cor
dova, from where he leaves for Val
DEE on a short business trip after
which he intends joining his wife in
the states for the remainder of the
summer.
When asked by a Leader represen-
tative for story concerning the
past work of the Orr Stage Co. over
the new route and the work out
lined for the next season, Mr.. Mar
tin said:
81 think I'll be better prepared to
give you a story next September than
l am right now, for by then l hope
to see conditions which have greatly
annoyed us, as we'll as the rest of the
property holders in Chitina, changed.
| feel now that | have a grievance
and couldn't give you a very optimis-
tic interview for before locating here
The Chitina leader., 1911-06-24
INTERIOR TRAFFIC Will Be
DOUBLED DURING COMING WINTER

there is no question but what Chiti-
ma will be as good a little camp as
can be found in Alaska.
I'VE expect to run the larger
stages and big four-horse freight
outfits directly into Chitina next
winter, and your town should en-
joy twice the amount of traffic and
trade it did last year. AS I said
in the start l hope to give you a
more optimistic Interview on my re-
turn here in the fall, and feel con-
fident that the conditions of which
l have just spoken will be properly
adjusted Like the rest of the prop
erty owners in Chitina, the Orr
Stage Co. expects to remain and do
business here for many seasons to
come. but feel that the promises
made us by the Townsite Co. have
been rather tardy, and public
statement may DE a factor in secur-
ing immediate improvements be-
fore our operations begin in the
fall"
The Chitina leader., 1911-06-24

Dad" Sullivan the old time car
penter, left on Thursday evenings
train for work at the front.
Frank Iverson, the well-known
foreman at mile 146, left on Fridays
train for a business trip to Cordova.
Frank brought down a few good
specimens from his gold quartz mine
near the Kennecott. S. B. Combast,
the assayer and expert who is with
Geo. Cappell, on examining the rock,
spoke highly of it, giving it as his
opinion that good quartz values lay
In the malibunmrite, which runs so
heavily through this ore.
Some uneasiness was felt among
railroad officials this week over the
The Chitina leader., 1911-06-24

visiting ladies and children where
they can rest, prepare their toilet
and make it place for the ladies
and children. The suggestion is an
excellent one, and the new building
belonging to Deputy Marshal Brown
which is directly opposite from tn,
dance pavilion, has been thought t,
be the best place.
All arrangements for the sports
and prizes to be given will be read,
for publication in the next week:
Leader and Cordova Alaskan and
a program of events of the day will
be printed for the benefit of visi-
tors during the celebration.
Pass the good word along now.
Whoever you happen to see, tel
them that Chitina is going to cele-
brate and she's to go some too.
The Chitina leader., 1911-06-24
AT THE SENATOR'S

There's a small cafe up Chitina way
Where the tired may eat and rest.
There's chicken and steak and oyster
pattee
And the Senator's smile for Zest.
There are onions and greens
And colored ice creams
And a coffee cup a la gem,
But what strikes one most,
Save the smile of the host
Is the collection of good looking men.
AT THE SENATOR'S 6-17-tf
Let us do your job work.
The Chitina leader., 1911-06-24

Seattle, June 19.-The fleet of the
Alaska Steamship company has been
reinsured. Part of the business has
been placed with domestic COM
panies. but most of it taken by for
eign underwriters. 1t is understood
that the rates on the various vessels
vary from 10 to 20 per cent. but
the average is reported to be frac-
ton more than IA per cent.
The Chitina leader., 1911-06-24

high water which threatened for a
time to again take out the bridge
over the Copper. The recent warm
rise rapidly and the drift wood caus-
ed a slight kink in the track. A gang
of men are watching it, however, and
keeping the drifts clear, and if no
higher water comes, it is believed the
bridge will hold.
The Chitina leader., 1911-06-24

and good will. We all join most
heartily in wishing you health and
happiness.
Signed YOUR BOYS. Z"
Chitina, Alaska, May 25, 1911.
The Chitina leader., 1911-06-24

P. ID. Burke, the Long Lake ran
cher from mile 1T visited us again
this week. P. D. says there was
quite a forest fire around the lake
this week, which somewhat spoiled
the beauty for the proposed site of
the Alaska school of Mines and home
for the aged prospectors, but the adj
vantages are still there He also has
a little bone to pick with Engineer
Spangler on transportation. Get him
to tell you about it.
c. Frost. G. Carlson, A. B. John
son. E. Anderson, Gus King, Chas.
Brown, John Sullivan, Mike Ora
ham, John Matthews, j. Gilkes. and
H. Baker are registered this week at
the Log Cabin Rooming H ouse.
J. Gilkes, has rented the building
formerly occupied by Kimberlin, now
owned by VIM. Lawson, and will
open a jewelry store and cobbler shop
in connection.
Jerry Rooney, the we'll known bar
tender, who recently arrived here
from Cordova, is presiding behind
the mahogany at the Nevada saloon
for McCutcheon & Griffiths.
The Chitina leader., 1911-06-24

Send your job printing to the Chit
ma Leader. -
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-29

and the wearers number, all surmounted
o., the coat Of arms of the City Of New
York. is the very latest fashion I'm fall
and winter headcesr for members Of the
Tenement House Department, according TO
an announcement issued yesterday. The
old fedora. long familiar TO housewives in
the conCested districts OF the city, has
been officially RELOCATED to the ash can along
with the straw hat Henceforth all in
spectors will wear a blue cap.
I'm the announcement Of the change the
heads of the department explain that IN
the case Of their men 10 is specially i'm
portant that they wear something that will
identity them beyond any doubt. The du-
ties Of inspectors take them into the
homes Of citizens at all hours. the officials
say. and there should he as little opportu-
nifty as possible afforded TO persons who
might wish 10 impersonate one Of them for
evil purposes. The old fedora was fitted
only with a movable band with the name
OF the department Under the new ar
rangement not only the band but the cap
itself will be protection 10 every one
concerned.
The new caps, with their shining decora-
tions. will he served ont with the new win
ter uniforms, which will be ready for use
iu a few days.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-29
REYES SAILS FOR HAVANA
Tells De la Barra He Doesn't Wish to
Embarrass Him by Staying in Mexico.

Mexico city. Sept 2S-General Bernar-
dino Reyes. who was the rival Of Fran
cisco J. Madero for the Presidency. this az
ternoon sailed from Vera Cruz for Havana.
Before the ship weighed anchor he said he
would continue 10 New York, although his
passage. hooked in the name Of "Genaro
Reeves" is 10 the Cuban capital
From Vera Cruz he sent a message 10
President de Ia Barra saying he did not
care to remain in the country and become
a cause Of embarrassment. that complying
with his duty as retired army cfflcer, he
would later advise him as 10 his home.
Reyes's departure has been yariousy com-
mented on in the capital. Many Maderistas
are iubiIant. declaring he ran awav." and
that he ran away once before when they
wanted him 70 lead \ party against General
Diaz."
Others do not hesitate 10 express their be-
lief that he will attempt 10 return ~ the
head OF revolutionary army. but his per
sonal and political friends Indignantly deny
such assertions
To lose Pen del Vale. chairman Of the
central committee Of the Reyista party. ne
sent the following message:
/ am leaving the republic 10 escape taunts
and TO avoid the prattle The party whose
chief / am must maintain It's attitude OF
insisting upon guarantees 10 exercise It's
right that IL row lacks, in the knowledge
that in due time ! shall return 10 take n-'
place AZ it's head, protected always with
the banner Of the law.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-29
BUILDERS DECLARE LOCKOUT
Ultimatum May Throw $4,000
Men Out of Work.

In accordance with the rules OF the
Building Trades Employers Association.
its board OF governors, ar a meeting late
yesterday afternoon, declared a general
lockout Of all the unions whose members
are on strike in sympathy with the strik-
ing marble workers at the new Vanderbilt
Hotel. The lockout is 10 go into effect
next Monday at a. m. on all buildings
where members Of the association have
contracts. unless the strike is called off in
the mean time
The board Of business agents OF the
unions will meet to-day. but according TO
some members OF that body only agrees
sive action will he taken.
As the men in two Of the sixteen trades
which were supposed TO he on strike we're
found 10 have remained at work yesterday.
the lockout order will now affect only four
deem trades. but as the lockout Is 10 he
widespread. involving not only the build
ings affected By the strike OF the maroie
workers. but every building on which the
members Of the Employers Association
have contracts. from 1000 to 5000 building
mechanics Will be affected. II the lockout
lasts two weeks or more about 1000 or
Il 90 more men will he thrown into in
voluntary idleness Among the trades
which will be directly affected Will be those
NJ the plumbers. plasterers. architectural
iron workers carpenters, steamftters. cleo
tricians and tile layers.
The buildings involved in the lockout
order include tho New York Central Sta
tion the McAlpin building, the new Mu
ricipal Building and the new postofice. at
Eighth avenue and }3d street The lockout
will also stop the alterations along Fifth
avenue. Broadway. Gath street and other
streets. made necessary by street widening.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-29
REVOKE LICENSE FOR GARDEN

The two commissioners Of the state Box
ing Commission voted Yesterday 10 revoke
She license Of the Madison Square Ath-
ler~ Club. and the big Garden fights. "
which promised TO assume almost the pro-
portions n the I'D Horton law days. have
gone hv the board.
BY this action Il the commission Pat
Powers and Harry Pollok the guiding spir-
Us II the Garden fight club. lose their
hermit 70 conduct fights IN the big COLI
scum. hut they still have left one other
ard in the shape Of z license for fights al
tho ST Nicholas Rink. where the Twentieth
century Athletic Club. supposed to he IN
de- the same mana cement. still holds a
license.
AS counterbalsnce TO its revocation OF
the fighting rights IN the Garden, the COM
r1fsri0n granted license 10 the Empire
erhletic Club under an application with
which was filed q one-year lease Of the
Manhattan Casino. AZ 155th street and
Eighth avenue. This hall. according TO the
application papers fled with the commits
sion. holds FIVE thousand spectators. The
promoters say that they are paying $4,000
wear rental under the lease filed.
Also, e. commission granted new IL
cense 10 Tom O'Rourke's National Sport
,rg Club Of America. under the new lease
~ the old Amsterdam Opera House, for
which the club is put down as paying
$500 a year The previous license for the
National club, which was revoked at the
last meeting Of the commission, was dated
subsequent 10 the date Of the new lease,
rut the formal matter Of making new ap-
oirauon 70 NJ the new lease cleared away
q Pourke's troubles
The revocation Of the Garden license was
2 foreEone conclusion when the commits
sion met yesterday. because Commissioner
Dixon. who has created the deadlock which
enabled Powers 70 hold his bouts an
nounced that he would be doubly bound,
both by Attorney General Carmody's rul-
irK on the Powers Lease and nv the eX-
pressed wish Of Governor Dix. 10 vote for
the ending Of the Garden fights.
Frank S O'Ner the upstate commits
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-29
SUFFRAGE pR|zEF|CHT ON
Mrs. "Gus" Rubin ArrangeS
"VoteS for Women" Match.
LADY WRESTLERS PROMISED
Long Acre Club Gets the Bout,
and Women Who Pay Will
Be Welcome.

Mrs. Gus" Ruhln's benefit prizehzht for
suffrage is no longer a dream. II will he
pulled Off" at the Long Acre Athletic Club.
18th street near Seventh avenue. on Octo-
her q. tho day after the convention Of the
Woman Suffrage party. which Mrs. Rubin
left because Of difference Of opinion over
the wisdom Of having that same prizehght
The details Of the bout were arranged
last night at the clubroons. and AT the
same time Mrs Ruhin's new organization.
the Women's Progressive League which
she SAYS will shortly rival the Woman Suf-
frage party in numbers. was launched on
the world There was only one woman
present besides Mrs Ruhlin-Mrs Ethel
II. Stewart. a member Of the Cooperative
Peace Society-but many If the sporting
fraternity were there to give the new suf.
frage leader good send-off
It's up 10 u.s., said William Newman.
manager NJ the club. as he stood AT the
head Of the stairs 10 welcome the guests
its up ~ rs 10 back Mrs Rubin. Here's
Mrs. Belmont and Mrs. Nrackav and the
rest OF the stylish suTra gists turning Mrs
Rubin down, after all the wonderful work
she's done, because she's the wife OF a
Saloonbeep|r. W hon Mrs. Rubin proposed
a boxin match for suffrage. they said II
would disgrace the cause and degrade
womanhood. Well, we're here to show
them that sportin' men are good clean
men. we'll groomed. with no horns nor
tails. I've been a pugilist all my life. and
l mix IN high society / met the late King
Of England when / was abroad. I did"
Thought they was knocked out bev7,
chuckled Mrs Ruhln's husband Mr.
Rubin came early with his wife. and stood
in the background supporting himself with
a succession Of big. black cigars. His
speciality IS looking massive and saving
Sure to the lively Mrs. Ruhlin's conver-
sation. When she offered him as prin-
cipai in the proposed fight he merely
blinked his baby blue eyes, smiled and liz
a fresh cigar, just as he did when she
decorated his saloon. at No 1890 Myrtle
avenue, Brooklyn. with placards announc-
ing that II was the Rdgewood headquar-
ters of the woman suffrage PARTY.
Nothing could have been more barrrori-
Gus than last nights meeting Everybody
was for Mrs Rubin and dead against the
woman suffrage party There weren't
chairs enough 10 20 around. but the snort
ing fraternity didn't mind. They stood in
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rows against the wall ana took turns max
ing impromptu orations on votes tor
women.
At hslf-past o'clock Mrs. Rubin caiieh
the meeting to order. We're going to haVs
a good, clean match on october 20 sn'
announced Wen have all the talent
sharkey. Jim Corbett and Terry McGoV-
ern."
Say. IN tell YOU" exclaimed MIKE
Newman. the club managers Sray-hsire"
brother. what dyou think OF haVin' tnose
lady wrestlers that's maxim such sensA-
tiony'
Fine" responded Mrs. Rubin Mr.
Newman. we'll make you referee OF H''
boxing match"
The hall in which the boxing and wreSt-
ling exhibition will take place seats eleven
hundred persons comfortably, but fourteen
hundred can squeeze in.
Mrs Rubin expects to have il crowded
The tickets will be ~ cents and S. Women
VIII he welcome. but every woman must
bring an escort. Mrs Rubin announced
that seventy women had applied for tickets.
The Woman's Progressive Political League
has leased an Office in Herald Square. and
Mrs. hunNn ANNOUNCES Aiiht ~ VIZ ~ '
on economical lines.
The Office expenses won't ne more than
Sis a month she said. We don't intenh
to spend $1,000 year on our Office, IKE the
Woman's Suffrage Party. And we won't
have their red tape. either. Everybody
will be able 20 reach the head OF the
organization.
I'VE shall do practical work-havs dances
for working girls, sgitate for more school
buildings, etc, and. above all, oppose Ia
the most vigorous manner politicians who
refuse 10 declare for woman suffrage"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-29
SMOKE DARKENs LOWER BAY
Blows Over from New Jersey and
Greatly Impedes Traffic.

Shortly after sunset yesterday a thick
pail Of smoke which had blown slowly from
New Jersey settled over the Lower Bay
and greatly impeded traffic. The revenue
cutter Calumet. which left the Battery at
$50 p. m TO meet the incoming Cunarder
Mauretania, was marooned in the smoke.
which shut Of from view all the lights
ashore Captain John Bradley had 70 run
by compass until he came OUT OF the black
strip.
Six torpedo boat destroyers, on their way
10 the navy yard in Brooklyn from Sandy
Hook. picked their way safely through the
pail and left behind them an odor % burnt
crude oil. u was thought at first that the
smoke had been caused by the war vessels.
The Mauritania had little difficulty In get
ting through the blackness, as her bridge
was above Il.
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sioner who carried through the fight on
the alleged one-year lease which Powers
filed with the commission. expressed him
self as thoroughly satisfied with the result
The Madison Square Athletic Club, under
the management of Powers and Pollok.
Jumped into the boxing situation as soon
as the Frawley law went into effect. and
conducted four Of the biggest bouts, in
point Of attendance AZ least. that have been
held under the new law Their license was
granted by a two to one vote ~ the com
mission. AS al that time James r. Sullivan
was acting as chairman Of the commission
Sullivan and Dixon voted for the license
and ONeil voted against II. ONeil ad-
vanced at that time the same argument on
which he has kept pounding ever since
that the alleged one-year lease of the Car
den was invalid under the Frawley law,
because II was dated subsequent to the
date Of the papers by which the Madison
Square Garden Company disposed Of the
property to the new syndicate which eN-
poets 10 start tearing down the big build
ing in February.
In spite # O'NeiTs attack, Powers pro-
ceeded with his club. and staged first the
fight between Knockout" Brown and
Matt Wells The attending scenes Of Wild
disorder provoked new attack on the
Powers crowd. which was magnihed when
the same club promoted the CORY battle he
tween Carl Norris and Jim Flynn. From
the four bouts promoted by Powers. how
ever, the state. under the per cent tax
section OF the Frawley law has gained
close 20 5000
The commission issued licenses 10 new
batch Of referees YESTERDAY among them
being William Rothwel. better known as
Young Corbett' the man whH conquered
Terry McGoveru a license was also ISSUED
To the East Avenue. Athletic club. OF
Queens COunty