The Chitina leader. [volume] (Chitina, Alaska) 1910-1928, 1912-06-01
(From cordova Daily Alaskan. !,

baker and M. ]. Sullivan left on the
train yesterday morning for Chitina
in connection with the grand jury
investigation of United States Com
missioner M. r. Healy.
DR.. w. w. Council sailed on the
Mariposa Saturday night for Seattle
where he will spend a months vaca
ton with his family.
Tom Williams was passenger te
Valdez last night. He will secure
position with the Alaska Road Com.
mission.
Jack Sapiro returned last night af.
ter pleasant trip to Seattle and
other points.
Mrs. E. E. Cushman and son Ed
ward returned to Valdez last night
on the steamer Northwestern.
Mrs. J. w. Lydick and child ar
rived from Seattle on the Northwest
ern and made happy the assistant
auditor of the railroad company, who
was recently stationed here.
Marshal Harvey Sullivan return
ed on the Northwestern last night
from a trip to Portland. He went
through to Valdez.
May 80 is legal holiday AS a
consequence the district court was
not in session, the bank was closed,
the postoffice and cable office were
open only part of the day, the pub
lie schools were closed, the railroad
shops were deserted and many of the
places of business were open but part
of the day. The stars and stripes
were thrown to the breeze in every
direction and in other ways there
was evidence that Cordova was cele-
brating holiday.
DR.. c. L. Hale expects to take the
train on Sunday and go as far as
Kennecott. Returning he will stop
at Chitina for couple of days. The
doctor has been importuned for some
time past to make a trip to the in
| terror towns, and has decided to
leave on Sunday He may be absent
couple of weeks.
One of the first official acts of the
new vice-president of the Copper
River & Northwestern Railway, on
May Is, was to sign an order that
Superintendent Geiger would also as
sumo the duties of chief engineer.
This was necessary because of GER
tain construction work that had been
inaugurated and which required or
ders signed by the chief engineer,
winch position had been vacant since
the death of Mr.. Hawkins. In assum-
ing his new duties Mr.. Geiger does
so with modest demeanor.
The court on Saturday disposed of
the case of A. J. Fagerberg VS.. j. A.
| Fagerberg, in a suit for mainten-
ance. The plaintiff was awarded a
monthly allowance of $50, while va
rious sums for taxes, assessments,
etc., are also to be paid by the de-
| PENDANT.
The announcement in the Daily
Alaskan that the railroad company
at Seward required twenty-five men
resulted in the following taking the
steamer Northwestern last night for
Seward, where they expect to secure
employment: Tom Game, Gus An
derson, A. Carlson, ]. Dahl, L. Lake
Frank Wallace, w. c. Won Clan,
Thomas Shields, James Clavien, John
Lahouse, A. Burke. M. Lengren, M.
Jacobson, d. D. Kae, R. E. Allen, c.
Stevens, James Buckley, ]. Jenkins,
VIM. Mcbride, D. Huyke, John E.
Goth, George Brown, w. McPhail,
John Nicholl, Sam Gardinar, w. Can
AVIAN.
Capt. Rudy, of the United States
survey boat Taku, returned yester-
day from a trip to Cape Hinchin-
brook. He had been directed by the
department at Washington to survey
the waters where the lighthouse ten
der Armenia went on rock. He
went in his launch, as the Taku was
on the ways and not available. With
the assistance of the officers of the
Armenia, he had no difficulty in To-
eating the pinnacle of rock that
stood fifteen feet and which rammed
a hole in the tossing tender as she
swung around and came in contact
with the sharp projectile. The loca
ton was about 200 metres from the
shore and within the line that had
Loo, c,,crnuoI tho To- yn dnns