The Chitina leader. [volume] (Chitina, Alaska) 1910-1928, 1912-06-01

ing at nine o'clock, the court officials
of the third judicial division of Alas
ka will arrive at Chitina in the af-
ternoon. The personnel of the par.
ty will be much larger than was nee
essary to hold a term of court at
Cordoya. Some have already reached
/ Chitina, and when all are gathered
together the party, as at present an
lnounced, will include Judge Edward
E. Cushman, Clerk of Court Ed NJ.
Lakin, Stenographer Miss Monohan,
District Attorney George R. Walker,
Deputy District Attorney Guy Bru-
baker, Marshal Harvey Sullivan,
Chief Deputy Marshal John Bouse,
Deputy Marshal George R. Goshaw.
Of course United States Commission
er M. R. Healy and Deputy Marshal
Joe Brown will be on hand, for they
are to be investigated by a grand
jury, which has been called for that
purpose.
Two of the men drawn as grand
jurors from Cordova have been ex-
cused because of illness in their FAM
lilies. They are Ralph Evans and
Harry O'Neil. The only other one
from Cordova is Price Nettleton, who
will be in attendance, also John Stef-
gen, of Kennecott, but now in Cor
dova.
The grand jury will convene on
Monday morning. Some of the men
whose names were drawn from Ken
necott and the mining camps are not
now in the country, and others may
| be, or should be, excused, as one at
least has served Jail sentence. 1t
may be necessary to draw special
venire, which will likely be done I'M
der the direction of Deputy Marshal
| George R. Goshaw, who has been in
the Chitina country for a week past
1t is uncertain how long the grand
jury will be in session. If they re-
port any true bills the men indicted
will be tried at once. If not, court
is not likely to be at Chitina many
days.
The Mariposa Saturday night took
out 500 worth of fish, the prod
uct of the new plant at Snag Point.
mon are coming faster than the crew
can handle them, so three more men
| have been sent out. The outfit at
Eyak bridge is also strongly in the
money and owing to the volume of
fish delivered at the plant it has been
| decided to double its capacity. AL
Lund and crew are now busy making
a second set of tanks and equipping
another scow. Work is being rush.
ed so as to have the additional equip
ment ready before the present plant
is overloaded. Fishermen say the fish
this year are of excellent quality and
appear to run larger in size.
| Notwithstanding the rain, there
were quite number of visitors yes
terday at Eyak bridge, where the
camp is now fully established. 1t
makes a fine showing from the rail-
road track, the big floating saltery
and the row of new white tents on
the beach. A long flume has been
built from the falls and fine flow
of clear fresh water is distributed
through the pipes and hose. Every
thing is scrupulously clean and neat.
Trains stop at Eyak bridge, which
is a regular station on the railroad,
and telephone has been installed.
Gear for two more boats has been or
dered. Another shipment of 800 bar
rels and a supply of salt arrived on
the Mariposa.
The Port Wells saltery outfit left
Seattle on the Bertha. Bill Byers will
put up fish for the local company.
The plant at Abercrombie canyon
will be started this week. L. Nickel
son and crew of men went out on
the train this morning. The new fish,
industry has already provided en-
jployment for nearly fifty men.
The United States local inspectors,
George H. Whitney and Thos. E. Kell,
both of Juneau, who have been here
on official business, have made an
investigation of the wrecking of the
United States lighthouse tender Ar
meria. In their findings they COM
} pletely exonerate Capt. William E
Gregory and all licensed officers from
any blame in the loss of the tender
which was dashed against a pinnacle
of uncharted rock at Cane Hinchin.