The Chitina leader. [volume] (Chitina, Alaska) 1910-1928, 1912-05-25
LOCAL J0TT|NGS

Jack Lawrence, the we'll known
freighter, left for Copper Center for
a few days. He has contracted for
the building of his barn here, sOx30
feet. Most of his pack train is work.
ing out of Mccarthy.
Magazines and post cards at the
Chitina Pharmacy.
Nearly everyone has gotten the
cleaning up spirit. The town is won
derfully improved.
Dan Zaradjich is building a cabin
on Chitina Heights.
Dick Waters and Jimmy Hussy
staked a quartz prospect near the
trail three miles north of town, re-
Gently.
John Amber left for Mile 100 with
an outfit which he will pack in five
miles to his property, where he will
do some development work this sum-
mer.
A. B. lies, manager of the copper
property on Nugget Creek. near Kus-
kulana, is making arrangements to
have few hundred tons of very high
grade ore packed to Strelna, dis
lance of % miles. This is prepare
tory to extensive development later.
The Chitina Pharmacy has the
right fishing tackle at the right price.
The trail is getting pretty well
dried up now. 1t will be good about
the first of June, just when the mail
stops going this way to the interior.
Its the water"
l.. B. Erickson was in town this
week from his prospects in Deans
Basin, near Spent Mountain. He has
a showing of nickel and copper that
he considers very good and intends
to run a tunnel to determine the ex-
tent fthe ore. The way the ore
runs now he thinks every foot over
fifty will be worth thousand dolalrs.
His claims are near those of the
Spent Mountain Mining Company,
which has done considerable devel-
opment work and built a trail to
their property last fall from Mile 121
on the railroad. Mr.. Berry, with his
famous dog team, is prospecting in
that locality now, and will later do
some work on claims staked by Chief
Pure cold water from the noun
tains piped throughout the Chitina
hotel and bar.
Among the peculiar arguments Of
fered in defense of Healy by some Of
his supporters, the limit is reached
by those who say that he might as
we'll stay here because the next man
will probably be as crooked as he lie.
Gardens are springing up all over
town.
When the work train was return
ing to Chitina Thursday evening from
driving some piles at Mile 118 the
bunk car was knocked off the track
by a slide of rock that struck it. The
car rolled down the embankment and
would have gone into the river had
it not lodged against some trees. It
was thought at first that the five oc-
cupants of the car were badly hurt,
but some unpleasant scratches sus-
tanned by Hartman, Saren and Boyle
were all the personal damages done.
Or. Montgomery soon ham them all
patched up.
tits the water that keeps 1t cool"
Olympia Beer.
Those registered at the Hotel Chit
ina this week were: T. ]. Bingham,
Axel Resell, D. F. Hanlon, George r.
Goshaw, F. A. Lanson, Mrs A. Sar-
talon, ]. NJ. Steffenger. R. S. Grad
dick, C. B. Boyden, E. A. Patrick, w.
A. Patrick, Charlie David. Henry Ed
Ter, Isia Petre and wife, Perry s.
Joe Petre and wife, Frank
A. Jordan, Jas. H. Miller, w. w.
Powell, Fred Hartman, N. Finnesand,
Boyle, George Irist. w! K.
Bollinger, ]. w. Limback, Roy Bed
den, ]. T-omp, E. F. Wood, Jack Day,
Irwin, Frank Wallace.
Dick Gilmore shot a brown bear
near his cabin on the Kotsina the
other day, and reports having seen a
blue or glacier bear in that vicinity.
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