The Chitina leader., 1913-06-10
HAPPENINGS IN
 NE|CHB0RHOOO

e. Herman Miller, auditor of the w, P. & Y. R. R. is advocating, smelter at Skagway to treat the Whitehorse section ores.
 1udge Shepard was granted fsan- chise to build and operate stre"' railway on the streets of Valdez.
 Colonel Shank, inspecting officer for the Department of the Columbia went to Valdez on the Alameda tc make the annual inspection of the military post at Fort Liscum, the Alaska Raod Commission and the cable office.
 Cordova, June 0
 D. M. Lynch returned last evening op the steamer Bancroft from trip to Katalla and furnishes us with the following budget of news from the coal ana oil town.
 Dr. Downing, paymaster of the navy, who is in charge of the ex- petition to bring out the government mined coal from Saltwater to open navigation, is still at the mouth of Boring river with his $30,000 fleet I1f h,,ilt oh ic said that the Doctor contemplates dredging a channel as the boats re- fuse to run without water. Exper- fenced mining men at Katalla say that if the navy department is re- ally in earnest about wanting to get coal out for the cruiser Maryland to to make a steam test of the qual- 1 ity of the fuel that it could have been warship for less than half what the worthless lighters cost Uncle Sam It is also stated that pr. Downing s party stands about as much chance of getting the coal down the river this summer as a transportation man would of taking the appendix from an army mule without the assistance of vetinary surgeon. It is the won- der of all the people why the govern ment allows this willful waste of money, and also if there are not suf- ficient grounds for an investigation for filling the sacks with rocks and slate instead of coal.
 Commodore Bowman's fleet of fishing steamers is busy operating between Orca and Martin river. Many large catches of salmon have been made and some on the men employed have as many as 4,0O0 fish to their credit.
 Representative Bob Gray has re- turned from the legislative session at Juneau and sends his kindest re- gards to all Cordova friends.
 Banker Smith has taken on an other title. He has been appoint ed United States Commissioner to fill the vacancy during the absence of c. G. Britton, who is on trip to the States. ss.
 Deputy Marshal Brenneman has established a restricted district for black bear, which includes any area outside of the city limits.
 William O'Connor is still in Ka- talla, but says he expects to return to Cordova within a day or two.
 Dan Pendergast threatens to be. come a confirmed Katallaite.
 Col. Barrett is so enthusiastic that he says he cannot afford to sell any more oil wells.
 Merchant Harris shortly intend: moving to Cordova and make tha I loW II ilc luIuiC iohiC.
 Postmaster Williams will leave 1T a few days for Cordova and iron there will make a tour of the Soutl western coast of Alaska.
 There is considerable mining ac tivity in the Tiekel section, neal the government trail from Chitin: to interior Alaska. The Clarkson Ross group of claims Ion the Glori ous Fourth creek has been worked for some time, the owners driving ; tunnel into the mountain for 20( feet, when they located the ore shoo and were themselves surprised to re ceive returns indicating such grea values. The owners plaasto mak, large shipments of ore during thu summer to the Tacoma shelter.
 The Hurdle Creek Minirg Com pany hhve a group of 23 claims oI Hurdle creek and no less than sever lodes are plainly defined on thu group. The property was located too late in the season to do much de velopment work, but they did talk out three tons of average rock iron the lead which they shipped to tn, Tacoma shelter, receiving $65 pc ton. This was so very encourag