The Chitina leader., 1913-10-07

CnarleS tenQereQ ms roSlSQaLlOn Dy wire to the office at Valdez. Marshal Brenneman immediately wired hls acceptance of the resignation. Mr. Charles arrived at Cordova on the train this afternoon. At present there is a vacancy in the office, but it is believed that when Marshal Brenneman summoned w. E. Wood to Valdez that he had in mind to offer him the post at Mccarthy. MT. Wood will go over to headquarters tonight on the steamer Mariposa.
 The Yukon Presbytery will hold its annual session at Seward, con- mencing on the arrival of the steamer Mariposa. Rev. M. Egbert Koonce, of Cordova, will leave on the steamer tonight and be :n attendance at the session, and it is expected that Elder T. M. Hunt, who is now at the westward will also be there. Dr. s. Hall Young, who is now connected with the Home Missions at New York, has wired that he is now in Seward. He had been in the Arctic this summer and it is presumed that he came south in a small boat. Dr. James Condit, formerly of Fairbanks, but who succeeded pr: Young as general missionary for Alaska, is a passen- ger on the Mariposa He now makes his headquarters at Juneau. Another attendant will be Rev. T. P. Havark, of Knik. Rev. Koonce expects to be absent from Cordova for nearly a month as he will return from Seward to Valdez, where he will serve as juror at the term of court that convenes on October IA
 Cordova, Octboer 6
 MT. Jos. H. Houston, president of The Houston Dredging Co.,, accom- panied by his secretary, O. H. Poehl- mann and party, namely, George Cunningham and wife of Los Angeles, w. s. Amy of Petaluma, and Fred Radcliffe of Monterey, ar rived this afternoon on the steamer Mariposa. They are enroute to the Houston property at Seward, where they will spend three weeks.
 MT. Houston's holdings are one of the largest in Alaska, where he is better known as Powerful Joe" " He was through here recently with some California associates and is always a welcome visitor.
 MT. and Mrs. John Y. Ostrander will leave on the Mariposa to spend few weeks ct Valdez.
 The office of T. M. Hunt, deputy forest supervisor, informs us that a civil service commission will hold an examination in Ketchikan and in Cordova, Alaska, October 21 and 22, 1913 for the position of forest ranger in the forest service. For application blanks and further in- formation apply to the deputy forest supervisor, Cordova.
 U. s. Commissioner A. J. Adams went to Valdez yesterday, on official business.
 S. D. Charles, formerly deputy marshal at Mccarthy, returned with his family from the interior and will again take up their residence in their Cordova cottage. Mr Charles went over to Valdez yes- terday to close up official matters.
 It was we'll attended smoker held on Saturday night at Eagle hall, complimentary to Capt. Rude, the other officers and crew of the survey boat Taku. Some special stunts were pulled off and a general good time had The affair was arranged as an evidence of their regard for Captain Rude and his his men, who have closed their sea- sons work and will leave on the Mariposa for Seattle.
 Cordova, October 2
 Caleb Corser, superintendent of the Copper River & Northwestern Railway, who was recently called to Seattle on business, returned with his family this morning on the Sampson
 Fred s. Scott, who has been con- ducting pack train from Mccarthy to the Chisana, will be an outgoing