The Chitina leader., 1913-09-23
IF GENERAL INFORMATION

MISS fIOT0Qc6 HUH CdluG III ITOm Kennecott yesterday afternoon and left on the steamer Admiral Sampson this afternoon.
 Train for Chitina, Mccarthy and Kennecott will leave tomorrow morning at o'clock.
 Fire drill tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock. All members of the depart ment are expected to report.
 Over in Seward the town assessor places the value of taxable property as follows: real estate, s696, 6,715.00; personal, s2O5,265.OO; total, sso1. 9S0.
 Judge R. W. Jennings has ap- pointed Jay W. Bell to be clerk of the district court, succeeding E. W. Petit, the present incumbent. MT. Bell will assume the duties of the office upon the filing of his bond. MT. Bell was born in Fremont, Neb., 30 years ago and has lived in Juneau for the past seven years.
 A. G. Mcbride, of Juneau, has been appointed clerk of the court for the Fourth Division, by Judge Fuller. He succeeds c. c. Page.
 E. NJ. Baldwin and wife, were ar rivals from Kennecott yesterday and left for Seattle on the Sampson this afternoon.
 A letter under date of the 10th has been sent by George c. Hazelet to H. A. Slater, president of the Chamber of Commerce. MT. Hazelet is at the head of an expedition sent out by the Chamber to establish and mark a winter trail to the Chisana. In his letter he says:
 We reached the foot of Nazina glacier on Saturday night last, the 9th. Had to relay one trip because we could not get enough horses to take all supplies on one trip. On Sunday examined the approach ana found fine one leading to white ice Procured four double end sleds left by the government survey party about 12 miles down the Nizina river. On Sunday put them on the glacier ice. Have cut 500 stakes and two cords of wood. Balance of the outfit will be here tomorrow and on Friday we shall begin stalking in earnest. Can't tell how fast we can proceed yet, but this end looks good. Men are all we'll and in good spirits. Many mushers are coming out via l Skolai creek and most of them think we'll of the country. If we succeed in getting over the glacier route, one will be able to drive six horse teams from Mccarthy we'll up to the sum- init at least, and maybe clear over. Albert Fink and Jake Berger, for merly of Nome and more recently of San Francisco, returned yesterday | from the Chisana, where they spent six days. Neither are very enthusi- astic over the conditions there. They tsay everything in sight is staked but that very little prospecting has been done. They are of the opinion that possibly good small camp will result, although they admit that with industrious prospecting good pay may be found on many creeks. They consider that about 250 are in for the winter and that many others are likely to go in over the ice from Dawson, White Horse and the states outside. They cannot see much ad- vantage in anyone going in now unless they have thawing appliances.
 A letter from Grant Reed at Mo- Carthy, dated the 18th, says: r. Our information is that U. s. Con- missioner and Recorder Morgan has left the Chisana country and that the miners elected George Hill to serve as recorder, which he is now likely doing unless they have selected some other since the 10th.
 Oscar Freedman left here this morning with large quantities of supplies and a pack train of forty horses.
 The new town is at the mouth of Johnson creek, where there are about 100 people. The recorder office has been removed there.
 P. D. Burtt and G. Nj. Clark, the mining engineers from San Fran cisco, who returned last night from a trip to the Chisana country will remain in town until the North western returns from the westward, when they will leave for the south.