The Chitina leader., 1913-06-03
IF GENERAL INFORMATION

upon said land. The defendant
 entered into stipulation with the !. government as to the facts in the
 case from which the truth or fals. ity of the charges was to be deter
 mined by the local office.
 The evidence showed that develop ment commenced on the property in 1903 and continued until 1907 and that an expenditure amounting tt between $200 and $500 had result ed in an open cut from which coal in commercial quantities could be taken and demonstrated that coal in commercial quantities existed upon the land
 John Gage, formerly of Cordova and Chitina, is in Juneau, accom- panied by Mrs. Gage, seeking To- cation for a ladies furnishing store.
 Two pack saddles and a basket of ranch eggs were recently received at the Cordova post office, from the states, by parcels post.
 Mrs. Clara P. Babbage, widow of the late c. w. Babbage, jeweler at Cordova and Chitina, recently died at Ketchikan. Deceased was 57 years of age.
 S. o. Freedman received word from J. w. Forester, who recently went to the states, that he has shipped one hundred Plymouth Rock chickens to him, which he will take to his ranch at Mccarthy.
 Our former townsman, Omar Pat | ten, is secretary of Juneau local No. S69, Hotel and Restaurant Employ ees International Alliance and Bartenders International League, which recently received it's charter. Judge Jennings of Juneau has been officially notified by the Attorney General to accompany the floating court on it's trip to the westward, and as a result Judge Overfield of Valdez expects to go to Juneau next week to hear the case of the govern ment against Mcdonald at the re- quest of Judge Jennings. who is dis qualified, and after that he expects to go to the States and enjoy va cation of several months.
 Judge Overfeld, who is a poor sailor, had consented to make the westward trip, but requested that he be relieved as soon as was possible. which will now be done and new judge for this division is expected to be appointed in the next couple of weeks, as the term of Judge Over field expires June 15.
 Charles David has just completed a contract for the delivery of 662 piles to be used by the Copper River j& Northwestern railway in bridge and repair work.
 The last interior mail to go via Cordova on the winter schedule left on the Copper River & Northwestern railway this morning for Chitina, and from there will be transported over the trail to Fairbanks by the Orr Stage Company in wagons. The roads are not in the best of condi- tion at this time of the year, owing to the overfiows, and it requires from ten to fourteen days to make the trip.
 Mail from Fairbanks will contin- ue to arrive at the local postoftice twice a week until about the mid dle of June, but from now until Oc- tober l next there will be no through mail dispatched to the interior via Chitina, it being sent direct from Se- attle to Nome and also via Skagway | to Fairbanks and Yukon river points. i When the winter schedule again goes into effect there will be two mails week of 500 pounds each, dis patched from Cordova, via Chitina. during the period from October 1 to Nov. 24. From the latter date to March 24 the weight limit is in- increased to 1900 pounds with three mails a week. From March 24 to May 31 but 800 pounds are sent Cordova is the distributing sta tion for ninety-five per cent of all mail sent to interior Alaska for eight months of the year, and as the weight for each dispatch is limited there is necessarily an accumulation of the inferior class of mail here in the spring. This consists princi- pally of merchandise, bulk newspa- mail seems to be increasing each year and the local office now has on hand 30,000 pounds which will be shipped on the steamer Northwest ern to Skagway, and from there sent to the interior as soon as river nav Iigation opens.
 Former Marshal James M. Shoup will locate in Peru as soon as he leaves Alaska, where he has been