The Chitina leader., 1913-09-30

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 The term of federal court held at Seward last week adjourned on Friday and the court officials and others returned to Valdez on the steamer Alameda. E. V. Boyle and D. w. Lynch, two jurors from Cor dova, also returned home. About the only business before the court was the trial of two misdemeanor cases, for violation of the game law One of the defendants, J. A. Her. berth, was not present but through his attorney pleaded guilty to two counts, and was fined $2O0 for each count. Captain Whorf was tried on two different counts for violation of the game laws. The first case was dismissed. On the second trial he was found guilty of purchasing game during the closed season and was fined s200.
 The train from the interior reached Cordova on Saturday night about 11:30 o'clock, bringing over 60 passengers. Many of them were returning stampeders, who took passage on the steamer Alameda for Juneau and Seattle. The steamer arrived from the westward shortly after II o'clock and sailed south about 1:30 Sunday morning.
 The train will leave Wednes- day morning at o'clock for Chitina and Kennecott, returning on Friday. A mail train will also go out on Thursday morning. After this week the local will only run as far as Chitina, another train continu- ing to the end of the line the next day, while the local returns to Cordova.
 Among the passengers to arrive on Saturday night was A. B. Cohn. He has the distinction of making the banner trip from the Chisana diggings, mushing it from there to Mccarthy in 2S travelling hours. He was officially started by the U. s. commissioner, with the hour and date of departure. Whenever he stopped he had the fact attested by the signature of witness. He says the trail is in fine shape. He went outside on the steamer Ala meda and will return later with thawing machinery.
 Under date of September 23, and written at Nizina road house, Geo. c. Hazelet has written to Nathanael Greene, secretary of the Cordova Chamber of Commerce. MT. Haze let gives a favorable report of the expedition that is seeking to find a short winter trail across the Nizina and Chisana glaciers to the Chisana gold diggings. The party has found easy going over the Nizina glacier, which has been we'll staked to the summit. An investigation of the conditions three miles beyond indi- cates that horses can go at least thus far. MT. Hazelet is hopeful that the full distance is feasible. In his letter he says:
 "I arrived here at noon today. Was all ready to cross the summit with the camp but found that we were short on horse feed, so much so that I didn't dare to cross until I got more, and came to Nizina for that purpose. Have been over the summit three miles and found the going good that far. Expect, how ever, to find some rough ice fur ther on. Don't doubt though but that we can pass by it.
 Have the Nizina glacier staked to the summit and have had horses over 1t all. It has taken longer than expected on account of having to use three times as many stakes as we figured on. Had to place three stakes where I only expected to use one. Have had to haul these stakes ten miles, so you see 1t takes time.
 There is not place on the route So far that a horse cannot pull 1000 pounds. In fact there are but three or four places where one horse could not take a ton on a double end sled. If we find similar condi- tions on the other side, the trail will be success.
 "I will leave early tomorrow morning and reach camp the next evening with the feed. The follow. ing day shall cross to the Chisana