The Chitina leader., 1914-07-21
Of GENERAL INFORMATION.

the Kuskalana country making an
investigation of the workings on the
Ole Berg copper property. They will
likely return south on the steamer
Alameda tomorrow.
! Lon Meenich was brought over
from Cliff mine in small launch
Monday night and placed in the hos
pital, to undergo an operation for
appendicitis. There was delay be-
cause of the absence of DR.. Council
at Chitina. He returned to town,
however, this afternoon, and with
the assistance of DR.. Chase per-
| formed the operation.
Four years ago the salary of the
postmaster at Fairbanks was $4,000.
But it has gradually been reduced
until now when a new postmaster
takes hold he finds that his stipend
is but $4,000.
Cordova, July 16.
A well attended meeting of base
ball enthusiasts last night made a
fine start toward getting a good ball
ground for Cordova. Various meth
DDS of reaching the desired result
were discussed and several commit
tees were appointed to carry out the
will of the meeting and report At
another meeting to be held on Fri
day night after the first show, ct
the Chamber of Commerce room. \
committee consisting of Malcolm
Brock, Harry O'Neill and H. e.
Steel was named to secure the right
to use the ground in the rear of the
Arctic Lumber Co. building. DR..
Council, E. V. Boyle and John Berry
were given the pleasure of securing
subscriptions of either money or
labor to make the necessary i'm
provements. Geo. c. HaZelet, c. P.
Nicholson and Capt. Lathrop were
appointed to ascertain the most
economical way of improving the
ground and to furnish an estimate OF
the probable cost. 1t was decided
| that an association should be formed
/ on Friday night and an experienced
man selected to take charge of
/ the work, which it is hoped to have
completed during the first week in
August, when the transport Buffalo
will be in port. Up to this after
noon about one thousand dollars in
money and labor had been sub
scribed.
The members of the Cordova Vol
unteer Fire Department are seri-
ously considering the advisability Of
building a new gymnasium and club
house. They claim that the present
quarters are not suited for that
purpose. At the meeting of the de-
partment on Monday night a COM
mittee was appointed by Chief
Byers, consisting of Howell T..
! Lewis, Tom c. Price and c. P.
Nicholson, with instructions to ascer-
tain the prices of available lots, the
cost for constructing a suitable
building and the preparing of rough
plans for the permanent building.
The steamer Alameda arrived
from the westward this morning and
at o'clock a train was at the wharf
to take the party of 40 eXcursionists
to the glacier. In the meantime a
cargo of copper ore was being loaded
and when the train returned at 1880
this afternoon all was in readiness
to sail south. The following pas
sengers left from Cordova:
For Seattle-Griff Ellis, H. AL
bright, Guy Busch, J. E. McGillivan,
C. Void, F. D. Sinnicks, E. Talbert,
R. H. Clark, Baroness Won Ravens,
! NJ. Martin and wife, R. E. Derry,
Geo. NJ Derry and second-class.
For Juneau-T. ]. Conway, R. d.
Pinneo.
Major French and Chas. Heron
/ are expected back in Seward this
week and they will likely come to
! Cordova on the steamer next week.
They took an option on Resurrec-
ton creek on the knight ground,
and put l 5 men at work doing extern
sive prospecting. They then went
to Sixmile, back of Sunrise, to ex-
anime an extensive hydraulic propo-
sition. They may go to the interior
/ from Cordova to examine some prop
erty that has been offered them.
Cordova, July II.
Stephen Birch, managing director
for the Guggenheim mining interests
in Alaska, came over from Latouche
on the steamer yesterday morning
and went out to the glacier with the
party of excursionists. He remained
there until the afternoon, when a
gasoline car took him through to
Chitina and Kennecott. He expects
to return to Cordova next week, to
be here when the party of Eastern
capitalists arrive on the steamer
Mariposa, which sails from Seattle
| tomorrow night and should be at