The Chitina leader. [volume] (Chitina, Alaska) 1910-1928, 1914-09-15
OF GENERAL INFORMATION
Cordoya. September 8

made the original discoveries in the
Chisana, died in that country on
August 81. He HAD been afflicted
with consumption and it finally got
the better of him. He was buried
with appropriate ceremonies in the
Chisana. Gates originally went there
from Dawson. He was in Cordova
last spring, as one OF the litigants
of the mining cases that were tried
here before Judge Brown.
A special train went out this
morning as far as Mile 81 returning
this afternoon. 1t took out P. F..
Hunt, the official photographer for
the Alaska Engineering Commission
who took some views of that section.
Cordova, September 10
Fred Glassbrenner made the
round trip to the westward on the
steamer Alameda While at Seward
he was Informed that the baseball
club there was anxious to engage in
a contest with the Cordova nine.
On Saturday the freighter Seward
will sail north from Seattle. She
will bring coal and explosives to
Cordova and will depart south with
copper ore from Prince William
Sound
Judge Frazier is now located in
the Borden Building and Artist
Wolff has announced the fact in
properly decorating the window of
the second story front.
C. L. Hubbard, mining man of
note who has been in this section
for the past six weeks was pas
senger over from Valdez. His next
stop will be at juneau, from where
he will go on to his home at Seattle.
The steamer Alameda got into
port this morning from the west
ward at II o'clock. She has about
so passengers from seward and 20
from Valdez. The latter are largely
men who have been employed at
will not depart for the south until
7 O'Clock or after. Shortly before 3
this afternoon special train took Il
party of Ia on a trip to the glaciers.
In the number is S. F. Culver, a
retired manufacturer of Rochester,
N. Y, Mrs. Mary E. Nahess, Misses
Olive and Lillian Nahess, and sew
eral other tourists c. L. Morris,
Mrs. S. Silverman, Ed. E. Fleming
and others from Seattle are also
enjoying the trip. The passengers
booked from Cordova for Seattle are
as follows:
L. B. Clapp, C. N. Anderson, Mrs.
Archie Hancock and baby, j. M.
Charles, S. R. Caps, G. F. Smith,
M. A. Range, G.. I. Range. G. B.
Stone, D. A. Sergeant, G. F. A. VIII
son, F. D. Foster, E. MacBryle, H.
Bryan, Mrs. Peter Bergman. Miss
Erma Bergman, VIM. Bergman, r.
Marshal, ]. Winters, M. X. Chad
bourne, Vic Blodgett, Ed Larson. F..
J. Townsend, Mrs. N. Nathan, X. P.
Nathan. Ernest Wegner, Lawrence
Folkner.
Lawrence Bowman Clapp, the
architectural designer and water
color artist, who has been engaged
in work in Cordova and the Copper
River district for the past two
months, will sail south on the Ala
media. He has established himself
his paintings of Alaska scenes are
exceptionally good. He will display
them on trip to the Eastern states
and will exhibit some of them at the
San Diego exposition, which opens
on January list. While making Cor
dova his headquarters Mr. Clapp has
his ability and hope for his return
to the north next season.
Thos. Riggs, Jr. and Lieut.. Fred
erick Mears, members of the Alaska
Engineering Commission, are put
ting in few busy hours in Cordova
gathering information and maps
about the Copper River C North
western Railway. They expect Capt.
Durkee to bring his launch Triton
over very soon, when they will go
to Katalla. They will then go
overland to the Boring River coal
fields and from there will return
over the Lake Charlotte route to
Mile 3S on the c. r. & N. w, Ry.,
and in to Cordova. Their next move
from here will be to go to Valdez to
look over the situation and from
there to Passage bay, going over
land from there to Turnagain Arm
The stockholders of the Golden
Eagle Mining Company received
word today from Edwin Griset that
he tenders his resignation as general
manager of the company He is one
Of the large stockholders in the COM