The Chitina leader. [volume] (Chitina, Alaska) 1910-1928, 1914-09-08

! Wnlle there he submitted the pet1-
ton. to Judge BAown, praying for a
liquor license, for himself and Mr..
Murphy AS it was in good form it
was promptly granted. They expect
to open up next week in the room
formerly occupied by Carscadden u
Gilovich.
/ Harry Brown, deputy U. mar
shall from Knik, was passenger
over from Knik. He brought a
Japanese insane man and turned
him over here to Deputy Brightwell,
who will take him to Seattle and
then on to Morningside, near Port
land. The prisoner is confined in
an inner room on the steamer Mari
posa, so that he will not be able. to
escape through port hole.
Cordova, September 7
cries Company. The cannery is still
putting up silver salmon and it is
expected that the seasons pack will
aggregate $4,000 cases. Mrs. Berg
man and her attractive daughter
Miss Erma, will leave for Seattle
on the steamer Alameda
Today, Labor Day, was generally
observed in town, most of the mer-
chants closing their places OF bus
ness, at least for the afternoon The
bank was closed, while the cabGc
and post offices conformed to the
holiday short hours. In the after
noon everybody went to the game or
| ball between the Buffalo and town
! teams, while this evening the attrac-
| ton will be the Firemen's dance.
c. O'Connor was an arrival on
the steamer yesterday from Seattle
He will 60 to Chitina on the train
! Wednesday to assist in the Office Of
his father, Judge William O'Connor,
who holds the position of U S. Com
missioner and Recorder, and who is
making one of the best officials the
Chitina precinct has ever had.
H. d. Foster, who is superin-
tendent of the MISSIONER property in
the Nizina district, and which is one
of the properties operated by the
Alaska United Copper Exploration
| Company, arrived on the afternoon
train and will make business trip
TO Seattle
Capt Bergman, who has been III
Cordova all summer with his family
sailed on the ship st. Paul on Sat
urday afternoon for San Francisco
| He took with him $1,000 cases of
| the salmon pack at Urca cannery,
operated by the Northwestern Fish
| d. c. Sergeant, who has extensive
mining holdings in the Chisana and
Nebesna districts, was a passenger
on the afternoon train. He will go
outside for a few months. He takes
a hopeful view of the ultimate result
of the new diggings.
The special train that went out as
| far as Kennecott with Lieut.. Mears
of the Alaska Engineering Commits
sion, and several officials of the
railroad, is due to arrive at Chitina
tonight on her return trip. 1t is
possible that she will reach Cordova
tomorrow night.
Harry H. Knox, who was recently
granted light and power franchise
by the Town Council, has sent his
| acceptance of the same and it is now
on file with the Town Clerk. MIR.
Knox went to Seattle to confer with
the men interested with him and
reports that the money for the
enterprise will be Forthcoming. He
expects to get started before the
expiration of the time specified In
the franchise. In the meantime
plans and arrangements will be per-
fected so that when the work starts
it will so on without interruption.
Mrs. R. F. Mcclellan, of Saw
telle, Cal, was an arrival on the
steamer Alameda yesterday. She
4 will go to Kennecott on Wednesday
with Mrs. w. H. Seagraves and
spend a few days with her until the
arrival of her husband and son from
the Chisana when they will all re-
the Chlsana, when they will all re-
Cordova, September 8
! Bob Sheldon left Fairbanks on
Wednesday last in his Ford auto but
is not meeting with his usual good
luck in getting through. There have
been many washouts and he has had
innumerable delays, but expects to
reach Chitina tomorrow afternoon.
Among his passengers Mrs. Horace
Leach is returning from a visit to
Fairbanks.
Mrs. Hancock and her little girl
came down from Kennecott yester-
day and will go outside on the
steamer Alameda. They will go on
to Boston, to spend several months.
There were a large number Of
j arrivals yesterday from the Chisana
iny vi Al III. \