The Chitina leader. [volume] (Chitina, Alaska) 1910-1928, 1914-04-14
Of GENERAL INFORMATION.

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from Chitina this afternoon with
her two children and will spend a
few days at the Northern Hotel.
A cable was received this morning
by the Daily Alaskan stating that
Charles Jones had died at Seattle
| last evening from tuberculosis. The
young man was formerly resident
of Cordova and prior to his de-
parture was engaged as electrician
at the moving picture house. He
| was also employed at Valdez in the
same capacity.
Frank Townsend, who has been
placer mining on the Bremner river,
came to town on the afternoon
train. He is at the Northern hotel.
Antoine Stander, who made big
stake in the early days of the
Klondike is on the Sampson going
| to Seward to look into the mining
possibilities of that section of the
country. He is accompanied by his
son Antoine Jr., and the latter's
wife.
Geo. K Gilbert, formerly of Cor
dova, but who is now engaged i'll
business at juneau, was candidate
for council at Tuesdays election. He
was on Emory Valentines ticket
and was not one of the two who
We're elected.
Cordova, April II
Kay Smith, president of the White
River Mining Company, operating at
Yakataga beach, was a passenger on
the Sampson. He brought II men
and 25 tons of supplies with him,
all of which was landed at the beach
and extensive placer work will be
done this season.
The Alaska-Gastineau Mining
Company is to erect a large steel
building at their Sheep Creep oper-
to Juneau on the Sampson, and will
look after the erection of the build
ing. He is the superintendent of
erection: for the Kansas City Struc-
tural Steel Company.
- John; "A; Hazelet and Jack Miller,
both of whom are largely interested
in placer operations near Chisna, lii
the Slate creek district, are pas
sengers on. the Sampson. They will
go through to Valdez to attend to
some business and return to Cor
dova on the steamer Alameda. From
here they will go over the railroad
to Chitina, and from there by trail
to the diggings, freighting in sup
plies for the season.
Cordova, April IS
This morning shortly after 8
O'Clock the fire department was
summoned to the Burkhart flats
and soon extinguished fire that
had not time to do much damage.
1t started from a mattress in room
on the second floor being pushed
close to stove pipe that run up
from an apartment below. When
fire was built this morning the heat
from the pipe started blaze that
might. have proved serious had it
rot been for the prompt response
and energetic work of the depart
ment.
This morning Judge Brown issued
an order for special terms of court
| to be held to the westward. Court
officials will leave from Valdez on
the revenue cutter Thetis the fore
part of August. Court will be held
as follows: Dillingham;, August 10;
Unalaska, August % and rs; Unga,
August 26 and September 1; Kodiak,
August 20 and September 5. Grand
and petit jurors will be called. The
second dates have been indicated
providing there is. delay and court
cannot be held on the first dates
indicated. So,
The freighter; Seward is on her
| way to the north with 700 tons of
Nanaimo coal for Cordova and VAL
DEE as well as 100000 feet of lum-
Der, 100 tons of cement and ship
ments of powder and gasoline.
| Cordova, April IA
The passengers who went out yes
terday on the train returned to town
| this morning at 9 o'clock. By rea-
son of a heay snow and a hurricane
that blew at the rate of 70 miles an
hour, the cut at Mile 33 filled in
and caught the train and rotary that
preceded it. Another rotary and a
train was sent out last night and
succeeded in pushing through to
near: where the train was stalled.
The passengers were transferred
and were brought back after having
spent the night in the coaches. The
wind had not gone down this after
noon and until it does nothing can
be done toward clearing the drift