The Chitina leader., 1914-11-10
IF GENERAL INFORMATION

i pOItsftulS uOTuluS Wltu tuO Oiu ! veteran Thomas Moore in command. He is the proud possessor of new gold watch, which was recently pre- sented to him in appreciation of his i iwork in effecting the rescue of 5S men from the wrecked revenue cut ter Tahoma off the Aleutian islands. A luncheon was given at the Rainier Grand hotel, Seattle, on October 27 in honor of Captain Moore, at which they presented him with gold watch in commemoration of the Tahoma rescue. In addition Cap tain Moore received personal letter from s. w. Eccles of New York, president of the Alaska Steamship Company, in which MT. Eccles eulogizes the seamanship and courage of the Seattle mariner. Officers of the revenue cutters Bear, Unalga, Arcata and the wrecked Tahoma and Senior Capt. F. M. Dunwoody were the hosts,
 
 | Vice-President R. W. Baxter and Superintendent R. R. Pierson of the Alaska Steamship Company. Capt. Richard o. Crisp, commander of the wrecked Tahoma, presented the gold watch from the revenue cutter 1 offcers, engraved with the seal of the revenue cutter service and the words semper paratus," C"always ready"). Above the seal are the words, Capt. Thomas Moore from the officers of the United States Revenue Cutter Service"
 Dean Officer, who was shot at Me- Carthy on Thursday night as re- ported as still alive. He was not i brought today on the train to Chitina, to be sent on to the hospital at Cordova.
 i The steamer Northwestern sailed north from Seattle on Tuesday night,
 naugurating the winter eight day schedule of the Alaska Steamship ] Company. She arrived at Juneau early this morning and from there l will come direct to Cordova, expect 1 ing to reach here early Monday morning. Stops at, Wrangell and Skagway have been cut out. On her return to Seattle the Northwestern will be laid up for the winter in the East Waterway, while the Alameda and Mariposa, operating to South eastern and Southwestern Alaska, and the Jefferson and Dolphin, oper- ating to Southeastern Alaska, re- main in service. Under the winter schedule, Knik Anchorage, in Cook Inlet, and Skagway and Wrangell are omitted from the ports of call. The westward route will have it's termi- nus at Seward.
 Cordova, November 9 Lieut.. Fredick Mears, member of the Alaska Engineering Commits sion, accompanied by Engineer Henry Deyo, came to town yesterday
 
 S9, mushing in, when the speeder with Engineer Malcom and V. |. 1 Owyer came along and picked them up. They had gone over the trail from Valdez and were coming out via the c. R. & N. W. Railway. MT. Deyo expects to return to Valdez on the steamer Northwestern tomorrow, while Lieut.. Mears will await the re- turn of that steamer, and go south on her. The other two members of 1 the commission reached Seattle q couple of weeks ago and considerable office work in the way of getting up maps, etc., preliminary to coni- pleted report, is being done at the Seattle office, where MT. Riggs is in charge. Mir. Edes went on to Cali fornia but expects soon to be back | in Seattle.
 The Tacoma smelter has made an announcement that is encouraging to owners of copper properties, because the low prices that have prevailed since the European war deprived American producers of one of their largest. and best markets. The smelling company has announced that until the copper market resumes it's normal condition, it is prepared to make advances against shipments on basis of 10 cents pound, with out interest. This action will make possible the continuance of mining in the Alaska copper region and save properties from shutting down. The company agrees to settle for the copper at whatever price the metal is sold for, as soon as there | is copper market again.
 Travelling time on the mail route between Seward and Iditarod has been scheduled by the government for 25 days, according to advices re- ceived at the Cordova postoffice. The | coruica com m euced NOvamher