The Chitina leader. [volume] (Chitina, Alaska) 1910-1928, 1914-09-08
Coraova. September 2

was received this afternoon. 1t
had been written in the Chisana and
sent out by returning gold seeker.
| 1t is signed by Geo. r. Goshaw, for
merly deputy U. S. Marshal. He
says:
"The Chisana postotfice has been
Iordered closed in September. The
Cordova Chamber of Commerce
should protest against this. At leas,
$50 persons will winter here. Much
prospecting will be done on the
benches and hauling wood and sup
plies. To date the production is
over $25O,O00 and may go to
100000. This should merit twice
monthly delivery service via Nc
earthly. All supplies for the next
season will be hauled in during the
winter. Irrespective of all knocks
and extreme adverse conditions OF
nature, the lack of trails and the
high prices for food, this camp Will
be big producer for many years.
Cordova is the natural port for the
source of supplies and should ge.
busy to aid the people here in hav-
ling reasonable mail service"
The interior has been getting Il
good mail service of twice a month
for long time past. In July Chief
Mail Clerk Alvah Games advertised
fer bids for continuance of this
service during the winter. He re-
ceived several and forwarded them
on to the department On the last
1teamer he received word that the
| bids would not be considered as the
| post Office at Chisana had been dis
continued, effective September Is.
| This was the first that Mr. Games
knew of the matter. He attributes
it to the lack of management upon
! the part of the postmaster at Chi
l'sana. At times it has been difficult
and almost Impossible to get reports
! from him. And it is customary
where the department makes two or
three requests for reports from
small offices, and they are not forth
coming to simply abolish the office,
and Mr. Eames presumes this was
the case with Chisana. Considerable
difficulty has also been encountered
! in having the postmaster sign the
proper receipt upon which the mail
contractor could get his money. In
most instances they had to be re-
turned for corrections, which caused
much delay. He says that he also
received notice of the discontinue
ance of the post offices at Workman
and Homer.
In referring to the proposed trip
of Secretary Lane to Alaska, which
he will have to give up for this year,
"a special correspondent writing from
Washington says:
Secretary Lane, of the depart
ment of the interior, for long time
has been anxious to get away and
go to Alaska. There is much that
he wants to do there. For one
thing, he wants to visit the several
possible terminals of the Alaska
railroad, for he is the man who will
have to decide where to place that
terminal The Engineering Commits
sion is merely to make recommen-
dations; the final responsibility rests
with the secretary.
But, first pending legislation,
and now the European war, con-
spired to keep him here. True, war
and diplomacy haze nothing to do
with the department of the interior,
| but Secretary Lane is one of the
Presidents counselors, and there are
reasons why he should be on the
ground SO long as the President is.
GAS originally planned, the secre-
tary hoped to start for Alaska by
August Is, and certainly not later
than August 80, since he has to be
back here early in October to write
] his annual report, which must be
IN by November /. Now, however,
re has about given up hope Of get
ting away