The Chitina leader. [volume] (Chitina, Alaska) 1910-1928, 1914-08-18

be in condition for base ball game
until Saturday or Sunday next.
Among the arrivals on the train
yesterday were Mr. and Mrs. n. z.
Nelson, from Chisana, who are at
the Windsor Hotel They reached
here in seven days after leaving the
interior diggings.
Soon after the war scare upset
the financial conditions in this
country word was sent from New
York by President James j. Godfrey,
of the Mother Lode Copper Mines
Company, to shut down the opera
tions on the property of that COM
pany. Accordingly on August 18th
force of 80 men were. let out and
but six men remained to look after
the interests of the company, which
are located near Mccarthy creek.
Supt. J. B. Parks, William Godfrey
and other employees came to Cor
dova. expecting to make trip out
side. while other of the men re-
manned at Mccarthy and Chitina. a
cable was received yesterday in
structing Mr.. Parks to resume opera
tons at once, which he will proceed
10 do. taking the next train for
Mccarthy, as will also Mr.. Godfrey.
1t is expected to gather up most OF
the old crew who had become rest
less because of the war rumors and
were glad OF little vacation that
would bring them nearer the news
center
The Democrats of the Third judi
cial division will hold a convention
Al Valdez on Tuesday, September s,
for the purpose of selecting nomi-
nacs fer the territorial legislative
ticket. there being one senator and
four members of the house to De
elected from this division. Chair
man Joseph A Baxter has issued the
call and directs that delegates to the
convention be elected under direc-
ton of the precinct committeeman,
on or before Tuesday, August %.
The auportionment of delegates is as
follows:
Afognak 2. Kodiak 1, Unga l,
Gnalaska / Kenai !, Knik 1, Nush-
agak /, Sunrise 1, Seward 6. La
touche. Q, Golden L, Granite 1, Ella
mar 2. Copper Center l, Nelchina |.
katalla 2, Chitina 4. Mccarthy ,,
Kennecott 1, Shushanna 2, Cordoya
:. Valdez 9; total. so.
The. steamer Mariposa sailed south
Yesterday afternoon about 2 o'clock.
after waiting for the arrival of the
train. and also taking on nine cars
of bonanza copper ore. Among the
passengers from Cordova going to
Seattle were: Miss j. B. Potter, Jas.
J. Shand, Jr., NJ. B. Miller and wife,
Mrs. p Tammany, a. K. Sloan, ]. a.
Graham and Tom Gerrhity.
A special train yesterday took a
number of the men from the trans
port Buffalo out TO Mile 49. They
spent several hours in viewing the
wonderful working glaciers and
enjoying a picnic lunch.
Cordova, August Is.
Colonel Richardson has had a
wire TO the effect that two members
of the Alaska Engineering Commits
sion will leave Fairbanks today to
come out over the government road.
These men are Lieut.. Mears and
Thos Riggs. The former recently
went in from Ship Creek and met
Mr. Riggs at Nenana, together re-
turning to Fairbanks. 1t is the in
tentiGn of these two members of the
commission to come as far as Taz-
lima, then to branch off and go over
to the Matanuska coal fields. 1t is
not yet known whether they will
return to Tazlina and come 20
Chitina or whether they will go TO
Ship Creek If they should decide
to pursue the latter course Mr.. Edes,
the chairman of the commission,
would likely join them and come out
10 Valdez, where they might hit the
trail and go in TO Willow Creek and
over to Chitina, returning to Cor
dova over the railroad.
The Cordova Chamber of Com
merce will give a dinner tomorrow
night complimentary to one of the