The Chitina leader. [volume] (Chitina, Alaska) 1910-1928, 1915-02-16

track was clear of snow, although
there was some little wind blowing.
On the Chitina branch they are ex-
|periencing some cold weather that
at places sent the thermometer this
morning down to 20 degrees below
zero. ~
/ On the last steamer Fred Schiller
received a crate containing four Bel
/ gian hares He had them taken to
his home yesterday morning and
when he returned to his domiciie
last night he found that the four had
J Increased to ten. And now he is
keeping it quiet lest the steamship
,company should want to bill him for
the ten hares.
DR.. j. L. Mcbride returned this
afternoon after having made a trip
as far into the interior as Mccarthy.
/ j. J. Price was returning pas
senger from the Nizina country this
/ afternoon. He recently came north
and left nearly two weeks ago to in
spect the workings on Rex Creek.
He and his partners, Manley and
Ives, are doing extensive prospecting
on the creek.
J. J. Price, the mining man who
is associated with Frank Manley and
E. j. Ives in the Iditarod and
Chisana, was a passenger last night
on the steamer Watson. Late last
summer some rich dirt was found
on the benches of the Brooks claims
on Rex Creek, a branch of the
Chittitu, which in turn runs into the
Nizina river. Mr.. Price and his
associates took an option on this
property and during the past winter
have had a number of men prospect
ing the benches, with the intention
of putting in machinery this spring,
if the investigation warranted it.
Mr.. Price recently sailed north
from Seattle and on the LIST Of
/
dova for the interior, crossing over
from Mccarthy on the snow and ice.
After a few days on the Brooks
property be realized that his great
hopes for establishing a good camp
were doomed to disappointment.
After months of prospecting nothing
oy.ti a,,lo ri
Mr.. Price Immediately laid off his
force of men and suspended any
further Investigations. He states
that the option will be thrown up, as
the benches do not give the promised
return. The creek may be rich in
some parts, as has been demon
strated by Mr. Esterley and Mr..
Andrus, but Mr.. Price has but little
hopes for the benches upon which
/ his party had the option.
Judge c. M. Frazier will be a pas
senger to Valdez on the steamer
N1ariposa. He has several matters
to bring before the court, providing
a term is not to be held at CordoNa
this spring. A term will open at
/ Valdez on Monday morning.
Reports from the interior indicate
that Hon. William T. Burns, of Little
Eldorado, member Of the first legis-
lature and recently reelected to the
House, is on his way from Fairbanks
to Chitina. He is accompanied by
his family and after adjournment of
the session they will go outside for
few weeks.
! Chisana has a new postmaster in
the person of Geo. R. Goshaw The
i first official, Theo. Kettleson, left
last summer for his former home at
Fairbanks. Since then Mr.. Goshaw
/ has given much attention to the
/ Office Upon the petition of a num-
Der of the Chisana residents George
has been made the permanent Off
cial Before going to the interior
Mr. Goshaw was field deputy U. S.
marshal, with headquarters at VAL
QSL. AZ Tic ldSI clSCIlOu llC was al
independent candidate for the Ter
ritorial Senate.
Senator-elect O. p Gustad, Of
Cleary Creek, near Fairbanks, will
wait in Cordova until the south
bound trip of the steamer Mariposa
on Tuesday night. He will then join
me Legislative delegation from this
division and proceed to Juneau, to
De in readiness for the opening ses-
sion on March L. The Senator is
intensely interested in better roads
for Alaska, and in order to familiar
ize himself with some of the present
conditions he mushed through from
the Tanana river to Chitina. This
method of travelling will give him q
knowledge of the trail that he viii
be apt to remember longer than