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The Chitina leader. [volume] (Chitina, Alaska) 1910-1928, 1915-10-05
coRDovA LOGICAL OUTLET FOR BER1NG COAL.

Some day there may be awakening at Washington and
when the senators and learn the truth about the
harbor of Alaska Cordova will receive the recognition from
the government that it is entitled to- Numerous investigators
Ons made by who had little knowledge of
their subject matter Experienced navgators who have been
sailing these northern waters for the past decade two
almost unanimous in the opinion that Cordova possesses land
locked harbor with advantages that other port in South
Alaska enjoys Sheltered by surrounding mountains
it is sufficiently commodious to hold the Pacific naval fleet at
maneuvers while the liners lay anchor teup
at the dock with perfect safety matter how stormy
be outside On account of its strategic advantage the local
harbor the best natural naval base in the Pacific and naval
station reservation has been made by Uncle Sam Hawkins
Island directly in front of Cordova When the Bering River
coal is opened and mined and believe it will be at dis
tant day. the batteshp of the western fleet coal here
vng of that mistake is made in the selection of
harbor as the outlet for this fuel.
The Alaska Railroad Commission appointed by President
Taft the personnel of which embraced experienced in the
work for which they selected namely investigation of
the routes and terminals for the government railway uhes
angy reported in favor the Cordova harbor which well
sheltered and be easily fortified from evasion attack
Among other favorable things it said:
CATER its careful study of all available harbor the
mission of the opinion that the Corova without
question: the best 1t has disadvantage not possessed by all
and great advantage possessed by othernamey
ample of good anchorage Cordova the logical outlet
for the Boring River COAL
In this connection it might not be amiss to quote the
remark of the Commander of the T. S. S. Maryland when he
steamed up the bay Ths is what call real harbor he
exclaimed and when by delegation from the Cordova
Chamber of Commerce he frankly admitted that the Codova
harbor by all the best he had visited Alaska
weeks here last year, also of the opinion but whether
these and other unbiased statements of fact will outweigh what
looks like plan place the naval base Alaska
at some illogical point satisfy the whm of government
satellites remains to be In he meantime, Corova
poses be heard from matter of furnishing outlet for
Boring river coal.
The Chitina leader. [volume] (Chitina, Alaska) 1910-1928, 1915-10-05
ID1TARoD HAS NO NEED OF A PREACHER

While the residents of the Idtarod section claim
to be better than other people, they certainly feel they
just good if there there minister
their spiritual wants. In fact there need of y plot
that meek o. woods if EditorArbucke paper speaks
by the book minister Of the gospewroe Idtarod asking
the needed his and the Pioneer replied editorial
ly on the subject as follows
'We may well be entirely frank with correspondent
and inform him at the outset that is firm belief that there
pressing demand for the Minister in Iditarod
Not that irreigous peope-far from it. Nor need
the reverend gentleman be unnecessarily the
deplorabe fac'' that deprived of religious services
The people of the Idrod section of such cosmopolitan
makeup that extremely doubtful if there could be found
enough adheren of religion to form congregation
The population rather widely scattered and travel beween
the different sections is extremely difficult certain seasons of
the year.
It probable that the only kind of minister who would be
at all popular this section would be exponent
Christianity Such person. dcvong the business
day to manipulating No. 2 and his leisure hours the day
spiritual minstraons among his coworkers would find
splendid fed.'
The Chitina leader. [volume] (Chitina, Alaska) 1910-1928, 1915-10-05
COLUMBIA GLACIER ON RAMPAGE.

Miles of ice foes from Columbia glacier proving
menace to navigation Prince William Sound Icebergs
hundred feet square and standing high as steamer are
pored in the channel west of Eamar while foes mile in
extent are thick north and east of Naked Islands More ice
being encountered the sound at present than has been
cotered during period of twenty years southeast wind
is attributed as cause which brought down the face of
Columbia glacier after had been undermined by the
The unusually mild weather during the past two years,
which has caused other glacier recede to have had the
opposite effect Columbia glacier which has been advancing
rapidly glacier during the Is years Its activity dur
ing the period has been marked that special attention
paid it in government report the glaciers of Prince
William sound. That Columbia glacier more
active than is borne by chronicles of early Russian
hunters who forced winter somewhere Eamar
in the seventeenth century.
Their story told in Bancroft history of Alaska is that
ice foes covered late in the fall and remained all dur
ing the winter that necessary to cut holes to bury
three of the party who died of scurvy.
The Chitina leader. [volume] (Chitina, Alaska) 1910-1928, 1915-10-05
DISTRICT COURT NOTES
MECCA SALOON GETS LICENSE

. The district court granted liquor
license to Murphy and Thompson, who
conduct the Mecca saloon at Cordova.
The case of Walter Storey VS.. s..
o. Freedman ct AL, was dismissed on
motion of attorneys for the plaintiff.
Judge Brown overruled the de-
murrer to the indictment in the case
of the japanese indicted by the grand
jury for supplying liquor to Indians at
Ellamars and the case will go to trial.
Eleven secret indictments were re-
turned last week by the grand jury.
Harry Liston, who has been serving
on, the petit jury, was excused from
further service during the present
term as he desired to leave for his new
home in Fairbanks with his family.
The Chitina leader. [volume] (Chitina, Alaska) 1910-1928, 1915-10-05
JOS. beck AND PARTY
CAUSE FRIENDS WORRY

Considerable anxiety is felt as to
the safety of Joseph Ibeck and wife
Miss Dorothy Hancock and Master
Hancock, who left Cordova in the
formers power boat for Middleton
Island about August 81, and since
which time nothing has been heard of
of them.
The Progress left here for Katalla
about same time and passed the party
on its way to the Island. Four days lat
er the Progress passed Middleton and
reports that the Cordovans had not
reached there up to that time. While
it is possible the party may have put
back to Boswell bay, to await favor
able weather, the friends of the miss
ing people are very much exercised as
their safety.
Arrangements are being made to
secure the Northland, which is now at
Katalla. to make a trip to Middleton
Island and learn positively whether or
not Mr.. Ibeck and party ever reached
there.
The Chitina leader. [volume] (Chitina, Alaska) 1910-1928, 1915-10-05
BAD CHECKS TAKEN 81.
At ANCHORAGE SALE

In the last mail from the East, the
Receiver of the local land Office, had
returned to him from the u. S. Treas
urer at Washington, three checks
which were accepted in payment for
lots in the recent government auction
at Anchorage, with the statement that
these checks were not good" since
the makers name did not appear on
any of the three. The total value of
the three checks amounts to $272.SS.
Receiver Boyle stated today that
the checks had been accepted by A.
Christensen, who conducted the sale,
and that they have been checked up
by clerk at Anchorage, as we'll as
by himself, and that after being
brought to Juneau were cashed by the
bank here. The deficiency in the sig
natures was not detected until they
reached the U. s. Treasury depart
ment at Washington Empire.
The Chitina leader. [volume] (Chitina, Alaska) 1910-1928, 1915-10-05
s TRADE
N AY re ACH
S100,000,000

Alaska's commerce with the United
States practically all of which is ship
ped to and from Seattle will be in
creased from $64,799,245 last year to
at least $10O, 100000 this year, and it
may exceed that sum. The number of
passengers going in and out of Alaska
will double that of last year.
This is the opinion of NJ. S. Whit
tier, deputy collector of customs at
Juneau, formerly of Cordova who has
been in the Northern service for more
than dozen years.
The first seven months of the year
showed a tremendous improvement in
both exports and imports, according
to records compiled by the department
at Juneau, the increases in exports,
being mainly to the line of copper and
other metals. The imports to Alaska
this year exceed the figures for 1908
90, the record years of the country,
when the Copper River & Northwest
ern railway was under construction.
The increase in imports this year
is due to the mining activity at Ju-
neau, where tremendous plants are
being installed, augmented by a lot
of material shipped to Anchorage for
use in the construction of the govern
ment railroad and an increased num-
Der of small quartz mills and mining
plants shipped to various parts of the
Territory.
Gold exports are already 100000
ahead of those of last year This is
accounted for by the fact that big
plants have been in operation in low
grade ore. The increase in copper
comes mainly from the Kennecott
mines, which are shipping at the rate
of more than $1,000, 900 month.
The increase in the number of pas
sengers going in and out of the Ter
ritory this year is due, Mr.. Whittier
believes, to the fact that Alaska re-
ceived a tremendous amount Of ad-
vertising when the appropriations for
the construction of the government
railroad was passed by Congress. The
value of the advertising was enhanc-
ed by work done by Seattle newspa-
pers and commercial institutions.
Tourists, unable to go to Europe, were
attracted to the North.
The Chitina leader. [volume] (Chitina, Alaska) 1910-1928, 1915-10-05
MARIPoSA STEWARD TO
TAKE SHORT VACATION

Teddy Taylor, the popular steward
of the steamship Mariposa, will be
missed by his many Alaskan friends
during the next two months, when
the Mariposa makes her trips. He
has been granted a vacation of two
months, to begin when the Mariposa
returns to Seattle from her present
trip. Mr.. Taylor will visit the San
Francisco exposition and makes a trip
through lower California before going
to the Gilroy Hot Springs.
Miss Western, stewardess on the
Alameda, and Miss Sullivan, will take
their annual vacation at the same time
and will spend au outing of several
weeks away from the sea. They will
visit the sunny south after taking in
the exposition.
The Chitina leader. [volume] (Chitina, Alaska) 1910-1928, 1915-10-05
BIC SHIPMENT OF
SUPPLIES FOR RAILROAD

The Alaska Steamship Company's
freighter Seward is bringing full
cargo of supplies for the government
railroad at Anchorage, including rails,
cars, lumber and general construction
material. To complete the equipment
needed for the winter the commission
has ordered 20 Roger ballast cars,
some of which come from the gov
eminent canal project at Cello on the
Columbia river, the rest being new
These cars, together with a light en-.
CINE will be taken by the Seward.
In addition to the cars the Seward
will bring north 1000 tons of TO-
pound steel rails for IL miles of track
from Anchorage to the interior, $780,
900 feet two-inch plank for sidewalks
in Anchorage and quantity of bridge
timbers for Seward.
Bids will be opened at Seattle in a
few days for another 100000 feet of
lumber for the engineering commits.
sion, bringing the total footage of lum-
Der purchased by the commission this
fall to 100000. al
The Admiral Watson, which sank
at Seattle, had SO tons of rails and
$4,000 feet of lumber for the COM
mission which will be brought north
as soon as it is transferred.
The Chitina leader. [volume] (Chitina, Alaska) 1910-1928, 1915-10-05
ARTICLES ARE FILED,
BY NOME COMPANY

Articles of incorporation we're field
in the Office of the territorial secretary
at juneau by the Alaskan Industrial
Mining & Power Company, organized
under the laws of South Dakota, and
with Nome as its principal place of
business in Alaska.
The company is capitalized for one
million dollars and Is to engage in a
general mining and power business.
A. J. Mcconnell of Nome is named as
the resident agent for Alaska.
The Chitina leader. [volume] (Chitina, Alaska) 1910-1928, 1915-10-05
VOLCANOES ARE
BUILDING UP
NEWIS[ANDS

There is always something facinat-
ing about the study of volcanoes.
Those in Alaska still claim the atten-
ton of scientists, although the lay
mans interest is only aroused through
some violent outburst above the or
binary.
Most of Alaska's soil has been built
by being elected from the bowels of
the earth through the numerous vol
cano vents. Formerly these worked
overtime from the panhandle in South
eastern Alaska to the Arctic, and no
one can even imagine the grandeur
and sublimity of the scene when they
were working full capacity.
Scientists are still studying the live
chimney vents to the westward where
new islands rise out of the Pacific and
where the underground forces are evil
IDENTIFY trying to construct another
mainland.
The latest government bulletin issu-
ed has the following to say regarding
volcano ash in Alaska:
Every traveller on the upper Yukon
river has noted conspicuous white
bed, to 6 inches in thickness, that
occurs on the river banks. This is
made up of volcanic ash derived from
a volcano located in the northern mar
gin of the st. Elias range more than
100 miles to the south. Though geo.
logically speaking the material is OF
recent age, yet it was probably erupted
1 400 years ago. There are, of course
no historical records of this eruption
but in the course of explorations in
Alaska much has been learned about
the distribution and thickness of the
material elected. It originally covered
an area of over 100000 square miles
and some of it was carried over 45C
miles from the volcano. The deposit
varies in thickness from 900 feet neal
near the volcano to an inch or two al
the margin of the area covered by it
A rough estimate indicates that over
10 cubic miles of material was elected
at the time of this eruption. During
the eruption of Katmai volcano ir
southwestern Alaska in June, 1912
about cubic miles of ash was elected
and about the same amount fell from
the Krakatoa eruption of 1888. This
Yukon eruption is therefore compare
BILE in intensity with some of the larg
er eruptions of historical time. AL
the available information about thi:
subject is summarized in a paper en-
titled can ancient volcanic eruption
in the upper Yukon basin," by Stepher
r Caps, issued by the United States
Geological Survey as Professional Pa
per 95-D. 81
The Chitina leader. [volume] (Chitina, Alaska) 1910-1928, 1915-10-05
BATCH Of NEWSY
ITEMS FROM
ANCHORAGE

ANCHORAGE, Sept. 2O-The first
church edifice in Anchorage will be
that of the Catholics, at Sixth avenue
and H street, work upon the fundation
of which was commenced Wednesday.
1t will be frame structure, with out.
side veneering of ornamental cedar
blocks, and it's ground dimensions are
24x4S feet. The carpenter work is
under the supervision of C. NJ. Muir
ray and the veneering under James
Powell.
DR.. German, of Valdez, the we'll
known dentist, has decied to give An
chorage a trial, and has established
himself in the Carol building, on
Fourth avenue.
The new administration building be-
ing erected on the municipal reserve
is rapidly nearing completion, and
when finished will present hand
some appearance.
Mrs. Fay Harrington and daughter.
who are now living on their ranch in
the Matanuska valley, are spending a
few days in Knik.
VIM. Sherman. of Knik, transacted
business in the terminal city Wednes-
day. Mr.. Sherman is arranging to re-
move to Anchorage to reside.
The painters have finished the work
of painting the postoffice bull ling. AMI
it now presents a very plea sing ip-
pearance.
Work in the railroad yards is going
along in a very satisfactory manner,
and by the time winter reaches us we
will have the appearance as we'll as the
name of the ocean coal terminal of the
government railroad in Alaska.
The Alaskan Engineering Commits
sion has a crew of men between An.
chorage and Bird creek improving the
winter trail and making such changes
as will enable the winter service be.
tween here and Seward to be kept up
to a standard that will prove salts
factory to all concerned.
l.. R. Moses, of the U. S. signal
corps, who has been stationed at Val.
DEE for some time, has been assigned
to the Anchorage office. At present
all communication with Seward is by
telephone, as the telegraph line is not
completed to Anchorage as yet. Mr..
Moses states that it will be two or
hree weeks before the telegraph line
will be in working order. In the
meantime all commercial messages in
tended for points beyond Seward are
first teleproned to that place and
transmitted to he cable Office there
The telegraph and telephone office will
be in the new administration building
now under course of construction, and
until this building is completed the
office is situated in the tent structure
now used by the townsite mnaager.
The Chitina leader. [volume] (Chitina, Alaska) 1910-1928, 1915-10-05
SEWARD LOTS MAY NOT
BE SOLD THIS YEAR

A. Christensen, of the Alaska land
office field service, who handled the
governments real estate deal at An
chorage, has stated that there Is a
possibility. that the sale of lots at
Seward will not be held until after
he first of the year. He states that
the land at Seward, consisting of 300
lots has been found unsatisfactory
for railroad terminal purposes and
will be sold at auction Mr.. Chris
tenson is now in Seattle. and will re-
turn to Alaska On one of the first
boats.
The Chitina leader. [volume] (Chitina, Alaska) 1910-1928, 1915-10-05

The United States signal corps extending its telegraph
line to Anchorage and the railroad terminal will
in direct communication with the states
Whatever else may be said of Taft he nevers uses tafy-
he what he thinks abaut popular reforms which
than many politicians dare to do.
In order to provide water transportation from Cordova
Tacoma for the big copper shipments from Kenneco
Alaska Steamship Company has purchased two additional
reghters the Great Lawes the East as ore
carriers.
AS incident related in to that gentlemen
visit to Kechkan the Progressive mentions Mr.
John Rusgar the former district attorney for this division
spoken of the promising timber available found in
the rank and file of the republican party candidate for dele
gate to congress at the next cection-Douglas News
The Of the of the steamer Corwin
which has been the Nome for years. that they
template putting this little craft winter schedule from
Seward Anchorage may prove whether not Cooks Inlet
be navgated during what is known that section
the closed season
Some Dr. Howard Russell threatens to spend part of two
million dollars make Aaska dry He says this in the city
which has its Barbary This reminds of sending of
heather lands when they have millions Of
right at home to experiment you have any decent
part of that two Millions Doc up and well help you
have good time. Get Russell on.-Seward Gateway
The exhorbant rate charge charged the government
telephone line between Seward and Anchorage has been
ished and informed that the charge fifty cents
ten words and three cents for each additional word That
sounds reasonable
The Chitina leader. [volume] (Chitina, Alaska) 1910-1928, 1915-10-05
LET THE PORK BARREL BE OPENED.

The Seward Gateway has issued call to of recruits
who willing to to the front and whoop up Wash
ngon for big appropriation with with which to continue the
construction of the railroad and
good reason why everybody should get in and boost for
to be expended in Alaska Possibly with plenty
OF funds available the Commission adopt itself to
dltlons In this northand and allow the aborer living
wage Here is what the Gateway has to say
1.-The people of Alaska ought to be able to offer aid to
Secretary Lane in securing big appropriation for railroad
work at the coming session of congress- How would be
get together find who knows
and get them write personal letter asking their votes
for the appropriation Secretary going to ask eight
or ten millions, according to the confirmed dispatch the
Gateway and he would probably appreciate the aid and
dorsement OF the people of the territory for which he has la
bored with such magnificent fortude we going let
Franklin Lane fight for Is the territory
of Alaska and particularly Seward going by without
raising its voice to the highest possible pitch and let congress
know that Aaskans behind the secretary of the interior
a man?''
The Chitina leader. [volume] (Chitina, Alaska) 1910-1928, 1915-10-05

Before the Federal Court.
The Jury In the case Of Cardeni ,Es-
mile. a Mexican, returned verdict
finding accused guilty Of assault with
intent to KILL wound and MAIN. The
assault took place on a fishing boat
to the Westward A
The Chitina leader. [volume] (Chitina, Alaska) 1910-1928, 1915-10-05
THE TERRIBLE WAR.

The war drags its in urope and on land under
the and the Clouds the first bitterness to have
crysalized into consuming hate which adds savagery
to all that is DONE 1t almost seems though among those
tending nations Judgment had fled brush beasts and
have lost their reason"
What is hoped fors Thirteen months of fighting and MOTH
ing gained Millions of men have died, every home is in
mourning debt which be named but the magnitude of it
beyond comprehension has been ceated the winter already
in the Alps and the eastern frontier advance columns
planting their gurdons what is expected by continuing the
frightfu sacrifcess
Cannot the neutral nations do something? Why should
not government call session The Hague Tribunal
Has influence especially backed by all the sister neutral
nations and the head of the church whose religion the ruling
one among half the nations that at war?
Have not men enough been killed already? Have not
hearts enough already been bron Has the debt reached
magnitude enough?
Have not the representatives of hundred millions of
people no influence?
All SpanishAmerca would join us, would Spain and
Holland and Denmark and Sweden and Norway confer
that would out for peace and ask all the bgeen
killing each other and submit the respective claims
arbitration. Why not try it?
The Chitina leader. [volume] (Chitina, Alaska) 1910-1928, 1915-10-05

William Henry Robinson the patriarch of Valdez and
known to nearly every resident of Valdez Dad been
granted tn pension of $40 per month from the
nder the law passed by the Territorial legislature last
session The pension law is of which the
bers of the second legislature we'll feel proud
will begrudge the aged pioneers who have spent
years helping to develop the country, and they
nearing the end of their journey through fe nd they
have failed to prepare for their declining yearVadez
Miner
The Chitina leader. [volume] (Chitina, Alaska) 1910-1928, 1915-10-05

The residents of Anchorage claim be living almost
clusvey from vegetable standpoint from the agricultural
products of the Knk region
The Chitina leader. [volume] (Chitina, Alaska) 1910-1928, 1915-10-05

The naming of Brooks City for the Tolovana camp in
honor of Dr. Alfred Brooks timely Were Dr. Brooks to
for office in Alaska he would overwhelming He
federal official who has absolutely refused to play poll
tics and who stood for Aaskans in the face of political
servaton that would have lost him his job had he been less
directly honest and fearless.--Juneau Dispatch.
The Chitina leader. [volume] (Chitina, Alaska) 1910-1928, 1915-10-05
AMONG THE ALASKAN EXCHANGES

Let your light shine that when your
that nnumerabe caravan you may put parka
head and thank God that you have lived the price -four
get back somewhere within reach Pancakes have get
ting small at Anchorage that the old prospecto take
gold pans breakfast and pan for themVaez Prospector