The Chitina leader. [volume] (Chitina, Alaska) 1910-1928, 1915-03-02
Cordoya, February "a

Nugget Creek of the Alaska Copper
Corporation. Mr.. lies returned yes
terday from Valdez. He has been
furnishing the electric power to
company of local business men, who
supply the town and the people at
a low price. He states that his COM
pany and the allied company have
been merged into one corporation.
The old company is still in existence
and is furnishing light for 2 cents
per killowatt.
Complying with the United States
laws requiring motor lifeboats on
passenger carrying ocean steam
ships, the Alaska Steamship Com
pany has purchased h. p. Frisco
Standard motor for a lifeboat on the
S. S. Northwestern and h. p.
Frisco Standard for a life boat on
the Mariposa.
The other day three mushers
reached Fairbanks from the Outside,
in record time. The News-Miner
says that the total time from Seattle.
via Cordova, amounted to only 16
days, which is covering the water
and the ground pretty fast for this
season of the year. Especially is
this true when it is considered that
the men mushed from Chitina to
Fairbanks, distance of 800 II
miles over the big trail in ten days.
This is over 80 miles a day. The
men report that there is good firm
foundation to the snow and the
mushing good in most places. All
three are old Northerners, which
amounts for much, in the rapidly
with which they travelled. George
Blonde returns after long absence,
while the Carpenter Brothers have
been in Fairbanks before.
Cordova, February 20
Yesterday afternoon D. NJ. Lynch
filed formal charges with Judge F.
NJ. Brown, involving the official acts
of U. S. Commissioner A. J. Adams
and Deputy Marshal Sam Bright
we'll Mr.. Lynch has asked for
public hearing on the charges,
which are nine in number Judge
Brown stated that he would first
submit the accused with copies OF
the charges and would receive their
answers in writing. He would then
decide upon his future course. This
paper has not been furnished with
a copy of the charges but Mr.. Lynch
states that they are of serious
nature and that he can prove VIOLA
tions of the law in various in
stances upon the part of both offi-
Gals. The charges are entirely diff
ferent from those considered on
Tuesday night by Judge Brown.
A small dinner party was given
by Mr.. and Mrs. A. J. Adams last
evening in honor of Mr.. L. Keith
Mccullough and Miss nellie d..
Crabb at which their engagement
was formally announced. The en-
gagement ring was discovered in
the cake by the prospective groom
and presented to his fiance with
her consent. Mr. Mccullough is
connected with the U. S. Forestry
service. Miss Crabb is one of our
popular young school teachers. The.
marriage will take place some time
early in June after which Mr.. and
Mrs. Mccullough will go to the
westward. He will be stationed at
Ship Creek.
The entertainment given last
evening for the benefit of the
Cordova Volunteer Fire Department
was a success in every particular.
Practically everybody in town had
purchased tickets and the Empress
theater was filled to its utmost
capacity. The music was especially
good and many appreciative and
commendatory expressions were
heard for the renditions by Clay
sons orchestra, Mrs. Helen Sheldon,
Mrs. J. F. R. Appleby, Thos. Won
Spronson, F. A. Jones, Kenneth
Holden and w. Harris. Verne
Elliott and Louis Laska were comic
\ in their original sayings and gave
promise of histrionic ability. Billy
and George gave fine exhibition OF
japanese fencing, while their hori-
zontal bar act was very good. S.
Loveset was enjoyed in his violin
solo. OF course the musical sketch
and dance by j. Terry and X.
Holden brought forth great ap-
pIause. Anything that Kenny
appears in is sure to be it" Mrs.
H. 1. Lewis was accompanist on the
piano for the musical numbers and
of course did her part with her
usual skill. 1t all concluded with
4 roaring farce, about which opinion
differs.
CnrdOVa February Z6