The Chitina leader., 1915-03-30
Cordova, March &c

There is now approximately $780,
600 in the Territorial treasury re-
ceived from the sale of timber in
the Tongass and Chugach forest
reserves. And by June another
$4,000 is expected to be available
These reserves are in the First and
Third divisions and it is thought
that the money from the timber
should be expended in those divi-
sions. The Legislature has author
ity to appropriate the money and
Representative Thos. Holland, of
Chitina, in looking after the Copper
River section, has offered bill
which provides as follows:
For the construction and repair
of road and trail along the route
of the Nizina trail from the town Of
Mccarthy, Alaska, to the junction
of the Nizina trail with the Shu-
shanna trail, and from the junction
of the Nizina and Shushanna trails
to. the town of Chisana, Alaska, a
distance of 90 miles, more or less,
running in northerly direction
from Mccarthy, the sum of sis 900.
For the construction and repair
of a road and trail from Strelna,
Alaska, along the so-called Hubbard
& Elliott trail, in northerly direc-
ton not to exceed 80 miles, to a
point on the easterly slope of the
Kotsina river, at and near what Is
known and called the Kotsina Camp
on the southerly slope or base OF
Iron Mountain. the sum of $4,000.
1.-THE expenditure of said monies,
said roads, trails and bridges, as
the case may be, shall be vested IN
and shall be under the supervision
of the governor of Alaska, and he
shall have full supervision and con-
troll of the location. construction
and repair thereof"
1Cordova, March 27
Information has been received by
the local Alaska Steamship Com
pany office that the steamer Mari
posa will not sail north on March
80. as heretofore. announced, but
will leave at p. m. on March 3lst.
AS she will make stops at Wrangell
and Skagway, in addition to those
heretofore made, she may not reach
Cordova until election day, April g..
The steamer Northwestern, that
sailed from Seattle on the Gath IS
due to reach here next Tuesday. >
When it was learned yesterday
afternoon that the government
could do nothing in the way OF send
ing relief to the man or men sup
posed to be marooned on one OF the
sloughs on the way to Katalla, the
matter was taken in charge by
Mayor Boyle and Deputy Collector
of Customs Kennedy. They saw a
number of business men and purse
was soon raised to send out rescue
party. Capt Frank Cole and his
launch North Star were secured and
with Capt. Ben Elliott as first aid,
a start was made. last evening, with
a possibility that they may return
on, tide this evening. A telephone
message last evening from Mrs.
White at Katalla stated that it was
believed two men were marooned.
The steamer Admiral Watson ar
rived in port from the westward this
afternoon shortly before o'clock.
She lett an hour or two later for
NJuneau and Seattle.
Mrs. G.. Wells has returned to
Cordova after an extended trip to
the states and will reopen the Lake
view House next week.
Cordova, March 29
Capt. Cole and Capt. Elliott re-
turned at noon today in the launch
North Star and report that their
efforts to locate the men who were
reported as marooned on Steamboat
slough were without effect. The
rescuers left Cordova on Thursday
night and made a persistent search
for the men who it is presumed had
sent out signals of distress as the
launch Wait was on her way to
Katalla on Thursday morning. But
they saw no evidence of the men,
Fred Schringer, who has been in
camp at Strawberry point near
Whitshed, came to town yesterday
He reports that a fisherman in a
22-foot boat and a 7-horse power
engine came to his shore on half
tide on Friday evening. He did not
get the mans name. but he stated
that three of them had left
Wrangell in small boats expecting to
go to Orca and work at the Cannery
One of the men was in boat 40
feet long, with IS h. p. engine