The Chitina leader., 1915-04-20
Cordoya, April II

R. & N w. Railway, is attending ao legal business at Valdez.
 Judge A. J. Adams and Malcom Brock were returning passengers on the Alameda from a little business trip to Valdez.
 Frank Rotch, Jr., who was in the interior last season as captain of the government launch Midnight Sun, running from Fairbanks, is pas senger on the Northwestern from seattle to Cordova. He will go from here to the interior and again as sume duties similar to those per- formed last year. He is a son of MT. Rotch, a member of the Wash fngton state legislature, and who visited the Alaska coast towns last \ December.
 r. Judge Julius Thompson, of Katalla, expects to leave tomorrow on the steamer Watson for his home. He has been on a visit to his old friend Governor Strong, at Juneau, but returning the steamer did not stop at Katalla.
 John Zug, superintendent for the Alaska Road Commission, was a passenger over from Valdez this morning and will go out on the train tomorrow, en route to the Panama country.
 Oscar Freedman came in on the train yesterday from Mccarthy. lie states that on Fridays train he will receive six of his packing horses end that on the steamer Evans next week he will go with them to Ship Creek He believes that he will be able to inaugurate teaming and packing business at the new rail- road port. He states that Finkel- stein & Sapiro are selling out their store at Mccarthy and that after the 18th Mr. Finkelstein will return to Cordova and then go to Ship Creek, with the idea of engaging in business there.
 Mrs. w. J. Mcdonald was an out going passenger on the steamer Ala meda this morning. She will spend few weeks with her mother in Tacoma and return in June.
 Mrs. Lillian Damon, who spent the winter in Bellingham, Wash, was an arrival on the last steamer and will go on the train tomorrow to Mccarthy.
 W. B. Gilbert, who has been in charge of the cable office, departed this morning for Seattle, where he will be employed by the Signal Corps.
 Alvah Flames left on the steamer Alameda for Seattle, where he will confer with Superintendent Vail of the postal service.
 John A. Hazelet came over from Valdez this morning and will be a passenger on the morning train. He will make his annual pilgrimage into the Slate Creek country, where he has large placer holdings.
 The steamer Alameda reached port last night from the westward shortly after midnight. She took on cargo of copper ore and sailed south about o'clock. The follow ing passengers from Cordova are booked for Seattle:
 Alvah Flames, w. R. Gilbert, pr. p. J. B. Leblanc and wife, E. k. Peoples and wife Robt.' Lavery, Angus Mcbride, w. T. Harris and wife, Mrs. w J. Mcdonald.
 Cordova, April 15.
 Capt. Austin E. Lathrop, who had been outside for several weeks and returned on the Alameda, going through to Seward, returned to Cor dova today on the Watson. Capt. states that while the people in the westward metropolis are all jubi- lant over the selection of Seward as a terminal point for the new rail- road, they are uncertain as to the extent of the benefit that will be derived this year. While hoping that work will commence in recon structing the Alaska Northern there is a fear that most of the new work will be done this year at Shlp Creek. Tn that event most of the people Hooking north would con- tinue on their way to the head or Cooks Inlet But Seward would get many of them if work were started at that terminal.
 Yesterday the Copper River & Northwestern Railway announced the personnel of the several train crews for the summer as follows:
 Main line local: O. l.. Larson, conductor; K. G. Robinson and W..
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