The Chitina leader. [volume] (Chitina, Alaska) 1910-1928, 1915-12-21
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS Of THE WEEK
What Is Transpiring In and About Cordova
MONDAY

The Weekly Alaskan is the name
of new publication at Anchorage.
o. E. Lambert has purchased a
Ford automobile, which he will have
fitted up as a hearse.
Mrs George Parker, of Fairbanks
was an arrival on yesterdays train.
She is on her way to the States.
Judge S. o. Morford. of Seward,
is an outgoing passenger on the
Northwestern, en- route to New York
There is a regular freight service
from Seward to Anchorage, the
charge being twenty-five cents a
pound.
The steamer Admiral Farragut left
Katalla at Z o'clock this morning,
and is due to reach here early this
evening.
DIR. Moore, who has been the physi-
clan at the Ellamar mine, is an out
going passenger on the steamer
Northwestern.
Capt. A. E. Lathrop has returned
from Anchorage, and will spend a
couple of weeks here before making
trip to the States.
The electric lights were out for a
short time Saturday night, the pile
driver short circuiting the line on
the approach to the dock.
Mrs. L. A. Damon came down from
Mccarthy on Sundays train and is
on her way to Bellingham to remain
over the Christmas season.
Fred Tracy arrived from the west
ward on today's steamer, and con-
tinued on his way to the States,
where he will spend couple of
months.
Harry Hoben, who is president of
the Alaska Transfer Co. at Seward.
is on his way to New Brunswick to
visit his mother. This is his first
trip outside in thirteen years.
A. G. Johnson, George H. Kern, l..
c. and Herman Anderson were Fair
banks arrivals in Cordova yesterday
and will be southbound passengers
on the Northwestern
M. L. V. Smith, who has been con-
nected with Chas. E. Henon in his
mining interests to the westward, is
on his way to the States, and spent
the day with local friends.
TUESDAY
VIM. A. Hesse. a deputy mineral
surveyor. arrived here on the steamer
Farragut this morning.
George A.. Harmon, who was re-.
Gently member of the city council,
took the oath of office last night.
The sailing of the steamer North
western from Seattle has been post
poned until December 81.
The Alaska Transfer Company to-
day received a match team of four.
year-old Clyde horses from the
States for local use.
The steamer Admiral Farragut ar
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ing and left for the westward two
hours later. Her passengers for Cor
dova were: Mrs. A. Chittenden, Mrs.
M. E. Goodrich, E. l.. Booth, VIM.
A. Hesse, o. G. Reeves, VIM. Pat
terson and Ttimas Serey. For VAL
dez: Miss E. Falh. For Latouche:
E. r. Driese. For Seward: C. O..
Sutherland, X E. Mexican, E. Grace
Bell and B. H. Beross.
The freighter Seward arrived this
morning with a large cargo of coal,
and thus relieves 1.-THE fuel famine
that has existed here recently. She
also has aboard considerable freight
for Capt. A. E. Lathrop, including
moving picture outfit, which she was
unable to land at Anchorage. In fact
the Seward had fourteen hundred
tons for Anchorage, and Lieut.. Mears
of the engineering commission want
ed the Alaska Steamship Company to
discharge this frei4ht at Goose Bay,
about eight miles from Anchorage
The company, however, decided not
to take chances with the vessel and
refused to grant the request. AS a
result most of this freight was dis
charged at Seward. It included a
complete equipment for the fire de-
partment at Anchorage, as we'll as
$4,000 feet of bridge and dimension
lumber, a locomotive crane and other
material for the commission.
The freighter Latouche arrived in
port yesterday morning and brought
part of the new equipment for the
Copper River & Northwestern rail-