The Chitina leader. [volume] (Chitina, Alaska) 1910-1928, 1915-02-02
Of GENERAL Information \ !

was induced to remain over, to try
! the. cause of U. S. VS.. j. F. Maloney,
ct. al, which involves title to part
! of the townsite of Juneau. The case
was set for January 2S. Judge
Brown expects to come to the west
ward of the Alameda and rather in
+ timated that a term of court would
| be called for Valdez, to convene in
March. He might, however be pre-
] vailed upon to first hold court at
: Cordova, as he had expected to do
| last fall.
! Cordova, January 20
: Does Eyak Lake, adjoining the
! townsite of Cordova, cover reser-
! voir of natural gas? Put this in
/ terrogation to any of the skaters
who have been enjoying themselves
| there du ing the. past few days and
nights and the answer vii! be a
! positive affirmative.
W. E. Dunkle and bride are pas
sengers on the steamer Mariposa and
will so through to Seward, expecting
soon to return to Cordova. Mr.
Dunkle is mining expert for the
8! Guggenheims and is on vacation
trip of couple of months to the out
! side. During his absence he mar
ried Miss Florence Hull, formerly
of Kennecott. Their many friends
in this section will be glad to give
/ them a hearty welcome back. They
} will make their home at the Hotel
Northern.
+ Will A Steel, editor of the Daily
Alaska, who has been outside for
two and a half months, was re-
turning passenger this afternoon on
the steamer Mariposa.
Judge w. N. Spence, district attor-
ney for the Third division, is on the
/ Mariposa, en- route to Valdez. He
has been on vacation for two
months and during the time visited
his cotton plantation in Georgia and
spent a couple of days in Washing
! ton. The district attorney states
! that he has heard nothing officially
from his deputy, Guy G. Brubaker,
as to his intention of resigning his
position to engage in private
practice.
B. H. Hack, who formerly owned
a drug store at Ketchikan is pas
! senger on the Mariposa, going to the
westward. He recently sold out his
I business at Ketchikan and expects
/ to open a drug store at Ship Creek.
The financial troubles between
! Jack Dalton, of Cordova and Attor-
ney J. H. Cobb, of Juneau, were aired
! in court before Judge Jennings on
Monday. A hearing was had in the
case of j. H. Cobb VS.. Jack Dalton
on the motion of the plaintiff 10
strike a portion of answer and de-
murrer to cross complaint. Argyll
ments were presented by Cobb and
/ by Hellenthal for Dalton. The motion
was taken under Amusement. In his
answer Dalton alleges he promised
i to pay Cobb $4,000 attorney fee in
case. certain claims were sold inside
of 13 months time, otherwise inside
Of 10 months time Dalton, was 10
| nav Cobb $1,000. He claims on the
latter agreement he paid Cobb $500
and that he advanced from his own
funds. $3.50 for Cobb for one-fourth
/ interest in a wharf built at Cordova,
! and that Cobb owes him, Dalton, the
difference between $3.50 and $500
] Dalton asks Judgment for the differ
/ ence
i Governor ]. F. A. Strong, accom-
/ panied by Senator Frank ,Aldrich, OF
l Nome, has gone to Sitka to make
an inspection of the Pioneer Home
! there under the management OF
/ Superintendent Shoup. The governor
will include in his report to the ter
ritorial legislature the condition OF
the home.
Bishop Peter Trimble Rowe. who
looks after the Episcopal churches
and missions in Alaska, came from
Seattle as far as Ketchikan on the
steamer Mariposa. He, is ). due tc
reach juneau tomorrow, and on Sun
day at the. Episcopal church he will
ordain the Rev. George e. Howard
of Sitka. Bishop Rowe will be the
house guest at Juneau of the Rev
and Mrs. G. e. Renison until next
Wednesday, when he sails on the
Alameda for Cordova, on his way into
the interior, to visit the several
Episcopal missions.
Cordova, January 80
Word has been received here OF
the death of Mrs. S. Hall Young
which occurred in New York on jan
uary IS. For couple of years Rev
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