The Chitina leader. [volume] (Chitina, Alaska) 1910-1928, 1915-04-06

should be done at the regular meet
ag, and a majority present so
decided. The result of the election
was as follows:
Fire Chief-Clark Byers.
Assistant-A1 Johnson.
| Secretary-John O'Neill.
Trustees-Howell L. Lewis, Dick
Kerwood and Thos. C. Price.
| Jack Dalton is at Juneau attend
| ing court, having case with Attor-
ney Cobb the fore part of the week.
He will soon come on to Cordova,
in connection with the cannery to
be established adjoining his saw
mill by Portland parties. He speaks
favorably of the Ship Creek country
and says:
eff any coal is mined in the Mat
anuska it will have to be taken out
by the way of Ship Creek. 1 am
looking forward to a lighterage con-
tract for the transportation OF
freight in the Knik Arm country.
There are about 20 miles of I'M
navigable water there over which
supplies for the government road
will have to be taken in the event
/ that this route is chosen
Cordova, April 3
Jack Laurie, who was formerly
in charge of the Finkelstein &
Sapiro store at Chitina for three
years, has located at Mccarthy He
4 announces that on April 10, Laurie
! Bros. will open a new and up-to-
date clothing and gents furnishings
store, the second door from the post
office.
Walter Dempster, who has been
out at Mccarthy for few days
taking the place of Hard Working
Smith, returned on the train yes
terday and says he is solid for the
Citizens Progressive ticket.
Captain John johnson is in San
Francisco enjoying couple OF
weeks vacation and is spending the
greater part of it taking series of
observations OF the Panama-Pacific
exposition. Capt. Johnson is well
known on the coast being an old
timer ir>the Pacific coast shipping
community For several years past
ne has been running out of Seattle
to Alaska in command of the steam
ers Alameda and Mariposa. While
away, Capt. Johnson's place is being
taken by Capt. Fred Warner.
1T 4 O'Clock this afternoon the
registration OF voters for the cleo
closed by Registrar Nicholson. The
exceptional number of 349 were
| placed on the registration book. OF
that number S4 were women and
/ 265 men. For the election year
ago there was total of 296, of
which number SO were women and
244 men. The large increase this
year indicates the exceptional in
terest that is being taken in the
election of seven Councilmen.
at Valdez 619 names have been
registered for the election on April
G.. For Councilmen the names of
candidates will appear in the fol-
lowing order ON the official ballot:
Ed Austin, John Biggs, F. M.
Boyle, Gust Djarf, w. M. Finical,
DR.. German, Ross Hickey, 5.
jacobson, H. E. F. King, H. P. King,
John Lyons, Jesse Martin, Sam
McNiece, C. B. Smith, VIM. Thomas,
A. Won Gunther, Al White and Ed
! Wood.
The candidates, for the school
Hoard are: Dr. Cockerille, II. M.
Delano, Chas. Ganty, Mrs. VIM
Kramer
Cordoya, April
Mrs. F. M. Fuller entertained AT
dinner last night in honor of the
birthdays of her husband and Ken
meth Holden. Among the guests
were Dr. Hale and Henry Brandt.
The decorations were characteristic
of the Easter occasion and were in
white, green and gold, with Easter
lilies. The dinner was a credit 20
the efforts of the hostess.
Rev. Mcbride held very interest
/ ing Easter services at the Presby-
terian church last night, that was
attended by a large number of
people. Mrs. w. Leroy Baird
rendered solo appropriate to the
occasion, which was very much en-
| joyed as we'll as was the other
music. About 20 members of the
Knights of Pythias attended in a
body and were very much interested
in the Easter Meditation" The
church was beautifully decorated