The Chitina leader., 1915-05-04


but not until considerable of the
press dispatches had been received
Later kilograms we're. received by
wireless from the station at Sitka
to Whitshed. From here it is sent
by cable to Valdez and Seward and
rom Valdez the usual way to the
interior
George, the Japanese cook at Fred
Schiller's, expects to start a res
:aurant in the building formerly
occupied by the. Jap at the end of
First street.
1t is reported that the bond of e.
2. Medley, recently appointed U. S.
Commissioner for the Cordova pre-
cinct, has been approved by the
court and that his commission ar
rived on the morning steamer.
Harmon & Deever have fixed up
an attractive Office at their expansive
and popular machine shop, and to-
day a telephone was installed. The
number is SO.
Billy Urquhart expects to close his
barber shop in the Rainier-Grand
Hotel. as the room is required as an
entrance to the new Cordova House.
He will move up to the Horseshoe
| with his partner, Charley Quintan.
Cordova, April 80
The coming of George Max
Esterley to this northland every
season is like the blooming of the
flowers in the springtime. Both are
as certain and as welcome. Since
| last fall he has spent considerable
time with his family at Seattle,
| when not otherwise entertaining his
scores of northern friends who have
been in the Queen City during the
past few months. He finally set
sail from Seattle on the oath, on the
steamer Alameda, accompanied by
Mrs Esterley.N They arrived at
Cordova last night and the big min
ing operator expects to leave on the
train tomorrow morning for McCae-
thy. From there he will cross over
Sourdough hill, the Nizina river and
hit the trail for his large and COM
| Portable camp on Chittitu creek,
where he expects to find everything
in readiness for big seasons
work Mr.. Esterley has big
hydraulic plant there and is work
! ing in some rich ground. It. re-
quired several years of hard work to
open up this section and put in the
necessary machinery but he has
been getting substantial results for
couple of years past. 1t is ex-
pected that the present season, if
water conditions are favorable,
will permit of a quarter million dol
lars being cleaned up.
Sydney Cooke was returning
passenger last night from Seattle,
where he went to take Mr.. Nickel
son to a hospital The man had his
leg broken in the Chisana country
and it was three months before he
| finally had the bones properly set
He is now doing we'll Mr.. Cooke
is an engineer employed by F. T..
Hamshaw in looking after his prop
critics in the Chisana. He will leave
for the. interior on the morning
train He states that Mr.. Hamshaw
! is in New York this week but is
expected soon to leave for Seattle
and the north. Mr.. Cooke states
that the recent rich strike on Dry
Gulch is very encouraging and is an
indication of what may be expected
on many creeks after the long dis
lance is driven to bed rock. I
Capt Gilbert T. Rude, in COM
.mand of the coast and geodetic
survey boat Taku, which has been
stationed in Prince William Sound
for several years past, was an
arrival on the steamer Alameda last
night. He is accompanied by Mrs.
Rude and their active young son
Gilbert. Jr. First Officer Geo. R.
Kantzler, accompanied by his wife
and baby, were also arrivals, as we'll
as crew of thirteen fine young fell
lows, whose names are: w. A. Hol-
comb, A. W. Berglind, C. w. Con-
nors, M. r. Jewett, A. M, Clark, g
N. Marten, Ivan M. Phelps, Thos
Strimple, Carl Carlson, w. B. Stew
art, K. Hanaya, S. Umatani. The
entire party are CHARTERED for the
present at the Hotel Northern.
Capt. Rude's orders for this sea-
son will keep him close to Cordova,
as the work of surveying will be
confined largely to Port Gravina.
which is little to the westward CT
the U. S. Military reservation that
adjoins the Nelson townsite, and to
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