The Chitina leader. [volume] (Chitina, Alaska) 1910-1928, 1915-11-30
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS Of THE WEEK
What Is Transpiring In and About Cordova
MONDAY

MONDAY
Mrs. E. ]. Davis will leave on the
Northwestern to spend the holidays
with her parents at Bremerton, Wash.
Lewis Laska is now employed in the
hardware department of the Blum,
O'Neill Company store.
NJ. J. Sullivan arrived in town on
Saturday from Portage Bay. where he
Is engaged in getting out a large
quantity Of timber for the Alaska En-
cheering Commission.
Miss Blanche Fogg. an attractive
young landy Of Valdez, is the guest
Of Mrs. Parke Griswald.
DR.. w. w. Council will be an out
going passenger on the steamer
Northwestern, to be absent couple
of months.
Lena Morrow Lewis, the Socialist
lecturer, will be here this week and
address Cordovans. She is at pres.
ent to the westward, and definite an
nouncement will soon be made of her
plans for this place.
The Testers are arranging to give
their friends good time at their
Thanksgiving ball, to be held at the
Windsor Hotel.
Captain Quinn has returned to the
halibut fishing grounds near Cape st.
Elias. with his power boat Idaho, af-
ter having brought large catch OF
halibut to Cordova for shipment to the
States. Captain Quinn says there is a
big run of fish this year, and the only
drawback is the rought weather that
usually prevails in the vicinity of the
Cape.
Beginning Thursday moning there
will be three mails a week, of 1900
pounds each. dispatched from the Cor
dova postoffice to interior Alaska.
They go by train to Chitina Monday,
Thursday and Saturday mornings, and
from there to Fairbanks by the Orr
stage line. The incoming mails will
arrive Tuesday, Friday and Sunday
afternoons. This service continues
until March "a, and from the latter
date until May 81 there will be two
mails week of 800 pounds each.
TUESDAY
made the last payment of the deficit
of $4,000, incurred in the building of
u trail from Mccarthy to Chisana.
Mrs. Keith Mccullough, formerly
teacher in the Cordova public schools,
is the teacher of the primary grade
at Anchorage.
Grover Hanneman and Geo. Stewart
returned to Cordova today from An
chorage, where they have been en-
ployed for several months.
Postmaster Wood, of Anchorage.
has resigned his position and is pas
senger on the steamer Northwestern
for the States.
Art Holt and wife came down from
Chitina today on their way to the
States.
At a special meeting Of the city
council, held last night, resolution
was adopted that the council meet as
a Board Of Equalization for the pur-
pose of equalizing the tax assessment
for 1915, on Monday evening. Decem-
Der s. and continue in session until
the following Monday. between the
hours Of and 9 p. m. of each day.
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for Juneau on the steamer North
western.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. J. Mcdonald have
returned from the westward. where
they spent the past six weeks.
Everything is in readiness for the
dance to be given at the Windsor
Hotel tomorrow night by The testers.
Thanksgiving Day service, st.
Georges Episcopal Mission, Red
Dragon Club House. II a. m. Rev.
E. p Ziegler.
There win be a special show at
the Empress Theatre tomorrow night.
Good program. Don't miss 1t. One
show only, at 8 o'clock.
The postoffice. bank, cable office
and public schools. as wen as the
Times. will observe Thanksgiving
Day as a legal holiday.
Mrs. C. C. Hull. of Chitina, was an
outgoing passenger today for the
States. where she will spend the
holidays with friends.
A. E. Harris. travelling passenger
agent for the Chicago. Milwaukee &
st. Paul railway, returned to his
headquarters at Juneau today.
G. A. Stratman has returned from
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