The Chitina leader., 1915-10-26
CORDOVA'S FINE HARBoR.

 ed than is Cordova and few protect from foreign enemy while the anchorage of the best It estimated by the Coast and Geodec Survey that 100 vessels be anchored adequate depth of water in Corova Bay and have 4OOyard swing ach vessel Because of this large good anchorage and because Corova Bay the prevailing defect of Alaskan harbor having great depth of water it is considered by mariners the harbors of all our coast line.
 To bring the Boring coal to Corova tidewater it must be hauled about 30 miles further than to Controller Bay but in copper Controller Bay it be hauled 30 miles further than Cordova The coal tonnage for the ducon of copper only oneth of the tonnage hence all the advantage is with Cordova against Controller Bay though it possible to make harbor at the latter point and to protect it from invasion.
 With this splenddly eupped broad dgauge railroad ming the rich Copper River country nearly 200 miles, what the matter with this section of Aaska Why necessary for the to still another railway enter prise this territory? One suces for the three ques tons and that that the ultra sop ped the development of the country by withdrawing the coal and oil and mebr lands which everybody knows are vital importance not only to the development of the country but to the continuation of business after has developed That condition still exists. am not opposing the Alaska Northern Railroad enterprise, extending from Seward interior needed but private capital should be encouraged to develop Alaska. Has it been? Let the facts
 When the construction of the Copper River and North western Railway, the Alaska Northern Railway the Panama Valley Railway and several other enterprises begun the laws prevailed under which other section of the United States developed Without warning all the coal timber and oil lands withdrawn and their prohibited It true that this done 1906 and before the fully constructed But it believed to be but temporary withdrawal not dreamed that the men that had made locations good faith of coal and oil would be refused patents until long after the roads had expended millions their structon Then learned that agents gov ement employed spy the claim holders and harass them every conceivable to the end that their claims be conscaed Many of the claim holders who had spent thous ands of dollars much $5000O in the develop ment of their properties arrested and tried for fraud But notwithstanding the great power the government weds in such matters not of these has been convicted their claims have been cancelled and the invested lost.
 In all Alaska there have been but three coal gone to patent Two of these of 40 Admiralty Island in southeastern Alaska and the other 4Oacre tract in Cooks Inlet Ignite coal of poor quality and of commercial value The third is 160acre tract located in the Boring River field which it is said contains coal but originally taken up for ppe and bunker sites The government still retains its treasury thousands of dollars paid to the of $0 acre for lands located upon.-Leses Weekly
 Fairbanks will $25OO to maintain the schools for the ensuring term.
 Nome Republicans have organized club and getting busy for next year's territorial campaign.
 Uncle Sam has pinned his faith Carranza and Villa says the end of the revolution in Mexico is afar off.
 Glove, like lightning knows where it is going to strike There lightning rods the White House, apparently
 An attempt is being made to "smoke out'' Governor Srongs private secretary, w. w. Shorth formerly of Cordova, along purely partisan lines.
 Considerable interest already being manifested in the territorial election to be held next and from present nd cations there will be plenty of candidates for the different offices to be filed
 Col Roosevelt has lived up to the expectations of his friends political and nmrodca falling wise short of hon ored traditions It is not within the bounds of that even the bavest should stand still and be bitten by bull moose.
 We're not curious nuthin but I'd like to know what she calls hn"Wille "Woody' sPrexy and when and how the matter broache it has been broachd of drop ping the dgnfed Mr President" for something dove like and cozy.
 After being cruntinzed like insect under microscope for three years ls Califonias specimen wild again to be turned loose his native haunts because he could ure the confinement of civilized life After all the professors have learned from him the greatest lesson Ish has taught to be that the primitive is the best state for mani
 The people of Anchorage said to have bitter feeling towards Seward One reported to have got up at meeting of the Commercial club of that city time and to have stated that he will gladly help to smash future He must be terrible sort of individual with superhuman