The Chitina leader. [volume] (Chitina, Alaska) 1910-1928, 1915-08-24
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS Of THE WEEK
What Is Transpiring In and About Cordova
MONDAY.

c. F. Peterson was an arrival yes.
terday from Chisana.
Mrs. L. v. Stanley, Of Chisana ar
rived in town on yesterdays train.
E. w. Exum, who spent the past
couple of months at Chitina, returned
to Cordova yesterday.
DR.. Andrus and VIM. Patterson are
among the Nomeites aboard the Vic.
toria, bound for the states.
Attorney G. ]. Lomer and son,
Ralph Lomer, of Nome, are among the
victoria's passengers for the states.
T. ]. Nestor. an old-time Alaskan,
who is now interested In nut factory
in Seattle, called on the local trade
today.
Mrs. Jafet Lindeberg. wife of
Nome's biggest mining operator, is a
passenger on the Victoria for San
Francisco.
Chief Clerk Alvah Games, of the
railway mail service. will leave tonight
for Seattle, on business trip. He
will be accompanied by his wife.
The collier Prothemus arrived at
Kodiak this afternoon and after spend.
ing couple of weeks there will come
to Cordova.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Sapiro have
moved into the apartment at the
Northern hotel, formerly occupied by
the Kinney's.
Trains are again running regularly
on the Copper River & Northwestern
and mail left this morni X for Chiitna
and Kennecott.
Judge Tucker and wife are among
the Nomeites who are en- route to the
San Francisco Exposition, on the
steamer Victoria.
Yesterdays train brought down fiji
teen cars of copper ore, which will be
shipped to the Tacoma smelter on the
Mariposa tonight.
Miss Lola Turner will leave on the
steamer Mariposa tonight for Cumber-
land, Md, on account of the serious
illness Of her father, Chas H. Turner.
Chas. Kenndy, who has mining in
terests in the Nome district, was in
town today. enroute to Seattle.
Capt Auer, of Katalla, is in town
and will leave on the Mariposa to at
tend the Panama Pacific exposition.
On account of an accident to the
machinery at the Cordova Power plant
the electric lights were out last night.
F. A. Hotchkiss and three sons, R.
H., A. D., and A. A, of New York,
who have been spending several weeks
in the Nizina districts, came to town
on yesterdays train and are registered
at the WINDSOR motel.
Mrs. Annette Fyler, who has been
the guest of Mrs. w. H. Seagrave at
Kennecott for several weeks, has re.
turned to town and will remain here
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. L. R.
Baird, until next month.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Baglion will be
outgoing passengers on the Mariposa,
to make their home in the states.
The railroad company has given
preference to the local men for labor
needed out the line and is in need of
no more men, although scores are
| coming here from the westward seek.
ing employment.
B. w. Elliott has opened a plumber
steam and hotwater heating shop in
the building next to Blum's store on
Second avenue. Ben was the first
plumber to locate in Cordova and he
did the work in most of the large
buildings of the town, which has stood
the test and speaks for itself.
The steamer Victoria arrived at
| Cordova about o'clock this morning
on its way south from Nome to Seat
tie. via the inside passage. She had
about q round-trippers and an ex
cursion was run to the glaciers. There
were 81 passengers who got aboard
at st. Michael, many of whom are
i from Fairbanks and down river ports
From Nome they were 76 rrst-class
and SO steerage and at King Cove q
cannery crew of lit took passage.
The Victoria left at 2:3O O'Clock
this afternoon and will go direct q
Skagway, stopping at Juneau and
Ketchikan on its way to Seattle. The
excursionists, as we'll as the Alaskans
aboard, are all enthusiastic over the
trip. and particularly the visit to Miles
and Childs glaciers, both of which
were active today.
TUESDAY
Capt. Seagrave, an attache of the
Philadelphia arsenal, returned to thu