The Chitina leader., 1915-10-26
MONDAY

F. E. tulter IS now conducting a barber shop at the Alaskan hotel.
 Alvah Flames was passenger on the City of Puebla for Seward, where he will spend couple of days looking after Uncle Sam's mail dispatches to the westward.
 Miss Charlotte Thorstensen arrived yesterday on the Northwestern from Valdez to attend school. Her many friends are much pleased.
 To Depart From cordova
 Rev. J. l.. Mcbride, pastor of the Presbyterian church, preached his farewell sermon last night and he and his family will shortly leave for An chorage, their future home.
 Mrs. W. B. Handbook will give a party for little Jean Margaret Mcbride on Wednesday afternoon and has in vited fifteen or twenty of the "tots' to attend.
 A number of Fairbanksans are or the way out to Cordova.
 Rev. E. P. Ziegler took the train this morning for Chitina where he will conduct services.
 About two dozen young people spent pleasant evening at the Red Dragon Club House on Saturday might, Cards,A music, dancing and refreshments passed the time until 12 o'clock. There will be another entertainment within a week or so.
 The exceptionally large turnips or display in the Chamber of Commerce window were grown by Edgar Stine man on his Eyak river farm.
 TUESDAY
 An alarm of fire brought out the de partment at noon, as the result of z spark setting fire to the roof of the building of the Northwest Soda works The flames were extinguished before any damage was done.
 G. H. Birch and Fred A. Hotchkiss who are operating interior place. mines on large scale, have finished their seasons work and ar rived in Cordova today, on their wa! to New York.
 The local Chamber of Commerce is in receipt of letter from Hon. Frank lin K. Lane, acknowledging the re ceipt of a resolution endorsing the Secretary's plan for an Alaska Devel opment Board.
 J. N. Barnhart, of Dan Creek, ar rived here today's train and will leave on the first steamer for Pennington Wash, where he will spend the win ter.
 Otto Elstrom and Charles Ander son came over from Port Wells toda, on a launch.
 Judge L. T. Erwin. United State: Marshal for the Fourth division, ar rived in Cordova on this afternoon: train, having made the trip from Fair banks to Chitina in one of the stage company's large autos. Ten day: were spent on the trail, which was no1 in very good condition, for travelling
 With Fred Douse and Robert Craw ford as guard the marshal brought out three prisoners for McNeils Island and one insane patient for the Port land sanitarum. They were Johr Lige. sentencd to twelve years fol attempted rape; Joe Sprunger, two years for illegal co-habitation; Bill Turner, twenty months for selling liquor to Indians. The insane man is Sprudlick, of Fairbanks.
 The barge Washington, which the tug Pioneer was towing from Port Blankely, Wash, to Cordova, loaded with million feet of lumber for the Copper River & Northwestern railway and was cast adrift on Sunday, Octo Der 10, on account of a southeastern gale raging, is still afloat about three miles north of Cape St. Elias. This information was brought to Katalla today by three men who are stationed at St. Elias.
 The Washington lost her rudder and is water-logged is fourteen feet of water. Her deck load is stin secure and it Is believe that the cargo can still be saved if the effort is made in the right wind.