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The Chitina leader., 1915-12-14
THE KENNEcoTT- BRADEN DEAL.

One of the most curious transactions in copper corpora
ton affairs that which announced last week. whereby
the Kennecott Copper Company operating mines in the
Copper River region of Alaska is to take the Braden
operating mines in Chle and furthermore is to
acquire the interest bout 4000 shares of the Guggenhem
Exploration Company in the Utah Copper Company. No
based economy operation of these apart
has been advanced has the public been appraised of
explanation of what it is hoped to accomplish.
The Kennecott Braden and Guggenheim Exploration
in which the Guggenhems largely interested
The Guggenhem Exploration Company which is essentially
holding has been advertised in the squib in the
Wall Street journals about to be dissolved The Braden
company has been borrowing several millions of the cash
sets of the Guggenhem Exploration The Kennecott
pany which huge investment in Alaska by the
houses of Morgan and Guggenhem offered to the public
for investment several months in connection wherewth
there has been srewd stock market propaganda The Utah
Copper Company plays part in the DEAL but the Guggen
helm Exploration Company large block of its shares
The Braden Company great mine but it has
perenced dsappontmnts and probably still far short of
the time when it, going alone could safely begin the
of dividends On the other hand the Kennecott company
which made it's debut in Wall Street about the time when
per 20 pound last spring and aerward
discovered what heraded the richest copper bonanza
known will be position to begin the payment Of
dividends The Braden Kennecott mines are in short
the antithesis of each other Both situated in remote
gons and are subject to violent vicsudes of climate labor
conditions ETC. The Kennecott mines far the North
Hemisphere and the Braden mines far down in the
Southern The latter have low grade lot of it, and the
probability Of long life. The Kennecott mines have pheno
enay high grade but there is doubt how long will
hold out The idea of the Braden combination APP
pears be to average things The Braden stockholders will
probably not object to this The Kennecott company is too
thing to have large list of stockholders of the invest
1nent class.
The sranges thing in the deal is the taking Of the
The Chitina leader., 1915-12-14
COUNCIL ELECTS
HARMON AND
DIR. HALE

The Common Council met last
night to complete the meeting of the
night before. which had been ad.
journed one day. Mayor Slater pre-
sided. and Councilmen Ross, Howard,
Smith and Davis were present. Two
ordinances were adopted under a sus-
pension of the rules, one correcting
a mistake in the present ordinance
providing for the filling of vacancies
in the council, and the other correcti
an error in the present assessment
ordinance, regarding the redemption
of property sold on tax sales.
Under the head of new business,
the Council adopted resolution de-
claring vacant the seats of Council.
men Price and Schmitz, on the ground
that they have been absent from
their duties for more than ninety
continuous days, and that neither of
the gentlemen would be back in Cor.
dova for the balance Of the council
manic year. Both Messrs. Price and
Schmitz are in Anchorage, and have
been for the past five months or
more.
Nominations to fill the vacancies
were in order, and G. A. Harmon.
president of the Harmon Machinery
Co., and DR.. Charles L. Hale were
nominated. There were no other
nominations and the two men were
unanimously elected to the office OF
councilman by the members present
Some discussion over the bills OF
the town ensued, and certain minor
repairs to sidewalks we're considered
and the chief of police instructed to
notify the abutting property owners
to fix the same.
Immediately after the adjournment,
of the council meeting the members
reconvened as a board of equalization
to consider protests against the ta1
assessment. Mr.. Feldman's letter
was read, and it was decided that
no action could be taken unless Mr.
Feldmann personally appeared before
the council. A protest was received
from the Alaska Transfer Company
regarding the assessment on the
horses and wagons of the concern
but by vote of the board the protes,
was disallowed. There being no Other
protestants, the meeting adjourned
at 9 O'Clock
The Chitina leader., 1915-12-14
WATER PEppLERs At ANCHOR
AGE REAPlNo RICH HARVEST.

A water famine is reported at An
chorage. where this liquid is selling
wholesale at 81 per barrel.
Consumers are charged IS cents
per bucket. or two for a quarter re.
tail.
The scarcity is due to the cold
weather, all of the streams having
been dried up" by the freeze.
Owing to the recent prosecutions
for bootlegging, and the fact that nc
legal sale of liquor Ia permitted In
side the town limits, liquid refresh
ments are scarce at any price.
The government has been working
on a water system for some time, and
expects to have it completed inside
Of another two weeks. Meantime the
residents must pay fancy prices fol
water.
The laundries announce that they
cannot afford to operate at the for
mer prices.
The Chitina leader., 1915-12-14
KATALLA CLAIM PATENTED
CONTAINS ANTHRACITE

The granting Of patent to the
Fremont coal claim. in the Boring
river field. owned by Clark Davis and
associates. is said to contain $1,000
900 tons of anthracite coal.
At the time when the application
was made for patent to this claim,
along with fifteen others which COM
pose the entire group located by these
men. the Juneau land office held a
charge of fraud against the claims,
and with the exception of the Free
mont claim, held that no mine had
been opened. In the case of the
Fremont claim, however. the Juneau
office held that not only had a mine
been opened but that very consider
able work had been done on that
claim.
According to the records of the
Juneau office, there is still pending
in the office of the secretary of the
interior an appeal in connection with
the remaining cases.
The Chitina leader., 1915-12-14
FAIRBANKS YOUNG man GET
TRIP TO EUROPE
{ BY E. P. Harwood)

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
Dec 8. - Emil Hurja, of Fairbanks
Alaska, writer and editor of the Uni
versity of Washington Daily, left Sc
attic at o'clock, November 80, for
New York, to become a member OF
the Henry Ford peace commission to
Europe. Mr.. Hurja was. nominated
by President Suzzallo as representa-
tive of the student body of the uni
versity in response to telegram re-
ceived from Mr.. Ford.
The Washington delegate was a
member of party of students from
sixteen representative American uni
versities, according to the kilograms,
and will be the guest of Mr.. Ford for
a six weeks tour of neutral Europe.
The first party left New York on
Saturday. December 4, but Hurja
went with the overflow. sailing De-
cember 8. He reached Gotham too
late for the first ship.
Mr.. Hur1a was nominated by Presi-
The Chitina leader., 1915-12-14
These locations were made In 1908
and the property known as the Free
mont was worked up until 1910.
ALASKA Committeeman WILL
SEND PROXIES.

Zina R. Cheney, Of Juneau, Demo
cratic National Committeeman for
Alaska, will be unable to attend the
meeting Of the national committee in
Washington, December z. for bust.
ness reasons. It was learned his
proxy will be held by J. Bruce Kre-
mer, Of Butte, the committeeman for
Montana. Mr.. Cheney favors Dallas,
Texas, as the place for holding the
national convention, and Mr.. Kremer
will be SO instructed.
Our former townsman, william 8.
Bayless, Republican National Com
mittee for this territory. will not go
to Washington to attend the G. . p.
meeting on December IA, and the
proxy will be held by Milford B.
Hoggatt, of Summit. New Jersey, for.
mer governor of Alaska.
Chicago will undoubtedly be the
Republican convention city. and the
contest for the Democratic conven-
ton likely will be waged by st.
Louis and Chicago, although Dallas
has appropriated 100000 to cam.
paign for it and may win out. The
national committees decide where
| the conventions shall be held.
The Chitina leader., 1915-12-14
INSPECTOR OF BOILERS KILLED
IN AUTO ACCIDENT.

Thomas E. Kell, United States in.
spector of boilers at st. Michaels.
died from the effects OF injuries re-
ceived by his automobile colliding
with a street car in Oakland, Cal.
He is survived by wife and two
children.
Mr.. kell was about AZ years of
age. and was born on a farm near
San Jose, Cal. He was in the United
States navy during the Spanish-Am-
erican war as an engineer on the
cruiser Baltimore, the only vessel
struck by the Spaniards' shells dur
ing the battle of Manila Bay. Mr..
kell was in charge of one of the Bal.
timore's engines on that occasion.
On October II, 1911, Mr.. Kell was
assigned to the Juneau marine in
spector's office as inspector of boil
ers, having passed a high examina.
ton in the civil service. On October
27, 1913. he was transferred to st.
Michael. He reached Seattle less
than three weeks ago, on the last
trip of the Victoria. from Nome, and
went to his home in California at
once.
The Chitina leader., 1915-12-14

splendid example of red tape in the government of Alas
which might be used argument for Secretary of the
Interior Lanes Development Board is contained in
article recently printed the Minneapolis Journal from the
pen of T. B. Drayotn ~
In his particular STYLE Drayton points how Alas
ka Spanked for encroachng the privileges of the
Washington bureaucras An excerpt from the article follows
By of 1912 the Territory of Alaska given
supposed and Congress thought limited right to legsate
certain matters of purely local This concession
much enthusiasm in the territory for what small
of efgovement actually conferred but rather
promise, at least precursor of more to follow.
In pursuance of its supposed right the last territorial
Legislature passed bill designed to create uniform system
o schools of all subjects surely essentially local in it's
nature.
But in due the bureaucratic government the
Hon. Preston West assistant to the attorney general
with the information duly approved by the Honorable Bo
Sweeney assistant to the Secretary Of the Interior that
have been re too promscuous not to say previous in play
ing with out toy.
While not actually threatening to spank us for our
gance attempting legislation without his approval the in
ference is clear that of presumpousness
would be excessively bad form.
After learning that The act of the legislature of Alaska
mentioned without force and effect concluding paragraphs
would naturally lead to suppose that his Of humor
had dubbed and found expression in the following bit of
delicious pleasantly:
Congress- and secondary to such agencies Congress
establish for that purpose Meaning of course in this
Mr.. West"
Reading further we are thus enlightened: Terrtories
during their pupage dependencies of the United States
Their people do constitute sovereign power All poit
cal authority exercised by them is derived from the general
government
Had Mr. West concluded his lecture with the sententous
paragraph which he doubtless had in mind 81 guess that will
hold you for whe need of chassement would be
plete.
But, seriously this excathedra exposition of kindergarten
principles not in ITSELF intended to be offensive, not
tended patronage of interiors; Its chief value lies prov
ing that long distance bureaucratic is ndefen
sb anomaly for the simple that bureau
Gratis know nothing of Alaska, Aaskans their needs Pos
by would be surprised than Mr. West himself
his atribe of puere trivaes directed to
Americans second people in intelligence educaon
sense knowledge of their needs and capacity to
their affairs. And it would certainly him to be
informed that Alaska has many citizens who in knowledge of
fundamental law public policy, craftsmanship and cru
dte scholarship entitled to the respect of the most eng
ened bureaucrat in Washington or elsewhere.
The Chitina leader., 1915-12-14
CONSERVATION BEING TRIED.

STOCKHOLM, Dec. 2. In order
to avoid the consumption of grain and
potatoes, the manufacture of alcohol
from reindeer moss is being tried on
an extensive scale in northern Ger
many. Reindeer moss is very plenti.
full in the Arctic sections of Scandi-
navia, being the principal food of
the reindeer during the winter. Sew.
eral large shipments of the moss have
been sent to Germany during the past
two months.
The Chitina leader., 1915-12-14

The Eagles very much in earnest about devisng
and for the erection of their home and here
wishing them all kinds of in this audabe movement
Last Monday the opening day of Congress- generally
observed throughout the United States Defence Day.
when massmeengs held and letters and kilograms
to Congress on behalf of better national defence.
The Democrats have selected ST. Louis the place. and
June IA the time for the holding Of their national convention
The probabilities that Chicago will be named the
venon city by the Republican national committee which
meets next week.
The time is past when long haired unwashed dema-
gogue with dirty shirt and string tie should cut any
communty business The day past for the demagogue
and he should be compelled to take back seat public a
fairs-Vadez Prospector.
Is Carranza making bid for fame oreador in fight
ing the bulls of the Mexico City stock exchanged
When the Kaiser hears that Persia has aligned herself
with the allies he anxiously will exclaim ooh, shah
The Chitina leader., 1915-12-14

dent Suzzallo after a special session
with the board OF deans. The nomi.
nation was made on the same basis
as the Rhodes scholarship awards
A belief in international understand
ing and federation was made a re
quisite, and knowledge of foreign
language was declared to be an as
set Mr.. Hurja speaks Finnish.
Mr.. Hurja is a Junior at the uni
versity. and Is a member Of the
Kappa Sigma fraternity.
A spike pulling test on Douglas fiji
cross ties was conducted recently al
the government testing station at the
university. under the supervision OF
C. w. Zimmerman. The idea of the
test is to determine the holding
force of the wood when used for
railroad ties as compared with other
woods. There is always danger
when spikes work loose, and wrecks
are often caused by the shifting of
the rails.
The test viii be of interest to
Alaska, because a large amount OF
the wood that will be used for ties
on the new government railroad will
be native fir.
The Chitina leader., 1915-12-14
A TRAP GUN WAS
LATCHSTR|NC
THIS CABIN

Somewhere in the Tolovana there
is man who is unworthy to be called
such. Certainly he is not an Alas.
kan. Surely he does not know the
first rudiments of the laws of hui
manity. Without any feelings, with
out any sense of shame, he must live
the life of an outlaw and a hermit,
for no man who knew him would dare
to speak to him in public if the pub
lie knew who he was. This man is
the man who lives in a lonely cabin,
away from the world, the only shell
ter for miles around.
To this little cabin on the banks
of the Tolovana river two weary
mushers plodded not so very long
ago. They knew that they would
find shelter for the night. and as
they did not have the necessary
tools with which to siwash it, they
made an extra long mush to reach
this haven Of shelter.
But what did they find there They
found tackled on the door a sign
That sign informed the reader that
there was set On the inside Of the
cabin trap gun, and that the first
man who opened the door would lose
his head for doing so.
This is not a fair sample of the
Alaskan prospector or trapper or
miner or anyone Alaskan. This is
not even fair sample Of a human
being. Had the night been a bitter
cold one, had the biting north wind
been blowing those two Alaskans who
mushed many miles to seek shelter
might have persisted from cold, or
might have been driven to taking q
chance and died at the point of a
gun. s
Whether there was in that cabin
loaded gun as the sign said there
was or not, is immaterial The
thought is there. and the man who
put that sign there would put the gun
behind it to back up the sign. The
spirit is there. and everyone knows
that is not the Alaskan spirit.
II Captain e. J. Smythe and his
travelling companions had been forced
to siwash 1t in 40 below zero weather
they might have destroyed the cabin.
Az It il they slept under the heavens
that night and mushsd on, leaving
The Chitina leader., 1915-12-14
FOUR MINES SOON SHIPPING COPPER ORE.

Notwithstanding the fact that every southbound
taking capacity load Of copper from Cordova there is
always several hundred thousand dollars worth of this metal
stored here awaiting shipment to the Tacoma smeer This
the output of the Bonanza and Jumbo mines and the
Mother Lode Copper Company is loading with this
precious metal having reighted it the trail from the
mine The Laknaw Mines Company will also be handling
by from its property to the railroad and when these
four big producers making regular shipments to Cordova
the present fleet boats will have to be considerably increased
to handle this tonnage From present indications the day
not far distant when Cordova will be contributing nearly &c.
100000 a month to the mineral wealth of Alaska
The Chitina leader., 1915-12-14
DISTRICT ATTORNEY AGENTS
PURCHASE OF BOATS.

U. S. Attorney J. A. Smiser. of
Juneau, acting for the Alaska Rail-
road Commission, will disburse $25,.
600 in payment for boats and barges
bought of Maitland & Mentally, of
Seward. Attorney z. R. Cheney, rep
resenting the Alaska Commercial
Company, and Mr.. Smiser, have for,
warded the bills OF sale to Seward
for signature. The A. C. Company
held a mortgage of $4,000 on the
boats.
The Chitina leader., 1915-12-14
ALASKA INFANTRY TO BE IN
CREASED TO FULL STRENGTH.

The five companies of infantry on
duty In Alaska are to be brought up
to their full military strength Of
about 100 men EACH. according to an
announcement by the war depart
ment. The posts at Fort Seward.
Fort Liscum, Fort Gibbon. Fort st.
Michael and Fort Davis have at the
present time about half Of their war
strength.
The Chitina leader., 1915-12-14

the sign where they found it, unmo-
Tested, monument to a brute mas.
querading as a man, but who will
never, and never can, be considered
as an Alaskan.
The Chitina leader., 1915-12-14

Utah shares from the Guggenhem Exploration Company the
latter receiving Kenneco shares in exchange the Guggen
nem Exploration company is going into liquidation and is
going distribute it's assets among its stockholders the latter
will get Kennecot shares instead of Utah shares The prn
cpal Guggenhem stockholders quoted in the Wall Street
prints talking if they liked this Of there's no
accounting for tastes The Kennecot company will naturally
increase its list of Engineering and Mining
Journal. 3' 2 ts 'a5 ssH ~.
The Chitina leader., 1915-12-14
MARiPosA TO BE REPAIRED.

The steamer Mariposa, which was
wrecked at Bella Bella Sound and
towed to Seattle, will be repaired at
a cost of 100000. She needs six new
plates. Twenty other plates we're
turned. The work will also include
the repair of 40 frames and minor de-
tails.
The Chitina leader., 1915-12-14
THERE'S A LETTER AWAITS
YOU At POsT0FF|CE


The following letters remain TN
called for in the Cordova postoffic
for the period ending December 9:
Aspens. Emil (2).
Brazil. Geo. j.
Roflo, Pert.
Bard, w. H.
Carlson. Helmer.
Covich. Mike.
Crooks, Henry (5).
de Correosen, AL Admor.
Erickson, Con (2).
Erickson, Mrs. J.
Fetch, Lee.
Fremming, Marshall G..
Gouin, George.
Gilbert, John.
Goble, Frank.
Gaisford. C. c.
Ham, Gus.
Hannah, X. B. (2).
Hahn, Charles.
Harasawa, Frank.
Hilder, Harold.
Howe, Peter.
Hogan, Thomas H.
Johnson, Chris.
James. Matilda (2).
Korweman, John.
Kranz, Ed.
Lund, George.
Mcdonald, Malcolm.
Mcdaniel, Eli.
MCGOWAN. J.
Mcknight, VIM.
Mauer, P. P.
Malone, E. Scott.
Mitchell, Miss Annie.
Nelson, A. F.
Nord, Frank.
Orth, Herman H.
Phelosofos, George.
Phillips, George.
Pada, Gust a..
Read, A. L.
Salvini. Patio.
Scott, F. r.
Smith, Donald.
Soon, Chas.
Stein, Karl.
Tolan, w. H.
Walker, Wilson.
Wilson, F. T.
Wedenoji, Johan.
H. G. STEEL, Postmaster.
The Chitina leader., 1915-12-14

Such board would that much of the redtape that
has been constant to people and retarded the
development of Alaska would be done with There
less misunderstanding that bound to arise
Very often has year until the
determine whether the land that he wants should be looked
up by the general land office by the forest service 1t is
dscouragng to have your inquiries sent from depart
ment to another with nobody knowing just what to do with
this department deciding way and the other department
ruling another way and you the sufferer not knowing which
way to turn.
An administrative development board would do away
with all such unnecessary delay The five appointed by
the President would be in Alaska They could quickly learn
the exact details of They would be acquainted with
conditions Their decisions in matters would be final
be only by the courts Instead of having lot of things to
look after all the United States this board could and
would confne its activities to Alaska-Juneau Dispatch
The Chitina leader., 1915-12-14

An ths Real News in me 1Imss.
The Chitina leader., 1915-12-14
LANES DEVELPMENT BOARD.

The Dispatch of the first papers in Alaska to
dorse proposed development board for Alaska Since
then nearly every paper and commercial organization has
dosed it. Delegate Wckesham has pledged himself to make
fight for it. Certain government bureaus, doubt will OPP
they do not want to authority invested
their bureaus Washington transferred and cenered
board in Alaska composed of Aaskans Moreover Alaskan
commissioners would likely pay attention to getting
developed than they would to whether redape
regulation happened to fit particular
This Administration or Development Board" would ad
minister the duties performed by multitude of bureaus
The board would have the jurisdiction
l. Public lands
2. Coal lands.
g. Railroads.
f. Government highways
s. Telegraph lines.
g. The game.
z. The fish.
8. The Indians.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-24
MR. HIL's MUTUAL FRIENDS.

MUTUAL FRIEND, the mysterious Mir L. not @ only mutual friend who contributed Mr. Hills cam Haign fund. Milton Damon well Washington lohbs high priest of the high tariff. gave $1O0 Hill the Straw Association sometimes wanted high and sometimes low tariffs Hill mutual friend, would have made Mir. Hill Sianese twin
  10 she-a
 Mr Hills political methods may have their weak spots hey been little exclusive to MT. Hill His agers may overooked the Republican in degree they did thing They got the money and they made it talk They advertised AIr Hill if he had been leading autonobie brand of soap They put every lofty billboard they smile wherever would take button they had Hill Brandegee booklets about HILL booklets about HILL Hill they scation and gused cash They oe the rock of the Straw braid and it responded with
 They did their well they which campaign committees expected operate Perhaps Congress will not these activities facton There who deplore whole use election time. they think ef MT. Hills campaign fund.