The Chitina leader. [volume] (Chitina, Alaska) 1910-1928, 1915-05-25
Of GENERAL INFORMATION

SooplO VI WSchS III -aH OutihS sdSd-
ton. Rev. Lewis is "a brother of
Doc" Lewis, who has been mining
in the vicinity of Tiekel for several
years past.
A wire was received yesterday re-
questing that 15 men be sent at once
to Kennecott to work in the Bonanza
and Jumbo mines. The train leav
ing this morning carried a number
of passengers for points along the
line, principally Kennecott. The in
creased demand for copper and the
high price of the market at present
has put a stimulus in the activities
at the Kennecott mines and this
summer promises to be a record
breaker in copper ore shipments over
the Copper River & Northwestern
| Railroad. The last two steamers
carried capacity cargoes as viii also
! the Alameda leaving here Saturday
night.
The reports that there is danger
in the vicinity of Strelna from forest
| fires are not warranted Eight or
ten miles back of Strelna and near
| the Kotsina river fires have been
raging for same days past, but other
than dense clouds of smoke that at
north there has been no annoyance
in the immediate vicinity of Strelna.
Six shipwrecked japanese sailors
arrived at Unalaska on May 10th on
the schooner Polar Bear. They We're
members of the crew of the Diafko
Maru, which was wrecked on NUM-
yak Island recently.
Cordova, May %
The steamer Watson reached port
| this afternoon at $3.50 O'Clock with
1 number of passengers for the
westward. Several representatives
Of the government were aboard, also
John E. Ballaine, owner of the
Seward townsite and the original
protector of the Alaska Northern
Railroad. He viii remain to the
westward until August, spending
part OF the. time in the Willow Creek
mining district. The Watson only
remained in port an hour.
Attorney R. E. Capers was a pas
! senger to the interior on the train
yesterday, expecting to be absent
week. He will go to Chitina and
Kennecott.
The other day a cali was sent out
! from the Bonanza and Jumbo mine
for more men. There was some
response from Cordova, which
nearly cleared the town. Now Man
ager Hanley of the Copper River
Packing Co., has sent in for 80 men
to be used at his cannery.
We have received card from S.
w. Eccles, president of the Copper
River & Northwestern Railway Co.,
and of the Alaska Steamship Com
pany, stating that his Office has been
changed from 165 Broadway to the
gath floor of the new Equitable
Building at 12O Broadway New
York.
Cordova, May "a
| The steamer Alameda this morn
| ing took a consignment of U. S.
mail that had accumulated at the
| Cordovo poetof;oo opd 1uhioh Sc IN
tended for the inerior. All the let
ter mail received here has been for
warded to interior points. But this
second-class and parcel post mail
will go to Skagway to be shipped to
Fairbanks and other points via the
Yukon river route On the Alameda
SAC sacks, or II tons, we're shipped
to Skagway. That leaves $4,000
pounds more to be sent out on the
Northwestern. The last letter mail
for Fairbanks will go via Cordova
on Monday, May 81. There will
| then be an fntermission until next
October
The steamer Alameda arrived in
oort from the westward at / O'Clock
this morning. She remained here
until shortly before noon, taking IN
Is cars, or about 500 tons, of cop
per ore from the Bonanza and
Jumbo mines. The following pas
sengers were booked at Cordova for
other ports:
For Seattle-Mrs. VIM. McFad-
den. Mrs. w. R. Faddis, Elizabeth
Faddis, Virginia Faddis. Chas.
Cochran, Mrs. Cochran, Mrs. Robin
son, NJ. Brock, Mrs. H. l. Lewis, J.
H. Wood, Mike Gutovich, John
Gutovich, Capt. A. E. Lathrop.
/, For Juneau-W. G. Pierce, and
A. P. Donnelly.
For Skagway-J. C. Nichols.
| Mrs. VIM. McFadden was an out
going passenger on the steamer Ala
media. She will spend the summer