The Chitina leader., 1915-04-20

pairs can be made or whether 1t will be. better to now wait until the ice floes have done their full dam age before making the structure safe and permanent again. In the meantime no freight will be. ac-' cepted for points beyond Chitina.
 Tomorrow night at the WindsGf hotel the Tango Club will drive dull care away and enjoy few hours in dipping and gliding in the modern dances.
 Cordova, April IT
 Oscar Freedman had six horses come from the interior on yester- days train. These with two men he will send to the westward. expecting to do teaming business at Ship Creek. He had several requests that he go into this business there and so decided to start on small scale at first Oscar expects to go back to the Shushanna and continue in business there this season. The vacation of the hotel property by the Rainier Grand Company gives the property back to Oscar under a lease that he made last spring. But he says that he has no application to sub-lease it and does not care to run it himself under present condi- tions, as he has doubts whether any licenses will be renewed in town in hJune.. As a consequence the hotel is likely to revert back to Capt. Storey, the owner.
 Mrs. William McFadden will be a nassenger on Mondays train 10 Tiekel, where. she will visit her aaugrter A little later Mhs. Nc Tadden evrects to go outside on a trip. as MT. McFadden will be out the line on the ditcher. all summer. Drs. Council and Chase performed an operation this morning on Charles Turner Although he has been resting easy this afternoon his condition is regarded as critical. Temporary relief has been given him.
 It is reported that Capt. Lathrop is to extend his operations in the moving picture line. In addition to his movies at Cordova he will start up at Seward and Valdez. and pos sibly open a house at Knik and Snip Creek.
 Cordova, April 19
 The steamer Northwestern had a pleasant run north and arrived in port this morning shortly before noon. She had 60 tons of freight for town and 60 tons for out the line. As this was discharged several cars of copper ore were taken On and the steamer expects to sail for Valdez about o'clock this evening.
 For Cordova-A. E. Christensen, R. L. Mayhew, P. Olsen, Frank Rotch, Jr., E. H. Fussahhi, H. Schultz, F. A. Hotchkiss, L. Gar finkle, Ed Lund, J. Bigelow, Volney Richmond, Geo. A. Barnet. From Juneau-D. Runkle, NJ. Mueller, s. S. Darroll. From Ketchikan-W. G.. Will.
 At a meeting of the directors of the Cordova Cooperative Trading Company, held on Saturday night, it was decided to take a lease for 2 year on the big store room of the Currier & Mickelson building, at the corner of First and streets. It will be available on Monday next, by which time the Terminal Cigar store will have been moved to the adjoining loom. The stock of the o. M. Kinney store will then De moved to the new room and every thing will be in readiness for the new stock of groceries which will come north on the steamer Alameda sailing from Seattle on April 24. Vclney Richmond, manager of the Northern Commercial Company, and R. Menzies, superintendent O the Orr Stage Line, were arrivals on the Northwestern today and will be guests at the Windsor until Thurs days train They have both been in San Francisco for the winter and are anxious to return to their sum- mer duties.
 Late Saturday afternoon what might have proven fatal accident occurred just this side of Chitina at The saw mill which is operated by the Nelson brothers. Max Nelson was working in tNe mill, just under meath thc sa'~ when he struck his head with such force against a piece of machinery as to almost cause a fracture of the skull. He was taken to his home and Dr. C0uDcil was wired for He left in