The Chitina leader., 1915-05-04

tons at Chitina with a train that
went through to the end of the line.
twenty-five cars of copper ore was
brought across the bridge and
reached Cordova on the train early
Sunday afternoon. A good part Of
this ore will be shipped to the
Tacoma smelter on the steamer
Alameda, due on her southbound
trip in day or two. The train went
out this morning and will return
from Chitina tomorrow afternoon,
bringing few more cars of ore.
Owing to the fact that the Chitina
bridge was out of commission a few
days by reason of the ice floes carry.
ing away few bents considerable
copper ore accumulated on the other
side of the Copper river But the
temporary repair of the bridge on
Saturday has again permitted trains
to run over the bridge. On Sundays
train % cars were brought to Cor
dova. 1t was all from the Bonanza
and Jumbo mines with the exception
of one car from the Mother Lode
mine. Twelve of the cars, contain
ing $50 tons, were unloaded on the
dock last evening and the empties
were sent back on the train this
morning to Kennecott, to reload. On
the train tomorrow afternoon 16 or
II cars are expected in. Considerable
of this ore will be loaded on the
steamer Alameda, southbound.
Cordova, May
The local interest in base ball is
to be revived at the new ball park
on Sunday afternoon. Commencing
at 8 o'clock the single men, under
the captaincy of John Berry, viii
cross bats with married team,
selected by DR.. Council. This was
the decision at the meeting held last
night at the Chamber of Commerce
room.
DR.. Council was in very happy
frame of mind last night, as he had
just received wire to the effect that
he was the father of another baby
girl, young sister to Cordova' S
favorite. little Nancy. Mrs Council
is in Seattle and the report stated
that she was doing we'll.
The steamer Alameda left Seward
last night on her return from Ship
Anchorage. She is due to arrive at
Cordova tonight about 8 o'clock and
will remain in port ten hours. 1t is
expected that she will take aboard
about 1000 tons of copper ore,
which is about one-half the amount
now awaiting shipment to the
Tacoma smelter
The steamer Northwestern sailed
from Juneau for Skagway about 8
O'Clock this morning, and is due TO
leave there for Cordova this evening
In that event she should reach Cor
dova early on Thursday afternoon.
That the new railroad terminus
on Cook S Inlet is to have some Of
the up-to-date requirements of
modern village is evident from the.
following article in the Seward
Gateway:
"A company composed of eastern
capitalists has been formed for the
purpose of establishing an electric
power and light plant for Ship Creek
and one of the capitalists interested
went through to that place on the
Evans Jack McEachern, formerly
superintendent of the electric COM
pany at Cordova, is the moving spirit
in the enterprise. He has been here
all winter but earlier in the season
he. staked the water right on Ship
Creek and has had man working
on it all the winter at his own eX-
bense. The company is known as the
Shin Creek Electric Company. Mr..
McEachern left on the Mariposa for
the scene of his future. activities. ;"
A new election law will be in
effect at the Territorial election on
November 2, 1916. In fact it is now
effective, as it has received the sig
nature of the governor. The new
law will cause many changes in the
method of holding elections in
Alaska and will also regulate the
primary elections and tend to dis
courage the purchase of votes.
The proposed law which would
have allowed the taxing of property
at a greater rate than 2 per cent
and would have done away with the
present license tax was defeated in