The Cordova daily times., 1916-11-14
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Vim. Martin, the big Willow creek mine operator, has closed down his mill after very successful season and left for the states He will resume op- erations again in the early spring.
 Mrs. James Duke, a pioneer white woman of the Nenana country drove the first spike on the government rail road at that place recently. Nearly 20 miles of the grade have been com pleted in that section and steel suffi- cient to lay several miles of track has been received and will be laid before the work is closed down.
 Eighty-four thousand five hundred ties have been delivered to the Alaska engineering commission on the Sew ard end of the railroad under the con tracts let. Eighty thousand of these ties have been used to replace old ties on the Alaska Northern.
 A. E. Kirk, who has been success fully operating placer properties on Candle creek, in the Ophir district, reports the miners there have had an excellent season. He declares the creek affords one of the best dredging propositions in the territory.
 Territorial Treasurer w. G. Smith nas sent out notices of the sale by competitive bidding of 5 wolf belts. The belts were secured by the treas urer on payment of the bounty offered by the territorial legislature in Section 4 of Chapter 3 of the Sessions Laws of Alaska for 1915
 Beginning this week a regular mail service will be established between Seward and Anchorage overland. The contract calls for two mails each way with a maximum of 1000 pounds of mail each trip. Four hundred and seventy-five pounds of this will be for the Iditarod country, leaving 1925 pounds per week for Anchorage. Col Revell has the contract.
 After making a trip over the Turn again Arm section of the government railroad, Chairman Edes, of the engi- neering commission. expresses the opinion that not more than three to four thousand feet of snowsheds will be necessary in that district
 To provide medical aid for those who may be injured during the winter in the hard rock section on the gov ernment railroad along Turnagain Arm, a physician will be stationed at Potter creek. and a trained nurse at Kern creek and Girdwood
 Owing to the fact that most of his work has tC do with lands and town sites in the Susitna valley, Andrew Christensen. of the land department of the engineering commission. will move his headquarters from Seward to Anchorage.
 It is reported that Anchorage will support several teams of hockey play CTS this season, and some interesting games are looked for. An effort is being made to induce the city admin istration to flood a part of the city park for a skating rink.
 Joe Reno, the we'll known Girdwood business man, has now seven children and says he expects soon to have enough to claim a government school for his district. He says he expects to have his wife made teacher and keep the money in the family.
 Jim Bernard, who recently shot Big Pete Peterson through the shoulder at Fairbanks with a 30-30 rifle, was given a preliminary hearing before the U. s. commissioner there recently and was bound over to the grand jury under bonds of $1o.00O, on the charge of as sault with intent to kill. In default of bail he went to jail
 The board of trustees of the Alaska Pioneers Home recently granted old age pensions to four men and two wo- men pioneers of Alaeka, and all over the age of 70 years. The new pensions granted were to: Elisha H. Skeen, of Ketchikan, $1O month; Benjamin Spinney of Ruby, Robert Roberts of Fairbanks, James Boyle of Nome. FL lima Person of Nome, and Adeline Simpson of Fairbanks, S125O a month each.