The Cordova daily times., 1919-07-16

American Mining Congress, to repre-
sent the Nenana district.
Tom Gibson carried off the honOrs
in the auto race held July 4 at Fair
banks, covering the distince in trifie
over an hour. H. c. Taylor finished
second and Bobby Sheldon won third
money.
Jack Holt, an old-time resident of
Valdez, who is at the present time a
star in the movie business, is shown
in Love Me-" starred by Dorothy
Dalton, which is now going the rounds
of the Empress circuit
One steel safe and dozen pokes for
coarse gold is an order that was re-
: ceived in Anchorage by H. w. Nagley
of Talkeetna from Captain G. F. Crit
fiths, who, with his associates, is oper-
ating on Peters creek, in the Cache
Creek district.
The Anchorage Loyal Order Of
Moose recently issued an official paper
devoted to the interests of the local
lodge, featuring the returned soldiers,
the new Moose home and Indepen-
dence day. Jack Sutherland was ed
itor in chief of the newsy sheet.
Arthur G. Shoup, former superinten-
dent of the Pioneers Home at Sitka,
has located in Ketchikan and will prac-
tice law there. Mr. Shoup was mem
Der of the legislature, and he intro
duced the first bill passed by the first
territorial legislature, granting equal
suffrage to the women of Alaska.
Harry Karstens, driving a stage of
the Burgess Karstens AutO-Stage line,
arrived in town early yesterday even
ing with three passengers, completing
a round trip between Fairbanks and
Chitina in six days. This is consid-
cred to be one Of the quickest round
trips on ACCOMPLISHMENTS Citizen.
At a meeting of the Alaska chapter
of the American Mining Congress,
held at Fairbanks last week, John A.
Davis, superintendent of the bureau
of mines station, was reelected gov
ernor with Luther G. Hess, John
Gross and G. A. McQuarrie, vice gov
ernors; John Gross, treasurer, and
Paul Hopkins, secretary.
According to an announcement made
by the owners of the Smith-McGlone
quartz mine, on st. Patrick creek, the
ore resulting from the 100-tOn run
made recently showed a value of
S28.4O to the ton. This represents an
increase of $40 per ton over the first
run made from the mine, and So in
crease over the run previous to the
last one.
The Kingston brothers, about whom
! % much fuss has been raised during
the past few months, arrived in Fort
Yukon recently, safe and sound, and
did not even know that they were sup
posed to be missing, and that mem
bers of the police forces of two cOun-
tries are even now searching for some
trace of them.
The failure of the requested appro-
priation to pass congress has resulted
in the curtailment of considerable new
work on the Interior end of the rail-
road. Among other things, the pro
posed construction of a trunk tele-
graph line between Nenana and Sew
which left Nenana recently to begin
work on the extension was recalled.
Relief cabins will be constructed in
the Koyukuk district; another will be
built between Cripple and Lone Noun
tain, and third at some other remote
point in the Fourth division, if funds
hold out. The need for a cabin be-
tween Lone mountain ana Cr1pple Is
great, as two men froze to death ON
this trail last winter on account OF
lack of shelter. 1t is about twenty
seven miles between roadhouses here,
and during stormy weather the trip is
a most dangerous one for mushers
caught out.
"All that the mining men of the
Kantishna want" said James Haney
the other day to a representative of
the Nenana News, "is chance to land
supplies somewhere near their prop
erty at a reasonable cost. Given that
chance, they will soon show what kind
of camp they have over there" Ha-
ney is in charge of the party which