The Cordova daily times., 1921-04-29
BREEZY NEWS
 ABOUT DOINCS
 AT M CRATE
(From Kusko Times)

of the railroad line, to this place in nine days. Snowshoes were used most of the way, although it is stated that for winter trail the route trav- | eled would be hard to beat From the railroad line there is not sum- nit or hardly a hill of any conse- quence to go over.
 Quite a force of men has been en- ployed by MT. Aitken at the scene of his mining operations on Moose creek, about 30 miles from Roosevelt and large amount of ore has been taken out Several hundred tons of ore have already been freighted to Roosevelt, ready for shipment on the opening of navigation
 Miss Virginia Howard, of Ophir, ar rived in McGrath today for a short visit.
 F. C. Johnson, who recently arrived here from Roosevelt, left yesterday for Nixon
 Mike Roekey arrived today, having come from Juneau. Frank Joaquin, who has just fin 1 ished his assessment work on Canes 1 creek, arrived in McGrath couple of days ago, and is the guest of Billie 1 Stanton.
 MT. and Mrs. T. P Aiken of Can dle, spent Thursday in McGrath.
 Fred Tingbladt returned to his home at Nixon today. J. w. Fielder, Bethel merchant. and Karl Theile, fur buyer and trad CT arrived in McGrath Tuesday after l noon, having left Bethel on the 18th and taken it leisurely on the way ! There is nothing new to report in mining way, according to Mir. Fielder. who declares conditions on the lower river at just about normal, unless it is the fact that there are fewer fur than usual this winter. Both gentloment are on their way to the 1 outside.
 Jack Mutchler, who has been look ing after freight in transit from the | steamer Tana to McGrath arrived here yesterday. He reports that all the freight has reached the Salatna about 30 miles distant
 Vic Swanson came in today from the Nixon mines, making a quick trip, covering the distance in six hours flat, with nine dogs.
 John E. Strand left for Nixon on Monday, taking with him a large load of freight in charge of Vic Swanson.
 Henry Martello is expected to ar rive here tomorrow from Ophir on his way to Anchorage.
 Deputy U. S. Marshal McMullen left Tuesday on a trip over toward Rainy Pass.
 Gus Schuler is a recent arrival from Nixon.
 Nels Vibe of Ophir, is spending a couple of days here
 Tom Conley arrived from the Peluk foothills on Thursday to spend a few udSS utIe
 Dan McRae left Thursday on trip to Nixon.
 John E. Strand came down from Nixon this week.
 Thomas Jasper arrived today form Nixon on his way to Flat
 Jack Mcdonald came in from Can dle on Monday.
 Capt. J. H. and Mrs. Mclean of Tacotna came to McGrath to be in attendance at the Pioneer ball. re- turned home following the festivities with Peter Snow at the handlebars.
 John o. Strand came in from Nixon last Sunday driving from Ruby creek i in six hours.
 Walter Stephens and Dan s. Me Donald of Candle were among those present at the Pioneer ball
 Charles Goebel and Louis Black burn left this morning for Nixon, talk ing with them a large amount of sup plies. They have planned to do con- siderable work on their ground and will be busy for the next several months.
 Mrs. w. H. Jones of Ophir, is visit ing in McGrath, having arrived today
 Charles Pearson arrived today from Anchorage, after having spent a num- Der of weeks on the outside.
 Rasmus Nelson is a late arrival
 Owen Gray came in Tuesday from the Nixon mines. He will leave for Iditarod tomorrow
 Lee Atwater and family are recent arrivals from Salmon.
 Billy Jones, freighter and mail car rier, is making a trip to the Tana to secure horse feed.