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Do you know that the El Roi Tan
Cigar is the largest-selling high-grade
cigar in the United States?
MEXICAN BEGGARS ARE NO
LONGER TO PLY VOCATION
JUAREZ, Mexico, April 27.—Ancient
customs of old Mexico are giving way
before modern movements. The old,
blind and crippled beggars who have
begged coins and said prayers for the
tourists in front of the mission church
are to be removed and placed in an
asylum which was formerly Villa’s
packing plant for slaughtering stolen
cattle. The women’s charity commis
sion of Juarez, similar to the Asso
ciated Charities in El Paso, has nn- ^
dertaken the task of caring for these
mendicants who have hovered in the |
shadow of the ancient church and
begged alms. Many of these beggars
were killed during the revolutionary
battles because they were unable to
seek safety in flight.
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NOTICE.
United States of America, Territory of
Alaska, ss. to A. F. Stowe;
You are hereby notified that we
have expended during the year 1916
three hundred dollars in labor and im
provements upon the “Big 4,” “Mof ,
fett’’ and “Crow's Nest” lode mining
claims, known as the Big Four group,
which are contiguous and in one
group, situate on right limit of Chitti
stone river, about eight miles from the j
mouth thereof, in Nizina mining dis
trict, Chitina recording precinct, A1
aska, the location certificates of which
are found of record in book 9, pages j
142, 143 and 144 in the office of the
-he United States, and the amend
nents thereto, approved January 22nd.
L880, concerning annual labor upon
nining claims, being the amount re
luired to hold said lodes for the period ^
;nding on the 31st day of Dec. 1916 i
Vnd if within ninety days from the i
>ersonal service of this notice, or
vithin ninety days after the publica '
ion thereof, you fail or refuse to con
ribute your proportion of such ex
renditure as a co-owner, which (
imounts to seventy-five dollars, your
nterest in said claims will become 1
he property of the subscribers, your f
o-owners, who have made the requir- <
id expenditures, by the terms of said .
ection. 1
J. J. MILLER. *
• OSCAR HANSON.
'irst publication January 22, 1918.
The department of the interior has
issued the following:
Alaska’s response to the call to the
colors was characteristically snappy,
big and effective. The wireless mes
sage which told the pioneers of the
far North that their country had joined
in the world war against kaiserism at
once started men and money to the
front and filled the Alaskans with
such practical patriotism that every
line of industrial, engineering, mining,
agricultural and fishing activity im
mediately was speeded up to the top
notch of energy and production.
Coal Output Being Speeded
One of the results of this common
purpose to back up the country ap
pears in a statement in a routine re
port of the department of the in
terior that for the first time in her
history Alaska last year produced
50,000 tons of coal. In Pennsylvania
this tonnage would be a trivial mat
ter, but the fact that in 1917 the coal1
output of Alaska exceeded 50,000 tons
is regarded by men who are helping
to develop that country as of peculiar
significance. For one thing, they say,
t Indicates that the Alaskan engineer
ing commission, which only three
years ago began building a govern
ment-owned railroad from Seward to
Fairbanks, which with its branches
ind spurs will aggregate approxb
n&MltSSSt muss, already-.. 1a
principal objective; that what has
jeen talked about for years has come
o pass, and that from now on coal
iroduction will increase so that last
ear s total will be remembered only
lecause it reached a tonnage suffi
'ient to attract attention.
Expect 100,000 Tons This Year
It is predicted that this year more
han 100,000 tons of coal will be taken
rom the mines and hauled on the
overnment railroad, and that in a
comparatively short time the ships of
he navy in the Pacific ocean can get
heir coal from Alaska.
All of the coal mined last year was
sed in Alaska, and most of it by the
ailroad which hauled it. The fact
j that the local demand was met by
j lQcal production is looked upon as 1
showing a net gain of more than 50,
000 tons in the tonnage for use of the :
United States and its allies. Had it 1
been necessary to ship this coal from '
the Pacific coast of continental United 1
| States, the entire cargo space of two J
ships of the size of the United States 1
transport Crook would have been re- :
quired for the whole season. i f
Increased Fish Food Production
Another striking effect of the speed- <
up policy which all Alaska adopted 1
was the great increase during 1917| t
of fish food production; the total val- t
ues of fish products jumped from $22,- r
000,000 to $42,000,000, almost double, c
In 1917 Alaska sent to the United b
States more than 250,000 pounds of a
canned salmon alone, an increase of
22,000,000 pounds over the output of c
the previous year. During the same a
period Alaska fishermen harvested f,
EVEN BRAY OF THE MULE
CAN NOW OE CONSERVED
PORTLAND, A^rll 27.—The re
gj sounding “hee-haw” of the American
( army mule, awakening the echoes and
s making nights hideous almost any-'
j where in France, can be prevented In j
3 simpler fashion than by operations
| upon the .throats of the animals, to j
1 which the French veterinarians are
| said to resort, according to F. S.
| Akin, a Portland "ioncer. A little
j bag of sand, attached at night to the
| tail of a mule, will prevent it from
I emitting its blatant bray, he declares.
| Mr. Akin’s knowledge datu back
I to the early days of Oregon, when
mule team drivers found this way of
froffir seas and rivers nearly 12,
i'("MHounds of fresh fish, other than
salrman increase over 1916 of more
. 1190,000 pounds, and in the way
ofSied, dried and other cured fish
Alislexported more than 6,500,000
pm® an increase of something
mortan 1,000,000 pounds over 1916.
Altpfier, Alaska sent out of her
bori in 1917 more than 268,500,000
poUDof fish food, or more than 25,
0M,( pounds above her production
in 1!
icretary Lane’s Comments
Setary of the Interior Lane, who
lias irge of Alaskan affairs, com
ment; on the 1917 record made by
tlie.t-itory, said;
“a results at this time, with a
prefc part of the world hungry, are
m(Gratifying. Alaska has an en
(Tgfe patriotic pioneer population
vhfcinderstands fully what the war
teen; although so far removed from
the It of action. Every citizen en
listera the effort to increaso pro
duct, knowing that the greatest
goodlaska can accomplish is, as a
receibulletin declares, to place the
resoves of Alaska at the disposal of
this in try and the allies at this
moBi* The results last year show
thoj' e,t of organized, patriotic ef
fort;v is year will yield far greater
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i|^?w<red States Geological Sur
vBin a recent bulletin, declares
tlflhe most important event of the
y«n connection with coal mining
iAska wras the completion of the
M mska branch of the government
ra id. The survey places the coal
ir jtion of Alaska in 1917 at 61,000
to: valued at $300,000, with the
la: t production coming from the
Es Creek mines, in the Matanuska
fiel Coal also was mined at the
Ooly mine, in the Matanuska field;
at ft Bluff Point mine, on Cook in
let! Cache creek, and near Candle.
rhGgh-grade coal on Chickaloon
rivAs now being opened by the
'■hijpti engineering commission for
ts S' use in the construction and
pe im of the railroad, and the coal
an la the Nenana field have been
mb lied for leasing by private par
ies : d the government road is be
ng phed southward to this field
r
roi j.enana, on the Tanana river,
t i 'slieved the railroad will reach
his [;ld and make the coal avail
sbb ’r river shipment this coming
un a.
A uteresting feature of the devel
:pn :i of the country through the
mil i; of the government road is
he 1 nsformation of a number of
he iieer gold miners into farmers,
'he -oduction of potatoes in the
oui i tributary to the railroad was
etv k 1,500 and 2,000 tons last year,
ndfei tons of turnips were raised.
Tie and and industrial department
f railroad had been conducting
n < Betive campaign to have Alaskan
irnmpoducts consumed locally.
keej u- their slumbers from being
disti :fed. The theory involved Is
that it order to bray with success
and dinted harmony a mule must
stret hits neck and elevate its caudal
appe dtge to the horizontal. Denied
this piivilege by the weight of a
smal n»ck or sack of sand, the beast
fails to vocalize its thought,
Th same principle is involved in
the b iter-known expedient of putting
a lot roof above a rooster’s perch,
thus preventing it from stretching its
neck ;to greet the dawn in approved
chanticleer fashion.
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Cordova will have an opportunity
of seeing a dainty piece of Dresden
china In the charmnig singing and
dancing act which Mrs. Nina Nichols
contributes to the big minstrel show
on the 30th. Don’t miss seeing this
particular star twinkle.
INDIANS ALLOWED]
TD HOLD TRIBAL DANCES
TUSCON, Ariz., April 27.—Indians
of the Southwest may continue hav
ing their snake dances, their sun and
corn dances as they did before the
coming of the white man. Upon learn
ing that there was a movement to j
have the various Indian tribes of the j
Southwest discontinue their tribal
ceremonies and adopt the more mod
ern ones instead, the Arizona Archae
logical Society made a protest to In
dian Commissioner Cato Sells. A pro- i
test was especially made against the ;
proposed abandonment of the Hopi In-'
dian dance, )vhich attracts so much
attention each year.
The society called attention to the
fact that the Indians were much bet
ter behaved when permitted to have
their tribal dances and ceremonies,
and that these ceremonies had an
uplifting effect upon the Indians, who
believed in them devoutly. The re
ply of the Indian commissioner was
that the Indians would not be dis
turbed since no other race was re
strained from holding its ceremonies.
WANTED
HAIR SEAL PELTS
We pay high prices for hair
seal pelts. We want a big sup,
ply, QUICK! Send them right
to us. our references, any
North Coast Tanning- Co.
1138 West 46th St.
Seattle
SUMMONS
In the District Court for the Territory j
of Alaska, Third Division.
Mabel E. Sprague, plaintiff, vs. Herbert
A. Sprague, defendant.—No. C-133
The President of the United States
of America, greeting, to Herbert A.
Sprague, the above-named defendant.
You are hereby required to appear
in the district court for the territory
of Alaska, Third division, within
thirty days after the completion "oT
the publication of this summons, to
wit, within thirty days after the 25th
day of April, 1918, and answer the
complaint of Mabel E. Sprague, the
above-named plaintiff, in the above
entitled cause, which cause is an ac
tion for divorce in one of the cases
prescribed by law wherein the plaintiff
prays for a decree dissolving the bonds
of marriage between herself and you,
and for such other and further relief
as to the court may seem right and
proper in the premises. And you are
hereby notified that if you fail to ap
pear and answer said complaint as
herein required, the said plaintiff will
take judgment against you for want
thereof, and will apply to the court
for the relief demanded in her com
plaint, as hereinbefore set out.
The order for the publication of
this summons was duly made and en
tered on the 16th day of March, 1918.
Witness the Honorable Fred M.
Brown, judge of said court, and the
seal thereof, this 16th day of March,
in the year of our Lord the one thou
sand nine hundred and eighteenth,
and of our independence the one hun
dred and forty-first.
(Seal) ARTHUR LANG,
Clerk District Court, Third Division,
Territory of Alaska.
By JOHN B. MILLER, Deputy.
March 21-24—Apr 1-8-15-25.
There’s going to be a riot when Mrs.
Kerr gives you her new song hit, right
from the Outside, "We’re Going to
Hang the Kaiser.” The entire min
strel company assists Mrs. Kerr in the
chorus of this big number. Be sura
and come to the Empress on the 30th.
NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that on the
21st day of May, 1918, between the
hours of 8 o’clock a. m. and 7 o’clock
p. m., an election will be held in the
town of Cordova, Alaska, and in the
territory hereinafter described, to de
termine whether or not there shall
be annexed to said town of Cordova
that certain territory adjoining said
town on the north described as fol
lows, to wit:
Commencing at Cor. No. 1 of U. S.
Survey No. 449, thence south 89 deg.
20 min. west 521.5 feet to the point of
beginning; thence north 30 deg. 30
min. east 663.4 feet; thence north 10
deg. east 1,715 feet; thence north 37
deg. east 1,630 feet; thence south 53
deg. east 1,025 feet to Cor. No. 2 of
U. S. Survey No. 829; thence south
39 deg. 40 min. w^est 1,510 feet; thence
south 19 deg. 30 min. west 490 feet;
thence south 0 deg. 40 min. east 1.320
feet to the northeast corner of that
portion of said town of Cordova com
monly called the Thirteen-Acre Tract,
but which contains 13.65 acres, which
corner is t^i the north boundary line
of said town; thence south 89 deg. 20
min. 1,313.5 feet to the point of be
ginning.
All qualified voters are entitled to
vote at said election by placing upon
their ballots the words, “For annexa
tion to the town of Cordova,” or
"Against annexation to the town of
Cordova,” or words equivalent thereto.
The polling place in the town of
Cordova shall be on the second floor
of the city hall, on Second street,
therein. The polling place in the ter
ritory proposed to be annexed shall
be in the office of the Pioneer PicV
•ing Company, on second flour uf their
to tne Ocean doCk.
The officers of election in the town
of Cordova shall be the following:
Fred Rayer, D. A. Mosser and R. K
Hegg, judges; and George Kennedy
and H. I. Lewis, clerks. The officers
of election in the territory proposed
to be annexed shall be John Gillis
and A. E. Black, judges, and Emma
Shepard, clerk.
Dated this 17th day of AprU, 1918.
NATHANAEL GREENE,
(Town Seal) Town Clerk.
FOR SALE
FOR SALE:
Business and residence prop
erty.
FOR RENT:
Six room house on Lake St
Hood building on Second St.
Office room in Adams' building.
Several cabins.
FIRE and MARINE INSURANCE
FIDELITY and SURETY BONDS
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REALTY COMPANY
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WM. MALONEY
Candidate for the Democratic Nomination for Delegate to Congress
at the Primary Election, April 30th, 1918.
Your vote and influence earnestly solicited
MY PLATFORM
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„ I stand for the General Eight Hour Law.
I stand for the Dry Law as it now is upon the Statute Book.
I stand for honesty and efficiency in public office; and I am unalter
able opposed to machine politics and the rule of the political boss.
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