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MEXICAN OIL LANDS
TO COME UNDER TAX
MEXICO CITY, March 29.—Under a
proposed taxation scheme for oil lands
which has been approved by the coun
cil of ministers and President Car
ranza, it is expected to raise a million
and a half pesos yearly. Under the
powers granted him by congress, Pres
ident Carranza has the power to make
this effective by decree but he has
not yet made use of this right. If not
made effective by presidential decree,
it must be passed upon by congress,
which reconvenes in September.
Sixty Steam Heated Rooms Eletric Lighted
Hot and Cold Water in Every Room
With or Without Bath.
I Cordova House
DOOLEY AND GREEN1G
Headquarters for Railroad and Mining Men
% Satisfaction Guranteed
Rates Reasonable
THE NORTHERN CLUB
FRED HAEF, PROP. PHONE A “7
POOL. CARDS, TOBACCO
SOFT DRINKS OF ALL KINDS
THE POPULAR CORNER
CORDOVA ALASKA
I frQltTRERN MEAT MARKET
% Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
I FRESH BEEF, PORK, VEAL, MUTTON AND PRO
VISIONS
Particular Attention and Prompt Service Given to Orders from
Mining Camps, Roadhouses and Interior Points
•ji; Halibut and Other Fresh Fish of All Kinds Will Be Kept
in Stock When Available
| SMITH & GLASSBRENNER, Props.
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Cordova Sheet Metal Works 1
HANDY ANDY’S TIN SHOP
M Phones— SHOP 143 RES. 160-2R
p General Sheet Metal Work. tove Pipes and Smoke Stacks Made
H and Repaired (any size). k
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p Now that the weather Is warmer go take a look at your smoke pipes
S TODAY and have them repai ed before another cold snap comes
HANDY ANDY
Loggers Attention!
After February 1st we will pav*#IO.OO for
Hemlock and #11 TO for Spruce
GOVERNMENT SCALE
Cordova Mill & Lumber Co.
JOB PRINTING
Done At the TIMES OFFICE and
Delivered when promised
LONDON, Feb. 18 (by mail).—
j “Both the Germans and ourselves have
to admit that neither guns nor de
fensive planes can always stop a raid
er who knows his business and is
equipped with a first-class machine
j gun,” writes an aeronautical expert
j commenting in the Evening Standard
j on the recent air raids on London.
“The intensive battle barrage in
j Flanders is crossed and recrossed in
cessantly by airplanes. Our raids on
Mannheim and other German towns
show that the enemy cannot bar our
| machines from reaching their objec
tives, and the recent raids indicate
that Germans can penetrate the Lon
I don defenses.
“But there is a tremendous change
in the conditions governing the raids
as compared with those existing less
than a year ago. Of the many airplanes
which may now approach London very
few indeed 'get through. The massed
fleet raid has given away to attacks
by single machines or very small
groups. Never again are we likely to
have the humiliating spectacle of a
big formation of enemy machines mov
) ing with impunity nbove ot>.MH>ital.
“In this respect we h;yp« reduced
, the danger very considerably, for with
1 modern bombs, and modern improve
; ments in bomb release, a fleet of raid
' ers could now do terrible damage in
1
1 London. The massed attaci has been
! broken up, however, and now our dan
ger comes from units and very small
j groups. We cannot make-light of this
! development, all the same, for the
i Germans have formed the habit of
I
1 running their raids in a kind of Indian
! file, group after group coming over to
England, and each endeavoring to
send one or more machines over Lon
j
don.
| “The single or small group of raiders
I is most elusive, and no agency yet
put into practice has been able to stop
:; this form of attack. The heaviest
, barrage is jumped over by a daring
. pilot, and, so immense is the sky space
. j and so defective is visibility at night
1, that great fleets of pursuers often fail
i to bring him down.
“But our airplanes are growing
II more skillful in breaking up the fleets,
i and with further experience, aided by
I more liberal use of very fast ma
I chines, we should be able to give
i every solo raider a terrific chase from
\ the coast to London and back again.
For this chasing we require the best
7 brain work, coupled with a lavish sup
II ply of the best hachines. Until this
system is carried to perfection we
„ must continue our gunnery barrage.
- The object of this fire is not so
much to hit the raider as to drive him
very high as thereby we force him to
come rather lightly loaded with bombs
and in addition his accuracy of aim is
! diminished.”
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i MARC! GRAS GIVES WAY
10 CHINESE NEW YEAR
PARIS, Feb. 13 (by mail).—Mardi
| Gras again passed uncelebrated and
" almost unperceived in Paris. The tra
ditional pancake, victim of M. Boret’s
flour restrictions, was absent this
year, and the high cost of paper made
confetti rare. The children and the
recruits of the contingent of 1918 eele
brating their acceptation by the tnedi
cal examiners had the streets to them
selves.
The only real celebrations were
among the Chinese munition workers
whose celestial New Year came with
the opening of the carnival. Several
thousand of them, divided into groups,
were treated to free exhibitions at the
circuses and cinemas, while real Chin
ese celebrations were organized at
the refectories of the different con
tingents. Chinese feasts were served
and presents distributed as nearly in
accord with custom at home as pos
sible. But the Chinese celebrate too
quietly to make their festival at all re
semble the Mardi Gras of other days
in Paris.
-»—
Oliver C. Field, son of Mr. and Mrs.
H. C. Field, of Ketchikan, is now in
San Francisco engaged in making lib
erty motors for the airplane industry.
He is very anxious to get into the
navy and had turned down an offer
as instructor in one of the aviation
schools there.
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Notice is hereby given that the
registration book for the registering
of voters for the municipal election to
be held in the town hall, in Cordova,
on Tuesday, April 2, 1918, will be
closed on Saturday, March 30, 1918,
at 4 o’clock p. m.
CHARLES M. ROSSWOG,
Registrar of Voters.
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POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENT
VOTE FOR
JAMES L. GALEN
Republican Candidate for
Road Commissioner
Primary Election Tuesday, April 30
JAMES E. WILSON
Road Commissioner
Solicits Your Vote for Re-election
—
Primary Election Tuesday, April 30'
VOTE FOR
HARVEY P. SULLIVAN
Republican Candidate for
Road Commissioner
Primary Election, Tuesday, April 30.
VOTE FOR
HENRY A. SLATER
Republican Candidate for
Representative
Primary Election Tuesday, April 30
VOTE FOR
JOSEPH H. MURRAY
Republican Candidate for
Representative
Primary Election Tuesday, April 30
CLIFFORD H. PHILLIPS
Announces His Candidacy
for
Clerk of School Board
CALVIN C. HAZELET
Announces His Candidacy
for
Clerk of School Board
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building on C. street. lS-tf
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