S TRENGTK
IS INDICATED BY THE FOLLOWING FIGURES SHOWING OUR REMARKABLE GROWTH
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Deposits
April 24th, 1918
Deposits
April 24th, 1917
Deposits
April 24th, 1916
Deposits
April 24tk $531,328.38
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$289,791.41
$172,854.38
This GROWTH is due to the CONFIDENCE shown by the public in this Bank
THE FIR T ANK OF CORDOVA
City Depositary United States Depositary For Postal Savings Funds Territorial Depositary
SECURITY - SERVICE - SATISFACTION RESOURCES OVER $750,000.00
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EL PASO, Texas, April 29.—Presi
dents and prizefighters, ministers and
monte dealers were entertained by
the famous tld McGinty club of El
Paso, which has been non-existent for
many years, but which held a re
union of the surviving members here
recently.
In the frontier days, when El Paso
was wide open and saloons never
closed, there was a club which was
organized for gambling, card playing
and drinking It was so expensive
that tew but gamblers and saloon own
ers could belong. This was called the
('actus Club. To provide amusement
for the men of the little border town
who could not belong to the exclu
sive organization, the McGinty Club
was organized among the less pros
perous residents of the settlement.
The open meetings of this club be
came famous throughout the West
and the McGintys were known in tin
East. When President Harrison vis
ited El Paso the McGinty Club actec
as an escort for the President’s party
firing six-shooter salutes as they gal
loped down the one main street. Whei
Bob Fitzsimmons came here to trail
in Juarez for one of his fights, hi
was the guest of honor at a McGint;
Club entertainment.
The government, wishing to tes
the theory that the discharge of higl
explosives attached to balloons woul
cause rainfall, sent scientists here ti
conduct a series of experiments. The;
bred tons of explosives from the peal
of Mount Franklin and from the tail
of kites and captive balloons. Not i
cloud appeared in the sky. Just a
the scientists were preparing to r(
turn East the McGinty Club stagei
a special entertainment for the “rail
makers,” as the scientists were callei
locally. They occupied the seats c
honor under the eaves of the club
bouse and watched a member dresse
as an Indian medicine man do a rai
dance. At the conclusion of thi
dance the rain came—from a garde
bose in the hands of the perpetua
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president of the club, who sat astride
the roof and sprinkled the “rain
makers.”
The McGinty Club boasted of its
army, which was composed of the
entire membership of the club. This
army would drill each time the club
met, and all members belonged.
At the command, “Generals to the
front,” half the command would ad
vance. “Colonels to the front” would
bring half of the remaining members.
Captains and lieutenants would ad
vance upon command, until only one
lone man remained in the ranks. He
would advance at the command oi
“Privates to the front,” and would
hobble up and salute, having but one
leg and a dented helmet. This dri
always delighted the visitors from the
East, and “Peg” Grendover, the en
listed personnel of the McGinty Club
army, was always the most popular
member of the club.
The McGinty Club claims the honor
of firing the first barrage ever known,
admitting that they would not have
recognized it by that name when it
happened. When they paraded the
j club always dressed in linen dusters,
{ high silk hats and carried canes. They
were supplied with Roman candles
j from a supply wagon as they marched
and would Are these along the street,
j One night a spark fell among the re
! serve candles, touched them off, and
the entire supply was fired at th«
same time. This, the surviving Me
Ginty club members claim, was tin
first barrage in history.
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FAMILY OF MICE
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> CAMP LEWIS, Tacoma, April 29.—
r When Physical Director Burlingamt
t of Y. M. C. A. No. 1, formerly phys
, ical director of the Y. M. C. A. a
i San Francisco, opened his desk th;
3 other morning he reached into i
. drawer to get some papers and pu
l his hand in a nest full of mice. The
- little mother mouse was standinj
l guard over her young, who had com;
f into being during the night, and Bur
- lingame did not have the heart to dis
i turb the little family. But the 1
l janitor had no such scruples, and a
s least six mice were put where the;
a can not nibble at the candy in th
1 Y canteen.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 29—Cal
culations of the critics was consid
erably upset at the end of the first
week of play in the Pacific Coast
Baseball League, when the Oakland
and Vernon clubs both finished up
in the first division—respectively first
and third. These two teams gener
ally had been mentioned as the poor
est aggregations of the league by
those who had kept in touch with the
preliminary training season.
It is interesting to note that San
Francisco, which led the league at
| the end of the first week last season,
occupied the cellar position this year,
while Los Angeles, which was tied
last season for first honors, with a
percentage of 571, had the identical
percentage in second place this year.
Good, bad and indifferent baseball
marked the first week of play, the
lack of effective team play being the
most conspicuous fault. Farce com
edy was provided by the Oakland club
in the opening game, when, with the
bases full, a double play by San Fran
cisco retired the side when the three
Oakland base-.unners tried to occupy
third base at one and the same time.
While no records were shattere 1 in
the matter of attendance during the
1 week, the gate receipts on the whole
were satisfactory to the club owners
Among the spectators were many of
the players of last season, in nava:
and military uniforms, watching theii
: former team mates at play.
On Tuesday Salt Lake City wil
formally open the season, when the
1 home team lines up against the Los
1 Angeles club for a week of play. Th<
Salit Lakers opened the season with
1 the same team at Los Angeles, when
; they lost the series by three to foui
' games.
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Cigar and be convinced; they an
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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 {
i territory hereinafter described, to de
j termine whether or not there shall
I be annexed to said town of Cordova !
j that certain territory adjoining saidj
town on the north described as fol-1
lows, to wit: n
Commencing at Cor. No. 1 of U. S.
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. west 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 on 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 Pack
ing Company, on second floor of their
warehouse, situated on the approach
to the Ocean dock.
The officers of election In the town
of Cordova shall be the following;
Fred Rayer, D. A. Mosser and R. E
Hegg, judges; and George Kennedy
and H. I. Lewis, clerks. The officers
of election in the territory proposed
to be annexed shall be John Glllis
' and A. E. Black, judges, and Emma
Shepard, clerk.
Dated this 17th day of April, 1918.
NATHANAEL GREENE,
(Town Seal) Town Clerk.
Just wait until you hear all of
those jokes which Messrs. Brock,
Council, Chase, Daggett, Hillery and
Haaseb. are going to spring in the big
show on the 30th. Some end men!
You'll laugh yourself sick and well
again!
Use less wheat ana meat. Buy local
foods. Serve just enough. Use what
Is left.
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Quality talks. Smoke an El Roi
Tan Cigar and be convinced; they are
mild. tf
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Snow Glasses, in Smoked and Amber, from 50c to $1.50
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