Short stories
ABOUT ALASKA
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Walter Cathcart, an oldtimer of
Fairbanks has gone to the states to
make his home.
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Oren F. Hill, the Ketchikan drug
gist, who formerly was in business
4fct Juneau and Douglas has left for
Ketchikan to go to Hyder and put up
a store. His company is the Hyder
drug company.
The Commandery of the Knights
Templars at Fairbanks elected the fol
lowing officers recently: John A.
Clark, generalissimo; Frank R. Clark,
captain general; Frederick Lewis,
senior warder; Wiehael C. O’Brien,
junior warden; Guy B. Erwin, treas
urer; and E. H. Mack, recorder.
The Red Men of Wrangell have
elected the following officers for the
year: Oscar Kickstrom, sachem; A.
Jacobitz, senior sagamore; O. John
son, prophet; L. M. Churchill, chief of
records; P. C. McCormack, collector
of wampum; J. E. Worden, keeper of
wampum.
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Instructions to begin work immedi
j^,ely on the Unicorn group at Hyder
were received there recently by the
owner, J. R. McDonald, who is in New
York City. It is stated that diamond
drilling will be carried on this sum
mer. The crew of men who started
for the mine were forced to return to
Hyder on account of the deep snows,
and inability to freight in their sup
plied
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,The snow tractor recently purchas
ed by the Premier mine to be used
in breaking trails for the ore trains
arrived recently, and is said to be an
unqualified success. The tractor is
manufactured by the Standard Snow
Motor Company and is a Spokane pro
duct. It is propelled by two large ci
gar shaped cylinders, which are fitt
ed with spiral cleets. In front of the
machine is a pair of runners to steer
by..
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Arnold Gutfeld who enlisted at the
beginning of the war in the Signal
Corps and who was given charge of
the Skagway cable office where he
B^rved as messenger for several years
was recently discharged from the
army. He will enter business with
his father, Max Gutfeld, the pioneer
Skagway business man. He lias been
suceeded at the cable office by First
Class Sergeant H. G. Scott.
Louis Kempfer, a widely known old
time resident of Nome died at Geneva,
Switzerland, November 9, 1918 of in
fluenza, according to word received
at Nome on the last boat. He was one
of the first to take part in the great
gold rush and was proprietor of the
old Hub saloon, one of the famous re
feorts of the stampede period. Re re
turned to Switzerland shortly before
the outbreak of the war and mobili
zed in the Swiss army. He attempted
to get discharged in order to return
to the United States but was unsuc
cessful.
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The Standard Motor Snowplow
being used by the Premier Mining
company to break trail so that horse
teams may haul the ore to tide water
from the mine for shipment to the
States for treatment is working in fine
shape, according to Jack Sutherland,
who is in Hyder from Portland canal
district. The plow was given a try
out and answers the purpose very
^tvell indeed, proving that the idea is
allright. A heavier plow would prove
more effective on the trail on which
the ore is being transported, but it
is believed that the one in use will
answer the purpose.
In a recent issue of the Fairbanks
Citizen there appeared an article re
counting the predictions of an alleged
astronomer to the effect that mighty
forces of nature would cause such dis
turbances in this little old world on or
abmit December 17th that it would
just naturally lie down and quit work.
It so happened, says Bob Sheldon,
that he mailed this along with several
other copies of The Citizen to a min
ing partner of his up in the Jarvis
country. About the time it reached '
its destination this miner had struck
a little pay dirt. Coming from the
scenes of his labor into his cabin he
sat down to read his papers and one
of the first stories he read was that
about the world coming to an end. “I
anew it,” he said, “Just my luck*Here '
I’ve been prospecting for years and
the first time I have struck pay the
dinged old world is going to end. I
knew something like that would hap
pen.” At least that’s Bobby’s version
©f what took place. <
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BURIED TREASURE OF
BANDITS CACHED IN
MEXICAN MOUNTAINS
BROWNSVILLE, Texas, Jan. 31
Vast treasures of silver and gold
stolen by bandits over a period of
many years, are cached in the moun
tains of the Chilhuahua Range in
Mexico, and in the remote and wild
sections of the Mexican states of Dur
ange, San Luis Potosi and Zacatecas,
according to American mining men
who have been investigating condi
tions in the operation of foreign-own
ed mines in bandit-ridden sections of
the southern republic.
Among the peons rumors run of
buried treasure, stored in Chilhuahua
and Duranga mountains by the ban
dit, Francisco Villa, rivalling the rich
est Cortez found among the people
v/hen the Spaniards conjuered Mex
ico.
The railway commission at Fair
banks has installed a Delco lighting
system in the commission building
on account of the unrelaibility of the
city’s juice.
Fresh French puffs dally at the Lity
Bakery. KMf
Scarborough Pictures that please at
priees that are right. Over Cordova
drug store. Phone 140—3 rings.
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Congoleum Rugs, suitable for every
room in your house, can be found at |
the Northwestern Hardware Co. I
Your eyes fitted. Compound and
stigmatic lenses replaced. See Os
borne
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PROFESSIONAL
DR. W. W. COUNOiT
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
Office and Residence, Cordova
General Hospital (Ostrander
Building).
Phones—Residence,. 11&; Office, 132
I DR. W, H. CHASE j
Physician and 8ureecn
Lathrop Building
Phone 9
Established Cordova 1MI
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DR. W. D’ARCY CHACE
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
WINDSOR HOTEL
Hours:
1 p. m. to 3 p. m. and 7 p. m. to 8 p. m.
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DR. CHARLES DAGGETT
DENTAL OFFICES
J-ATHROP BLDG. PHONE 200
CORDOVA, ALASKA
" DR. CORA DAGGEH *
SPECIALIST
DENTAL PROPHYLAXIS
PYORRHEA X-RAY
OFFICES WITH
DR. CHARLES DAGGETT
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DR. VON ZESCH
Dentist
ADAMS BUILDING
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D0N0H0E & DIMOND [
ATTORNEYS-At-t-AW
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, Offices;
CORDOVA and VALDEZ
FRANK H. FOSTER
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
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ROOM 1, OSTRANDER BUILDING
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E. F. MEDLEY
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR
AT LAW
Room 1, Adams Block
CORDOVA, ALASKA
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R. H. L NOAKS
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
SECOND ST., OPP. HOSPITAL
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D. C. FAIRMAN
TEACHER OF PIANO
FRANK A. METCALF
CIVIL AND MINING ENGINEER
U. S. MINERAL 8URVEYOR
Juneau, Alaska
LIFE INSURANCE
MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO.
Accident and Health Insurance
United States Fidelity & Guaranty
T^HOS. S. SCOTT
THE ALPHA
SCHOOL OF DANCING
Private lessons every evening.
American Bakery. Phone 203.
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!1 CORDOVA MACHINE „
WORKS 1
E. R. GARNES, Prop. d
Residence Phone 101-3 a
Shop Phone 182
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Machine Work of all Kinds,
Blacksmithing, General Repair- ^
ing, Horse Shoeing, Oxy-Acety
lene Welding and Cutting.
AUTOMOBILES
REPAIRED ;
Office and Shop: City Dock n
CORDOVA, Alaska.
Out of Town Jobs Given Strict ^
Attention.
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Helps You
On Built-In
Features
Our Catalogue for the Home-builder contains draw
ers and bins, cases for them, kitchen cabinets and other
pieces, knock-down or set-up. Study of these will aid
in planning a new home or improvements in an old one.
Write Rovig, 2229 1st Av. S. Seattle. "Better Mill
work, Sash and Doors,”
Costs Nothing
GO I S LAWS
STILL IN EFFECT |
It’s a long time since Moses came i
own the side of the mountain with
le ten fundamental laws,but they
re still in effect. They apply in Cor
ova as well as in the wilderness or
ny other place.
You, Mr. and Mrs. Reader, violate
ny of them at your peril. The wages
f sin is death in one form or another,
reap what we sow in morals as
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/ell as on the farm.
Why not strengthen your religious
onvictions by regular church attend
nce at our church? Come every
unday. You need the Gospel and we
eed you at the
IRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
“The Church with a Message”
11 a. m. 8 p. m.
H. B. WOLKING & CO.
Licensed
UNDERTAKERS
And
EMBALMERS
Phone 133—3
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FRESH FROM OUTSIDE j
Beef, Pork, Veal, Mutton and Poultry
Wholesale and Retail
All Orders Given Prompt Attention
NORTHERN MEAT MARKET
8TEAM HEAT ELECTRIC LIGHT* j
Overland Hotel j
MRS. J. W. KENNEDY
Chitina, Alaska f
POOL TABLE IN CONNECTION
BOOT BRAND8 OF CIGAR8 KEPT I
CORDOVA
SHEET METAL
WORKS
Goods Manufactured to Order, of
Sheet Iron, Galvanized Iron, Tin
and Zinc
Phone 143
Second S^., Next to Hospital
WALLPAPER
In Latest Patterns
GLASS
In All Sizes
BOGART & ROBINSON
1 SEND IT TO JONES I
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•X Sorting the contents of a family bundle
g- in our modem laundry, so that each class
$• of goods can be given special washing.
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fiandluu] the 'family ‘lOa&hiruj I j
NO laundry problems fretted the primitive
woman. If on Monday morning the family
required a change of raiment, she ventured
forth and plucked a new wardrobe from a con
venient bough.
But as the race accumulated years and clothes,
the Monday morning problem became an increas
ingly difficult one.
By the time of the Egyptians, 4000 years ago,
the family wash was “treated” by stamping on it
with the feet and beating it with the white clay of
the Nile. The Egyptians’ was a one-method pro
cess with no object but the elimination of dirt.
Washing methods have been increased to
four or five by the modern housewife. For
edch of the several classes of goods — woolens,
silks, cottons and miscellaneous—she may use a
special laundering process.
She avoids boiling woolens.
• Silks she washes ,gently,
in lukewarm water. Badly
1 soiled cottons she boils
| in strong soap solutions.
I Colored goods are washed
in a way that keeps the dyes from running. !
In our laundry, even greater refinemehts are I
practiced. Instead of four or five methods of
handling the family washing, we use a dozen.
Your wearing apparel and household articles
are carefully sorted by trained workers—sorted
and “pigeon-holed” in the same way that the mail
clerk sorts and pigeon-holes your letters.
Woolens, silks, laces, badly soiled articles, linens,
light colors, cottons, dark colors, curtains and so
on are placed in special compartments and kept
apart to be washed separately by special means.
A dozen methods for handling your family
washing—these are what we employ. Isn’t this
immensely superior to the old-fashioned wash
tub way?
It is this attention to detail—this specialization—
that has made our laundry a
conserver of clothes and a
true economy.
Send us your family wash
ing and we will give you ideal 8
service and freedom from I
washday drudgery. 1
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