CONVENTION OF
GOVERNORS IN
MORMON CUY
SALT LAKE CITY, Aug. 19 (by
Associated Press).— Twenty-three
governors of states of the Union are
in attendance at the annual Gover
nors’ conference here, which is to iast
three days, August 19, 20 and 21.
Although the convention proper
will occupy only three days, the pro
gram calls for seven days of activity,
much of it to be spent in sight
seeing and at entertainments, at
which Utah will be the host.
The calling of the convention to
order took place last evening. The
opening session took place in the
famous Mormon tabernacle, and was
preceded by an organ recital. Gov
^ ernor Simon Bamberger of Utah de
livered the address of welcome for
the state, and Mayor W. Ferry wel
h corned the governors to Salt Lake
City.
The business sessions of the con
ference will be held in the assembly
room of the house of representatives
at the state capitol. Subjects for
discussion include: State budget;
growth and consolidation of adminis
trative boards; after war problems,;
resume of remedial legislation enact
ed by 1919 legislatures; education;
labor; agriculture; expansion of the
national guard system as a basis for
national defense, and other matters
of general national interest which
may be brought up during the con
ference.
Entertainments will include din
ners, banquets and luncheons, side
trips to the resorts and canyons and
a trip through Yellowstone park.
Many of the executives are accom
panied by their families.
RIGHT OF PETITION
NOT KNOWN IN KOREA
For drawing up a petition to the
^ Japanese government praying for the
restoration of independence to Korea
and for distributing it to Tokio news
papers, Viscount Kin In-shoku, Vis
( count Ri Yo-shoku and three other
Koreans, have been arrested on a
charge of violating the law for the
preservation of peace,, have! been
found probably guilty in the Seoul
district court and committed for trial.
Viscount Kin is president of the
Keigakuin college. One of the peti
tions was presented to the Japanese
premier with a request that the mat
ter be brought to the attention of the |
Emperor.
We always have a supply of j
pasteurized sweet milk and cream on
hand. Also buttermilk and Bulgarian
buttermilk. City Dairy. Phone 187.
WEIRD CEREMONIES
OF HOPI INDIAN TRIBE
TAKE PLACE TOMORROW
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 19 (by Asso
ciated Press).—A relic of their bar
baric past, yet such a part of their
tribal existence that it cannot be dis
carded—the annual snake dance of
the Hopi Indians—will be held this
year August 20 and September 6, at
the Hopi Indian reservation in East
ern Arizona, according to an an
nouncment made here recently.
The ceremonies surrounding the an
nual festival are so weird and bar
baric that thousands of tourists and
pleasure seekers, bored by the com
monplace and seeking something dif
ferent, pay the Hopi reservation a
visit.
Preceding the snake dance, which
continues for nine days, the Indians
hold a musical concert, participated
in by two bands, equipped only with
flutes. After playing several selec
tions, the music ends with a foot
race.
When the snake dance starts, war
riors of the tribe are dispatched to
the desert to bring in the reptiles.
They are accompanied by musicians
whose performances on quaint musi
cal instruments are supposed to lure
the snakes into the hands of the
warriors.
After capturing several snakes,
generally rattlers, the warriors re
turn to the village, where the reptiles
are placed in stone jars. Incantations
accompanied by music and weird
dances around the jars then continue
for nine days.
JUGO SLAVIA HONORS
AMERICAN WORKERS
CITINJE, Monteiegro, July 10 (by
mail).—The ministry of foreign af
fairs of Jugo-Slavia has conferred
high military decorations on several
members of the American Red Cross
unit in Montenegro, say advices from
Belgrade. Other members have
been awarded lesser Orders.
The director of the unit, Major
Henry Rushton Fairclough, formerly
professor at Stanford university, is
given the Order of the White Eagle,
fourth class. Captains Chelsea C.
Pratt and Joseph F. .Taros receive
the fifth class decorations of the
same Order.
About firty Americans have been
engaged recently in relief and medi
cal work in Montenegro. Four hos
pitals were operated in addition to
numerous dispensaries and canteens
and a general program to improve
health and sanitation was conducted.
The American Red Cross work is
now supplemented by that of a unit
representing the International Red
Cross at Geneva.
HORRIBLE RITE
OF VOODOOIS
YET PRACTICED
HAVANA, Cuba, July 22 (Corres
pondence of Associated Press).—
With the recent sudden outbreak of
cannibalistic practices by Voodoo wor
shipers, which have resulted in the
deaths of at least three innocent
children and a half dozen of the
Voodoos, the latter by the application
of “lynch” law for the first time in
this country’s history, fathers and
mothers are living in constant fear
that their little ones may be spirited
away by the superstitious negroes
to be offered up in sacrifice to
“Chango,” the god of the “Brujos,”
as they are called in the Castillian
language.
The Voodoos are divided into vari
ous sects, each with its separate god.
The latter include “Babagueye,” god
of sickness; “Eclecua,” god of injury;
“Olorrun,” god of misery and “Chan
go,” the terrible god to whom human
sacrifices are made.
“Chango,” according to the Voodoo
belief, was the son of Olorrun and
Anaragua. He was slain by Elecua,
the “god of injury,” and ascended
into heaven from a Ceiba, or god-tree,
in the month of May. It is in the
month of May therefore, that the
“Brujos” observe their holy week,
when Chango is expected to make a
weekly visit to the earth, descending
by the Ceiba, bis sacred tree, always
on Monday.
The followers of Elecua do not
directly offer human sacrifices, al
though their healers * sacrifice the
lives of some patients by giving
them poisonous concoctions, suppos
edly a mysterious cure for some ail
ment, in order to restore health to
some other patient. Elecua, being
the “god of injury,” his followers be
lieve that good can come to one per
son only through injury to another.
Voodooism is not practiced by the
negroes alone. Many white persons
also are said to secretly take part in
their religious meetings, and accussa
tions have been heard in various
quarters of the difficulties encount
ered by officers seeking to break
up their temples because of the ob
stacles placed in their way by per
sons of influence.
An active campaign by the author
ities in Havana and other parts of
the island have resulted in the cap
: ture of numerous “Brujos” and the
seizure of many curious and weird
objects used by them.
Electric irons, 3 pounds to 6 1-2
pounds. Prices $3.50 to $6.50 at the
Northwestern Hardware Company.
CORDOVA MACHINE
WORKS
E. R. GARNES, Prop.
Residence Phone 101-3
' Shop Phone 182
Machine Work of all Kinds,
Blacksmithing, General Repair
ing, Horse Shoeing, Oxy-Acety
lene Welding and Cutting.
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Office and Shop: City Dock
CORDOVA, Alaska.
Out of Town Jobs Given Strict
Attention.
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2 for 25c
OPTIMO STANDARD CIGARS-.
2 for 25c
OPTIMO SENATOR CIGARS.
2 for 25c
MOZART MAGNIFICENT CIGARS
2 for 25c
MOZART CORONA FINA.
2 for 25c
VELVET TOBACCO, TINS..
3 for 50c
TUXEDO TOBACCO, TINS -
3 for 50c
PRINCE ALBERT, TINS
3 for 50c
ALL OTHER CIGARS AND TO
BACCO AT POPULAR PRICES
CORDOVA
C. M. ROSSWOG
STATIONER, NEWSDEALER,
NOTIONS,
TOBACCOS, CONFECTIONERY.
Do you know the Horseshoe
Billiard Hall carries one of the
most complete stocks of Tobacco
and Cigars handled by any store
in Alaska?
We have special facilities for
storing tobacco to preserve its
strength and insure it reaching
you in perfect condition. You
will find your favorite brand
here, moist and fragrant.
Standard Brands of
Cigars
including large sizes in the
Mozart, Lovera, Optimo, Up
mann, Roi-Tan and La Prefer
ential
2 for 25c
$6.00 per box of 50
Popular brands of Smoking To
baccos in tins, such as Velvet,
Prince Albert, Tuxedo.
3 for 50c
$2.00 per dozen
We carry a full line of Pipes,
Tobacco Pouches and other
Smokers’ Accessories.
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3A Kodaks. 25.25
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