* SAD ACCIDENT
CAUSES DEATH
OF C.P. BALSER
C. P. Balser, a young man 24 years
of age, died at the Cordova general
hospital yesterday from the injuries
he received last Tuseday evening
while fishing off Knights Island in
company with Frank Chappus, both
0 of whom had formerly been employed
by the Pioneer Packing Company
They had been fishing from a row
boat with a hook and line, but met
with no success, and camped on the
beach Monday night. Here they found
two sticks of dynamite and as luck
was against them the next day and
they were out of grub they decided
to blow up some fish for food. Bal
ser attached a fuse to one of the
sticks of dynamite and as soon as
he lighted it an explosion occurred
completely severing his left leg from
the body, badly lacerating the right
leg and blinding him. The boat was
also badly damaged and began to fill
with water. Notwithstanding the
seriousness of his injuries Balser re
tained consciousness and suggested
to his partner that he make an ef
fort to row' him ashore. This Chap
pus did, after considerable difficulty,
although but a short distance inter
vened.
Another boat was secured and the
4 unfortunate man brought to town and
placed in the general hospital. It took
a day to make the trip and although
Balser suffered the most excruciating
pain he wras cheerful and hopeful.
But he w'as beyond medical aid and
he died yesterday morning. His
mother, Mrs. Bessie Balser, resides
at Farmington, Wash., and United
States Commissioner Noaks communi
cated with her as to w'hat disposition
should be made of the body. She
telegraphed that burial be made here
0 and arrangements have been made to
hold the funeral tomorrow afternoon
at 4 o'clock at the undertaking parlor
of H. B. Wolking & Co.
A coroner’s inquest w'as held at 3
o’clock this afternoon and the jury,
composed of R. G. Walker, W. L.
Smith, Griff Ellis, Wm- Crooker, E.
C. Hngen and Frank Hines rendered
a verdict that Balser came to his
death through an accidental and pre
. mature explosion of giant pow'der.
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AIRPLANES TO
PLY IN ALASKA
THIS
Airship passenger service will be
established by the Alaska Aircraft
Transportation Company, of Seattle,
between Valdez, Fairbanks, Iditarod
and Nome before the end of July, ac
cording to James P. Holman, secre
tary of the company.
“The first ship, a five-passenger
craft, now being built by a company
*at Pasadena, will be ready for deliv
ery on July 1,” said Holman recently.
Following the delivery of the pas
senger ship, the Pasadena company
■will begin work on a freight ship big
enough to carry dredgers to places
now inaccessible.
Passenger fares from Valdez to
Fairbanks will be about $91, Holman
says. It now costs approximately $125
for stage fare and roadhouse expense.
Freight will be carried for 65 cents a
mile, which, Holman says, is less than
the current rates. The plane’s cabin
will be electrically heated.
COW MAKES RECORD
PRODUCTION OF MILK
* STATE COLLEGE, N. M„ June 25
(by Associated Press).—Aracdy Segis
Barbara, a purebred Holstein cow
owned by the New Mexico college of
Agriculture and Mechanic arts, has
just completed a year’s record on ad
vanced registry test, producing 22,
599.5 pounds of milk, containing 755.
99 pounds of butter fat, or 944-98
pounds of butter, 80 per cent fat. This
makes her the champion milk pro
ducing cow of New Mexico.
Her previous record under official
test was 19,056.1 pounds of milk and
640 pounds of butter fat. This makes
a total for the past two years of 41,
655.6 pounds of milk and 1,398.99
pounds of butter fat or more than
twenty tons of milk and over two
thirds of a ton of butterfat for the
two years.
NOW COMES PLEASING
STAR IN ROMANCE AND
FILM OF ADVENTURE
And now after a strenuous week,
during which Douglas Fairbanks has
“stunted,” and Florence Reed has
“Emoted,” in the superlative degree
along comes Emmy Whelen in a
sparkling comedy drama entitled “A
Favor to a Friend.”
Men love Emmy for her beauty.
Women admire her for her wondrous
gowns- Both men and women feel
the charm of her personality and ap
peal. The play itself is an interesting
and breezy sort of story combining
both romance and adventure. A vil
lanom, guardian, a rich and beautiful
ward, a pretty chorus lady, an en
terprizing press agent and an obliging |
friend are all mixed up in a case of j
mistaken identity that results in a
few thrills, some little suspense, and
a novel situation.
A Pathe News and a Ford industrial
showing all about Zinc, complete an
excellent program showing tonight at
the Empress.
REGULATION OF
SHORE LANDS BY
NEW MEASURE
The full text of the Grigsby bill
abolishing the 80-rod reserved shore
spaces between claims in shore waters
in Alaska has been received here,
showing that the repeal applies only
to the Territory and gives the secre
tary of agriculture full power to act
in all cases. The bill, which passed
the house of representatives on May
31, was put through the senate on the
last day of the session.
It will be of great material benefit
to many Alaskan homesteaders who
have cleared up land along various
streams and waters along the coast as
well as in the Interior . Several home-'
stead patents, heretofore held up by
the old regulations, can now be put
through by the land office officials of
the Territory.
The full text of the measure is as
follows:
“An act to provide for the abolition
of the eighty-rod reserved shore spaces
between claims on shore waters in
Alaska.
“Be it enacted by the senate and
house of representatives of the United
States of America, in congress assem
bled, that the provisions of the act
of May 14, 1898, (Thirteenth Statutes
at Large, page* 409), extending the i
homestead laws to Alaska, and of the
act of March 3, 1903, (Thirty-second
Statutes at Large, page 1028), amend
atory thereof, insofar as they reserve
from sale and entry a space of at
least eighty rods in width between
tracts sold or entered under the pro
visions thereof along the shore of any
navigable water, and provide that no
entry shall be allowed extending more
than one hundred and sixty rods along
the shore of any navigable water, shall
not apply to lands slassified and listed
y
by the secretary of agriculture for
entry under the act of June 11, 1906
(Thirty-fourth Statutes, page 233), and
that the secretary of the interior may
upon application to enter or otherwise
in his discretion restore to entry and
disposition such reserved spaces and
may waive the restriction that no en
*try shall be allowed extending more
than one hundred and sixty rods along
the shore of any navigable water as
to such lands as he shall determine
are not necessary for harborage uses
and purposes.”
YACHT VANITIE WINS
TENTH TRYOUT RACE
NEWPORT, June 25 (by Associated
Press).—The Vanitie defeated the
Resolute by forty seconds in the tenth
trial race.
YELLOW FEVER REPORTED
IN NORTHERN SALVADOR
WASHINGTON, June 25 (by Asso
ciated Press).—An epidemic of yellow
fever is reported to be ravaging in
the northern part of Salvador.
ADVANTAGES OF ADVERTISING
BEING SHOWN BY TEACHERS
HERALDSBURG, Cal., June 25 (by
Associated Press).—The school teach
ers of Sonoma county have perfected
an organization and have started a
campaign of publicity, in charge of
an expert advertising man, to show
the people the advantages of paying
adequate salaries and bettering school
conditions.
Best coffee in town served at the
City Bakery.
STUDENTS WITH!
MOVIE ‘STUNTS’ [
Among the passengers aboard the
steamship Northwestern is a bunch
of college boys who are going to
Anchorage to work for the Alaskan
Engineering Commission. In order
to break the monotony of their long
trip, which started at San Francisco,
they fitted up a fake moving picture
machine and hoaxed the residents of
every Alaskan port touched by pre
tending to film prominent local char
acters and scenes. They pulled off
this stunt very successfully at Ketch
kan, Juneau and Skagway, thereby de
riving much sport. But the tables
were turned upon their arrival here
and the plot thickened even beyond
the expectations of this ambitious
bunch. They had been “framed”
against and . as soon as the company
appeared in its first setting George
Dooley "pinched” ’the bunch for an
alleged violation of a city ordinance.
The culprits were hailed before a
Kangaroo court and after a ‘“fair and
impartial” trial in which they were
all found guilty of the joksters being
joked they were released on their
own reconizance and allowed to again
breathe the mountain air and go on
their way rejoicing and incidentally
plying their vocation as movie heroes
to the entertainment of the populace.
Your eyes fitted. Compound and
stigmatic lenses replaced. See Os
borne.
New and Second-hand Un-ealled-for
Suits for sale at Peyser’s Tailor Shop.
Springs and cots below cost at
Kennedy’s.
Don’t argue. The Club Billiard Hall
carries fresh tobacco. 27-tf
The Daily Times, Job Plant is well
equipped for all classes of commercial i
printing.
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING
j
WANTED—By reliable man 38 years,
old, steady and of good character, ]
would like to correspond or meet a
refined and thrifty single lady or j
unincumbered widow between the ages j
of 25 and 30 years; one with home |
tendencies and satisfied to remain | a
in Alaska a few years. Baby-dolls, j '
Vamps and globe trotters need not j
reply. Address W., care of Cordova
Dailv Times. 23-4tf
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WANTED—Two tie makers. Pay Titty
cents straight for both first and second.
Parties to batch themselves. Apply
Blum, O’Neill Co., Cordova or Harry
Christie, Mile 19. tf
FOR SALE—One four-cycle seven H.-P.
Doman motor. Inquire at Castle Inn.
Pete Taylor. 19-2w
FOR SALE—Typewriter almost new,
library table, children’s bed, high
chair, indirect light fixture, etc. Call
159-2rings. . 17-tf
FOR SALE—Restaurant.. Apply to Geo.
Dooley. tf
FOR SALE—Three-room partly fur
nished house at ocean dock. Phone
167-2 rings. 14-tf
WANTED—Good shoe repairer at Dimon
Nickaloff’s shoe repair shop. 27-tf
WANTED—Limited number of roomers
and boarders will be taken at the
Lakeview Hotel. Strictly home cook
cooking. • 15-tf
FOR SALE—First-class pool table, in
good condition, Price $150. See F. H.
Foster. 11-tf
FOR RENT—Apartments in the Burk
hart flats. Phone 61. 3-tf
FOR RENT—Furnished cabins.. Apply
to Cordova Abstract & Realty Co. 22-tf
FOR RENT—Furnished Cabins. See
Dooley.
Restaurant for sale. See Dooley
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Cordova
Adjustment
Company
K. G. ROBINSON, Mgr.
Collections, Reports,
Insurance
Ostrander Bldg., Corvoda, Alaska
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Phone 187
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The same quality of workmanship and
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PANCAK r
FLOUR
Just add water,
it’s ready
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TO “TRAVEL LIGHT”
choose FISHER’8 PANCAKE FLOUR. No need for
canned milk with FISHER PANCAKES. The powdered
milk is mixed right in with the choice buckwheat, wheat,
corn and rice with even corn sugar to make a crisp
brown crust.
FISHER’S PANCAKE FLOUR may cost you a few
cents more for the package; the milk and sugar saved
make the pancakes cost considerably less.
You couldn’t ask for a speedier batter. “Just add
water, it’s ready.”
FISHER FLOURING MILLS CO.
SEATTLE
BET
You a Cigar We Can
Guess the Answer!
Think of the number of let
ters in the name of your favorite
tobacco or cigar.
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Double this number.
Add eight.
Divide by two.
Subtract the number you
j started with.
Multiply by three.
Add one.
Subtract six.
j
Come into the Horseshoe, and
if the man at the counter can
not tell you the correct answer
he will treat you to a cigar.
We are as certain of the su
perior quality of our cigars and
tobacco as we are of solving
this problem.
THE
“ HORSESHOE *
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YOUR FURS MADE TO ORDER
Best work guaranteed. Low
est prices. Over 2,000 Alaska
customers.
R. W. Drew
Tacoma’# Expert Furrelr
11th and B’dw’y, Tacoma, Wash.