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The freighter Ketchikan arrived
from the westward Friday.
There is a movement on foot to or
ganize an Elks club in Cordova.
The marquee in front of the Lathrop
building is being painted on both
Bides.
The steamer Admiral Watson is due
from Seattle on Sunday afternoon at
6 o’clock.
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Regular communion for the Chil
dren of Mary at St. Joseph’s church on
Sunday morning at the 8:30 o’clock
mass.
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The launch Jean left early this j
morning for Katalla, taking a large
crew of men to work for the Chilkat
Oil Company.
Robert Ferrel has taken over the
lease of D. W. Sexton on the Alaskan
hotel, which property the former re
cently purchased from Captain Storey.
Tonight there will be something
doing at Eagle hall and everybody is
invited to be present, as the Cordova
Jazz orchestra will hold its regular
weekly dance.
A. Stub of Los Angeles, who has
been here for the past week in the
interests of a fish-meal plant wrhich
wdll soon be erected here, left on the
Evans for Seattle.
Judge Charles E. Bunnell arrived
on this afternoon’s train from Fair
banks. He will remain here until the
next southbound steamer, when he will
leave on a vacation to the States.
The Hayes-Graham floating can
nery, which was built here last winter,
will be towed down to Pete Dahl
slough some time today. John Muller
will make the trip down with the crew
in charge.
Scoutmaster David Czerwenka wall
lead his troop of boy scouts out the
track several miles tonight for a hike.
The boys will take tents with them
and spend the night in the open. They
intend to have their own boat soon,
hitched up at their own landing, so
their trips may include water as well
as land excursions.
Bertram McDonald, Wm. M. Free
man and W. L. Stark, signal corps
men stationed along the Chitina trail,
arrived in town on today’s train en
route to Valdez.
The Chitina bridge, several bents of
which were taken out last week by
the ice, has been repaired and a train
of thirty cars of ore arrived here to
day from Kennecott.
The Alaska Fishmeal and By-Prod
ucts Company has taken a lease on
the old Ohm saltery and will shortly
install its plant there, instead of on
the city dock, as originally intended.
A week from tomorrow is Memorial
day and it is planned to hold short
but appropriate services on Flag hill.
The newly organized Boy Scouts’ drum
corps, the American Legion post and
the school children expect to take part
in the parade.
Mrs. Emmons, who conducted a
boarding house near the Alaska
Steamship office until she suffered a
payalytic stroke about a month ago,
was taken on board the Evans last
night, en route to Butte, Montana.
Her daughter, Mrs. McGrew, is car
ing for her.
James Nickaloff, a longshoreman
employed at the ocean dock, met with
a serious accident early this morning
on the freighter Ketchikan. He was
loading scrap iron and fell through a
hatch to the lower hold, fracturing his
skull. The injured man was removed
to the Cordova general hospital and
his condition is critical.
The steamer Admiral Evans arrived
from the westward about 2:30 o’clock
this mornnig with the following pas
sengers for Cordova: W. G. Stoesser
and wife, J. M. Fisher, John Smith,
Peter Lucy, Alex Hoggberg, Peter
Carlson, Gunnar Swanson and Irene
Foreman. Those- leaving here were:
Mrs. R. M. McGrew, Mrs. C. E. Em
mons; I. A. Stub, John Wold, Lewis
Nordfern, H. S. Hutchison, Floyd Ball,
for Seattle; Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Brown,
C. Glwokonich, Frank Carruthers,
Harry Bremner, Chas. Hagen, Oscar
Suderholm, Ted Johnson and 14 steer
age for Juneau.
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Speakin gof whiskers, did you ever
stop to think that it was the bolshe
viki who put the moss in Moscow?
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Dr. W. H. Chase, in charge of the
Independence day celebration, an
nounces that on Saturday, July 3rd,
there will be things doing in Cordova
which will furnish amusement for old
and young and give all local and visit
ing sports a chance to make good.
Sunday afternoon, the 4th, there
will be baseball at the park. The
complete program of events will be
published in the near future. It will
include a greater variety of sporting
i events than ever before pulled off in
an Alaskan town.
All foot racers, jumpers, log rollers,
marksmen, wrestlers, boxers, pole
climbers, greased pig chasers, tug of -
warsmen, trapeze artists, clowns, com
edians, pie-eaters, etc., should com
mence to get in trim.
Cordova spirit will arise as never
before and make this a Fourth long
to be remembered.
Let no one be backward, but come
right forward and place your name on
the list of contributors and show what
Cordova can do.
The book is now open for pledges—
I put your name down so the committee
will known how much will be avail
able for this biggest of all celebra
tions.
MAIL FOR ORIENT TO
BE CARRIED BY AIR
SEATTLE TO VICTORIA
NEW YORK, May 22 (by Associated
Press).—The Seattle Aircraft Manu
facturing Company has announced the
securing of postal contracts for a sea
plane delivery of mail to Victoria to
begin July 1. Victoria is three days
nearer the orient than San Francisco,
and one day is saved by the seaplane,
making a total savnig in time for the
oriental mail of four days.
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MASONIC MEETING
A special meeting of Mt. McKinley
lodge, No. 183, F. & A. M., will be
held Saturday evening at 8 o’clock.
Work in the first degree.
JOHN H. SELLEN, W. M.
W. E. BROWN, Secy.
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