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LINCOLN, Nebraska, Jan. 6.—It was
a newspaper story that diverted John
J. Pershing from his purpose to be
come a school teacher and started
him upon the military career which
lead to his appointment as general in
the United States army and cotnand
er of the American expeditionary force
in France. The story is told by Gen
eral Pershing's sisters, Mrs. Butler
and Miss May Pershing who are resi
dents of Lincoln and who have given
to the Associated Press intimate views
of Pershing’s character in his youth
ful days.
It was while Pershing and his sis
ter, now Mrs. Butler, were attending
the Missouri State Normal school at
Kirksville, Mo., that his attention was
one day called to a newspaper announ
cement that examinations were to be
held Tor appointment to the West.
Point military academy. Young Persh
ing asked his sister's advice as to
| whether he should try for the appoint
ment and she advised him to do so.1
Then followed a short season of in
tensive study in preparation.
In a few days he was called before
! the examining board and, although im-^
properly prepared, received the high
est mark among the contestants and,
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soon afterward was notified of his ap
pointment. Up to this time his action
had been a secret between his sister,
and himself and it remained so until
he was ready to start for West Point.
I On his way to the military academy
he stopped off at the home of his
parents and for the first time told
: them (hey were to have a soldier in
the family.
As a boy, General Pershing, his sis
I ters say, was of a quiet serious tern
I perament. assuming, as the oldest of
six children, many of the responsibili
ties of the family. He was wont, dur
ing his early years which were spent
in Laclede, Mo., his birthplace, to
manage one of the several farms“’om
erated by his father, John F. Persh
ing, a merchant and farmer of Lac
lede.
“John." Mrs. Butler said, “although
of a quiet disposition, liked a good
time and enjoyed fun as much as any
one. Vet when he started anything
he wanted to get the result and ht
generally attained that object before
j he gave it up.”
| While at the normal school at Kirks
j ville. he was always in the center ol
i student activities and never was con
tent to be merely one of the crowd
! but wanted to be head of the move
ment. His personal magnetism and
generally likeable character quickly
won him friends and supporters and
soon he became one of the student
leaders.
After having been graduated from
\\ est Point and having served with
j General Miles in a campaign in New
Mexico against the Indian chief Gev
1 onizo, Pershing was stationed as mili
j tary instructor at the University of
j Nebraska . His friends there remem
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HI
ties and other social actiTiUes rmr
who appreciated a good joke.
‘‘Old Jack Best,” the veteran train
er at the university, remembers Persh
ing intimately. “He was the finest
man that I ever worked with,” said
Best. “It’s true he was mighty strict
with his work but the results he got
were so good that everybody he work j
ed with loved him for it. When he
was here we had a regiment the uni
versity could be proud of. I just wor-j
shipped that man and everybody
around the university felt the same
about him. If any of you newspaper
men get a chance to tell it to him, you
just say that old Jack wishes him the
best luck in the world and that he
hopes he will beat the Germans all
alone.
“Usually he was mighty dignified
in his work but he had a way of get
ting next to new men,” continued
Best. “The first time I ever saw him(
he walked right up to me, slapped me
on the shoulder and said, ‘Well, Jack,
they tell me you got along mighty
well with my predecessor. If you did,
I am darned sure we’ll get along just
as well.’
“The boys at the university got a
surprise the first day Pershing drill
ed them," said Best. “It had been
their habit before that time to come to
drill with shoes blackened or not, just
as they pleased. When Pershing took
hold, the first thing he looked at was
to see that all shoes were well black
ed and that the heels looked as good
as the toes. He was just that thor-j
ough-going in everything all the time.
He was A-l in every way and you can
ask anyone who knew him if that is
not the gospel truth.” ,
Odd as it may seem in a fighting
man. General Pershing's one fad, ac
cording to bis sisters, is gardening
His father was an expert gardener
and the taste descended to the mili
i
tarv man. Whenever he was on leave,
he immediately would don work-day
clothes, go into his father’s garden,
seemingly enjoying the work over the
vegetables as much as he enjoyed so
cial activities.
The first time that General Persh
\ing appeared in Chicago and was seen
•^’neighbors, he was clad in overalls
! and was hard at work in a vegetable
- garden in the yard behind his father's
! house in the southside of the city,
i There was some surprise among the
neighbors that a man who then was
entitled to wear the uniform and brass
I
buttons of a captain should be will
ing to put them aside and hoe the gar-'
den but the incident is illuminative of j
| the character of the man upon whom!
the country relies to lead the Ameri-|
can forces to victory against the Ger
i mans in Europe.
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COLD STORAGE PLANTS
FOR PERISHABLES
LONDON, Jan. 5.—The ministry of
food has formed a section charged
with the organization and encourage
| ment of cold storage facilities. It is
intended to arrange that a three
months’ supply of perishable goods
shall be storable at the various ports
of the United Kingdom. The accom
modation they provide is to be in
creased by ten million cubic feet of
space. ^7
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NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOF
PATENT
United States Mineral Survey No
1049. In the United States Lant
Office at Juneau, Alaska Seria
No. 03864.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN: Tha
ihe undersigned. Kenneeott Coppei
Corporation, a corporation organizet
under the laws of the State of Nev
Aork, the principal place of business
and post office address of which sait
corporation is Kenneeott, ta the Thiri
Division of the Territory of Alaska
has filed in the office of the Registei
and Receiver of the General Lant
Office, in Juneau, Alaska, an applica
tion for patent upon the>«e certaii
five (5) lode mining claims known a:
the Jumbo Nos. 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 Lodt
Mining Claims, located upon unsur
veyed ground in latitude 61 degree:
30 minutes north approx., longitud
142 degrees 53 minutes west approx,
near Nizina River in the Copper Rive:
Region, Chitina Mining and Record
ing Precinct, Territory of Alaska.
Said claims are described b. tin
field notes and official plat on file ir
the United States Land Office at Ju
neau, Alaska, under the serial num
ber Mineral Survey No. 1049, a eopj
of which said official plat is postei
upon the land along with a copy ol
this Notice of Application for Patent
The said claims are by the surve)
tied to United States location rnonu
ment No. 4. which is situated on Bon
anza Peak in latitude 61 degrees 2f
minutes 40 seconds north, longitudt
142 degrees 53 minutes west and con
sits of an iron bar set in rock in
place and marked with a wooden post.
The said claims are more fully des
cribed by metes and bounds, viz:
JUMBO NO. 6 LODE CLAIM
Beginning at Corner No. 1 identical
with location Corner No. 4, from
whence United States Location Mon
unient No. 4 bears S 46 degrees., 20
minutes E. 1441.50 feet; thence S. 77
degrees 53 minutes AY. 1500 feet to
Corner No. 2. identical with location
Corner No. 3; then N. 37 degrees 07
minutes AA’. 662 feet to Corner No. 3,
identical with Location Corner No. 2;
thence N. 77 degrees 53 minutes E.
1500 feet to Corner No. 4, identical
with Location Corner No, 1. thence S.
37 degrees 07 minutes E. 662 feet to
Corner No. 1, the place of beginning,
containing an area of 20.600 acres
Magnetic variation 30 degrees 00 mir.
utes E. to 30 degrees 15 minutes E.
This claim is bounded on the east
erly end by the Jumbo No. 5 Lode
3urn bo 7,6. iT l.ode ( lairn, Survey
No. 564, owned by Kennecott Copper
Corporation, which said Jumbo No. 3
claim is overlapped by this claim;
and on the southerly portion of the
westerly end by unsurveyed land.
JUMBO NO. 5 LODE CLAIM
Beginning at Corner No. 1. identi
cal with position of Location Corner
No. 3, point inaccessible, from whence
United States Location Monument No
4 !?®ars S- 17 decrees 56 minutes W.
1377.10 feet, thence S. 77 degrees 52
minutes W. 1500 feet to Corner No.
2, identical with Location Corner No
4 and Corner No. 1. Jumbo No. 6 Lode*
of this survey previously described;
then N. 37 degrees, 07 minutes W. 662
feet to Corner No. 3, identical with
Location Corner No. 1 and Corner
No. 4, Jumbo No. 6 Lode of this sur
vey previously described; thence N.
77 degrees 53 minutes E. 1500 feet to
Corner No. 4. Identical with position
of Location Corner No. 2, point inac
cessible; then S. 37 degrees, 07 min
utes E. 662 ft. to Corner No. 1, the place
of beginning, containing an area of
20.600 acres. Magnetic variation 30
degrees 00 minutes E. to 30 degrees
15 minutes E.
This claim is bounded upon the
easterly end line and upon the south
erly side line by unsurvoyed land;
upon the westerly end line by Jumbo
No. 6 lode claim included in this sur
vey; upon the northerly side line by
Jumbo No. 4 lode claim included in
this survey.
JUMBO NO. 4 LODE CLAIM.
Beginning at Corner No. 1, identical
wdth position of Location Corner No.
3. on line 3-4. Jumbo No. 5 Lode, from
whence United States Location Monu
ment No. 4 bears S. 1 degree 34 min
utes east 1822.80 feet; thence S 77
degrees 53 minutes W. 1500 feet to
Corner No. 2, identical with Location
Corner No. 4; then N. 37 degrees 07
minutes W. 280.20 feet to Corner No.
3, identical with position of Location
Corner No. 1 and Corner No. 3, Jum
bo No. 3 Lode, survey No. 564, point
inaccessible; thence N. 77 degrees 53
minutes E. 1500 feet to Corner No. 4,
identical with position of Location
Corner No. 2; then S. 37 degrees 0T
minutes E 280.20 feet to Corner No. J.
place of beginning, containing an are i
of 8.745 acres. Magnetic variation 30
degrees 00 minutes E.
This claim is bounded upon the
easterly end by unsurveyed land;
upon the southerly side line by the
Jumbo No. 5 and 6 lode claims, both
included in this survey, upon the
I westerly end line by Jumbo No. 3
| lode mining claim. United States Sur
i vey 564, and upon the northerly side
j line by Jumbo lode claim No. 8 in
cluded in this survey.
JUMBO NO. 8 LODE CLAIM I
Reginning at Corner No. 1. identical
with position of Location Corner No.
2 and Corner No. 4. Jumbo No. 4 Lode
of this survey previously described,
point inaccessible, from whence
United States Location Monument
No. 4 bears S. 6 degrees 07 minutes ^
, 2057.20 feet; thence S. 77 degrees. 57 ;
minutes W. 1500 feet to Corner tia: 2, .
identical with position of Location
Corner No. 1 and Corner No. 3. Jum
bo No. 4 Lode of this survey previous
ly described and Corner No. 3. Jumbo •
No. 3 Lode, survey No. 564. point in
accessible; thence N. 37 degrees 07'
minutes w. 491.00 feet to Corner Pfo*
I 3, identical with Location Corner No
4; thence N. 77 degrees 53 minutes K.
1500 feet to Corner No. 4. identical
with position of Location Corner No,
3. point inaccessible; thence S. 3T
degrees 07 minutes E. 491 feet to>
Corner No. 1, the place of beginning,,
containing an area of 15.324 acres.
Magnetic variation 30 degrees 00 min
1 utes E.
1 This claim is bounded upon the
easterly end line and upon the north
erly side line by unsurveyed' land;
; upon the southerly side line by Juin
, bo No. 4 lode claim included in this
, survey; and upon the westerly end
( line by Jumbo No. 7 lode claim in
cluded in this survey.
JUMBO NO. 7 LODE CLAIM
; Beginning at Corner No. 1, identf
, cal with position of Location Corner
No. 1 and Corner No. 2, Jumbo N».
8 Lode, Corner No. 3, Jumbo No. 4
1 Lod© of this survey previously des
cribed and Corner No. 3, Jumbo No.
Lode survey No. 564, point for corner
’ inaccessible; from whence United
States Location Monument No. 4 bears
S. 44 degrees 15 minutes E. 2416.10
' feet; thence S. 77 degrees 53 min
utes W. 1500 feet to Corner No. 2,
identical with position of Location
Corner No. 2 and Corner No. 2 Juni
1 bo No. 3 Lode, survey No. 564, point
inaccessible; thence N. 37 degrees 07
minutes W. 491.00 feet to Corner No.
3, on line 3-4, survey No. 564. Jumbo
No. 1 Lode, identical with Location
Corner No. 3; thence N. 77 degrees
52 minutes E. 1500 feet to Corner No.
4. identical with Location Corner No.
| 4 and Corner No. 3, Jumbo No. 8
l Lode, of this survey previously des
cribed. thence S. 37 degrees 07 min
* ntes E. 491 feet to Corner No. 1. the
| place of beginning, containing an area
of 15.324 acres. Magnetic variation
j 30 degrees 00 minutes E.
This claim is bounded upon the
j easterly end line by Jumbo No. 8 lode
! claim, included in this survey: upon
j the southerly side line by Jumbo No.
, 3 lode claim United States Survey No.
I 564; upon the westerly end line by
j Jumbo No. 1 lode claim United States
j Survey No. 564. and upon the norther
• ]y side line by unsurveyed land.
The adjoining claims are the Jum
| bo Nos 1, 2 and 3 Lodes, survey No.
j 564 on the Southwest, the Jumbo Nos.
i 9 and 10 Lodes, unsurveyed on the
| Northwest, the Jumbo Nos. 19 and 20
1 Lodes, unsurveyed, on the Northeast.
| the Jumbo Nos. 25 and 26 and the
Jumbo No. 6 Fraction Lodes, unsurvey
ed. on the Southeast, all belonging to
the Kennecott Copper Corporation
C. B. WALKER.
Register
First Publication Dec. 18. 1917.
Last publication February 18, 1918.
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CORDOVAj
MACHINE WORKS
E. R. GARNES, Prop.
Residence Shop »
Phone 101-3. Phone 1S2
Machine Woi k of all Kinds,
Blacksniithing, General Repair
ing, Horse Shoeing, Oxy Acety
lene Welding and Cutting.
HARMON MACHINERY
BUILDING
Cordova, Alaska.
Out of Town Job# Given Strict
Attention.
OWING TO THE
| EIGHT HOUR LAW J
This store will close at
10 P. M. instead
of 11 P. M. as
heretofore
Inorthern DRUG CO.I
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In My Store Makes
A Suitable Gift 1
and I Have thousands of
them for Young and Old.
Come in and inspect our selected stock
for the Holiday trade
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| PAUL BLOEDHORN
JEWELER AND WATCHMAKER
KENDRICK BUILDING FIRST STREET
‘'iiiiiiiiiiililiiiiiiiiiM
THE CITY BAKERY
WE ARE SPECIALISTS IN. FINE CAKES AND PASTRY
FOR
Parties and Receptions
MAKERS OF THE FAMOUS .“CREAM LOAF” BREAD
SUN “MAID” RAISIN BREA D—A TREAT INDEED
RYE BREAD GRAHAM BREAD
LUNCH ROOM—WHERE YOU GET THOSE EXCELL
ENT LUNCHES
SAVE MONEY!
COME TO THE BARGAIN STORE I
And see wlnit we have in the line of workmen’s clothing,
beds, mattresses and canvas goods of all kinds, tents and
shovels, kitchenware, furniture, stoves, etc. We also
carry a full line of mirrors—plate glass and plain.
THE NORTHERN BLOCK
J First Street
Copper River
I Si Northwestern Ry.
FOUR TRAINS WEEKLY BETWEEN
CHITINA AND KENNECOTT
Leave Cordova, Second Street ,Depot, on Mon
days, Thursdays and Saturdays.
Leave Chitina for Cordova Sundays, Tuesdays
days, Thursdays and Fridays.
Leave Chitina for Kennecott Sundays, Tues
days and Fridays.
Leave Kennecott for Chitina Mondays, Wednes
days, Thursdays and Saturdays,
i Ik* above schedule subject to change wit li
on t notice.
Dining Car in Connection With all Regular
Passenger Trains Between Cordova and Chitina.
Freight received and delivered at Cordova
Wharf from 9 a. in. to 5 p. in., except Sundays.
Tickets on sale at Second Street Depot
office, one hour before departure of trains.
CALEB CORSER, W. E. BROWN,
Superintendent. Agt. Cordova Wharf
R. K. BROWN, Jr., Ticket Agent.
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