VILLA AND ZAPATA
i WILLING END
MEXICAN WAR
WASHINGTON, Aug. 30—General
Zapata and all the other Mexican lead
ers with the single exception of Gen
eral Carranza, have replied favorably
to the peace proposals submitted to
them by the conference recently held
Jn this city between leading Latin
American diplomats and officials of
the Wilson administration. Generals
Villa and Zapata will arrange to hold
a peace conference on neutral terri
tory when details will be considered
for terminating the civil war now
raging in Mexico. It is expected that
representatives of the. Latin Ameri
can conference will attend the meeting
between Villa and Zapata.
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The lighthouse tender Kukui expects
to leave here on Thursday for Yakutat,
where it will relieve a couple of buoys
and light. From there the vessel will
proceed to Southeastern Alaska.
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Miss Frances Hedges has accepted
a clerical position with the Northern
Drug Company.
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Young chickens and Belgian hares
at Lambert’s. Phone 57.
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Mrs. E. S. Florey went to Valdez
yesterday for a short visit.
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Groceries
Good goods, good service, right
prices at Cordova’s Co-Operative
Store. Phone 21.
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Furnished Cottage, Observation1
Knoll. Apply Alaska Transfer Co.
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LIGHT AT ST. ELIAS
BE FINISHED NEXT YEAH
Superintendent R. R. Tlnkham, of
the Sixteenth Lighthouse District,
with headquarters at Ketchikan, is in
Cordova for a few days. He is sup
erintending the extensive work that is
being done by his department at ('ape
St. Ellas( and reports that they are
pouring the last concrete for the walls
of the tower, fog signal, storage sys
tem and development. ThiB year's
work will close between October 1 and
15 and by that time everything will be
under cover for next season’s work.
The light and signal will be in opera
tion next August.
There are at present 35 men em
ployed at Cape St. Elias and a buoy
will put in this fall off the southeast
rock of the Cape, which will contain
a flash, a whistle and submarine bell.
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Another New Townsite
The President has issued an order
withdrawing for (townsite purposes
two tracts, comprising 11 acres each,
immediately adoining townsite of
Seward. These tracts are designated
as Tract A and B.
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THREE WELL-KNOWN MEN
ARE BELIEVED DROWNED
It is believed that “Musher" Kelly,
Charles Anderson and a man named
Jacobson have been drowned in the
Copper river. They were returning
in a small boat from the Lakina river
and when within a short distance of
Chitina their boat upset, since which
time there has been nothing seen of
the men or the boat.
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Cjido/a Store Incorporates.
Articles o.’ incorporations have been
filed by the Cordova Co-operative com
pany of Cordova. The company is
capitalized for $10,000 and is owned
by V. G. Vance, F,d. Walsh, J. E. Cur
rier, Joseph Rowan and J. C. McBride.
—Juneau Empire.
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Bids For Alaska Boat.
Ten bids have been received by the
department of commerce for the con-j
struction of the coast survey steamer
"Surveyor,” w’hich is to be assigned
to duty in Alaskan waters. The low
est bid is $163,250.
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LOST—A bunch of keys, enclosed
in black leather holder. Finder please
return to this office.
Empress Theatre
TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 31, 1915.
PATHE WEEKLY NEWS No. 22.
HIS FIRST CASE—
A Two Act Story of a Customs Man.
BUMPS AND WILLIE—
Admission 25 Cents Show Starts 8:15 Sharp.
Hart
Schaffner
& Marx
READY TAILORED
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rived all the new smart Styles are
here, a big variety of colors and pat
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Priced from
$25.00 to $35.00
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The steamer Admiral Evans arrived
here yesterday morning at 11 o’clock,
bringing the mail and a number of
passengers, Including fifteen round
trippers. Those for here and to the
westward were:
For Cordova—A. C. Land, R. L.
Tillman.
For Valdez—W. E. Bergman.
For Seward—Thos. Doolittle.
For Anchorage—Mrs. M. Leckwold,
Mrs. Hoskins, J. D. Dwyer, T. D.
Dwyer, J. Jeffries, Mrs. H. McCuk
heon, G. T. McDonald, Chas Willman
and J. Mehern.
Among those who left Cordova
were: For Valdez: W. E. Dunkle,
Mrs. E. S. Florey, Ed. Woods, A. Hill,
E. Lee. For Anchorage: Rev. J. L.
McBride, A. H. Walton, Mrs. Tom Mc
Kinney, Sam Gregg. For Seward: W.
Meyers, Dan Persons. For Kodiak:
Ned Dearborn.
Sunday morning at 3 o’clock the
steamer Northwestern reached here
with the following passengers:
For Cordova: Mrs. H. Trotman W
H. Kelley, wife and child, I. H. Clerke,
L. S. Noble, J. C. Black.
For Valdez—C. A. Eby, F. G. Davis,
and wife, A. Bork, A. Nyburg.
Latouche—W. B. Sprague and wife,
E. E. Erickson and wife, Victor E.
Warner and wife.
Seward—Mrs. S. Bahcock, Miss Bah
cock, Miss Rassmussen, Miss Mary
Miller, Mrs. F. W. Carter, W. L.
Farmer, J. J Sullivan, Jr., Miss R. A.
Sullivan, Frank Langdon.
The Admiral Farragut will leave
Seattle for Southwestern Alaska on
September 5, to remain permanently
in this run. The Admiral Evans
leaves there September 15. The Ad
miral Watson will resumed service as
soon as the necessary repairs are com
pleted. This means that the Pacific
Alaska Navigation Company will have
three vessels regularly on the Alas
ka route.
The steamer Alameda will be de
layed in her next sailing north, and
will not leave Seattle until Wednes
day evening at 9 o’clock.
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DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP.
The partnership doing business un
der the firm name of Harmon & Deever
has been disolved by mutual consent,
the latter retiring from the business.
All bills due and debts outstanding
against the old firm will be adjusted
by their successors, the Harmon
Machinery Company, Incorporated.
G. A. HARMON
J. H. DEEVER
Cordova, Alaska, Aug. 28, 1915.
INSURE NOW
IN RELIABLE COMPANY
And Protect Your Family
In The
N. Y. Life Ins. Co
Thos. S. Scott
Cordova Agent
RULES FOR SETTLERS
IN CHUGACH FOREST
An order received by the land office
at Juneau changing the boundaries
of the Chugach National Forest. Sev
eral additions have been made to the
forest reservation, and several elim
inations have also been made. Lands
previously withdrawn from settlement
have been restored for homestead lo
cation and settlement in advance of
entry, in accordance with the an
nouncement published in the The
Times several days ago. The order
states that prospective settlers may
enter upon the land for the purpose
of inspection at any time, but that no
actual settlement will be permitted
until after nine o’clock on the morn
ing of September 6. 1915. The period
for settlement in advance of entry
closes October 3, 1915.
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For plumbing and heating see Ben
Elliott. Phone 101.
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FOUND—A bunch of keys. Finder
can have same by calling at this office.
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BE EXTENDED
A telegram from Tacoma sms:
Prospective large developments - of
mining properties in Alaska were dis
cussed here today by Isaaac Guggen
heim, of New York, senior member of
M Guggenheim's Son^ and director
of the American Smelting & Refining
Company.
"We have men scouting around in
Alaska and expect to open new copper
mines if we find the right propertfl^."
said Mr. Guggenheim. “If the govern
ment decides to open the Alaska coal
lanls we will extend the Copper River
& Northwestern Railway to the coal
fields. Alaska and the entire North
west are op the verge of a great in
dustrial and commercial awakening.”
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