PURELY LOCAL
GOSSIP ABOUT
YOUR FRIENDS
Last night’s train from Chltina con
sisted of thirty-six cars.
Robert Scott, of Juneau, is spend
ing a couple of days in town.
George Anderson, of Juneau, is a
Cordova visitor for a few days.
Mrs. Erskine of Kodiak is a pas
senger aboard the Farragut for
Seattle.
Mrs. J. C. Dougherty returned to
day from a business trip to An
chorage.
Ophelia Howard and little George
Dooley were both stricken today with
mild forms of veriloid.
C. A. Derry of the Times force will
be a passenger for Seattle on the
Alaska for a brief vacation. "
The steamer Alaska will be in port
at 9:30 o’clock tonight and sail for
Seattle tomorrow afternoon.
Mrs. Mary G. Refior, who is in
charge of the public school at Mc
Carthy, is here on her way to Seattle.
Mrs. Curtiss Walker and children,
of Kennecott, arrived in Cordova on
last night’s train, en route to Port
land.
Miss Ruby DeGraff returned on to
day’s boat from a trip to Anchorage
and expects to remain here for some
time.
The Ladies’ Aid of the Presbyterian
church will meet with Mrs. A. G
Shriver on Wednesday afternoon al
3 o’clock.
James Johnson, of Anchorage, ar
rived on the Farragut and will stoi
over here until the Alameda sails foi
the west.
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James Lyons and wife will leave or
the Alaska for a short trip to the
States. Most of their time will b(
spen in Tacoma.
H i. Lines, of the local cable of
flee as been temporarily transferrei
to i i navy wireless station to helj
out . tiile the cable is down.
Barney Watson, claim agent of thi
Pacific Steamship Company, spen
part of the day in Cordova, on his
return to Seattle from the westward.
Gust Claussen, who Is in the employ
of Captain Lathrop at Anchorage is
spending a few days in Cordova.
The Dan Creek Mining Company is
working a full crew. The property
owners who have been drifting during
ti e winter are preparing to clean up.
Superintendent McAnally, who has
been at the head of the Anchorage
schools, is a passenger on the Parra
gut for the states, accompanied by his
family.
Attorney E. P. Medley left on the
Parragut for Ketchikan, where he will
transact some legal business and go
from there to Seattle to attend the
Masonic grand lodge.
Harry Brown is prospecting the
Cole bench, and is in forty feet on a
new tunnel, where large boulders in
dicate an underground channel, and
coarse gold is found.
Miss Elsie E. Ware, principal of
the Kennecott schools, arrived in Cor
dova on last night’s train and is visit
ing with local friends before returning
to the States on her vacation.
Assistant District Attorney Jere
miah Murphy and Deputy Marshal
Harry Kavanaugh came over from
Anchorage on today’s boat and will
remain here for a couple of weeks.
Colonel H. E. Revelle, who has the
winter mail contract from Anchorage
to Iditarod, was in town today. He is
accompanied by his wife and they are
on their way to Washington, D. C.
Marguerite Clark in “Mollie Make
Believe” will be shown this evening
at the Empress theater for the last
time; also a late Pathe News. Tomor
row evening Nance O’Neil in “Mrs.
Balfame,” a mysterious drama, will be
on the screen, and a Hearst-Pathe
News.
The steamer Admiral Parragut ar
rived from the westward at 11 o’clock
and sailed for Seattle at 1:30 o’clock
this afternoon. Outgoing passengers
from here were James Foster, Andrew
Olliver, Ethel Stara, Walter F. Bon
nel, Sam Hansen, David R. Stein, W.
M. Undlenstock, Sam Hamada, Arthur
G. Brown, Eliza Dolan, James Dolan,
E. F. Medley and William Johnstone.
I The town of Valdez is building a
> $2,500 dock for the accommodation of
the mosquito fleet which has grown
too large for the present dock.
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PETERSBUURG EDITOR TEAR8
INTO G088IP8 OF THE CITY
Worse than the evils of strong
drink are the evils of gossip. Strong
drink causes the downall of men and
women who are too weak to withstand
its ravages, but gossip causse the
downfall of innocent men and women,
men and women who are the heads of
families and who are living upright,
honorable lives.
Gossip causes those who have been
friends to part.
Gossip has blasted the name of
more honest, upright and virtuous
women than all the drink in the world.
Like unto the serpent’s tooth is the
sneering word spoken behind the
back.
There is an old saying that "Truth
crushed to earth shall rise again,”
but Truth can never overtake the
evils which have caused its downfall.
The evil word or thought spoken in
gossip travels as the lightning while
the true facts as the snail.
Gossip has caused more hard feel
ings in Petersburg than all the sa
loons that ever existed here. Gossip
has driven honorable men and women
who would have made good citizens
but who have left rather than endure
the misery of being the target of mal
icious tongues.
Gossip is the offspring of idleness.
If all the women and men were kept
busy attending to their own affairs
they would be too busy to spread talk
about others or mind the affairs of
others. Many a fair name and repu
tation is forever blasted by some un
thinking woman who has nothing bet
teer to occupy her time than to talk
about the affairs of her neighbors.
Petersburg is gaining an unenviable
reputation for this evil; unless it is
stopped soon great evils will result.
Three women meet:
“Mrs. So and So left for the south
ona certain boat,” says one.
“Yes, and such and such a man
went on the same boat,” says another.
“Why, they went together and are
not coming back,” says the third, and
the gossip has started. Within a day
the reputation of the absent woman
is blasted, although she may have
been a good wife and her trip may
have been from entirely innocent
causes.
Gossip never investigates, never
looks for facts, never recognizes the
truth, but is like a vampire, sucking
its life blood from the filthy thoughts
of its authors and those who listen
to it.
Filth is the life of gossip and it
thoughts are clean gossip can not live.
—Petersburg Report.
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LATE ALASKA NEWS
A late arrival from Ruby district
states that a few people are strag
gling into town. The number arriving
is not as large as was expected, and
as a result the town is quiet. The
moving of freight to the creaks is re
duced to a noticeable degree this sea
son, and some of the merchants on
Long creek are trying to close out and
find a new location.
An exchange says Ruby has a bar
ber who saws wood as a side line,
and he says he likes to saw wood bet
ter than barbering. Skagway has a
barber who is leader of the local band
and he says he likes the horn better
than the hone. Wrangell has a barber
who fishes as a line line, and he likes
the fishing game better than the ton
sorial game. Valdez has the greatest
freak of all—a barber who is progres
sive enough to advertise his business.
United States Commissioner Whit
tlesey has received advices that Carl
Anto Lundgren and Johan Arvid Ny
strom, who made declarations to be
come citizens of the United States, at
Seward, are forever barred from citi
zenship. The two men refused mili
tarly service during the recent war.
Captain Fred Warner, several years
ago on the Alaska, hut recently with
the shipping board, is to succeed Cap
tain John O’Brien, as captain of the
steamer Victoria. Captain Warner
will be on the Victoria during the sea
son operating to Nome from Seattle.
Jack King arrived at the Hotel Sew
ard last night from Mile 34 bringing
in 38 dogs from out the line. The dogs
belong to Colonel Revell, 32 of them,
and six owned by Jack Lean. The
four footed mushers were housed at
Porcupine city. Frank Roycroft Is also
due in today with 28 dogs. Dog mush
ing out the line has ended for the sea
son.—Seward Gateway.
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