PURELY LOCAL
GOSSIP ABOUT
YOURFRIENDS
Miss Julia Steinmetz has returnee
from an extended visit to the States.
Our former townsman. O. C. Mey
ers, is attending a business college in
San Francisco.
Mrs. B. F. Sherman and sons, Ben
and Ralph, were arrivals from Port
land last night to make Cordova their
home.
It is reported^hat the legislature at
Juneau will likely maintain the pub
licity bureau, but that no appropria
tion will be made for its up-kcep.
Mrs. C. E. Nichols will leave on th
steamer Northwestern for Iowa Cit;
to spend a couple of months with he
parents.
W. D. Stoeser, who was formerly ii
I charge of the Empress theater at An
chorage, is here to do the electrica
work in Captain Lathrop’s new build
ing.
Among the Cordovans who wil
leave Seattle on Tuesday next are Mr
and Mrs. A. J. MacConnell and daugh
ter, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Glasbrennei
and H. I. O’Neill.
Mr. and Mrs. M. Finkelstein and sor
Sanford arrived last night from Seat
tie and will spend the summer here
Mr. Finkelstein is heavily interested
in the Clarke-Graham Company, and
will divide his time between the fish
- ing industry and his mercantile busi
ness.
i Captain Charles Auer arrived last
r night from Katalla.
Lysle D. Brown has returned from a
business trip to Seattle and Tacoma.
Mrs. W. E. Browne leaves on the
I Northwestern on a visit to friends in
. the States.
Victor E. Rivers and wife and Mrs.
1 Mabel Lynch of San Francisco are
. Cordova visitors.
Miss Nellie Crawford and Mrs. Lynn
George were among the arrivals on
last night’s boat.
There are thirty-five passengers
aboard the Northwestern for the can
nery at Nellie Juan.
P. W. Lee of Canoe Pass Packing
- Company, who was in Juneau on busi
ness, arrived here last night.
Mrs. H. J. MacDonald and son Ken
neth, of Kennecott, will go to the
States on the next steamer.
Mrs. V. G. Hicks, wife of one of the
radio men at Mile 7, will leave for the
States on the next boat to visit
friends.
Miss Lottie Harmon of Seattle is
among the passengers who arrived on
the Northwestern and may decide to
locate here.
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The big dance will be on at Hegg's
hall tonight. New jazz orchestra,
good floor and lots of pep. Go and en
joy yourself.
C. G. Morrison came up from Seattle
on yesterday’s boat with Seven men
for the Abercrombie Packing Com
pany's cannery.
Miss Dorris Adams of Marysville,
jCal.. niece of Mayor and Mrs. A. .T.
Adams, arrived on the Northwestern
and will spend the summer in Cor
dova.
W. L. Smith will leave on the next
boat sailing south for California,
where he will visit the hot springs for
his rheumatism.
Mrs. Dan-Greenig and children have
secured reservations on the North
western for Seattle, where they will
spend some time.
. Tom Cloninger is going to the States
on the Northwestern to purchase the
fixtures and equipment for his new
pool and billiard hall.
F. F. Burman, superintendent of the
Northwest Fisheries Co., who is
spending a few days here, will leave
for Seattle on the Northwestern.
Mr. and Mrs. John Underwood of
McCarthy, who have been in the
States on a visit, returned to Cordova
on last night’s boat.
Recent arrivals from the interior re
port that the winter trail from Chitina
to Fairbanks is rapidly breaking up
and sleds will soon be replaced by
automobiles.
William A. Hesse, who has been in
the service of Uncle Sam, is now in
Seattle and with his bride will shortly
return to Cordova, which they will
make their future home.
Mrs. J. C. Dougherty was a return
ing passenger last night from a trip
to the States, where she purchased
her spring and summer stock of
ladies’ ready-to-wear goods.
Lars Holland of the Alaska road
j commission was a Northwestern pas
sencer last nieht for Cordova, after a
trip to the States, and left on this
morning’s train for Chitina.
Miss Clara Rosswog, who has been
in the States for the past two years
recuperating her health, returned
home last night and her many friends
will be glad to know that she is again
in the enjoyment of the best of health.
Prank Burns has returned to Cor
dova to resume his old position with
the Blum--0’Neili Co., after having
discharged from the army. He is ac
companied by his sister, Miss Artie
Burns of Portland, who will remain
here.
Our former townsmen, Jack Court
ney and Mark Majack, both of whom
hav^ seen service overseas, are in the
base hospital at Camp Lewis. The
former was badly gassed by the Huns
and the latter is suffering from an at
tack of appendicitis.
J. C. Van Orsdale, United Spates
commissioner and claim owner of the
Kantishna district, who has been here
several days, will leave W the North
western for the States, where he will
transact some business in connection
with his property.
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C. A. Eby, bookkeeper for the Pin
niele Rock Packing Company, was in
town today and reports that the clam
plant is running and putting up a
good pack. He says that a dance will
be given in honor of the employes to
night at Charles Ross’ country home
on the ranch.
The Rt. Rev. P. T. Rowe, D. D„
Bishop of Alaska, spent the day in
town with Rev. and Mrs. E. P. Zeigler. j
He is on his way to Anchorage and j
w'ill return to Cordova early in April
to consecrate the new Episcopal
church, after which he leaves on an ;
extended trip to interior Alaska.
Some laugh at the Empress theater
this evening at 8 sharp. Polly Moran
in “Sheriff Nell’s Tussle,” a comedy
with a punch; also Sussene Hawak
aw'a in his five-act drama, “The Soul
or Kura san. Tomorrow umricn
Dickens' great play, "Oliver T\uist,”
and a late Pathe News and comedy.
Captain A. E. Lathrop is home again
from a trip to Seattle, where he se
cured the additional material for the
completion of his new handsome con
crete theater and apartment building,
which arrived on last night’s boat.
The work will now be rushed to com
pinion and Cordova’s $100,000 show’’
house will be formally openod by the
first of June.
Fred Brothepson, recently dis
charged from the army and former
chief of police here, will be married to
night to Miss Ada Datystrom, one of
the nurses at the Cordova general hos
pital. Rev. A. G. Shriver will per
form the ceremony and the newly
weds leave on the next boat for the
States, where they will spend their
honeymoon.
W. R. Hillery has returned from Se
attle. where a deal was consummated
for the purchase of the Lighthouse
cannfery by he and Thomas S. Scott.
E. T. Whitcomb, an experienced fore
man, will arrive on the next boat to
take charge of a new one-line salmon
plant to be installed, and will bring
the necessary machinery with him.
Mr. Hillery will devote his time to
looking after the outside business of
tho company.
Attorney Edward F. Medley has re
turned home after several months’ trip
Dutside, during which time he suc
cessfully underwent several opera
tions at Mayo Bros.’ institute, and as
tie has gained about forty pounds,
looks hale and hearty. Mr. Medley
spent some time with his mother in
Boston and visited a number of East
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ern cities as well as San Francisco.
Conditions generally in the States
are very good, according to Mr Med
ley. He said that practically all of
the people are in favor or a league of
nations, while there is general dis
satisfaction over government owner
ship of the railroad and telegraph
systems.
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notify the carrier boy—report your
new address to the office.
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Last Time Tonight
Sessue Hayakawa
In the Five-Act rama
‘The Soul of
Kura San’
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Mack Sennett Comedy
“Sheriff Nell’s Tussle”
A Scream in Two Parts
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