PERSONAL AND LOCAL
NOTES OF INTEREST
Mary Pickford will be seen again
tonight at the Empress theater in a
strong play.
The steamer Alameda left Ketchi
kan at 6:45 o’clock last night on her
north-bound trip.
Mr. and Mrs. Parke Griswold will
leave on the Alameda on an extended
ftrip to the States.
The steamer Curaco was at Sel
dovia at 8 o’clock last night and is
due in Cordova tomorrow night.
The Home Guard will meet at Eagle
hall at 7:30 o’clock and a full attend
ance of the members is requested.
Steve Oros has purchased John Ol
son’s shoe repairing outfit and is now
ready for business at Tom Hubbert’s
tailor shop. 18-6t
There is on hand in the, city treas
ury $8,779.35, according to the report
of Clerk Greene, submitted to the
council last night.
W. G. Smith, of Vancouver, Wash.,
is coming to Cordova on the steamer
Alameda to join his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. C. Smith.
On its present trip north the Ad
miral Farragut will go to the West
ward as far as Kodiak, from which
port she will sail south as a freighter
only and consequently will take no
passengers for Seattl.e
A number of Cardovans who bought
stock in the Merchant Calculating
Machine Company are now being in
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formed that the capitalization of the
company has been increased. When
bought they paid $3 a share, and many
of them now realize that they paid
too much for it.
Judging from the number of cos
tumes that are being made for the
firemen's masquerade ball, Eagle hall
will be crowded to overflowing on
Saturday night with a merry throng of
young people. The Home Guard band
will make its initial apperance and
furnish the music for the occasion.
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At a regular meeting of the city
council, held last night, but little busi
ness was transacted and the session
was a short one. It was decided that
the property of soldiers tunT sailors be
exempt from tax sale and penalty for
a period of one year. A movable par
tition is to be placed on the second
floor in the city hall, which is occu
pied by the Are department.
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DRAYING A PUBLIC UTILITY.
HONOLULU, Jan. 10 (by mail).—
The Territorial Utilities Commission
has ruled that all express, transfer
and draying concerns in Hawaii are
subject to regulations as public car
riers.
HALIBUT BOAT
BRINGS CASE
OF SMALLPOX
A case of smallpox was .today
discovered aboard the halibut
boat King and Winge, which ar
rived here this morning from
Ketchikan.
Dr. W. W. Council, assistant
health commissioner, quaran
tined the boat in the bay and
' after vaccinating the eleven
[ members of the crew the boat
was sent to Spike island with
all aboard, and will be isolated
' there, until the smallpox victim,
a man named Dumphy, recovers.
The King and Winge had
been to Prince Rupert, and upon
its arrival at Ketchikan the
cook was taken sick, but the
physicians there did not diag
c nose his case as one of small
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CORDOVA HEN
WANT HUM
ESTABLISHED
At a meeting of the Home Guard to
be held tonight the executive commit
tee, consisting of Messrs. A. J. Adams,
Celeb Corser, H. A. Slater, H. I.
O’Neill and R. J. DeLeo, will submit
for approval a resolution favoring a
law creating a Territorial militia, as
follows:
Whereas, In pursurance of a request
from the Council of National Defence,
representative citizens of the town of
Cordova organized the Cordova Home
Guards and said organization pro
vided, by the Territory of Alaska, with
guns and equipment and funds to pay
rent for suitable army, and the
members of said organization have re
ceived instruction from commissioned
officers appointed by the governor of
Said Territory and through such in
struction and drilling at frequent in
tervals have attained a creditable de
gree of efficiency, and,
Whereas, There is at present no
provision for a permanent Territorial
militia organization, and it is highly
desirable that the organization be per
fected by said Home Guard be con
tinued and merged into a Territorial
militia, duly recognized and provided
for by law, now therefore be it
Resolved, That we, the officers and
members of said Cordova Home
Guards, should, and we do hereby, pe
tition and respectfully urge each and
every Senator and Representative of
the Legislature of the Territory of
Alaska, particularly those from the
Third Judicial Division, to exert every
effort and legitimate influence, to se
cure the enactment at the coming ses
sion of said Legislature, of a law cre
ating a Territorial militia, providing
funds for the support and maintenance
thereof, all in accordance with the de
sires of the Governor of Alaska, and
authorizing the incorporation into said
militia of the various Home Guard
units so organized in the Territory.
SOLDIERS RETURNING TO
VALDEZ ON ALAMEDA
VALDEZ, Feb. 18 (Special to the
Dally Times).—The steamship Ala
meda is bringing several of Valdez
returning soldiers back home.
A new cannery is to be established
here this spring.
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The Curaco has forty-five passen
gers aboard from Cove Bay, five oi
whom are for Cordova.
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Butler Larson, who was employed
by the Canoe Pass Packing Company
in getting out piling, had his fool
badly cut and was brought to the
Cordova general hospital this after
noon for treatment.
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISE
FOR SALE—Geese feather pllIowa
Mrs. Moody, Oldtown. 18-81
ROOM AND BOARD at Lakevlew
house. Call 88—two rings.
FOR SAL*—Household furniture.
Phone 1(>4. 64
FOR RENT—Unfurnished cottage
Phone 186. 144
FOUND—A bunch of keys, last night
Owner can secure name at Dull]
Times ofioe. 14-tf
BUTTE COPPER MINES 7
RESUME OPERATIONS
BUTTE, Feb. 18 (by Associated
Press).—Nearly every mine in this
district which was closed by the re
cent strike is now in operation at
normal capacity.
NEW NEEDLE ART SHOP _
All kinds of Stamped Em- =
broidery Goods, Fancy Knitting “
Yarns. Sweaters and Socks
knit to order.
Lessons Given in
EMBROIDERY, KNITTING
AND CROCHET WORK
IDA DOWALDER
C St., Adam. Bldg.
CORDOVA
MACHINE WORKS
E. R. GARNE8, Prop.
Residence Shop
Phone 1014. Phone 182
Machine Won of all Kinds,
Blacksmithlng, General Repair
ing, Horse Shoeing, Oxy-Acety
lene Welding and Cutting.
AUTOMOBILES
REPAIRED
Office and 8hop: City Dock
Cordova, Alaska.
Out of Town Jobe Given Strict
Attention.
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Smith and
McConaghy
Plumbers and
Steamfitters
COR. FRONT and B ST8.
FOR SALE
FOR 8ALE:
Choice business and resi
dence property.
FOR RENT
Furnished and unfurnished
apartments and cottages.
INSURANCE
Fire and marine, life and ac
cident.
BOND8
Fidelity and surety.
CORDOVA ABSTRACT and
REALTY COMPANY
ROOM 1, ADAMS BUILDING.
“ Great,
Aren’t They John!”
The famous HEADLIGHT
guarantee still holds good.
‘Wear a pair 30 days. If,
at the end of that time you
do not say that the Head
light is the best overall you
ever wore, your money will
be refunded cheerfully
We’ve got a big, new stock
made of the same highest
quality denim of pre-war days.
The price is right.
Hmadiight HmadHght Come in, right away and look
Tmo-Piece Overall One-Piece Overall _____
FINKELSTEIN <& SAPIRO
“THE STORE THAT SATISFIES"
Phones—Grocery 21; Office 74
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Firemen’s Ball 1
The Annual Masquerade
Ball of the Cordova Fire
Department, which was
postponed from New
Years Eve on account of
the flu, will be held at
EAGLES’ HALL
Washington’s
Saturday, Feb. 22, 1918
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Admission SI SO
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^IN THE DAYS OF ’49
When the call of California’s gold drew hordes of hardy prospectors
to the great redwoods country, many stirring chapters were written
in the book of life, as portrayed by *
MARY PICKFORD
IN THE SEVEN-ACT DRAMA
“A Romance of
the Redwoods”
Special Music by Donald Fairman Show at 8 p. m.
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