I I ■■ . ■■ .III ■■■■■ — .■ — ■n .. ■ ■
I ^ I
- -f -
Village Gossip
I
By MARY BAEN WRIGHT'
■ .
_ _■■ ___ I
__1
V
Judge Brown of Valdez, who re
turned on the Alaska from a trip Out
side, visited Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Dono
_ hoe while the ship was in port
Wednesday.
* * *
Miss Margaret Foster has been out
of school during the past week,on ac
count of sickness.
¥ * *
Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Carter and
son, Vincent, Jr., will leave on the
Alaska for a six weeks’ visit with
friends in the States.
* * *
Seven-year-old Elmer Hedstrom of
Old Town has been very sick for the
last few days, and it is believed he
\ is threatened with appendicitis.
* * *
The freighter Ketchikan of the
Alaska Steamship Company’s fleet ar
rived in port Friday morning, bring
ing a thousand tons of British Colum
bia coal—600 for the railway and the
rest for the Alaska Transfer Com
pany. The Nanaimo coal can not be
had, and the Comax is the only kind
now available. On account of the
scarcity of coal the Canadian govern
ment is contemplating forbidding its
exportation, which makes us wonder
what will happen to us then. The
Ketchikan also brought two reels of
steel cable, weighing eleven tons each,
for the tramway at the Kennecott
mine. About 2 p. m. Friday the La
touche appeared an docked alongside
the Ketchikan. The Latouche’s cargo
♦ consisted mainly of dynamite for Ken
necott and gasoline for Chitina. She
also brought up five fish boats for the
Alaska Sea Food Company. The work
of unloading the Ketchikan is being
rushed so she can get away in time
to make room for the Alaska, which
will be in from the -westward prob
ably Monday morning. The Alaska is
later than usual getting back, on ac
count of having to unload at Valdez
the lumber for the new cannery to be
erected there. The Ketchikan is the
largest of the Alaska Stamship Com
pany’s ships, and previous to her pur
chase carried bulk ore on the Grj?at -
Lakes.: i - $£ I*
X
Billy Crooker, who recently ran his
gas boat Pioneer down to the Chilkat
to
Oil Company’s refinery near Kataila
to get a load of oil, was unable to land
• on account of ice in the slough, and
was obliged to return without the oil
to Kataila.
* * ¥
Corporal Thomas J. Flanagan, for
merly employed in the signal service
on the trail out from Valdez, and who
was obliged to leave last fall for the
Presidio hospital, in San Francisco, J
on account of being gassed while in |
France, writes friends here that he j
has recovered his health and is now !
in an army recruiting office in Los j
Angeles. Corporal Flanagan is well
known to Cordova’s young people. Pri
vate Orus Van Zandt, also of the sig
nal service on the Valdez trail, writes
that he has recovered from being j
gassed and shell-shocked in the bat
tles of Argone Forest and St. Mihiel.
He is now at his home in Tioga,
Texas. An account of Mr. Van Zandt’s
overseas adventures was published in j
the Daily Times when he went Out
side for treatment.
# * *
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hayes, who
lire near the ball park, returned on
the gas boat Virginia from a stay of
about a month near Bosswell bay.
* * *
Mrs. J. C. Punk, Mr. and Mrs. C. J.
Holmes of Kennecott, Mr. and Mrs.
J. Vincent Carter and P. Spangler of |
Chitina have booked passage Outside
on the Alaska.
^ ^ ¥
The Alaska and the freighter Ketchi
kan brought up a great deal of gen
eral freight for the Alaska Sea Pood
* Company, which is the first cannery
in this section of the country to get
up its season’s supplies.
* * *
Miss Anna Thortensen, who recently
came to Cordova from near Ellamar,
expects to enroll in the eighth grade
•f the local school Monday.
* * *
Mr. and Mrs. James Eake hiked in ’
Wednesday from Mile 14, and returned
on the train Friday with their baby,
Jimmy, who has been undergoing med
ical treatment here.
* * *
W. J. McDonald^ of the forestry (
service will return to Cordova on the j i
Alameda, sailing on the 10th. Mrs ! <
I
McDonald, who was Cordova’s pioneer
school teacher, accompanies him.
* * *
Harry Porter is able to be out
again after being laid up for the past
week with a very bad case of tonsi
litis.
¥ ¥ ¥
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Laurie and Mr.
and Mrs. Sam Laurie, who recently
came here from McCarthy to open a
clothing store in the building forv
merly occupied by Kenny Holden,
have furnished apartments over their
store and moved on Wednesday. Mrs.
Jack Laurie, who was a popular Se
attle girl, was a bride of last June.
* * *
Mrs. Harry O’Neill had a cablegram
Wednesday from her husband stating
that he had arrived safely in Seattle
with their little son, who is now in a
children’s hospital for treatment. He
says the child apparently Suffered no
ill effects from the trip.
* * *
Walter Summers, station agent for
the Copper River railroad at McCar
thy, made a, flying visit to town Thurs
day, and went back Friday.
¥ ¥ ¥
Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Holmes of Ken
necott are registered at the Northern,
awaiting the return of the Alaska.
V V V
•
Mr. and Mrs. D. T. Brown, from
the wireless station at Mile 7, were
in town Wednesday and Thursday.
* * *
Mrs. N. Yager, proprietor of the
Sourdough roadhouse, on the Fair
banks trail, returned on the Alaska
from a stay of several months Out
side, and accompanied by her brother,
J. M. Chance, will leave on Sunday’s
train for her roadhouse.
* * *
V. G. Vance, owner of the Northern
hotel, who returned on the Alaska
after having been Outside since last
August, says he was marooned for
several weeks in West Virginia while
the coal strike was on. Most of the
trains were taken off, and the few left
running were so overcrowded that
travele became a nightmare. Mr.
Vance spent three weeks in Los An
geles, which, he said, was overcrowd
ed almost beyond belief during the
coal strike by people who fled to the
Pacific coast to get warm. It was es
timated that there were 200,000 extra
people in the city, and more were ar
riving at the rate of two thousand per
day. The streets were so jammed with
people and autos that it was almost
impossible to get through. Money is
being spent most extravagantly, and,
of course, profiteering is common at
the expense of the short-sighted.
Crowds extending sometimes two
blocks would be lined up awaiting en
trance to the restaurants and theaters.
The New Roslin hotel, where Mr.
Vance stayed, has 800 rooms, and
turned away crowds every day, after
accommodating some fifteen or six
teen hundred persons by using every
available space. The Los Angeles city
council gave permission to the house
less ones to set up tents in the public
parks. “In short,” says Mr. Vance,
‘things Outside are in a turmoil
which I don’t believe will settle down
within a year or two. I’ve got enough
of it, and am glad to get back to
Alaska.”
2JL 2JL 2JL
R. C. Johnston of Douglas arrived on
:he Alaska, with some mining machin
sry which he is taking out to some
Maims beyond Nenana.
# * *
W. ;P. Siks of Boston, Mass.,' and
E. E. Wickersham of Lacey, Iowa,
left on the train Friday for their
Miams on Valdez Creek.
* * *
Mrs. Nellie Lambert, well known in
Eordova, returned on the Alaska after
i stay Outside of about two years.
Mrs. Lambert intends making a trip
nto the Interior before leaving again
’or her home in Ukia, California. At
^resent Mrs. Lambert is the guest of
Mrs. W. L. Fursman.
* ¥ *
H. S. Riley, of Nome, arrived on the
Alaska and left for Fairbanks.
, * * *
Mrs. George Harmon entertained the
’ollowing ladies at auction bridge on
rhursday evening: Mesdames Alvah
Sames, Archibald Field, E. L. Har
vood, James Galen, Bartley Howard,
r. V. Lydick and Lou Smith.
* * *
Wednesday morning, as Edward Rid
ile, driver for the Alaska Transfer
Company, was driving around the
school house corner with a load of
coal, the wagon, team, coal and driv
er slid off the narrow pathway down
the perpendicular school yard, landing
in a confused mass at the bottom of
the hill. Although the wagon turned
unpletely over and was badly smash
ed, and the coal was scattered all
over the surrounding landscape, Mr.
Riddle and the horses escaped with
slight injuries.
* * *
The good citizens of Chitina are
congratulating themselves upon their'
good fortune in having a government
Indian day school superintended by a
capable and energetic principal.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Schwartz of
Brooklyn, N. Y., both of whom have
seen service abroad in the late war,
have undertaken what has turned out
to be a constructive and progressive
institution which has been not only a
great benefit to the natives but to
the townspeople as well.
A regular attendance of thirty men,
women and children every day, all
day and most evenings receiving in
struction from both Mr. and Mrs.
Schwartz. Mr. Schwartz, who is a
graduate nurse (Red Cross) is of great
assistance in many cases of real need.
An evidence of the whole-hearted
sympathy with these neglected child
ren of the government which Mr.
Schwartz has shown is in a vocabu
lary of nearly six hundred words
which he has enumerated of their lan
guage. This will constitute a valuable
contribution to the etymology of the
Copper River Indians. He is also
making interesting studies of their
religion, previous to the influence of
the Orthodox Russian Church which
made itself felt in that section about
forty years ago. \
This school should receive every
encouragement as anyone traveling
through Chitina sees the external
proofs of what is being done. Instead
of filthy destitution among the natives
there is cleanliness and intelligence
clearly shown. This change repre
sents but a few months of self-sacri
ficing work on the part of the super
intendent and his devoted wife.
it it V.
For the first time since a two
month’s recess, the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union met Thursday
afternoon at the home of Mrs. Ches
ter Mellison. Plans were discussed
for resuming work, and letters were
read from the mothers of the two
French orphans whom the Union is
supporting. After disposing of the
business, beautiful vocal music was
rendered by Mesdames Ed. O’Brien,
Tom Hubbard and Roy Walker.
* * *
Rev. E. P. Ziegler returned on Tues
day’s train from a business trip to
Kennecott. He says that a prosperous
Sunday school is being carried on by
Mrs. Vickery and Mrs. Walter Fos
ter.
* * *
G. K. Gudmundson, a fur buyer of
Nome, came in on the Alaska and left
on the train, enroute to Fairbanks.
2fi 2fi Cfi
R. A. Davis, a Seattle traveling man
is registered at the Windsor.
* * *
Lieutenant and Mrs. J. L. Dykes,
of Fort Liscum, accompanied by eight
soldiers, got in Friday evening on the
government launch Donaldson, to get
the body of Private Joseph Zagian
cziny. This morning the launch start
ed back to Valdez, but on account of
the blizzard was obliged to return.
Cf, 2fi if.
The gas boat Rolfe returned Wed
nesday from the Ibach’s fox ranch
on Middleton Island.
if. if. *
Dr. Charles Daggett is planning to
leave about the end of February for
a stay of several months in the states
to study some special courses in den
tistry, in which profession he has al
ready won high standing. Mrs. Daggett
and the children will accompany him
to visit friends an relatives in sever
al states. Dr. M. L. Biggs, a former
' ' 11 .■■■■'" ■■■■■■■ " ,
| business partner of Dr. Daggett, will
| take charge of the latter work during
his absence.
^ ^ ^
Tom Sawyer’s famous sore toe had
•a rival at the school house Wednes
[ day when young Mike Shepard strode
in proudly exhibiting a bandaged left I
hand and announcing, “I fell and cut
it on some glass last night. Had to
I have a doctor. I cut an artery an’
went clean to the bone, an’ bled some
thin’ fierce.”
* * *
Mrs. Henry Stock, ' who left last
fall for the Outside, returned on the
Alaska and went out to Donnelly’s
cn the Fairbanks trail, where she will
take charge of a roadhouse'.
* * *
The Presbyterian Ladies’ Aid So
ciety is making plans for a food sale
to be held on Saturday, February 21.
* * *
Mr. and Mrs. H. N. Wilson came in
on the Alaska and went on out to their
home at Chitina. Mr. Wilson, who is
a conductor on the upper end of the
railroad line, had to leave for the
States last fall to recover his health.
* * *
Private Simpson, of the Signal Ser
vice left on the trail out from Valdez,
came over on the government launch
Donaldson and will take Sunday’s
train into the interior.
* * &
Anne and Betty Ziegler are recover
ing from a mild attack of tonsilitis.
* * *
Doctor Gillespie of Kennecott, was
the guest of Rev. and Mrs. E. P. Zie
gler at dinner Thursday.
§
PURE WATER A LIFE-SAVER
PITTSBURGH, Feb. 7 (by Associ
ated Press).—Valuing a life at $3,000
1 and the cost of a case of typhoid fever
at $300, Chester F. Drake, engineer in
charge of the Pittsburgh filtration
plant, estimates that the plant pays
for itself every eighteen months.
The plant, which was completed in
1907, purified in 1919 approximately
44,253,000,000 gallons of water.
Delicious mince pie at the City
Bakery. 13_tf
Scarborough Pictures that please at
prioes that are right. Over Cordova
drug store. Phone 140—3 rings.
Fresh French puffs daily at the City
Bakery. >3.tf
FOR RENT—Furnished rooms for
light housekeeping. Phone 128.
—~-——— ■ - ■■
ART TREASURE
POSSESSED BY
INCOMPETENT
CHICAGO, Feb. 7 (by Associated
Press).—More than a million dollars’
worth of art treasures have been found
in the unpretentious home of Mrs.
Evalin Kimball, the aged widow of
W. M. Kimball, founder of a well
known piano company.
The widow recently was adjudged
incompetent. Relatives found paint
ings by Rembrandt, John Constable,
Sir Joshua Reynolds, Millet, Gainsbor
ough, Corot and Bristol. Chinese and
Japanese jade and porcelain vases and
rare tapestries were also found.
N. R. G. laundry tablets wash clothes
without rubbing. Contain no lime,
lye, paraffin, wax or other injurious
chemicals. Nothing like it on the
market. Phone 142—5 rings. 12-tf
I____ ~~ ”
DEMOCRATS ADVISED
TO TAKE OVERCOATS
TO JUNE CONVENTION
SN FRANCISCO, Feb. 7 (by Asso
ciated Press).—“Bring a warm over
coat” is the advice given by G. H.
Willson, district forecaster here, to
every person who plans to attend the
national Democratic convention in
San Francisco, June 28. Willson’s
records, dating to 1871, show that
58.4 degrees is the average mean tem
perature for the four days beginning
June 27.
‘‘There’ll be no wilted collars
blamed to the climate,” said Mr. Will
son. “The mornings in late June are
balmy but frequently there is a blus
tery breeze in the afternoon and sea
fog at night.”
Only eight times in nearly half a
century has the temperature in the
four days beginning June 27 reached
80 degrees. Records show that rain
has fallen in San Francisco during
the four days’ period only five times
since 1849.
115 DAYS ONLY I
Special Sale
Special Sale at Rawson s in all lines of
goods from pins to pencils. The proof
of the pudding is the eating, and the
proof of the right prices on the goods at
this place is by coming in and finding
out.
* * n
REMEMBER, 15 DAYS ONLY, AT
RAWSON’S
. f I
FOR SALE
FOR SALE
Choice business and residence
property.
FOR RENT—
Furnished and unfurnished
apartments and cottages.
INSURANCE—
Fire and marine, life and ac
cident.
BONDS
Fidelity and surety.
■ «*>■
CORDOVA ABSTRACT &
REALTY COMPANY
ROOM 1 ADAMS BUILDING
#
February 11
IS •/ • I
S j * • g
|| Eleventh ||
\ *