it
orrespondenee. >
a and bride paid ua a
,t last week. Congratula
.ieve, and thanks for those per
..s. They were fine. Sorry you
.n't a Mormon.
Naturalist Henry C. Davis. Jr., of
New York (not the Great Henry Gass
away. He's dead), leaves In a few
days on an exploring expedition to
the headwaters of the Chitlna in
search of a lost tribe of Copper river
Indians. Hope he will succeed.
M. A. Hickey has returned from Se
attle, and is strutting around resplen
dant in a new suit of Levi Strauss'
lates all-blue, notwithstanding the em
bargo on dye stuffs since the war in
Europe.
President Jas. Paulson, of the Bon
anza Matrimonial Club, will, on Sat
urday evening, deliver his great lec
ture on glacier worms and their rela
tlon to Mount Blackburn, in the Bug
ology Fraternity house. All bugs cor
dially invited.
We understand the Ladies' Aid So
ciety of McCarthy is going to -take
drastic action against the promoters
of the badger fight pulled off lately
at Kennecott on a charge of cruelty
to animals, and in consequence Messrs.
Seagraves, Stannard and Morgan are
hiding in the tall timber till the so
ciety's wrath is appeased.
Mr. Bateman, mineralogist of New
York, paid us a pleasant visit this
week. Come again, Bate, we like to
meet good fellows.
Assistant Manager Smith wants to
know why Jim McGarock's waist mea
sure has increased six inches in the
last three months if the grub is not
alright at Kennecott.
Bill Baxter indulges in a shave
twice a week, and sets his boots out
in the hall every night for the janitor
to polish since the advent of so many
ig ladles in Kannocott
<» Occasion of Steven Birch's
to Bonanza. Mac, the night com
esaor man, indulged In a bran new
haircut and shave. Mope Steve comes
often.
It was with deep regret we all bid
farewell to Or. Bunch, who has gone]
to New York to make his future home. I
We all wish him happiness and pros
perity. Poc w as a tender hearted fel- j
low. and if he had to cut your leg off i
he always filed his saw first.
I)r. I.oggln paid us a visit this week
and he appears to be all the mustard,
and conies to us highly recommended.
And last, but not least, we are keep
ing up the ten million a month output
of copper at Kennecott, which makes
us all happy and gives us double
eagles to roll over the counters of
Cordova.
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MASONS. ATTENTION.
A special meeting of Mt. McKinley
Ixidge, No. 183, F. & A. M„ will be
held this evening at 9 p. m. Work in
the F. C. degree. Visiting Masons
welcome.
HENRY A. SLATER, W. M.
Edward F. Medley, Secretary.
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Wanted — Four good carpenters,
Mile 14 Apply Chris Kuppler, Wind
sor Hotel. *
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MARRIAGE REPORTED.
It was reported today that George
Lewis, of the Cordova House Resta
rant, who made a trip to McCarthy
last week, was married the other day
at the mining camp. Nobody today
seemed to know the identity of the
bride, but all his friends are certain
that he now is to be placed among
the ra£iks of married men.
In tow of the tug Arctic, of fhe Pu
get Sound Sand * Gravel Company,
the barge Henry Villard. owned by
James Griffith & Son, arrived at Cor
dova this morning at 11 o'clock. She
was ten and a half days making the
voyage from Seattle to Cordova. In
cluded in the cargo of the Villard is
420,000 feet of lumber for Cordova,
and oil, coal, machinery, dynamite and
hardwood for the Midas mine at
Granby- bay.
The Arctic is in command of Capt.
Fred Harriman, one of the pioneer
sea captains on the southwestern Alas
ka run. Years ago he was master of
the steamship Rxeelsior, and has been
in the Cordova harbor when there
was nothing here but the Orca can
nery.
At that time Capt. Kenney, now
master of the steamship Alliance,
which was in port this morning, when
the Arctic tied up at the dock, was
second officer for Harriman.
The Villard formerly- was a full
rigged ship, and sailed in the trans
Atlantic and South American trade out
of New York. She is a vessel of 1.552
gross tons, 219 feet long and 39.8 feet
beam. She was built at Bath, Maine,
in 1882.
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Housekeeping rooms for rent. In
quire of Dr. W. H. Chase.
BADGER BATTLE
KENNECOTT. Alaska. — One da)
Inst week the employees of the Ken
nooott Copper Cor|>oratlon decided t<
entertain the private secretary of Mr
S. lllreh. to the wonderful though fas
rinsting spectacle of a savage hattlc
between a badger and a dog.
The gentlemen in question foi
whom all this entertainment of blood
shed was provided Is, by the way, new
to Alaska, and therefore, at the Unit
this battle was fought — it is safe t<
Hay did not quite know the pecullai
characteristics of lioth the men ant
the country.
Though the fight In question wai
mode very exciting by the very largi
wagers on one or the other of thi
combatants. It was very tame, ant
what was even more surprising (ti
some) absolutely bloodless. It is alst
certain that any referee, even a fa
mous one, would have been decldedl;
nonplussed in giving a decision o
any kind whatsoever. The badger
: which was to encounter the best fight
ing dog at Kennecott, was shipped dl
rect from Strelna, and is, in tha
place, reputed to be an extremel:
I bloodthirsty creature, having renderei
1 every other badger, and in fact an;
animal that ever dared cross its patl
hors de combat in shorter than recori
time. This history accompanied th
badger, and Is vouched for by som<
old-timers at Strelna. The badge
seemed to be a pretty good age itsel
and was kept in a starved or rathe
empty condition for several days 1
order to give it the Impetus for i
fiercer fight.
Dr. Bunch was asked to release th
monster, but declined the offer o
account of having a very large wage
on the outcome of the conflict, an
preferred being on the ground to wii
ness the fight. There were severs
other gentlemen among the spectator
who were offered Dr. Bunch's job, bu
all of whom very cordially declined th
high office under one pretext or ai
other. After a brief consultation b<
tween a party of the entertainers 1
was decided that the private secretar
himself should have the honor c
starting the fight. Needless to say a
the honor was so great, the offer wa
accepted in the same generous Bpirl
in which it was tendered. The battl
itself, which will long be remembere
by one at least, did not last an
great length of time on account of th
poor fighting qualities of the badgei
which had such a great reputation a
a killer. Although the proverb doe
not apply here, it is nevertheless
case of “empty vessels make the mos
noise.” This is a brief description c
the battle itself.
The gentleman who was to releas
the badger first armed himself wit
a very heavy bludgeon, in fact som
say it was weighted with lead. Thi
weapon was to be used to work off th
badger's attacks in case it shoul
assault its liberator. Having secure
this means of life preservation, h
mounted the long ladder with as raaci
determination as any warrior coul
command going into battle. There h
stood, a brave man, on the topmos
rung of the ladder, from which th
box containing the confined anima
was suspended, and many even avov
that they could see the thrills he wa
experiencing during the hushed si
lence preparatory to the opening o
the trap and the glorious struggle o
nialamute and badger.
All of a sudden the lid was ralsei
and noisily hurtling to the grount
came the much talked of badger. B;
some chance or other the private sec
yetary did not see the badger whei
he opened the lid, but swears he heart
it fall, which is very probable, as testl
fled by everyone who witnessed thti
remarkable fight. From what I hav<
heard the badger fight is an unheart
of thing in the east.
Note.—This badger belonged to i
species of its own, and everyone wht
saw the fight say it acted very un
badger like.
A SPECTATOR.
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TRAP RIFLE GUARDS STILL
ON PORT ANGELES FARM
PORT ANGELES, July 24. — P. E
Koaney, deputy United States Intel
nal revenue collector, and Sheriff H
C. Bishop, Deputy F. C. Cooper am
Prosecutor S. C. Rose, faced a tri]
rifle arrangement yesterday afternooi
when they opened the door of i
whisky still on the farm of Joe SI
grist. The farmer was arrested am
100 pounds of sour corn and barle;
mash under process of fermentatioi
and a small amount of moonshlm
whisky were confiscated. Sigrist sail
he had arranged the trap rifle to kee;
away persons trying to steal hi
“elder."
LOCAL JOTTING*.
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George fiteel, of Baird river, spent
Sunday In Cordova.
W. 8 Farguson, of Knlk, Is regis
tered at the Alaskan Hotel.
T. W. Barrington, of Kennerott, ar
rived In Cordova yesterday en route
to the outside.
'Charles Keenan, master mechanic
for the Copper River & Northwestern
railway, returned Saturday from a trip
to the ontslde.
Lieut. Maddox, of the U. S. Navy,
arrived Saturday and left yesterday
for the radio station at Mile 14, of
which he has assumed charge.
i The naval repair ship Saturn, to
' day arrived at Cordova and will re
main here for a week or ten days. She
has supplies for the station at Whit
i shed, which will be discharged here.
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> Art Cloninger, of Oottschalk & Cion
l inger, proprietors of the Alaskan Ho
> tel, was an outgoing passenger on the
> steamship Aroltne this morning. He
- will be gone about four months.
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r Capt. George Whitney, local stcam
, boat inspector, will arrive In Cordova
• on the steamship Alaska, having com
- pleted his work to the westward, which
t took him as far north as Bristol bay.
r i —
I Mrs. Ella A. Boole, of New York
r City, vice-president at large of the
i National W. C. T. U.. will speak on
I "Problems for Patriots," at the Red
s Dragon this eveping at 8 o'clock. Men
» and women invited.
r -
f The new sidewalks along First ave
p nue greatly improve the appearance
> of the street, and when others have
i laid new sidewalks In front of their
buildings. It will make a great dif
s ferenee in the general appearance of
i the city.
r ■ .
1 Dr. Bunch, for the past several
- years in charge of the medical depart
1 ment of the Kennecott Copper Com
* pany at Kennecott, arrived on the
t train yesterday en route to the out
3 side. Dr. Bunch, it Is said, will locate
i- in Atlanta, Georgia.
Ml. G. STEEL IS RETURNING
: TO CORDOVA
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9 H. G. Steel, publisher of the Cor
1 dova Daily Times, has severed hit
Y connection with the Anchorage Times
9 and will return to this city on th<
“• steamship Alameda.
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B HELP WANTED.
* Men and women wanted to work ir
* cannery by the hour. Apply Carlisle
f Packing Co.
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Job Printing at the Times.
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‘ Alaska.
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