IS CLOSE AT
HAND
(By United Press)
WASHINGTON. April 18. — When
the back yard garden Is ready for
spading, the first thing to do is ex
amine the soil — first its chemical
condition, then for its planting condi
tion. Soil of the average city back
yard may not be very good for the pur
pose of planting vegetables with
a view to cutting the cost of living.
In the spring, as soon as the soil
has dried, grasp a handful of it and if
it will slowly fall apart it is in fit con
dition to prepare for planting. Never
work clay or heavy soils while wet.
Soils which are naturally moist are
sour and as a result are not in the best
condition for planting.
Whether sour or not it will be well
to test the soil. A piece of blue litmus
paper should be obtained from a drug
store. Take a handful of the soil
slightly moistened and place the paper
on it. The paper will turn red if the
soil Is sour.
If this condition is shown it can be
corrected with a little lime. Cover
the ground with a thin coat of air
slaked lime, which can be obtained at
little cost. Work this in well.
Clayey or stiff clay loam, where se
vere freezing has occurred, will be
in a much better condition if it has
been given a good dressing of manure
in the fall.
Do not be too quick to get into the
garden work. Some of the overzealous
seize the first warm spell as the op
portunity and work heavy clay soil
before it is dry. They waste energy
and do harm to the soil, from which
it will not recover in a long time.
Timeliness is a big item in garden
ing, and the thing to do is to have
everything ready when the right time
comes. Fresh vegetables are very
desirable and those from the back
yard garden are not subjected to ex
posure and transportation. Then, too,
home grown products are free from
infection.
Another point is that many garden
products lose flavor between the time
they leave the farm and reach the city
table. This is avoided in the home
grown garden. It is not desirable to
start things before danger of late
frosts is over.
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VERY SCBAPPY
LOT
(By United Press)
NEW YORK, April 18. — Ty Cobb’s
outburst for freedom in spikes, perpe
trated in Dallas, Texas, with Charley
Herzog the goat is sufficient to lead
any one to wonder why it is that near
ly every great star in baseball has
participated in many bursts of tem
per, many times ending in fist exhi
bitions.
Cobb himself has had innumerable
episodes of temper, and many times
they have developed into blows. The
occasion of the butcher nearly put Ty
out of baseball for a season, and there
wa3 a time when he clambered into
a grandstand to take up the issue
with a spectators.
Herzog is a scrappy individual and
a star. Heinie Zimmerman is always
eager to argue with some one — and
he is a star. Joe Wood has had his
first experiences. John McGraw was
a fighter, and a fast one. Johnny Ev
ers has encountered trouble in his
baseball days more times than any one
ever has set down on paper.
It apears that the unchecked spirit
that carries men to heights in base
ball effort is just as likely to
lead them to heedless effort when an
argument presents itself. That pro
bably explains why Herzog and Cobb
mixed.
Cobb has confessed he intentionally
spiked the Giants’ second sacker
There undoubtedly was a reason for
that, and when Herzog grappled witt
the Georgian and they went to the
Texas sand in a rough and tumble ex
hibitlon, it was evident the fires had
been smouldering.
It was a queer thing that each par
ticipant in this melee was playing un
der orders of two of baseball’s scrap
piest managers, John McGraw him
self has probably gone through more
pugilistic capers on the diamond thai
any man in the game, and Hugh Jen
nings was a baseball player of somi
ability with his fists. Both were mem
bers of the old Baltimore Orioles, i
club that learned fighting almost ai
soon as it did baseball.
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LEGISLATOR IS INTERFERING
WITH WORK OF CUPIC
(By United Press)
SACRAMENTO, April 18. — Cupl
hollered ouch here today. J. L. Flen:
ing, of Los Angeles, is here with a bil
that would forever blast all Californi
youths’ hopes of elopement. The bil
proposes to make publication of inter
tlon weeks in advance a conditio
which must be fulfilled before anyon
can get a marriage license. Whethe
the bill will become a law remains t
be seen. ^ ,,
SPORTS I
Gossip About Events of National
Importance and the Persona
Who Are In the Head
Liner Classes.
(By Associated Press)
SAN FRANCISCO. April 18. — Par
ticular attention will be paid this year
by the various tennis clubs in the
Northwest district to the junior
events. This is said to be the first
time that organized effort has been
made in behalf of the younger players
n the Pacific Northwest.
The plan now is to hold junior
hampionshlps and boys’ champion
<hips in each one of the tennis cen
ters in the Pacific Northwest, notably
3eattle, Tacoma, Portland, Spokane
ind Lewiston. Any boy Is eligible to
^nter the Junior championship who
will not be 19 years old before Oc
tober 1, and the age limit provided
tor in the boys' events will be 16
fears. The winners of these two
svents will hold the championship for
>ach district in which he plays.
Plans are on foot to have an inde
pendent meet of the various cham
pions so that there may be a playoff,
thus determining who Is to be the
■hampion for the entire district.
The boys winning the junior cham
pionships will be sent at the expense
pf the clubs in which they are repre
sented, and it is intended to send
the Pacific Northwest champion to the
national meet, which is held August
30 in the east. The eastern national
tournament is held at the same time
as the national championship.
The dates of the championship have
not yet been assigned. The prelimin
ary events probably will be played off
early in the summer, preferably as
soon as high school duties are dis
posed of. The independent playoff
will probably take place early in Aug
ust, so that if the champion desires
to go east so as to have ten days’ or
two weeks’ play on the eastern courts
he may have the opportunity to do so.
Reports from the various golf clubs
in and about San Francisco are to the
effect that never before have the wo
men taken such an active interest In
the game. As many as fifty players
have been out on the links of the San
Francisco Golf and Country Club. The
California women’s championship tour
nament and the northern California
championships, which will be held in
the near future, are expected to draw
heavy entrances.
A score or more California golf
players from Los Angeles, San Fran
cisco and other sections of the state
are expected to play in the Pacific
Northwest Association championship
tournament, to be played over the
links of the Waverly Country Club at
Portland, June 25-30, according to C.
Harry Davis, Portland, captain of the
Waverly men’s team who has been
on a visit to California.
Edward Tufts, president of the
Southern California Golf Association,
Erving Armstrong, Norbert Murray,
W. E. Bowman and a number of other
muthern Californians have promised
to play, Mr. Davis said. California
leretofore has never been represented
In the Northwestern tournament.
Handball has become a popular
game among the members of the lx>s
Angeles Athletic Club, and six courts
ire available and liberaly patronized.
Among the many men playing regu
larly is Maurice E. McLoughlln, for
mer national singles tennis champion,
who has been utilizing handball as a
means of getting himself into condi
tion for participation In the cham
pionship tennis tournaments this year.
Bad weather along the Pacific coast
las caused the postponement of the
intercollegiate and interscholastic in
loor relay carnival at the Oregon Ag
ricultural College, from April 7 to
21. It is expected the later date will
permit more colleges and schools to
inter.
Great Falls' players In the North
western league, known as the Elec
:rics, are training at Olympia, Wash.,
instead of Boise as at first planned.
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The Dally Times is a member of the
Associated Press. Got the news
ORDINANCE NO. 50.
An Ordinance Fixing the Salaries of
Officers of the Town of Cordova In
the Territory of Alaska, and Repeal- 1
Ing All Ordinances in Conflict Here
with.
3e It Ordained by the Common Coun
cil of the Town of Cordova, in the '
Territory of Alaska:
Sec. 1. The officers of the Town of
Cordova, in the Territory of Alaska,
ihall be paid and allowed as compen- 1
lation and salaries as follows:
The town clerk shall be allowed and i
paid the sum of fifty dollars per -
month.
The municipal magistrate shall be |
illowed and paid the sum of ten dol
ars per month.
The chief of police shall be allowed
md paid the sum of one hundred and .
twenty-five dollars per month.
The chief of the fire department '
ihall be allowed and paid the sum of
rifty dollars per month.
The town treasurer shall be allowed
and paid the sum of one dollar per
month.
The health officer shall be allowed
and paid the sum of twenty-five dol
lars per month.
Sec. 2. Each of the said salaries,
except the town treasurer, shall be
paid out of the geueral fund on the
last day of each month and the town
clerk is hereby authorized and in
structed to draw warrants on the
treasurer for the amounts of said
salaries.
Sec. 3. All ordinances and parts of
ordinances in conflict herewith are
hereby repealed.
This ordinance shall go into effect
from and after the date of its pas
sage and approval, and shall be pub
lished in the Cordova Dally Times.
Introduced April 16, 1917.
Rules suspended April 16, 1917.
Passed April 16, 1917.
(seal) W. H. CHASE, Mayor.
Attest:
Edward F. Medley, Town Clerk.
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WHATCHAMA COLUMN. 4
Feather Dusters. 4
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(By O. M , United Press) 4
Heaven Is roan's Idea of life 4
after death. The feather duster 4
Is a turkey's Idea of life after 4
Thanksgiving. 4
There has always been some- 4
thing pathetic about it to us 4
Particularly In that bilious and 4
melancholy period after we have 4
given a little thanks and taken 4
too many helpings. We always 4
think: 4
"Well, the turk Is dead and 4
gone; the gobbler, as you might 4
say, gobbled; but his soul and hi- 4
feathers go marching on." It 4
sort of fills us with sadness. 4
But the feather duster, like a 4
good many old established insti- 4
tutlons, is passing. Patent mops 4
and extra efficient rags of one 4
sort and another are pushing It 4
to the ash can. Dust is being 4
clipped upon and obliterated 4
without warning. 4
But the duster in Its day did 4
yeoman service. Long may It 4
wave. 4
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Of course you are reading the Dally
lines. Why not save a dollar by pay
g six months' subscription in ad
ance; |5 will do the trick.
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Have your Job printing done at the
lines office.
NOTICE TO CEREDITORS.
COURT FOR THE TERRITORY OF
ALASKA, THIRD DIVISION, COR
DOVA PRECINCT,
n the Matter of the Estate of A. B
Cooper, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the^under
igned, administrator of the estate of
L B. Cooper, deceased, to the credit
irs of, and all persons having claims
igainst, the said deceased to exhibit
hem, with the necessary vouchers,
vithln six months after the first pub
ication of this notice, to the said ad
ninistrator, at C. M. Frazier's office
n the Town of Cordova, Territory of
Alaska, the same being the place for
he transaction of business of said
istate.
Dated February 6, 191G.
W. J. SHEPHARD,
Administrator of the Estate of A. II.
Cooper, Deceased.
First publication February G, 1917.
Last publication, April 18, 1917.
Alaskan Grill
M. E. HOLBEN, Prop.
The Place To Eat
Everything In Season
Service The BEST
Boxes For Large Or Tray Service
Small Parties Our Specialty
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| THE UNIVERSAL CAR
i 320,817
| Have been built and actually lay or disappointment In secur
'delivered to retail buyers since Ing Ford cars. If, therefore, you
I August 1, 1916. are planning to purchase a Ford
These figures — 320,817 — re- car, we advise you to place your
present the actual number man- order and take delivery now.
ufactured by us since August 1, Immediate orders will have
1916, and delivered by our prompt attention,
agents to retail buyers. This un- Delay In buying at this time
usual fall and winter demand for may cause you to wait several
Ford cars makes It necessary months. Enter your order today
for us to confine the dlstrlbu- for Immediate delivery with our
tlon of cars only to those agents authorized Ford agent listed be
who have orders for Immediate low and don’t be disappointed
delivery to retail customers, Jater on.
rather than to permit any agent
to stock cars In anticipation of PRICES F. O. B. VALDEZ,
later spring sales. ALASKA.
I We are Issuing this notice to Runabout 8460, Touring Car
Intending buyers that they may $475, Coupe-elet $620, Town Car
1 protect themselves against de- 8715, 8edan $766.
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A commercial account is a good business barometer. It '/ •
automatically indicates whether you are going ahead or stand- &
ing still in your business. Deposit all the money you receive. Jfc
I’av out money by check only. At the* end of the month a glance
at your bank statement will show your total receipts and ex- M
penditures during that month. In other words, it will show
how much business you have done. ^
WE INVITE YOUR ACCOUNT.
The First Bank f
Of Cordova
Territorial Depositary. Ba I
United States Depositary for Postal Savings Funds.
Commercial Department. Savings Department.
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W. E. TERRILL
FREIGHTER
Baggage and Freight Taken
over the Trail to Fairbanks.
TEAMS LEAVE CHITINA
FEBRUARY 5
MARCH 15
Baggage can be left at the
Chitina Hotel, Chitina, or Alas
kan Hotel, Cordova.
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An Alaskan Product
Real Old German Lager
A Refreshing Drink
The Valdez Brewing Co.
Under New Management
Patronize Home Industry
On Tap In Every Saloon
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| Alaskan Hotel
:$ THE HOUSE OF COMFORT
X;
:•£ _
THE BEST EQUIPPED HOTEL
IN ALASKA
BAR AND BARBER SHOP IN CONNECTION.
Hot and Cold Water, Electric Bells, Electric
j§ Lights, Steam Heat, Suites With Bath.
H Bar in Connection
jiji ROBERT GOTT8CHALK Proprlteor* ART CLONINGER
|| CORDOVA, ... . ALASKA
| Foos Gas Engines
4 to 5C0 Horse Power
General Electric Motors
Roebling Tramways
Pelton Water Wheels
Chicago Oil Engines and Compressors
Regal Boat Engines
| Harmon Machinery Co Inc
Oxy-Acetylene Welding.
CORDOVA, ALASKA
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Sixty Steam Heated Rooms Eletric Lighted
Hot and Cold Water in Every Room
With or Without Bath.
Cordova House
H. C. ROSS, Proprietor.
Headquarters for Railroad and Mining Men
Satisfaction Guranteed
Rates Reasonable
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Cordova Mill &
Lumber Company
Manufacturers and Dealers in Rough and
Dressed Lumber.
Also Outside Lumber.
We Have Succeeded the Arctic Lumber Company and
All Mail Orders Should be Addressed to Cs.
Orders From up the Line Office and Mill Opposite
Promptly Attended to. Railroad Depot. Phone 5
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STATIONERY AND PHOTO SUPPLIES
Developing and Printing Phonographs
Views and Postcards Columbia Records
Art Pictures, Art Supplies 0, , „ .
Picture Frames Sheet Music
Picture Framing Candies Always Fresh
Toilet Articles Cigars and Tobacco
MAIL ORDERS GIVEN IMMEDIATE ATTENTION.
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II ALL THE LIGHT ON THE BOOK,
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and none in the eyes is what makes
the electric light so superior for night
i reading. And its brilliancy brings out
the type with the utmost distinctive
ness so that reading is acconp&nled
by no strain on the eyes whatever.
Have you electricity in your hornet
I Cordova Power
Company
- LIGHTS WATER PHONES POWER
Z Office: FIRST STREET.
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11 Copper River & I
I|Northwestern Ry. |
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| | EFFECTIVE MAY 1, 1916.
I if Three Trains Weekly Between Cordova and Chitina. |
if ijij Four Trains Weekly Between Chitina and Kennecott. if
if | Leave Cordova, Second Street Depot, on Mondays, Thura- if
if if days and Saturdays. |
fi Leave Chitina for Cordova Sundays, Tuesdays and |
^ | Fridays. i|
^ if Leave Chitina for Kennecott Sundays, Tuesdays, Thuia- if
days and Fridays. |
if Leave Kennecott for Chitina Mondays, Wednesdays, I
if Thursdays and Saturdays. if
if The above schedule subject to change without notice, if
iiij Dining Car In Connection With all Regular Reasenger Trains §
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fj: tween Cordova and Chitina. jp
Freight received from 9 A. M. to 5 P. M. if
if Tickets on sale at Depot or up town office, Alaska §
if Steamship Company building- ^
| Caleb Corser W. E. Brown |
Superintendent Cordova Agent j|