PURELY LOCAL
GOSSIP ABOUT
YOUR FRIENDS
A new sidewalk is being laid in front
of the Windsor hotel.
Nels Tjosvig came down from Mc
Carthy on the last train and will leave
on the Alameda on a trip to Norway.
Mrs. H. N. Wilson has returned
from Chitina to Join her husband here,
who will hereafter be located in Cor
dova.
The city council will meet in regu
lar session tonight, when the new
chimney ordinance will likely be
passed.
Although Agent Tracy has received
no word from the Alameda the
steamer is due here early Wednesday
morning.
Attorney T. J. Donohoe is having a
lot cleared at the corner of C avenue
and Fourth street where he will erect
a residence.
Dr. Schwartz, physician for the Chil
kat Oil Company and Bering Rivet
Coal Company at Katalla, was In town
over Sunday.
Will Clayson has a force of men at
work clearing his lot at the corner
of First street and D avenue prepara
tory to the erection of three cottages,
The meetings of the Ladies' Aid So
ciety of the Presbyterian church will
not be suspended for the summer
months as inadvertently stated in Sat
urday’s paper.
Frank Sellers has purchased twc
lots at corner of First street and A
avenue from the S. Blum estate, and
he will at aonce begin the erectior
of a cottage on one of the lots.
At a meeting of the Northland clul
on Saturday evening last the following
officers were elected for the ensuing
year: President, H. A. Slater; vice
president, Bartley Howard; secretary
W. L. Fursman; treasurer, John Mul
ler; house committee, Rev. E. P
Zeigle, F. H. Foster and T. S. Scott.
Yesterday afternoon at 3 o’clocl
Rev. E. P. Zeigler performed the cere
mony which united for life Sergean
Rudolph Emanuel Elmquist, in chargi
of the local cable office, and Mias Ger
trude Evelyn Whited, who taught
school at Valdez and arrived here on
Saturday’s boat. The ceremony took
place at the home of Mrs. and Mrs. H.
Lines in the presence of a few inti
mate friends. The Daily Times joins
in extending congratulations to the
young couple, who will make their
home in Cordova.
Mrs. Katch, whose husband works
at the navy wireless station, is the
mother of a child born at the Cordova
general hospital yesterday.
The Club Pool and Billiard Hall,
under the management of Thomas
Cloninger, is now open and in full
swing, the old Empress theatre build
ing having been transformed into an
attractive resort by Bogart and Rob
inson, decorators. The hall is 50 x 100
feet and the entire floor has been cov
ered with cork carpet. A beautiful
marble fountain and five pool and
three billiard tablest have been in
stalled. The latest indirect lighting
system sheds a soft glow over the
place, while comfortable chairs and
leather-seated settes have been pro
vided for the patrons. The balance
of the fixtures are due on the next
boat and when all of the improve
ments have been completed The Club
will be one of the finest billiard halls
in the territory.
Viola Dana in “Breakers Ahead,”
and a Triangle two-reel comedy,
“Pinched in the Finish,” at the Em
press theatre this evening at 8 o’clock
sharp. “Breakers Ahead” is a story
of the sea and sea faring people. Bluff
old “Captain” Scudd, Erix Pixley, his
first mate, Mike Burley, the ruffian
willing to steer “The Wasp” upon the
rocks in order to collect the insur
ance money, and the little waif, Ruth,
who grows up with the sound of the
salt sea pounding in her ears, becomes
real to the spector. “Breakers Ahead”
will appeal to those who dwell near
the sea, and also to land-locked peo
ple who live far from the coast, and
everyone, everywhere, will admire the
beauty of the sea scenes.
Get your fresh milk and cream at
the Blum, O’Neill Company and Cash
Grocery Stores. T. TJ. Pirtle. 28-3t
Tub and shower baths at the Holden
pool room barber shop. 9-tf
Read the Daily Times for the latest
and most reliable world news.
New Perfection oil cook stoves are
t just the thing for summer. North
s western Hardware Company. 71tf
GREATEST FEAT
IN BUILDING
CANTONMENTS
WASHINGTON, June 16 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Even in America “the
greatest builder of the past,” no feat
of construction has ever approached
that involved in the completion in 90
days of 16 cantonments for the na
tional army and 16 tent cities for the
national guard, says the official war
“material” history made public today
by the war department. The task in
volved the erection and equipment of
32 cities capable of accommodating
40,000 persons each, with all the re
quisite water, lighting, sewerage, hos
pital and heating utilities, and in ad
dition the preparation of the strictly
military features, such as parade
grounds and rifle and artillery ranges.
The creature comforts enjoyed by
the American soldier of 1917 is con
trasted with those afforded the man
of ’61-’65. Substantial barracks, heat
ed by steam or stoves, took the place
of tents; chemically pure water re
placed that secured from the casual
spring or stream; scientific laundries
cared for the national army recruit’s
clothing, and field bakeries gave him
the modern successor to the ashy hoe
cake.
Lumber used in the cantonments
alone, the report says, was equiavlent
to a board-walk 12 inches wide and
one inch thick "to the moon and half
way back” while the nails of one popu
lar size would "girdle the earth 3%
times.”
The race between the contractors
to complete the contonments in the
time for the initial draft is eloquently
described, the builder of Camp Taylor,
Louisville, Ky„ winning by a narrow
margin. The cantonments occupied
157,741 acres of land, which cost an
average of $3.93 per acre, and the
contractors’ profits were given as less
than 2% per cent of the gross cost of
construction.
Expenditures for the cantonments
represented 70 per cent of the total for
the Panama canal, but the Ime con
sumed was less than 90 days against
10 years for the canal. Supplementary
building propects undertaken by the
department aggregate a much larger
project than the cantonments and in
cluded enoromus storehouses, factpcjes
for various purposes, proving grounds,
army posts, embarkation facilities,
docks, magazines, railroads, aviation
fields and hospitals.
“On November 11, 1918,” the report
says, “the construction division was
conducting 535 perations in 442 locali
ties, involving an expenditure of $1,
000,000,000. These touched every state
but one.
As the construction crews developed
teamwork, remarkable instances of
speed werp reported. Precautions tak
en to assist the contractors included
the detail of a disbursing officer on
the spot “with the check book ready”
so that material could be paid on de
livery, and so that special equipment
could be obtained at a fair rental and
a steady flow of building materials be
insured. The last feature finally nec
essitated the sending of soldiers into
the forest to cut logs and piles and
to load them on railroad cars which
were guarded by soldiers to their des
tination.
When a shortage of stoves threat
ened the health of the navy army, offi
cers of the construction division were
sent to the factories to speed up pro
duction with the result that the army
“obtained 15,000 in three months al
though that number is a year’s output
of the industry.”
Fire prevention at the various army
projects was so efficient that the per
capita loss was only 46 cents com
pared with the civilian rate of $2.42.
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING
WANTED—Men at the sawmill. We
pay 65 cents per hour for ordinary
labor and machine men more, ac
cording to their skill and effiency.
Cordova Mill & Lumber Co. 16-tf
FOR RENT—Furnished Cabin. Phone
129. 14-tf
WANTED—Position cooking for crew.
Apply Mrs. Woodward, Windsor
Hotel. _ 5-tt
FOUND—A gold band ring, with nug
get buckle. Owner can secure same
at Times office by identifying prop
erty and paying for adv. 4-tf
FOR RENT—Bathhouse and rooms,
connected with lunch room for rent
or would take responsible lady part
ner. Small capital required. Mrs.
M. Wood, McCarthy.4-6t
WANTED—A woman cook for hospital
Call between 4 and 6. 3-tf
FOR 8ALE—$60 Vlctrola, with ten
records. Price $35, if taken at once.
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The Sodas, Ice Cream and |
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clean glasses.
SPECIAL THIS WEEK
§ New Empress Special
Chocolate Puffee .35 cents |j
Summer Beauty .40 cents
Helen Ar’Dell .40 cents
j| Ice Cream Sodas are always 15 cents
and our plain Sundaes 25 cents.
HEGG’S ICE CREAM
Is as pure as ice cream can be made.
Remember it contains no ice cream
powders, corn starch or other substi- |
tutes. We sell our cream in handy pint
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