SHORT STORIES
ABOUT ALASKA
Charles Warren Johnson, aged 30,
a prominent Gastineau channel min
ing Engineer, died last Friday in Se
attle, succumbing to a long fight
against pulmonary tuberculosis.
After having his nose and cheeks
^lightly frozen on the Broad Pass
trail, and after traveling over rotten
trail and in bad weather for twelve
days, Federal Judge Bunnell has
finally reached Fairbanks.
Mrs. Venetia F. Pugh has been ap
pointed deputy clerk of the court at
Juneau, She will take the place of
Mrs. C. Z. Denny. The appointment
will take effect at once. Mrs. Pugh
is the widow of the late John F, Pugh,
formerly collector of customs.
Damages in the sum of $13,500 were
awarded to Miss May Mugford by the
▼erdict of a jury in the district court
at Juneau. This sum is to be assessed
against the Alaska Treadwell Gold
Mining Company for damages for per
sonal injuries received by Miss Mug
ford at Treadwell on August 30, 1916.
^Inquirires have reached the gov
ernor’s office in an effort to locate
Harry A. Peterson of Seattle, who
was last heard from in August, 1907,
at Katalla. He is about 35 years old
and has light hair and blue eyes. In
formation should be directed to Erne
lia C. Peterson of 715 Sixth avenue,
Seattle, a sister of the missing man.
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Mrs. Walter E. Clark, wife of a for
mer governor of Alaska, has been se
riously ill for the past year at Charles
ton, W. Va., where the Clarks located
after leaving Alaska. Mrs. Clark has
suffered from a complicated nervous
breakdown, and specialists who were
consulted in Philadelphia advised a
change of climate and complete rest.
Mrs. Clark is now in Pennsylvania.
Without any apparent cause, E. W.
(Bud) Johnson, a well-known young
man of Ketchikan, lost his speeech
completely and is unable to utter a
vocal sound. Dr. B. L. Myers, who is
attending the patient, says that other
’dfcse he is perfectly normal, having no
temperature above normal; his appe
tite is good and his blood pressure is
' so slightly above normal that it might
be f<|und in an ordinarily healthy man.
Smallpox has broken out in several
Indian villages on the west coast of
Prince of Wales island, with the result
that the government schools at Bay
View have been closed. Kenneth C.
Osborne, instructor of music, who ar
rived in Ketchikan from Bay View re
cently, said that the work of training
native bands for the competition
^whieh was to have been held in. Met
iaklhtla next summer has been called
off also.
Judge K. R. Babbitt, member of the
board of directors of many of the Jack
ling properties, and at one time chief
counsel for Colonel Jackling’s inter
est*, died at his home in New York
laat Friday night of valvular heart
trouble. As a mark of respect and
affection for Judge Babbitt, work was
completely suspended for five min
utes during the funeral in New York,
in every property in which Colonel
J&ckling and Judge Babbitt were in
terested.
r The Chilkat Packing Company,
formed by Juneau people to can fish,
Vegetables and berries ,with a loca
tion at Haines, has taken over all of
the cantracts made with the natives
by the Burkhardt cannery, which was
burned to the ground last fall. The
cannery will be' so equipped that it
will be able to handle vegetables and
strawberries from the famous Haines
farming section in the Chilkat valley,
and also will put up wild Alaska ber
riqp.
A bill has been introduced in con
w
gress to change the law and make it
necessary for one to be a full citizen
of the United States before entering
the public mineral lands. As the law
now is, one who has declared his in
tention of becoming a citizen may file
upon, operate and purchase mineral
lands of the United States. The bill
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was introduced in the house of repre
sentatives, and is numbered 11,194.
Similar legislation is proposed as to
fishing in Alaska.
Because they carried no passports
as required by law, two Japanese were
recently deported from the United
States to Canada, from whence they
came. The law now requires that all
Japanese coming into Alaska shall
have passports. These two secured
jobs on boats coming from Canada
to Alaska, but at Ketchikan but a
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short time when the iihmigration in
spectors discovered the fact, seized
them and at once sent them back to
Prince Rupert.
John Kalem, for more than ten
years a leading business man of Skag
way, where he was engaged in the re
tail and wholesale grocery business,
died recently at Seattle, according to
work received at Skagway. Mr. Ka
lem was one of the most enterprising
citizens of Skagway from 1897 until
ten years after that time, when he
removed to Seattle. In addition to his
Skagway business he was engaged in
the wholesale business in Dawson for
many years. He served on the Skag
way city council for two terms. Mr.
Kalem is survived by his widow and
three children, two daughters and a
son. ,
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The shop of Rudolph the shoemaker
is open again from 16 a. m. to 7 p. m. tf
Scarborough Pictures that please at
prices that are right Over Cordova
drug store. Phone 140—3 rings.
Fresh Ever-Ready Flashlight Bat
teries, all sizes. Blum-O’Neill Co. 3-tf
Job priming at Daily Times office
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| PROFESSIONAL |
^ DR. W. W. COUNCIL 1
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
Office Add Residence, Cordova
General Hospital ^Ostrander
Building).
Phones—Residence, 115$ Office. 181!
DR. W. H. CHASE
Physialan and Sur^ean
Lafhrop Building
Phone 9
Established Cordova IMA
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DR. W. D’ARCY GHACE
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
WINDSOR HOTEL
Hours:
l p. at. to 3 p. m. and 7 p. m. to 8 p. m.
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DR. CHARLES DAGGETT
DENTAL OFFICES
LATHROP BLDG. PHONE 200
CORDOVA, ALASKA
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SPECIALIST
DENTAL PROPHYLAXIS
PYORRHEA X-RAY
OFFICES WITH
DR. CHARLES DAGGETT
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DR.VONZESCH
Dentist
ADAMS DUILDINO
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DONOHQE t MM9ND
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Office*:
CORDOVA and VALDEZ
I FRANK H. FOSTER
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
ROOM 1, OSTRANDER BUILDING
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LF. MEDLEY
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR
AT LAW
Room 1, Adams BKock
CORDOVA, ALASKA
4-4
R. H. L NOAKS
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
SECOND ST., OPP. HOSPITAL
4-4
D. C. FAIRMAN
TEACHER OF PIANO
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FRANK A. METCALF I
CIVIL AND MINING ENGINEER
U. S. MINERAL SURVEYOR
Juneau, Alaska *
* INSURANCE
MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO.
Accident and Health Insurance
United States Fidelity & Guaranty
THOS. S. SCOTT
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CORDOVA MACHINE I
WORKS
E. R. GARNES, Prop.
Residence Phone 101-3
Shop Phone 182
Machine Work of all Kinds,
Biacksmlthing, General Repair
ing, Horse Shoeing, Oxy-Acety
lene Welding and Cutting.
AUTOMOBILES
I REPAIRED
Office and Shop: City Dock
CORDOVA, Alaska.
Out of Town Jobs Given Strict
Attention.
Helps You
On Built-In
Features
Our Catalogue for the Home-builder contains draw
ers and bins, cases for them, kitchen cabinets and other
pieces, knock-down or set-up. Study of these will aid
in planning a new home or improvements in an old one.
Write Rovig. 2229 1st Av. S. Seattle. "Better Mill
work. Sash and Doors,"
Costs Nothing
GO IS LAWS
STILL IN EFFECT
It’s a long time since Moses came
down the side of the mountain with
the ten fundamental laws, but they
are still in effect. They apply in Cor
dova as well as in the wilderness or
any other place.
You, Mr. and Mrs. Reader, violate
any of them at your peril. The wages
of sin is death in one form or another.
We r§ap what we sow in morals as>
well as on the farm.
Why not strengthen your religious
convictions by regular church attend
ance at our church? Come every
Sunday. You need the Gospel and we
need you at the
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
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“The Church with a Message"
11 a. m. 8 p. m.
FRESH FROM OUTSIDE
Beef, Pork, Veal, Mutton and Poultry
Wholesale and Retail
All Orders Given Prompt Attention
NORTHERN MEAT MARKET
STEAM HEAT ELECTRIC LIGHTS | ,
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I Iverland' otel ,
MRS. J. W. KENNEDY
Chitina, Alaska
POOL TABLE IN CONNECTION
BGtGT BRANDS OP CIGARS KEPT I
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CORDOVA
SHEET METAL
WORKS
Goods Manufactured to Order, of
Sheet Iron, Galvanized Iron, Tin
and Zinc
Phone 143
Second St., Next to Hospital
WALLPAPER
In Latest Patterns
GLASS
In AH Sizes
BOGART & ROBINSON
H. B. WOLKING & CO.
Licensed
UNDERTAKERS
And
EMBALMERS
Phone 133—3
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| ; I A Few Words to Husbands \ |
1 ! | About Washday Help ! |
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^ I New ideals have come to hus- scrubbing. Washed in our way | &
I! i I bands on the question of what every garment is sweet and fresh | §:
& | should be expected of a helpmate. —a joy to wear. |
* j No husband now asks of his wife Then we iron the flat pieces- j 1
j anything that he would not do ^ ^ linens> ^ tablecloths, J |
| himself. the napkins, and so on, in our j |
I But many husbands forget improved manner. Other things, 1 j§
j about washday, with its heavy like skirts, the children’s clothes, | |
f labor. And because they just and shirtwaists, we starch and f 1
| haven’t thought about it, still make ready for the housewife |
I permit their wives to struggle on to iron. Many of the undergar- i
■ with this trying task. ments, because of the airy way
| T , . , p. we dry them, need no ironing/ \ 1
f It need not be so in the future. f 1
» | Our Family Laundry Service In substance, we do all the j|
| offers a happy way out. This back-breaking work of washday, $
:£ | is a modem service—the cost is leaving to housewives only the
|j | no more than washday at home, lighter ironing. i %
|| | and usually it is less. We will be glad to tell you f j|
| | We wash everything in water more about this family laundry | ^
| I delightfully soft and in fleecy service. Telephone us any time. | |
:| f suds of flaked soap. Nowhere Or mail us your address and we * ||
|| | in our process is there any of will have our man call for your 1 ||
If the old-fashioned rubbing or family bundle. I |
j We treatJyour clothing white j |
I I Jones’ Laundry I I
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f The Modern Laundry I I
| | “Yes—Six . Six, Please” I
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