SI ORT STORIES
l BOUT ALASKA
OCCURRENCES
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Virgil Myers, a son of Dr. and Mrs.
R. R. Myers, formerly of Nenana, died
in Portland, Ore., recently.
John Powers has finished his road
work at Eagle and is moving his grad
ing outfit to Fourth of July creek.
There was a Yama-Yama dance at
Cordova last week. Is that polite lan
guage for hula-hula?—Valdez Miner.
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The body of Tim Murphy, an old
timer who died at Nenana last week,
was shipped to Fairbanks for burial.
Mr. and Mrs. L H. Heard, pioneers
of Dawson, are going Outside for good,
and will settle somewhere on the
coast. The Heards have been in Daw
son twenty-two years.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Baatz, who
have been in the hotel business in In
terior Alaska for manay years, have
leased their rooming house in Nenana
and left for Seattle.
Judge R. W. Jennings has named
William G. Thomas as United States
commissioner at Wrangell to succeed
C. E. Weber, resigned. Mr. TJiomas
is a pioneer of Wrangell.
Captain A. L. Bell of the Royal
Northwest mounted police took an in
ventory of all spirituous liuquors at
Whitehorse recently, and a govern
ment vendor was appointed.
A considerable shipment of mining
tools and food supplies left Dawson
just before the freeze-up for Mayo.
Among the shipment were several
tons for the Keno Hill properties.
The Eureka native store at Kake has
been flourishing since its beginning
last December, and now finds it neces
sary to build new quarters. The work
will begin as sgon as labor and ma
terial can be secured.
The best run of red salmon ever
known at Afognak was this year. It
is planned to re-establish the run of
red salmon in the lakes near Afognak
which was interrupted by the erup
tion there.
City Clerk L. W. Kilburn has se
cured the old records of the Douglas
Cemetery Association, which was
formed twenty years ago. He will en
deavor to have the cemetery platted
and all burial placed located.
Felix Gray was appointed on the
Douglas city council recently to fill
the unexpired term of H. R. Murray,
who has moved to California. Mr.
Gray is a property owner in Douglas
and takes keen interest in the affairs
of the town.
Jack Stewart, a pioneer miner of
Nenana, died recently at St. Joseph’s
hospital of cancer of the stomach.
Stewart had been ill from the disease
for years, and a visit to Mayo Bros’,
proved to Turn that treatment was use
less. He leaves a widow and four
children.
Demand was made recently on the
employers of labor along the Juneau
water front for an increased scale of
wages. The new scale demands $1
per hour for handling coal and general
merchandise and $1.25 per hour for
handling powder, cement, concen
trates, etc.
Some of the most drastic sentences
meted out to violators of the law in
Dawson in years past were given for
distilling and selling liquor. Tho
mounted police have vigorously fer
reted out those guilty of violating the
dry law, and offenders received heavy
sentences.
The body of the late J. C. Moody
of Flat City, Alaska, whose death oc
curred recently on board the steamer
Casca while that vessel was bound
upstream, was shipped to Seattle.
Checks and cash to the amount of
$1,180 were sent to John Black, pub
lic administrator at Dawson.
The first relic from the ill-fated
Princess Sophia, which was lost last
October with 3443 passengers, arrived
in Dawson a few days ago. It was a
trunk belonging to Mrs. Peter Benez.
The trunk had been long submerged,
and the metal parts were much rusted
and the bottom broken in. The trunk
arrived empty.
The Salmon River Banking Com
pany has filed articles of incorporation
with the clerk of the district court.
The company intends to do a general
banking business in the town of Hyder,
Alaska. The incorporators are J. A.
Hall, Andrew Bindeborg and Daniel
Lindeborg, all of Hyder. The com
pany is capitalized at $15,000, with
150 shares at par value of $100,
William McMillan, superintendent
of the K. C. M. dredges at Dawson, met
with an accident on the Hunker hill
recently while turning his car. The
machine went over the side of the
road and dropped ten feet, with Mr.
McMillan underneath. Four stitches
were taken in his scalp. Mrs. McMil
lan and baby, fortunately, had gotten
out of the car just before the accident.
The Hoonah Fox Company lately
filed articles of incorporation with the
clerk of the district court. The in
corporators are H. J. Alexander, Will
iam Dodge and C. J. Alexander. The
Alexanders are well-known cannery
men connected with the Hoonah Pack
ing Company, and William Dodge is a
resident of Hoonah, where the head
office of the company will be located.
In spite of the fact that everyone
in this section has been bemoaning the
poor season, the town and surrounding
section is prosperous, as is shown by
the deposits in the Bank of Petersburg,
which have been steadily growing all
.summer, says the Petersburg Report.
T. S. Elsemore, cashier of the institu
tion, states that the deposits in the
bank have never been as large as at
present, being Well over the quarter
million mark—$349,700, to be exact.
Three more selling stations are to
be established in Southeastern Alaska
at once by the Standard Oil Company,
according to L. G. Hicks, superinten
dent of construction, who is touring
the section, picking the locations. Ac- ,
cording to Mr. Hicks, each plant will
be a tank station approximately the
same size as the Petersburg plant.
They will be located at Sitka, Craig
and either Port Walter or Port Con
clusion. Mr. Hicks is inspecting the (
proposed sites and will decide on the
definite locations of the plants before
he returns south. When seen recently
Mr. Hicks stated that on account of
the growing business at Sitka, Chat
ham strait and the west coast sec
tion, it has been found necessary to
install the plants. “We pride 6ur
selves on the service, and we think
it is needed to maintain our prestige
in that line,” he said. A one-ton truck
is to be supplied for the Petersburg
station at once, and delivery of oil '
will be made by means of the truck
to the up-town points from the pres
ent plant. In addition a piledriver
■will be put to work and repairs made
to the present approach to the wharf,
which was slightly damaged by float- <
ing ice last winter.
We always have a supply of
pasteurized sweet milk and cream on
hand. Also buttermilk and Bulgarian
buttermilk. City Dairy. Phone 187. <
Harmony Club masquerade, Hal
loween, Eagle hall,
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PROFESSIONAL
DR. W. W. COUNCIL
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
Office and Residence, Cordova
General Hospital (Ostrander
Building).
Phones—Residence, 115; Office, 132
” DR. W. H. CHASE ‘
Physician and Surgeon
Lathrop Building
Phone 9
Established Cordova 1908
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DR. W. D’ARCY CHACE
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
WINDSOR HOTEL
Hours:
iJP m. to 3 p. m. and 7 p, m. to 8 p. m.
DR. CHAS. DAGGETT
DENTAL OFFICES
CORDOVA, ALASKA
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DR. CORA DAGGETT
SPECIALIST
Pyorrhea and Dental Prophylaxis
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DR. VON ZESCH
Dentist
ADAMS BUILDING
m CHARLES M.R0DSETH
CHIROPRACTIC. PHYSICIAN
Northern Hotel,
Phone 158
D0N0H0E & DIMOND
ATTORNEYS-AT* LAW
Offices:
CORDOVA and VALDEZ
a-a
FRANK H. FOSTER
attorney-at-law
ROOM 1, OSTRANDER BUILDING
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E. F. MEDLEY
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR
AT LAW
Room 1, Adams Block
CORDOVA. ALASKA
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R. H. L. NOAKS
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
SECOND ST., OPP. HOSPITAL
FRANK A. METCALF
CIVIL AND MINING ENGINEER
U. S. MINERAL SURVEYOR
Juneau, Alaska
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THE ALPHA
SCHOOL OF DANCING
Private lessons every evening.
American Bakery. Phone 203.
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JUST RECEIVED
A LARGE SHIPMENT OF
LIVE CHICKENS
Good Friers
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FRESH EGGS
FOR SALE
JOE FREY
Phone 22
The Fast-Moving Drama of Thrills and
. Suspense
THE FACE
IN
THE DARK
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i The story of the girl
who knew things de
tectives couldn’t
guess at, played by
Mae
Marsh
I A five-act Goldwyn
picture with an inter
esting plot.
Also
MAE MARSH -- r ,, e ..
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in the dark Olive and the Orange
GOLDwytf pjctuizcs' < -Educational
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Tomorrow—This program will be repeated
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“Bevo” Is Here
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It’s a drink that surely fills the bill.
Delivered to the trade or families in
large or small quantities
FRED HAEF, Distributor ,
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STETSONS 1
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| CRANE SERVICE MINING EQUIPMENT PIPE AND FITTINGS MARINE SUPPLIES
I MANUFACTURERS, JOBBERS AND REBUILDERS GENERAL MACHINERY j
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I Harmon machinery company, Inc.1
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