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NORTHWESTERN HARDWARE CO.
ALASKA
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This company reserve* the right to change schedule of eteamere
without notice.
Leaves Seattle For Seattle
June 3—NORTHWESTERN .June 15
June 8—ALAMEDA . June 20
June 16—ALASKA .June 28
The freighters Cordova, Latouche, Juneau, Valdez
and Ketchikan also make regular trips.
Tickets on sale at up-town office Alaska Steamship Bldg. Bag
gage or freight will not be received at the dock later than one hour
before sailing time.
J- H. BUNCH, G. F. & P. Agt S. R. HEDGES, Agent.
Pacific Steamship Co.
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S. S. Admiral Farragut
From Seattle Due Cordova Sails South
May 28 June 3 June 9
Through tickets sold to all California points.
Three sailings a week from Seattle.
Steamers President, Governor, Queen, Admiral
Schley and Admiral Dewey.
See agent for special summer excursion rates.
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WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IN
MESOPOTAMIA, May 1 (By Mail).
—The peaceful penetration of the
Euphrates country from Feluja to
Hilleh began in April of last year, a
month after the British army entered
Bagdad. Before the Turk was finally
routed on the Tigris, Great Britain
had begun to tap the resources of the
Euphrates.
For months during the hot weather
the roads from Hilleh and Museyib
to Bagdad were obscured by the dust
of camel and donkey convoys bring
ing in corn. Arab levies were raised
to police the roads, villages, and
towns, and the country was cleared
of bands of marauders. This yea’-,
i wing to the success of the Euphrates
irrigation scheme, the supplies from
the Euphrates s>de will be enormousiy
increased and the transport of 'he
country will be hard put to it to firin'
in the grajn. The British engineers
i have been at work on the irrigation
scheme connected with the Hindieh
Barrage, or dam, which was finished
before the war, but the Turk neglect
ed to profit by it. The canalization
work connected with it was left in
complete, and the area to be culti
vated was never brought under irri
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into two branches, the Shatt-el-Hilleh
to the east and the Shatt-el-Hindieh
to the west, and the two channels of
the river meet again a few miles
above Samawa.
The function of the dam was to pro
vide water for the Hilleh branch,
which was filling with silt. This
year nearly a hundred canals on the
Hilleh branch which had fallen into
disuse have been dug out, 300,000
acres have been brought under culti
vation, and there is promise of the
greatest activity since the days of
Nebuehadnessar.
But the Shatt-el-Hilleh develop
ments are only part of the scheme.
For several years the land on both
banks of the Hindieh branch below
the dam down to Kilfil has been out
ot cultivation, as the canals provided
in the schemes to irrigate that area
were neglected. The British invaders
were not long in getting to work on
them. In May, as soon as the Tigris
operations were completed, they began
to open posts on the Euphrates. The
work on the canais was started early
in June; they were finished by the
end of October; and the ground irri
gated is now under cultivation.
There was a gap in the British
communications between Nasiriyeh
and Hillieh in the hot weather, but the
army has lately bridged it, establish
ing posts south of Hilleh and north of
Nasiriyeh, so that it now administers
the whole country from Basra to
Ramadie. It has been a singularly
peaceful penetration.
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LONDON, June 5—Dunkirk, “The
City of Dreadful .\ight," it is pointed
out by a correspondent of the Daily
Mail, has been mentioned perhaps
more often in French communiques
during this war than any other city.
There are weeks when it is rare for a
communique not to conclude with the
words, “Enemy airplanes dropped
i bombs on Dunkirk during the night,”
or “A long-range gun has fired into
Dunkirk.”
That seaport, the nearest of all to
the firing line, is now scarcely less
dear to the hearts of the French peo
ple than Verdun, and, like Verdun, it
has been decorated for its courag*
under fire. Recently France’s big
gest ship was launched there. •
The amazing thing about Dunkirk,
the writer continues, is that it is still
a city. Its inhabitants, refusing to
leave, have carried on its normal life
with indomitable courage. Tram
way cars run as usual along its cob
bled streets and well-stocked sh >ps
are open every day. Weekly in the
main square, market is held and the
countless stalls are well patronized
by shrewd housewives.
The frequent bombardments from
sea, land and air are not to be laughed
being on the upper floors of the
houses, are now in the cellars, and
public dugouts dot the town as do the
air raid shelters of London.
Scarcely a house or wall in town
remains without its record of the
enemy’s continual efforts to destroy
Dunkirk.
Sanitary Rug
Cleaning Works
We clean carpets and rugs of
all kinds. Our cleaning system
extracts every particle of dirt and
makes old carpets look like new.
Our Rates are Reasonable
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SANITARY TAILOR SHOP
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In the United States Commissioner's
Court in and for Cordova Precinct,
Territory of Alaska, in probate.
In the matter of the estate of Gun
nard Johnson, Deceased.
In the matter of the estate of
Gunnard Johnson, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the un
dersigned administrator of the estate
of Gunnard Johnson, deceased, to the
creditors and all persons having
claims against the said deceased, to
exhibit them with the necessary
vouchers within six months after the
publication of this notice, to skid
administrator at his place of busi
ness at the Northern Hotel in the
Town of Cordova, Alaska, the same
being the place for tne transaction
of the business of said estate.
V. G. VANCE
Date of first publication—May 29,
1918.
Date of last publicantion—June
19, 1918.
MOTION FOR .PUBLICATION OF
SUMMONS
No. C-141
Ira McLean, plaintiff, vs. Marie Mc
Lean, defendant.
To Marie McLean: You are hereby
notified that you have been sued in
the above entitled cause in the above
named court by Ira McLean; that said
suit is brought by him to secure a
decree of dvorce from you. And un
less you appear and answer his com
plaint filed in said cause within thirty
days after completion of publication
of (his summons against you, to wit,
within thirty da£s after July 8,
1918, your default will be entered
end said plaintiff will apply to the
court to grant th^relief asked in his
complaint.
This publication of summons is
made pursuant to an order duly made
in said court on May 22, 1918.
Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this 22d
day of May, 1918.
(Court Seal) ARTHUR LANG,
SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION
IN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR
THE TERRITORY OF ALASKA,
THIRD DIVISION.
Ruby Nevins, Plaintiff, vs. James
Nevin3, Defendant.
To James Nevins: You are hereby
notified that you have been sued in
the above-entitled cause, in the above
named court, by Ruby Nevins; that
said suit is brought by her to secure
a decree of divorce from you; and
unless you appear and answer her
complaint filed in said cause, within
thirty days after completion of pub
lication of this summons against you;
to-wit, within thirty days after June
24. 1918, your default will be entered
and said plaintiff will apply to the
court to grant the relief asked in her
complaint.
This publication of summons is
made pursuant to an order duly made
in said court on May 9, 1918, by Hon
Fred M. Brown, the judge presiding
therein.
Dated, May 10, 1918.
ARTHUR LANG,
Clerk
(Court Seal)
By C. H. WILCOX, Deputy
First Publication, May 14, 1918.
PIANO TUNER
Geo. Anderson, Piano Expert
and Factory Representative
for High Grade Pianos and
Player Pianos, Will Be in
Cordova this summer.
GEO. ANDERSON
Cordova
Sheet Metal Works
J. A. COHRS, Prop.
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Smokestacks, Boats and other
Tanks, all sizes; Boat Flywheel
Pans, Garbage and Ash Cans.
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