FIRST SHIPMENT!
THE IT
Bringing the first consignment of
steel rails to be used in permanent
construction of the federal railroad in
Alaska, a special train of twelve cars
reached Seattle last Friday night over
the Great Northern railway.
The rails are from Kansas City,
from which city they were brought
West over the Burlington railroad to
Billings, Mont., and turned over to the
Great Northern in that city to be hur
ried to Seattle by fast schedule.
Although a large amount of steel
rails have been sent to the North to
be used in connection with the con
struction of the line, they have all
been of light weight and used in con
structing track for work trains. The
rails which reached Seattle are for
permanent trackage and will be used
in the construction of railway yards
at Anchorage. They were consigned
to George W. Evans & Co., of Seattle.
The shipment was loaded on the
freighter Seward, of the Alaska Steam
ship Company, which will deliver the
consignment at Anchorage.
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STEAMER PURSER RESIGNS
TO BECOME BROKER
Thomas Kehoe, the popular purser
to the Admiral Evans, will resign at
the conclusion of the present trip and
enter the brokerage business on a
large scale at Juneau. Mr. Kehoe was
purser on the Sampson at the time
of her loss and his absence will be
regretted from the Alaska run.
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The Valdez Democratic Club has
re-elected C J. Todd as president and
William Finical secretary.
EGYPT IN DREAD
DF ZEPPELIN
VISITS
CARIO, Aug. 13—Early closing if
the rule in Egypt, and follows the pro
hibitlon of the sale of absinthe. In
Cairo, Alexandria, the Canal, Suez and
elsewhere within a radius of five miles
of any military camp, the sale of alco
holic liquors of any sort is stopped at
10 o'clock at night and is not allowed
to begin until the following morning.
Ten o’clock closing Is also compul
sory in these districts for all cafes,
restaurants and theatres.
The early closing combined with the
half lighting of the streets, which is
purely a measure of economy, has
given rise to the belief among the na
tives that Zeppelins are stationed in
Syria and intend to raid Egypt.
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FLOATING COURT OIJE
IN VALDEZ NEXT WEEK;
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Judge F. M Brown has concluded the
Bristol Bay term of court and the
Judge and other officials are now en
route to Unga where a term of court
will be held on August 16th. The
court is expected back in Valdez be
tween the 19th and 21st. At the
Naknek term one Japanese charged
with murder was found guilty of man
slaughter and given 1 year in the Val
dez jail. Peter Semonosky who was
convicted of selling booze drew six
months in the Unalaska jail. Sakar
Judas who shot and killed a man at
Naknek was liberated by the Jury
which found that Judas had done the
killing in defense of his mother who
was being assaulted.
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Groceries
Good goods, good service, right
prices at Cordova’s Co-Operative
Store. Phone 21.
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Empress Theatre
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FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 13, 1915.
PATHE WEEKLY NEWS No. 17
A TRANSPLANTED PRAIRIE FLOWER—
An Edison Drama.
HIS WEDDED WIFE—
A Vitigraph Drama.
THE SLAVERY OF FOXICUS—
A Kalem Comedy.
ADMISSION 25 CENTS Show Begins at 8:15 Sharp
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FRESH FRUITS
AND
VEGETABLES
In order to move a large assortment of fresh
Fruits and Vegetables which we received on this
boat,have put the following low prices on them.
FRUITS * VEGETABLES
Gravenstein Apples . ,30c doz—$2.75 box Nice Large Celery ,2bunches for 25c
Elberta Peaches .. 30c doz.— .1.65 box w. tj ^ t 0 - OK
Cantalopes . .3 for 25c—$3.75 crate
Fancy Diamond Plums.50c basket Green 0nioM.7 bl“cbes ,or 25c
Fancy Bine Plums.50c basket Cucumbers .3 for 25c
Fancy Red Plums.50c basket Green Com .6 for 25c
Fancy Pears.25c doz Summer Squash .10c lb
Malaga Grapes.75c basket Green Peppers .25c per lb
Nectarines.60c basket Green Pepers .25c per ">
Casabas.40c each A splendid assortment of. Carrots,
Watermelons ..5c per lb Bagos, Parsnips and Onions.
r e BLUM, l I’NEILL ,
COMPANY
AMERICANS A R E
THOROUGHLY
ROTTERDAM, Aug. 13—So that no
useful Information may escape atten
tion, the German government has In
stituted a very thorough system of ex
amination of travelers crossing the
frontier from Holland.
To deal with Americans there is on
the staff of the commandant of the
station on the border three officers
who speak perfect English and have
a throrough knowledge of the United
States and Canada. One of them halls
from Milwaukee, where he was edu
cated In the public schools, another
from St. Louis and the third from
Montreal.
After the traveler has undergone
an examination at the hands of a Ger
man non-commissioned officer, whose
chief aim seems to be to find out
whether he can speak or understands
German, for Germans are suspicious
of German-speaking foreigners, he is
handed over to the three English
speaking officers whff entertain him
lavishly and proceed to extract all in
formation that they can, especially if
he has spent any time in England.
When, as it often happens, the traveler
scents the object of the inquiry, the
trio seek another and probably more
voluble passenger.
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LOCAL JOTTINGS
James Heney and wife returned to
day from Anchorage.
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The Alaska Road Commission has
received a new Dodge car.
The steamer Cordova sailed from
Seattle for Sou.t.western Alaska last
night and is due here about Sunday.
Another sale of lots in the new gov
ernment townsite at Anchorage is an
nounced to commence on August 15th
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Judge E. M. Brown investigated the
charges against Deputy Marshal H. P.
aulson, at Nushagak, and found them
groundless.
W. W. Grayson, associated with
Stone Sr Webster, of Boston, as travel
ing auditor, was a round-tripper on
the Admiral Evans.
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E. M. Bali, Deputy Fish Commis
sioner, who spent the past couple of
days her, took passage on the Watson
for Valdez.
F. W. Charles, formerly secretary
of the Stimson Mill Co., of Ballard,
was among the excursionists on the
steamer Evans.
Will Clay son returned this after
noon from a trip to Anchorage and
reports that there is considerable
activity at the new railroad terminal.
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The steamship Victoria did not get
away from Nome until last Monday,
having been delayed by storms. She
will touch at Cordova on her way to
Seattle.
Major A. E. Ransom, representing
the Northern Life Insurance Company,
came from the westward on the Evans
and will remain in Cordova for sev
eral days.
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The cablcship Burnside is still work
ing on the line below Sitka, making re
pairs, and the only messages now re
ceived are over the wireless or via
the Canadian line.
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Traffic will be resumed on the Cop
per River & Northwestern railroad to
morrow a train of twenty-two cars
leaving in the morning for Chitina,
and will arrive at its destination later
in the day.
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Competition
Where there is competition in busi
ness the consumer is never over
charged. Call or phone us your
orders. Cordova Co-Operative Trading
Co. Phone 21.
ANOTHER EDITOR
The leading Pacific Coast cities
should get together and urge upon the
government the advisability of a de
velopment of Alaska unhampered by
the present government restrictions,
declares F. W. Kellogg, publisher and
one of the owners of the San Francis
co Call. "With the development of
the Northern territory will come gen
eral prosperity for the whole Pacific
coast,” he said, “and there will be
less need to go abroad for markets.
“The present Is the Pacific coast’s
opportunity to profit by Alaska. All
that the Coast needs is an Intelligent
development of this great territory
and this will come if the government
can be induced to permit development
without the usual government restrlc
tions. All this time and worry over
developing foreign markets is wasted,
for we have a market iearer home that
at the present time will be a produter.
It Is time for the Coast cities to get
together and demand some action on
this Alaskan matter.”
Notaries Appointed.
Notary publics commission were is
sued from the Secretary's office to
Frances Beck, of Anchorage, Miss
Eversole of Cordova and Alfred
Ghezzi, of Chatanika.
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