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Come in and inspect our selected stock
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PAUL BLOEDHORN
JEWELER AND WATCHMAKER
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THE CITY BAKERY j
WE ARE SPECIALISTS ,IN . FINE CAtf.ES AND PASTSK
jFOR
Parties and Receptions
MAKERS OF THE FAMOUS .‘‘CREAM LpAF” BREAD
-SUN “MAID" RAISIN RREAiD—A TREAT INDEED
RYE BRfAD GRAHAM BREAD
HUNCH ROOM —WHTRE Y ©U GET THOSE EXCELL
ENT LUMOWES
| SAVE MONEY! j
COME TO THE BARGAIN STORE
And see what we have in the line of workmen’s clothing,
beds, mattresses and canvas goods of all kinds, tents and
j shovels, kitchen ware, furniture, stoves, etc. V\'e also
carry a full line of mirrors—plate glass nnd plain.
THE. NORTHERN BLOCK
j First Street
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Copper River
& Northwestern Ry.
FOUR TRAINS WEEKLY BETWEEN
CHITINA AND KENNECOTT
Leave Cordova, Second Street Depot, on Mon
days, Thursdays and Saturdays.
Leave Chitina for Cordova Sundays, Tuesdays
days, Thursdays and Fridays.
Leave Chitina for Kennecott Sundays, Tues
days and Fridays.
Leave Kennecott for Chitina Mondays, Wednes
days, Thursdays and Saturdays.
The above schedule subject to change with
out notice.
Dining Car in Connection With all Regular
Passenger Trains Between Cordova and Chitina.
Freight received and delivered at Cordova
Wharf from 9 a. m. to 5 p. in., except Sundays.
Tickets on sale at Second Street Depot
office, one hour before departure of trains.
CALEB CORSER, W. E. BROWN,
Superintendent. Agt. Cordova Wharf
R. K. BROWN, Jr., Ticket Agent.
Under the cajftion of “Anchorage
Society Based Upon Husband's
Whges,” the New York World of a
recent date prints the following story:
Society at Andhorage, the new gov
ernment railway town, has always j
been in a sad state at uncertainty as
to what particular citizens are entitled
to rarik as the socially elect, but now
that the Women's club has declared
its intention to take the matter in
hand and arrange it on a basts which
shall be both proper and permanent,
there be frank -speaking ones who de-|
clare that a bad situation is due to
rapidly become -worse.
Of course the matter always was
in the bands of the ladies, the mas
culine mind in Alaska being of too
coarse fibre to grasp the fine distinc
tions by whidh -social worth is differ
From the 'time the United States
government founded fhe town those
ladies whose hutibands draw down the
biggest wages from Uncle Sam have
shown by acts, If not by words, their
firm conviction ‘that they possess a
j social texture of (finer grain than tie
wives whose husbands’ emoluments
are less considerable, and have uni
formly refused to receive or return
their calls. It is probable that the
wage basis would have ultimately
found tacit acceptance as the guage
by which social status is determined,
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despite the action and influence of;
the Women’s club, it' the Engineering j
commission could arrange a fixed and
j unchangeable scale of wages. The
law of social precedence would then
’become immutable-; but under exist
ing conditions some of the husbands
; are advanced to bigger 'positions car
I ryifrg higher wages, while yet others
! are uccaslnally reduces, aasirl ’natural
| ly tlbs scrambles the social fabric
! frightfully. Thus it not Infrequently
happens that a ady whose husband
] 1*. say, a $3,000 man receives a call
| from anmher lady in the same class,
but befmv she can return the call her
■ husband’s wages are changed. If the
change of wage be an increase it be
comes, ipso facto, beneath her dignity
to return the call; whereas if the
change of wages be a reduction, she is
in for a snub if «he presumes to re
j turn it.
A few spasmodic efforts have been
made to work order out of the chaos,
but so far none has got further
than the initial stage; and this record,
of previous unform failure lends an
interest to the proposed at
tempt of the Women’s club. Possi-*
| the most determined previous ©f-!
j fort was put forth by a small coterie1
j of particularly attractive young;
j dames who sought to have personal
| beauty recognized as the passport to j
social supremacy, but as most of the
town was ineligible, under this plan,'
it was doomed to failure from its in
ception.
Another effort of sufficient conse
quence to deserve notice was made1
later on when a number of ladies of
good social antecedents in the United
States attempted to untangle the knot
i by advocating a circle to which only
persons of superior cultivation and
good breeding should he admitted; I
these alone to constitute the real au
thenticated social upper stratum, j
Singularly, the plan developed inline- ■
diate and overwhelming opposition ]
not only in the high-wage circles but
particularly among members of the
old-established families, many of
whom have lived in Anchorage since
the founding of the town, nearly two1
years ago, and have come to resent I
the social pretentions of chechacoes,!
as newcomers are called, almost as1
much as the latter resent their at.-1
sumed superiority and supposed at
tempts at patronage.
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Fine pastry with fresh whipping
cream—just received—City Bakery.
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CHARLES M. SCHWAB II
Chanes M. Schwab II, nephew of
Charles M. Sfa-hwab, head of the Beth
lehem Steel company, has left his
studies at the Pennsylvania State col
lege rnd enlisted in the naval reserve.
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FORESTS
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 28.—The
s*le of resources from the National
forests In California totaled $143,123.
8ft in November of this year as against
$9je215.02 for November, 1916, an in
s'rtrose of $145,908.78, according to an
annojneement by the forest service
here The figures show net receipts.
The big receipts are said by the
forest service to be due to fthe enor- ^
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mous increase in all sorts of building
and the increase in grazing areas. I
The timber sales alone amounted to
$130,138.09 since June 31 as against j
$84,004.11 for the same period last
years. Tweirty-five per cent of these I
receipts are given to the state for j
road work and school maintenance in
the national forest areas. An addition-'
al ten per cent goes for road and trail!
construction by the government.
The sale of timber in the national
forests is so regulated that there is j
absolutely no deforestation. Certain >
trees are marked for cutting by ex
perts of the forest service, and the
timber interests can take no other.
The trees that are cut are replaced by *
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others, thus perpetuating the forests. (
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No trace was found of Finan De- *
laney. the Fairbanks boy who has <
been missing for two weeks. ’
SULTAN OF EGYPT ,k ;
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Prince Ahmad FuaJ, brother of the
late Husstm Kamil, suttr.n of Egypt,
ins become sultan because Hussein's
,jn renounced the position. He was
30m in Cairo in 1860 and was educated
na-n.'y in Italy. He always has main
tamed a friendly attitude toward Brit
rn and the British.
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Mr. W. O. Whitney, secretary of
he Thllngket Packing company will
ake over the managership of the
''unter Bay Cannery succeeding Har
>ld Chutter who will leave for Brem
erton to join the navy, having passed
lis examination recently.
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In order to accommodate their cus
omers and the public generally,
e'inkelstein & Sapiro will keep their
itore open on Monday evening.
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Edwin Peterson, five years old son!
)f Mr. and Mrs. William Peterson of;
\nchorage was so badly bitten by aj
log with which he was playing that;
It was necessary to take five stitches
in his head at the hospital.
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Don’t delay your orders for your
Christmas fruit cakes and puddings
at the City Bakery.
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It is expected that the Klondike
will yield millions this winter as an
enormous output is estimated.
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TAX NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given that the
town taxes for the town of Cordova
for the year 1917, are now due and
payable to the undersigned at this of
fice. Said taxes will be delinquent
at 6 p. m., on Monday, February 11th,
1918, and unless paid prior thereto,
five per cent will be added to the
amount thereof.
THOS. S. SCOTT,
Town Treasurer
Dec. 22-Jan. 6
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CANNERY SITES
We have customers for select can
nery sites located in the Prince Will
iam Sound district. If you have any
thing to offer send full particulars,
location, description, etc., to
BOND & BABSON,
Field Dept.
32 Broadway, New York City.
24-6t
NOTICE.
Scaled proposals will be received
iintil 11 a. m. Jan. 7, 1917 at the of
fice of the Divisional Road Commis
sion for the Third Division of Alas
ka, for the construction of a bridge
across the Nizina River near Youngs
Creek as provided for in the Session
Laws of Alaska. Capter 50, H. B. No.
17. Said Bridge to be a pile bridge of
416 bents. 6225 feet to be the total
length. Proposals must be made out
in triplicate and accompanied by a
bond signed by two sureties for the
full amount of the bid, said bond to
be of full force only in case the con
tract is awarded to the bidder. Bid
ders will bid for the whole of the
bridge and will also make a separate
Did per lineal foot for the bridge be
ginning at station 0-5, up to the
amount of $24,000.
The above work must be performed
according to the specifications and
conditions on file at the office of the
Divisional Road Commission at Val
dez, Alaska, and at the office of the
Alaska Transfer Co., Cordova, the
Chitina Hotel. Chitina; and the post
office at McCarthy, Alaska, where a
copy of the same with form of con
tract may be seen, and proposal form3
obtained.
bidder, enclosed in a plain, sealed
Proposals must be signed by the
envelope and addressed to the Divis
ional Road Commission, Valdez, Al
aska, and be plainly marked “Pro
posals for the Construction of the
Nizina Bridge.”
The right is hereby reserved to re
ject any and all bids.
JAMES E. WILSON,
Chairman Divisional Road Com. >
Third District, Territory of Alaska
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Windsor Hotel
L. Wain, Prop.
Where You Get
Comfort and Service.
And the Rates Are Right.
Cordova Alaska
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CORDOVA
Fruit Market i
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Fresh Fruit And
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BOURBON WHISKEY.
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FOR SALE BY THOS. DAVIS. j
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Aunty
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Opposite city Bakery.
CORDOVA
MACHINE WORKS
E. R. GARNES, Prop.
Residence Shop
Phone 101-3. Phone 1S2
Machine Wo: k of all r<inds,
Hlacksmiihing. General Repair
ing. Horse Shoeing, Oxy Acety
lene Welding and Cutting.
HARMON MACHINERY
BUILDING
Cordova, Alaska.
Out of Town Jobs Given Strict
Attention.
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ng in The Times.