GAGE HATS
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Just received a large shipment of
Gage Hats in the latest
SPRING MODELS
Smart Stunning Youthful
Some are Plain Tailored
Others are Trimmed
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We have only one hat of each model and an
early selection would be advisable
ALSO NEW SHIPMENT OF
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Infants’ and Children’s Goods
on the Next Boat
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Knights of Columbus
WAR FUND
Our Great President Has Said:
h“ “"»• Th« More are needed over here and "over there” wtth
hard of God I, laid upon the nation.. He win Pershing. $10,000,000 mast be ral.ed at once,
•how then, favor, 1 devoutly belie.., only I, they Every soldier or sailor, regardless of Ms religion.
m^c ” 9 0Wn jUStiCe and leaning8’ finds here a home and club where he
-■ ™ay res*t. read, converse and enjoy himself as he
desires.
We are at war for democracy and humanity.
It is an All-American war and demands an All- Let no Cordovan fail in his duty. Make up your
American unity. The morale of ALL our soldiers mind today and say “I WILL" subscribe to the
and sailors is strengthened by the knowledge War ... „ . ,
that ALL at home are helping ALL at the iron!. " fUnd Km6W’ °‘ Columbus.
The soldier cannot stop after his first, second or .
third fight. We at home cannot stop giving with
our first few contributions, ou soldiers must Governor Lister of Washington Says:
continue to fight—we must continue to give
4 “■ hav« personally kept In touch with the work
Forty per cent of our soldiers and sailors are ^ ,
Catholics-three times the quota according to 8 y ^ K",9hta °f C<>,umbua *
population. Lewis. I believe It to be a line of activity that
iwl. „ . . WHI be of material benefit to our soldiers. Never
The Knights of Columbus in our war camps are
working shoulder to shoulder with the Y. M. C. A. In h,*tory haa *° much attention before been
Both have more than they can do. given to the social and recreational part of a sol
“Everybody Welcome"—cheerily blazons forth dier’* ,,fe ** la °°w tha ca#e- The of
from the seventy-three war camp recreation Columbus Organization is playing no small part
buildings already being operated by the Knights in this groat work. I hope for your every suc
of Columbus. css in the campaign."
^ . We are all brothers today, United in One Cause
To Win This War—To Preserve Our
Government and Liberty
OO YOUR BIT!
JAS. p A JONES, Secretary
JOHN MULLER, Treasurer
Make Your ?ayments to john MuHer) Treasurer
POLlTICIlL ANNOUNCEMENT
VOTE FOR
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JAMES L. GALEN
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Republican Candidate for
Road Commissioner
Primary Election Tuesday, April 30
JAMES E. WILSON
Road Commissioner
Solicits Your Vote for Re-election
Primary Election Tuesday, April 30
VOTE FOR
HENRY A. SLATER
Republican Candidate for
Representative
Primary Election Tuesday, April 30
VOTE FOR
JOSEPH H. MURRAY
Republican Candidate for
Representative
Primary Election Tuesday, April 30
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MACHINE WORKS
E. R. GARNE8, Prop.
Residence Shop
Phone 101-3. Phone 182
Machine Woifc of all Kinds,
Blacksmlthlng, 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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(By Associated Press)
YAKIMA, Wash., March 1,—The
United States reclamation service has
begun construction work on the fourth
of five big reservoirs by means of
which 432,000 acres of land In the
Yakima valley, on the eastern slope
of the Cascade mountains in central
Washington, will be put under irriga
tion, according to Charles H. Swigart,
constructing engineer in charge of
the work.
Three of the big dams, all of which
are located in the headwaters of the
lakima river and its tributaries, al
ready have been completed—that at
flumping lake in 1916; Kachess lake,
in 1912, and Keechelus lake, in 1916.
The five Reservoirs will have a com
bined capacity of 1,082.000 acre feet.
The Tieton dam, located on the Tie
ton river, twenty-six miles west of
N'aches, Wash, and forty-two miles
west of Yakima, is the fourth to be
built. So far the work has consisted
largely of preparation, such as road
and camp construction and erection of
power and construction ‘plants; This
wjn ue uie largest or tne five, and
while the others are of earth and
gravel-filled construction, this will be
of earth and rock. The cubic con
tents of the dam will be 991,000 yards,
its height will be 192 feet, and its
length 1,030 feet.
A spillway will be blasted out of
solid rock at one end of the dam, with
a capacity of twice the greatest flood
on record. Irrigation water will be
released through a tunnel, also driven
through solid rock. It will extend for
1,600 feet, entirely around the dam.
Gates to be plaeed in the tunnel will
control the flow of the water. Prom
300 to 600 men are employed on the
job. 9
Completion of this irrigation system
will make possible the full develop
ments of efforts begun half a century
ago to put water on the land of the
Yakima valley extending for more
than one hundred miles along the
river.
Small areas along the little streams,
where diversion was not difficult, had
been irrigated as early as 1867. Keal
irrigation development began in 1886,
with the advent of the Northern Pa
cific, and by 1902, when the reclama
tion act was passed, 121,000 acres were
under irrigation in the valley. Be
cause the natural flow of the Yakima
river had been over-appropriated, seri
ous complication of water rights was
threatened.
So far no storage facilities had beer,
provided, and because storage was
necessary before further development
could be put into effect, investigations
were begun by the reclamation serv
ice in 1904. On orders of the secre
tary of the interior, all water rights
were settled and all pending litigation
was dismissed by 1905, and construc
tion work was started the following
year. Construction of canal and dis
tribution systems has kept pace with
the development of storage.
The Clealum lake reservoir, which
will be the last of the five to be built,
will have the greatest capacity, 501,000
acre feet. The Bumping lake reser
voir has a capacity of 34,000 acre feet,
that at Kachess lake, 210,000 acre feet,
and that at Keechelus lake, 152,000
acre feet.
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COL ALIPIO GAMA
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Col. Alipio Gama is the head of the
Brazilian war commission which has
come to the United States to confer
with us on the best method of employ,
inq the armed forces of Brazil in the
wai ^yainst the Teutons.
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NEWS! ITEMS FROM
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McCarthy. Feb 25.—ramp 32.
Arctic Brotherhood, will hold a " '98
dance hall uighf on March 15, which
promises to be the big social event of
the winter.
A club known as the Sammies' Gift
Club has been formed at McCarthy.
The object is to send tobacco, socks
and comforts directly to the boys at
the front who are personally known
here.
( liff Cayonette and party came Into
town with a pitiful tale of their ex
periences, having lost camp and outfit
in a slide which buried them entirely.
One of them being in an upper bunk,
was able to make his escape, and dug
the others out.
J. P. O’Neill is president of the four
minute men for this section. This cam
paign is organized in order to keep
people Informed as to conditions and
needs of the government from time to
time in fourminute talks by chosen
speakers. Their data comes direct
from Washington, and is absolutely
authentic.
The Washington’s birthday enter
tainment given in aid of the Red Cross
was well attended. A varied program
was rendered, including entertaining
solos by Mrs. Erickson and Mrs.
O'Neill, readings by Mrs. Faddis and
Mrs. Grant Reed, recitations by Eliza
beth Faddis and Mr. McCarthy, and a
flag drftl and songs by the school
children. The program concluded with
living pictures descriptive of soldier
life, rt is impossible to present these
pictures with any degree of success
without stage curtains or background.
The entire performance was well re
ceived and the collection taken up
realized $45.
Dog teams from Shushanna arrived
this w$ek, and several Shushanna
people, including Retching. Jr., Lau
rence, Doland and Graham Letters
from there state they had 60 degrees
below zero weather for forty-five days.
Jack Carroll has found pay on the
bench of No. 8 Bonanza, right limit.
Percy Thornton and Zeke Mullet are
on Skookum. Carl Whitham is haul
ing wood from Wilson. Mr. Wright is
stopping in Bonanza, and sinking on
Johnson, nest to the bluiT. Retching
and son. Pete Smith, James and wife
and Simons are living in Shushanna.
Laurence is leaving shortly- for Shu
shanna and will take all first-class mail
from here.
The Commercial Club held its meet
ing in A. B. hall last Wednesday. It
was decided by a majority vote that
the appropriation for relief cabins be
used on the Scolai trail, but that tem
porary relief be arranged for, freight
ers over the Rohn immediately. The
following are the committees chosen
to represent the various branches of
the club: Roads and trails—J. 11.
Murie, chairman; H. Boyden, W. K.
Yaddis. Sanitation—J. J. Miller,
chairman; J. M. Milsap, Otto Lubbe.
Publicity and advertising—C. F. M.
Cole, chairman; L. Widing, W. M.
Goodwin. Fire protection—Jim Hy
land, chairman; Peter Boutin, Peter
Johnson. •
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SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
AND WAR CONDITIONS
Enrollment In American public
schools has been affected by the war.
but not to the extent of making it less
than last year, according to figures
compiled by the department of the in
terior through the bureau of educa
tion. Figures from 1411 cities and C9t>
counties or districts show an increase
of close to the normal amount of 2 t-2
per cent in elementary schools.. In
high schools, however, the increase is
only one-fourth of the usual 9 1-2 per
cent.
Such increase as there is In liigu
school enrollment is caused by the
girl students. Fewer boys are enroll
ed this year in every class in high
school except the fourth; apparently
there is a healthy tendency for boys
in the senior year to remain and grad
uate.
In city elementary schools the in
crease in enrollment is actually some
what above normal; but in city high
schools there is a marked falling off,
especially among the boys.
Country schools show some gains
over last year both in elementary and
high school enrollment, but not as
great as would be expected under nor
mal conditions. Rural high schools
show increases for both boys and girls,
despite the war.—U. S. Bureau of Edu
cation Bulletin.
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In the matter of food do not mis
take substitution for starvation. The
United States food administration asks
you for the former in order to guard
against the latter.