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Up-to-date Jewelry
WATCHES—The Best in the Market
Howard, Hamilton, Waltham
and Elgin
A Fine Line of Bracelet Watches, Cut
Glass, Sterling Silver, Ivory
and Nngget Jewelry
JEWELRY MADE TO ORDER
Osborne Bros.
THE CITY BAKERY
WE ARE SPECIALISTS IN FINE CAKES AND PASTRY
FOR
Parties and Receptions
Maker* of the Famous “Cream Loaf” Bread
Sun “Maid” Raisin Bread—A Treat Indeed
Rye Bread Graham Bread
LUNCH ROOM—WHERE YOU GET THOSE EXCELLENT
LUNCHES
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SAVE MONEY!
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
I shovels, kitchenware, furniture, stoves, etc. We also
carry a full line of mirrors—plate glass and plain.
THE NORTHERN BLOCK
First Street
Copper River
and 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,
Thursdays and Fridays
Leave Chitina for Kennecott Sundays, Tuesdays
and Fridays
Leave Kennecott for Chitina Mondays, Wednes
days, Thursdays and Saturdays
The above schedule subject to change without
notice.
Dining Car in Connection with all Regular
Passenger Trains between Cordova and Chitina.
Freight received and delivered at Cordova
Wharf from b a. m. to 5 p- m., except Sundays.
Tickets on sale at Second Street Depot office
one hour before departure of trains.
CALEB CORSER W. E. BROWN
Superintendent Agent Cordova Wharf
R. K. BROWN, Jr., Ticket Agent
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NEW SCIENCE DEVELOPED I
IN STUDY OF VOLCANOES
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HONOLULU, T. H-. March 15
Volcano research, virtually the young '
est branch of the sciences, has al
ready saved many thousands of lives,
according to a recent address by Pro
fessor T. A. Jaggar, volcanologist of.
the Kilauea volcano observatory.
The main object of volcano re ,
search, said Professor Jagger. is to en |
able observers to predict volcano erup- j
tions and earthquakes. Athough there|
is still much to learn, material pro !
gress has been made along this line
largely through experimental work at j
the Kilauea observatory, which is
situated on the brink of Haleniaumau |
pit.
“Has anyone yet been saved?” the;
volcanologist asked. "Most certainly
yes.”
“At the West Indies and Agoshima,
Japan, and right now in Ouatamala
City, where destruction of the same
kind a hundred and fifty years ago
led to improvements; where history
has promoted earthquake education;
J where fresh disaster in 1902 kept fear
! fully alive the expectation; and now
we learn that only a few hundred
were left of a population of 90,000.
“So Kaenshimw Tannn* whpn
Sakurajima erupted and the earth
quake came, people moved and re
turned, and not more than fifty peo-j
pie were killed; contrast this with the!
Messina straits disaster in 1908, with
200,000 killed.
“The lessons of St. Pierre, Mont
j Pelee with its rush of ‘cauliflower’
i clouds, its dome of lava and lava
tower, all this mechanism marking
danger; the discovery of moving
earthquake rifts as at Nagoya, Japan;
the statistics of recurrence, of time, of
place, of distribution, topography and
tidal control; the relationships be
tween volcanoes and earthquakes; the
marshalling of these facts according
; to mathematics of chance, the making ■
| of continuous measurements of ehang- j
J ing features as at Kilauea observatory j
—the recognition of all this is not j
geology but a new science of geon- j
jomy, earth law— these lessons of nat-;
| oral disaster have created a new era ;
j in the study of the inner earth.”
I Professor Jaggar ‘ in course of his!
' address said that among other things
learned by the observers at Kilauea
is that lava is not liquid as was previ
ously supposed but is in veality a hard,
> red hot body. The seeming liquid is
, | a foam of burning gases and of glass
| melted by them, '“his oxidation heat
is mostly near • surface and the
deep heat is perhaps only moderate,
j The theory that volcanoes act as
| “safety vents." making improbable
earthquakes, was also denied by Pro
fessor Jaggar, w’ho said that on the
contrary earthquakes are more to be
expected in the vicinity of volcanoes
than any where it^se.
TWENTY LEASES ISSUED
IN liTAllSKA COAL FIELD
Substantial progress in the develop
ment ot the Matanuska coal field was
made during the year 1917. Of the
twenty leasing units embraced within
the limits of the field, six units are at
present in operation—two on Moose
| Creek, one on Eska Creek, and three
j on Chickaloon River. Oliver La Duke
I and associates, under the corporate
name of the Matanukka Coal Company,
are developing the Moose Creek uits,
Nos. 2 and 3f the Alaskan engineering
commission the Eska Creek unit, No.
7, and also No. 12 unit on the Chicka
loon River and Lars Netland & Co
operating under the name of the
Chickaloon Coal Company, are open
I ing the deposits of units 10 and 12.
COAL BEING BROUGHT
TO ANCHORAGE MARKET!
Sumner S. Smith, superintendent of
the government coal mines at Eska
creek and at Chickaloon, which are be
ing operated by the Alaskan Engin
eering commission is in Anchorage,
accompanied by Mrs. Smith and their
son, and is a guest of the Crescent
hotel. Mr. Smith reports the ship
ment of 3,400 tons of coal over the
government railroad to Anchorage dur
ing the month of February. With the
advent of spring Mr. Smith plans on
an additional output of the mine.
C. E. Mattie, superintendent of the
Matanuska ( oal Company located at
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“°®*« Cr®*k< who «u („ Anchorage
last week on business connected with
the mine, has returned to his head
barters, Mr. Mattie reports the out-!
out of the mine as about fifty tons of
?oal per day The wagon road from
the mines to the government railroad
Is in good shape now as a result of the
recent fall of snow and coal is now
being freighted more cheaply than at
any other time since the opening up
of the mine.
CORDOVA
MACHINE WORKS
E. R. GARNES, Prop.
Residence Shop
Phone 101-3. Phone 182
Machine Wo ft 0f all Kinds.
BlarkRmlthlng, General Itepair
lng. Horae Shoeing. Oxv-Acetv
lene Weidlne and Cutting.
HARMON MACHINERY
BUILDING
Cordova. Alaska.
Out of Town Jobs Given Strict
Attention.
DRS. DAGGETT & BLYTH
Northern Hotel Building,
Cordova.
DENTISTRY
Hours 9 a. m. to 9 p. m.
Special Attention to
Prophylaxis and Pyorrhea.
PHONE 200
WM. A. HESSE
Mining Engineer,
ti- S. Mineral Surveyor,
U. S. Deputy Surveyor.
COX 13 CORDOVA, ALASKA
DR. W. H. CHASE
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
Office^ over Cordova Drug Store,
Calls May be Left at Cordova
Drug Store. Residence,
Alaskan Hotel
DR. W. W. COUNCIL
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Office and Residence; Gordova
General Hospital (Ostrand-er Build
ing-.
Phones—Residence 115.; office 132
DR. C. L. HALE
dentist
Office: Over Blum, O’Neill’s Stor<
ROBERT SIMPSON
JUNEAU, AL.ASKA
Glasses Fitted. Lenses Grounc
. HUBBELL & WALLER
Civls and Mining Engineers.
(J. S. Mineral and Deputy Land Sur
veyors for Alaska.
1102 L. C. SMITH BLDG., SEATTLE
WILLIAM PALLISTER, M.D.
Specialist in the treatment of
diseases and deformities of the
eye. ear, nose and throat; glasses
fitted.
JUNEAU GENERAL HOSPITAL
SMITH & McCONaGHY
PLUMBERS AND STEAMFITTERS
Cor. Front and B Streets
Office Open Evenings.
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E. F. MEDLEY
Attorney and Counsellor at Law.
Room 1.
Adams Block CORDOVA, ALASKA
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frank h. foster
Attorney at Law
Room 1 Alaskan Hotel
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STEAMSHIP CO.
This company reserves the right to chsnge schedule of steamers
without notice.
LEAVES SEATTLE LEAVES CORDOVA
March 8 Alameda March 15
March 1(> Alaska March 23
March 24 Northwestern • -March 30
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.
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S. S. ADMIRAL WATSON Due March 17
SAILINGS FROM SEATTLE
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j (J Sunny California. Three sailings a week. Rail tickets sold to all
points in the United States and Canada. For Full Particulars
apply W. A. NOURSE, Ag?nt. Phone 223. Empress Buildings
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