SHORT STORIES
ABOUT ALASKA
OCCURRENCES
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©eorge Brown, a Dawson resident
has been adjudged insane.
Dr. E. E. Beckett, a former Yukon
resident during the boom days, died
in Seattle recently.
A crew of ten men recently arrived
in Juneau to salve the wreck cf the
-Princess Sophia.
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The Wrangell Sentinel has inaug
urated a department under the head
“Of Interest to Trappers.”!
A tennis, volley ball and hand ball
court has been provided for the stud
ents of the Juneau schools.
Albert Hecky, linotypist on the
Anchorage Times has been laid up
with an attack of the grippe.
The Alaska Packers association has
granted an increase of ten per cent to
Alaska fishermen.
A. Muns, a recent arrival in the U.
S. from Denmark, arrived in Ketchi
kan recently and will spend the sum
mer hunting and fishing.
^The fur sold in Ketchikan this
winter will run not far over $50,000
^Tbere are about twelve active buyers
. in the business at Ketchikan.
ilmil Refling, partner in the firm
cf Stolft & Refling, recently sold his
store and left for the south where he
will go on a ranch near Seattle.
J. Eugene Brindt, proprietor of the
Uajro townsite, was recently married
in San Francisco, and after the wed
ding left for a trip to Los Angeles.
Two distinct shocks were teit ai
Nocmck, on the Kobuck river, in the
Artie circle Sunday week. About half
a second elapsed between the shocks.
The light plant at Petersburg has
shut down on Tuesdays, Thursdays,
ani Saturdays from 8 a. m. to 4 p. m.
on account of a shortage of fuel for
the motors.
H. H. Howard, who recently
bought the Up-to-Date drug store at
Wrangell has offered a prize of $5.00
7o the person suggesting the most
appropriate name for the business.
Trappers returning to the coast
from the Mt. Wrangell district report
that smoke is rising from fissures at
the foot of the Mountain, which is
something out of the ordinary for
this volcano.
The Grand Trunk steamship Prince
John, which grounded last week at
Lone Tree point, has been floated off
and sent tp Prince Rupert for re
pairs. The despatches reported that
the vessel had been sunk.
Harry Anderson, an oldtimer on
Eldorado creek, was found dead in
his cabin on the creek. Anderson was
recently discharged from the hospi
tal at Dawson and has been in ill
health a long time.
While the epidemic was at White
horse all Dawson passengers on the
trains arriving in the city from the
co. st were placed in strict quarantine
for five days, which caused a great
protest to arise from those incarcer
ated.
John Firth, the famous old Hudson
Bay factor at McPherson’s has re
signed from the serivce, and his place
has been filled by his son-in-law, Jack
Parsons. Firth has built himself a
fine new residence at McPherson’s
which has 17 buildings.
The Universal By-Products Com
pany, capitalized at $50,000 with J. F.
Laverne president, has organized to
utilize the skins of Alaskan sharks
and beluga whales, sea lions, hair
seals, walrus, and reindeer for the
manufacture of leather.
Two motor trucks and a touring
car have arrived at Ketchikan for the
rise of the Alaska Road Commission
on t4e Ward’s Cove road. A crew of
20 men is now at work on the road.
Mrs. Julia Strachan, wife of George
Strachan, who struck it rich is suing
I for divorce from her husband, with
IS alimony at $50 per month. She has
jj| for her grounds the claim of deser
9 tion.
A motion picture projector has
H been purchased by the Ketchikan
H high school. The machine is of the
H DeVry pattern and may be used in
any room taking current from any
■ ordinary 110 volt lamp socket. It will
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throw a reflection from 35 to 50 feet
and will cost with all ascessories
very nearly $225. Films are educa
tional and can be exchanged with
other schools having machines.
William Don Dickinson of Ketchi
kan has been endorsed by the union
at Petersburg and by the Republican
club as a candidate for representative.
Mr. Dickenson has been a resident of
the territory for 44 years, having
helped Lieut. Schwatka explore the
Yukon river in 1881. He was with
Prof. Muir on his explorations and
worked for the government a num
ber years as a court interperter.
Constables Campbell and Brooker
of the Canadian Mounted Police re
cently returned to Dawson from Ft.
McPherson. They report a poor fur
catch in the Mackenzie district with
the exception of mink and muskrats.
The price paid at the post is $15
in trade for mink and $1.50 for rats.
Mire than sixty traders’ licenses have
been issued. The Hudson Bay Com
pany holds 40 licenses, but this sea
son is being given a hard run by the
new firm Lamson & Hubbard, which
in order to get a foothold is holding
down to the minumum and paying
sillier prices for fur.
Peyser’s new hat-blocking outfit is
in operation. Hats blocked, dyed and
repaired. Phone 188.
Advertise in *he Daily Times.
r PROFESSIONAL
* DU W. W. COUNCIL
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
Office arid Residence, Cordova
General Hospital COstrander
Building).
Phones—Residence, 115; Office, 132
DR. W. H. CHASE
Physician and Surgeon
Lathrop Building
Phone 9
Established Cordova 1908
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W. D’ARCY CHACE, ffl. D.
CHICHAGOFF, ALASKA
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DR. CHARLES DAGGETT
DENTAL OFFICES
LATHROP BLDG. PHONE 200
CORDOVA, ALASKA
* DR. CORA DAGGETT
SPECIALIST
DENTAL PROPHYLAXIS
PYORRHEA X-RAY
OFFICES WITH
DR. CHARLES DAGGETT
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DR. VON ZESCH
Dentist
ADAMS BUILDING
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D0N0H0E & DIMOND
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Offices:
CORDOVA and VALDEZ
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FRANK H. FOSTER
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
ROOM 1, OSTRANDER BUILDING
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E. F. MEDLEY
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR
AT LAW
Room I, Adams Block
CORDOVA, ALASKA
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R. H. L. NOAKS
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
SECOND ST., OPP. HOSPITAL
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D. C. FAIRMAN
TEACHER OF PIANO
WILLIAM A. HESSE
U. S. MINERAL SURVEYOR
Bedford-McNeill Code
Cordova, Alaska
FRANK A. METCALF
CIVIL AND MINING ENGINEER
U. S. MINERAL SURVEYOR
Juneau, Alaska
LIFE INSURANCE
MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO.
Accident and Health Insurance
United States Fidelity & Guaranty
THOS. S. SCOTT
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Wear, Washing and Your Clothes
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Why do clothes wear out? Is day fallen on a cloth, holes will develop
to day use a principal factor ? Has during the first washing,
laundering a weakening or strength- a starched collar that has never
ening effect ? How much has the been worn—such a collar as is corn
quality of the manufacturer’s work monly favored by men—can be con
to do with wear ? What can rea- tinuously washed in laundries like
sonably be expected of a given piece ours as many as 40 times before it
of fabric ? will begin to fray. But if the collar
In behalf of the housewives whom is worn between washings, it can be
we serve, these questions have been laundered only 20 times or less. In
searchingly inquired into. a word, the wearing of a collar—the
Tablecloths of real linen, well putting it on and taking it off
woven, can be laundered as many shortens its life by 50 per cent or
as 100 to 150 times before showing more.
wear. This is the average qf our Personal apparel and household
methods of handling linen that has linen are bleached, dyed, woven,
been finely made and properly cared tailored, packed, shipped, stored, un
for by the housewife. packed and used before they come to
Flaws often appear in curtains at us* If at any stage there has been
the point below the shade, where poor workmanship, misuse or abuse,
they are most exposed to dust-laden “it all comes out in the wash.”
air and the action of the sun’s rays. But when you have purchased
To check these corrosive influences with judgment, and used your things
many housewives have their curtains with care, our cleansing methods
Curtains wear washed oftener than cleanliness alone will help you prolong their usefulness.
°t£p™ntwLarl requires. ---—-—-1 Laundering and
they beat a- If a few drops of iif nr . conservation of
iT the open wiSn- a harmful fluid, like W6 1 F6&t clothes have be
dow• the solution in an YoUF Clothing come an art with
automobile stor- ^ us* Send us your
age battery, have VV tllte family washing.
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CORDOVA MACHINE
WORKS
E. R. GARNES, Prop.
Residence Phone 101-3
Shop Phone 182
Machine Work of all Kinds,
Blacksmithing, General Repair
ing, Horse Shoeing, Oxy-Acety
lene Welding and Cutting.
AUTOMOBILES
REPAIRED
Office and Shop: City Dock
CORDOVA, Alaska.
Out of Town Jobs Given Strict
Attention.
SMITH &
M’CONAGHY
Plumbers and
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Steamfitter*
COR. FRONT and B ST8.
NORTHWESTERN CLEAN
ING AND DYEING HOUSE
TAILORING
All kinds of Repair Work. Fancy
Garments a Specialty. All Work
Guaranteed. Goods called for and
delivered
L. LEEN
Next to Hegg's* on C 8t.
I Telephone 190
SHAMPOOING
FACIAL AND
For MANICURING
/ CALL
\ 101 -3 RINGS
MRS. SWANBERG
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My New and Complete
Hat - Blocking
Outfit
is now in operation. Bring in
your old hats and have them
made like new.
PEYSER THE TAILOR
PHONE 188
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FRESH
SWEET MILK.
DELIVERED DAILY
Guaranteed Pure and Sanitary
CORDOVA DAIRY
OLDTOWN
Phone 139—-2 Rings
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FIELD GLASSES
Binoculars, Barometers, Pocket Compasses,
Ships' Clocks and Snow Glasses
We also fit glasses for reading. If you are particular about having
e correct time, have your watch repaired by
PAUL BLOEDHORN
PHONE 2—2—3
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FISHERMEN
Will Do Well to Purchase
Their Outfits at
KENNEDY’S
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. BROWER
MAIL STAGE LINE
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TRAVEL SAFELY, COMFORTABLY AND EXPEDITIOUSLY WITH
THE U. S. MAIL-CARS AT EITHER END OF THE TRAIL
FREQUENT CHANGES OF HOR8ES
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FARE CHITINA TO FAIRBANKS
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$75.00 AND WAR TAX
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