Cordova Daily Times
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AWAITING MACHINES
The United States may have few
airplanes in France, but there are
surely flyers there who can take care
of themselves against the Germans
In the past week the American avi
ators have driven off Hun machines
on several occasions. Few details of
the fights were given, but the results
of the encounters are sufficient to tell
the story.
The young men in this country are
capable of becoming the best flyers
in the world. For the same reasons
that they can take the honors in any
international athletic contest, they
can lead the world in aviation.
Aviation war is a kind of grim
athletics. The winner is the ma;
with best judgment, coolest nerves,
most daring, and greatest skill.
oung Americans are peculiarly fitted
by their intuitions and training to till
the requirements.
Since we know that our present and
future aviators can do what is desired
ot them, why not give them a big part
in winning the war?
a few of them in France, pro!'
ably riding foreign machines, can
drive German machines to earth, what
could 100,000 of them, each with an
American-made machine at his com
mand, not do?
They would end the war in a fe-w
months and give the Huns a rain of
dynamite that would make their whole
country look like the ruins of Lou
vain.
What would the young men of the
United Slates not give to end the war
in this spectacular and brilliant man
ner!
They are waiting, and they will work
marvels if they are but trained and
provided with machines.
The airplane program should go
hand in hand with shipbuilding, and
these two should occupy the concen
trated attention of the wrar depart
ments as the way to end the war in
the quickest and least costly way.
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PETROGRAD, May 20—German
troops have occupied Bjorko island,
off the coast of Finland, south of Vi
borg, and thirty mile3 northeast of
Petrograd.
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Madame Lydia, the paimlst, will be
found in the Currier & Mickelson
*milding on C. street. 16-tf
DAREDEVIL LHP
OF PETER IN HIS
It is in the cards that Peter Sher
man will not meet a violent death
Moreover, Fate has decreed thai
Peter's end will come calmly and
peacefully.
At least Peter absolutely refuses tc
do the “daredevil” leap in a “flivver’
at the intersection of B avenue and
Water street, even though some
twenty of his fellow townsmen were
on hand to witness the stunt.
Peter Sherman drives a Ford cai
in delivering tenderloins, sausage and
good cheer for the Northern meal
market.
While making his final delivery be
fore noon today Peter miraculouslj
escaped violent death when his cai
got-beyond control at the intersectioi
of B avenue and Water street, and ii
was surely an act of Providence thal
he was saved from a fall of 100 feei
to the rocks below'. Providence wae
materially aidecl by a three-foot plank
which extends over Water street, and
upon which the support of the railing
is fastened.
The projection held the car and
saved Peter. As it was, the right
front wheel was well over the walk
when the car was stopped.
Peter was calm amid the excite
ment, and evidenced not the least fear
when released by his friends who
rushed to his rescue. Stolid and sto
ical, he stepped from the flivver and
received the congratulations of his
friends.
At the meeting of the town council
tonight a memorial will be spread
upon the minutes praying that a fit
ting monument be erected on the spot
where Peter all but petered. Thus it
is that Cordova again comes in for
publicity.
In Skagway the town nuisance
leads the unsuspecting tourist to the
spot where the notorious “Soapy"
Smith fell; in Anchorage they will
show you the problematical spot
where the next Republican President
will drive the golden spike upon com
pletion of the government railroad;
Seward boasts of spring freshets and
baseball teams, while Valdez and Ju
neau are contented with being the
homes of politicians. Alaska towns
are replete with history and love their
landmarks.
Cordova has many points of inter
est, rich in history and romance.
These particular points are the pride
of the people. But even at that they
wilcome “Peter’s Perilous Plunge,” for
they are tired of “pointing with pride”
to the oldest citizen; where Dooley
lived twenty years ago; Captain
Lathrop’s new theater; Mayor Hil
iery’s public drinking fountains, and
so on down the line to “Red Nets,”
the hero of the Mariposa wreck.
Again Peter Sherman, the affable
driver for the Northern meat market,
is doomed to die peacefully. Like
Rube Marquard, Jesse Willard and
other celebrities, Peter is holding out
for a higher preie, but Mrs. Nichols,
director of the big vaudeville show,,
announces that Peter is weakening,
and will probably give a reproduc
tion of his stunt at the Empress the
ater May 27.
The flivver was not damaged.
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ARMY AND f BASEBALL
SEASON OPENS IN LONDON
LONDON, May 20.—The Anglo
American baseball season opened or
Saturday, with the army taking ar
eleven-inning game from the navy bj
a score of 7 to 6.
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Quality talks. Smoke an El Roi Tar
Cigar and be convinced; they ari
mild. t:
i COPPER CENTER POLLS
BIG DEMOCRATIC VOTE
COPPER CENTER, May 8.—There
were eighteen votes cast here at the
recent primary, with the following re
suit:
Sulzer, 17; Wickersham, 1; Price,
14; Ward, 1; Murray, 13: Slater, 3;
j Thompson, 1; Patterson, 16; Noon,
: 16; Ray, 14; Small, 5; Galen, 2; Wood,
10; Wilson, 6.
The ice went partly out of the Cop
per river yesterday, but jammed in
I some places, and, is expected to break
| loose at any time. The weather is
tine and the trail is drying up fast.
Although there was an unusually
heavy snowfall and the winter was a
hard one, the season is not any later
than in previous years. Autos will
soon be buzzing over the road to and
from Fairbanks.
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An appetizing lunch at the Amerl
i can Bakery.
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Quality talks. Smoke an El Roi
j Tan Cigar and be convinced: they are
mild. tf
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The American Bakery serves good
bread.
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING.
ROOM FOR RENT—Apply Dr. Coun
cil^_ tf.
WANTED—Stenographic position for
month or six weeks. Mrs. V. P.
| Abbott, Windsor hotel.
The Red Dragon
CORDOVA. ALASKA
Headquarters of Cordova
Chapter American Red Cross
Club House founded in 1908
by Episcopal church. Open
from 1 p. m. to 10 p. m.
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LOST—Key ring, with three Keys,
return to Times office.
FOR SALE—Box couch. Apply Man
hattan Hotel.
WANTED—Boat builders and ship car
penters. Apply to Ohm Fish & Pack
ing Co. 11-tf
FOR SALE!—1 4 H P. Vulcan Marine
Engine complete. Inquire Blum
O’Neill Co. 9-16
WANTED—An experienced hardware
man; also deliveryman. Apply t(
Finkelstein & Sapiro, Inc. 20-tf
FOR SALE—Gas boat “B. F. M„ forty
two foot, twelve-foot beam, ten tons
net, thirty-six horse-power, Kahlen
berg engine, full equipment Ad
dress W. R. Millard, Valdez. 5-4-2w
FOR RENT—Six unfurnished cot
tages. Cordova Abstract & Realty
Co., Adams building.
LOST—Bunch of keys; one pass key,
two trunk keys, two safety deposit
keys and beer opener on small ring.
Finder return to Alaskan hotel.
PIANO FOR SALE—Pricp $25oTwrite
Mrs. J. C. Martin, Valdez, Alaska,
for further particulars.
FOR SALE—A piano. Apply to Thos.
S. Scott 17-tf
FOR RENT—Cabins. See Oooley.
OVER $100,000.00 IN DEPOSITS
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On May 15th deposits were over $102,000.00.
The BANK OF ALASKA has reached its first
objective in less than nine months from the
date of opening in Cordova.
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We wish to thank our patrons for their loyal
support and to invite those who are not now
depositors to become associated with the
Bank of Alaska
THE THIRD LIBERTY LOAN
BONDS RECEIVED
The first consignment of full paid Bearer
Bonds have been received. All those who paid
during the earley part of the campaign may
call and receive their bonds.
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Alaska’s Branch Banking System
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