SAFETY NUT LOCK IS
INVENTED BY VALDEZ MAN.
An Invention which will undoubted
lv revolutionize the present day meth
ods of fastening nuts on holts under
great strain and continued vibration,
has been invented by H. D. Olllis, of
Valdez. Mr. Glllis is a natural me
chanic and Inventor, and has been
working on this tnvontlon for more
than a year. He has now perfected it
to a point where he Is making prac
tical demonstrations of working mod
els to his friends.
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Times. Why not save a dollar by pay
ing six months' subscription in ad
vance; $5 will do the trick.
LOCAL JOTTINQ8.
J. P. Holland, of Hadlock. Wash , is
In town on business.
Kd Kelter left today on the Mari
posa on a trip to the statCB.
The meeting of the Bungalow Club
has been postponed until the 12th of
February.
Frank Sellers was an outgoing pas
senger on the Mariposa, and will make
a trip east.
George Brown came over from Val
dez on last night's boat, on his way
to Taslina.
A. L. McDonald, of Kennecott, left
today for Juneau, where he will spend
five or six weeks.
William Canavan left this morning
for Southeastern Alaska, to enjoy the
baths at the hot springs.
At tonight's meeting of the Cham
ber of Commerce the annual (lection
of officers will take place.
Lars Holland, of the Alaska road
commission, arrived from Valdez last
night and left for the interior on this
morning's train, accompanied by J.
A. Olson, Nels Johnson, Henry Ober
and L. F. Washburn, to repair some
of the bridges on the government
trail.
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RECOVERING FROM OPERATION.
William Glendenning, the well
known mine operator at Wells bay, is
in New York at present, where he is
recuperating from the effects of a
surgical operation recently performed
j at the Mayo Brothers' sanitarium at
Rochester, Minnesota. Mr. Glenden
ning stated that he had sold his pro
perty at Wells bay for the sum of
$375,000, of which amount $25,000 had
been paid down.
The new railroad town of Nenana
has a population of 500 people, with
twenty children of school age or
under.
In the absence of Mayor Stewart,
of Juneau, the city council recently
elected Claude Erickson as mayor pro
torn.
At a recent meeting of the Juneau
city council it was voted to purchase
an American PaKranee Junior fire en
gine for the Juneau fire department.
f old shipments from the Iditarod
for the year of 1916 show a slight
decrease from the 1915 shipments.
The total for the year 1916 was $2,
606,171.09.
Owing to the deep snowfall moose
are reported to have hard pickings on
the Kenai peninsula. The animals are
in poor condition and are hardly fit
for food.
William Ender, a brakeman on the
White pass road, had the thumb and
forefinger so badly crushed while he
was coupling cars on that road that
they had to be amputated.
The Ballaine-Sauers bungalow at
Woodrow, outside of Seward, col
lapsed last week, owing to the weight
of accumulated snow on the roof, en
! tailing a loss to the owners of about
$800.
Representative-elect Tlios. C. Price,
1 of Anchorage, states that he is con
I templating the calling of a meeting of
his constituents for the purpose of
finding out their wishes in respect to
legislation.
After hanging on to his claims for
four year Ransom Alguire is report
■ ed to have struck high grade ore on
the Sandon copper claim, lying be
tween the Pueblo and War Eagle
mines in the Whitehorse district.
A terrific gale is reported to have
blown in (he Dexter section near
Nome In December, which completely
obliterated all trails In this vicinity.
A peculiarity of the storm was that
there was no wind at all at Nome.
J. M. Baxter, better known as
“Moose" Baxter, was Indicted by the
grand jury at Juneau on the charge
of grand larceny. Baxter is alleged
to have taken the sum of $210 from
the person of one Chris Brown last
November.
The United States civil service com
mission announces that It will hold an
examination at Ketchikan on Febru
ary 10 to establish a register from
whlph to select a second officer for
the lighthouse tender Kukui. The po
sition carries a salary of $1,020 per
annum.
Fox farming promises to be one of |
the leading industries along the Chi
tlna-Falrbanks trail. Many ranchers
have turned their attention to this
lucrative business, and are meeting
with great success. The foxes are
easily raised, and the Turs are high
er In price thlH season than ever be
fore.
T. It. Kershaw, former state fish
commissioner of Washington, an
nounces that he has completed the or
ganization of the Alaska Packing &
Navigation Company, and that the
company will build a two-line salmon
cannery at Chatham strait, about 100
miles south of Juneau, and will have
the same in operation next summer.
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chase for you any article desired. Ad
vantage of large stocks to select from.
Low Prices. Advice regarding late
styles, etc. References furnished.
Miss A. I. Sturdevant, Waldorf Apart
ments, Seattle, Wash.
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Concerns in the States, But Give
The People Who Are Paying
Wages and Spending Their Money
In Cordova a Chance to Live.
MAQINNIB TAKES BRIDE.
Second Steward Maglnnis, of the
Mariposa, la absent from his post on
the present voyage on that steamer,
having taken a trip to Chicago, where
he has taken unto himself a bride in
the person of Miss Flannlgan. one of
the belles of the Windy City. He will
rejoin the ship on her return to Se
attle.
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PIANO TUNEFfr
George Anderson, piano expert!
factory representative, will tie in!
dova this corning summer. Kx!
work in piano and organ tuning ji
repairing guaranteed. For prices \
new and second hand pianos and A
gans, also pianos for rental, addres!
P. O. BOX 991. JUNEAU. ALASKA.
Announcement
We have purchased the stock, fixtures and good-will
of the Co-operative Trading Company. The business will
be conducted in its present location and under the present
management until our new store is completed, about
March 1.
We will endeavor to give all patrons of this store the
best of goods, and' the best possible service in filling their
orders, both in Cordova and from interior points. We so
licit your business and assure you that our earnest efforts
will be given to properly caring for your orders.
FINKELSTEIN & SAPIRO. Inc.
successors to
CO-OPERATIVE TRADING CO.
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To Our Friends and Patrons
We have sold our business to Finkelstein \ Xapirn, '
Inc., the well known Cordova merchants.
We thank our friends and customers for the generous
support they have given this store, and we trust that the
new owners will be favored with your business, as ymi
have favored us in the past two years.
Cordova Co-Operative Trading Co.
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