SHORT STORIES
■ ABOUT ALASKA
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Yukon territory schools will open
August 25.
Ketchikan is asking for permission
to bond the town to erect a one
hundred-thousand-dollar school house.
No clue to the thieves who bur
glarized the Juneau radio station,
has been found. ’
The Port Althrop cannery packed
over sixty thousand cases of fish this
season.
Many improvements are being
made to the streets of Skagway this
year.
The Nenana Commercial club has
invited President Wilson to visit
Alaska on his coming west.
The cannery on the Yukon river
is said to be causing great hardship
among the natives. There are no fish
this year.
The launch Lady was sunk at Ket
chikan as it lav alongside the dock.
It belonged to the agent of the
Alaska steamship company.
Miss M. Mason -s now in Alaska
making arrangements for the Cha
tauqua which is coming to the terri
tory later in the fall.
In the recent influenza epidemic
a; Champaign Landing on the Yukon,
cut of 125 natives in the district, 104
had the disease and 11 of them died.
The Billie Woodworth theatrical
party touring Alaska has been mak
ing a specialty of playing to cannery
crews. They are taking motion pic
tures of Alaska also.
The deer season opened in Alaska
August 15th. This relates to animals
and not to prices, which have no
closed season.
Phillip Bourke, a Douglas lad, acci
dentally shot playmate in the leg with
a .22 caliber rifle last week and the
injured boy’s parents had him arrest
ted and he will be tried. None of
the boys are'over twelve years of age.
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The Douglas Island News, in line
with many other papers of the terri
tory, deprecates securing warships
to run down a few fish pirates that
the local authorities could have han
dled easily.
The tug Anyox with barges of ore
destined for Tacoma nearly came to
grief in a recent southwester off Cape
Division. The storm was nearly too
much for the barges which were an
chored in the bay.
While the steamer Jefferson was
in Ketchikan recently the staterooms
of several tourists seeing town were
pilfered of their valuables by Frank
Arnold, a Mexican. All of the stolen
goods were not discovered.
A SNAP
The Hewitt block, corner of Second
and C streets, and the Northern Laun
dry building, opposite the Windsor,
can be bought on terms. Four thou
sand dollars will handle both proper
ties, and the income will pay for them.
See Doc Caswell or Kelly. 23-30
No one should be without an elec
tric plate, especially the kind with 3
different heats. Northwestern Hard
ware company.
Best coffee in town at the City
Bakery. 2-6t
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Fountain Refreshments
De Luxe
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Ice Cream Sodas
15c
I Strawberry,
Vanilla,
Pineapple,
Orange,
Chocolate,
Cherry,
Raspberry,
Maple,.
Sundaes
25c
Cherry,
Pineapple,
SStrawberry,.
Chocolate Nut,
Marshmallow,
Butterscotch,
In addition to the above we serve different
Specials every day, and various flavors of Ice
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Cream. You can always get your favorite
drink properly made and served at
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The Rainier Products Company relieves retailers and consumers of the nec
essity of paying Revenue Taxes on Rainier Beverages by paying all taxes
thereon direct to the Government.
-Northwest Soda Works, Distributors
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: Great Britain—For $100, £22 4s 3d.
j: t rance—For $100, 666.66 francs.
I Belgium—For $ 100, 70.22 francs.
j Denmark—For $100, 392.15 kroners.
j i Sweden—For 100, 384.62 kroners.
| Norway—For $ 1 1 00, 400.00 kroners.
: Finland—For $100, 1,000.00 finmarks.
II Italy—For $100, 769.23 lires.
: j Czechoz-Slovakia—For $100, 1,428.57 kronen,
j j Greece—For $ 1 00, 5 1 8.1 3 drachmas.
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II FIRST BANK OF COKI0VA 11
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CORDOVA MACHINE
WORKS
E. R. GARNES, Prop.
Residence Phone 101-3
Shop Phone 182
Machine Work of all Kinds,
Blaeksmithing, General Repair- !
ing, Horse Shoeing, Oxy-Acety- j
lene Welding and Cutting.
AUTOMOBILES
REPAIRED
Office and Shop: City Dock
CORDOVA, Alaska.
Out of Town Jobs Given Strict
Attention.
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WE LEAD—OTHERS FOLLOW
LOVERA MONARCH CIGARS.
2 for 25c
OPTIMO STANDARD CIGARS.
2 for 25c
OPTIMO SENATOR CIGARS.
2 for 25c
MOZART MAGNIFICENT CIGARS
2 for 25c
MOZART CORONA FINA.
2 for 25c
VELVET TOBACCO, TINS.
3 for 50c
TUXEDO TOBACCO, TINS .
3 for 50c
PRINCE ALBERT, TINS.
3 for 50c
ALL OTHER CIGARS AND TO
BACCO AT POPULAR PRICES
CORDOVA
C. M. ROSSWOG
STATIONER, NEWSDEALER,
NOTIONS,
TOBACCOS, CONFECTIONERY.
The Daily Times Joh plant is
well equipped for all classe of com
mercial printing.
Read the Daily Times for the latest
and most reliable world news.
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SMITH &
M’CONAGHY
Plumbers and
Steamfitters
COR. FRONT and B STS.
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BUILDING MATERIALS OF
ALL KINDS
Brick and Lime
CORDOVA MILL AND
LUMBER CO.
Thoroughly Modern
Popular Prices
HOTEL ATWOOD
J. A. Farnham and Ted Taylor
Proprietors
Headquarters for Alaskans
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First Ave. and Pine St., Seattle
Ted Taylor, formerly Chief
_Steward S. S. Alaska
Sanitary
GARBAGE CANS
Plenty of Them at
CORDOVA
SHEET METAL WORKS
Phones
Shop, 143 Res., 133-2
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Sixty Steam-Heated Rooms, Electric-Lighted
Hot and Cold Water in Every Room
With or Without Bath
Cordova House
DOOLEY & GREENIG
Headquarters for Railroad and Mining Men
Satisfaction Guaranteed :: Rates Reasonable