11 SHORT STORIES FROM THE ALASKA PRESS
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Skagway is still suffering from an
epidemic of the "flu,” and is maintain
ing a strict quarantine.
Roy Rutherford, the Fairbanks saw
mill man, has purchased the interest
of the Worthen estate and Charles D.
Black in the Juneau sawmill, and will
hereafter be manager of that concern.
The territorial senate, in committee
of the whole, has recommended for
passage the memorial by Representa
tive Slater asking the federal govern
ment to remove the hindrances to the
investment and profitable employment
of capital in Alaska.
Town lots in Talkeetna, on the line
of the government railroad, when they
are placed on the market, will be sold
in all probability in accordance with
regulations enabling purchasers to ob
tain title without delay, say unofficial
advices from Washington.
The steam whaler Patterson will
operate out of Akutan station, which
is one of the islands of the Alaska
peninsula west of Dutch Harbor. This
boat was stationed on the west coast
of Vancouver Island last year, where
30,000 cases of whale steak were
packed.
Placer tin is being recovered from
the tailings of a gold mine in the Hot
Springs district. Last season thirty
tons of tin was recovered, with only a
limited crew of men. This season a
more determined effort will be made
and it is thought that considerable
more will be secured.
The ship St. Paul of the Northwest
ern Fisheries and a well-known
Alaskan boat, entered drydock at Se
attle the other day to have forty-five
feet of new keep put on her to replace
what was lost when the ship scraped a
rock last season. She will be ready
for duty at the opening of the canning
season.
Luke Kraken lost his life on the
trail at Pavlof bay near Unga. while
taking a ten-mile walk with two com
panions to visit a neighbor during the
holidays. He became fatigued from
the heavy walking and the cold and
told his companions to go without
him. When they returned they found
his tracks leading to the surf, but no
trace of his body was found.
Glacier lake, at the head of Snow
river, broke loose March 19, causing
unusually high water and ice floes in
Snow river and on the' adjacent flats,
and putting the track of the govern
ment railroad in Mile 16, Seward divi
sion, under water ranging from one
foot to three feet in depth, according
to the report of R. J. Weir, engineer
in charge of the division. Floating
ice cut a few of the piles out of the
Snow river trestle. Passengers anc
freight in the past week were trans
ferred in push cars over the trestle
After the high water recedes repairs
will be made.
The competition for the honor of 8
seat at the “captain’s table” is done
away with by an order issued by the
Pacific Steamship Company, by which
masters may have their own private
tables. Thus far the order has beer
put into effect on the President, en
gaged in the Coast run; the Admiral
Evans, on the Alaska run, and the
Governor. It is to be extended tc
other vessels.
The Canadian sloop of war Alger
ine, famous for the part she played
in suppressing the Bxer uprising on
the Peiho river in China, has been
purchased by the British Columbia
Salvage Company to take the place of
the Salvor. This company has oper
ated extensively in Alaskan wat^r
with the Salvor, which is how operat
ing between Vancouver and the An
tipodes.
Anchorage people, without regard
to political party or occupation, are
up in arms against former Delegate
James Wickersham on account of hie
unwarranted attack on the Alaska
railrorad and Secretary of the Interior
Franklin K. Lane. It is reported that
scathing telegrams have been sent tc
Wickersham by former supporters. An
anti-Wickersham Republican club
composed of former supporters oi
Wickersham, is being formed.
The Alaska Fish and Game Club
has offered its troughs and hatchery
j equipment, valued at $1,000, to the
| territory, if the territory takes over
the now heavy burden of salmon cul
| ture. Rut the members will not dis
band when this is done. On the con
trary, they are planning to continue
and to enlarge the scope of their re
search work in investigating and re
cording the habits of fish and game
of all species.
Juneau has been selected as the
manufacturiing point for the Boyles
Anchor Works in Alaska, and the per
manent site of the plant will be an
nounced by C. H. Boyles, who is In
Juneau. Concrete anchors, it is esti
mated, cost only 30 per cent of the
amount required to make steel an
chors. They differ from steel anchors
inasmuch as they do not rust or cor
rode in salt water. The concrete an
chor is patented, and the Juneau plant
will manufacture reinforced anchors
of from 500 to 8,000 pounds.
The following advertisement ap
pears in the Valdez Miner and is re
piinted for the benefit of local ladies
who might be matrimonially inclined:
“WANTED, A WIFE—Honest and
capable man wishes a wife; age not a
bar; must be good cook and able to
take care of home. Have several hun- 1
dred dollars in the bank, a comfort
able cabin and a promising claim. No
phonograph need apply. If you are in
earnest address X, care Prospector
Publishing Co., with self-addressed
and stamped envelope. I need a good, ,
husky wife, able to do her share of the
work. Do not reply unless you mean
business.”
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Hydaburg defeated Metlakahtla at
basketball a short time ago by a score
of 27 to 23. The game was played at
Metlakahtla and was the first time
that the team from that town was
ever defeated on its own floor.
The buildings have been in readi
ness at Cape Fanshaw for the can
nery that is to be operated there this
season by the Alaska Sanitary Can
ning Co. The machinery will be in
stalled before the opening of the can
ning season.
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PROFESSIONAL !
DR. W. W. COUNCIL *
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
Gffice and Reside nee, Cordova
General Hospital ^Ostrander
Building).
Phones—Residence, 115; Office, 132
DR. ff. H. CHASE
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
Office over Cordova Drug Store.
Calls may be left at Cordova
Drug Store.
Residence, Alaska Hotel.
DR. W. D’ARCY CHACE
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
WINDSOR HOTEL
Hours:
1 p. m. to 3 p. m. and 7 p. m. to 8 p. m.
I---4,
DR. CHAS. DAGGETT
Northern Hotel Building, Cordova
Hours 9 a. m. to 9 p. m.
DENTISTRY
Special attention to
Prophylaxis and Pyorrhea
PHONE 200
DONOHOE & DIMOND
attorneys-at-law
Offices:
CORDOVA and VALDEZ
FRANK H. FOSTER
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
ROOM 1, OSTRANDER BUILDING
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F. F. MEDLEY
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR
AT LAW
Room 1, Adams Block
CORDOVA. ALASKA
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R. H. L. NOAKS
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
OFFICE - - - ADAMS BUILDING
DONALD C. FAIRMAN
Will accept a limited number of
pupils for
PIANO INSTRUCTION
Studio, Empress Bldg. Phone 29-2
MRS. T. N. HUBBERT
TEACHER OF VOICE AND PIANO
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Residence:
Street Leading to Dock
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ERNESTINE TYLER
DANCING INSTRUCTIONS
Phone 135
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Cordova
Adjustment
Company
K. G. ROBINSON, Mgr.
Collections. Reports,
Insurance
Oetrander Bldg., Cordova, Alaska
NEW NEEDLE ART SHOP
All kinds of Stamped Em
broidery Goods, Fancy Knitting
Yarns. Sweaters and Socks
knit to order. '■
Lessons Given in
EMBROIDERY, KNITTING
AND CROCHET WORK
IDA DOWALDER
C St., Adams Bldg.
SMITH &
M’CONAGHY
Plumbers and
Steamfitters
COR. FRONT and B STS.
Keist Furniture
Company
Is the Place to Buy
New and Second-Hand
Household Goods
OUR PRICES ARE RIGHT
Next door to Alaska 8. 8. Office
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CITY BAKERY LUNCH ROOM
Special Carefully-Prepared Lunch served from 11:30 a. ra. Our Pine
French Rolls with every meal
Big Variety of Pastries and Cakes, Always Fresh
Sanitary Machinery of Latest Model. Patent Brick Oven. Best Ma
terials used by Expert Workmen, producing our Famous Cream Loaf
Best Coffee in Town
French Bread Rye Bread
“Bevo” Is Here
It’s a drink that surely fills the bill.
Delivered to the trade or families in
large or small quantities
FREI) HAEF, Distributor
Save Your Money
For the
Victory
Liberty Loan
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Loan it to Uncle Sam
and thus help
* pay the expenses of the
Great World War
JUST RECEIVED
SHIPMENT OF
COLGATE’S
SOAPS
PERFUMES
TOILET WATER
TALCUM POWDERS
COLGATE’S
PURE OLIVE OIL SOAP
FOR THE BABY
A PURE NEUTRAL SOAP made from
GREEN OLIVE OIL obtained from the fruit
by pressure. Its color is due to the presence
of the natural coloring matter of the olive,
and fades on exposure to bright light. Its
odor is derived solely from the pure oil used
in its making. A pure neutral soap for
baby’s toilet.
N( N DRUG CO.
JL 1 “THE DRUG STORE OF ALA8KA”
UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT
"SERVICE” is our motto
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How Much More Economical, Pleasant
and Satisfactory to
Send the family
wash to us
where it will be washed and ironed as care
fully and faultlessly as you or your laun
dress do it.
Gives You a Whole Day
for More Important Duties
Eliminate the disagreeable wash day in
your home. Take advantage of Modern
Times, Modern Ways of the
MODERN LAUNDRY
Your Phone Call Will Bring Our Solicitor.
Phone 66
FRANK A. JONES, Prop.
BUY OR NOT
Come in and look over Detmer’e
New Line of Woolens while the
assortment is large.
SUITS $45.00 AND UP
Tom Hubbert
Auntie Keating’s
Wee
. Shop
ha* outgrown Ita original
location, and hat removed
Into the
WILLIAM8 BUILDING
Flret Street
with a complete line of
Men'*, Women'* and Chil
dren’* Good*. J
Come In and look my
atock over.
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CORDOVA MACHINE '
WORKS
E. R. GARNES, Prop.
Residence Phone 101-3
Shop Phone 182
Machine Work of all Kinds,
Blacksmlthing, 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.
HUES ADS FOR SURE RESULTS