George Anderson, a mining engineer
of large experience, and a resident
of Anchorage, has taken a large block
of stock in the Mohawk mine in the
Willow creek district, and will assume
management and development of the
property.
A Fairbanks resident is in hard
luck. He had his house insured, the
policy to become effective at noon. At
10:30, an hour and a half before it
went into effect, the building caught
fire and was damaged to the extent
of several hundred dollars.
John Loseth, who conducts a ranch
on Muddy river, near Petersburg, re
cently shipped 50 sacks of rutabagas,
the product of his farm, to Seattle.
His crop this season is about 160
sacks. M. Dahl and Carl Wold, who
have a ranch in the same vicinity,
have over 100 sacks for shipment.
The Alasga engineering officials at
Nenana were compelled recently to
import $15,000 in gold and currency
to pay off the men, owing to the short
age of\cash In that camp. The mer
chants ^iad given up all their cash in
taking government checks and were
no longer able to cash them.
Forty degrees below zero was re
ported at Birches, a Yukon river point
i!t 81 miles down from tlio mouth
of the Tanana. This is the coldest
weather yet reported this season. I-ast
winter the mercury reached 00 below
n« tho onmA
Billy B'evans and D. S. McDonald ar
rived in Anchorage recently from Can
dle creek, having made the trip over
the trail. They were the first to go
over the trail this fall and report that
several bridges are out.
The house occupied by J. P. Bick
ford. chief clerk of the engineering
commission at Fairbanks, was par
tially burned recently, entailing a loss
of about $300 to Mr. Bickford, and
$100 damage to the residence.
The Yukon river closed in front of
Dawson on the night of Monday, No
vember 0, this being twenty-two days
earlier than in 1915. At Whitehorse,
on this date, the river was entirely
clear of ice.
It is reported in Seward that John
Ronan has about completed a deal
for the taking over of the Carnation
group of quartz claims in the Willow
creek district, owned by several Jap
anese.
Colonel Kevell, who has the Seward
Iditarod mail contract, returned to An
chorage a few days ago from his first
trip to Iditarod. He also has the con
tract for the Seward Anchorage mail
service.
The dog poisoners has made his ap
pearance at Anchorage. Recently Tom
Neely lost two valuable team dogs by
poisoning and several other parties
have reported losses from a similar
cause.
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NOTICE.
Coasting on all hills about town is
strictly prohibited, and the only hill
that coasting will be tolerated on is
on C street, from Third to First. Par
ents are requested to admonish the
youngsters, ns their help will possibly
avoid a serious accident.
This warning is especially issued in
regard to coasting on any and all side
walks. OEO, DOOLEY,
Chief of Police.
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Howard <& Lund
Contractors and Builders
Estimates Furnished.
E. A. HEGG
PHOTOGRAPHER
PHOTO SUPPLIES
Views and Post Cards
STATIONERY
PICTURES and FRAMES
Sheldon Auto Stage
SERVICE,
CHITINA TO FAIRBANKS.
Starts June 15.
Cars Now Running Regularly.
Weekly Trips.
Fare $75.00.
40 Founds baggage Free.
Office: Chitina Hotel, Chttina,
Alaska.
INVITATION TO ALASKA.
God haste the day of Iron steed.
And solid new steel rail;
At last to meet Alaska's need,
Take place of old dog trail.
Our big Northland needs greater
speed,
A newer, better way;
Its riches great lie wlthout-heed,
Hid since Creation’s day.
In cities men are crowded sore,
And hungry cry for bread,
Discouraged are to faint heart’s core,
To suicide are led.
While here up north is all to fill.
His needs, his wants, his wish;
There is no call for him to kill,
But fill to brim his dish.
And eat to satisfaction quite,
With wife and children dear,
With page of life all clear and white,
Without a single tear.
To brain and brawn is here extended.
The welcome hand so strong.
Of opportunity distended.
And cheer for naught that’s wrong.
Alaska welcomes mankind all,
From corners of the earth;
No color, race, or tongue will call
In vain to find a dearth.
For all may wheels of progress roll,
And Borne will great men be,
Who now in poverty of soul
Cry no success can see.
I
Takft cnnrairp lnrt nnrl •» s-aU
On God, beneath this sky,
Where with heart light and fear so
small,
Success is yours to try,
t
No sign of failure, if when there.
You put your hand to plow;
Resolved that there and everywhere
To toil you will know how.
What matters If for years you work.
Just happiness will find.
Just do your very best—don't shirk—
At peace will be your mind.
The iron horse will fetch you here,
Upon tho trails of steel,
To Matanuska Junction clear,
On Uncle Sam's new wheel.
And the old dog trails will disappear
From off the face of map;
New roads come on—Oh, have no fear.
Fresh minerals to tap.
And when old age comes on apace.
Contented be your life;
A quiet home among your race.
With naught of toll or strife.
—MAY L. KEULOG.
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For the latest style Nubone corsets
phone 108.
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The latest creations in party and
afternoon gowns at Clayaon’s.
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The i
MINT
Thoe. Devil, Prop.
STRAIGHT WHISKEYS
IMPORTED WINES
KEY WEST CIGARS
BONDED GOODS
NOTHING BUT THE BEST
M. C. Thompson H. C. Murphy
The MECCA
Thompson A Murphy, Props
Denlert <n
WINES, LIQUORS AND
CIGARS
Phons 1S7.
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Choice Tobaccos, Cigars end
Smokars Sundries—Wholesale
and Retail Cigar Store.
The
Horseshoe
POPULAR RECREATION PLACt
Billiards and Pooh
Headquarters for the Petersen,
Wellington, Calabash and
Garrick Pipes.
THANKSGIVING IS
"OLD HOME” DAY
IT I* well to hark back now and then
to the old days and the old ways.
Thanksgiving day In the begin
ning was a New England taolidny.
It la only of late years that It has been
domesticated in the rest of the country
aud made a federal observance.
Ex-Seeretury of the Navy John D.
Loug lu a reminiscent article told how
the Pilgrims celebrated It. He wrote:
A man must have been bom in a
New England village more than a gen
eration ago to know the full old time
flavor of Thanksgiving day. Then was
the day of the “old homo." Then fami
lies were large. Flocks of boys and
girls were In evidence and filled the j
iiulf dozen or more scattered school
houses which since then have become
so depopulated that most of them have |
been abandoned, and the vastly di- I
mluished number of successors of for- i
mcr crowds of scholars are carted back i
und forth lu a single omnibus to some
more pretentious structure at the vil
lage center. Then holidays were rare.
New Year’s day aud Washington’s
birthday and even Christmas, still un
der the blight of the old Puritan pro
test, were for the most part unobserv
ed. Fast duy bud no significance lu
the way of lls recognition, except pos
sibly a sermon or, if the snow was off
the ground, a game of bull. The
Fourth of July was an outdoor cele
bration, often as quiet as a Sunday
after the old swivel had been fired off
at sunrise.
The crowning festival of the year
was Thanksgiving the festival of the
fireside -when the apples and pump
kins had been gathered, when the ear
ly snowflakes hud fallen and when
grandfather and grandmother and l u
'nuu -Atuii were inviiea '
to dinner, aud any boy who had stray
ed away to an occupation elsewhere
came back with the appetite of a
bound and hurst In at the kitchen door
with a shout and got the hearty home
greeting It was, “Hello, mother"—
nobody then said "mamma”—and,
"Well, If that ain't you, Sam!” Then
the "beef critter'' had been killed and
his quarters stored for the winter's
only supply of fresh meat. The hog
that had grunted all summer In his pen
and grown fat had gone under the
butcher's knife; souse ataj sausage bad
sent their appetizing odor through the
bouse, and the pork barrel was full.
"Mother” and “the girls"—there were
uo servants- for days previous had
been making marvelous constructions
of mince and apple and pumpkin pics.
The turkey flanked one end of the ta
ble and a huge chicken pie the other.
The small hoy, already gorged, when
his aunt slyly asked hint which kind
of pie he would have, as If he could j
have but one, timidly but eagerly an !
swered back, "All three."
IN THE TENEMENTS.
Thanksgiving Brings Good Cheer, and
Kiddies Understand Day.
The spirit of Thanksgiving pene
trates uut only the attics and tene
ments of the poor of the big c ities, but
many dwellings of the sick and un
fortunate, in the great hospitals the
kiddles lu the convalescent wards have
a real Thanksgiving dinner, and as a
member of a hospital staff said:
"Most of them are thankful they're In
the hospital on Thanksgiving day. It’s
the best place for them. If they were
at home they’d be miserable and lone
some probably. In the hospital there
are other children about with whom
they can celshrute."
Iu practically all of the Settlement
houses the harvest feast Is enjoyed,
whatever the nationality of t lie
“neighbors.” No little Italian or I’ole
but learns the Joy of “turkey day."
One wronders sometimes just what the
vision muy be In the innermost recesses
of Tony’s lltkle soul, but there Is uo
hesitation lu bis manner as be an
swers;
"I’lease, teacher, Thanksgiving Is the
day what my mother gets n turkey by
the church. It Is to he thankful to the
Lord for the things we're thankful
for."
It took a public schoolteacher to ex
plain the glibness of these little for
eign tongue*.
"Why, of course,” she said, “they
learn the story of Thanksgiving almost
before they can speak English. They
have pictures of the pilgrims aud the
Indians, harvest Held* and pumpkins
aud corn and turkeys. Well, I don’t
suppose they ever saw pumpkins grow
ing or have any conception of what
harvest means to the fanners, but
they’re clever little thlugs. They have
some kind of vision of something good.
It's wonderful how quickly they ac
quire a veneer of American ideas. It's
only a veneer, aud it's pretty thin in
places, but it gets them through."
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WINES, :
LIQUORS 1
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Cordova Cafe
IN THE OYSTER BUSINESS
Phone 184.
Don't forget when you come
to Cordova to have a refreshing
eat of fresh Olympia and East
ern Oysters and Fresh Crabs.
CHARLEY MORE, Prop.
P. O. BOX 101.
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Windsor Hotel
L. Wain, Prop.
Where You (let
Comfort and Service.
And the Rates Are Right.
Cordova Alaska
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New Samples
JUST ARRIVED.
Ladies' Tailored Suits and
Dresses Made to Order at Seat
tle Prices.
CLEANING AND PRESSING
Dry Cleaning Our Specialty.
Van, Tailor
PHONE 130.
For Kent—House of five rooms. Ap
ply at Bank.
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Wanted — To rent or buy piano.
Inquire at Times office.
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| Foos Gas Engines |
| 4 to 510 Horse Power
General Electric Motors
Roebling Tramways
Pelton Water Wheels
Chicago Oil Engines and Compressors
Regal Boat Engines
Harmon Machinery Co Inc f
Oxy-Acetylene Welding.
CORDOVA. ALASKA
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When Ordering Beer
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Rainier Pale
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Sixty Steam Heated Rooms Eletric Lighted
Hot and Cold Water in Every Room
With or Without Bath.
Cordova House
H. C. ROSS, Proprietor.
Headquarters for Railroad and Mining Men
Satisfaction Guranteed
Rates Reasonable
WHY NOT OWN YOUR OWN HOME?
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Many families are Paying out from $200 to $500 in j|
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§ rent each year. Why not put that into a home of your |
own? v 1
Call on Geo. C. Hazelet, Trustee of the Townsite, and |
|j see if it can’t be arranged.
NQRTHFPN mfat mapkft 1
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WHOLESALE AMD RETAIL DEALERS IN
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| i' icsh !>6Ci) 1’orkj \ cul, Mutton |
1 and Provisions
I Particular Attention and Prompt Service Qlven to order* from
MINING CAMPS, ROADHOUSES AND
INTERIOR POINTS
SMITH & GLASBKENNER, Props. 1
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Prepare by Saving I
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I oi Imps you may wish to take a trip next year.
Perhaps yon may wish to buv yourself a home some
day.
Perhaps you may wish to make a stake or an invest
ment.
Perhaps you may wish to start in business for your
Self.
I erlmps you may wish to prepare against loss of
work.
Perhaps you may wish to send your children to school
outside.
A savings account and so much out of vour pay en
velope every month will find you prepared' when vour
plans mature.
Remember you will receive compound interest on all
you save.
START NOW AND KEEP IT UP.
THE FIRST BANK OF CORDOVA
'■ SECURITY SERVICE SATISFACTION
{■ TERRITORIAL DEPOSITORY GOVERNMENT INSPECTED RESOURCES OVER $450,000.
Manhattan Hotel
R W, FERRELL, Prop.
Electric Lighted. Hot Water. Turkish and Tub
Laths.
OPPOSITE CORDOVA GRILL, CORDOVA. ALASKA.
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Alaskan Hotel |
THE HOUSE OF COMFORT
THE BEST EQUIPPED HOTEL
IN ALASKA
II Hot and Cold Water, Electric Bells, Electric
Lights, Steam Heat. Suites With Bath.
Bar in Connection
S ROBERT GOTTSCHALK proprlteor* ART CLONINGER :
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I CORDOVA. .... ALASKA
THE WOMAN WHO RECEIVES
her guests under the soft light of elec
tricity looks her best end knowing
this feels at her best No other light
is so adaptable to artistic arrangement
or more convenient adjustment. If
your home is not equipped for and
with electricity let us show you why
you should have it so at once.
Cordova Power
Company
LIGHTS WATER PHONES POWER
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Office: FIRST STREET.
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Copper River & |
| Northwestern Ry.
EFFECTIVE MAY 1, 1916.
Three Trains Weekly Between Cordova and Chitina. j§
Four Trains Weekly Between Chitina and Kennecott.
|| Leave Cordova, Second Street Depot, on Mondays, Thurs
days and Saturdays.
g Leave Chitina for Cordova Sundays, Tuesdays and g
j|i Fridays.
| Leave Chitina for Kennecott Sundays, Tuesdays, Thurs- g
days and Fridays.
I! Leave Kennecott for Chitina Mondays, Wednesdays, S
ig Thursdays and Saturdays.
. . $*»
The above schedule subject to change without notice, g
Dining Car In Connection With all Regular Peaaenger Tralna Be
tween Cordova and Chitina.
Freight received from 9 A. M. to 5 1*. M.
Tickets ou sale at Depot or up town trffioe, Alaska §i
j| Steamship Company building
Caleb CorserW. F. Brown
Cordova Agent