JUST RECEIVED
Large Quantity Of
Watermans Fountain Pens
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Northern Drug Company
CORDOVA
PAUL BLOEDHORN
JEWELER AND WATCHMAKER
THE HOME OF THE
HOWARD and HAMILTON
Watch—Railroad Grade Watches of All Kinds—
Smith & Barnes Cabinet Grand Piano, Self Player for
Sale. Price $500. •
KENDRICK BUILDING FIRST STREET
—.... .. .
Manhattan Hotel
R. W. FERRELL, Prop.
Electric Lighted. Hot Water. Turkish and Tub
Baths.
OPPOSITE CORDOVA GRILL, CORDOVA, ALASKA.
PHONE 99
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SAVE MONEY!
- -*COME TO THE BARGAIN STORE !
And see what we have in the line of workmen’s clothing,
beds, mattresses and canvas goods of all kinds, tents and
shovels, kitchenware, furniture, stoves, etc. We also
carry a full line of mirrors—plate glass and plain.
THE NORTHERN BLOCK
First Street
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Copper River
• & Northwestern Ry.
FOUR TRAINS WEEKLY BETWEEN
CHITINA AND KENNECOTT
Leave Cordova, Second Street Depot, on Mon
days, Thursdays and Saturdays.
Leave Chitina for Cordova Sundays, Tuesdays
days, Thursdays and Fridays.
Leave Chitina for Kennecott Sundays, Tues
days and Fridays.
Leave Kennecott for Chitina Mondays, Wednes
days, Thursdays and Saturdays.
The above schedule subject to change with
out notice.
• Dining Car in Connection With all Regular
Passenger Trains Between Cordova and Chitina. •
Freight received and delivered at Cordova •
Wharf from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m., except Sundays.
Tickets on sale at Second Street Depot
' office, one hour before departure of trains.
CALEB CORSER, W. E. BROWN,
Superintendent. Agt. Cordova Wharf
R. K. BROWN, Jr., Ticket Agent.
TRAINING MORE MEN FOR DUtY ON AMERICAN FLEET j
Busy scene on one of the drill grounds of the I'nlted States Naval Reserve Training station at i’elhnm Bay Bark, <
N. Y., on the shore of Long Island sound, where thousands of men are being drilled for duty In the fleet.
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BRITISH FLEET
(By Associated Press)
BASK OK BRITISH GRAND FLEET
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Dec. 7.—The head of the British ad
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miralty, speaking the other day in
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the house of commons, flung out a
challenge to the German navy. Hej
said, “I disclose no secret, or if it is^
a sectet I disclose a fact which I
should be glad to tell the enemy—J
when I say that the British grand
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fleet In its northern base lies behind
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no shore defenses, but relies on Its
own strength alone.”
There are people In the United^
States who do not appreciate the ac
tivities of the British navy in its
home waters, who think that it liesr
in Idleness, like the German high
seas fleet, behind imi>enetrable land
locked bases. For the purpose of
removing this impression, the Associ
ated Press representative was asked
to visit the grand fleet, live on board
the first-line battleships, and observe
just what sort of a day’s work it puts
in day after day and week after v eekj
Ceaseless activity is the motto of
the grand fleet Neither men nor
ships are permitted to gather rust
or barnacles. From its base at the
northern trip of the British Isles, it
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sweeps day and night the 14O,0fM)(
square miles of the North sea, on
ceaseless vigil, in unflagging hope
that one day its watching will be re
warded by a meeting with the enemy
under circumstances wherein he oail
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not ^avoid battle Moreover, thip
sweeping of the North sea is no mere
aimless patrol In the most casual
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moves of ships and men there is al
ways a directing mind and a direct
ing plan. The North sea is as well
swept in relation to its size as the
drawing room'of a well-ordered house.
The enemy's coastline is still the
British navy's frontier. |
The harbor which has been the
home of the grand fleet for three
years is probably the finest of its
kind in the world. The whole area
comprised in this British northern
base is about equal to the hundred
odd square miles which the Germans
evacuated in France last spring. The
battleship squadrons, for example,
within their own particular section
of this great base, have room for
every kind of practice manoeuvres,^
including target practice. 1
On a sunny afternoon the corro?-'
pondent saw eight battleships at tur
ret or .target practice, a detachment
oi cruisers in manoeuvers. a seaplane
balloon ship at work under, conditions
si mil luting those of actual warfare,
and off arhypd the edges, various
operations by innumerable small
craft and auxiliaries.
Night target practice, which also
is conducted within the harbor, is
always an interesting sight. The bat
tleships steam down the nimvimlc
course Sunddenly a searchlight!
picks up 'a target. Instantly every!
turret is trained, every gun directed.'
1 hen a button is pressed somewhere,
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and the guns speak as with one voice
in a gigantic broadside that awakenn
ihe echoes from the hills.
There is an indifinite variety to the
turret practice on a big battleship.
The officer in charge of the turret
speaks: “An enemy shell has come
in through the turret, kilting men
numbers 1, 3, 4 and 6. Right gun dis
abled. Connection with rest of thip
lost. Carry one!" The “dead men”|
file off to one side and watch their
comrades work as they would in ac-'
tual battle. There is the xest of a^
game to it.
The officer speaks again: “Shell,
has hit turret, killing all men except
Numbers 1 and 3. Number 3 is ceri
i
ously wounded. Ammunition hoist
ing machinery disabled. Fire start
ed in pile of waste behind gun. Car
ry onl" The single unwounded man
left in the turret must now endeavor
to keep the guns in action single-(
handed, besides dealing with a fire
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and a seriously wounded man. The
“dead men" stand along the edge of
the turret and watch their comrade’s
efforts to “carry on’’ with interest
and amusement.
It is play, but play with a deadly
efficiency behind it for it is intended
that in actual battle, there shall not
be a single possibility with which
these men will not be ready to deal.
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(By Associated Press)
NOME. Dec. 7.—The dog railroad
extending ninety miles from Nome
to Shelton, has shut down for the
winter. The road is a regulation
narrow-guage track, properly ballast
ed and formerly supplied with a steam
engine and a train of cars. When
traffic failed to warrant operation
of this train, a small'car, with ball
bearing wheels, became the official
rolling stock of the line and twelve
malamutes were harnessed to supply
motive power.
These dogs pull all the way, except
on down grade. When they reach the
longest down-grade stretch—six miles
—they lie down in their tracks. The
engineer loosens their traces and the
animals bound aboard the car, with
out much attention as to where they
are to light. If the car is full, they
stretch themselves out over the pass
engers’ laps, and pant comfortably
until the coming up-grade halts the
train. Then they resume work.
The trip is made at an average rate
of eight miles an hour.
NOTICE OF HEARING ON FINAL
ACCOUNT.
Third Division, Cordova Precinct, at
Cordova. No. 104. In the matter
of the Estate of J. Y. Ostrander, de !
ceased.
In accordance with the order of the
above named probate court, issued on
the 19th day of November, 1917, no
tice is hereby given that the under
signed administrator has filed his fin
al account, asking that the same be
allowed and approved, and that the
probate judge of the above named
court has set the 19th day of January
1918, as the day for a hearing on said
final account; on which day in the'
office of the above probae court, in
Cordova, Alaska, at the hour of 10
o’clock a. m. any person interested
may appear and file objections in
writing to said final account and the
allowance of the same.
Dated at Cordova, Alaska, this 19th
day of November, 1917.
THOS. S. SCOTT.
Administrator of the Estate of J. Y.
Ostrander, Deceased.
First publication Nov. 22, 1917.
Last publication Dec. 16, 1917.
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Private Boxes •
For
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CORDOVAI
MACHINE WORKS
E. R. GARNES, Prop.
Residence Shop
Phone 101-3. Phone 182
Machine Woi k of all Kinds.
Blacksmithing, General Bepair
ing, Horse Shoeing, Oxy-Acety
lene Welding and Cuttiug.
HARMON MACHINERY
BUILDING
Cordova, Alaska.
Out^ of Town Jobs Given Strict
Attention.
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Northwest j:
Soda Works J;
Manufacturers aredK *'
Bottlers ■' J
Soda Water, all Flavors, ♦
Gingerale, \
Soot Beer, *
Coco Cola. ♦
Mail Orders Given Prompt ♦
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LOGGERS, ATTENTION*
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We pay $10 per thousand for
spruce logs and $9 for hemlock,
delivered.
CORDOVA MILL & LUMBER
COMPANY
M. C. Thompeo* H. C. Murphy
The MECCA
Thompton A Murphy, Props
Dealers in
WINES, LIQUORS AND
CIGARS
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, . ■ .. , ... Hanger.t.harlesF Grooma
imh, OretfM. Pnee3 >c per dosen; $2.25 per hundred. p
express prepaid ua
4 dosen or more.
They contain the
most deadly com
bination of potiJUBS
known to science.
KillaWolves,Foxes
and Sheep - killing
l'og* almost ior
atantly and in ho
wav i Biura-thefur*
Indorsed and re
rout mended byths
LT. ft. Ciov emmeot.
Order today. Full
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Cree pa ronusst also catalogue of trapper* auppheaand
le sad far pricelist
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