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TODAY
is the
TOMORROW
that we worried
about
YESTERDAY
and it didn’t
HAPPEN
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RESOURCES OVER I M«141 I] A MUTUAL
v TWO MILLION vX XOL.JIA I/ SAVINGS
DOLLARS SOCIETY
The Modern Way o/7 Saving
is by mail where Uncle Sam protects
your funds until they reach us. r
Our funds are invested only in first mort
£a£es on improved real estate, in citi),
state and U. S. Government Bonds
For over 17 years /~k rrl per annum
we have never ry /Q on ®avin88
paid leaa than ^ / left with mi
BOOKLET MAILED FREE
PUGET SOUND SAVINGS LOAN ASSOCLATION
Founded 1901
Third ^ Pike St. * * * * Seattle. Wash.
NOTICE TO WATER CONSUMERS
This Company has spared neither time
nor expense to give Cordova a continuous
WATER SUPPLY. To do this the Company
must have your co-operation to stop the waste
that occurs from letting the water run to avoid
freezing the pipes. Where we find this con- !
dition still to exist we shall SHUT OFF THE
WATER for the winter without further notice.
ALASKA PUBLIC UTILITIES
First Street Phone 1 3
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$ 1 (
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GREAT WORK OF
YANKEE NAVY
DURING WAR
WASHINGTON. Jan 10. One
month before the armistice with tier
many ended the war the American
I navy was operating a total of l.tifdt
vessels of ail descriptions, of which
; 261, carrying 42.000 men. were ac
tively participating In tin war in Kit
ropean waters.
These figures were disclosed in the
annual report of Hear Admiral Grif
fin. chief of the bureau of steam en
gineering. Daily expenditures of the
| bureau during the year covered by
| the report exceeded $777,000.
Admiral Griffin said the regular
| navy on the date of his report con
I sisted of 570 ships, supplemented by
! ft.'! vessels from the coast guard, liglit
| house service, coast and geodetic sur
j vey and fish commission. in add!
] tion the navy was then operating 037
| converted merchant craft, yachts and
the like, and the naval overseas trans
J port service, consisting of 247 Ship
| ping Hoard and other supply vessels,
j with 112 more about to be cornmis
! sioned. Construction under way for
j the regular navy at that time included
j 376 new ships of all kinds and 52
j tugs.
Since the united States became a
belligerent." the report states, "the
magniture of the engineering work of
th navy, both mechanical and elec
trical, not only in its actual amount
but in the rapid development of facili
ties for its execution has been with
out parallel for the same period of
time in the history of the world’s na
vies."
To keep up the licet abroad three
repair bases were established in j
France, one in Great Britain, one at
i Gibraltar and two in the Meditor
j rate-all. These were supplemented by
, six repair ships, which achieved re
I markable results in repairing vessels
! at sea.
The report makes the first official
i announcement regarding development 1
of the submarine detection devices. ;
and shows that American equipment j
for this purpose has been placed |
aboard both British and French naval j
craft. Details are not-4Ual«sed, how
ever. the report in this connection
confining itself to the following para
graph :
"Previous to July 1. 11117, there
were two devices for submarine de
tection in service. One was the Fes
senden oscillator, primarily intended
for sending and receiving under
water signals; the other was a device
developed by the General Klectrlc
Compam Since then eight other de
vices for submarine detection have
been developed and made in quantity,
not only for our own navy, but for the
British admiralty and the French min
istry of marine. Modified forms of
these devices have also been designed
for use in protection of the Atlantic t
coast of tile United States.”
Taking up naval radio development.
Admiral Taylor shows that through
the new high-power plant at Annapo
lis and the station built by the navy
in France and nearing completion,
provision had been made which would I
have kept the United States govern-1
merit in touch with its forces in Ku- '
rope constantly, even it every subma
rine cable had been cut. 'l’he radio
communication system has been ex
tended vastly. M additional main sta
tions having been built during the
year.
Striking achievements are noted in
development of radio outfits for naval
aircraft Communication from ma
chines in flight to shore stations is
now possible at a distance of 200
miles, the report says, while the land
station can communicate with a ma
chine in air fifty miles away. Through
the radio telephone the aircraft can
talk to stations HO miles away and ie-j
reive verbal instructions from sta
tions 15 miles distant. Both systems
have been employed with the coastal
patrol maintained by aircraft.
Tables annexed to the report show
that the battleship Mississippi, twelve
destroyers, eight of which are 25-knot
boats, and 14 submarines had been
delivered prior to the first fo July. ,
At that time destroyers Nos. 70 to
244 inclusive wen* under construction,
all hut the first two being 25 knot
craft. The chief difficulty to lie over- !
conn* in carrying out the huge de
stroyer project was building the en- :
gines. yet on July ] the driving plants !
of the 275 boats then building were j
well advanced. Many of the vessels 1
have been delivered since.
Of the big ships, engines for five j
out of eight, new battleships had j
passed the 20 p.-r rent mark. No !
work beyond preparation of plans ap
parently had been done on engines'
for the six authorized battle cruisers,
and work had not much more than
started on plants for t li r« * - of the six
authori/.eii . rout i rui:-• r ■.
Suhma’in* building on July 11 num- 1
h* I'd Inn. a fid the tahhs show the
engines tor 2s* w**r* i. than tin p.*r 1
rent ready; 11 <o them being well past
tin- 1*0 p»*r r, nt mark
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THE OATH
I will not drink from a German cup
Or eat from a German plate.
I will not deal with a Gorman man
All foul with German hate.
I'll use no drug with a German name
That's grown on German land.
I'll eat no food and drink no beer
If made by a German hand.
I will not use a German tool.
Razor, or knife, or saw.
1 will not trade with a German shop :
That lives by the German law.
I will not sail on a German ship, ,.
Where German songs are sung.
I will not breathe where God's clean
air
Is soiled by a German tongue.
I'll not forget those aw ful deeds j •
To girls and little boys.
N'o more I'll hang on Christmas trees £
Those bloodstained German toys. |
I will not take a German's word, 5
He’ll break it if he can. £
rhere is no love in a German heart $
Or faith in a German man. £
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Ibis is my oath, when war is done; £
I’ll swear to keep it true.
Ynd since I know you feel the same, :>
I'll pass it on to you. •
Kenneth Graham Duffield in Hard *=
ware Age. r
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AVIATORS TO BE BARRED
FROM HUNTING DUCKS
ST I'Al'l.. Minn., Jan 10.—Mine '
-ota's game laws may have to be
tmenileii to protect its docks and |
jjeese from a new menace. State game
i' aniens are considering a suggestion
hat the legislature be asked to pass
i bill this winter making it illegal to
aunt feather foul from airplanes.
Minnesota has turned out a great
nuny aviators, St. Paul and Minno
ipolis have been gathering places Tor
;tudent and expert flyers. It is under
tood that some of these airmen who
■bserved the flight of ducks late this
tutumn decided that the modern
luntcr will travel in tho air "bus."
From casual discussion the possi
flllty of such hunting has caused
date-wide attention. Game wardens
lelieve that ducks and geese could
te slaughtered by aviators. There
ore, there 1b a possibility that the
date legislature will forestall such
lunting.
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NOTICE
I). H. Sexton has purchased Robert
iottschalk’s Interest In the Alaskan
otel. and all persons having bills
gainst the hotel should present them
t once to Mr. Sexton, who has as- ,
umed these accounts. 3-tt
WILLOW CREEK,
ALASKA
will soon become a second
Cripple Creek
$100 Invested Today in the
Little Gem Mine
will make you several thousand dollars within
a year or two.
I am authorized to place a limited amount
of shares at
TEN CENTS A SHARE
and will accept Liberty Bonds at par value.
Will be at Smiths Hotel for one week
only.
R. DAVID REESE
Mining Engineer
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Alaskan Grill
FRANK A. DOUGLAS, Proprietor
“The Home of Quality and Attention”
The Popular Restaurant of Cordova. Everything First-Class
Special Attention Given to Parties
One Visit to the Alaska Grill Will Make You a
Regular i’afron
f "'Mecca "1
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NORTHERN MEAT MARKET 8
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in g
Fresh Beef, Pork, Veal, Mutton |
and Provisions
Particular Attention and Prompt Service Given to Orders from l-ji
Mining Camps, Roadhouses and Interior Points
Halibut and Other Fresh Fish of All Kinds Will Be Kept |
in Stock When Available £
SMITH & GLASSBRENNER, Props. |
Copper River
and 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,
Thursdays and Fridays
Leave Chitina for Kennecott Sundays, Tuesdays
and Fridays
Leave Kennecott for Chitina Mondays, Wednes
days, Thursdays and Saturdays
1 lie above schedule subject to change without
notice.
Dining Car in Connection with all Regular
Passenger Trains between Cordova and Chitina.
Freight received and delivered at Cordova
U hail from !> a. m. to 5 p in., except Sundays.
Tickets on sale at Second Street Depot office
mu- hour before departure of trains.
CALEB CORSER Superintendent
D. L. LEATON, Ticket Agent