HAPPENINGS OF
LOCAL INTEREST
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B. D. Stewart, of Juneau, territorial
mine inspector, is a Cordova visitor.
William Hinds, who has been on a
vacation to the states, returned home
today.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Schrenger have
returned to Cordova from an extended
trip outside.
W. A. Dunkle, field man for the j
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Kennecott Copper Corporation, left j
today for the westward.
Miss Mabel B. Vance arrived on the
Alameda this morning to visit her
brother, V. G. Vance.
Dr. Lewis F. Wolfe of Kennecott,
was a Cordova passenger from the
states on the Alameda.
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Maurice W. Ohman and Elizabeth
Griffith, of Latouche were married at
Juneau last Friday afternoon.
Miss Katherine E. Schultze, nurse
at the Kennecott hospital, returned
today from a trip to the states.
Nathaniel Green was a passenger
today for Valdez, where he will ex
amine the bank in his official capacity.
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The freighters Skagway and Valdez j
are in port. The former will go to the
westward and the latter is on her way j
south.
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Mrs. Grant A. Reed left on the Ala- j
meda today for Seward where she will
visit with her husband, who is work
ing for the Alaska Engineering Com
mission.
Articles of incorporation have been
filed in the office of the territorial j
secretary by Cannon’s, Inc., a Cordova I
firm. The concern has a capitaliza
tion of $15,000.
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Mrs. Meyer Blum was a Cordova ar-;
rival on the steamship Alameda, where :
she joined her husband and they will
spend a couple of weeks here before
jroceeding to Valdez.
J. A. Slippern, of Nenana, was an
irrival in town on yesterday’s train.
Andy Thompson, of the Red Metal
Company, at Valdez, came over to
Hordova^ this morning on a syjall
iaunch.
The funeral of the late Charles Mar
lin will take place tomorrQW after
noon services to be held at the ceme
tery at 4 o’clock.
Mrs. John Gilbert arrived on the
Alameda to join her husband who
reached here yesterday from Anderaf
sky, where he is superintendent of
the Carlisle Company’s cannery.
Walter G. Stoesser, Chas. Rogers
and C. W. Scarborough left this
afternoon on the Carlisle tender No. |
40 for a couple of weeks cruise of
Prince William Sound to take a series
of moving pictures to be used in a
scenic and educational film.
Three more applications for oil
leases in this section have been filed.
Two of these cover leases in the Ya
kataga field and were made by B. B.,
Watson and Mrs. Rosalie M. Donohoe,!
both for 2,560 acres. The third was
filed by Swann O. Anderson, the claim
being located in the Katalla field and
situated six miles from Katalla.
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James H. Begg, most worshipful
master of the Grand Lodge, F. and A.
M., of the state of Washington, ar
rived in town this morning on a visit
to the local organization. This is the
first time in several years that anyone
holding this office has personally vis
ited the Alaska lodges.
H. B. Selby editor and publisher of
the Valdez Miner, one of the best
weeklies in the territory, came over
from the Glacier City on the launch
M. and S. It is his first visit here
in some time and he expressed him
self as being agreeably surprised at
the substantial growth of the town
and the general prosperity that sur
rounds it.
The steamship Alameda arrived
from Seattle at 2 o’clock this morning
with the following passengers for Cor
dova: Mrs. Meyer Blum, Fred Schren
ger, Mrs. F. Schrenger, Dr. Lewis F.
Wolfe, C. I. Driscoll Catherine E.
Schultze, L. J. Hostettler, William
Hinds, Mrs. John Gilbert, Ross B.
Matkins Mabel B. Vance, Dorothy Ver
non M. E. Bryant, B. D. Stewart and
three steerage.
Senator T. C. Price of Anchorage, a
former resident of Cordova, is being
royally entertianed by local friends
during the stay here of the visiting
Elks.
The steamer Admiral Watson is in
port on her way south. An excursion
was run to the glaciers this afternoon
and the boat sails for Seattle at 7
o’clock tonight.
The Anchorage base ball team wired
yesterday wanting to know if Cordova
would give them the same guarantee
as they offered the local nine to play
there. At a meeting of the officials
of the association, held last night, it
was decided to invite our neighbors
to the westward to come to Cordova
for a series of games and the probabil-]
ities are that they will be here on the
return of the Alameda.
Eastern papers of August 6th con
tain the news of the death of Samuel
S. Scotten, well known Chicago board
of trade man, and also one of the
heads of the Pacific American Fish
eries, being the treasurer of that com
pany. Mr. Scotten was also a direc
tor of the Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy Railroad and had many bank
ing and mercantile interests, as well
as large Alaska mining interests. He
made many visits to the territory, the
last one being in 1917.
After a lingering illness from cancer
Mrs. James Gilmour died at the Cordo
va general hospital last night. De
ceased was a literary woman of un
usual attainments and the Daily Times
has published a number of contribu
tons from her pen. She was 50 years
of age, beng born at Part Gary, Can
ada. Mr. and Mrs. Gilmour were mar
ried twenty years ago and came to
Alaska in 1906, having resided most of
of the time since their arrival at Val
dez and Latouche. They located in
Cordova several months ago and the
sympathy of the community is extend
ed to Mr. Gilmour in his bereavement.
Alaska has nearly as many varieties
of climate as can be found in the
eastern and middle western states.
Cordova Jazz Orchestra Dance at
EAGLE HALL
Wednesday and Saturday Nights
Music by the RAGTIME TRIO
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