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CAPITAL STOCK 125,000
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The very best Candies?
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Fresh on every boat
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Corner Drug Store
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Five days from Chitina
to Fairbanks
Take the Automobile Line at Chitina for all
points on the Government Trail.
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Company
LIGHTS, WATER, PHONES
AND POWER
25 and 40 Watt Lamps.35c.
$$ 60 Watt Lamps.60c.
100 Watt Lamps.75c
250 Watt Lamps.$2.00
A 200 Watt, Gas Filled Lamps.$3.00
^ I Office: FIRST STREET.
AN OFFER FOR SIXTY DAYS ONLY.
575 Tewn Lots in Cordova.
Ranging in price from $50 up to $8000, and 600
Town lots in Chitina from $50 to $1000. Auy
or all of them on easy terms.
Now is the time to buy.
For particulars—Call on or write to
GEO. C. HAZELBT,
Co*rdova, Alaska. Trustee and Agent.
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CONSTANTINOPLE. July 7—Turk
lsh steamers still run up the Sea ol
Marmora from Constantinople to
5 Gallipoli and Chanak, notwlthstand
Ing the activity of the Tlrlttsh sub
marines. Their cargo Is mainly war
stores and munitions, and anyone whc
wishes to ship as passengers, whethei
he be Turk or alien, must have official
permission to make the trip.
The fear of submarines Is very
strong among the Turkish sailors, and
the steamers bound for the fighting
zone slip away from their docks at odd
hours, generally midnight or later
with a squad of sharpshooters, 12 or
mor~ In number, stationed along the
rail on both sides of the boat, rifles
in hand, straining their eyes out over
the waters in search of the enemy.
The Sea of Marmora has many por
poises, and to the excited Imagina
tion every porpoise seems a sub
marine. So the firing is frequent. The
crack of the rifles tends to steady the
nerves, however, so that by the time
the real danger zone comes Into sight
the soldiers are quite indifferent to
danger, and lounge about the deck
with utter contempt ror the under
water enemy.
A little out of Constantinople the
steamers pass the big powder works,
which even in the blackness of night
present a scene of modern war. Eight
towering chimneys belch forth smoke
and flame, and the glare of the lighted
windows tell of the struggle going on
to keep pace with the demand for
munitions.
Ten hours from Constantinople
finds the ship in the brondest part of
the Sea of Marmora, and a few hours
later the peninsula of Gallipoli begins
to draw near.
This section of the country Is far
from desolate. Every acre Is culti
vated. Roads wind in and out along
the shore, and windmills crown the
crest of the ridge of Gallipoli. Wher
ever the Bea pushes into the land tc
form a bay, there is a little town, busy
and prosperous in a Turkish manner
of speaking. In every case the salient
feature is a sky-piercing minaret. A1
fixed points along the road, whltt
tented military camps squat againsi
the green landscape.
At Gallipoli a curious feature is pro
vlded by large black nnd white Bign
boards erected here and there ovei
many of the buildings of the town
“ These are to indicate neutral prop
erty. How the owners hope that th<
gun-pointers of the ships In the Gul
of Saros, many miles away behind the
hills, can see these signs is not ex
plained.
The fact that several lmportan
structures here were hit by those sky
rocketing English shells linpellei
Enver Pasha to send 25 French am
English prisoners from Constantl
nople to be housed in Gallipoli, wher
they subsisted for six days at tic
expense of Hoffman Phillip, secretar;
of the American embassy, who accom
panled them officially.
A feature of Chanak is the collet
tlon of cats living in the street of th
Lame Camel. They were gatherei
from various destroyed houses by
kind-hearted Turk who now feed
them.
Chanak is only the shell of a city
Beyond the white houses that lin
the seafront, there Is nothing, excel)
in the direction of Kilid Bahr, fror
which it is separated by only a te\
hundred yards of water. Only whe
the visitor actually sees this narroi
* passage, swept by over fifty 8-incl
I guns mounted 30 feet above the watei
does the difficulty of attempting t
force it, become clear. Every inch o
the surface of the water ts plotted oi
the artillery maps In the forts, and 1
needs but an instant’s calculation t
get the exact range of nny ships entei
Ing the zone.
Two thousand shells per hour fel
In Chanak during one of the bombarc
mcnts by the British fleet, but th
casualties in the forts were only 2
killed and 50 wounded. The damng
to the forts was not serious. This 1
9 proof enough that the problem of ai
tacking land fortifications with Bhlpi
even when they are armed with th
most powerful guns, still leaves
heavy margin of advantage with th
forts.
Admiral von Usedom, the Germa
commander, Is a gentleman with
kindly eye and a courteous nrnnne
J 1 He wears the badge of the ord*
| Pour le Merlte and lives comfortabl
1 1 in a concealed camp .where the a
■ i tentlons of hostile aeroplanes have nc
, - yet been directed.
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AUSTRIAN JAIL
FOR GREAT
GENERAL
VENICE, July 7.—The story of the
fall of Oeneral Baron Auffenberg from
hla position as commander of one of
the moat powerful of the Austro-Hun
garlan armies to an Incommunicado
cell In an unnamed prison Is one of
the most closely guarded secrets In
Vienna Austrian newspapers are not
allowed to even mention his name,
and Inquirers even In the Hungarian
House of Deputies hnve been advised
to let the matter drop.
From Information which has just
reached Venice, It appears that the
general was summarily arrested as he
wns about to leave for Switzerland,
and has not since been allowed to
communicate even with his family or
lawyers. His object In going to
Switzerland was the publication of a
volume of memoirs. In which he hoped
to establish his Innocence of misman
aging the Austrian campaign against
Serbia by putting the blame upon the
shoulders of the Austrian commander
In-chlef, the Archduke Frederic.
The following explanation of Oen
eral Auffenberg’s rise and fall comes
from personal friends of the general.
It Is In general agreement with such
facts of the case as have been previ
ously established:
“Oeneral Auffenberg, as a former
minister of war and one of the great
soldiers of the empire, was placed In
command of the armies which under
took the Invasion of Serbia at the be
ginning of the war. This invasion
ended disastrously; the Austrians
were defeated with tremendous losses
and retired back across the frontier In
disorder. There was a hasty Investi
gation In Vienna, and the Investigat
ors reported that Oeneral Auffenberg
was mainly responsible, owing to his
gross mistakes of strategy In planning
and carrying out his offense. They
recommended that he be suspended
from his command.
I
uui it seemed unwise to tne mili
tary powers to thus draw public at
tention to the extent of the disaster
in Serbia, so it was decided that
Auffenberg’s retirement Bhould be at
tributed to ill health brought on by
the strenuous exertions of the cam
paign, and that the title of Baron
should be conferred on him to support
the impression that after all nothing
really serious had happened to the
Austrian forces in Serbia. The new
baron was ordered home, and placed
on the retired list aomng ‘Officers at
the disposition of the Emperor for
future military service."
"The general came home reluctant
and mystified, and began some quiet
Investigations of the situation. As
! soon as he found out that he was
I blamed for the failure of the Serbian
campaign he demanded that his side
of the story should be heard. He got
no encouragement In official circles,
but it became generally known
among military men that he planned
to re-establish his own reputation by
showing that the blame for the failure
must be attributed to the Archduke
* Frederic.
1 "In one case, for example, the gen
1 ernl declared to a group of military
1 men, ‘I will not be made the scape
goat for an Archduke who ought
• never to have been entrusted with the
s supreme command of the Imperial
t forces, but who ought rather to have
i been locked up in his palace in
' Vienna to prevent his meddling tn the
i conduct of the war.’
' i ms reman, logemer wun tuners
> of similar nature, reached the earB
i of the Archduke, and the latter’a In
) fluence was exercised to bring about
f the downfall of the general. The cll
> max came when AutTenberg asserted
t that, having failed to secure a hearing
> In official circles, he would prove his
• own Innocence and the Archduke's
blameworthlneBS by writing a book on
1 the war and having It published In
- Switzerland.
9 "To prevent his flight Into Swltxer
1 land and the publication of the threat
9 ened book, Emperor Francis Joseph
9 himself stepped In and ordered him
- arrested and placed In solitary con
> llnement until the end of the war. lie
t* was committed to prison by Imperial
t order without the semblance of a trial
b or Investigation, and was not allowed
to communicate with the outside
i world. Questions addressed to the
» government in the Hungarlnu House
'■ of Deputies were answered with the
r statement that the government could
f not at this time deal with a purely
i- military matter in parliament.”
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Situation Wanted .
By widow lady to take charge of n
f rooming house or to cook at a camp
t or roadhouse. Mrs. Q. Phillips
Chlttna, Alaska. .
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COPIES OF NEW
CIIIE OUT
The United States Commissioner
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has received for distribution 50
copies each of the following laws
passed by the I etassssKKuiff cmfwyp
passed by the last session of the Ter
ritorial legislature. Those wishing
copies may secure the same by apply
ing to the Commissioner:
Chapter 7—Vote on Prohibition.
Chapter 10—Mining Law.
Chapter i3—Lion I>aw.
Chapter 25—Election Law.
Chapter 51—Reference Sale Liquor
to Indians.
Chapter R0- Mine Inspection Law.
Chapter 71—Compensation Law.
Chapter 7G—Revenue and Taxation
Law.
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NOTICE
All persons are warned that the
license on dogs under Ordinance No |
21. of the Town of Cordova, is now
due, and that all dogs are forbidden
to run at large within the town unless
the tax of $2.00 is paid, and a tag at
tached to the collar of the dog, show
ing payment. Unless said tax is paid
on or before July 12, 1915, and unless
tagged as required by law, all dogs
will be shot.
GEORGE DOOLEY,
Chief of Police.
Restoration to Entry of Lands In
National Forest
Lists 6-1496,-1512,-1513,-1541.
Notice Is hereby given that the
lands described below, embracing
469.88 acres, within the Cliugach Na
tional Forest, Alaska, will be subject
to settlement and entry under the pro
visions of the homestead laws of the
United States and the act of June 11,
1906 (34 Slat., 233), at the United
StateB land office at Juneau, Alaska,
on August 16, 1915. Any settler who
was actually and in good faith claim
ing any of said lands for agricultural
purposes prior to January 1, 1906, and
has not abandoned qame, has a pref
erence right to make a homestead
entry for the lands actually occupied.
Said lands were listed upon the appli
cations of the persons mentioned
below, who have a preference right
subject to the prior right of any such
settler, provided such settler or appli
cant is qualified to make homestead
entry and the preference right is
exercised prior to August 16, 1915, on
which date the lands will be subject
to settlement and entry by any quali
fied person. The lands embrace a
tract of 160 acres, described by metes
and bounds as follows: Beginning at
Comer No. 1, situated on the bench
immediately north of the town of
Ninilchic, east shore of Cook Inlet, a
post marked H-l whence U. S. L. M.
No. 1, bears 3. 49 deg., 45 min. W.
17.88 chs.; extending thence N. 14 de/
E., 16.15 chs.; thence meandering east
shore of Cook Inlet 60 feet back from
line of ordinary high tide, N. 41 deg.
E., 7.63 chs.; thence N. 28 deg. E.,
17.27 chs., to Corner No. 3; thence E.
35.17 chs.; thence s. 35.75 chs.;
thence W. 51.82 chs., to the place of
beginning, listed upon application of
Alex Homan, Homer, Alaska; List
6-1496.
a tract of 163.60 acres, described by
metes and bounds as fallows; Begin
ning at Corner No. 1 a spruce post set
in ground 60 feet distant from mean
tide line on east bank of Baida Creek,
east shore of Cook Inlet approxi
mately V& mile northerly from Apex
of Anchor Point, marked H-l, whence
Forest Service Monument No. 10 at
Uranross Creek east bank Baida
Creek, bears N. 20 deg. E., 44 chs.;
extending thence along the east bank
of Baida Creek N. 61 deg. E., 7 chs.;
thence N. 21 deg. E., 14 chB.; thence
N. 28 deg. E., 4.44 chs., to Corner No.
2; thence E. 66.81 chs.; thence S.
21.4# chs.; thence W. 79.27 chs., to
the place of beginning, listed upon
application of Jacob Petaja, Homer,
Alaska; Bist 6-1512.
A tract of 86.78 acres, described
by metes and bounds as follows. Be
ginning at Corner No. 1, Forest Ser
vice Monument (hereinafter de
scribed) bears N. 24 deg. W., 90 links;
extending thence along the east shore
of Forberg Bay 60 feet back from line
of ordinary high tide S. 54 deg. W.,
2.90 chs.; S. 43 deg. VV., 6.16 chs.; ft.
34 deg. VV., 5.80 chs.; ft. 22 deg. VV.,
3.33 chs.; S. 60 deg. VV., 6.88 chs.; S.
46 deg. W„ 6.33 chs., and 40 deg.
W„ 9.60 chs.; to Corner No. 2; thence
S. 24 deg. E. 18.30 chs.; thence N. 58
deg. E„ 36.58 chs.; thence N. 24 deg.
VV., 29.65 chs., to the place of begin
ning. Forest Service Monument con
sists of a post set In mound of stones
on top of bluff 10 feet above high
tide line on east shore of Forberg Bay,
marked F. ft. M. H. whence Passage
Point bears N. 7 deg. E., and Observa
tion Point bears N. 4§ deg. E. Bisted
upon application of Peter Forberg,
Cordova, Alaska; Bist 6-1613.
A tract of 69.50 acres, described by
metes and bounds as follows: Begin
ning at Corner No. 1 situated on the
south shore of Boswell Bay a post
marked H-l; extending thence N.
63 deg. 45 min. E„ 10.59 chs., to Cor
I ner No. 2. Identical with Forest Ser
vice Monument, whence Northernmost
point of Boswell Hock, a conspicuous
lone rock 80 feet high on mud flat
near, south shore of Boswell Bay,
bears N. 87 deg. 30 min. VV., 36.43
chs.; thence N. 45 deg. E., 9:41 chs.;
thence E. 24 chs.; thence S 26 deg.
30 min. E„ 20 chs.; thence ft. 76 deg.
30 min. VV., 1.59 chs.; thence VV. 49.12
chs.; thence N. 7.15 chs., to the place
of beginning listed upon application of
William Boswell, Cordova, Alaska;
Bist 6-1641.
C. M. BRUCE,
Assistant Commissioner of the
General Band Office.
Hated April 17. 1915.
First Publication June 16, 1916.
i Bast Publication July 7, 1916.
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