The steamer Alaska will be hen
from Seattle at 7 o’clock tonight.
Henry De Weiss gave a very de
lightful French dinner to a number o
his friends last night
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Superintendent Caleb Corser is ot
a tour of inspection of the Coppei
River & Northwestern railroad.
The Assembly club will hold one 01
Its enjoyable dances at Hegg’s hgll or
Friday evening.
In the drive for new members foi
the Red Cross block A was omitted
from the district to be canvassed
and this part of the town will be look
ed sifter by James Smith.
The halibut schooner Knickerbock
or is in port from Ketchikan, in order
to have repairs made to its engine,
which has been causing considerable
trouble.
All mpmhp's of the Cordova fire
4«P»rtment ars requested to attend
the meeting at the gymnasium today,
as all arrangements will be perfected
for the masquerade ball on New
Year’s eve.
On Saturday afternoon a Red Cross
card party will be held at the North
land club rooms. Bridge and ”500''
will be played and a silver offering
taken. All the ladies of Cordova are
invited to attend and requested to
be present promptly at 2 o’clock.
A representative and very enthus
iastic meeting of the district mana
gers in charge of the Red Cross drive
for new members, beginning next
Monday, was held at the Northland
club last n'ght. The plans for the
campaign were outlined and it is the
intention to make a thorough can
vass of the town in the hope of se
curing the « 'me of every resident on
(he honor roll.
I WEALTHY AMERICAN TO
REBUILD FRENCH TOWN
(By United Press)
PARIS. Dec. 13.—The Inhabitants
j of the little town of Dun-sur-Mense
■ are convinced that, after all, there la
» lot In a name. For thank9 to the
i fact that its patronymic happens to be
the same as that of a wealthy and
* generous American, the ravages caus
ed by war will soon be made good.
The municipal council of Dun-sur
' Meuse has met In Paris to be present
ed to its "godfather" who has under
taken to rebuild the town.
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1 HONOLULU MOVIES
USE 9TAMPS FOR CHANGE
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(By Associated Press)
HONOLULU, Hawaii. Dec. 13.—Lo
cal moving picture houses and cigar
stores have adopted the plan of giv
ing back postage stamps, in place of,
pennies to customers since the new
war revenue law went into effect.
The copper cent has never been used
much in Hawaii, but the odd change
features of the war bill and the high
pennies ia expected soon from the
mainland.
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The Juneau Liquor company, one
of the oldest and best known whole-1
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. sale and retail liqtuor concerns m
the territory, went out of business
not long ago. and has been succeed-*
ed by the Juneau Billiard Co. Simon*
y l
Hirsch, George Welsh and William
Garster composed the old company,'
and Hirsch, Garster and H. B. Biggs
compose the new company.
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NOTICE!
I have turned over my local fish
business to the Northern Meat Market;
and they will take care of and fill all;
j orders for Cordova and the Copper |
i River valley.
GUS OHM.
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NOTICE!
Attention to boat builder. We have
a good supply of spruce boat lumber!
for sale. Cordova Mill and Lumber
company, 3t
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NOTICE! I
Good, first class piano for sa!e J
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Apply Room 1. Adams building.
CHURCHES SAVE COAL
HOLD JOINT-SERVICES
(fly United Press)
DANVERS, Mass.. Dec. 13.—Con
servation in religion is the latest Idea
In war-time economy here.
As a result of the scarcity of coal
and the high cost of the available
supply, the Universalist and Unitar
ian churches here have united for
services during the war.
Three "nitarlan churches in Salem
have also adopted the conservation
plan, and the respective ministers
will take turns in conducting services.
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Considerable interest is being
shown over the discovery of a lead of
molybdenite near Skagway, and a
company headed by George A. Ros
enberg, has been organised to develop
it. The property consists of 35 claims
The ore is found in pure granite, and
will b„ recovered by the floatation
process Considerable development
work has already been done and some
high grade ore uncovered.
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The schooner White Bear is re-,
ported ashore near Point Romanoff,:
about four miles from St. .Michael,!
where she has been abandoned. The
White Bear was en route from Solo
mon to Nome, and when within sight
of her destination was blown out to
sea and for a week tossed about on
the waves of Bering Sea. When the
storm subsided fhe four men aboard
the vessel succeded in working her to
the beach at Point Romanoff. They
then abandoned the boat and were
guided to a Native village by a boy,'
where they remained a day and then
went on to St. Michael.
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(By United Press)
; LINCOLN, Nebr., Dec. 13.—If some
one offered to sell you a million dol
lar potash lake for $100 cash would
you take it? W. G. Simonson, a Den
ver attorney, didn’t, but he didn’t
know the value of It. If he had he
never would have sold it in the first
place.
Mr. Simonson owned a 4,000 acre
ranch in Sheridan county, Nebraska.
I IIe so'd it to T. B. Hord, of Central
City, Nebr. On one corner of the
ranch was a 100-acre lake.
, ^"There iB an alkali lake on the cor
ner of that ranch,” he told Simonson.
"You ought to throw off $100 on the
price for that.” He added that the
• cattle couldn’t drink out of th0 lake,
• or if they did it would make them
sick. But Simonson refused to make
; any deduction.
“Well then, give me $100 and I’ll
1 deed you the lake,” Hord said.
Simonson refused this offer also.
Hord therefore kept the lake.
Already from this lake a million
1 dollars worth of potash has been tak
1 en and the supply is not exhausted.
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Special cakes for Christmas at the
city bakery.
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\our eyes fitted. Compound and
astigmatic lenses replaced. Se* Os I
borne.
The new road which has been built
during the past summer by the Alas
ka Hoad commission between the gov-1
ernment railway and the Cache creek
mining district, is reported to be in
excellent condition, and will be tho'
immediate means of materially dev
eloping that section of the country. I
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NOTICE!
A regular meeting of the Order of
Eastern Star will be held on Thurs-'
day evening at 8 o’clock. Visiting!
members welcome.
C. K. GLASSBRENNBR,
Acting W. M
A ':ng ,od- Wiu< caught recently in
'hB Tanana river about three mile*
bt loW ( hcna. at the camp of
the Fisherman. The fish was caught
with hook and line through a hole in
the ice. and was almost three feet in,
length.
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The fish hatchery at Yes Bay. In
southeastern Alaska, was inundated
recently by the waters of the lake
which carried away portions of the
walk, tlume and did other damage.
The residence connected with the
hatchery was also flooded and the
families were compelled to move out.
Feezes.#r ti,i8 p,ay-is w"11 in
Scenic Film Shown First
h riday and Saturday
CHARLEY CHAPLIN IN EASY STREET
. _At the piano Mrs. Nina Nichole
ADMISSION 30 cents
L-_ tS _CHILDREN 10 cent.
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I Cordova Sheet Metal Works \
h HANDY ANDY’S TIN SHOP B
1 Phone 143 Next to P. 0. jj
f General Sheet Metal work. Smoke Pipes any size fi
S ma<le and repairing a specialty. H
lie sure your smoke pipes are all O. K these cold If
S days or you may get burnt out and then will wish you p
| were more careful. HANDY ANDY. J
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We Are
Prepared!
TO DO YOUR PRINTING
AND DO IT RIGHT! IN A
WAY THAT WILL PLEASE
THE EYE AND A PRICE I
'I’ll AT WILL SUIT THE j
POCKET-BOOK.
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GIVE US A TRIAL AND WE
WILL PROVE IT TO YOU.
“NufSed”
CORDOVA TIMES
Job Printing Debt.
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; PRE-INVENTORY SALE
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Of Fancy Hand Painted CUPS and SAUCERS j
Hand Painted Dishes
ROSE , -< - i Blue Bird
BOWLS UJ I GLASS Glass Ware
Artificial NAPPIES VASES Colored
Flowers COMPOTES Glass Ware
See Our SALT AND PEPPER r j
SHAKERS Goods on
mow PITCHERS, ETC. Display For
Display --- Inspection
THIS IS
IE TIME AN PLACE
===== To Do .
Your Christmas Shopping
Blum, O’Neill Company
THIS SALE CLOSES SATURDAY 15th