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points on the Winter Trail.
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575 Town Lots in Cordova.
Ranging in price from $50 up to $3000, and COO
Town lots in Chitina from $50 to $1000. Any
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THE HOTEL
CHITINA
ENLARGED AND COMPLETELY RENOVATED
SPACIOUS LOBBY —- STEAM HEATED
CAFE AND BAR
The Comfort Home of the Interior
T. W. CLONINGEK A'
Proprietor Chitina, Alsaka
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FIRST B/ OF CORDOVA
CAPITAL 8TOCK *25,000
4% on Time Deposits
Our Stockholder* A re
S. BLUM GEORGE C. HAZELET
| M. BROCK FRED GLASBRENNER
A. E. LATHOP DELIA LYONS
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DESPOSTTORY FOR TERRITORIAL FUNDS.
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I RUSSIAN PRISONERS CAPTURED BY GERMANS.
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[TELEPHONES FOR
That the day is not far distance
when a telephone line over the big
trail will be a reality is not an Idle
prophecy. It may come sooner than
expected ns the signal corps is quietly
making experiments that demonstrate
that It is practicable and there is a
general sentiment favorable to it. The
proposition will have to be handled
from headquarters, of course.
Awhile ago Corporal Kinlock, line
inspector on this division secured per
mission to install a short system be
tween Munson's and the Salcha sta
tion.. Heretofore, in order to send or
receive a telegraph message to orfrom
Munson's it was necessary to travel
out to the station, which was a great
inconvenience and far from being a
business getter. The government has
the telephone instruments and so by
utilizing No. 2 wire, which is known
as the “conversational wire” between
Fairbanks and Valdez, not being nseu
for regular telegraphic business, a
short telephone system was cut in at
that point and has wroked with fine
success.
Now there Is a particularly dan
gerous stretch on the line between
Donnelly's and Yost's where every
now and then some lineman has lost
his life and others have perished and
it is believed that telephones through
that thirty-eight-mile distnace would
afford great relief. Not only that but
it would enable the stages, travelers
and freighters to get into touch and
keep into touch. It is a country
where storms rise suddenly and with
intense fierceness and where the mer
cury drops very low in winter.
Manager Menzie is seeking to have
the government install a telephone
system between Donnelly and McCal
lum (Yost) stations to overcome this
inconvenience to say nothing of dan
ger. The matter has not been settled
but the proposition has received en
couragement here in Alaska and it is
believed that headquarters will grant
the desired permission. At least such
is the hope o fthose interested, for the
plan has a great deal of merit and in
asmuch as Corporal Kinlock has prov
en that such installations are very
practicable, there is reason to believe
that the government will go ahead.
This extra wire, No. 2, has to bo
maintained by the army anyhow, and
telephone instruments require no
special training to operate, while the
government owns its instruments.
Telephoning is a recognized branch of
signal corps work the same as tele
graphing and wireless operating, so
that no objection could be urged
against the project of putting in tele
phones between Fairbanks, Chitina
and Valdez on the ground that the
signal corps wns getting into a new
field. That telephones are money
makers and Increase business are
well known facts, and such Installa
tion would not affect through tele
graph and cable business in the least.
There Is very little local telegraph bus
iness along the trail, and by putting
in a telephone system, the signal corps
could Increase its receipts immensely.
There are some mechanical objec
tions of course, but they are stated
to be not in the least serious and
whenever No. 2 wire was needed for
telegraphing, the telephones could be
cut out until it was open again.
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REFUGEE BELGIANS
TO BE HEAVILY TAXED
TIIK HAGUE, April 19—Thousands
of Belgians who fled at the moment
of the invasion of their country by the
Germans, have returned to their
homes during the past few days to
escape the impost tax laid by the Ger
man authorities on all Belgians ab
sent after May 1. This tax amounts
to ten times the ordinary tax paid
yearly by Belgian business men and
is applicable only to those persons
who have deserted their business and
country at the appearance of the Ger
mans on Belgian soil, or when the
towns were taken by the German
troops, and have since resided in Hol
land, England and France.
All the leading hotels of The Hague
and other big Dutch cities have been
filled with the wealthier class of Bel
gian refugees for several months, but
todny many of the men among them
have disappeared, leaving their women
and children behind in safety. Some
of the men, however, are firm In their
intention not to do business in Bel
gium while the Germans occupy their
country, and they express their wil
lingness to suffer loss of fortune rath
er than do any trade with an enemy
who has devastated their citiea
The middle class Belgians who took
refuge here, many of whom have been
taken as guests by Dutch families
which refuse any remuneration for
the food and shelter given, have not
been so greatly affected by the new
regulations, as many of them were
employees possessing no real estate
or business premises on which dis
traint might be made in default of the
payment of the new tax.
GERMANS TO REBL'I’O
PROVINCE EAST PRUSSIA
BERLIN, April 17—The associa
tion of German Architectural and En
gineering Societies is seeking to In
terest young architects, especially
those who have not yet achieved a
practice which ties them down to one
locality, to go to East Prussia and
aid in the rebuilding of the province.
The appointment of a number of
"District Architects” to supervise the
technical and artistic rebuilding activ
ities is contemplated.
Officials of this kind are not now
available, so academically trained
private architects are being sought.
They must live In the districts they
supervise.
Salary and expenses will vary ac
cording to the districts and the con
dition in which the war has left them
The pay will average about 6,000
marks ($1,500).
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WONDERFUL CURES
AFFECTED BY RADIUM
LONDON, April 19—Out of the 749
cases treated at the Radium Insti
tute during the past year 19 are de
scribed as cured, 50 as apparently
cured and 328 improved. As to the
rest, the results were not apparent
at the time the report was prepared.
The diseases treated ranged from can
cer, in which the results were varying,
to spring catarrh, of which even the
severest cases were cured. Super
ficial growths, such as birthmarks of
the "port wine stain” variety, were
rendered unnoticeable. One of those
to get rid of facial birthmarks was a
hotel porter who had been kept out
of work because of his disfigurement.
Warts that defied acids quietly melt
ed away under the influence of ra
dium. The Radium Institute is main
tained by public subscriptions, and
: its work is carefully watched by set
| entlsts.
SPORTING GOSSIP
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NEW YORK, April 19—My, boxers
are nsplentlful as roses In June—the
comparison must be gratifying to the
fighters—and there seems to be no
end to the newcomers. Now, Da
vid Marx steps up to inform us that
he has a boy, “Red Mack,” who hails
from Newark, who is about as fine a
piece of fighting machinery as is to
be found hereabouts. Mack is a
118-pound boy, and is making his head
quarters nt present at New Haven,
Conn.
The baseball fever got the best of
Herbert Kelly, the young left-handed
pitcher who is attending Notre Dame.
•He has changed his mind about re
maining at college until June, and is
scheduled to report with the Pittsburg
Nationals.
George Chip, the popular middle
weight., who says he will take on as
aspirants, any with good prospects as
care to seek his services, will meet
Sdarmanskl at Cincinnati. Chip will
de well if he learns to pronounce his
opponent's name correctly.
Remove the money curse and there
will be no need of any rules in sport
to define the amateur, is just about
what J. Norris Williams, the national
lawn tennis champion, meant when he
said not long ago: “Make all prizes
so small that there will be no ques
tion of money in them. Give a
small medal, a souvenir, that's all.
This would be ideal and I am sure
the problem will be solved, and In no
other way."
The Duke of Portlnnd has with
drawn his racing entries this season,
and some of the papers have declared
that as a result the Derby and tne
Oaks have been declared off in Eng
land. There seems to be some mis
take about this matter, however. As
a matter of fact, the Duke of Port
land, it appears, withdrew hts six
candidates for the Derby on what he
considered a question of principle, but
there are 429 three-year-olds still el
igible from which the usual high class
field will face the starter.
Baseball was abolished at the Carl
isle Indian school because of the pe
culiar temptations which seem to sur
round the game in its semi-profes
sional manifestations and to which
the Indian youth seem to be partic
ularly susceptible. Now the game
has been restored and we shall see
a number of Indian players in the mi
nor leagues after a year or two.
John Daley, the veteran bantam
weight, who recently retired, has fatt
en under his management Danny Foy,
the Irish feather-weight champion, and
Richie Stockman, the clever New York
light-weight, who replaces Eddie
Smith as the pride of the New York
district. He would like to match
them against any boy of their weight
in the business.
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Gasoline for the Inlet
The launch Waif arrived from Na
talia Saturday with a cargo of gaso
line which it is taking to Valdez and
Ellamar. Upon its return to Natal
ia the Waif will sail direct to Cook
Inlet with a shipment of gasoline.
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Purchased a Launch.
Tim Markham came over from
Middleton island, where he is fox
ranching. While here he purchased
the Jacobson launch Pharoh.
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Special sale men’s shoes—regular
$5.00 and $6.00 Shoes, now $3.60. S.
Blum & Co.
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in every direction.
The assets were Increased One hundred and Thirty-five
Thousand Dollars! the resrve for the protection of Policy
holders. One Hundred and Sixteen Thousand Dollars.
Accident and Sickness Claims of *28.478.00 were paid,
and Death Claims of $33,463.00.
No death Claim has ever been disputed.
All claims are paid immedltely on receipt of proofs,
lotal paid to policyholders In 1914 was *116,209 26.
’I he Company's yearly Income was Increased to *415,
505.00.
After paying dividends of eight per cent, to stockholders
and dividends of *32.661.24 to policyholders—
I Ik net surplus of the Company was increased more
than seventeen per cent, over the preceedlng year.
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