HAPPENINGS OF
LOCAL INTEREST
AROUND TOWN
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Miss Jean Dugger has accepted a
position at Dougherty’s ladies’ ready
to-wear store.
John Gross and wife, of Fairbanks, j
were arrivals in town on this after-!
noon’s train.
Mre. Tad Matson will leave on one
of the next boats for the states on a
visit to friends.
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Geo. C. Hazelet left on the launch
Pioneer this morning for Valdez, on
a short business trip.
R. Mooney returned to Kennecott
this morning after having spent a
very pleasant week with Cordova
friends. -
C. E. Richmond and wife have re
turned from Humpback and will spend
the winter here, Mr. Richmond re
suming his old position at Finkel
stein and Sapiro’s store.
The steamer Northwestern left
Ketchikan at 10 o'clock yesterday
morning on her northbound trip, and
as she goes to Skagway is not due
in Cordova until Thusday morning.
The Daily Times business office
will hereafter be in the cornor room
of the Blum building on Second ave
nue, having been moved from its old
location in order to provide more room
for the mechanical department of the
paper.
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In the commissioner’s court this i
afternoon a jury found Hans Kiel in
sane and he will be sent to a Port
land sanitarium on the next steamer.
Kiel was the captain and owner of
the halibut boat Gjoa, which was
wrecked about two weeks ago, while
attempting to salvage the Constance,
lost in a storm near Cape Suckling
last summer.
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Cordova Jazz Orchestra Dance at
Eagle Hall on Wednesday and Satur
day nights. Music by the Ragtime
Trio.
NEW OIL TANKER
TO SERVE KATALLA
COAL-OIL FIELDS
Representing a unique addition to
the Alaska fleets, a miniature bulk oil
tanker, built of wood for the Bering
River Coal Company of Katalla, will
be launched by Edward W. Heath,
shipbuilder, from the Tregoning plant,
Seattle, this week. The company
owns oil properties in the Katalla dis
trict and will use the new vessel,
which is only 65 feet long, in distribut
ing fuel oil to clients in Cordova and
other ports on Prince William sound.
Captain Ben Durkee went to Seattle
some time ago to bring the new ship
north and word is expected from him
any day stating that he has left for
Katalla.
The tanker, which has a beam of 18
feet and a molded depth of 6 feet
4 inches, is being equipped with cargo
tanks having a capacity of 12,000 gal
lons. In addition, she will carry 1,500
gallons in her fuel oil tanks for her
own use. Besides the oil in the cargo
tanks she will be able to carry ap
proximately 1,500 gallons in drums on
her decks. Completed, the little
tanker will represent an expenditure
of $35,000.
ADMIRAL EVANS IS ~
ON WAY TO SEATTLE
The steamer Admiral Evans sailed
south yesterday afternoon with the
following passengers.
A1 Shields and wife, Nels Hawkin
scn, Miss Kate Dalgren, for Seattle;
Miss M. Dickson, for Yakutat; F. L.
Knott, for Juneau; Andy Anderson
and Mrs. J. Boles, for Ketchikan.
COX TO MAKE TALKS
IN WASHINGTON CITIES
NEW YORK, Aug. 24 (by Associ
ated Press).—Additional speaking
dates for Governor Cox annou?iced to
day include Spokane, September 10;
Tacoma and Seattle, September 11.
The store of the St. Michael Trad
ing Co., at Wrangell was burglarized
recently, and later some of the stolen
clothing was recognized on the per
son of R. Ruiz, at Petersburg and he
was jailed and charged writh the
crime.
Cordova has a Bill’s club. It was
organized last night, with forty mem
bers enrolled and it is expected that
this number will be increased to 60
or 70 within the next few weeks. The
Bill’s club is purely a social organiza
tion and is composed of a jolly, good
bunch of representative men of this
section.
The officers elected are J. V. Ly
dick, president; A. J. MacConnell,
vice president; K. G. Robinson, sec
retary-treasurer. The elective offi
cers constitute the board of trustees.
Hegg’s hall has been rented and will
be furnished and equipped as a club
room, which will be open at all
times to members.
The Bill’s promise to be one of the
leading social organizations of Cordo
va and are already planning to hold
| their first entertainment in the near
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PERFECT SCORE MADE
AT TRAP TOURNEY
CLEVELAND. Aug. 24 (by Associ
ated Press).—The national trap shoot
ing tournament opened here yesterday
with 1,000 marksmen participating.
Paul Curie of Starr, S. C„ turned in
a perfect score for 100 targets.
Joe Conroy, Nick Guikema and
Billy Murray returned Saturday from
a four weeks trip down the inlet on
the launch Sea Lion. The trio spent
most of their time in the vicinity of
Cape Douglas and were prospecting
for gold and seeking oil. They re
port a very pleasant and profitable
trip.—Anchorage Times.
J. J. Fowler, a veteran prospector
and mining man is building a tourist
resort on the Stikine river, 12 miles
beyond the International boundary
line. Several hot springs gush out of
the ground near the buildings. The
water is known to be beneficial -=-fpr
rheumatism and other complaints, and
excellent fishing is found in all the
rivers of the vicinity. 1
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