HAPPENINGS OF
LOCAL INTEREST
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Ed Hemans of Canoe Pass was in
town today.
Asa C. Baldwin left on this morn
ing’s train for McCarthy.
Pat Murphy left yesterday on a
launch for the Katalla oil fields.
A regular meeting of the Northland
Club will be held tonight at 8 o’clock.
Dr. R. F. Swartz came over from
Katalla last night on professional busi
ness.
Dr. C. J. Wight has forwarded two
live eagles, which he caught, to the
Portland zoo.
'NTflthnn nf thp Phillrat Oil Prim
party, arrived in town yesterday on the
boat from Katalla.
Joe A. White, Miss Marie White and
Charles White will leave on the Ala
meda for their home in Seattle. Mr.
White is employed as foreman for the
Hillery-Scott cannery.
Will G. Smith left on the Alaska
for Latuoche, where he has accepted
a position.
Stephen Maimaroff, one of Cor
dova’s ex-service boys, left on the
Northwestern for a trip to the states.
Chin On, who has been in charge of
the Oriental contract for the Pioneer
cannery, left on the last boat for the
states.
J. F. Mills, L. L. Thompson and B.
H. Mack left on the Northwestern for |
Sitka, where they will join a party of
electricians working there at the radio
station. Mr. Mack, the officer in
charge, is making an inspection tour
of all government camps.
George Watkins Evans, coal expert,
has returned from Katalla, where he
inspected the mines of the Bering
River Coal Company. He says the
development work is progressing sat
isfactorily, but that the company will
put on a larger crew as fast as the
men can be secured.
The Brehmer drug store is having
its display window decorated with an
attractive gold-lettered sign.
C. K. Smullen, Alaska representa
tive of the Rank-Ingersoll Machinery
Company, returned last night from a
trip to the Bering River Coal Com
pany’s operations.
Falcon Joslin, president of the Ber
ing River Coal Company, who has
been quite ill for some time past, was
brought over from Katalla last night
on the launch Pioneer for treatment
at the Cordova general hospital.
The steamer Admiral Watson is due
from the westward tonight; the North
western from Seward on Monday;
Evans from Seattle Monday; Alameda
from Seattle Tuesday, and the freight
ers Skagway and Eatouche from the
states Monday.
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T. N. Hubbert has received word
from the war department that guns
and equipment for the Cordova Rifle
Club are being shipped from the Be
necia arsenal in California. Among
the supplies being shipped are the
new model 30-calibre No. 1903 rifles;
10.000 rounds of smokeless cartridges
and 24,000 rounds of No. 30 cartridges.
Guns for both indoor and outdoor work
will be included with the order. Spot
ters .and target cloth have already ar
rived. The rifle club already has many
members who will enjoy this popular
diversion during the winter months.
NOTICE
The Alaska Public Utilities an
nounces that the power will be shut
off Sunday morning from 5 to 10
o’clock.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Preaching services Sunday evening
at 7:30 by Rev. Waldron. Come and
hear an interesting sermon. Sunday
school at 11 a. m.; Topic, “The Sins
and the Sorrows of King David.”
Scripture text, 2nd Samuel, chapter 12.
verses 9 and 10, and chapter 18, verses
1 to 15. Come thou with us and we
will do thee good. Absentees are es
pecially asked to come and be regular.
LOST—White canvass slipper,
wrapped up. Left in some store Satur
day. Please phone 17-5 rings. 12-3t
SEATTLE, Aug. 14 (by Associated
Press).—The police here have informa
tion that northwest I. W. W. are'plan
ning a convention similar to that
broken up in Spokane when officers
interfered and made ten arrests. Two
raids were made during the past week
and information gathered giving the
names of the northwest officers of the
organization. One informant is a for
t mer member, who said the officers
planned to have a number of men sent
| to jail because that meant attorneys’
fees. He claimed there is dissatisfac
tion in the ranks.
[ FLAMINGO PROTECTED
ON BAHAMA ISLANDS
WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 (by Asso
ciated Press).—The flamingo, char
acterized as the “Bird of Beauty and
Mystery,” will be saved from extinc
tion by an* order in council issued by
the government of the Bahama islands,
the national geographic society an
nounces. Complete protection is given
the birds which nests i<n the marshes
of the islands.
The action of the island government
followed an expedition which trailed
the flamingo into the marshes and
-. there took motion pictures of its hab
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itat. It was estimated that since 1901
the number of birds on the islands
had been reduced from 20,000 to about
7,000 by the depredations of the
sponge fishermen who killed them for
food.
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NOTICE
To Members of L. O. O. M.:
Anyone knowing the whereabouts of
the charter and books of the local
lodge will please report same to Geo.
Dooley. 13-tf
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