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New
Records
We have recently received in stock a new sup
ply of Records, including:
Pathe Records.85c to $2.00
(Played with Sapphire Needles)
Brunswick Records.....85c to $1.00
(Played with Steel Needles)
Emerson Records......40c
(Played with Steel Needles)
, For the convenience of our customers who own Victor, Columbia
or similar machines we are now selling a Sapphire Needle, known as
‘ the Hughes Stylus, which will play Pathe Records on these machines
I without changing or adding to the original equipment of same.
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Vanaphones $21.00
This is a small all-metal Phonograph which plays any make of
record that can be played with a steel needle. Just the machine for
use in a boat or out in camp. j
Cordova Drug Co.
The Rexall Store
• SERVICE WITH A SMILE
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!:i:i appreciated gifts iji;
I Open Day or Evening
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g KODAK FINISHING AND FRAMING PHONE 140—3 :*
CITY BAKERY LUNCH ROOM
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Special Carefully-Prepared Lunch served from 11:30 a. m. Our Fine
;j French Rolls with every meal
Big Variety of Pastries and Cakes, Always Fresh
i Sanitary Machinery of Latest Viodel. Patent Brick Oven. Best «a
, terials used by Expert Workm- » educing our Famous Cream Loaf
Best Coffee in Town
French Bread Rye Bread
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CONFERENCE OF
MINING MEN TO
BE HELD SOON
SEATTLE, March 5 (by Assiciated
: Press).—Mining men from several
; Western states, Alaska and British
’ Cilumbia are expected to attend the
| Seattle sessions of the International
! Mining Convention, to be held here
| April 7-10. Professor Henry Landes,
head of the mining department of the
-■ University of Washington, who is
chairman of the program committee,
expects 1,500 to attend.
Invitations to speak at the conven
tion have been sent to Herbert
Hoover, president of the American In
stitute of Mining; Horace Winchell,
past president of the institute; T. A.
Rickard of San Francisco, mining edi
tor, and George Otis Smith, head of
the United States Geological Survey.
Among the speakers already on the
program and their subjects are: J.
C. Ralston, Spokane, “Water Power”;
Bart L. Thane, San Francisco, “Iron
and Steel”; W. C. Kerr, Tacoma,
smelter superintendent, “Copper”; C.
P. Bowie, San Francisco, engineer in
charge of the California office of the
United States bureau of mines, “Pe
troleum Sources of Power”; Professor
Joseph Daniels, University of Wash
ington, Seattle, “Coal Resources”;
Stanley Easton, Idaho mine manager,
“Lead,” and Dorsey Lyon, chief of the
experimental station of the bureau of
mines of Pittsburgh, “Present Prob
lems of the Mining Industry.”
Moving picture stories of the coal,
petroleum and copper-producing in
dustries are to be exhibited at the con
vention. Round-table conferences will
be held.
■| CANADA’S POPULATION
SHOWS BIG INCREASE
VICTORIA, B. C., March 5 (by As-1
sociated Press).—Canada’s population
is placed at 8,835,100 in figures com
piled by the census branch of the Do
minion department of trade and com
merce, according to a dispatch re
ceived here recently. The population
of British Columbia is estimated to be
718,660. The estimates are based on
increased population between 1901 and
1911, and are believed to be approxi
mately correct.
The population of other provinces
was given as follows: Ontario, 2,820,
909; Quebec, 2,236,528; Saskatchewan,
754,090; Manitoba, 618,903; Alberta,
587,770; Nova Scotia, 518,761; New
Brunswick, 368,760; Prince Edward
i Island, 92,72S; Northwest Territories,
['18,481; Yukon Territory, 8,512.
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NOTICE
The registration book of the town
of Cordova will be open at my office,
in the Ostrander building, Second
street, Cordova, every day from 9 a. m.
to 5 p. m.
The registration book will be closed
at 4 o’clock p. m. Saturday, March
27, 1920. K. G. ROBINSON,
Registrar.
Best coffee in town served at the
City Bakery. 13-tj
WANTS GOLD MINES
OF CANADA EXEMPTED
FROM METAL TAXES
TRAIL, B. C., March 5 (by Associ
ated Press).—Resolutions asking ex
emption of gold mines from taxation
for Canadian metals were adopted at
and demanding an imperial preference
a recent meeting here of the Eastern
British Columbia Associated Board of
Trade. 5
Other resolutions declared for an
allowance for depletion in assessing
mine taxation; urged trade within the j
empire as a means of correcting the '•
international exchange situation, and
asked the provincial authorities to fa
cilitate reclamation of the Kootenay
Flats by the Dominion and United ;
States governments, if found to be
feasible. )
HALE BROTHERS BUY
BANK AT MONTESANO
F. M. Hale and E. E. Hale have re
centlly purchased the Montesano Na
tional Bank, at Montesano, Wash.
Montesano has a population of some
three thousand and is a flourishing
community. The Hale boys are well
known in Alaska, where they formerly
resided. Their father established the
Bank of Seward, and the brothers
aided him in running the institution
for many years. The late Dr. Charles
L. Hale of Cordova was a brother.
SHRIMP-CANNING PLANT TO
BE STARTED AT ICY STRAIT
A newly-discovered shrimp bed, ten
miles in length and five miles in width,
in Icy strait, in the waters of Alaska,
has led to the organization of a shrimp
canning concern at Juneau, for the
purpose of utilizing this almost inex
haustible supply. Jack White, a well
known politician of the territorial cap
ital, is in Seattle, ordering the neces
sary plant for the new concern, which
promises to become an important in
dustry for Juneau.
White and associates plan to gather
the shrimp in the beds of Icy strait
and transport them to Juneau, where
the canning plant will be established.
Delicious mince pie at the City
Bakery. 13-tf
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H. B. W0LK1NG & CO.
Licensed
UNDERTAKERS
And
EMBALMERS
Phone 133—3
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Our Catalogue for the Home-builder contains draw
ers and bins, cases for them, kitchen cabinets and other
pieces, knock-down or set-up. Study of these will aid
in planning a new home or improvements in an old one.
Write Rovig. 2229 1st Av. S. Seattle. "Better Mill
work, Sash and Doors,”
Costs Nothing
Friday and Saturday
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PURSUIT
OF
POLLY
GIRLS!
IF you were engaged to three nice young men at the same time— _
IF they were all mad about you—
IF you couldn’t decide between them—
What Would You Do?
Polly led them a merry chase. She fooled them all, and she was
caught in her own plot by—but ^that’s telling.
COME AND SEE!
PATHE NEWS
SCENIC, CANADIAN ROCKIES
Manhattan Hotel
LOUISE DEJONGHE, Prop.
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Electric Lighted. Hot Water. Turkish a*d Tub (
Baths.
OPPOSITE CORDOVA GRILL, CORDOVA, ALASKA, if
I PHONE 99 |
Cold Storage Co.
Cordova Fish &
DEALERS IN ALL KINDS OF
Fresh and Salted Fish
Clams and Crabs
CORDOVA, ALASKA
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LAUNCHES
PIONEER AND SWAN
Wm. J, Crooker, Owner and Master
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REGULAR TRIPS TO KATALLA
FREIGHTING AND TOWING
To All Parts of the Sound
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OVER 5,000 MILES OF ALASKA’S WESTERN COAST LINE HAS BEEN PRONOUNCED HIGH GRADE OIL LAND BY f
GOVERNMENT GEOLOGISTS. MUCH OF IT IS PROVEN GROUND. IT IS YOURS FOR THE COST OF STAKING M
AND DRILLING A SHALLOW HOLE. WILL YOU GET YOURS? |
I WE ARE ALASKA AGENTS FOR HEAVY ' [ I
“Star” Oil Well Drilling Machinery
And Supplies up to 3,500 feet. A Standard Machine the World Over. Order now for early deliveries. Write for Catalog
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A DliH Bit Drill Stem Rope Socket Rope
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We Are Manufacturers of a
600-FOOT PRELIMINARY PROSPECTING OIL WELL DRILLING MACHINE—600-FOOT
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Guaranteed 600-foot capacity six-in ch hole. Steam or Gasoline Driven. Steel Wheels or Skid Mounting. Self-Pulling Attach- | ,
ment. Complete Outfit Weighs On ly Four Tons. Full Walking Beam Action. 14 horse-power. 18-foot String of Tools. Guar
% anteed Forever Against Defective W orkmanship. Write for Bulletin Describing This Machine. Three Weeks Delivery.
1 HARMON MACHINERY COMPANY, INC. ]
MAIN STEAMER DOCK EST. 1914 CORDOVA, ALASKA
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