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HOUE FURNISHER TOOLS, BUILDER’S HARDWARE
GAS ENGINES AND BOAT SUPPLIES
NORTHWESTERN HARDWARE CO.
Pacific Steamship Co.
Safety Courtesy Serw„ I
S. S. Admiral Farragut I
From Seattle Due Cordova Sails South
May 30 June 5 June 11
Through tickets sold to all California points.
Three sailings a week from Seattle.
Steamers President, Governor, Queen, Admiral
Schley and Admiral Dewey.
See agent for special summer excursion rates.
W. A. NOURSE, Agent EMPRESS BLDG.
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
Thla company reserves the right to change schedule of steamera
without notice.
Leaves Seattle . * For Seattle
May 1.ALASKA .May 12
8.NORTHWESTERN . 19
16.ALAMEDA . 27
The freighters Cordova, Latouche, Juneau, Valdez
and Ketchikan also make regular trips.
Tickets on sale at up-town office Alaska Steamship Bldg. Bag
gage or freight will not be received at the dock later than one hour
before sailing time.
J- H. BUNCH, G. F. & P. Agt S. R. HEDGES, Agent.
| ALASKA TRANSFER I
| COMPANY
| Transfer Storage Coal & Wood |
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| AUTO SERVICE-DAY or NIGHT J
| Office—Northern Hotel Building. Phone 85. |
THE NORTHERN CLUB
FRED HAEF, PROP. \ PHONE A~7
POOL, CARDS, TOBACCO
SOFT DRINKS OF ALL KINDS
1 THE POPULAR CORNER
* CORDOVA ALASKA
Cordova Sheet Metal Works 1
HANDY ANDY’S TIN SHOP
| Phones— SHOP 143 res. 160-2P.
1 General Sheet Metal Work. tove Pipes and Smoke Stacks Made ||
E and Repaired (any size). p
B Now that the weather Is warmer go take a look at your smoke pipes
I TODAY and have them repal ed before another cold snap comes tj
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Loggers Attention!
\fter February 1st we will pav $10.00 for
Hemlock and $1l.fO for Spruce
GOVERNMENT SCALE
Cordova Mill & Lumber Co.
DENVER, May 17.—The total
eclipse of the sun forecast to occui
on June 8 has been postponed for on<
hour. This is not the result of anj
error in the calculations of the as
tronomers, nor is it due to an ordei
by a modern Joshua that the sur
stand still, but is chargeable to thf
dperations of the daylight-saving law
as a result of which the clocks
throughout the United States wer<
set forward an hour on March 31
In consequence the eclipse will be
gin in Denver at 4:12 p. m.( will be
come total at 5:22 p. m„ will pass
from totality at 5:24 p. m., and will
end at 6:27. The saqje variation ir
the hours of the eclipse will prevai
throughout the length of the fifty
mile belt, extending from the south
eastern corner of Washington state
to the coast of Florida, in which the
total eclipse will be visible.
This change in hours will not af
feet the astronomers, however, as
their clocks still are adjusted tc
standard sun time.
Preparations for observing the
eclipse, the first total eclipse of the
sun visible in the United States since
1900, and the last until 1923, are
going ahead rapidly at the University
of Denver observatory, where asfron
omers from the Yerkes observatory
will make their observations. Prof
Edwin B. Frost of the Yerkes ob
servatory at Green Bay, Wis., recently
notified Dean Herbert A. Howe, head
of the department of astronomy of the
University of Denver, that several
shipments of specially prepared in
struments are en route. Professor
Frost is expected here before the end
of May to begin installing this equip
ment.
One of the princpal pieces of ap
paratus is a special spectroscope to
be attached to the 21-inch telescope
of the Denver observatory, with which
to photograph the sun’s corona. Op
portunity to photograph the corona
is afforded only during a total eclipse,
and astronomers are greatly interest
ed in the result of this work, as af
fording opportunity to study the com
position of this great outer belt ot
luminous gases which surrounds the
sun.
Photographs also will be taken of
the sky in the region of the sun. in
search of any stray comet, and also
of the mythical planet Vulcan, which
some astronomers have asserted has
its orbit so close to the sun that it
can be seen only during an eclipse.
The existence of such a planet it
doubted by most astronomers, how
ever.
Besides the staff from Yerkos ol
servatory, other astronomers are
planning to work at the Denver ob
servatory. Among them are Prof. A
V. Turner of the College of the City
of New York, Professor Schlessinger
of Alleghany observatory, Professor
Beifield of Dennison university, and
Professor Moore of the United States
bureau of mines.
Although astronomers considei
| themselves fortunate in that the patt
I of the total eclipse includes the Der
• ver observatory, with its high-powei
telescopes, they have experienced
much difficulty in obtaining specia
apparatus because of the war.
As a precaution against unfavora
ble weather conditions at Denver or
June 8, the Yerkes observatory alsi
will have men stationed at Greet
River, Wyo., and other observatorie
will have observers at other vantage
points throughout the mountaii
states.
Points at which the total eclips
will be visible include South Bend
Wash.; Chehalis, Wash.; Hood Rivet
Ore.; Baker City, Ore.; Pocatellc
1 Idaho; Green River, Wyo.; Denvei
_ Colo.; Garden City, Kan.; Dodge City
Kan; Enid, Okla.; Guthrie, Okla.; Me
Alester, Okla.; Arkadelphia, Ark.; Ya !
j zoo City, Miss.; Jackson, Miss.; Grove!
j Hill, Ala.; Leesburg, Fla., and Orlando, I
j Fla.
CANES BEING MADE EDOM
FAMOUS WALNUT TflEE
WEST CHESTER, Pa., May 17.—
Canes of walnut from a tree which
stood in front of the Birmingham
meeting house before the battle of
Brandywine have been made by a
local concern. They will be sold at
a bazaar for the benefit of war hos
pitals.
Other canes will be sent to French
war officials as mementoes of General
Lafayette, who was wounded almost
within the shadow of the tree.
One cane made of a selected piece
of the tree has been snt to M. Jus
srand, the French ambassador at
Washington.
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(Official Publication)
The First Bank of
Cordova
Report of the Financial Condition of j
Located at Cordova, Territory ofj
Alaska, at the close of business
on the 8th day of May, 1918
Resources
[Loans and discounts.$206,121.55
j Commercial paper . 80,000.00
[ Overdrafts . 6,963.27
j Bonds . 199,459.57
' Banking house, furniture
and fixtures . 23,767.60
Checks on other banks and
other cash items ... 7,302.21
j Cash on hand and due from
banks . 196,878.85
Total .$720,493.05
Liabilities
[Capital stock paid in.$ 50,000.00
Undivided profits, less ex
penses paid . 4,092.11
Due to banks—deposits.... 5,954.26
Deposits . 659,468.98
I Certified checks . 425.73
| Cashier’s checks . 551.97
Total .$720,493.05
! United States of America, Territory
of Alaska. Third Judicial Divi
sion, ss.
I, Thos. S. Scott, cashier of the
[ above named bank, do solemnly swear
| that the foregoing statement is true
j to the best of my knowledge and be
lief. THOS. S. SCOTT.
Cashier.
j Correct—Attest:
M BROCK,
GEO. C. HAZELET,
Directors.
Subscribed and sworn to before me!
this 16th day of May, 1918.
: (Seal! EDWARD F. MEDLEY,
; Notary Public in and for the Territory
of Alaska. My commission expires
October 11, 1921.
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Your eyes fitted. Compound and
astigmatic lenses replaced. See Os
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you Eat less — wheat
meat — fats and sugar
that we may still send
food in ship loads ?
WHITED STATE • »OOD ADMINISTRATION
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SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION
IN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR
THE TERRITORY OF ALASKA,
THIRD DIVISION.
Ruby Nevins, Plaintiff, vs. James
Nevina, Defendant.
To James Nevins: You are hereby
notified that you have been sued in
the above-entitled cause, in the above
named court, by Ruby Nevins; that
said suit is brought by her to secure
a decree of divorce from you; and
unless you appear and answer her
complaint filed in said cause, within
thirty days after completion of pub
lication of this summons against you;
to-wit, within thirty days after June
24, 1918, your default will be entered
and said plaintiff will apply to the
court to grant the relief asked In her
complaint.
This publication of summons is
made pursuant to an order duly made
in said court on May 9, 1918, by Hon.
Fred M. Brown, the judge presiding i
therein.
Dated, May 10, 1918.
ARTHUR LANG, j
Clerk !
(Court Seal)
By C. H. WILCOX, Deputy.
First Publication, May 14, 1918.
Quality talks. Smoke an El Roi
Tan Cigar and be convinced; they are
mild. tf
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Use less wheat and meat. Buy local
foods. Serve just enough. Use what
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Madame Lydia, the paiMist, will be
found in the Currier & Mickelson
building on C. street 16-tf
Alaskan Hotel
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The Place To Eat
^ Everything In Season
Service The BEST
Boxes For Large Or Tray Service
Small Parties Our Specialty
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R. W. FERRELL, Prop.
Electric Lighted. Hot Water. Turkish and Tub
Baths.
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PHONE 99
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