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A regular meeting of the city coun
cil will be held tonight.
A force of men are today clearing
the erosings of ice and snow.
John Crawford, an Iditarod mining
man was a passenger aboard the Ala
meda for the tSates.
The Cordova Credit association
meets at the city hall tomorrow even
ing at 8:30 o'clock.
Boh Small, a well known Anchor-(
ageite, was on yesterday’s boat, bouna'
for the States.
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A large number of interior liquor
dealers are expected out over the trail
during the next few weeks.
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Dr. W. \V. Council returned on yes
terday’s train from a professional visit
to McCarthy.
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Miss Courtwright, of Y’aldez, was
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an outgoing passenger on yesterday’s i
boat and expects to become a Red
Cross nurse.
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Councilman Jos. J. Stanton was an
outgoing passenger last night on a
business trip to Pacific ('oast cities.
F. L. Walt, formerly connected with
local drug stores, was a passenger
from Anchorage on the Alameda, en
route to the States.
Thos. Davis left yesterday for the
States to purchase machinery for the
I’ort Wells saw "*.!!, "’*>*'■*> he and
other Cordovans own.
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Geo A. Harmon and bride returned
on Saturday night from Valdez and
have gone to housekeeping in the
Diggs building.
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Harry Murphy and Herb Con\#ay
were among the departing mixolo
gists who left yesterday. They in
tend to go to California.
Mrs. Martha White, of Anchorage,
who is better known among the old
timers of the westward as "Mother”
White, was a passenger on the Ala
meda for the States.
The Cordova fire department de
ires to thank the merchants for the
prizes donated and all others who con
ributed in any way to the success
pf their recent mask ball.
Gus Cozokos was given a jury trial
>efore the United States commission
er on the charge of violating the new
pone dry law. A keg of whiskey w’as
found on hia premises which had re-1
cently been dug out of the ground.'
Cozokos was found guilty and fined
$100.
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Mrs. Daisy Ilallett has closed out
her ladies' furnishing store at Seward
and was a passenger on the Alameda1
for Los Angeles, where she will join
her husband.
Our former townsman, (ieo. Fawcett,
of Valdez, greeted local friends yes-'
terday. He is on his way to the
States where he will join Uncle Sam's
forces and hopes to make the artillery^
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E. J. Davis came down from Me-'
earthy yesterday and left on the Ala
meda for the states, where he ex
pects to join some branch of the gov
ernment war service.
Arthur Manzey and K. M. Nafstad,
of ( hitina were outgoing passengers
on the Alameda, the former bound
for California and the latter for Sea
ttle, Washington.
Art Clonniger and wife left for
Portland last night, where they will
remain for the present. In case Art
is not drafted into the army he ex
pects to return in the spring and
aga.n engage in business here.
Many of the young men going out
side from the westward and interior
expect to make application to the en-,
gineering corps which is to be fornn
ed by Major Frederick Mears, of the
Alaskan Engineering commission.
Major Frederick Mears, of Anchor
age, will be a passenger for the states
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on the next southbound trip of the
Alaska. He goes to Washington, I)
C„ to confer with Secretary Lane and
other government officials concerning
the formation of a regiment of engin
eers for the regular army.
Harry Thisted is combining pleas
ure with business in a trip to the
Outside and expects to be gone sever
al months. While in the States he
wil contract for the cans for the pin
uacle Rock Canning company, a new
clam plant near here in which he and
H. C. Ross are interested.
Baptized on the Feast of the lCpip
haney, Sunday, January 6th, 1918, at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Dan T.
Greenig, Daniel Thomas Greenig, Jr.
Born December 20th, 1917. God par
ents, Glenn Names, Charles Rose
and Hattie Riordan. Rev. K. f> Zlegl-I
er officiating.
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,7. .1. Lankin, formerly connected
with the Alaska tSeamship company
at Anchorage, accompanied by his
wife, spent yesterday with Cordova
friends. They are on their way to
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the States, where Mr. Lankin hopes
to get into some branch of the gov-'
?rnment war service.
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Two Indians, Jake Fred and Frank
Smith, recently arrived in Whitehorse
with $14 in coarse placer gold which
they claimed had been taken from a
:reek about five miles noreast of the
Dalton Post. The creek, according to
heir story, is very shallow and about
js wide as the Takini river. Nine
laims had been staked when they
eft to record their property. The
sround is about 20 miles from Mush
-reek to which place there was a big
stampede in 1898-99.
The Alaska Pacific Fisheries Co.!
recently paid fines aggregating $800 J
to the district court at Juneau, hav-1
ing been convicted of illegal fishing
on several counts. Two other casesj
against the company were continued
until the spring term of court.
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Indian Dietz Johnson and family.
Telegraph Jack and family recently
arrived at Atlin having come in over
the trail. The weather was very cold
and the youngest child of each man
died from exposure. Dietz Johnson’s*
wife was in a critical condition when
they arrived. The babies' bodies were
left at Taku river where the men re-*
turned for them several days later
PALACE FOR RED CROSS.
(By Associated Press)
GENEO, Jan. 7.—The king has giv
en the Royal Palace for the use of
the American Red Cross.
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J. L. O'Brien left last night for
California, where he will join his wife
and spend the winter.
K EMPRESS
JL-# TO NIGHT 800 SHARP
THEY RE OFF! THREE QUARTERS'
THE QUARTER! SHE WINS!
DOROTHY BERNARD
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“SPORTING BLOOD”
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A Galloping Romance of the Race Track in 5 Acts.
IT’S A WINNER
ONE NIGHT ONLY—Added Attraction’‘A DAY WITH
THE WEST POINT CADET”
Our Future Army Officers in the Making
__HEARST PATHE SHOWN FIRST
At tin* piano Mrs. Nina Nichols
ADMISSION 30 cents CHILDREN 10 cents
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