SHORT STORIES |
ABOUT ALASKA !
OCCURRENCES
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Henry Bailey, an old-timer of Daw
son, died at Mayo recently.
Peter Steil of Fairbanks is building (
a large toboggan slide for the edifica
tion of the young and old of the In
terior metropolis.
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Pete Krga and Gerone N. Yuyulich ‘
arrived in Seward recently from Ne- |
nana, having made the trip in sixteen
4?ys. They report the trail rough,
with little snow.
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Sergeant Charles M. Sheehan, the
first conductor to take an American
train into Germany, arrived in Sew- '
ard recently, and is now working for
the railroad commission. I
Some Fairbanks residents sought to
have the local city council pass an or
dinance to keep the daylight saving
law in effect in that town. The coun- (
cil did not agree to do it.
Martin Rothe, a Wisconsin veteran
of the late war, and a participant in <
eight major battles, arrived at Seward .
last week and will work for the Alas- f
kan engineering commission.
A1 Beet, an old-timer, has purchased
♦ ihe White House at Anchorage from
Bob White. This is the hostelry
made famous by “Mother White,” the ^
old-time pioneer of Anchorage.
One hundred and two pupils have
registered in the elementary schools
of Wrangell and twelve in the high
school The town is growing rapidly.
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m . Tom Savage and August Waunscn, |
two well-known hunters of the Inte
rior, have gone into the Toklat distiict
to get their winter’s supply o£ meat.
They have two dog sleds and a big
outfit. ^
Since the Nenana river closed at
the juncture of the trail with the Kan
tishna trail considerable travel has
been done between the twro cities.
The district wrould be filled with pros
pectors but for the big cost of outfits, i
B. T. Weber and Con Qualley, who
are engaged in prospecting on Emma
f creek, in the Ester district, arrived
in Fairbanks and reported having sunk
a number of holes to bedrock. They
have nothing to say, however, rela
tive to the prospects found, but an
nounce that they are going back to
work soon.
■•Dad” Abbey, a former old-time
Nome miner, writing to friends in An- <
chorage from the Texas oil fields,
says he is in it up to his neck; but
will close out in May and return to
the Northland. He says the towns
are full of people excited over oil
leases, and the hotels are full. Sev- <
eral Anchorage people, including
Clyde Coleman ad Paddy Cumming,
are there.
Mike Cooney of Nenana has started
a dog team express between the two <
ends of steel via the Broad Pass route,
and will carry baggage for mushers
and will also carry passengers. It is
130 miles betu'een the ends of steel,
and Cooney is quoted as saying that
“owing to the trouble in getting over <
the Richardson road he looks for good
V patronage this winter.”
-•* GREEN TIMBERS ARE
SERVICEABLE FOR TIES.
Of interest to timber users in Alaska
is a recent experiment by the forest
service to determine the comparative
durability of untreated green and sea
soned timbers when used for poles, <
posts or railroad ties.
Douglas fir and western larch rail
road ties laid by the forest service
in co-operation with the Northern Pa
cific railway indicate that there is
practically no difference in the life 4
of green and seasoned ties. In this
test the seasoned ties lasted 7.8 years,
^rhile the green ones lasted 7.7, or
nut one-tenth of a year less.
A similar test of poles made in co
operation with the American Tele- 4
phone and Telegraph Company show
that the rate of decay in green poles
is but a trifle less than in seasoned
ones.
The fact that green and seasoned
timbers have the same durability <
when used in exposed places is easily
explained. Moisture content is the
principal factor in determining the
rate of decay of a stick of timber.
As soon as the timber is placed it be
gins to take up or give off moisture, ^
ecording to its condition of season
ng and the conditions of exposure.
Vithin a relatively short time in ex
iosed construction both green and
easoncd timber reach the same mois
ure content.
Obviously it is time and money
vasted to season timber for use in ex
losed construction.
Best coffee in town served at th«
!ity Bakery. 13-tj
Scarborough Pictures that please at
irices that are right. Over Cordova
Irug store. Phone 140—3 rings.
The Daily Times job plant is
rell equipped for all classe of com
lerelal nrintinc.
1ASSIFIED ADVERTISING
r0R RENT—New modern house, fur
nished; four rooms and bath. Ap
ply C. S. Bratton. 5-2t
VANTED—A housekeeper. Address
Pat McKenna, Mile 34. 34-5t
.OST—Pocketbook containing dis
charge papers from British army;
keep the money and return papers
to Kenny Holden. 2-tf
:OR SALE—Four square feet French
plate glass mirror. Apply Horse
shoe barber shop. 26-tf
iOOD board and room at Lakeview.
OR RENT—Furnished cabins. See
Dooley.
PROFESSIONAL
DR. W. W. COUNCIL
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
Office and Residence, Cordova
General Hospital vOstrander
Building).
Phones—Residence, 115; Office, 132
' DR. W. H. CHASE
Physician and Surgeon
Eathrop Building
Phone 9
Established Cordova 1908
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DR. W. D’ARCY CHACE
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
WINDSOR HOTEL
Hours:
t p. m. to 3 p. m. and 7 p. m. to 8 p. m.
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DR. CHAS. DAGGETT
DENTAL OFFICES
CORDOVA, ALASKA
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DR. CORA DAGGETT
SPECIALIST
Pyorrhea and Dental Prophylaxl*
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DR. VON ZESCH
Dentist
ADAMS BUILDING
DR. CHARLESM. RODSETH
CHIROPRACTIC. PHYSICIAN
Northern Hotel,
Phone 158
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D0N0H0E & DIMOND
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Office*:
CORDOVA and VALDEZ
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FRANK H. FOSTER
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
ROOM 1, OSTRANDER BUILDING
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E. F. MEDLEY
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR
AT LAW
Room 1, Adams Block
CORDOVA, ALASKA
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R. H. L NOAKS
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
SECOND ST., OPP. HOSPITAL
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D. C. FAIRMAN
TEACHER OF PIANO
FRANK A. METCALF
CIVIL AND MINING ENGINEER
U. S. MINERAL SURVEYOR
Juneau, Alaska
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THE ALPHA
SCHOOL OF DANCING
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Private lessons every evening.
American Bakery, Phone 203.
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SEND IT TO JONES
How One Woman
Lightens Her Washday Labors
“I am not a story-book wom
an. I am only one of your
neighbors—with a family to
bring up and watch over and
a home to manage. More
over, I have succeeded quite
well as a mother and house
manager—at least my friends
so assure me.
“And I find time, too, for
keeping in touch with wom
en’s affairs, for making a social
call now and then, and for do
ing enough reading and such
to keep myself mentally
brushed up.
“ ‘Of course you employ a
maid’, I hear you saying. But
that’s the unusual part of it.
I don’t. I’ve simply found a
new way for gaining ten hours
a week—that is, it is a new
way to me. I have learned
what real Family Laundry
Service is.
“I used to labor eight to ten
hours on Monday over boilers
and washtubs and be simply
played out for the balance of
the week. Now I send every
thing— clothing, bed clothes,
table linen and household arti
cles to the laundry.
“ The laundry does all the most
toilsome work of washing for
me, leaving to me only the
finishing of some of the smaller
pieces. Everything is washed
most beautifully. The flat
pieces come back ironed more
daintily than I could do them
myself. The towels are de
livered as snowy and fluffy as
can be, while the miscellan
eous pieces, like skirts and
shirtwaists, are returned all
nicely starched, ready for me
to iron.
“Isn’t it a sensible arrange
ment ? And the cost is so
moderate.”
This is the experience of hun
dreds of thrifty housewives
who send us their weekly
washing. Call us up and let
us tell you more about this
ideal service.
MODERN
LAUNDRY
JONES’ LAUNDRY
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Phone Six - Six
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