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The Empress
TONIGHT AT 8:00 SHARP
VIRGINIA PEARSON
In Five-Act Drama
“A TORTURED HEART”
THE CAST
Lucille Darrell....Virginia Pearson
Leon Miller.Stuart Holmes
Samuel Summers.FullerMellish
Rev. Joseph Lorimore... . Stephan •Grattan
Iu/.a .Frances S. Miller
Hugh D; inell ...Joseph Levering
Richard Martin .Glenn White
Boh Saunders.George Larkins.
Margery Lorrimore .Marian Swavne
HEARST-PATHE NEWS SHOWN FIRST
Good Music Regular Admission
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tmeriainment
Slueani'be Pogis is not a gay place, !
and the coTnmercial traveler was hard
put to it lo discover some means of
whiling away the evening. In the bar
of the only hotel he entered into con
versation with its solitary occupant,
a railway porter.
“Anything going on here just now?”
he asked. '".Picture palace, lecture,
political meeting or anything amus
ing?”
The porter stroked his chin reflec
tively. '‘Well—er—no; nothing o'
that kind. But— Ah, now I come to
think or it. we're loading a freight
train this evening down at the station
at about 10 o'clock, if you care to come '
and look on!”
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The Absent-Minded Man
The country solicitor had not a
brain of the most Intelligent order,
and was somewhat absent-minded into
me bargain, ana by tne time be ar
•ived in London on important business,
says the Pittsburg Leader, he had
dean forgotten* the name of the client
te had come to town to see. So he
wired to his partner, “What is our
lient's name?"
For 90 minutes he waited patiently
for a reply. Then a messenger boy
brought him the expected telegram.
It read: “Walter Brown. Yours is
William Smith."
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You Can’t Blame the Turk
“Why does a turkey gobbler strut?"
“Maybe,” said Farmer Corntossei.
'he has managed to find out how much
le is worth a pound."
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ANNOUNCEMENT
l)r. Homer A. Blyth, of the dental
firm of Drs. Daggett & Blyth with of
fices at Cordova, has equipped modern
nffices at McCarthy, Alaska.
The steamship Alaska is scheduled
to leave Seattle on Saturday.
E. T. Stannard came down from
Kennecott on this afternoon's train.
Joe Perry was found dead in his
room at the Golden hotel, McCarthy.
Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Anderson, of
Strelna, were Cordova arrhals on to
day’s train.
E. M. Price and wife and Miss Sar
geant of the navy radio station at
Mile 7 arrived in town yesterday.
The steamship Alameda left Juneau
at 3 o’clock this morning, and is due
in Cordova late tomorrow afternoon.
Kenney Holden has installed a re
ceptacle in his pool and billiard hall
for “bingles,” which will be used for
the purchase of tobacco for the Cor
dova boys now in France.
Rev. E. P. Ziegler was called to
McCarthy today to conduct two
funerals, and left on this morning’s
train. He will return to Cordova on
Tuesday next.
William M. Jones will be an out
going passenger on the steamship
Northwestern fpr Port Lawton. Wash.,
where he will enlist in the Thirty
first .engineers, being recruited by
Colonel Frederick Mears of the Alas
kan engineering commission. Agent
Hedges says Hilly has been assigned
the bridal chamber, and till boys leav
ing here to enter Uncle Sant's service
will be given tlie best of accommoda-1
tions on the outgoing boats. The
*irst transport request issued by the,
.ocal exemption board was given to
Jones.
BIG PRICES GIVEN
FOR USED ARTICLES
ROME, March 14. Baby carriages
and boys’ bcyeles are now selling sec
ond-hand at nearly double the price
of a new article before the war. While
the average price of a second-hand
man’s bicycle is $30 to $40, an old
boy's bicycle easily brings $50, and
at that few are offered for sale. Fac
tories that before the war turned out
baby carriages and bicycles are now
working day and night on war ma
terials. _
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FISH MARKET
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Seattle Prices
SEATTLE, March 14—Seattle prices ?P
at noon today were: Halibut. 14 3-4c;
ling and red cod, 4 l-2c. m
Ketchikan Prices
KETCHIKAN. March 14.—Prices on p
fish today were as follows: Halibut, g?
13c; sable, 4c; red rock 2c.
The Right Sort of Man
A test of their knowledge of things |g
Biblical was given to high school stu- Eg
dents recently, says the Pendleton i ft:
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East Oregonian’s Weekly Bulldogger ] ii
One of the very simple questions pro- j
pounded was as follows: “Describe the (
influence of the like and work of the
Apostle Paul upon the civilization of
this time.”
The question might admit of an an
swer as long as a treatise on the Dar
winian theory, but one young fellow
who believes in conservation of time,
paper and ink. not to mention mental
effort, disposed of it very comprehen
sively and tersely in the following lan
guage: “Rood”
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Beauty Tests
“Have you been following this
trial?”
“Yes.”
“Is the defendant as beautiful as
they say?”
“Well, she is beautiful enough to be
acquitted. If you mean to ask if she
is beautiful enough for vaudeville, I
dunno.”
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