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ALL-COMEDY PROGRAM
The World-Famous Comedians
KOLB and DILL
In the Five-Act Scream Comedy
“THE THREE PALS”
One Big Laugh from the Beginning to <lie End
I’A THE EDUCATIONAL SHOWN FIRST
Tonight Only at 8 Sharp Admission 30c and 10c
Mrs. Jack Sapiro at the Piano
“CLEOPATRA” Will Be Shown Wednesday and Thursday
Admission: Adults, 50c; Children, 25c
IKE TRIP T8
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug 20. • Presi
dent Woodrow Wilson is expected to
make the trip to the Pacific coast dur
ing the Fourth Liberty loan campaign,
which opens September 28 and closes
October 1!'. Allen L. Phickering, di
rector of the speakers’ bureau for this
district, has just returned from Wash
ington. where he made the proposal,
and he is confident that if the Presi
dent is made to understand that the
W est wants him. and that lie can ren
der great ervice tor the loan, the
1 'resident will come.
The ” l.dl.-rl V I .0.01 -pec' 1 ' V. ill
i,eii tb didriet from tin opening to
tie- clo-inu day a a I -atare ut tile
c. mpnigti. Lach train will carry bat
letield trophies ruptured by the.
\merhans on the Aisne-.Marne front I
iml (ieneral I’ershing is now making;
he selection, to lie shipped imtnedi
itely. The trains will he made up of
' baggage car. tourist sleeper and two
line ships operated by the shipping
American heroes now in hospitals
is the result of recent fighting will
lear the brunt of the speaking cam
laign in this district. Twenty-five of
hes<i soldiers have been assigned to
his district Many speakers of nat
ional prominence will assist, among
hem Lieutenant Vincent de Wierz
, irki of the French high commission.
Automobile tours will be made to I
-each ..mniunlties not touched'
IV tile railroad lines. American sol
liers will be assigned to these trips.
... in tie Fourth Liberty loan
idvertising copy contest among the
o v. i- stall oi i In Twelfth Federal
i-serve district follow:
, - , l III. I I .. . \!l teles, tilt
Tile 11 K Met 'anil t 'ompittly ol S II
The <'ottclii- \dvertising fb-rvii e.
; ud. third pri/e. s -n
HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL
AND PERSONALINTERES
Judge i: F. Medley will leave ti
night nil a business trip to Valdez.
K Townsend and J. Valli of !<o
Angeles arrived today to work fe
the Copper River railway.
Mrs John dills and her niothei
Mrs K. Von /each, of Mile 7. ar
■ oiling (he tlay in town.
Henry J Watkins. Jr., formerly n
Keninvott. is now president of a in
Conn! bank at Hopewell, Va.
Captain li. in Davis of the Hoona
Talking Company eaine over be
night on the tender Northland.
Collector of Customs J. F. I’ngli <
Juneau left on today's train on
visit to the Kennecott copper mine:
II I Call, wife and child, of Seattli
were arrivals on today’s boat, th
firmer having accepted a positio
with the Copper River railway.
Dr. C. I. Hale today received a car
rom Ted Thisted. who Is now "somt
where in France" as a member c
Company 1), Thirty-first engineer!
American expeditionary forces.
Dr J. B Reason, In charge of th
Alaskan engineering commission hoi
pilal. and Manager Milroy of the At
chorage Supply Company are in tow
today on their return to Anchorag
from a trip to the States.
For a big laugh don't tail to se
Kolb ami Dill this evening at th
Kmpress theater in the five-act eon
cdy. "The Three l’als,” shown for t'
night only. Cleopatra shown toimi
row and Thursday evenings.
I ti I lu cv inspector general i
the Masonic order for Vashingto
ia! Ala •’ a. i i ompailied I Itis wit.
a the go- -t of local friends toda;
II' i on iii wav to Am Imragc I
administer tie Scottish Rile degree
A train loft this morning for Chit ■ y
ina, taking passenger* and mail.
I The Indications are that ducks will |
I ho plentiful on the Copper river flats j
this fall
An Alaska Steamship Company boat x
Is due here late tomorrow night or *x
early Thursday morning.
r _ | |:j:
r The Home (iuards will meet to-'
night, and a full turnout «»f the mein-!::;:
j la rs is desired.
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Mrs. I) I. Seaton, wife oi the local
station agent of the Copper River rail
| way, was an arrival today, and will ;
t j make Cordova her future home.
.1.imes K Wilson of tin- territorial ;X
i road cominissioti left today for Me x:
, I Carlhy to inspect the road being built
l from the latter place to Seolai glacier.
Manager \<*ls Hawkinson of the x
t Carlisle Packing Company and his
i family are making a trip to the west
i. ward on one of the cannery tenders
About twenty-five men arris* d from >>
d the States this morning and left on x:
i today's train for Kennecott, where X;
they w ill work in the copper mines j
i .1 .1 Miller, former postmaster at
- McCarthy, writes \ttorney F II Fo- X;
I ter that he has been in New York
, three days, and judging from the x
crowds on the streets "there must be | :x
two boats in port from the outside."
Sergeant Hamilton, who is in (barge x
• of the National C.uard, returned >■••
terday front a trip through the Cop
f- per river valley, where he inspected
the soldiers guarding the bridges and
found th«' hoys all in line form and , x
(l well pleased with their duties
i*, -
- Robert C.ott ..< -hulk is hone- again. V
>•1 after a trip to tin- Pacific coast and
Idaho Before eonline bac-k In- look
a five yea is 1 * • c • on tin K:i". bof»-i. ....
1 Tl’L! Suminit av --m S- .ittb . P i in
t tin- r» icb-nti.il di a i < t. ha * a;. • ?h»
u | roomind i me.' h* ie. t mnlm t• d !
• ii-y his wit*
0 j I V I.ydiek. vjP- tn i children.
were among the returning pa mi . ■ rs
on today's boat, after having pent a i
couple of months in Seattle and in j
® California Mr Lvdick had been ail
S' ing for some time b<*fore he went
m
1 Outside, but his health has been
h uroiilly improved.
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,1 \V Barnes, who was assigned tO|t
I Cape St. Klias as lighthouse* ke*<*pcr. (
and only got as tar as Katalla when ,
t la* received orders ot a transfer t«» <
*
the- station at Scotch Cap. Caimak (
pas . arrived in town last night and
'*..11 leave* on today's boat tor the f|
t westward. ,,
v*
Monte* Wain, who neatly had hi
l iglit leg amputated b'-tween tin- j(
knee* and ankle*, at tin* Cordova < n (
: | In pital. was able to be- about ,(
A today on e rate ln-s for the first tinn*Jr|
h Ho reports that he is feeling tine-. and ’u
i I that his only regre-t is that he did not
| have tin* operation pep-formed four v.
I j years ago. |.;
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The steamship \dmiral Schley will ,|
j not return to Southw estern Alaska,
having been placed on tin* Soutln-ast
ern run t«» handle* tin* shipments of
fish Tin* Admiral Watson, on ac
count ot its e*\tra carrying capacity.
■ | w ill replace the* Schley, making its
I first trip from Seattle* the* latter part
I I ot tin- w e-ck
*
Among those* who arrives! in Cor-; m
} dnva today from the States, having j A
made tin- H ip v ia tin* outside* pas age* C
ill thre-e- and half days, were .lack C
- i.ydie k and w . Jatue-s 1* Mat <’or- H
mac. Robert L (iottse balk. J L Me- 111
: Pierson H. 1 Call. w ife and daughter. In
Mis 11 L. Seaton. Mrs. W. A Taylor, a
Miss June Allen. Jack Lewis and LT» it
ilKteerage. ^
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.1 L. McPhorson, manager of tin* 11
Alaska bureau of the Seattle Cham
ber of Commerce ami Commercial j‘"
Club, was an arrival in town today, h’1
and left on the train for Kennecott. '*
From three he will visit Fairbanks 11 ’
and the Tanana valley, in the hope j
ol being able to do some good work
for the Northland upon his return to 1
the States. Mr. McPherson says thatj__
the value of the sea food output for r
Alaska this season will be approxi-1
mately *70,000.000.
James I). MacCormac returned this i
morning from a ten weeks' trip to
the States, lie went to Mayo ltros.'
Institute at Rochester, Minn., where
he was operated on June 27 for ulcers
In the stomach, and left the hospital
July 20. baler he had two internal
hemorrhages which retarded his gain
ing strength, but Is now in good shape
| and feeling fine, although the clrcula
on >*i hi- 1 »1*»<»«I i jot >. t 11 .1 in 11.
. ’i.i ■ n -in. t« • uni Mi Mil -
f i' - I !.i i i. • m ■
I'llUl
IHICKHLOON COAL IS
NOW BEING DEVELOPED
Waller A. Compcrtz. niammm «>i
ie Chiekaloon Coal Company, is a
ordova visitor today, oil his return
> Anchorage from a trip to tin*
tat«*s, an ouipanied 1 »y his wii, and
liildren
ll»- says that his romp,iti\ is doim:
»*• development work mi two units
Ml" a re> U| roal land to t In
• ■stward. with L Net land a> the en
neer in eliarue It is ,i hath jet-rad* •
niminoiis eokinu and bl.nksmiih
ial. biamond drills an hein^* used
• prove tin- Vfins, wliieh will bo
os sent to as* ert^iti tin- tonnage.
Inn maehiner> will hr installed
The property i> beine. tle\eloped
it h San Crane-is* o < a pit a 1. and M*.
nnpertz says it will he a >ear or .i
it ind a hall before t h * * > will lie
• I** t•» market the « oak
UNO FDR ARMENIANS
IS RAPIDLY GROWING
The onni'issers report Hint .lliollt
ie hull III I 'nritov .I." iphit.i ill I he ^
airman and Syrian relief in mi has
eu raised. Let tile good (ili/eiiw of
irdoi.i inn he leiiiul u.lining when .
e limit riuilll is llllliie III tile elpl of.
e i a in paigll W e need $ I .min to up
ild I'nrdoia - fame and repm,11 ion I
a giver lo the most worthy ol char
ihle ell 11 se is i life less dear ill
rnienln or Syria thuu in ltidgiiim or
nine, whore wr are willing to eon
ihiile and take pride in so doing?
i. wo believe they are all precious
id worth sining. Suffering and mis
v exist in nearly every form known
man. Your gift will aid greatly in
liming these conditions.
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I'sc the classified ad column of the
lines if you want results
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In these times everyone con
sults his conscience when pre
|taring for his immediate1 and
jf future needs. g
I Hoarding is contrary to the i
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public good. Intelligent econ- |
omv is a patriotic dutv.
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g: .M any lien need clothes now.
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Huv lor a reasonable time
© ahead but don’t board.
Sfyleplus
Clothes , , , , . xr •*
j Met tlie styleplus habit. You |
8 "ill wear stylish, serviceable |
clothes at prices that permit
thrift and destroy the temptn
Ition to hoard.
Lnuir ‘ ■ • 1 i. v 'i|..; m ,
The BLUM, O’NEILL Co.
I Hardware Phone 48 :: Grocery Phone 6
HUNTING SEASON
Will Soon Be Here---Prepare Now for the
Opening of the Duck Season.
We Carry a Full Line of
Guns and Ammunition
Winchester and Remington
Shotguns
Winchester and Arrow Shells
Decoys
Hunters Coats and Vests
Boat Supplies
Complete Line of Luncheon
Goods
MAKE OUR STORE YOUR HEADQUARTERS
DURING THE HUNTING SEASON
FINKELSTEIN & SAPIRO
Phones: Grocery 21, Office 74
bakin ' powder l>ii • aits, eo’n
bn-ad, muni ns, brown bread, j?rid
■ i:• • .i1.• s eii waffles is wot uey
■ ail • .! k ! reads.”
Vo . o’! p.a s 'em wid one up
• ■r * at fb-'.r t*M* l • > < . n er
1 -.tale to sa. e a ”, ' •
* t! ..at k:n «• 1 .. . < <1 fe- lo
: Some • o ks km rst er b . .*
w idoat a !• ■ wheat at. a 11 at 1 an*
■ :!:,! • o do j • f. •• b ; • . war.
I »a ' ain't bad no d '■ : r .• to t a k**,
to' who's i:w me t bn up his nose
at rood (bn bread er bis. uits ir
t'lapjuoka?
lines • • 1 a > S11 i e d ads Pel l!l»* letups
!Stop at the
Hotel Golden
WHEN IN
McCarthy
Alaska
The Cordova
Dining Room
Next Cordova House
Just a little bit better place than
any other to eat
Max Rosenberg, Prop.
IN NEW LOCATION
KEIST FURNITURE COMPANY
lias moved into the building next to Alaska Steamship
Company's office
NEW AND SECOND HAND
FURNITURE
Pay Highest Price for Used Furniture
Also Seven Furnished Rooms for Rent