The Empress
■_TONIGHT AT 8:00 SHARP_
I’M A ROOTEN, TOOTEN, NON-OF-A (II N FROM
ARIZONA and MY NAME IS
DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS
In the Five-Act Drama
“THE GOOD BAD
MAN”
IT’S A CORKER, WILD & WOOLY, COME EARLY
A real W estern Drama of thrills, gun play, laughter
and love. Wild and Wooly
MACK SENNET KEYSTONE COMEDY
“HIS LAST LAUGH”
IT’S A KNOCK!H’T
Mrs. Nina Nicholls at the Piano Admission 110c
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OUR FOREIGN COMMERCE
FOR MONTH OF JANUARY
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WASHINGTON, March 11.—January 1
^miports were valued at $235,000,000, an 1
increase of $f,660,000 ovef December,
but exports showed a failing off fit j
$80,000,000 from the very high figure
of $584,000,000 recorded for December, t
- According to a statement issued to- j
day by the bureau of foreign and dom
estic commerce, department of com
merce, the imports for the seven
months of the fiscal year ended with
January wore valued at $1,634,000,000
as against $1,348,000,000 for the cor
responding period for the previous ‘
years. Exports for the seven-month
period totaled $3,448,000,000, as com
pared with $3,616,000,000 for a similar j
period the year previous.
Gold imports in January were $4,
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404,000 and for the seventh-month per
iod $78,694,000. Exports were valued at
$3,746,000 in January and at $41,186,
000 for the seven months ended with
that month.
The imports of silver in January to
taled $5,997,455 and for the seven
months $41,186,000. Exports in Jan
uary were valued at $6,628,000 and for
the seven months ended with January.
$52,032,000.
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Owing to numerous requests for an
other entertainment in the near future,
Mrs. A. J. MacConnel will give a
vaudeville and minstrel show some
time early in April, date of which will
be announced later. The program
will be interesting and varied and
built entirely of Cordova talent. The
proceeds will be divided between the
Young Men's Christian Association
and the Knights of Columbus, on a
fifty-fifty basis.
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Times want ads brngs results.
LOCAL DOilGS
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The oil boat Ascension |H in p„r(
from Seattle.
I). W. Walker, of Alganik. i„ spend
ing a couple of days In town.
, A. Hanot, a Fairbanks mining man,
is here on his return home from a trip
to the sttites.
Frank Reman, who has mining in
terests in the Nizins, is a passenger
aboard the Northwestern.
Samuel J. Jones and Mrs. Ida Bacon
were united in marriage by United
States Commissioner Medley.
J. F. Davidson, traveling freight and
passenger agent of the Alaska steam
ship Company, is n town today.
Judge b. M. Brown is a passenger
on the Northwestern returning to Val
dez from an extended trip to Pacific
coast cities.
John E, Barrett and family returned
last night from an extended trip to
the states and will leave on the next
train for McCarthy.
P- J. Rickert, of Fairbanks, was a
aassenger for Cordova on the North
western. He is returning home from
a trip to the states.
The Alaskan hotel barber shop and
baths has been thoroughly renovated
and is now one of the most attractive
places of the kind in the city,
J. C. Johnson, who has been in
charge of taking out the copper ore
from the Westover group, came down
from McCarthy on yesterday’s train.
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Chas. Gaines is receiving the con
gratulation of his friends upon tlio
addition to his family, which the stork
brought yesterday.
The local exemption board has re
' ceived notification to immediately send
[out the questionnaires to reg'srruiits '
I here for tlie selectve draft.
I 1. N. Stensland was an arrival on - ]
• 4r.
j the Northwestern and will leave on
Ihe next train for the interior to start :
a new cannery at Andrefsky for Uie 11
[•’arlilse hacking Company.
The Episcopal Guild Auxiliary will [ f
[meet at the honte of Mrs. E. I.. Har-1
wood tomorrow afternoon at 11 o’clo: k. • f
Vs special business will be transacted 4
a full attendance of the members is f
requested.
Attorney F. H. Foster today re-j -
sieved a cablegram from Governor.!
ppoint-! !
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ment as deputy provost marshal, to _
handle appeals of registrants from the l
local exemption board.
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Mrs. Martha White, of Anchorage,
spent the day with Cordova friends. .
Mother White, as she is generally
known, is one of the old timers of Cook ■ I
Inlet and is returning to the westward j
! after a visit to the states.
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Thos." J. Donahoe, Democratic tta- :
tlonal committeeman front Alaska, is :
mingling among Cordova friends to
day on his return to Valdez from .Tit- j
i neau, where he tried an important min-1
jing case from the Copper River valley, j (
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Harvey F. Sullivan, of Valdez, spent
the day in town, en route home from a
short trip to the states. He is a can-j
( didate for the Republican nomination ^
j for road commissioner and his an :
J nouncement appears in today s paper.1
Thomas J. Davis and John Enlund [
came over from Fort Wells yesterday, j
where they are engaged in the saw
mill business. Enlund had his hand
badly burned by an oxy-aeetylene
plant and came to Cordova to have it
dressed.
Judge Brown hiis signified his will
ingness to send a clerk of the district
court1 or deputy to Cordova to hear
petitions for naturalization providing
there are any number of men here who
desire to secure their second papers.
All applicants should at once commun
icate with the U. S. commissioner, so
that he can advise the court in the
matter
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HAVE
lam1 Diggers’ Supplies
Everything to make your outfit
COMPLETE
COOKING UTENSILS The Famous “Koban” Vibra
tionless 3-h. p. Outboard Motor
LANG’S CAMP STOVES
LANTERNS
AXES, SAWS
CLAM SHOVELS
TENTS, TARPAULINS
STOVEPIPE COLLARS
TOOLS
PAINT
BOAT SUPPLIES
ANCHORS
ROPE
TAR
PITCH
BUILDING PAPER This Shows the Magntdo Type
Our stocks of Groceries and Clothing are
unsurpassedffor quality and are
REASONABLY PRICED
The BLUM, O’NEILL Co.
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- Collegian
Suits and
Overcoats
The'home of the
KNOX HAT
LEATHER BAGS
SUIT CASES
TRUNKS
UNDERWEAR
SHOES
That fit the Purse as
well as the feet
Come in and look our line over
GROCERIES
HARDWARE
FURNITURE
and EVERYTHING
“The Store That Satisfies”
(ELSTEIN &SAPIR01
HANAN SHOES
Were good shoes 50 years
ago; they are good shoes to- |
day. Only real merit could g
S have sustained their reputa- S
tion all these years. Sold by
the best stores, never under
any other name than the - -
HANAN SHOE |
Will Clfryson
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Our Constant Aim
To make well, and to trade fairly.
To profit not alone in dollars, but in the giod will of those with
whom we deal, firm in the convictions that the t'hics of business are
no different from those of man to man.
To correct our errors, to improve our opportu titles, and to rear
from the daily work a structure which shall be kn'wn for all that’s
best in business. ^
Everything in our line of Stationery, Photo Supp.es, Art Goods,
Music Sundries and Portraits contains nothing but rea. values, com
plete with up-to-date styles. Drop in and let us assist you ’n choosing
your wants. Let us prove to you that here is a store that is worthy
of your trade. Purchases made by mail given our careful consideration.
R. E. HEGG COMPANY '
THE PHOTO SHOP