SHORT STORIES
ABOUT ALASKA
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The will of the late Captain W.
Turnbull, a veteran Yukon navigator,
was recently admitted to probate at
Vancouver, B. C. The estate was
worth $36,500.
Mrs. John Carey, aged fifty years
and for twenty years a resident of
Alaska, died at Anchorage recently.
Her husband is employed by the
Alaskan Engineering Commission.
The townsite of Sulzer is offered
for sale by the administrator of the
estate of the late Charles A. Sulzer.
It is said that the site would make
an ideal location for a cemetery.
Miss Florence Ballaine, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. John E. Ballaine,
formerly of Seward, was married re
cently to Dana W. Andrews of Se
attle. They will reside at Seattle.
Henry Berger, for several years
engaged in mining in the Koyukuk
country, has decided to give up gold
mining for a time. He recently went
to Anchorage where he will locate.
Bp to the close of navigation, ac
^ cording to a letter received from
Point Barrow, the natives killed
a total of thirteen palor bear. Two
whalen^ had been captured, so there
was plenty of food.
Recently over one hundred thou
sand pounds of halibut were offered
for sale in one morning at Ketchi
kan. On account of poor transporta
tion facilities about one-third of the
amount was purchased that day.
The death of the late Fremont King
who died in Seattle, was due to hard
ening of the heart arteries, according
to a telegram received in Ketchikan
from Fred C. Johnstone. Mr. King’s
business partner.
The Copper King mine, near
Whitehorse was forced to close down
for a time on account of the block
ade of snow on the White Pass &
Yukon railroad. The supply of blast
ing powder gave out and there was
no way to get any more.
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R. A. Carroll, Nome agent of the
Alaska Steamship company, says the
Victoria which will sail from Seat
tle on her first trip to Nome June2,
has 150 passengers booked and is
assured of a full cargo of freight.
Quotations of the Alaska Juneau
stock recently took a jump from one
and seven eighths to two and one
half dollars. Par value on this stock
is ten dollars a share at which price
many people in different parts of the
territory purchased it several years
ago.
The visit of local people to White
horse last June to take in the Vic
toria Day celebration and the Can
adian Club whiskey there, was used
by the drys as a horrible example
in the recent wet and dry election
in Yukon territory.
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ine KetcniKan Chronicle is pro
testing about the bounds of the new
recording precinct of Hyder as de
fined by Judge Robert Jennings.
The paper claims that territory
which for geographical reason is
tributary to Ketchikan, has been
placed in the Hyder district.
The steamer Valdez of the Alaska
Steamship company, operated by the
Thorndyke-Trenholme company in
South American trade, will continue
in that trade. The Thorndyke com
pany. of which Herman W. Ross, for
mer newspaper man is now vice
president and manager is chartering
more vessels for the trade.
C. T. Gardner, who has been con
nected with the forest service in Ket
chikan for the past 11 y.ears, has
been promoted from ranger to dep
uty supervisor of Alaskan forests. Mr.
Gardner will continue to make his
* headquarters in Ketchikan. Previous
to coming to Alaska he was with the
4 depatment in the states for a year.
Equipped with stateooms accom
modations for 18 persons and cot
accomodations for as many more,
together with freight facilities for
40 tons, the boat Prince of Wales
arrived at Ketchikan from Seattle and
will be put on the run at once to
Hyder. W. J. Neill and R. L. Cole,
the , owners, have given the boat a
thorough overhauling and have it in
fine shape for its new run.
Scarborough Pictures that please at
prioes that are right. Over Cordova
drug store. Phone 140—3 rings.
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WILLIAM LEROY EMMET
William LeRoy Emmet has been
awarded the Edison medal for 1919
for meritorious achievement in elec
trical science. His most notable re
cent achievement was the designing
of the electric propulsion machinery
for the battleships New Mexico and
California. He also designed the elec
trical machinery for the collier Ju
piter, the first naval vessel to be elec
! trically propelled.
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PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
Office arid Residence, Cordova
General Hospital vOstrander
Building).
Phones—Residence, 115; Office, 132
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Physician and Surgesn
Lathrop Building
Phone 9
Established Cordova 190S
I W D’ARCY CHACEJnT
Office Suite B, Lathrop Building
Residence Windsor Hotel. Calls
may be left at Windsor Hotel or
at Northern Drug Store
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DR. CHARLES DAGGETT
DENTAL OFFICES
LATHROP BLDG. PHONE 200
CORDOVA, ALASKA
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ADAMS BUILDING
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Offices:
CORDOVA and VALDEZ
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ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
ROOM 1. OSTRANDER BUILDING
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ATTORNEY ANQ COUNSELLOR
AT LAW
Room 1, Adams Block
CORDOVA, ALASKA
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ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
SECOND ST., OPP. HOSPITAL
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D. C. FAIRMAN
TEACHER OF PIANO
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WILLIAM A. HESSE
U. S. MINERAL SURVEYOR
Cordova, Alaska
FRANK A. METCALF
CIVIL AND MINING ENGINEER
U. S. MINERAL SURVEYOR
Juneau, Alaska
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Accident and Health Insurance
United States Fidelity & Guaranty
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Under the Auspices
of the
Ladies’
Altar Society
Wednesday, March 17,
at Eagle Hall
FRESH FROM OUTSIDE
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Beef, Pork, Veal, Mutton and Poultry
Wholesale and Retail
All Orders Given Prompt Attention
I NORTHERN MEAT MARKET
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STEAM HEAT ELECTRIC LIGHTS
Overland! otel j
MRS. J. W. KENNEDY
j Chitina, Alaska
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BEST BRANDS OF CIGARS KEPT
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CORDOVA
SHEET METAL
WORKS
Goods Manufactured to Order, of
Sheet Iron, Galvanized iron, Tin
and Zinc
Phone 143
Second St., Next to Hospital
WALLPAPER
In Latest Patterns
GLASS
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BOGART & ROBINSON
CORDOVA MACHINE
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Shop Phone 182
Machine Work of sll Kinds,
Blacksmithing, General Repair
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lene Welding and Cutting.
AUTOMOBILES
REPAIRED
Office and Shop: City Dock
CORDOVA, Alaska.
Out of Town Jobs Given Strict
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LUMBER
BUILDING MATERIALS OF
ALL KINDS
Brick and Lime
CORDOVA MILL AND
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SMITH &
M’CONAGHY
Plumbers and
Steamfitters
COR. FRONT and B STS.
NORTHWESTERN CLEAN
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TAILORING
All kinds of Repair Work. Fancy
Garments a Specialty. All Work
Guaranteed. Goods called for and
delivered
L. LEEN
Next to Heg^'s, on C St
Telephone 190
YOUR FUR8 MADE TO ORDER
Best work guaranteed. Low
est prices. Over 2,000 Alaska
customers.
R. W. Drew
Tacoma's Expert Furrelr
11th and B’dw’y, Tacoma, Wash.
Cordova
Adjustment
Company
K. G. ROBINSON, Mgr.
Collections, Reports,
Insurance
Ostrander Bldg., Cordova, Alaska
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