PAUL BLOEDHORN
JEWELER AND WATCHMAKER
Full Line of Silverware, Cut Glass, Watches, Clocks, Community and
Roger’s 1817 Tableware, China and Haviland Ware, and everything
in the Jewelry Line. Also Optical Goods. Watch Repair Work Done
promptly and Under Guarantee.
KENDRICK BUILDING FIRST STREET
Take a Victrola
on your camping trip
A Victrola is looked upon as a regular part of
a camping outfit nowadays.
It is always sure of a rousing welcome.
Its delightful music is one of the real joys of
camp life.
Whether you are gc\f camping or not, come in and get acquainted
with the Victrola. We’ ,’ j ally play any music you wish to hear.
Victrolas $15 to $250. Victors $10 to $100. Terms to suit your
convenience. * r 1 '
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Northern Drug Co.
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Manhattan Hotel
R. W. FERRELL, Prop.
Electric Lighted. Hot Water. Turkish and Tub
Baths.
I OPPOSITE CORDOVA GRILL, CORDOVA, ALASKA,
j PHONE 99
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Copper River
& Northwestern Ry.
FOUR TRAINS WEEKLY BETWEEN
CHITINA AND KENNECOTT
Leave Cordova, Second Street Depot, on Mon
days, Thursdays and Saturdays.
Leave Chitina for Cordova Sundays, Tuesdays
days, Thursdays and Fridays.
Leave Chitina for Kennecott Sundays, Tues
days and Fridays.
Leave Kennecott for Chitina Mondays, Wednes
days, Thursdays and Saturdays.
The above schedule subject to change with
out notice.
Dining Car in Connection With all Regular
Passenger Trains Between Cordova and Chitina.
Freight received and delivered at Cordova
Wharf from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m., except Sundays.
Tickets on sale at Second Street Depot
office, one hour before departure of trains.
CALEB CORSER, W. E. BROWN,
Superintendent. Agt. Cordova Wharf
R. K. BROWN, Jr., Ticket Agent.
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HOWITZER GAME
EXCITEMENT.
(By United Press)
WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IN
THE PI ELD, Aug. 5.—(By Mall)—Peo
' pie ran get used to anything, even
to this business of war. Were It not
so those who have to keep on killing
Germans month in and month out
would go mad and bite somebody.
Today I was out among the guns
i pounding the Germans to pieces in
the neighborhood of Lens. It was tea
time. Overhead seven British planes
were winging past on their way to a
wrestling match with the enemy In
the clouds. Now and then a six-inch
shell exploded in the vicinity of the
British batteries.
Under a scrap of canvas serving as
a shelter from the midsummer sun.
sat a Canadian major, commander of
a battery of howitzers. He was bare
headed. On a wooden hajjd grenade
packing ease was a cup of t§£. By it
lay a slice of buttered bread. The
major was in his shirt sleeves. In his
hands was a book and a copying lead
pencil. Jotting down something in the
book, the major laid it face down
on the case and took up the slice of
buttered bread, bit ofr a mouthful and
chewed away for some thirty seconds,
then called out to one of his gun
crews nearby: "Number two! Pour
seven five nine!”
No. 2 lifted a huge shell Into the*
howitzer's breech, closed and locked
the breech lock; sighted and stood by.
one of the men holding the laniard
taut In his right hand. In his left he
held a piece of bread. Swallowing a
gulp of tea the major picked up his
gunnery book again and casually or
dered: "Number one! Pire!” The
howitzer next to No. 2 bellowed so the
country round about echoed and rock
ed to its thunder. The major set down
some figures and refreshed himself
with more tea and bread. “Hey, Bill,”
sang out the gunner of No. 1 crew.
"Whatcher want ,now?" an ammu
nition tender growled. He was busy
chewing and opening a can of some
sort of tinned food. "Where's that
jam?" said the laniard chap. “Jam?”
Queried Bill as he worked away.
"What Jam’ You mean the rhuharh
Jam?” "Now!" replied the lanlarder.
“not the rhubarb jam; the strawberry
jam. I’m ted up on that stringy rhu
barb Jam.”
"Number one!” bawled out the ma
jor. “Six nought five three.” Then
after a swallow from the enameled
cup: "Number T^n! Fire!" Num
ber two blazed away and a huge shell
tore through the air screaming In ter
rifying fashion and likely enough it
found its mark and tore to shreds a
dozen dupes of the kaiser. “Yes."
said the Canadian gunner who had
pulled the trigger, "that was certainly
some game! Two men out. man on
third, score tied and the ninth inning.
Old Ty Cobb was at the bat with two
strikes on him. Ty whaled away at it
and—
"Number Two!" shouted the officer.
“Four seven five eight!” Then: "By
Godfrey!" kb murmured to himself,
"wonder whet^'n the h 1 they got this
butter!” “Number One! Fire!" Again
the howitzer shivered and leapth. and
as the recoil threw it back into post
tion. Bill came up with a tin plato In
his hand. "Here, sour-face," he Bald
to the laniard puller, "here's yout
bloomin' jam. Shhll I fetch you a fin
ger bowl?"
And so the manslaughter went on
Dispassionately P.nd as coolly these
men feed and fire their howitzers.
When lunch time comes they may
knock off work for a time and eat it
comfortably, sitting on a pile of shells
any one of which contains enough ex
plosive to blow up the Woolworth
building. Or if for any reason it Is
necessary to keep on firing, the gun
ners eat and talk and fire the guns
without pause.
They seldom talk about the war.
Kather they tell their experiences the
Inst time they went on leave. They
talk about the shows they saw. the
«;ood things they had to eat. the pretty
?irls they met, what they are going
to do when the war is over and the
■est.
In the trenches it is precisely the
tame. Between raids, dodging trench
nortar stuff they play checkers and '
>ther games, write letters, have their
ea and talk about food and girls and
ihows and things.
Of course these men do not love the
wa^. Nobody loves the war. But
hey are game, and the Prussians
laving commenced the war, are going
o see It through. And the way to see
t through is to make the best of
kings, to get used to It all and quit
worrying. Sprinkle the enemy with
shot with one hand Rnd pass the jam
with the other. That is the only way,
the French have found It. So have
the Britlah. The Americana will have
to—and will.
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SAVE RICE—THROW BRICKBATS
AT WEDDIN08, SAYS VAIL.
FORT COLLINS. Col., Aug 80. —
The average food ration of a Sammy
in the field is 4200 calories a day. Rice
has a food value of 1630 calorie* per
pound. Therefore, according to C.
L. Vail, statistic shark of the Colorado
Aggie college, who estimates an aver
age of three pounds of rice is thrown
at each newly married couple, one
Sammy could be maintained for a day
on the waste. He advocates substitu
tion of stones and brickbats for the
food product.
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SOME ANCHORAGE FOLKS
OBJECT TO LICENSES.
Some Anchorage people object to
paying licenses for doing business and
numerous cases have been passed
along to the district attorney for de
cision. A letter from Commissioner
Conroy to the clerk .of the court gives
a list of objectors.
Orover C. Frame has an electric
light plant which irradiates the An
chorage red light district. He does
not want to pay the annual tax of
$300 imposed on electric companies
by the federal law. The officials can
not agree with Orover that he ought
to be exempt because he is supplying
light only to a select and limited class
of consumers.
The town of Anchorage has a city
electric plant owned and run by the
federal government like all other utili
ties In that town. The red light dis
trict is outside the town limits and
the government official doesn't seem
to take any interest in it, nor care
whether it is lighted at ail. V. here
ore Orover Frame stepped in und sup
ilied the long-felt want. As a publir
>enefactor he thinks he ought to be
sxempt from taxation.
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For light taxi work telephone the
Uaskan Hotel.
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Your eyes fitted. Compound and
lstigmatic lenses replaced. Bee Oa
jorne.
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.Something new—Pyrex Oval Bakers.
Northwestern Hardware Co.
Bank of Alaska
I An Institution of Strength and Character
I Capital and Surplus of Institution*
I $105,500,00
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I With our branch bank system and I
I our connections in Alaska, Seattle and .
I other important points in America I
I we offer our services for the prompt I
I and dependable handling of your 1
I banking business. I
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I MB CORDOVA lH I
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REPORT OF THE FINANCIAL CONDITION OF
The First Bank
of Cordova
MADE TO THE TERRITORIAL BANKING BOARD AT
THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS
AUGUST 7th, 1917
RESOURCES
Loans and Discounts.$182 85Z.89
1 his account represents loans made to our customers and others on
a broad margin of security.
Bonds.. 859.57
These bonds consist of government, state, municipal and high g.ade
Industrial bonds. ,
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Cash and Exchange. 261 072 88
The law says we must keep a reserve amounting to 2o per cent of our
deposits, which would be *121,000, but we exceed the legal reserve In
*140,000.
Other Resources. 5 232 00
Heal estate, furniture and fixtures.
Total Resources. $643,017.34
LIABILITIES
Capital Stock.$ 25,000.00
lrplus Fund and Undivided Profits. 13,238.98
This Is an account set aside to support the capital Htock and Increase
the value of thesame.
Dividends Unpaid. 569 qq
Certified Checks. # 25 73
DePosits.*■ • • .. 604,192.63
Total Liabilities.$643,017.34
City Depositary. Security
Territorial Depositary. Service
U. S. Depositary for Postal Savings Funds. Satisfaction
ESTABLISHED 1909
cm whom
PHONE 1>7.
Second St., opposite Postoffice.
Best of Hand Work. Give Us
a Call.
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WINES, LIQUORS AND
CIGARS
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# Bath House Open Day and *
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l BARBER SHOP, l
• Frank Cunningham, Prop. *
One Visit
Will
Make You
A
Pabular Patron
At
Slater’s
Restaurant
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Private Boxes
For
Lar^e or Small
Parties
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Newest Georgette Crepe Waists at
ilrs. Kate Kolfe's.
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Something new—Pyrex Casseroles;
ound and oval. Northwestern Hard
To the Housewives and House
keepers of Cordova:
During the month of SEPTEM
BER we shall take orders for
THOR WASHING MACHINES,
UNIVERSAL APPLIANCES and
SEWIN GMACHINES on a plan
to make it possible to have one
of those appliances in every
home. Come In and let us talk
over this plan with you.
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CORDOVA POWER COMPANY
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