DISTINGUISHED
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FORCORDOVAN
The following article from the Balti
more American, recently republished
in the Engineers’ Journal of Cleve
land, Ohio, under the caption, “Their
Stunts Amazed Natives,” will be of
interest to our readers, as one of the
m
principal actors is a well-known Alas
kan:
“Every state in the Union, and
Aisuska .and the Philippines as well,
was represented in the Fifty-third
company, transportation corps, the
first American railway men to operate
French railroads during the war, and
who became a part of the army of
occupation after the armistice had
been signed. The Fifty-third was an
der the command of Captain Vinton
D. Cockey of Baltimore.
‘ ‘C-ockey’s Traveling Circus,’ the
outfit was called in France, for the
reason that it was of itinerant nature,
and also because of its ‘stunts’ of rail
road engineering that made the popu
lation of the, places which it visited
turn out in wonder at -what these
Americans did on roads that had been
accustomed to the antiquated French
and Belgian locomotives.
“Besides Captain Cockey, there are
four’other officers of the Fifty-third
company of the transportation corps
and in the command that landed with
them at Hoboken there were 235 en
lisved men.
'"Hipsp wprp the railroad engineers,
•moreover, who ceased being engi
neers, switchmen, brakemen. conduc
tors, section men, etc., for a while in
that memorable ‘pinch, and under the
leadership of the Baltimore railroad
engineer, too up their arms and
showed that they could fight as well
as construct, repair and operate rail
roads.
'Due of Captain Cockey’s men,
jpergeant J. J. Courtney, a locomotive
engineer from Alaska, who volunteered
to go out into No-man’s land and cut
ihe barbed wire while the heaviest
kind of shell fire was going on all
around him, came back with the Dis
tinguished Service cross. Twenty-two
of Captain Cockey’s men were gassed,
twenty wounded, and a number killed
in action.
* 'Captain Cockey is very proud of
this peculiarly all-American organiza
tion, which worked in all sections of
the western front. It was organized
in France at General Pershing’s direc
tion. and to Captain Cockey was as
signed the task of selecting from a
number of combat units the men best
qualified by previous experience to un
dertake railroad operations.
"The Baltimore engineer took over
the Bordeaux terminal and reorgan
ized the traffic from that point to
American methods. Just before the
company embarked for the United
States from St. Nazaire, General Per
shing paid the company a visit, com
plimented Captain Cockey and his men
on what they had achieved in bring
ing the military railroad up to the
standards of America, and then shook
hands with every man of them.”
lergeant J. J. Courtney, mentioned
in the foregoing article, is well known
, in Alaska. In 1906 he was mining in
the Yentna river country. For some
time he was a locomotive engineer
on the Copper River railway, but
when the United States got into the
world war Sergeant Courtney was in
the Interior, and hit the trail for Cor
dova, where he volunteered his serv
ices. After several months in the
Trenches, where he was wounded three
times, he was selected by Captain
Cockey for engineer in the trans
portation corps.
Sergeant Courtney arrived back in
Alaska last fall and is now an engi
neer on the big rotary operating be
Tween Mile 52 and Seward.
AUTO TRUCKS REPLACE
ALMOST OBSOLETE HORSE
NEW YORK, May 11 (by Associated
Press).—If Captain Nicholas Joseph
Cugnot, the Frenchman who in 1769
invented the first self-propelled road
vehicle, could visit the United States
today, he would be astonished, per
haps, to find the horse almost obso
* lete, the United States government
on the eve of spending $633,000,000
for good roads, and factories turning
out automobile trucks at the rate of
about a thousand a day.
Motor truck traffic between indus
trial centers in Connecticut and New
York city, Boston and Providence has
reached such great ^proportions that
state highway commissioners are
urging shippers to restrict the maxi
mum load on trucks to 25,000 pounds.
According to the National Automobile
Chamber of Commerce, utilization of
the motor truck is enabling the rail
roads to “catch up’’ with traffic needs
which mounted so enormously during
the war.
Scarborough Pictures that please at
prides that are right. Over Cordova
drug store. Phone 140—3 rings.
Peyser’s new hat-blocking outfit is
in operation. Hats blocked, dyed and
repaired. Phone 188.
Read the Daily Times for the latest
and most reliable world news.
PROFESSIONAL
DR. W. W. COUNCIL *
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
Office and Residence, Cordova
General Hospital ^Ostrander
Building).
Phones—Residence, 115; Office, 132
DR. W. H. CHASE
Physician and Surgeon
Lathrop Building
Phone 9
Established Cordova 1908
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W. D’ARCY CHACE, M. D.
9
CHICHAGOFF, ALASKA
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DR. CHARLES DAGGETT
DENTAL OFFICES
LATHROP BLDG. PHONE 200
CORDOVA, ALASKA
DR. CORA DAGGETT *
SPECIALIST
DENTAL PROPHYLAXIS
PYORRHEA X-RAY
OFFICES WITH
DR. CHARLES DAGGETT
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DR. VON ZESCH
Dentist
ADAMS BUILDING
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D0N0H0E & DIMOND
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Offices:
CORDOVA and VALDEZ
FRANK H. FOSTER
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
ROOM 1, OSTRANDER BUILDING
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E. F. MEDLEY
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR
AT LAW
Room 1, Adams Block
CORDOVA, ALASKA
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R. H. L NOAKS
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
SECOND ST., OPP. HOSPITAL
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D. C. FAIRMAN
TEACHER OF PIANO
WILLIAM A. HESSE
U. S. MINERAL SURVEYOR
Bedford-McNeill Code
Cordova, Alaska
FRANK A. METCALF
CIVIL AND MINING ENGINEER
U. S. MINERAL SURVEYOR
Juneau, Alaska
LIFE INSURANCE *
MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO.
Accident and Health Insurance
United States Fidelity & Guaranty
THOS. S. SCOTT
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WHEN IN
KATALLA
STOP AT
THE BREAKERS
THOMPSON & CHADWICK
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HONG KONG
RESTAURANT .
CHINESE NOODLES
CHOP SUEY
All Kinds of Light Lunches
Tray Service Our Specialty
CHARLEY CHONG
Phone 169
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I Wear, Washing and Your Clothes
Why do clothes wear out ? Is day fallen on a cloth, holes will develop
to day use a principal factor ? Has during the first washing,
laundering a weakening or strength- A starched collar that has never
ening effect? How much has the been worn—such a collar as is corn
quality of the manufacturer’s work monly favored by men—can be cen
to do with wear? What can rea- tinuously washed in laundries like
sonably be expected ol a given piece ours as many as 40 times before it
of fabric ? will begin to fray. But if the collar
I In behalf of the housewives whom is worn between washings, it can be
we serve, these questions have been laundered only 20 times or less. In
searchingly inquired into. a word, the wearing of a collar—the
Tablecloths of real linen, well putting it on and taking it off
woven, can be laundered as many shortens its life by 50 per cent or
as 100 to 150 times before showing more.
wear. This is the average of our Personal apparel and household
methods of handling linen that has linen are bleached, dyed, woven,
been finely made and properly cared tailored, packed, shipped, stored, un
for by the housewife. packed and used before they come to
Flaws often appear in curtains at us. If at any stage there has been
the point below the shade, where poor workmanship, misuse or abuse, *
they are most exposed to dust-laden “it all comes out in the wash.”
air and the action of the sun’s rays. But when you have purchased
To check these corrosive influences with judgment, and used your things
many housewives have their curtains with care, our cleansing methods
Curtains wear w;ashed oftener than cleanliness alone will help you prolong their usefulness.
requires. -——-— Laundering and
‘gJZAZVJsh ffa few drops of w„ Treat conservation of
of the open win- a harmful fluid, like ” t 11 cal , clothes have be
dow- the solution in an Your Clothinsr | come an art with 1 I
\. automobile stor- ** us* Send us your
age battery, have W Olte family washing.
JONES’ LAUNDRY
CORDOVA MACHINE
WORKS
E. R. GARNES, Prop.
Residence Phone 101-3
Shop Phone 182
Machine Work of all Kinds,
Blacksmithing, General Repair
ing, Horse Shoeing, Oxy-Acety
lene Welding and Cutting.
AUTOMOBILES
REPAIRED
Office and Shop: City Dock
CORDOVA, Alaska.
Out of Town Jobs Given Strict
Attention.
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SMITH &
M’CONAGHY
Plumbers and
Steamiitters
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COR. FRONT and B STS.
NORTHWESTERN CLEAN
ING AND DYEING HOUSE
TAILORING
All kinds of Repair Work. Fancy
Garments a Specialty. All Work
Guaranteed. Goods called for and
delivered
L. LEEN
Next to Hegg’s, on C St.
Telephone ISO
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I SHAMPOOING
FACIAL AND
For MANICURING
/CALL
\ 1-7-3 )
MRS. SWANBERG
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My New and Complete
Hat - Blocking
Outfit
is now in operation. Bring in
your old hats and have them
made like new.
PEYSER THE TAILOR
PHONE 188
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FRESH
SWEET MILK
DELIVERED DAILY
Guaranteed Pure and Sanitary
CORDOVA DAIRY
OLDTOWN
Phone 189—2 Ring*
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GRADUATION TIME IS HERE
Your boy or girl will be proud of a watch that will last a life
time.
A signet ring will be a reminder of the day for many, many yean.
Birthstone rings, lavaliers and many other articles at
PAUL BLOEDHORN’S
Jeweler and Watchmaker. Phone 223
HATS AND CAPS
SPRING line now in stock. The latest
colors and styles, direct from the
world’s market centers. Come in and
look them over
. KENNEDY'S
BROWER
MAIL STAGE LINE
TRAVEL SAFELY, COMFORTABLY AND EXPEDITIOUSLY WITH
THE U. S. MAIL-CARS AT EITHER END OF THE TRAIL
FREQUENT CHANGES OF HORSES
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FARE CHITINA TO FAIRBANKS
$75.00 AND WAR TAX
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