SHORT STORIES
ABOTOSKA
Miss Eva Field and A. Hendrickson
were married in Ketchikan recently,
Rev. Van Marten officiating. The
newlyweds will make their home in
Ketchikan after their return from their
bridal tour to the States.
I 'Jhe first consignment of supplies,
consisting of a carload of flour, was
received at the Broad Pass store re
cently, and it is expected that a con
tinual stream of supplies will continue
to come until everything the Alaskan
engineering commission officials in
tend to stock it with has been received
at this store. Storekeeper Beatty,
with his assistant and a force of men,
is busy putting the stuff away and
getting the store shipshape. *
Tom Aitken of Ophir and Flat has
taken an option on the Little Anne sil
ver mine from Joe Quigley, compris
ing twenty-two claims, located on the
ridge between Friday and Eureka
creeks. The purchase price is said to
be $230,000. The property is being
operated at the present time.
_ Crate Campbell, who for many years
lived in Douglas, died the latter part
of November near Cape Fanshaw, and
his body was interred there. Camp
bell was an old-timer on the Gastineau
channel, and a wood sawyer and pros
pector. He lived on the beach with a
native wife.
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r i cu nciisvii, lui mciij i/uu^iuo,
son of Judge Henson of that place,
and brother of John F. Henson, editor
of the Douglas News, was elected
mayor pro tern, of Port Angeles,
Wash., to serve during the absence of
Mayor Pegram, who is absent in Ten
nessee, and, it is said, may not re
turn.
E. C. Connors has just been appoint
ed assistant superintendent in the T. j
& T. department of the Alaska engi- j
neering commission. Mr. Connors is
the oldest man in point of service in
the T. & T., and is one of the oldest
with the commission. His host of
friends will be glad to hear of his pro
. motion.
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Smallpox is reported to have broken
fbnt at Wrangell, Shakan and Klawack.
There are said to be ten cases at
Wrangell and six at Klawack. The
steamship companies have been noti
fied that a quarantine has been estab
lished in Ketchikan against the towns.
Persons arriving from those points
will be placed in quarantine. The out
break is said to have been confined
largely to the native quarters of the
respective towns.
The halibut schooner Washington
arrived in Ketchikan from the fishing
banks recently a veritable floating ice
berg. The crew had to be on deck
continuously, chopping ice in order
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that the boat would not go down by
the head. The heavy seas washed;
the ship from stem to stern. Several
times the ice coating became so thick
that the crew feared the vessel would
* be lost, but their perseverance was
rewarded by getting safely into port.
A fatal accident occurred at Deer
f!#knd, opposite Sunny bay, about forty
miles southeast of Wrangell, on Jan.
28. Mr. Ottesen was out with a crew
cutting cedar blocks to be used as
corks in connection with fish traps.
Mr. Ottesen was standing at the base
of a tree which was being felled. The
falling tree struck another tree and
bounced, striking Mr. Ottesen a blow
which killed him instantly. The body
was immediately brought to Wrangell
by the other members of the crew.
Dr. F. A. Ross, well known to Alas
kans as a former resident of Anchor
age, headquarters for the government;
railway, and who during the boom
days of that town had modern dental
parlors there has moved to the town
of Ketchikan. His offices are in the j
Lumber Exchange building, at Second j
and Seneca, where he will be very J
0 much pleased to see his many friends ;
from the North.
^ Women Republicans of the Nenana j
district are invited to join the ranks
of the local Republican club. There
is nothing in the constitution of the
club that restricts the membership to
men, but no action has been taken j
heretofore to encourage the women
voters of the town to affiliate with*the
organization. Henceforth the drive for
members will include both men and
women.
Harry Wood, contracting freight
agent for the Pacific Steamship Com
pany, who has been investigating
freight conditions at Hyder, said be
fore leaving for the South that the
• Admiral line would operate a steamer
to Hyder this summer. Mr. Wood
found that there was plenty of navi
gable water for one of the company’s
steamships to run to Hyder. Plans
are under way, Mr. Wood said, for the
construction of a dock out in the har
bor, where the water is deep enough
i for coastwise boats.
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Scarborough Pictures that please at
prices that are right. Over Cordova
drug store. Phone 140—3 rings.
Fresh Ever-Ready Flashlight Bat#
teries, all sizes. Blum-O’Neill Co. 3-tf
! Morgue Slab No. 38 Gives Up Its Tragic Secret
| /VTK’AC.O—The Chicago avenue station. Warm. Policemen sitting around,
I ^ ''vailing for something to happen. The door is opened. The snow comes
in with the wind—the snow and a young woman holding a baby. She is Mrs.
Mad'diim Sabir. rooming at 1S.'!-1 North
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'Picul. "Bill” O’Brien recognizes
: her. “We have no news of him yet,"
he says pityingly. “Lucius Subit,
wasn’t it? Disappeared Saturday, os
tensibly to go to work. Had $3.”
O Brien takes the woman into
his private oflice. lie tells her
that there is a body at the county
morgue; it might be her husband. ^
Presently the woman, calmed af- X
ter a moment of hysteria, leaves with
Folmeman Fred Weaver for the mo.rgue. There is a body. No, it is not her
husband. ‘Thank God for that!” They are going out. They are near the
door. And suddenly the woman screams.
'That is his overcoat! Lucius, where are you? Lucius!”
T he morgue keeper thumbs Ids book, looks over its tragic entries, pauses.
“Slab MB,” he says, and leads the way. It is the body of a man found
| frozen in Desplaiues. The widow’s cries identify it.
The “body of a man frozen to death while looking for work” has recov
ered its name.
Hack at the police station. Weaver conversing with the lieutenant.
Snatches ot talk overheard—“only 2 cents in all the world—had a shoeshop
once Mu doctor bills- good-by little shop—no work for a long time—-Christ
mas—one damn shame.”
And presently there is $15 for the widow and tho nMM
A company is being organized by G.
S. Hynes, who plans to erect a big
first-class hotel at Hyder, the Portland
canal town. The plans indicate that
the hotel will have fifty-nine commodi
rooms. The hotel will be steam
heated and will be supplied with the
latest furniture. The site is located
on the corner of Premier avenue and
International street, considered the
business center of the town ,and Mr.
Hynes says that the hotel is an as
sured fact and that building opera
tions will soon begin.
THE CHURCH
The church is the state’s hope of
stability.
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For reasons of citizenship come to
church.
Kindred failures—absenteeism from
the ballot box and from church.
Every non-attendant virtually votes
for the elimination of the church.
The church stands for the best
things—line up.
Lonely? The church offers friend
ship.
The greatest institution in existence
—the church.
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Wherever the church goes she car
ries new light and life.
W’orship steadies the storm-tossed
ship of the soul. Come to church.
Weary after a week of the world?
Come to the
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
“The Church with a Message”
11 a. m. t p. m.
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PROFESSIONAL
DR. W. W. COUNCIL
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
Office and Residence, Cordova
General Hospital ^Ostrander
Building).
Phones—Residence, 115; Office, 132
" litJ. H. CHASE *
Physician and Surgeon
Lathrop Building
Phone 9
Established Cordova 19#1
*W. D ARCY CHACE, M.T
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
DR^^CORA DAGGETT
SPECIALIST
DENTAL PROPHYLAXIS
PYORRHEA X-RAY
OFFICES WITH
BR. CHARLES DAGGETT
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IR. VON ZESCH
Benttct
ABAM6 BUILOtNE
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D0N0H0E l DIMOND
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Office*;
CBRBOVA and VALBEZ
PRANK H. FOSTER
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
ROOM 1, OSTRANDER BUILDING
a. _
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
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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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H. B. WOLKING & CO.
Licensed
UNDERTAKERS
And
EMBALMERS
Phone 133—3
! FRESH FROM OUTSIDE
j Beef, Pork, Veal, Mutton and Poultry
Wholesale and Retail
All Orders Given Prompt Attention
j NORTHERN MEAT MARKET
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STEAM HEAT ELECTRIC LIGHTS
j Overland! otel
MRS. J. W. KENNEDY !
j Chitina, Alaska
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| POOL TABLE IN CONNECTION
J B2ST BRANDS OF CIGARS KEPT
CORDOVA
SHEET METAL
WORKS
Goods Manufactured to Grder, of
Sheet Iron, Galvanized Iron, Tin
and Zinc
Phone 143
Second St., Next to Hospital
WALLPAPER
In Latest Patterns
; GLASS
In All Sizes
BOGART & ROBINSON
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j Washday Health Lesson j |
for the Housewife 1 I
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I Ordinarily we like to hold up the
Orientals as “horrible examples” of
everything that is old-fashioned, but
in some few things we yet can learn
from our eastern neighbors.
It is our practice to wait until we
become ill before we call the doctor.
The custom of the Asiatic folk is to
g employ a physician to keep them well—
% if a “patient” becomes ill the doctor’s
fees stop forthwith.
If: The health philosophy of the Orien
tals is precaution.
Why not make this your philosophy
these winter days—at least to the ex
tent of playing safe with the washing?
There is danger to you in washday’s
steaming tubs; in the dampness of cel- | j
lars; in braving rain, snow and sleet |
while hanging out the clothes. Why I
not make yourself safe from these s |
menaces of winter washdays by send- !
ing us your family washing? f
We can launder everything for you |
—cleanse and sterilize household linen 5
and personal apparel; give to every |
piece, a fragrant cleanliness; iron for f
you in a manner that will save your {
things, yet give to them a fine dainti- s
ness of finish. §
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Our way is the saving way—it will |
save you heavy work, save you health, j
save you money. Telephone, or drop |
us a card, and we will have our driver |
call for your family washing. §
| f We treat your clothing white f §
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| THE MODERN LAUNDRY I
1 j “Yes—Six - Six, Please” j I
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One Hundred Per Cent American §
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