Take a Victrola
on your camping trip
A Victrola is lootcrd 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 g- ramping or not, come in and get acquainted
with the V.ictrola. We’ f idly play any music you wish to hear.
Victrola* $15 to $L50. Victors $10 to $100. Terms to suit your
convenience. t V
Northern Drug Co.
CORDOVA
WALL PAPER
New Patterns in Stock
PHONES 11 and 75
Carter & Bogart
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NKU YOIiK. .1 illv 1.; I II. follow
ing letter , forwarded |,\ I r* d S Fei
gn i M. I riiied I'n staff < orrespund
• nt w itli tie \niei ii an turn's in I’i
curdy, under date of .lime lias been
I erej \ ed lien*. |f is Hell explanatory
Mr (’h.ul* ! .Tier, Windsor Locks.
( "tin.
Ilea; Mr Lnr’er This is to let you
know that tin 1- Iter you mailed along
early in April addressed in such a
unique wax his been delivered. It*
member, you addressed the envelope;
“American expeditionary Forces.
France
"To the soldier vim has no letter
in this mail.’’
It was a fine letter, written as only
' an old soldier such as you are, could
write You mention that you were a
veteran of ’*11 '*»."». and knew what
letters mean to a soldier. \nd you
told. too. how you were knitting socks,
and how you were thinking of the boys
over here, and how peaceful tilings
were in Connecticut
Well, here is how your letter was
delivered It came from Paris |>y a
courier to a little place in Picardy.
! just behind the lines, that can t be
named. When the letter came out of
the bag, the first place it saw was a
motorcycle courier office, fitted up in
an old barn. All the mail was gone
through, and of course one of the hoys
failed to get a letter. Your letter
was then handed to him lie enjoyed
it. Then he put the letter hack into
the envelope and pinned tlje envelope
shut After that he wrote on the
front, “Please forward The cour
iers work in relays from one place to
another, so the next courier leaving
for the front took the letter with him
The hoys there, who hadn't any mail
opened your letter, and it was read
again Then they pinned the envelope
up. and gave it to another courier.
He took it to the next place, so that
| from Windsor Locks, your letter went
right into the front lime It's pretty
hard sometimes for the hoys to get
mail, but that letter of yours addressed
to tin* “Soldier who has no letter'
fairly zipped through
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TOKIO. July 13 According to one
who met (loneral Hcmcumf during a
journey to Siberia, the Siberian lead
er opposing the rule of the Holshevl-j
kl Is a young man twenty-eight
years of age Ills father is a Cossack
and mother a Mongol. His real rank
in the army is captain, but on hi*
staff are officers of the rank of col
onel and general who look up to him
as their commander.
During a conversation with (lenerai
Semenoff he pointed out that Siberia
i is in no way a natural annex ol Rus
sia. that it is bound to stand by it
self and that the people of Siberia
have nothing in common with the
Russians He said that he was an
Oriental, not a Kuropean. With the
help of a neighbor power in the Hast
he said that Siberia must be separate
itselt from Kuropean Russia and es
tablish its independence Semen;' "
is described as a man of wonderful
energy and a born leader of men.
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ADMINISTRATION
CONDEMNS CHANTICLEER
I’HIKADKKI’HIA, .lul> 13. The
king of the barnyard, the rooster, has
been consigned to the dinner pot by
the Food Administration here. He.
is a nuisam e in the summer and In
terferes with the work of the egg fac
ulty, says the Food Administration !
Fertile eggs are more likely to spoil
in the summer One quarter of all
eggs produced during tho hot weather
are spoiled: forty per cent, lose much
of their food value.
" Adoubtful egg is a bud egg.” said
Senator Ingalls long ao, and so the
Food Administration is on the trull
of the “doubtful egs." It IS hoped
that spoilage ban be reduced this sum
mer with a consequent saving to the
oonsumer and Increased prints to
dealers by killing roosters, better
candling and better handling.
UNITED STATES MINT
REDUCING DID JEWELRY
I’HILADITIJ’111 \ July ! : If j;. „,,t
* : h • i 111 > I i!i.'\ n 111 11 tin r n i f i>c 1
States mint will buy pn « mu metal
in lots of * 1 •».» or i on*, hut uh is
♦ he fart. A repoj f j.i*-t j i-d how •
’ hat f h(S Philadelphia mi* t li n
lured jewelry and oihr arPeles
authored in meltin - i «»t- into bullion
valued at $7.*. Mm h more i vet
to he assayed and valued
The gold is paid lor by the (Govern
ment at Jhe rate of $L’u *;7 an ounc e
and the silver at the prevailing rate
of $1 an ounce* There is a slight
charge for melting the metal
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RED CROSS IN JAPAN
TOKIO, July 1:: The American
Ked Cross drive in Japan netted over
$”>0,000 or more than twice the* amount
pledged by the executive committee
of the Japan Chapter as its share of
the* $100,000,000 fund
Alta [
Coffee
and Tea |
Given
Highest Award |
At the
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EXPOSITION |
When ordering
$; Coffee or Tea
Why not order
i a The Best-They
Will Cost You
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DISTRIBUTORS
AREYOU
AWAKE
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To the fact that the
CORDOVA
DAILY TIMES
has one of the largest
paid circulations of any
paper in Alaska?
By advertising in its
columns you are speak
ing to every resident of
Cordova and the Copper
River Valley.
IT PAYS TO
ADVERTISE
UNIVERSAL
ELECTRIC
u™. Home Needs
EJactric Tea Ball SuMvar r - i r I
tor simplifying cooking, saving nine
and work and the preparation of
better food.
UNIVERSAL Electric Home
Needs are designed to give the
greatest efficiency at he lowest
possible operating cost. 1 he
UNIVERSAL method of heat
distribution is an exclusive feature
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the patented Fusible Plug Safety
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Cordov? Power Co.
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D. C. WHITFORD. Proprietor
FORMERLY THE SLATER CAFE
Boxes And Tables Reserved For Private
_ Dinner Parties _
:|f OPEN DAY AND NIGHT ' 3
J NORTHERN MEAT MARKET
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
| FRESH BEEF, PORK, VEAL, MUTTON AND PRO- I
VISIONS
Sj Particular Attention and Prompt Service Given to Orders from
g Mining Cajnps, Roadhouses and Interior Points
g Halibut and Other Fresh Fish of All Kinds Will Be Kept g
in Stock When Available
SMITH & GLASSBRENNER, Props.
When You Are In McCarthy
- STOP AT THE -
5] Ketterer House | H
The Very Finest Rooms and Bath
in McCarthy, Alaska
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IIKE th’ Irishman sez: “One
man’s ez good ez another
an’ a durn sight better.”
J Anyway, one man “
can’t get no better
J tobacco ’n another L
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VELVET. [
VELVET, the Smoothest Smoking Tobacco, combine* the
smoking qualities that gave Kentucky Burley its title of
‘‘Nature’s Pipe Tobacco,” with an exclusive VELVET
aged-in-the-wood mellowness. 0
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