PURELY LOCAL
GOSSIP ABOUT
YOUR FRIENDS
The Cordova fire department meets
tonight.
H. B. Malcolm came down from
Strelna on today's train.
A number of Cordovans will leave
tomorrow for Valdez to attend the
district court.
A. J. MacConnell is suffering from
an infected finger, which has required
a surgeon’s attention.
Tomorrow at noon is the time set
for the arrival of the steamship Ala
meda from Seattle by Agent Tracy.
A special meeting of the Northland
Club will be held tonight, which will
be followed by an informal smoker for
members only.
Charles Ray in “The Family Skele
ton” at the Empress theatre tonight,
for the last time. Tomorrow Bill Rus
sell in “The Twinkler.”
The interior of the Slater restau
rant is being remodeled and when the
improvements have been completed
it will be reopened by O’Brien and
Phinn.
The funeral of the murdered baby
found yesterday near the approach to
the ocean dock was buried this after
noon from K. E. Holden’s undertaking
parlors.
The Woman’s Guild will meet with
Mrs. Lou Smith tomorrow afternoon
at 2:30 o’clock. As there is important
business to be transacted a full at
tendance of the members is desired.
Mrs. Cordelia Dula, of Joy, Burke
county, N. C., is endeavoring to locate
her son, Hume, from whom she has
not heard since he was drafted from
Cordova, sent to Fort Liscum and dis
charged because of physical inability,
AMERICANS WILL SOON
RETURN FROM RUSSIA
WASHINGTON, May 27 (by Asso
ciated Press).—A cable received bj
the state department says the Amer
leans are preparing to sail fron
Archangel.
SOLDIERS AND SAILORS OF
GREAT BRITAIN DEMAND WORK
AND MINIMUM WAGE SCAD
LONDON, May 27 (by Associated Press).—Thousands o;
discharged and unemployed soldiers and sailors with stone:
and other missies, were scattered by the police during then
march toward the house of commons. Later they marcliec
toward Buckingham Palace but were dispersed before arriving
at their destination. The men had previously demanded worl
and a minimum wage scale. Similar demonstrations are being
held throughout the country. %
MANY TROPHIES ARE
OWNED BY OFFICER
FORT BLISS, Tex., May 27 )by As
sociated Press).—Colonel S. R. H.
(Tommy) Tompkins’ quarters at the
head of officers row in the Seventh
cavalry resembles a trophy room of
a big university. In the pine board
shack which is the regimental head
quarters, Colonel Tompkins has tro
phies of all the big army prize fights,
baseball games, track events and
swimming contests held here.
They include the five ounce gloves
Johnny Sundenberg, the middleweight
who calims the honor of knocking
out Jack Dempsey heavyweight title
challenger wore when he won the bor
der middleweight championship; the
Howze trophy for the best regimental
showing in athletics, another cup for
the best sprinters and another for the
tug-of-war.
Colonel Tompkins is popular with
the men of his command and always
attends every light, baseball or polo
game, receiving as much applause of
the heroes of the contests.
BOXING ASSOCIATION
FORMED AT TACOMA
TACOMA, May 27 (by Associated
Press).—Lovers of boxing here have
organized with a view of protecting
this sport in the future from the dis
repute which often attaches to it as
the result of questionable actions by
both promoters and boxers.
Under the title of the “Western
■ Washington Association For the Gov
ernment of Boxing,” an association oi
sportsmen was formed with Daniel
Salt, of Seattle, as president. Th
United States service boxing rule
will govern. Just what control the oi
ganization will exercise has not ye
been determined.
CALIFORNIA FISHING
DISAPPOINTS ANGLER!
SAN FRANCISCO, May 27 (by As
sociated Press).—California angler
have had a disappointing season thi
far in the matter of their favoril
sport. Reports from practically evei
section of the state are to the effei
that streams still are too high f(
good fishing and the fish are runnir
unusually small.
These conditions are expected
improve as the streams fall and
another week or two good sport
anticipated. The best fishing of tl
season thus far has been found in tl
Sacramento river in the Pitt regi<
and in the Klamath region.
UNIVERSITY WASHIN ON
HAS SMALLEST C0XWA1
SAN FRANCISCO, May 27 (by . a
sociated Press).—The fact that I is
University of California lost the e
cent triangular race to the Univen tj
of Washington by a scant few ( et
only served to add to the gloom ol
the eight men of the second vara ty
California crew who had hoped tc
row against the second varsities d
Washington and Stanford. |
It was a dejected octette of oars nil
that viewed the race and when^tha
varsity lost, the “Gloom was -pU&rd
on them a foot thick” as an obswant
undergraduate remarked. At thi;lev
! tilth hour It was decided for various
reasons to call off the second varsity
race for which the Californians had
been training diligently for weeks.
LOST BOATRACEHAS
HAD GLOOMY EFFECT
SEATTLE, May 27 (by Associated
Press).—In “Bobby” Tuttle, the Uni
versity of Washington eight oarec
crew believes it has the smailesl
coxwain in the country. Tuttle weighs
only 70 pounds and his height is foui
feet five inches. Several times dur
ing the exciting finish in the receni
triangular race which Washingtoi
won by a matter of a few feet fron
the University of California and Stan
ford, Tuttle stood up in the boat and
urged on his crew. None of the spec
tators on shore noticed it, however
as “Bobby” both sits and stands at
1 about the same height.
The best and quickest route to Fair
backs and ^nterior points. Burgess
iCarstens Auto Line, Chitina, Alaska,
The celebrated K-W Spark Coils are
for sale by the Northwestern Hard
ware Co. 14-tl
Big reduction in yarn at 31.10 per
hank at the Cordova Dry Goods Co. 7-3
Tub and shower baths at the Holden
pool room barber shop. 9-tl
Best coffee in town at the City
Bakery. 2-61
Special dinner served from 11:30
o’clock every day at the City Bakery.
* NOTICE
^Subscribers discontinuing the papei
f will be charged for the current montli
unless this office Is notified. Do no(
notify nor pay the carrier.
K. G. ROBINSON,
City Circulator.
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