RAILROADING
IN SIBERIA IS
DEMORALIZED
EN ROUTE TO OMSK, SIBERIA,
Dec. 20 (Correspondence of the Asso
ciated Press).—People have talked
lightly of sending an army of half a
million men or more to western Si
beria to battle with Bolshevism or for
any other reason connected with this
stupendous Russian problem. The
Japanese learned by bitter experience
in the war with Russia of the difficul
ties of a Siberian campaign, and would
ponder long before dispatching a
mighty army to the far Ural moun
tains. The correspondent of the As
sociated Press, as a passenger on a
special British military train bound
for Omsk, the seat of the All-Russian
government, is having an opportunity
for close study of the difficulties of
transporting a great army.
We have on board a company of
splendid British troops, recently ar
rived from India—men of the famous
Hampshire regiment—the territorials
or militia of England who offered to
go to India to replace the regulars
and who served there for two years.
Now the fortunes of war find them rid
ing across the barren lands of Man
churia on their way to the heart of
the Siberian steppes, where the tem
perature is 40 degrees below zero.
Anxious as they are to return to their
home in England, they fulfill this new
task gladly and light-heartedly. They
are traveling in plain, rude box cars,
grouped about stoves, with all the dis
comforts that a journey of two or
three weeks, and perhaps more, in
volves.
For the officers commanding the
contingent there is a third-class Rus
sian sleeping car with bare wooden
shelves to hold their sleeping bags
and blankets. In another British mili
tary train which precedes us there is
no sleeping car, and the officers are
camping with their men in the box
cars. We are fortunate in one re
spect. Lack of Russian equipment
and facilities for cooking oblige the
officers to eat the same rations as
the men, which, if plain, is whole
some and nourishing.
L>ack of railroad cars is the most
striking feature of life in Siberia to
day. There is deplorable disorganiza
tion. There is urgent need of cen
tral management, and people who
have the welfare of Siberia at heart
earneayy hope that John F. ijtevens,
the American railroad expert,' fcdio isr
now here, will be given a chance to
bring order from chaos.
It was a picturesque spectacle as
the train stopped at stations on the
way from Vladivostok to Harbin. Tall
Russians, Chinese and Koreans in
bulky, tattered, filthy garments
swarmed around the train, offering
doubtful-looking eatables for sale.
Hungry, long-haired dogs, wolfish in
appearance, prowled about the cars,
snapping and growling and gulping
down anything that would stay death.
In a band in a lonely area they would
be formidable to any man. The
weather was keen and cold, the wind
biting. Long delays occurred at al
most every station. Many freight
cars were seen but few were in move
ment. Disorganization reigned master.
The two lessons taught early in the
journey were, first, the great material
obstacles to be encountered in send
ing a big army in Siberia, and the im
perative need of central management
of the Siberian railroads, the com
fort and perhaps the lives of the peo
ple of Russia depend upon a prompt
central control of the railroads.
REDSKINS’ PART IN WAR
TO BE GIVEN RECOGNITION
BOISE, Idaho, Feb. 11 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Chief Red Fox Skiu
kaska of the northern Blackfoot In
dians, in a memorial addressed to Gov.
Davs of Idaho, asks that the fourth
Saturday in September be set aside
as an Indian holiday in honor of In
dian participation in the war. The
plea for the designation of an Indian
day is made on the ground of the
“contribution made by original Amer
icans to the great composite of white
citizenship,” Chief Red Fox insisting
that both the history and the future
of the red man deserve considera
tion.
“We have given to the colors in the
great war 9,000 braves,” says the pe
tition in citation of recent Indian
achievements. “We have bought $50,
000,000 worth of Liberty bonds and
donated $2,000,000 to the Red Cross,
mother of humanity. The American
Indian’s soul has been in the world
war. We know not the hyphen; we
know not the pro-this and pro-that;
we are 100 per cent Americans.”
The plea of Red Fox will be pre
sented to the state legislature,'now in
session.
TO ENCOURAGE SOLDIERS
TO FARM IN UTAH
LOGAN, Utah., Feb. 11 (by Associ
ated Press.)—The Utah agricultural
college proposes a soil survey through
out the state during the next twelve
months, it has just been announced
by Dr. F. S. Harris, director of the
university. The returning soldiers or
sailors who locate on farms in this
state may not waste money and labor
endeavoring to grow crops on unfit
lands is the principal reason for the
survey, it was announced.
According to Dr. Harris, thousands
of dollars are wasted annually by per
sons unfamiliar with soil conditions.
It is hoped to save much of this waste
by giving thorough publicity as to the
constituent element of the soil in
various localities of the state. The
plans call for a map of soil conditions
of the state and for soil data pertain
ing to all sections.
The work has already commenced,
to some extent, but it will be spring
before it is well under way. This will
be the first time in the history of
Utah that a soil survey of the entire
state has been attempted.
-«
Your eyes fitted. Compound and
stigmatic lenses replaced. See Os
borne.
-♦
Win the prize waltz at the firemen’s
ball, by taking lessons at our schools.
Apply at American bakery. tf
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING
FOUND—Two key*. Owner can se
cure same at Times office. 17-tf
FOR SALE—Household furniture.
Phone 154. 5-tf
FOUND—A small purse. Owner can
have same at Times office. 24-tf
FOR RENT—Three-room apartment,
furnished. Apply Kenny Holden. 16
Legal Advertising |
NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT OF
ACCOUNT
In the United States Commissioner’s
Court, Cordova Precinct, Territory
of Alaska (In Probate).
In the Matter of the Estate of Gun
nard Johnson, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that V. G.
Vance, administrator of the estate of
Gunnard Johnson, deceased, has ren
dered and presented for settlement to,
and filed in the probate court of said
Cordova predict, his JlnaJ. account as
such administrator, and that Tuesday,
the 15th day of April, 1919, at 10
o’clock a. m., at the court room of our
said probate court at Cordova, Alaska,
has been duly appointed by the pro
bate court for the settlement of the
final account, at which time and place
any person interested in said estate
may appear and file his exceptions in
writing to the said final account and
contest the same.
Witness the Hon.
(Seal) A. J. ADAMS,
Judge of the said Probate Court, and
the seal of said Court affixed, this
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In the United States Commissioner’s
Court, Chitina Precinct, Third Divi
sion, Territory of Alaska (In Pro
bate). In the matter of the Estate
of Edward Gustafson, deceased—as.
Notice is hereby given by the under
signed administrator of the estate of
Edward Gustafson, deceased, to the
creditors and all persons having
claims against the said Edward Gus
tafson. deceased, to present the same,
with the necessary vouchers, within
six months from the date of the first
publication of this notice, to the ad
ministrator at his place of business
at Strelna, in Chitina precinct, terri
tory of Alaska, the same being the
place for the transaction of the busi
ness of the said estate.
V. J. DWYER, Administrator.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
In the Commission’s Court for the
Terltory of Alaska, Cordova Fre
eing Before A. J. Adams, Esquire,
United States Comissioner and Ex
Officio Probate Judge.
In the matter of the estate of Charles
Leslie Hale, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned has been appointed by
the above named Court administrator
with the will annexed of the estate
of Charles Leslie Hale, deceased, and
that all persons having claims against
the estate of said Charles Leslie Hale,
deceased, are hereby required to pres
ent the same with ihe proper vouch
ers within six months from the date
hereof to the undersigned at his of
fice and place of business in the of
fice of the Alaska Steamship Com
pany in the Town of Cordova, Terri
tory of Alaska.
Dated at Cordova, Alaska, this 16th
day of January, A. D., 1919.
F. B. TRACY,
Administrator with the Will Annexed
"of the Estate of Charles Leslie
Hale, Deceased.
Dath of first publication Jan. 20, 1919.
Date of last publication Feb. 24, 1919.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In the United States Commissioner’s
Court in and for Cordova Precinct,
Territory of Alaska. In Probate. In
the matter of the Estate of William
Herrold, deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the
undersigned administrator of the es
tate of William Herrold, deceased, to
the creditors of and all persons hav
ing claims against the said deceased,
to exhibit them with the necessary
vouchers, within six months after the
first publication of this notice, to the
said administrator at the office of
Frank H. Foster, attorney at law, at
Cordova, Alaska, the same being the
place of business of said estate.
Dated the 15th day of January, 1919.
K. G. ROBINSON,
Administrator.
January 16. 1919. 6w
JUST RECEIVED
A Large Shipment of
' LIVE
CHICKENS
Excellent Roasters
FRESH EGGS
FOR SALE
JOE FREY
Phone 22
prenatal care of the otehrs.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE
" fj
To Ij■ T. Gray, heir and devisee of
Robert D. Gray, deceased, to all other
heirs of the said Robert D. Gray, de
ceased, to James Smith, executor or
the last will and testament of the
said Robert D. Gray, deceased, to all
persons claiming liens upon or against
the interest of said estate, of said ad- |
ministnftor, or of said heirs, in the |
mining claims hereinafter described,, j
and to all whom it may in any manner 1
concern:
Yo and each of you are hereby notl- j
fled that I have expended during the |
year 1918 one hundred dollars ($100) p
in labor and improvements upon and 6
for the benefit of each of those three B
certain mineral oil mining claims, all j
situated at the head of Mirror Slough, |
in the Kayak recording precinct, ter- j§
ritory of Alaska, and known as and j
called: i
The Brown Bear Association Min- 1
eral Oil Claim,
The Bald Eagle Association Min- I
eral Oil Claim, and
The Gray Wolf Association Min- 1
eral Oil Claim, - a
the location notices or certificates of i
which may be found of record in Book S
6, at pages 148 and 149, of the records F
of Mining Locations and Declaratory
Statements, in the office of the United 1
States commissioner and ex officio 1
recorder in and for the said Kayak I
recording precinct, at Katalla, Alaska, I
that is to say, I have so expended in j
such labor and improvements upon B
and for the benefit of all of said 1
claims during the said year 1918 the I
sum of three hundred dollars ($300), |
in ordor to hold said claims under 1
the taws of the United States and I
the Territory of Alaska relating to 1
the annual labor upon mining claims, I
b®1?® ,th,e amount required to hold |
said mining claims and each of them I
for the period ending on the 31st day i
of December, 1918. |
And if within ninety days after the 1
publication of this notice, to wit S
within ninety days after the 8th day i
of May, 1919, you fail or refuse to i
contribute to me, the subscriber, one 1
of the owners in common of said min- I
lng claims and each of them, your 1
proportion of such expenditures, 1
which amounts to the sum of fifty i
dollars ($50) for each of s£d claims ■
0t ?,ne hundred fifty dollars 1
($150) for all of said claims, your I
Interests in each claim for which you I
so fail or refuse to contribute will I
become the property of the said sub- i
U^derD th? Provislons of Sec. I
S.2 sit,, ea SUMe’ « “• 1
D ... A. T. COTTON. 1
Kl“fek“a ■»**» |
First publication, Feb. 6, 1919.
_J^agt_publication, May 8, 1919 *
" ^————§ ■
I Our Guarantee I
pj| | 82
1 Your grocer will refund I
1 the full price you paid for I
I M.J.B. Coffee, if it does I
I not please your taste, no 1
J| matter how much you A
M have used out of the can. ^
f Most Economical Coffee 1
I You can make more cups of 1
1 good coffee with less M.J.B. 1
| than with any other coffee. |
8 It goes further I
1 No better coffee at any price M
\ M.J.B. is scientifically blended _ /
% from the finest flavored and
\ strongest coffees mown in the
X^ world—that’s why you should I«TV? Y7TF?p I
use less per cup.
4 Xk. Buy the larger sixes—
You save money
Can save money by visiting our store and | |
making their purchases of the most up-to- jj
date Women’s Ready-to-Wear Apparel at jg
prices within reach of all. p
Maid Marion Gowns have a distinctive |
style that is most becoming.
s ibH
Our Line of Silk and Wool Sweaters is B
complete and well worth examining.
i F=]
New Shipment of Aprons, Coveralls and a
Rompers for children has just been un- ■
| packed, and contains the very things you 1
are looking for. ■
Watch This Advertisement for Future
Announcements
I THE CORDOVA |
STYLE SHOP f
i *
iiinnilIlllD!!llin!IIIIIillll!!l!l!nnilllllU!IIUlll«!l!lll[lIl!!ll
% 0
\
Semi-Anthracite
r - ■ ' • V
•r .... ...
tf
■V r •■>... \
Greater Heating Units and
Burns Three Times as
Long as B. C. Fuel
$2 a Sack
$18 a Ton
»
-
Alaska Transfer Co..
Distributing Agents