FIRST WOMAN ENTERS
FORESTRY SCHOOL OF
MONTANA UNIVERSITY
MISSOULA, Mont., Jan. 28 (by Asso
ciated Press).-—The first woman stu
dent to register in the school of for
estry of the state university is en
rolled for this quarter. She is Mrs.
Robert Hallfof Columbia Falls, Mont.,
a graduate of the University of Michi
gan and widow of a soldier.
She intends to specialize in the
pathological and dentological branches
of forestry with a view' to taking up
landscape gardening, city park culti
vation and the treatment of tree dis
eases.
QUEEN CHARLOTTE
ISLANDS NOT THROWN
OPEN TO SOLDIERS
VICTORIA, B. C., Jan. 28 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Dispatches from Ot
tawa and information received by pro
vincial authorities seemingly indicate
that the proposal to settle the Queen
Charlotte islands with former imperial
soldiers have fallen through for the
present, at least. The plan was to
organize farming and fishing colonies
into Utopian settlements, with re
turned service men from all the Brit
ish colonies. It is understood that
the Great War Veterans’ Association
frowned upon the idea, because, it
was said, many of the soldiers anxious
to settle on the island knew' nothing
about farming or fishing.
THREE-DAY CARNIVAL
PLANNED FOR JUAREZ
JUAREZ, Mexico, Jan. 28 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Plans for a carnival
that will rival the famous “Mardi
Gras” held annually at New' Orleans
are being made by a group of local of
ficials and citizens, captained by J.
Felipe Valle, collector of customs.
The carnival is to take place in the
early spring of this year, and will last
three days. »
' ARTHUR FONTAINE
j
i Arthur Fontaine, one of the French
delegates to the international labor
conference in Washington, is director
In the ministry of labor of France and
counselor of state.
GIRL FRIGHTENS BURGLARS
pjalks in Sleep and Robbers Flee
Before They Can
Crack Safe.
Lornin.—Because Alice Deekerhoff,
15, talked in her sleep, burglars on
the first floor of the home of Adolph
Hengartner tied before they could rob
a safe containing several hundred
dollars.
“I guess I’ll get up and mail a
•couple of letters,” said Miss Decker
Ihoff. A clock down stairs had just
struck three. The girl’s mother, Mrs.
Frieda Deekerhoff. was awakened by
her daughter’s remark.
■ She heard a noise in the dining room
and upon arising saw two men climb
through a kitchen window and vanish
in the darkness. They had been fright
ened by the girl’s voice.
« Their only loot was a $35 gold watch
which lay on the dining room table.
Scarborough Pictures that please at
prices that jare right. Over Cordova
drug store. Phone 140—3 rings.
N. It. G. laundry tablets wash clothes
without rubbing. Contain no lime,
lye, paraffin, wax or other injurious
chemicals. Nothing like it on the
market. Phone 142—5 rings. 12-tf
Fresh Eyer-Ready Flashlight Bat
teries, all sizes. Blum-O’Neill Co, 3-tf
Delicious mince pie at the City
Bakery. • 3 3-tf
| PETER’S PARTNER
I By JACK LAWTON.
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Far down on the lonely beach was
the clubhouse, it’s door barred for the
winter; farther still, quite alone, stood
a little house where Peter lived. Old
Peter’s house was never closed during
all the seasons. Each springtime found
him whistling with fresh cheer as he
planted flowers in his tiny garden, and
during the gay months of summer,
Peter’s porch was usually occupied by
eager youngsters from cottages up
shore in search of the pretty shell
beads or ornaments, which Peter loved
to give them.
Now a golden October gave to sea
and land one last gift of summer, and
Peter sat sunning himself on the porch
in his rush-bottomed chair.
A girl came presently like a scarlet
bird flying across the sands. Her l^iir
was wind-blown and her cheeks as
crimson as the sweater she wore.
. “Daddy Peter!” she cried, “when
will you remember to wear your coat
when you sit outdoors. The air is
chill, even in this sunshine.” She had
reached ids side now, seating herself
on a step beneath him.
Her appearance brought to old
Peter’s face a dozen kindly wrinkles
of humor and tenderness.
“You will get back at me with your
babying, Nell,” he said, “just because
I happened to bring you up that way.”
“You did bring me up Daddy Peter,"
the girl said softly, “from the time my
parents perished in this same smiling
sea. I’ll never forget that—it was a
good bringing up. too. You could not
have done more for your own blood.”
She raised solemn eyes to his. “I
will never forget my debt to you,” she
said. The words were like a covenant.
“Debt,” scoffed the old man. “Why
child, you’ve paid me over and over
again in kindness.”
I “I will always be kind.” (lie airl
added firmly. She lowered her eyes to
hide sudden tears.
“Sometimes,said Peter, “I have an
uncomfortable fancy that young Dave
an’ you care for each other, but that
| you won’t admit the caring to him for
fear your going would leave me in the
lurch. Nell!” he spoke earnestly.
“You wouldn’t let any nonsense like
that keep you from your happiness.”
“You are imagining. Daddy Peter,”
the girl laughed. She patted* his
wrinkled hand and arose as a young
man came swinging toward them. '
“I thought,” said the big young man,
strangely shy, “that you might walk to
town with roe, Nell.”
“Of course,” urged Peter. “Go, girl.”
And Nell went.
The old man looked up surprised as
a visitor came walking up.
“Good evening,” greeted the stran
ger. “You won’t remember me, but I
used to come and sit in your porch
while my grandchildren begged for
shells. We stopped at the hotel. To
day such a longing came over me to
smell salt water again and to breathe
in the air that I had m.v daughter’s
chauffeur drive me out. You see, sir,”
he added, as Peter offered his own
comfortable chair, “I was brought up
close to the sea; my father was a fish- ‘
ernian. Well—I made a bit, but no ■
other place lias ever spelled home to
me. As I get older I seem to want to
be near the water. That’s why my
daughter brought me here last sum
mer. But it wasn’t the same.” The
old gentleman sighed. “One can’t take
comfort with Jeanette and her chil
dren some way. even if Jeanette is my
daughter. John—that’s her husband,
ne means well. John’s decent to me.
But—” the old stranger studied the
face of the old seaman, “I wonder,” he
mused, “if you can possibly know what
it means to feel one’s self in the way,
to be borne with, you understand, and
treated pleasantly, but ‘in the way?’”
“No,” Peter answered, “I don’t know
what it means to feel like that. I do
as I please. No one about to be
bothered. Nell, my foster daughter, is
teaching school and boarding. She
thinks she has got to stay near me, to
run in and keep me from being lonely.
I’ll confess that I get lonesome, eve- .
uings. Otherwise my life is pretty
happy. I read the books T like, an’
smoke my pip£, and I’m a master hand
at cooking. Winters, with the wind
howling ’cross the beach, an’ my fire
agiowmg inside, some apples baking,
mebbe, an’ me in the lamplight there
with the evening paper” said Peter
blissfully, “that’s peace.”
“Yes,” excitedly agreed the stranger.
“It’s freedom and pleasure the year
round, I can see that. Then, the feel
—of the sea !
“This is what 1 came about today.
I’ve been thinking the thing over since
I watched you last summer. Could
you take a partner in—freedom? My
self, sir. I’d be more than content
with my books and you to talk to. Will
you share your home, if my money |
keeps it going?” '
Peter's knotted hands grasped the
porch rail. A gleam came into his
faded eyes.
“Are you sure you mean it, stran
ger?” he asked. “I bin sitting here to
day wondering how I could manage
through another winter. I don’t tell
Nell my troubles for I want her to
marry the man she loves. I was try
ing to say good-by to my home; now
you come and offer to keep it for me.
Can I—refuse?”
‘I hope not,” the old gentleman an
swered gravely.
From the sea came a breeze^ rustling
‘the crimson leaves of the porch vines.
Impulsively the old men clasped hands
and on their faces was the light of
peace.
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“SERVICE” is our motto
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COAL AND WOOD
AUTO SERVICE
DAY OR NIGHT
Office, Northern Hotel Bldg. Phone 85
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ARE YOU GOING OUT THIS FALL?
Visit San Francisco and Stop with
Mark C. Thompson
at his new hotel in the heart of the city between
Powell and Mason Streets.
The Dale- Tallac Hotel
140 ELLIS STREET
Special Rates and Headquarters for Alaskans. ,
Special Carefully-Prepared Lunch served from 11:30 a. m. Our Fine
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Big Variety of Pastries and Cakes, Always Fresh
Sanitary Machinery of Ln Model. Patent Brick Oven. Best ma
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Alaska
Steamship Company
Regular Sailings Between Seattle,
Ketchikan, Juneau, Cordova, Valdez,
Ellamar, Liscum, Latouche, Seward
FROM SEATTLE SAILS SOUTH—
JAN. 20. ALAMEDA jAN 2g vt
JAN. 30. ALASKA FEB. 8
FEB. 10. ALAMEDA FEB. 18
FEB. 20. ALASKA FEB. 28
FEB-29. ALAMEDA MARCH 8
Frequent sailings of freighters carrying explosives.
This schedule subject to change without notice. *
F. B. TRACY, Agent
^PACIFIC STEAMSHIP COMPANY.?.- J
Alaska—Washington—California ALASKA ROUTE
Safety Courtesy Service Speed
OFFICE EMPRES8 BUILDING
WEST BOUND SOUTH BOUND
LEAVE CORDOVA LEAVE CORDOVA
FEB. 13. WATSON .,.JAN. 2f
Three Sailings per Week from Seattle for San Francisco, Los An
geles and 8an Diego. For further information call
L. A. COUNTS, AGENT Res. Lathrop Apts. I
Phones: Office 223, Residence 223—2 rings. .. |
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I topper River and
Ni irthw stern Ry.
Trains leave Cordova for Chitina Monday and Thursday.
Trains leave Chitina for Kenneeott Tuesday and Friday.
Trains leave Kenneeott for Chitina Sunday and Thursday.
Trains leave Chitina for Cordova Tuesday and Friday.
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Dining Car in Connection with all Regular
Passenger Trains between Cordova and Chitina.
Freight received and delivered at Cordova $
Wharf from 9 a. m. to 5 p- m., except Sundays.
Tickets on sale at Second Street Depot office
one hour before departure of trains.
CALEB CORSER Superintendent
FRANK BURNS, TICKET AGENT
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